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Recollections of Gerhard Ehlers (SC-224)
Collection
Identifier: SC-224
Scope and Contents
Copy of a book of recollections by Gerhard Ehlers, made for his children, concerning his life in Germany before moving to the U.S. to work for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Dates:
1913-1957
Found in:
Special Collections
P. H. Richardson Wright Field Photo Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-365
Abstract
The Richardson Wright Field Collection contains 172 photos of aircraft and aircraft parts. The majority of the pictures feature displays from the Armed Forces Day Air Show held at Wright Field in 1945. Many of the exhibits pertain to Luftwaffe aircraft captured during Operation Lusty. As well, there are many photos documenting the only Fairchild powered XAT-6E Texan produced.
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Special Collections
Jack Savage Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-237
Abstract
Papers consist primarily of materials documenting Savage's military career in the Signal Corps during World War II and include his letters home, a scrapbook, photographs, a narrative of his experiences, and his basic training book. Also included are materials from his father who served in World War I, as well as a small collection of Civil War letters and papers from Savage's ancestors who fought in Ohio regiments.
Dates:
1861 - 2007
Found in:
Special Collections
Schenck Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-284
Abstract
The Schenck family was one of the most prominent families in the Dayton area. General William C. Schenck, a pioneer of the Miami Valley, helped lay out Licking County in 1801. William's son, Robert C. Schenck, was a State Representative in Ohio from 1843-1850, U.S. Minister to Brazil from 1851-1854, Brigadier General of Volunteers during the Civil War (1862), elected to the 3rd Congressional District in 1862, served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 1867-1871, and was...
Dates:
1860-1985
Found in:
Special Collections
Harley R. Schneider Northwest Vandalia Modification Center Collection (MS-557)
Collection
Identifier: MS-557
Abstract
Harley R. Schneider was an employee of Northwest Airlines Corp. Schneider was a civil engineer employed to modify World War II bombers at Northwest Airlines Corp. Modification Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Northwest Airlines expanded their facilities in 1943 which included a new Modification Center in Vandalia, Ohio. Schneider was reassigned to the Vandalia location in 1943. This collection consists of various materials from his time working at the Vandalia Modification Center including a...
Dates:
1943 - 1944; 2000
Found in:
Special Collections
Springfield YMCA Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-250
Abstract
Records document the history of the YMCA in Springfield, Ohio, and include extensive subject files, photographs, clippings, ledgers, and blueprints of the YMCA building. Subject files contain a variety of materials including correspondence, annual reports, budgets, Board of Director's minutes, newsletters, programs, activity reports, and historical information. The significance of this collection lies in the variety of subjects covered These subjects include: religion, war work related to...
Dates:
1854-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
James E. P. Sullivan Aviation Drawing Collection (MS-561)
Collection
Identifier: MS-561
Abstract
The collection pertains mainly to James E. P. Sullivan’s work as a designer at United Aircraft Products in Dayton, Ohio, during World War II, including such materials as company history, product literature, newsletters, and many parts drawings and designs. The collection also includes some material on the development of the Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft, a project for which James Sullivan’s father was chief engineer. A few photographs of people and aircraft are included also.
Dates:
1918-1951; Majority of material found within 1940-1946
Found in:
Special Collections
The Job Ahead, Summary of the Report on the State of World War II, 1943 (SC-287)
Collection
Identifier: SC-287
Abstract
Collection consists of a two-page newspaper format publication in color printed by the Dayton Emergency Committee in Ohio, summarizing a report from General Marshall, Chief of Staff, and other high-ranking Army officers on the state of the war and the road to victory.
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Special Collections
Edmund Trissell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-316
Abstract
The Edmund Trissell Collection chronicles the life of Dayton photographer Edmund William Trissell through negatives, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from Mr. Trissell's daily life and photographic assignments.
Dates:
1940-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
Joseph Updyke Collection, World War II Correspondence (MS-674)
File
Identifier: MS-674
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of correspondence written and received by Joseph F. “Bud” Updyke, a lifelong resident of Oakwood, during his World War II service in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox (Armored Force Replacement Training Center), England, and France. Subjects included military life and clerical work, interpersonal relationships, train travel, rationing and food shortages, base and barracks conditions, entertainment, weather, historic sites and scenery, holidays, and mail service....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1945; 1942-1945, 1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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