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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
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
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-35
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of The Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc. Records (MS-112), which document a 15-year struggle by a local citizen's committee to prevent neighboring municipalities from annexing portions of Beavercreek Township in Greene County, Ohio. The committee also worked to secure incorporation for Beavercreek as a village. Included are minutes of Trustees' meetings, membership lists, general and legal correspondence, legal briefs, petitions for incorporation, community attitude...
Dates:
circa 1980
Collection
Identifier: MS-356
Abstract
The Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engine Drawing Collection is a collection of over 50,000 aircraft engine part and power system drawings produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The collection consists of approximately 1324 rolls of microfilm containing thousands of engine part drawings, more than a thousand engine drawings, an index to the engine parts that were microfilmed, cards documenting tools used to make the engine parts, and a number of aircraft engine manuals. The collection...
Dates:
1920-1969
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-22
Scope and Contents
This microfilm contains general meeting and executive board minutes spanning 1949-1979 of Graphic Arts Union, Local 199, a Dayton printer's union. This microfilm is listed with the minutes in Graphic Arts Union, Local 199 Records (MS-108) finding aid.
Dates:
1981
Collection
Identifier: MS-108
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...
Dates:
1936-1978; Majority of material found within 1950-1965
Collection
Identifier: MS-344
Abstract
The Walter Matthews Jefferies Aviation Collection consists of more than 15,000 photographs and over 1100 books, pamphlets, and journals. The bulk of the photographs pertain to aviation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Most of the photographs document military aircraft produced by a variety of aircraft manufacturers. However, the collection also contains a significant number of photographs taken by movie studios during the filming of aviation-themed movies. A large amount of technical manuals...
Dates:
1917-2002
Collection
Identifier: MFM-117
Scope and Contents
Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights. Contents include: Biographical articles and newspaper clippings; Correspondence, Katharine Wright...
Dates:
1922-1928
Collection — Reel: 1 (DB Roll 2427)
Identifier: MFM-19
Scope and Contents
The microfilm contains clippings dating 1917-1977, which follow Paul Katz's musical career as a performer and composer, as well as the founder and Musical Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dates:
circa 1980
Collection — Reel: MFM-29 (DB Roll 2437)
Identifier: MFM-29
Scope and Contents
Consists of the League of Women Voter's publication, The Voter's Guide, which profiles candidates and issues before each general election. The issues on the microfilm span 1941-1981. See also MS-123.
Dates:
circa 1980