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LH. Local History

 Topic Guide
Identifier: LH
Collections pertaining to the local history of the Miami Valley of Ohio.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

"Freedom Libraries: Mississippi Summer Project, 1964" Materials (SC-307)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-307
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1965; 1996

Business Ledger (SC-11)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-11
Scope and Contents

A cash ledger from an unknown general store listing household goods sold to various individuals.

Dates: 1867-1868

Diary of Sarah Louise Reed Brown (SC-295)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-295
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single transcription of the diary of Sarah Louise (Reed) Brown. The diary transcription was edited by Martha A. Gavin and Sarah H. Conrad.

Dates: undated

Robert Countryman World War II Collection (SC-303)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-303
Dates: 1977; 1991; 1997

John Frederick Roser American Civil War Papers (SC-96)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-96
Abstract

Photocopies of records relating to Roser's career in the Union Army.

Dates: 1862-1864

George Higginbotham World War II Letter (SC-104)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-104
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter written by Higginbotham to his father while he was stationed in Italy during World War II.

Dates: 1943

Lloyd Kress Papers (SC-106)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-106
Scope and Contents

V-mail written by Kress home and photocopies of newspaper clippings, both from 1945 and from 1995, as part of a retrospective series. Kress witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Dates: 1945-1995

Seth Furnas World War II Papers (SC-107)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-107
Dates: 1943 - 1946

Early Farm Machinery Advertisements (SC-177)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-177
Scope and Contents

Late 19th-century advertisements for agricultural machinery.

Dates: 1878-1879

Local Government Ephemera (SC-235)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-235
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of various land deeds, contracts, and other government records from the early 1800s.

Dates: 1813-1870, 1915