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Lucile M. Wright papers, 1876-1986
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wright, Lucile M.
- Title
- Lucile M. Wright papers
- Dates
- 1876-1986 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 16.84 cubic ft. (32 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 09799
- Summary
- 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.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Lucile M. Wright at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Wesley and Willa Jean Thring in December 1990.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Krist Jessup in March 2017.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Series contains correspondence concerning Wright's personal life, aviation, philanthropy, and Christmas Cards.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Christmas Cards |
1938-1976 |
| 4 | Christmas Card List |
1955-1967 |
| 1-4 | Correspondence |
1920-1985 |
| 4 | Letters |
1958 |
Series II. Subject FilesReturn to Top
Series contains photographs, printed material, and clippings concerning Wright's personal and professional life.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | 1984 |
1984 |
| 5 | Automatic Electric |
1952 |
| 4 | Beta Sigma Phi |
1940-1965 |
| 4 | Biographies |
Undated |
| 5 | Caliente Greyhound Club |
|
| 4 | Code of Ethics |
Undated |
| 5 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Inauguration |
1957 |
| 4 | Epsilon Rho |
Undated |
| 5 | Federal Communications Commission - Rules and Regulations |
1976 |
| 4 | Ford Station Wagon |
1958 |
| 5 | Gamma Phi Betta |
1932-1986 |
| 4 | General Hospital |
1954 |
| 5 | George Washington University Law School |
1922-1925 |
| 4 | Hoobler Resign Hospital |
1956 |
| 4 | Ideas - Ways and Means |
Undated |
| 4 | Methodist Church |
1955 |
| 4 | Spencer Lens Company |
Undated |
| 5 | Steel Partitions, Inc. - Examination of Accounts |
October 31, 1950 |
| 4 | Women |
1956 |
Series III. PhilanthropyReturn to Top
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.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Sub-series 1. Girls Club of America |
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| Box | ||
| 7 | Annual Conference Report |
1976 |
| 7 | Correspondence |
1963 |
| 7 | Crusade for Freedom |
1953 |
| 7 | G.C.A. |
1949-1984 |
| 7 | G.C.A. 1957 Conference |
1957 |
| 7 | Girls Clubs of America Report |
Undated |
| 7 | Miscellaneous |
1971-1975 |
| 7 | Photographs |
Undated |
| 7 | Photographs - Lucile Wright and Girls Clubs of America |
Undated |
| 7 | Printed Material |
1949-1981 |
Sub-series 2. James Town Girls Club |
||
| Box | ||
| 6 | Clippings - Girls Club Homemaker |
1952 |
| 6 | Copies J.G.C. Camp (New and Old) |
Undated |
| 6 | Correspondence |
1957 |
| 6 | Executive Committee Meetings Minutes and Directories |
1949-1972 |
| 5-6 | Financial Records |
1950-1974 |
| 7 | Girl of the Year - Young Homemaker |
1952 |
| 6 | Girls Club Audit |
1967 |
| 6 | Honorary Member Certificates |
Undated |
| 7 | Irish Party |
1968 |
| 7 | Jamestown Girls Club |
1951-1957 |
| 7 | Jamestown Girls Club Dedication Ceremony |
August 1-2, 1949 |
| 5-6 | Ledgers |
