AHJ_ah09799 Inventory of the Lucile M. Wright papers1876-1986 Wright (Lucile M.) papers Processed by Krist Jessup University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2017

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Krist Jessup March 2017 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Wright, Lucile M. Lucile M. Wright papers 1876-1986 09799 16.84 cubic ft. (32 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Lucile M. Wright was an aviatrix, philanthropist, and airport executive from Jamestown, New York. This collection contains correspondence, printed material, media clippings, and ephemera related to her career in aviation, philanthropy work, and personal life. Biography of Lucile M. Wright

Lucile M. Wright was an aviatrix, philanthropist, and airport executive from Jamestown, New York during the twentieth century. A graduate of Washington University and Georgetown University Law School, Wright learned to fly as a young woman. During World War II, she served as a pilot in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol. Wright remained active in the aviation field after the war, serving as chairwoman of the Jamestown Municipal Airport Commission and as a public relations representative of the American Association if Airport Executives. She also was a member of various aviation societies like the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots that promotes advancement of aviation through education, scholarships, and mutual support. In addition to her aviation activities, Wright was an ardent philanthropist. She was the founder and president of the Jamestown Girls Club and an active member and donor to various organizations such as the Girls Club of America and Zonta. She was married to John H. Wright, who was a Jamestown businessman and the president of Jamestown Telephone Corporation and Wright’s Motion Picture Company.

 Scope and Content

Collection concerns Lucile M. Wright’s aviation career, philanthropic activities, and personal life. The collection primarily documents her involvement with the Jamestown Municipal Airport Commission, the American Association of Airport Executives, the Jamestown Girls Club, the Girls Club of America, and her personal life. It contains correspondence, subject files (containing correspondence, clippings, notes, financial documents, and reports), photographs, legal documents, financial documents, clippings, newspapers, ephemera, printed material, periodicals, framed awards and photographs, and scrapbooks.

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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Lucile M. Wright at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Wesley and Willa Jean Thring in December 1990.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Krist Jessup in March 2017.

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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Wright, John H., 1867-1951 United States. Civil Air Patrol Jamestown Girls Club (Jamestown, N.Y.) Girls Clubs of America, Inc. American Association of Airport Executives Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States Airports -- United States Airports -- Management Charity organization -- United States Women air pilots -- United States Women philanthropists -- United States Young women -- Charities, protection, etc. Clubs and Societies. Women. Transportation. Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce. Jamestown (N.Y.) -- Politics and government Jamestown (N.Y.) -- Municipal Airport Commission Photographs <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List Series I. Correspondence

Series contains correspondence concerning Wright's personal life, aviation, philanthropy, and Christmas Cards.

 4Christmas Cards1938-1976 4Christmas Card List1955-1967 1-4Correspondence1920-1985 4Letters1958 Series II. Subject Files

Series contains photographs, printed material, and clippings concerning Wright's personal and professional life.

 419841984 5Automatic Electric1952 4Beta Sigma Phi1940-1965 4BiographiesUndated 5Caliente Greyhound Club 4Code of EthicsUndated 5Dwight D. Eisenhower Inauguration1957 4Epsilon RhoUndated 5Federal Communications Commission - Rules and Regulations1976 4Ford Station Wagon1958 5Gamma Phi Betta1932-1986 4General Hospital1954 5George Washington University Law School1922-1925 4Hoobler Resign Hospital1956 4Ideas - Ways and MeansUndated 4Methodist Church1955 4Spencer Lens CompanyUndated 5Steel Partitions, Inc. - Examination of AccountsOctober 31, 1950 4Women1956 Series III. Philanthropy

Series contains material concerning Wright's miscellaneous philanthropic work with Jamestown Girls Club, Girls Club of America, Zonta, and other organizations; containing correspondence, photographs, financial ledgers, clippings, printed material, and ephemera.

