LH. Local History

Abstract The Montgomery County Humane Society Records detail the history of the Society including materials that mirror its transition from an organization that consisted of two major departments (the Children’s Department and Animal’s Department) to one which focused solely one department (the Animal’s Department). Within this collection are meeting minutes, case studies, newspaper clippings and newsletters, and photographs and videos. These materials provide insight into the ways in which the...

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The collection consists of materials relating to Katz's long career as a musician, composer, teacher, and conductor. Katz organized the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in 1933 and held the post of Musical Director until he retired in 1975. Papers in this collection include personal correspondence, conductor scores, photographs, clippings, speeches, and articles by Katz. Also included are audio recordings of performances and interviews by Dr. Katz and his wife Phyllis Katz.

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Records consist of membership and Executive Board minutes, handbooks, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, negotiation, arbitration cases, and grievance files. Local 725 represents the workers at Copeland Corporation in Sidney, Ohio.

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Records include meeting minutes, financial records, convention proceedings, contracts, correspondence, and photographs of this Dayton union.

Abstract The Graphic Arts Union (Local 199), formerly the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, was a union that served the Miami Valley of Ohio. The collection contains materials from the internal business of Local 199. It includes membership and executive board meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, negotiation records, grievance cases, and correspondence. The collection also contains materials from labor organizations affiliated with the Graphic Arts Union such as the Allied...

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Local 801 was organized in 1938 to represent the workers at the Frigidaire Division of General Motors in Dayton, Ohio. The records consist of membership and Executive Board meeting minutes, financial records, committee files, negotiation and contract records, grievance cases, correspondence, bulletins, and newsletters.

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Local 1456 represented the employees of the St. John Transportation Company in Dayton, Ohio. Records include membership, Executive Board, and committee minutes, financial records, correspondence, negotiating records, and agreements.

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Local 768 represents workers at several small manufacturing plants in Dayton. Included in this collection are membership and Executive Board minutes, Shop Committee minutes, financial records, negotiation records, agreements, annual reports, and grievances.

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This is a small collection of first edition and autographed publications. It includes poetry, short stories, essays, and/or sketches by such authors as Gertrude Stein, Joyce Carol Oates, Barbara Wells, and WSU professors Gary Pacernick and Robert G. Thobaben.

Also includes a copy of The Last Will and Testament of Gertrude Stein.

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Includes Executive Board minutes, District Council minutes and proceedings, Conference Board minutes, and Civil Rights Committee minutes. Also included are financial records, election materials, negotiation records, subject files, and photographs.