Fam. Family and Personal Papers

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This photograph album documents the journey of the William D. McCarthy family from Dayton, Ohio, to California from June through December 1921. During the family's travels they visited a variety of places including Hannibal, Missouri; Pikes Peak, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; cliff dwellings; the Grand Canyon; the Mojave Desert; San Gabriel Valley, California; and Pasadena, California. A brief description of each place is written below the photographs in the album.

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Variety of materials concerning Erastus Smith, a Kentucky man who served as a Major in the Mexican War. Note: some materials are located in the oversize collection.

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This collection contains an original letter written by Wilbur Wright to a New York publisher. As well, there are photocopies of the letter.

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Transcription of more than 400 pages of a diary belonging to Henry H. Arnold, a farmer in Montgomery County, Ohio.

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Math notebook from William Reichard, circa 1830.

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Family Record page for Michael Bernard Mulkern and Mary Ann O'Regan Mulkern and family, circa 1868. This one-page document, created around 1868, records the names of parents (Michael Bernard Mulkern and Mary Ann O'Regan) and children, with births, marriages, and deaths.

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This collection consists of family history and genealogy records for the Weinland and Mumma families. Information included may consist of dates of birth, marriage, and death.

Abstract A collection of 19th and early 20th century family papers of the Coombs and Learned extended families who lived in Michigan, California, and Ohio. Papers include extensive family correspondence, diaries, business and financial records, and over 300 photographs. Noteworthy among the contents are several letters written by President James A. Garfield to a family member when he was a young man, as well as Palmer Coombs' World War I diaries and papers. Portions of this collection, including...

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Student paper written by Megan Nealis in December 1998 concerning Jerusha Peacock.

Abstract Four accounts written by four members of the Abel Family from Dayton, Ohio over three generations, and transcribed by Rita Mastbaum Hughes. Includes: Personal Recollections by Joseph F. Abel, circa 1900; Silver Anniversary Trip of Joseph J. Abel and M. Josephine Abel, June 19, 1925 to July 30, 1925; D. Herbert Abel, Ph.D. Autobiography, 1968; and Remembrances by Rosemarie Rita Abel Gabel, 1975. Collectively the collection documents social life and customs in Dayton, Ohio's history from the...