Scope and Contents The Blizzard of 1978 technically refers to the period from January 25 to January 27, 1978, when more than 1 foot of snow fell across the Miami Valley.However, this VIP file includes any and all snow pictures from the period of January through March 1978 are included here. This is primarily to avoid future filing confusion; nevertheless, it seems likely that pre-existing snow that the Dayton area had already received over the first few weeks of January probably...

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The Pamphlet Files consist of brochures, flyers, newspapers clippings, booklets, reports, serials, and other ephemera documenting the history of aviation, the Miami Valley, and the Wright Brothers. The items’ intrinsic values render them unsuitable for individual processing or formal cataloging; however, they are retained primarily for their informational value.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of thousands of film negatives documenting a wide variety of topics, people, places, and events in the history of the Miami Valley and (to a lesser extent) throughout the region and state. Most of the negatives are 35mm black and white, though some later ones are in color; a few 120mm negatives are also present in the collection. Garlow captured the images for the Dayton Journal-Herald and Dayton Daily News, but in addition to the photographs featured in the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Series I, Charles Lindbergh, contains memorabilia pertaining to Charles Lindbergh. Included in this series is a set of collector’s medallions and two scrapbooks full of news clippings about Charles Lindbergh.Series II, John F. Kennedy, contains many magazines relating to the President’s life and death. It also includes a scrapbook of news clippings about JFK.Series III, The Space Program, contains a collection of magazines from 1969 with focuses on the Space Program...