LH. Local History
Found in 266 Collections and/or Records:
"Freedom Libraries: Mississippi Summer Project, 1964" Materials (SC-307)
This collection contains materials pertaining to the Freedom Libraries project undertaken by Virginia Steele during Freedom Summer of 1964. The materials were assembled by Mary Steele Morgan, Virginia’s sister. The collection consists primarily of journal articles about the project.
Delco Light Frigidaire Convention Badge with Ribbon
This collection contains a single metal badge with red ribbon. The badge is inscribed with the words “Delco Light Frigidaire Convention, 1927.” The ribbon was owned by H. H. McLellan, who sold Delco Light plants in Nebraska. He received the ribbon when he attended the convention in Dayton.
Breidenbach Family Album (SC-309)
The collection consists of a single album, containing primarily photographs, as well as news clippings, documents, and mementoes, concerning Dayton pharmacist and physician Dr. Carl Henry Breidenbach (1867-1926) and his family. In addition to family photographs and a few medical scenes, other notable topics of the photographs include the Dayton flood of 1913, bicyclists, and the President Rutherford B. Hayes home in Fremont.
Swank/Martin Family Papers (SC-311)
This collection consists of about 20 legal documents such as deeds, mortgages, and other property-related records pertaining primarily to the Swank, Martin, and related families in Darke and Montgomery Counties.
Leach "Heritage of the Air" Aviation Prints and Harold R. Harris Photograph (SC-314)
Historical Theater Programs Collection (MS-87)
A miscellaneous collection of theater programs from several American cities, including Dayton and Cincinnati.
Roger Miller Aviation Slide Collection
The collection consists primarily of color slides depicting aircraft, mostly civilian planes at air fields throughout the Miami Valley, with the bulk dating from 1959 to 1988. The slides were in most cases created, and in some cases collected, by Roger Miller, an aviation enthusiast and local historian from Middletown, Ohio.
Helen Cavanagh Scrapbook Collection
This collection consists of scrapbooks, news clippings, and magazines that Helen Cavanagh collected. The primary topic areas of these materials are: Charles Lindbergh, John F. Kennedy, the Dayton blizzard of 1978, and the Space Program. The Space Program materials largely relate to Neil Armstrong and the 1969 moon landing; however, there is also information on the topics of John Glenn and the Challenger explosion.
Charles N. Moser Collection (MS-317)
This collection consists of 3 blueprints of an ATM-1 2-Place Trainer aircraft, drafted for a course taken at Aeronautical University Chicago, 1942.
Authors Collection
This is a small collection of first edition and autographed publications. It includes poetry, short stories, essays, and/or sketches by such authors as Gertrude Stein, Joyce Carol Oates, Barbara Wells, and WSU professors Gary Pacernick and Robert G. Thobaben.
Also includes a copy of The Last Will and Testament of Gertrude Stein.
