Scope and Content From the Collection: The Dave Gold Parachute Collection is a very large, complex collection of papers, research reports, blueprints, photographs, film, books, newspapers, magazines, and scrapbooks. When it was received by Special Collections and Archives there was virtually no organization to the collection and there were many duplicate items in the collection. The collection is divided into nine series, many with multiple subseries. Since the finding aid is over 200 pages in length, a Finding Aid Index is...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of documentation of the Friendship Force of Dayton’s initial creation, activity in organizing trips to other countries for the purpose of forging international friendships, and biographical information about the organization’s founders.Series I, Administrative Files, consists of files that create the structure of the organization and how it is designed to function. It also contains published newsletters and pamphlets by the Friendship Force of Dayton as...