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Series I, Personality Files, contains files for individual people. Materials in this series include printed (paper) photographs and newspaper clippings. Photographs include mainly local people, as well as visits to the Miami Valley by famous individuals, such as presidents, politicians, or celebrities. The clippings currently contain a broader scope of individuals, as these have not been weeded.

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Series II: Subject Files documents events, places, and things - any news item that is not a person.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs created by Wright State University photographers, primarily the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), of events on campus.

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The series Negatives, Slides, and Microfiche contains mostly negatives, aperture cards, and slides for images captured by the newspaper photographers. The negatives and slides may (or may not) correspond to print photos found in other parts of the collection. The negatives may contain additional shots or views related to one that appeared in the newspaper. The microfiche consist of copies of newspaper clippings files found elsewhere in the collection.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs created by Wright State University photographers, primarily the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), of events on campus.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection documents the local and regional history of Dayton and the Miami Valley in Ohio through materials generated by the Dayton Journal Herald and the Dayton Daily News, with the bulk of materials dating from 1930-1980. The Dayton Daily News retains its digital photographs from the 1990s to present. The majority of the collection is newspaper clippings and black and white...

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Subseries I-A: Personality Large (PL), is the largest subseries and consists of 9” x 12” files. This subseries includes both photographs and clippings. Files for prominent individuals, both local and non-local, tend to be found in the PL files, because the files are physically larger and can accommodate both larger, as well as a greater number of, items per file. However, this largest subseries is also where most of the “ordinary” people can be found also.

Scope and Contents Subseries I-B: Personality Medium (PM) consists of 5” x 8” files (sometimes referred to as “card size” files in earlier descriptions and indices). This subseries includes both photographs (8 linear feet) and clippings (64 linear feet). Because of the smaller file size, the files in this subseries tend to contain fewer items per file than the PL files. Consequently, there are fewer files on prominent or famous people in this particular subseries. This series notably seems to contain many of...

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Subseries I-D: Personality Oversize (OSBP and OSD) consists of photographs only, in sizes too large to fit into the ordinary 9” x 12” files in PL. The majority of these photographs are in 13” x 16” flat boxes (OSBP), and ones too large even for those boxes are stored in flat file drawers (OSD) in map folders. A complete listing for this subseries is included in the online finding aid.

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Subseries I-E: Personality VIP Files (PVIP) may include photographs and clippings for specific “very important people” (frequently requested people). These have been separated out into their own special box(es), often a 3-ring binder box (in the case of photos). Examples of PVIP files include Neil Armstrong, Charles F. Kettering, and the Wright Brothers.