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Book Used by Katharine Wright, "Hoher als die Kirche"

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Artifact Overview

Milton and Susan Wright encouraged an interest in learning in their children Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine -- though not necessarily in formal education. Katharine was the only Wright child to finish college, graduating from Oberlin in 1898. Neither Wilbur nor Orville finished high school, but they learned much from their father's extensive home library.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Book

Date Made

1893

Creator Notes

Written by Wilhelmine von Hillern and published by D. C. Heath and Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

38.792.182

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Orville Wright.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Brown
Black (Color)
Red

Inscriptions

On cover: HILLERN'S / Hoher als die Kirche. / CLARY / D. C. HEATH & CO. / BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO/ LONDON In pencil on first page: Katharine Wright / 137 Elm street
Book Used by Katharine Wright, "Hoher als die Kirche"