 Sub-series 1. Girls Club of America 7Annual Conference Report1976 7Correspondence1963 7Crusade for Freedom1953 7G.C.A.1949-1984 7G.C.A. 1957 Conference1957 7Girls Clubs of America ReportUndated 7Miscellaneous1971-1975 7PhotographsUndated 7Photographs - Lucile Wright and Girls Clubs of AmericaUndated 7Printed Material1949-1981 Sub-series 2. James Town Girls Club 6Clippings - Girls Club Homemaker1952 6Copies J.G.C. Camp (New and Old)Undated 6Correspondence1957 6Executive Committee Meetings Minutes and Directories1949-1972 5-6Financial Records1950-1974 7Girl of the Year - Young Homemaker1952 6Girls Club Audit1967 6Honorary Member CertificatesUndated 7Irish Party1968 7Jamestown Girls Club1951-1957 7Jamestown Girls Club Dedication CeremonyAugust 1-2, 1949 5-6Ledgers1966-1974 6Lucile M. Wright Citizenship Award1957-1980 29Award Plaque1962-1978 6Citizenship Awards1964 6Citizenship - Essays and Score Sheets1969 6Citizenship Winners - Region VI1969 25Medal and Plaque - PhotographUndated 25Medal and Plaque - Photograph NegativesUndated 25Medal and Plaque - Photograph PosterUndated 6Membership1951 7Membership and Directories1957 6Miscellaneous1970-1981 6Miscellaneous Printed MaterialUndated 6Newspaper Clippings1950-1982 7Official Publications1961-1962 5Photographs1962-1972 25Photographs - Girls Club CampUndated 6Recognition AwardUndated 6Summer CampUndated Sub-series 3. Miscellaneous 8Amelia Earhart Medal1966 8Awards1971-1982 8Buffalo Bill Historical Center Donation1969 8Dedication of Amelia Earhart SchoolOctober 6, 1979 8Inter-Club Council Woman's Club - Woman of the Year AwardUndated 8Jamestown General Hospital Donation Materials1928-1935 8Lady of FirstsUndated 8The Medical Society of New York State1940-1941 8Miscellaneous Philanthropy1957-1982 8Patronage and Scholarships - Newspaper Clippings1982-1985 8Whitney Gallery of Western Art Loan1982 8Woman of the Year1972 Sub-series 4. Zonta 8IstanbulOctober 29-31, 1963 7-8Newspaper Clippings1953-1960 7-8Zonta1949-1976 Series IV. Aviation and Travel

Series contains material related to Wright's aviation career including her time with the Civil Air Patrol, as chairwoman of the Jamestown Municipal Airport Commission, and American Association of Airport Executives. It also contains material related to Wright's various vacations and travel around the world; containing correspondence, printed material, clippings, official publications, books, and ephemera.

