Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 11

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

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

Congressman Edward G. Breen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-409
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Edward G. Breen, a Dayton, Ohio native and Democratic Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for the third district of Ohio from 1949-1951. Before being elected to Congress, Breen served in the Air Force during World War II, he then served as mayor for the city of Dayton upon his return home from war. After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Breen was elected to the Board of Commissioners for Montgomery County. Three scrapbooks of...
Dates: 1908-2013; Majority of material found within 1940-1950

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-458
Abstract This collection consists of over 2000 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and news clippings spanning obituary, personality, and subject files generated by the Dayton Daily News and the former Journal Herald in the twentieth century. The newspaper was founded by James M. Cox, a three-term Ohio governor and presidential candidate. The archive documents the local and regional history of Dayton and the Miami Valley in Ohio and it role on a national scale, particularly during the period 1930...
Dates: 1890 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980

Five Rivers MetroParks Records (formerly Dayton-Montgomery County Park District Records) (MS-45)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-45
Abstract Formed in 1963 under the name Montgomery County Park District, Five Rivers MetroParks is a conservation organization dedicated to protecting the natural heritage of the Miami Valley, and promoting the use of these lands and waterways by the community. In addition to its core mission, Fiver Rivers MetroParks provides educational opportunities, and encourages healthy living and an environmentally conscious lifestyle. Five Rivers MetroParks preserves open space and natural areas, along with...
Dates: 1930 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1963 - 2015

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

Miles S. Kuhns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-382
Abstract

The Miles S. Kuhns Papers consist mainly of correspondence related to Kuhns' political career. It contains many lobbying letters from citizens and organizations. Almost half of the collection relates to Kuhns' work with the Ohio Revolutionary War Memorial Commission. A third section consists of personal correspondence and ephemera Kuhns received throughout his career.

Dates: 1920-1939

League of Women Voters, Dayton Area Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-123
Abstract The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, the year American women were granted the right to vote by the passage of the 19th Amendment. The League has since grown into a nationwide organization that works to promote political responsibility on the part of all citizens. It is non-partisan and does not support or oppose political parties or candidates, but it does take stands on public issues, after conducting extensive studies and reaching a consensus of the membership. The Dayton Area...
Dates: 1920-2000

Oakwood Rotary Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-475
Abstract

The Oakwood Rotary Club was founded on August 27, 1980. The records in this collection comprise administrative files such as meeting minutes, handbooks, club rosters, and correspondence, as well as newsletters spanning the history of the club from its inception in 1980 to 2012.

Dates: 1980-2012

Public Opinion Center (Dayton, Ohio) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-110
Abstract

The Public Opinion Center Records contains surveys conducted in the Dayton area between 1970 and 1975. The breadth of the surveys is wide covering topics on schools, government, housing, health, and a number of other social, political, and economic issues. Some surveys contain the full raw dataset while others in the collection are summaries compiled by the center for public release.

Dates: 1970-1975

Filtered By

  • Subject: Dayton (Ohio) -- History X
  • Subject: Montgomery County (Ohio) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Special Collections 10
Local Government Records 1
 
Subject
Dayton (Ohio) -- History 10
Photographs 6
Montgomery County (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 5
Correspondence 4
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
∨ more
Minutes (administrative records) 3
Montgomery County (Ohio) 3
Newsletters 3
Scrapbooks 3
Annual reports 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Dayton (Ohio) -- Pictorial works 2
Financial records 2
Negatives (photographs) 2
Newspapers 2
Aeronautics -- Ohio -- History 1
American newspapers -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Arts, American -- Ohio 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Brochures 1
Burial -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Burial records -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Business -- Ohio 1
Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Montgomery County 1
Community health services 1
Crime -- Ohio 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Newspapers 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Dayton (Ohio) -- Research 1
Dayton daily news (Dayton, Ohio : 1898) 1
Disaster relief -- Ohio 1
Education -- Ohio 1
Electronic records (digital records) 1
Fund raising 1
Greene County (Ohio) -- History 1
Handbooks 1
Holidays -- Ohio 1
Hotelkeepers 1
Inventors 1
Journalism -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Journalism, Pictorial 1
Lantern slides 1
Law enforcement -- Ohio 1
Lawyers 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legislators -- United States 1
Mausoleums -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Mayors -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- 20th century -- History 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- Economic conditions 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- Politics and government 1
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- Social conditions 1
Microfilms 1
Montgomery County (Ohio) -- Politics and government 1
Municipal government -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History -- 20th century 1
Natural areas -- Ohio 1
Nature conservation 1
Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History 1
Oakwood (Montgomery County, Ohio) -- Societies and clubs 1
Obituaries -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Ohio -- Politics and government 1
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Ohio -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works 1
Park districts 1
Parks -- Montgomery County (Ohio) 1
Parks -- Ohio 1
Permits 1
Photographers 1
Photographic postcards 1
Photography -- Negatives -- 20th century 1
Photography -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Politicians 1
Postcards 1
Preble County (Ohio) -- History 1
Public opinion -- Ohio Miami River Valley 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Regional planning -- Ohio Miami River Valley 1
Slides (photographs) 1
Sound recordings 1
Telegrams 1
Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Education 1
Volunteer workers in social service 1
Women -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
Women -- Suffrage 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work 1
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Dayton daily news 2
Dayton journal herald 2
American Cemetery Association 1
American Junior Red Cross 1
American Red Cross 1