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Living Legends Lecture to feature Dale Huffman

Newspaper columnist Dale Huffman

Excerpt Longtime columnist Dale Huffman will speak on Friday, July 18, as part of the 5th Annual Living Legends of the Dayton Daily News Archive lecture series. The series is co-hosted by Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries, and … Continue reading

Dayton Daily News columnist Dale Huffman to lecture at Wright State

Newspaper columnist Dale Huffman

Newspaper columnist Dale Huffman will deliver the fifth annual “Living Legends of the Dayton Daily News Archives” lecture at Wright State July 18. Continue reading

Online newspaper collection offers view of Wright State history

Online collection of early issues of Wright State’s student newspaper provides an informative and easily accessible resource of the university’s history. Continue reading

Dunbar Library’s 1903 Wright Flyer ‘lands’ safely for cleaning

1903 Flyer lands safely

Full-sized replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer was built by a group of skilled volunteers and has been hanging in Wright State’s Dunbar Library since 2001. Continue reading

Wright State wants funk music memorabilia

Excerpt Wright State University has joined the movement to preserve and promote Dayton’s funk music heritage. The university’s Special Collections and Archives department will collect funk-music related documents as part of a partnership with Dayton Funk Dynasty Group. The non-profit … Continue reading

Video—Dawne Dewey and Gino Pasi on Dayton funk at Wright State

Dawne Dewey and Gino Pasi of Wright State’s special collections and archives on why the university is helping preserve Dayton funk. Watch the video at whio.com.

Wright State honors graduating seniors as Top Scholars

David Goldstein, Larrilyn Louise Yelton and Sheila Shellabarger

Scholars are honored with books purchased in their names for the Wright State University Libraries’ collections. Continue reading