Everett Neukom Papers

Correspondence, photographs, newspapers, a map, and other flood related materials provide researchers with personal experience enduring and recovering from the 1913 Dayton Flood, as well as the perspective of a photographer visually documenting the flood for publication. The Everett Neukom papers fall into two series: Series I: Personal, and Series II. 1913 Flood Newspapers and Map.

Series I Personal, contains correspondence of Everett and his family and deals mainly with Everett moving to Dayton and with other common family occurrences. Researchers concerned with the Flood, would want to examine the correspondence of Edward and Nellie Neukom who lived in Dayton with Everett, as their letters provide some insight into that event. Correspondents Edward and Nellie Neukom were Everett's parents; Vinnie Bacher became his wife; and Lisetta Neukom was Everett's sister. Also included in this series are photographs of the family, and miscellaneous flood items from their experience, such as sanitary notices. Please see oversize folder 6, file 8 for a Dayton Journal newspaper with the article "Well-Known Young Couple Wedded in Tiffin Saturday" on Neukom's wedding announcement.

Series II 1913 Flood Newspapers and Map, contains flood coverage from Dayton and other major cities, such as Detroit and Philadelphia. Also included is a 1913 map showing the flood affected areas in Dayton.