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Tornadoes -- Ohio -- Xenia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458) - Xenia 1974 Tornado Photographs SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-458 Xenia Tornado CORE Scholar
Dates: 1974 April

William Pitstick Xenia Tornado Photograph Collection (SC-268)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-268
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 31 images of the aftermath of the Xenia tornado in April 1974. William Pitstick was the telephone manager who was called in to start the repairs after the 1974 tornado. He shot several rolls of film documenting the damage at street level across Xenia. These photographs offer an in-depth look at the city in the immediate aftermath of the tornado, and the vast majority of the photographs are very thoroughly labeled.

Dates: 1974

Xenia 1974 Tornado, 1974 - 1984, bulk: bulk 1974 April

 VIP File
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Subject VIP Files contain photographs and clippings on subjects the Dayton Daily News deemed to be of high use or high importance.

Dates: 1974 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1974 April

Xenia 1974 Tornado Clippings (SC-329)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-329
Scope and Contents

The collection consists newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, concerning the devastating tornado that wreaked havoc on Xenia, Ohio, on April 3, 1974.

Dates: 1974