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Bridgetown Cemetery Association Records (MFM-105)
Records consist of a listing of the burials for each year. This Cincinnati area cemetery was formerly known as the German Bridgetown Cemetery and the records were kept in German until 1906.
Carthage United Church of Christ Records (MFM-75)
These Cincinnati church records consist of two volumes of documents pertaining to baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and funerals. Records are in German until 1912.
Concordia Lutheran Church Records (MFM-74)
Dayton Liederkranz-Turner Collection (MS-480)
The Dayton Liederkranz-Turner Collection documents the experience of German-Americans for over one hundred years going back to 1890 through 2007. The evolution of the organization reflects both local and national changes. The activities and goals of the Dayton Chapter, as well as their involvement with other chapters, is documented. The collection includes organization histories, meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership records, publications, and programs.
Harvey Dressler Collection
Harvey Dressler was a civil engineer in the Dayton area owning the firm of Cellarius and Dressler Engineering. The Harvey Dressler Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, maps, books, and other documents related to Harvey Dressler, his wife Florence Bremberger Dressler, and daughter Mary Dressler Stansell.
Oscar Edelman Papers
Edelman was a long-time, active member of the Socialist Party in Dayton, Ohio and for a period, served as business manager for the local Socialist newspaper, Miami Valley Socialist. His papers include correspondence, clippings, political literature, Socialist campaign materials, working papers, a minute book of the Young Socialist League in Dayton (1915), scattered copies of Miami Valley Socialist, and a collection of state and national Socialist Party literature.
First Lutheran Church of Dayton Records
First United Church of Christ Records (MFM-49)
Contains six volumes of church documents including records of baptism, confirmation, marriage, and death. Early records for this Cincinnati church are in German.
Heinrich Gunermann Album
The collection consists of one photographic album that depicts Gunermann's early flying career, parachuting, flight school and barnstorming. It provides valuable insight on the aviation community in pre-Nazi and early Nazi Germany. Most of the photographs in the collection are identified and dated (1918-1936).
Frank Hamburger Papers (SC-36)
Frank Hamburger witnessed the Wright Brothers' first flight in Dayton. Collection contains several photographs of Hamburger as well as newspaper clippings recounting his involvement with the Wrights.