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Coombs-Learned Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-182
Abstract
A collection of 19th and early 20th century family papers of the Coombs and Learned extended families who lived in Michigan, California, and Ohio. Papers include extensive family correspondence, diaries, business and financial records, and over 300 photographs. Noteworthy among the contents are several letters written by President James A. Garfield to a family member when he was a young man, as well as Palmer Coombs' World War I diaries and papers. Portions of this collection, including...
Dates:
1819-1985
Found in:
Special Collections
Harvey Dressler Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-473
Abstract
Harvey Dressler was a civil engineer in the Dayton area owning the firm of Cellarius and Dressler Engineering. The Harvey Dressler Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, maps, books, and other documents related to Harvey Dressler, his wife Florence Bremberger Dressler, and daughter Mary Dressler Stansell.
Dates:
1896-1966
Found in:
Special Collections
Fred F. Marshall Papers (MS-53)
Collection
Identifier: MS-53
Abstract
The Fred F. Marshall Papers reflect Marshall's career as an engineer, aviation journalist, photographer, environmentalist, and local historian. Marshall was attached to the Signal Corps in World War I; he then returned to Dayton to work at McCook Field where he was editor of the aviation journal, Slipstream. Retiring in 1955 after working for several engineering and aircraft firms, Marshall devoted his time to writing articles dealing with the history of the Yellow Springs, Clifton, and...
Dates:
1912-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
Clair Wilbur Welty Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-196
Abstract
Welty served in the US Army Signal Corps during World War I and was killed in action just before the war ended in November 1918. His papers consist of school and military records as well as correspondence offering condolences to his Ohio family after his death.
Dates:
1905-1922; Majority of material found within 1917-1918
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Cellarius and Dressler Engineering 1
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- Coombs, Genevieve Learned, 1897-1988 1
- Coombs, Palmer Bennett, 1893-1959 1
- Dressler, Florence Bremberger, 1890-1974 1
- Dressler, Harvey, 1887-1926 1
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
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- Marshall, Fred F., 1891-1974 1
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- Stansell, Mary Dressler, 1920-2012 1
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 1
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