1966-1974 |
| 6 | Lucile M. Wright Citizenship Award |
1957-1980 |
| Box | ||
| 29 | Award Plaque |
1962-1978 |
| 6 | Citizenship Awards |
1964 |
| 6 | Citizenship - Essays and Score Sheets |
1969 |
| 6 | Citizenship Winners - Region VI |
1969 |
| 25 | Medal and Plaque - Photograph |
Undated |
| 25 | Medal and Plaque - Photograph Negatives |
Undated |
| 25 | Medal and Plaque - Photograph Poster |
Undated |
| 6 | Membership |
1951 |
| 7 | Membership and Directories |
1957 |
| 6 | Miscellaneous |
1970-1981 |
| 6 | Miscellaneous Printed Material |
Undated |
| 6 | Newspaper Clippings |
1950-1982 |
| 7 | Official Publications |
1961-1962 |
| 5 | Photographs |
1962-1972 |
| 25 | Photographs - Girls Club Camp |
Undated |
| 6 | Recognition Award |
Undated |
| 6 | Summer Camp |
Undated |
Sub-series 3. Miscellaneous |
||
| Box | ||
| 8 | Amelia Earhart Medal |
1966 |
| 8 | Awards |
1971-1982 |
| 8 | Buffalo Bill Historical Center Donation |
1969 |
| 8 | Dedication of Amelia Earhart School |
October 6, 1979 |
| 8 | Inter-Club Council Woman's Club - Woman of the Year Award |
Undated |
| 8 | Jamestown General Hospital Donation Materials |
1928-1935 |
| 8 | Lady of Firsts |
Undated |
| 8 | The Medical Society of New York State |
1940-1941 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous Philanthropy |
1957-1982 |
| 8 | Patronage and Scholarships - Newspaper Clippings |
1982-1985 |
| 8 | Whitney Gallery of Western Art Loan |
1982 |
| 8 | Woman of the Year |
1972 |
Sub-series 4. Zonta |
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| Box | ||
| 8 | Istanbul |
October 29-31, 1963 |
| 7-8 | Newspaper Clippings |
1953-1960 |
| 7-8 | Zonta |
1949-1976 |
Series IV. Aviation and TravelReturn to Top
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.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Sub-series 1. Aviation |
||
| Box | ||
| 8 | Aircraft Clearance/Flight Plans |
April 4, 1943 |
| 11 | Airlines |
1952-1953 |
| 10 | Airline Schedules |
1978-1980 |
| 11, 29 | Airplane |
194-1952 |
| 9 | All American Airways Renewal Case |
1952-1953 |
| 11 | All American Aviation |
1951-1952 |
| 8 | Allegheny Airlines |
1953-1954 |
| 10 | Amelia Earhart and In Orbit |
1956-1970 |
| 8 | American Association of Airport Executives: |
|
| Box | ||
| 31 | 50th Anniversary Belt and Buckle |
Undated |
| 8, 10 | A.A.A.E. |
1953-1983 |
| 10 | Award |
1971 |
| 8 | Convention |
1956-1958 |
| 24 | Directory |
1976 |
| 8, 11 | Northeast Chapter |
Undated |
| 9 | Official Publications |
1959-1978 |
| 9, 11 | Printed Material |
1972-1977 |
| 8-9, 12 | Read it and Weep |
1956-1961 |
| 8 | Aviation Daily Reports |
1954 |
| 10 | Aviation/Space Writers Association |
1983 |
| 8 | A.W.A.T.A.R. |
1953 |
| 12 | Buffalo Aeronautical Corporation - Financial |
1944 |
| 8 | Civil Aeronautics Board |
1947-1953 |
| 10 | Civil Air Patrol Conference |
1942-1943 |
| 11 | Community Planning for Air Transportation |
1960 |
| 9 | Congressional Records |
1953-1963 |
| 11 | Correspondence |
1950 |
| 11 | Ephemera |
1958-1960 |
| 8 | ERI-DET - Route Extension |
1952-1954 |
| 10 | FCC Radio License |
July 26, 1976 |
| 11 | General Topics |
1952-1953 |
| 10-11 | International Northwest Aviation Council |
