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Bill Garlow Photographic Negatives Collection (MS-665)
Collection
Identifier: MS-665
Abstract
Bill Garlow was an award-winning staff photographer for the Dayton Journal-Herald and later Dayton Daily News for over 40 years, from the mid-1960s to mid-2000s. The collection consists of thousands of film negatives (mostly 35mm), spanning a wide variety of topics, people, places, and events. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1967 - 1998
Found in:
Special Collections
John E. Garvey Collection (SC-337)
Collection
Identifier: SC-337
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Garvey’s pilot’s log book, handbook and information about Garvey’s Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft, an aviation drawing by Garvey, handwritten notes, as well as business cards and publications.
Dates:
1946-1997
Found in:
Special Collections
Ivan R. Gates Collection (MS-646)
Collection
Identifier: MS-646
Abstract
Ivan R. Gates was an Early Bird of Aviation, receiving his pilot’s license in 1911, and is credited with starting the first flying school on the west coast in California. The collection documents Gates’ aviation business enterprises, including the Gates Flying Circus, Gates Flying Service, and the New York-based Gates Aircraft Corporation, which manufactured the Gates Belgian RSV convertible monoplane/biplane. Gates’ wife Hazel was also a pilot. The majority of the collection is contained...
Dates:
1924-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Gebhart Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-256
Abstract
This small collection is made up of various financial papers, legal documents, land deeds, mortgages, correspondence, and plat maps. The Gebharts arrived in the Miami Valley area from Pennsylvania in the early 19th century and were active in local business, political and religious activities.
Dates:
1794-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Gelett Burgess' Goop Tales Book
Collection
Identifier: SC-143
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 book, Goop Tales (by Gelett Burgess), which is a collection of children’s poems and short stories on good manners and proper etiquette. Burgess’ is credited for adding such words as blurb, bromide, and goop into the English language. The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright. Orville, Wilbur,...
Dates:
1916
Found in:
Special Collections
General Church of the New Jerusalem Records (MFM-93)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-93
Scope and Contents
Consists of a 1903 church history and five volumes of church records which list members, baptisms, confirmations, burials, and marriages. General Church of the New Jerusalem is located in Glendale, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dates:
1860-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
General Motors Aeroproducts Division Plant Blueprints Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-506
Abstract
The collection consists of large blueprints of structures and systems at the General Motors Aeroproducts Division plant located in Vandalia, Ohio. The majority of the blueprints date to 1940-1941, but later blueprints reflect the plant’s subsequent iterations as GM Allison Division, Inland Division, and Delco Products.
Dates:
1940 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1941
Found in:
Special Collections
George C. Catrow Diaries and Papers (MFM-30)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-30
Scope and Contents
George Catrow (1814-1897) taught in the rural schools of Butler, Montgomery, and Preble counties in the late-19th century. Collection consists of ten volumes of diaries, a Catrow Family history, personal papers, and newspaper clippings. The diaries record many events and names in the Germantown, Franklin, and Middletown, Ohio areas.
Dates:
1853-1897
Found in:
Special Collections
George Higginbotham World War II Letter (SC-104)
Collection
Identifier: SC-104
Scope and Contents
Copy of letter written by Higginbotham to his father while he was stationed in Italy during World War II.
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Special Collections
George W. Bucklin Collection (SC-183)
Collection
Identifier: SC-183
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents and a photograph regarding George Bucklin's position at Wright Field, patent information on Bucklin's photographic process aid, genealogical information on the Bucklin family (including George's unpublished autobiography), and family correspondence. Also, regarding McGuffey Homes, the collection includes neighborhood maps, McGuffey Homes Newsletters (7 April through 1 November 1944), neighborhood bylaws, neighborhood notices and flyers for special events,...
Dates:
1943 - 1947
Found in:
Special Collections
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