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Oscar Edwin Carr Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-140
Abstract
A life-long resident of Yellow Springs, Ohio, Carr attended Antioch College, then worked in his father's nursery business which he eventually took over in the 1920s. The bulk of his papers date from 1888 to 1906 and consist of correspondence from various family members and women friends.
Dates:
1885-1966; Majority of material found within 1888-1906
Found in:
Special Collections
Harris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-160
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of the personal and business correspondence of George Harris and his wife Katherine Carr Harris, his brother, Robert Harris, and his son, Ladley Harris. Both Katherine and George were born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio and attended Antioch College in the 1890s. They married in 1904 and moved to Georgia where Harris established a successful law practice and they raised a family. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is with family members...
Dates:
1898 - 1964
Found in:
Special Collections
Derostus F. Ladley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-117
Abstract
Born April 10, 1806 in Virginia, Derostus Ladley was a minister and prominent member of the Christian Connection / Connexion (also called the Christian Church). From 1838-1852, the Ladley family moved around Ohio as he preached and founded churches. In 1852, the family settled in Yellow Springs, Ohio where he founded the First Christian Church, and the Second Christian Church. He was also involved in the founding of Antioch College. His papers consist primarily of letters between Derostus...
Dates:
1821-1867
Found in:
Special Collections
Matthews-Howard Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-248
Abstract
Graduates of Wilberforce University, Rev. Wesley Matthews and his wife, Ruth "Pat" Matthews, were active in civil rights, church work, and community organizing in the Dayton, Yellow Springs, and Urbana, Ohio areas. After Rev. Matthews died in 1978, Pat Matthews remarried Wendell Howard, a Springfield pharmacist. Papers in this collection include business and personal correspondence from both families, records from a depression-era WPA education program in Clark County, family photographs, a...
Dates:
1908 - 1992
Found in:
Special Collections
Louise Harris Odiorne Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-161
Abstract
Louise Odiorne was a landscape architect and planner working out of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The papers in this collection reflect her wide-ranging interests in community planning, environmental architecture, regenerative land use and conservation. Included are personal and professional papers, grants, papers pertaining to several land use projects in and around Yellow Springs, and materials concerned with Odiorne's most important work, the Life-Clime Project, an idea for establishing an indoor...
Dates:
1914 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Jerusha Hall Peacock Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-139
Abstract
Jerusha Peacock was a student at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in the early 1860s, and later taught at Antioch's Preparatory School from 1865-1873. Her papers consist of letters written primarily to her mother and sisters, essays, a collection of her poetry, and a sketchbook. Peacock's letters colorfully describe her life at Antioch, her travels, acquaintances, and activities.
Dates:
1860-1878; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
Found in:
Special Collections
Totten Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-137
Abstract
Consists primarily of correspondence of three generations of the Totten Family in Springfield, Ohio, and Yellow Springs, Ohio, from the early 19th through the 20th century.
Dates:
1811-1962; Majority of material found within 1910-1962
Found in:
Special Collections
Yellow Springs Community Council Records (MS-566)
Collection
Identifier: MS-566
Abstract
The Yellow Springs Community Council (YSCC) was an umbrella organization under the United Way of Dayton. The United Way of Dayton would allocate money to the YSCC and, in turn, the YSCC would disseminate that money to the smaller non-profits in Yellow Springs. Materials include bylaws, meeting minutes, financial statements, balance sheets, funding requests, and both internal and external correspondence.
Dates:
1966-2013; Majority of material found within Bulk 1993-2013
Found in:
Special Collections
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