Community Chest Leaders at Dayton Art Institute, 1940 - 1941
Scope and Contents
Group of prominent Daytonians seated at long banquet tables under the large portrait of Julia Shaw Carnell at Dayton Art Institute. Carnell herself is seated directly in front of the portrait. Description included with the photo reads: "This is a meeting of some of the leaders who were active in Community Chest work in Dayton from 1940 to 1941. Some persons are unknown therefore the numbers indicate what position the person occupies from the left. (1) ? ; (2) Mrs. Charles A. Craighead (deceased); (3) ? ; (4) Col. E. A. Deeds, Chairman of Board, National Cash Register ; (5) R. H. Grant, former W.P. of General Motors ; (6) Mrs. Deeds ; (7) W. Megree Brock, President Gem City Savings Association ; (8) Thirza Grant Reynolds ; (9) James M. Cox, former candidate for president of U.S. in 1920 ; (10) Mrs. H. G. Carnell ; (11) Wallace Whitaker ; (12) Mrs. James M. Cox ; (13) Mr. Frederick Rike ; (14) Mrs. O. H. Davidson (Mrs. Carnell's daughter) ; (15) Orville Wright, co-inventor of airplane ; (16) ? ; (17) ? ; (18) Charles Brennau.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1941
Creator
- From the Collection: United Way of the Greater Dayton Area (Organization)
Language of Materials
The majority of the materials are in English; however, at least one item includes Spanish. The presence of other languages are indicated at the folder or item level.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no donor-imposed restrictions on accessing material in this collection; however, this collection is subject to restrictions on accessing original audio/visual and electronic record formats due to preservation concerns.
Due to preservation concerns, original audio and video materials cannot be played in the reading room. Patrons may have access to reference copies. Items without reference copies can be digitized at the request of a patron for the cost of creating a digital copy. Please contact us at least two weeks in advance if you would like to request an audio or video reference copy. Use of digitized content is subject to conditions governing use.
Some analog audiovisual materials, already restricted for the preservation reasons stated above, are also stored off-site.
All electronic records listed in this finding aid are processed and available; however, researchers are requested to contact us at least two days in advance when requesting electronic records.
Extent
From the Collection: 50.73 linear feet
From the Collection: 6.858 Gigabytes
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
