LH. Local History
Found in 913 Collections and/or Records:
Eugene W. Sayer Collection (MS-648)
Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017 (SC-325)
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.
National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter Records (MS-649)
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.
Tecumseh High School Class of 1955 Collection (MS-650)
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.
Leo Lucas Oral History Interview (SC-262)
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.
Eleanor Must Oral History (SC-327)
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.
Kenley Players Programs (MS-651)
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.
Clark County 1959 Flood Clippings (SC-328)
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield Daily News, concerning flooding in Clark County, Ohio, in late January 1959.
Xenia 1974 Tornado Clippings (SC-329)
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.
Archives of the Upper River Fund (MS-652)
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.