The Kosciusko County Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,000 grant to the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum Inc., to scan and preserve thousands of original Bell Aircraft Corporation negatives. The grant was combined with funds from the Bell Memorial Public Library to complete the digital scanning. Pictures from the negatives will be shared with the …read more.

Many years ago, the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum was given aviation pioneer Larry Bell’s personal property from his Buffalo, N.Y., office/apartment. It consisted of awards, scale models, personal correspondence to and from U.S. Presidents, celebrities, and high ranking military officials of his era. His property also included files full of thousands of glass plates, …read more.