 Sub-series 1. Aviation 8Aircraft Clearance/Flight PlansApril 4, 1943 11Airlines1952-1953 10Airline Schedules1978-1980 11, 29Airplane194-1952 9All American Airways Renewal Case1952-1953 11All American Aviation1951-1952 8Allegheny Airlines1953-1954 10Amelia Earhart and In Orbit1956-1970 8American Association of Airport Executives: 3150th Anniversary Belt and BuckleUndated 8, 10A.A.A.E.1953-1983 10Award1971 8Convention1956-1958 24Directory1976 8, 11Northeast ChapterUndated 9Official Publications1959-1978 9, 11Printed Material1972-1977 8-9, 12Read it and Weep1956-1961 8Aviation Daily Reports1954 10Aviation/Space Writers Association1983 8A.W.A.T.A.R.1953 12Buffalo Aeronautical Corporation - Financial1944 8Civil Aeronautics Board1947-1953 10Civil Air Patrol Conference1942-1943 11Community Planning for Air Transportation1960 9Congressional Records1953-1963 11Correspondence1950 11Ephemera1958-1960 8ERI-DET - Route Extension1952-1954 10FCC Radio LicenseJuly 26, 1976 11General Topics1952-1953 10-11International Northwest Aviation Council1976-1983 Jamestown Municipal Airport: 9, 11Airport1954-1957 9Airport Commission1943-1954 9Airport Communication Minutes1952-1954 9Airport Federal Grant1954-1955 9Airport Hangar1946-1953 11Airport Materials1950-1953 9Airport Work Delay1956 9CAA Region I1957 9Financial1952 9Information - Runway Improvement1957 9Jamestown Aviation Company FinancialsMarch 21, 1957 9, 12Jamestown Municipal Airport1957-58 9-10Newspaper Clippings1953-1962 9Newspaper Clippings - Airport Politics1957 9Radio Facility Index (Airport)Undated 9T.V. Tower - Airport1953 11Magazines1973-1974 10-11, 29Maps1950-1953 The Ninety-Nines: 9Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund1946 11Annual Meeting1952 10Convention1953 11International Air Race - Welland, FloridaJune 10, 1953 9International Treasurer1942-1953 10-11Membership Directory1971-1981 9Newsletters1953-1957 11Printed Material1950-1974 9-10National Aviation Education Council1956-1957 10News Letters - Montana Texas AIAUndated 10-12Newspaper Clippings1954-1982 8Newspaper Clippings - Airport CAB Hearing1952 8Newspaper Clippings - Amelia Earhart1979 11Newspaper Clippings - Aviatrixes1953 9New York State Aviation News1953-1955 10-11Official Publications1973-1980 11-12PhotographsUndated 11Photographs - Lucile Wright Aviation1950 10Photographs - NASA1965-1966 12PrintUndated 10-12Printed Material1949-1985 11Projected Operating Results for Robinson Airlines Corp.1952 10Publications and Ephemera1943-1966 9Sky Lady Derby1956 8Texas Air Tours1953 9Testimony Before Miscellaneous Aeronautics Boards1952 10Who's WhoUndated Sub-series 2. Travel 12-13EphemeraUndated 12-13Guides and Brochures1937-1985 12-13, 16In Orbit1959-1963 12ItinerariesUndated 12Magazines1988-1990 12-13Maps1950-1977 13Photographs - Brazil VacationJune 1961 13Photographs and Color Slides - Argentina1957 12-13PostcardsUndated 32Safety Negatives - Brazil Vacation June 1961 13Travel Guide to Jamaica1952 Series V. Personal Papers

Series contains material related to various aspects of Wright's personal life including her husband, John H. Wright; her time with the Jamestown Telephone Corporation; and Wright's Motion picture Company; containing notebooks, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera.

