LH. Local History

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Carl Ultes, Jr. was an attorney, businessman and civic leader in Springfield, Ohio who eventually took over the O.S. Kelley Company from his father-in-law, O.W. Kelly. The collection consists of business papers, correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets, legal case files as well as materials relating to Ultes's memberships in various civic organizations, and his interest in stamp collecting.

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Two Daguerreotypes of an unknown man.

Scope and Contents The collection contains a two-page letter typed by a World War I soldier returning by ship to the United States from Europe. The letter describes the conditions and activities aboard the transport ship U.S.S. Aeolus, on which he is travelling, as well as the writer’s duties while he is aboard. The author writes about the people he would like to see once he reaches the United States. He also offers insight into race relations in a segregated army. Additionally, the collection contains a...

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Original handwritten constitution from a Sunday School in Montgomery County

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These records include minutes of the organization, 1890-1969, ledgers, 1947-1963, and bond reports, 1934-1953. The collection consists of eighteen volumes and twelve folders.

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Contains membership meeting minutes of the Miami Valley Carpenter's District Council, Executive Board minutes, constitutions, financial records, contract proposals, newsletters, and convention proceedings. Local 684 is based in Dayton, Ohio.

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Includes minute books and a small amount of correspondence, newsletters, and minutes of special meetings. Local 2248 is based in Piqua.

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United Presbyterian Women’s Association was an organization that existed within the College Hill congregation of the United Presbyterian Church. This collection contains minutes, newsletters, programs, financial, membership, and other organizational records.

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A collection of diaries kept by members of the Watervliet Community of Shakers near Dayton, Ohio. The diaries of Nathaniel Taylor (1823-1830), Henry Reynolds (1854-1856), James Prescott (1842), Richard Pelham (1834-1840), and Moses Eastwood are included. The collection also includes a 2-volume autobiography of Elder Issachar Bates.

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The organization's bylaws, officer's roster, ritual manual and ceremony book are also included in the collection, as are photographs, correspondence and a file of miscellaneous loose material.