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CivO. Civic Organizations

 Topic Guide
Identifier: CivO
This classification groups collections on the topic of civic organizations.

Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:

American Civil Liberties Union, Dayton Chapter Records (MS-268)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-268
Abstract The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a non-partisan organization committed to defending and protecting the individual rights of U.S. citizens. The ACLU's Dayton chapter emerged in the early 1950s and operated on a strictly volunteer basis throughout its existence. The collection includes administrative records such as meeting minutes, budget information, membership list, and articles of organization and bylaws. General and court specific correspondence are included and arranged in...
Dates: 1939-1982

American Guild of Organists, Dayton Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-384
Abstract

The collection documents the activities and administrative records of the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The collection includes scrapbooks, members' directories, programs, monthly newsletters, meeting minutes, and treasurers' reports.

Dates: 1951-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, Post 330, Records (SC-2)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-2
Scope and Contents

Consists of the minute book of an Auglaize County women’s veterans society

Dates: 1921-1924

American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-121
Abstract

Contains a variety of materials on the establishment and growth of the Red Cross in Dayton as well as the records of the Greene and Preble County Chapters prior to their merger with the Dayton Chapter in 1960. The collection includes Board of Directors and committee meeting minutes, annual reports, programs, extensive correspondence, financial records, audio materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1898-1998; Majority of material found within 1917-1981

American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter Records (MFM-24)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-24
Scope and Contents

The microfilmed records are from the Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter Records (MS-121) and span 1917-1980. Included are Board of Director's minutes, financial reports, annual reports, Annual Meeting programs, statistical reports, and clippings of the 1974 Xenia, Ohio tornado. The records were microfilmed by Wright State University Libraries.

Dates: 1980

Antioch Writers' Workshop Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-427
Abstract

Founded in 1986, the Antioch Writers' Workshop is a nonprofit organization that encourages creative writing by offering classes and seminars. It has evolved over the years from a community of writers who mingled with faculty and students informally throughout the day into a fiscal agent of the Antioch College. The records include meeting minutes, correspondence, financial and membership records, photographs, posters, VHS, pamphlets, newsletters, and multimedia.

Dates: 1985-2010

Area Progress Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-459
Abstract

The Area Progress Council was formed in 1961 with the common concern for the progress of the Miami Valley. The Council was instrumental in the establishment of Wright State University and its medical school. This collection contains administrative materials, primarily meeting minutes, presentations, reports, and correspondence; and financial records, including budgets and annual financial summaries.

Dates: 1961-2000

Ariel Club Dinner Photograph (SC-164)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-164
Scope and Contents

Panoramic photograph (reproduction) entitled “Ariel Club Dinner, D.W. A. Co. The photograph shows 212 women outdoors with a small band in the background. Photo was taken by Sam R. Kremer of Dayton.

Dates: 1918 July 17

Marie Aull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-501
Abstract Marie Sturwold was born on January 8, 1897 in Cincinnati, OH. She started gardening as a child, but her passion for gardening fully took form when she married John Aull in 1923. They lived in a property north of Dayton that would one day become Aullwood Garden MetroPark and Aullwood Audubon Center. Marie is known for her work in gardening, education, and conservation, but this collection also contains her extensive travel record and personal hobbies. Material in this collection includes...
Dates: 1817-2010; Majority of material found within 1920-2002

B-W Greenway Community Land Trust Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-354
Abstract

The contents in the collection include the organization's newsletter "The Green Heart," Board of Trustee's Minutes, and original artwork done by a member.

Dates: 1996-2010