 1919751975 18Artwork1957 19Bell and Howell Guarantee Certificate1935 19, 22Billings High School Kyote Annual1914-1919 22-23Booklets1914-1950 22BlueprintsUndated 22Business CardsUndated 24Calenders1974-1981 31Camera EquipmentUndated 31Carved Wooden BustUndated 23Color SlidesUndated 23Construction of New House1936 22Crawford Country Annual Trust Report1967-1952 31Dictionary1933 17, 19-20Directories1922-1972 18Divorce Agreement with Edward WinklerFebruary 28, 1941 14Educational Clippings1951 17EnvelopesUndated 20, 22, 31Ephemera1920-1976 21Ephemera (Passports, Business Cards, Membership Cards)Undated 17Estate of Arnolo Holmberg1971 17, 22Event Programs1943-1985 18Financial - Miscellaneous1960-1974 18Florence C. Wilson Estate1968-1970 22The Fundamentals of Speech Workbook1935 20, 22Independent Telephone Pioneer Association Rosters1965-1975 17, 20, 22Invitations1939-1974 20Jamestown League of Women VotersSeptember 14, 1973 Jamestown Telephone Corporation: 18Financial Records1957-1972 17, 21Jamestown Telephone Corporation1951-1956 21-22Jamestown Telephone Directories1961-1975 20Memos1967-1968 19Newspaper Clippings1967 John H. Wright: 28AAA Letter OpenerUndated 20Biographical InformationUndated 28Boy Scout Award1950 28Desk Name PlaqueUndated 28Desk PenApril 25, 1947 18Home Telephone Company of Jamestown/John H. Wright Civil Air Patrol1940-1944 29Independents Telephone Hall of Fame AwardUndated 21J.H.W.1951-1952 28John H. Wright AcrosticUndated 20John H. Wright Comat1953 22-23John H. Wright Trust1941-1985 28Money ClipUndated 28Neck TieUndated 17, 19Newspaper Clippings1951 18Personal Papers1878-1948 22-23, 25PhotographsUndated 28Photograph with Frame - John H. WrightUndated 28Photographs - OversizedUndated 17, 19-20Printed Material - Miscellaneous1939-1951 24ScrapbookApril 25, 1947 28Scrapbook - Correspondence - John H. Wright's Death1951 24Scrapbook - John H. Wright BirthdayUndated 28Scrapbook - John H. Wright Obituaries1951 28Special Police BadgeUndated 28St. Mihiel Service MedalUndated 18Kodaslides1943-1944 22Las Inquietudes de Shanti Andia1920 18Ledgers (Contains Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings)1972 19, 21, 23Legal Documents1929-1985 19Literary Selections from Miller1920 24Local Air Service Requirements of PennsylvaniaApril 1952 22Lucile M. Wright Medical RecordsApril 2, 1981 21Lucile M. Winkler Papers1932-1959 18Lucile M. Wright Personal1959-1960 14, 19Magazines and Clippings1935-1976 21Membership CardsUndated 23, 31Minox Photograph NegativesUndated 16Miscellaneous Committee Reports1949-1952 19Miscellaneous Councils and Committees1968-1976 19Miscellaneous Event Programs and MenusUndated 14Newspaper Clippings/Correspondence1957 15Newspaper Clippings - Honors and Awards1981-1982 15-17, 19Newspaper Clippings - Lucile M. Wright1952-1977 15Newspaper Clippings - Lucile M. Wright Air Museum1984 14Newspaper Clippings - Material for Speech1952-1954 13-15Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous1938-1986 26-27Newspaper Clippings - Oversized1958-1985 32Nitrate NegativesUndated 21-22NotebooksUndated 17, 19-20, 22NotesUndated 18Notes for Camera Settings1938 16, 18-20, 22Official Publications - Miscellaneous1900-1985 30PaintingUndated 23PamphletsUndated 31Personal Bibles1876-1888 25Photograph - 48th Annual Convention of the United States Independent Telephone AssociationOctober 10-12, 1944 25Photograph - Lucile M. Wright with Gerald FordJune 5, 1975 19Photographs - Camp Aloha1944 21Photographs - Group PhotosUndated 25Photograph - Sixth Annual Conference of AAA of Motor Club ExecutivesJune 8, 1950 17Photographs - John and Lucile WrightUndated 20, 22-23, 25Photographs - Lucile M. Wright1965-1975 17, 19, 22-23Photographs - Miscellaneous1910-1964 23Photographs - Miscellaneous with Minox NegativesUndated 25Photographs - Oversized MiscellaneousUndated 17, 19, 31Photograph NegativesUndated 17Planner1955 17, 22PoemsUndated 29Polygraph Space Age DiscUndated 17Posie Notebook1902 19Printed Material - Kodak1944 17, 19-22Printed Material - Miscellaneous1924-1980 20Printed Material - Miscellaneous Universities1940-1983 23PrintsUndated 21Programs and PamphletsUndated 22Radio Broadcasting Books1938-1939 17Recipe Notebook1942 21Rosters- Miscellaneous1971-1976 32Safety NegativesUndated 24-25Scrapbooks1940-1946 25Scrapbook - Miscellaneous Club and Society Meetings1941-1946 26Scrapbook - Newspaper Clippings - Telephone Service and Companies1916 25Scrapbooks - Newspaper Clippings1932-1943 14Speech Material1957-1956 22StampsUndated 20, 22StationeryUndated 17-18Telephone Directories1949-1950 17Trust Agreement with Crawford County Trust Co.1950-1961 23Unknown Wedding1960 17Virginia Kowalskea's WeddingJune 3, 1944 18Will of Christopher M. HughesAugust 12, 1966 23Will of Lucile M. Wright1984 Wright's Motion Picture Company: 21Financial Documents1937-1951 28Seal EmbosserUndated 19Wright's Motion Picture CompanyUndated