1976-1983 |
Jamestown Municipal Airport: |
||
| Box | ||
| 9, 11 | Airport |
1954-1957 |
| 9 | Airport Commission |
1943-1954 |
| 9 | Airport Communication Minutes |
1952-1954 |
| 9 | Airport Federal Grant |
1954-1955 |
| 9 | Airport Hangar |
1946-1953 |
| 11 | Airport Materials |
1950-1953 |
| 9 | Airport Work Delay |
1956 |
| 9 | CAA Region I |
1957 |
| 9 | Financial |
1952 |
| 9 | Information - Runway Improvement |
1957 |
| 9 | Jamestown Aviation Company Financials |
March 21, 1957 |
| 9, 12 | Jamestown Municipal Airport |
1957-58 |
| 9-10 | Newspaper Clippings |
1953-1962 |
| 9 | Newspaper Clippings - Airport Politics |
1957 |
| 9 | Radio Facility Index (Airport) |
Undated |
| 9 | T.V. Tower - Airport |
1953 |
| 11 | Magazines |
1973-1974 |
| 10-11, 29 | Maps |
1950-1953 |
The Ninety-Nines: |
||
| Box | ||
| 9 | Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund |
1946 |
| 11 | Annual Meeting |
1952 |
| 10 | Convention |
1953 |
| 11 | International Air Race - Welland, Florida |
June 10, 1953 |
| 9 | International Treasurer |
1942-1953 |
| 10-11 | Membership Directory |
1971-1981 |
| 9 | Newsletters |
1953-1957 |
| 11 | Printed Material |
1950-1974 |
| 9-10 | National Aviation Education Council |
1956-1957 |
| 10 | News Letters - Montana Texas AIA |
Undated |
| 10-12 | Newspaper Clippings |
1954-1982 |
| 8 | Newspaper Clippings - Airport CAB Hearing |
1952 |
| 8 | Newspaper Clippings - Amelia Earhart |
1979 |
| 11 | Newspaper Clippings - Aviatrixes |
1953 |
| 9 | New York State Aviation News |
1953-1955 |
| 10-11 | Official Publications |
1973-1980 |
| 11-12 | Photographs |
Undated |
| 11 | Photographs - Lucile Wright Aviation |
1950 |
| 10 | Photographs - NASA |
1965-1966 |
| 12 | Print |
Undated |
| 10-12 | Printed Material |
1949-1985 |
| 11 | Projected Operating Results for Robinson Airlines Corp. |
1952 |
| 10 | Publications and Ephemera |
1943-1966 |
| 9 | Sky Lady Derby |
1956 |
| 8 | Texas Air Tours |
1953 |
| 9 | Testimony Before Miscellaneous Aeronautics Boards |
1952 |
| 10 | Who's Who |
Undated |
Sub-series 2. Travel |
||
| Box | ||
| 12-13 | Ephemera |
Undated |
| 12-13 | Guides and Brochures |
1937-1985 |
| 12-13, 16 | In Orbit |
1959-1963 |
| 12 | Itineraries |
Undated |
| 12 | Magazines |
1988-1990 |
| 12-13 | Maps |
1950-1977 |
| 13 | Photographs - Brazil Vacation |
June 1961 |
| 13 | Photographs and Color Slides - Argentina |
1957 |
| 12-13 | Postcards |
Undated |
| 32 | Safety Negatives - Brazil Vacation |
June 1961 |
| 13 | Travel Guide to Jamaica |
1952 |
Series V. Personal PapersReturn to Top
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.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 19 | 1975 |
1975 |
| 18 | Artwork |
1957 |
| 19 | Bell and Howell Guarantee Certificate |
1935 |
| 19, 22 | Billings High School Kyote Annual |
1914-1919 |
| 22-23 | Booklets |
1914-1950 |
| 22 | Blueprints |
Undated |
| 22 | Business Cards |
Undated |
| 24 | Calenders |
1974-1981 |
| 31 | Camera Equipment |
Undated |
| 31 | Carved Wooden Bust |
Undated |
| 23 | Color Slides |
Undated |
| 23 | Construction of New House |
1936 |
| 22 | Crawford Country Annual Trust Report |
1967-1952 |
| 31 | Dictionary |
1933 |
