Scope and Content From the Collection: The Kettering Family Papers contain a variety of materials documenting the Kettering's personal lives, their professional careers, and their philanthropy. As a leading industrial family in the city of Dayton, their contributions to the industrial, financial, and medical fields in Dayton were critical to its establishment as a leading industrial center in the Midwest in the early to mid twentieth century, and the collection contains many different awards, honorary degrees, and documentation...