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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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Katharine Kennedy Brown Collection, Lenz Addition
Collection
Identifier: MS-404
Abstract
The collection contains documents, correspondence, photographs, and political materials related to Katharine Kennedy Brown’s personal and political life. Some documents and correspondence pertain to members of Brown’s family, including her mother Louise Achey Kennedy (1860-1945), father Grafton Claggett Kennedy (1859-1909), brother Grafton Sherwood “Duke” Kennedy (1893-1974), husband Kleon Thaw Brown (1886-1925), and mother-in-law Martha McClellan Brown (1838-1916). Documentation from...
Dates:
1854-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers (MS-146)
Collection
Identifier: MS-146
Abstract
Brown was an important figure in the Republican Party from 1920 until 1968. The bulk of materials in this collection are connected with her activities as the National Republican Party Committee Woman from Ohio. Political materials include correspondence, publications, campaign records, convention and election memorabilia, photographs, and records reflecting her activities with state and national GOP women's organizations. Correspondents include major Republican leaders and presidents...
Dates:
1859-2006; Majority of material found within 1900-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Dayton Police Department Historical Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-181
Abstract
This collection was created through the efforts of several Dayton Police Department officers and the Dayton Police History Foundation, Inc. Included in the collection are the arrest files of many different criminals, most notably notorious criminals of the early twentieth century like John Dillinger and "Bugs" Moran. The bulk of the information includes Bertillon card photographs from the turn of the century, various personnel photos, many negatives, newsclippings saved by the D.P.D. and two...
Dates:
1876 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970
Found in:
Special Collections
Congressman David Hobson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-419
Abstract
The Congressman David Hobson Papers document the 26-year political career of David Hobson, who served as a U.S. Congressman for the Ohio Seventh District from 1990 to 2008, as well as having served in the Ohio Senate from 1982 to 1990. The papers contain a wide-variety of material, including the following: voting records, House of Representatives legislation and committee records, constituent correspondence, speeches, radio show transcripts, thank you letters, photographs, audio-visual...
Dates:
1982-2009; Majority of material found within 1992-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Glenn Thompson Papers (MS-4)
Collection
Identifier: MS-4
Abstract
Consists of correspondence, reports, clippings, speeches, memorandums, photographs and printed materials reflecting Thompson's wide ranging interest in education, politics, environmental and social problems, historic preservation and journalism. Also includes an oral history with Sam Zehrung about his life and great gardens of Dayton, Ohio.
Dates:
1948-1982
Found in:
Special Collections
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