Oral Histories

Members of the Annual Club of Ten Dayton Boys, c. 1910.  Rear, from left to right: Frank Gilbert, Edgar Ellis, Wilbur Wright, William Andrews, Lorin Wright.  Seated, from left to right: Charles Olinger, Reuchlin Wright, Wilbur Landis, Joseph Boyd.  (Click for a larger photo).

NPS Photo

Park staff have conducted oral history interviews since 1995 to document the lives of the Wright brothers and Paul Laurence Dunbar, the neighborhoods and historic structures related to their careers, and the creation, development, and administration of Dayton's national park.