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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
Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc., Records (MFM-35)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-35
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of The Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc. Records (MS-112), which document a 15-year struggle by a local citizen's committee to prevent neighboring municipalities from annexing portions of Beavercreek Township in Greene County, Ohio. The committee also worked to secure incorporation for Beavercreek as a village. Included are minutes of Trustees' meetings, membership lists, general and legal correspondence, legal briefs, petitions for incorporation, community attitude...
Dates:
circa 1980
Found in:
Special Collections
Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-112
Abstract
Records document a 15-year struggle by a citizens' committee to prevent neighboring cities from annexing portions of Beavercreek Township in Greene County and secure incorporation for Beavercreek as a village. Included are minutes, membership lists, correspondence, legal papers, petitions, community attitude surveys, fund raising materials, and newspaper clippings. A copy of the book Birth of a City: a Somewhat Personalized View of the Incorporation of Beavercreek, Ohio written in 2016 by...
Dates:
1956-1980; 2016; Majority of material found within 1964-1980
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
Daniel Brubaker Scrapbooks (MFM-13)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-13
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks of Daniel Brubaker (1915-1976), the first mayor of Kettering, Ohio.
Dates:
1953-1956
Found in:
Special Collections
Community Research Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-217
Abstract
Community Research, Inc. was a privately funded think tank formed in 1957 to study and recommend solutions to problems facing metropolitan Dayton. Records include annual reports, Board meeting minutes, and evaluations of community programs. Another series of records focuses on the organization's role in the federal government's Pilot Cities Program in Dayton in the early 1970s and includes Board meeting minutes, correspondence, grant proposals, reports, and evaluations of funded programs.
Dates:
1957-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
James M. Cox Papers (MS-2)
Collection
Identifier: MS-2
Abstract
Consists of correspondence, reports, speeches, photographs, clippings, and other printed materials relating to Cox's long career as a journalist and politician. Cox was a U.S. Congressman representing Ohio's 3rd District from 1909-1913, and the governor of Ohio from 1913-1915 and from 1917-1921. In 1920 he was the Democratic nominee for President with Franklin D. Roosevelt as his running mate. Cox was also the owner and publisher of several newspapers including the Dayton Daily News and the...
Dates:
1908-1960
Found in:
Special Collections
Charles J. Curran Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-346
Abstract
The collection includes correspondence, speeches, campaign information, photographs, certificates, advertisements, news clippings, and research documents. Most items are by or about Charles J. Curran and his time as Montgomery County Commissioner from 1983-2006. A few items in the collection relate to other local politicians or Curran family members. The collection documents Dayton and Montgomery County politics, including Charles Curran's switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican...
Dates:
1941-2006; Majority of material found within 1990-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
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