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LH. Local History

 Topic Guide
Identifier: LH
Collections pertaining to the local history of the Miami Valley of Ohio.

Found in 913 Collections and/or Records:

Eugene W. Sayer Collection (MS-648)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-648
Content Description The collection consists primarily of black and white negatives (as well as a few black and white prints and a few color slides) of Reynolds and Reynolds Company buildings and employees; animals and people at Richard H. Grant's Normandy Farm near Centerville; and other activities and scenes around Dayton, including (but not limited to) Esther Price Candy Company, the building of a new St. Anthony Catholic Church, Liberal Market, harness racing, downtown Dayton road construction, and aircraft...
Dates: 1938 - 1952

Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017 (SC-325)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-325
Abstract

The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length.

Dates: 2017 Oct. 25-26; Modified: Videos, transcripts, and redacted release forms edited in 2020

National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter Records (MS-649)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-649
Abstract

Meeting minutes, fliers, publicity and correspondence from the National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter during the years 1980-1984. The collection provides insight into the organization’s activities advocating for women’s rights on the local and national levels. Among the issues represented are ERA ratification, and reproductive rights.

Dates: 1980-1984

Tecumseh High School Class of 1955 Collection (MS-650)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-650
Abstract

The Tecumseh High School Class of 1955 Collection contains primarily clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and mementos from class members’ time in high school, as well as later alumni and reunion activities. The basketball team, which was quite good at the time, is strongly represented in the collection. The scrapbook of German exchange student Gudrun Klotz from the class’s senior year is also particularly noteworthy.

Dates: 1950-2014

Leo Lucas Oral History Interview (SC-262)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-262
Abstract

The collection consists of an oral history interview audio recording with Leo Lucas, a member of the Dayton City School Board during the battle over busing students for desegregation. The interview was conducted in the summer of 1975 by high school student Mark Benbow.

Dates: 1975

Eleanor Must Oral History (SC-327)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-327
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single oral history with Eleanor (Hambury) Must, primarily about growing up a German Jew, in Nazi Germany, prior to World War II, and the trials and tribulations she and her family faced not only in getting out of Germany, but also Europe; and also her immigration to the United States and how her early life took shape here. The oral history was conducted on May 15, 2015, by archivist Gino Pasi.

Dates: 2015

Kenley Players Programs (MS-651)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-651
Abstract

The Kenley Players was a summer stock theatre company that cast famous actors and actresses in well-known plays and musicals, then brought the productions to cities throughout the Midwest, including Dayton, Ohio. This collection includes programs from several local Kenley Players productions.

Dates: 1974-1982

Clark County 1959 Flood Clippings (SC-328)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-328
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield Daily News, concerning flooding in Clark County, Ohio, in late January 1959.

Dates: 1959

Xenia 1974 Tornado Clippings (SC-329)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-329
Scope and Contents

The collection consists newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, concerning the devastating tornado that wreaked havoc on Xenia, Ohio, on April 3, 1974.

Dates: 1974

Archives of the Upper River Fund (MS-652)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-652
Abstract

The Upper River Fund was an endowment fund established in 1992 by Glenn Thompson and his wife Margaret, to preserve the upper Little Miami and the Mad Rivers. The collection contains meeting minutes and correspondence; financial records and reports, records from easement agreements to buy/sell agreements; and some photographs of prospective areas of land and topographical maps that outline easements along the upper Little Miami and Mad Rivers.

Dates: 1975-2019