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LH/OTH. Other Local History

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LH/OTH

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

1937 Flood Scrapbook (MS-663)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-663
Abstract

The collection contains a scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings (articles, photographs, and advertisements) reporting the impact of the 1937 Ohio River flood on Cincinnati, Ohio, and surrounding areas in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. It also contains a special edition Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper about the flood.

Dates: 1937

Article, "Cincinnati in 1802" (SC-12)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-12
Scope and Contents

This is an article from the Cincinnati Daily Gazette that was published in the Friday Morning edition on June 5, 1857, about what Cincinnati was like in 1802.

Dates: 1857 June 5

State Election Ticket Collection (SC-18)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-18
Abstract

The collection includes approximately 150 miscellaneous Union and Democratic election tickets from the election of 1863.

Dates: 1863; 1925

Charles Lanman's Collected Biographies of 19th-century Ohio Congressmen (SC-21)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-21
Abstract

This is a collection of autobiographical letters written from various local Congressmen to Charles Lanman.

Dates: 1831-1863

William Armstrong Papers (SC-4)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-4
Scope and Contents

Collection includes letters written to and from an army officer, mostly to his family in Vevay, Indiana, which cover his experiences in the early 19th century frontier army as well as his duty in the Mexican War where he was killed during the Battle of Molino del Ray.

Dates: 1815-1847

Unidentified World War I Soldier's Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-30
Scope and Contents The collection contains a two-page letter typed by a World War I soldier returning by ship to the United States from Europe. The letter describes the conditions and activities aboard the transport ship U.S.S. Aeolus, on which he is travelling, as well as the writer’s duties while he is aboard. The author writes about the people he would like to see once he reaches the United States. He also offers insight into race relations in a segregated army. Additionally, the collection contains a...
Dates: 1919

J. Edgar Scholl Diary (SC-53)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-53
Scope and Contents

A transcription of Scholl's diary, includes brief information about his life and the weather, from Fayette County, Indiana.

Dates: 1901-1902

Map of the State Highway System of Ohio (SC-187)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-187
Scope and Contents

A bound, fold-out map of Ohio's state highways including an index of cities and villages, dating from 1932.

Dates: 1932

Sgt. Jay H. Crawford World War I Diary (SC-225)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-225
Scope and Contents The diary, kept by Sergeant Jay H. Crawford, details a World War I soldier’s experience in 1918. It starts in Houston in May 1918, describing Crawford’s journey to the east coast, and later to France. The diary discusses his experiences in France, including describing airplanes and dogfights in May and June, and describing the aftermath of the Battle of Verdun. The diary consists of multiple longer passages, with dates referenced in narrative form. The last events discussed appear to date to...
Dates: 1918 May-Oct

Hans Dam Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-412
Abstract Hans Dam was a 50-year collector of aviation memorabilia, especially photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings. His primary areas of interest included air races and air shows, early flight, WACO aircraft, and the history of aviation in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. At the time of his death he was working on a book about aviation in southwestern Ohio which is included in the collection. The collection consists of twenty-nine albums containing more than 2500 photographs...
Dates: 1910-2003