| 17, 19-20 | Directories |
1922-1972 |
| 18 | Divorce Agreement with Edward Winkler |
February 28, 1941 |
| 14 | Educational Clippings |
1951 |
| 17 | Envelopes |
Undated |
| 20, 22, 31 | Ephemera |
1920-1976 |
| 21 | Ephemera (Passports, Business Cards, Membership Cards) |
Undated |
| 17 | Estate of Arnolo Holmberg |
1971 |
| 17, 22 | Event Programs |
1943-1985 |
| 18 | Financial - Miscellaneous |
1960-1974 |
| 18 | Florence C. Wilson Estate |
1968-1970 |
| 22 | The Fundamentals of Speech Workbook |
1935 |
| 20, 22 | Independent Telephone Pioneer Association Rosters |
1965-1975 |
| 17, 20, 22 | Invitations |
1939-1974 |
| 20 | Jamestown League of Women Voters |
September 14, 1973 |
Jamestown Telephone Corporation: |
||
| Box | ||
| 18 | Financial Records |
1957-1972 |
| 17, 21 | Jamestown Telephone Corporation |
1951-1956 |
| 21-22 | Jamestown Telephone Directories |
1961-1975 |
| 20 | Memos |
1967-1968 |
| 19 | Newspaper Clippings |
1967 |
John H. Wright: |
||
| Box | ||
| 28 | AAA Letter Opener |
Undated |
| 20 | Biographical Information |
Undated |
| 28 | Boy Scout Award |
1950 |
| 28 | Desk Name Plaque |
Undated |
| 28 | Desk Pen |
April 25, 1947 |
| 18 | Home Telephone Company of Jamestown/John H. Wright Civil Air Patrol |
1940-1944 |
| 29 | Independents Telephone Hall of Fame Award |
Undated |
| 21 | J.H.W. |
1951-1952 |
| 28 | John H. Wright Acrostic |
Undated |
| 20 | John H. Wright Comat |
1953 |
| 22-23 | John H. Wright Trust |
1941-1985 |
| 28 | Money Clip |
Undated |
| 28 | Neck Tie |
Undated |
| 17, 19 | Newspaper Clippings |
1951 |
| 18 | Personal Papers |
1878-1948 |
| 22-23, 25 | Photographs |
Undated |
| 28 | Photograph with Frame - John H. Wright |
Undated |
| 28 | Photographs - Oversized |
Undated |
| 17, 19-20 | Printed Material - Miscellaneous |
1939-1951 |
| 24 | Scrapbook |
April 25, 1947 |
| 28 | Scrapbook - Correspondence - John H. Wright's Death |
1951 |
| 24 | Scrapbook - John H. Wright Birthday |
Undated |
| 28 | Scrapbook - John H. Wright Obituaries |
1951 |
| 28 | Special Police Badge |
Undated |
| 28 | St. Mihiel Service Medal |
Undated |
| 18 | Kodaslides |
1943-1944 |
| 22 | Las Inquietudes de Shanti Andia |
1920 |
| 18 | Ledgers (Contains Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings) |
1972 |
| 19, 21, 23 | Legal Documents |
1929-1985 |
| 19 | Literary Selections from Miller |
1920 |
| 24 | Local Air Service Requirements of Pennsylvania |
April 1952 |
| 22 | Lucile M. Wright Medical Records |
April 2, 1981 |
| 21 | Lucile M. Winkler Papers |
1932-1959 |
| 18 | Lucile M. Wright Personal |
1959-1960 |
| 14, 19 | Magazines and Clippings |
1935-1976 |
| 21 | Membership Cards |
Undated |
| 23, 31 | Minox Photograph Negatives |
Undated |
| 16 | Miscellaneous Committee Reports |
1949-1952 |
| 19 | Miscellaneous Councils and Committees |
1968-1976 |
| 19 | Miscellaneous Event Programs and Menus |
Undated |
| 14 | Newspaper Clippings/Correspondence |
1957 |
| 15 | Newspaper Clippings - Honors and Awards |
1981-1982 |
| 15-17, 19 | Newspaper Clippings - Lucile M. Wright |
1952-1977 |
| 15 | Newspaper Clippings - Lucile M. Wright Air Museum |
1984 |
| 14 | Newspaper Clippings - Material for Speech |
1952-1954 |
