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LH/MON. Montgomery County History

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LH/MON

Staff Only

Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:

Wright Company Glass Plate Negative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-398
Abstract

: The Wright Company Glass Plate Negative collection consists of 92 glass plate negatives, and 10 film negatives relating to the Wright Company, the Wright School of Aviation, flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., celebrations and aviation events, and a series of unidentified children.

Dates: 1900-1913; 2009; Majority of material found within 1910-1911
Found in: Special Collections

Charles W. Ingler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-374
Abstract Ingler was one of the individuals responsible for Wright State University's groundbreaking in 1961 and was an important figure in Dayton. He wrote a book on Wright State University's history titled Founding and Fulfillment, published in 1987. These papers chronicle the life of Ingler, and provide insight into the history of Wright State University and education in state institutions within the greater Miami...
Dates: 1937-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-1999
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

P. H. Richardson Wright Field Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-365
Abstract

The Richardson Wright Field Collection contains 172 photos of aircraft and aircraft parts. The majority of the pictures feature displays from the Armed Forces Day Air Show held at Wright Field in 1945. Many of the exhibits pertain to Luftwaffe aircraft captured during Operation Lusty. As well, there are many photos documenting the only Fairchild powered XAT-6E Texan produced.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections

Lest We Forget Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-396
Abstract Lest We Forget was a film and audio project that captured personal and historical reflections and remembrances of people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, their families, their advocates, and their communities during the decades of statewide institutionalization and subsequent de-institutionalization in Ohio. The goals of the project were to collect oral, video, and written histories of the personal stories of people with mental retardation who lived in a state...
Dates: 1953 - 2008; Majority of material found within 2003 - 2007
Found in: Special Collections

Harrison Township Cemetery Association / Greencastle Cemetery Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-366
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten and typed documents of burial plots and grave records, maps, financial reports and receipts, deeds, ledgers, meeting minutes, photographs, and correspondence. The records pertain to both New Greencastle Cemetery and Old Greencastle Cemetery, which are burial grounds of some of the founders of Dayton.

Dates: 1868-2005; Majority of material found within 1940-1989
Found in: Special Collections

Kettering Family Papers (MS-363)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-363
Abstract The Kettering Family Papers contain materials documenting the life of Charles F. Kettering, as well as his son Eugene Kettering, daughter-in-law Virginia Kettering, and their children. The Kettering family was heavily involved in the industrial and, later, philanthropic make-up of the city of Dayton during the 20th century, and were greatly influential in the city's more recent history. Made up primarily of photographs, correspondence, family keepsakes such as holiday cards, photo albums and...
Dates: 1876-2006; Majority of material found within 1930-1972
Found in: Special Collections

James Keen Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-450
Abstract James Keen was a newspaper photographer for a number of newspapers throughout the country, including the Dayton Journal-Herald. This collection consists of approximately 9,300 black and white negatives and black and white photographs. These photographs were taken from 1937 to 1946 in and around the Miami Valley, including Dayton, Wright and Patterson Fields and other nearby Ohio areas. As a newspaper photographer, many of these photographs were taken to accompany news in the Dayton Journal...
Dates: 1933 - 1946; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1945
Found in: Special Collections

Tony Hall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-341
Abstract The Tony Hall Papers document the career of Tony Hall as both a U.S. Congressman, representing the Third District of Ohio, and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. The bulk of the records pertain to his 24-year career as a U.S. Congressman. The papers contain voting records, congressional bills, constituent correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and research on a variety...
Dates: 1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2002
Found in: Special Collections

Dayton-Montgomery County Bicentennial Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-55
Abstract

Records document the official plans for celebrating the 1976 Bicentennial in the Dayton-Montgomery County area through minutes, correspondence, clippings, organizational papers, publications, broadsides, and working papers.

Dates: 1974-1976
Found in: Special Collections
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