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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
Breidenbach Family Album (SC-309)
Collection
Identifier: SC-309
Content Description
The collection consists of a single album, containing primarily photographs, as well as news clippings, documents, and mementoes, concerning Dayton pharmacist and physician Dr. Carl Henry Breidenbach (1867-1926) and his family. In addition to family photographs and a few medical scenes, other notable topics of the photographs include the Dayton flood of 1913, bicyclists, and the President Rutherford B. Hayes home in Fremont.
Dates:
circa 1882-1930
Found in:
Special Collections
Harrison Morton Bretz Photographs (SC-277)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-277
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 38 original photographic prints (of 30 different pictures) in downtown Dayton, Ohio. About half of the photos depict damage following the Great 1913 Flood of Dayton, and the rest show various landmarks, buildings, and scenes of Dayton between 1913 and 1920 (several alluding to World War I). Landmarks shown include Memorial Hall, the "New" Courthouse, Union Station, the Third Street post office, the Dayton Daily News building, the Old Main Library, and the Miami...
Dates:
1913-1920
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
Burns-Jackson Project Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-142
Abstract
The records consist of files of the Burns-Jackson Corporation, and include the articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, correspondence, clippings, publications, and working papers of a group formed in 1965 to restore and preserve the Oregon District/Burns-Jackson area of Dayton, Ohio.
Dates:
1966-1974
Found in:
Special Collections
Michael Caporale Collection, William Preston Mayfield Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS-269
Scope and Contents
The Michael Caporale Photograph Collection consists of 356 photographs collected by Michael Caporale. The collection is close in provenance to MS 271, the Peerless Mayfield Collection. Many of the images in both collections are similar subjects and clearly come from the same sources. Users may wish to consult both collections to obtain a more complete overview of Mayfield’s photographic legacy. Series 1 of this collection consists of photographs taken by Dayton photographer...
Dates:
1880-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
Louis P. Christman, 1903 Wright Flyer Drawings
Collection
Identifier: MS-477
Abstract
Orville and Wilbur Wright never constructed a complete set of drawings for any of their flyers or gliders. In the mid-1940s, friend of the Wright's, Edward Deeds, commissioned Louis P. Christman, to complete, not only a set of drawings for the famous 1903 Flyer, but also the 1900, 1901, and 1902 Gliders, and the 1903 and 1904 Flyers. This collection contains Christman's original drawings of the 1903 Flyer's Engine Support Rails and Wing Ribs. In addition, the collection also consists of 23...
Dates:
1947-1951
Found in:
Special Collections
Cityfolk Collection (MS-508)
Collection
Identifier: MS-508
Summary/Abstract:
The Cityfolk Collection contains material describing the administrative and creative functions of the Cityfolk organization. Folder and box contents include financial documents, artist contracts, donor and volunteer information, festival and program planning, newspaper clippings, negatives, slides, printed photographs, oral histories on cassette and VHS tape, marketing materials, and oversized artistic renderings. The works range in date from 1980 to 2014, with the bulk of the material...
Dates:
1980-2014 ; Majority of material found within 1990-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
Shirley Russell Coen Fairview High School Class of 1945 Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-527
Abstract
The collection consists of scrapbooks, school newspapers, and materials related to the graduating class of 1945 from Fairview High School in Dayton, Ohio. Fairview High School was built in 1929 and later became a middle school and elementary school before it was eventually demolished in 2010. The Collection also includes information on class reunions.
Dates:
1943-2016
Found in:
Special Collections
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