| 13-15 | Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous |
1938-1986 |
| 26-27 | Newspaper Clippings - Oversized |
1958-1985 |
| 32 | Nitrate Negatives |
Undated |
| 21-22 | Notebooks |
Undated |
| 17, 19-20, 22 | Notes |
Undated |
| 18 | Notes for Camera Settings |
1938 |
| 16, 18-20, 22 | Official Publications - Miscellaneous |
1900-1985 |
| 30 | Painting |
Undated |
| 23 | Pamphlets |
Undated |
| 31 | Personal Bibles |
1876-1888 |
| 25 | Photograph - 48th Annual Convention of the United States Independent Telephone Association |
October 10-12, 1944 |
| 25 | Photograph - Lucile M. Wright with Gerald Ford |
June 5, 1975 |
| 19 | Photographs - Camp Aloha |
1944 |
| 21 | Photographs - Group Photos |
Undated |
| 25 | Photograph - Sixth Annual Conference of AAA of Motor Club Executives |
June 8, 1950 |
| 17 | Photographs - John and Lucile Wright |
Undated |
| 20, 22-23, 25 | Photographs - Lucile M. Wright |
1965-1975 |
| 17, 19, 22-23 | Photographs - Miscellaneous |
1910-1964 |
| 23 | Photographs - Miscellaneous with Minox Negatives |
Undated |
| 25 | Photographs - Oversized Miscellaneous |
Undated |
| 17, 19, 31 | Photograph Negatives |
Undated |
| 17 | Planner |
1955 |
| 17, 22 | Poems |
Undated |
| 29 | Polygraph Space Age Disc |
Undated |
| 17 | Posie Notebook |
1902 |
| 19 | Printed Material - Kodak |
1944 |
| 17, 19-22 | Printed Material - Miscellaneous |
1924-1980 |
| 20 | Printed Material - Miscellaneous Universities |
1940-1983 |
| 23 | Prints |
Undated |
| 21 | Programs and Pamphlets |
Undated |
| 22 | Radio Broadcasting Books |
1938-1939 |
| 17 | Recipe Notebook |
1942 |
| 21 | Rosters- Miscellaneous |
1971-1976 |
| 32 | Safety Negatives |
Undated |
| 24-25 | Scrapbooks |
1940-1946 |
| 25 | Scrapbook - Miscellaneous Club and Society Meetings |
1941-1946 |
| 26 | Scrapbook - Newspaper Clippings - Telephone Service and Companies |
1916 |
| 25 | Scrapbooks - Newspaper Clippings |
1932-1943 |
| 14 | Speech Material |
1957-1956 |
| 22 | Stamps |
Undated |
| 20, 22 | Stationery |
Undated |
| 17-18 | Telephone Directories |
1949-1950 |
| 17 | Trust Agreement with Crawford County Trust Co. |
1950-1961 |
| 23 | Unknown Wedding |
1960 |
| 17 | Virginia Kowalskea's Wedding |
June 3, 1944 |
| 18 | Will of Christopher M. Hughes |
August 12, 1966 |
| 23 | Will of Lucile M. Wright |
1984 |
Wright's Motion Picture Company: |
||
| Box | ||
| 21 | Financial Documents |
1937-1951 |
| 28 | Seal Embosser |
Undated |
| 19 | Wright's Motion Picture Company |
Undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
- Airports -- Management
- Airports -- United States
- Charity organization -- United States
- Women air pilots -- United States
- Women philanthropists -- United States
- Young women -- Charities, protection, etc.
Personal Names
- Wright, John H., 1867-1951
Corporate Names
- American Association of Airport Executives
- Girls Clubs of America, Inc.
- Jamestown Girls Club (Jamestown, N.Y.)
- United States. Civil Air Patrol
Geographical Names
- Jamestown (N.Y.) -- Municipal Airport Commission
- Jamestown (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Processed by Krist Jessup
2017
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