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LH. Local History

 Topic Guide
Identifier: LH

Staff Only
Collections pertaining to the local history of the Miami Valley of Ohio.

Found in 462 Collections and/or Records:

"To Avoid Her is to Betray Her: The Letters of Jerusha Hall Peacock (1861-1878)" (SC-120)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-120
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1998 Dec
Found in: Special Collections

Wright Flyer Photographs (SC-121)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-121
Scope and Contents Photographs most likely taken May 1910 at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, during attempts to set altitude records.According to the donor of the photographs the flight was taken on May 20-25, 1910 at Sims Field now Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. The flights were flown to achieve the altitude record and got up to 1800 feet a new record. The airplane was a 1909 Wright Flyer transition model or the number 2 design. The photos were taken by Mr. Martin of Springfield, Ohio who rode the...
Dates: 1910 May 20-25
Found in: Special Collections

Williams Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: SC-123
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three sets of architectural drawings of homes in the Dayton area, including the homes of Gordon T. Milde, W. A. Chryst, and John and Ellen Berry.

Dates: 1926-1987
Found in: Special Collections

Wright B Flyer Stereo Card (SC-124)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-124
Scope and Contents

Stereo Card of the Wright B Flyer flying over Simms Station later Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. The image bears the copyright of the Keystone View Company for 1910. The company entitled the image “Conquering the Air-Wright Brothers Airship Flying at Dayton, Ohio.”

Dates: 1910
Found in: Special Collections

Oakwood Extension (Kettering), Ohio Postcard (SC-126)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-126
Scope and Contents

Color lithograph postcard that depicts an aerial view of Oakwood Extension, now part of Kettering, Ohio. It was published as an advertising piece for the Spaite-Wright Realty Company.

Dates: 1913
Found in: Special Collections

Charles Snyder Aeroplane Photographs (SC-130)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-130
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two photos of an airplane designed and built by Charles Snyder of Osborn (now part of Fairborn), Ohio, plus an article about Fairfield and Osborn (combined to form Fairborn).

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Hamilton-Fairfield WACO Fly-in Program (SC-131)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-131
Scope and Contents

Program for the Hamilton-Fairfield WACO fly-in, circa 1985

Dates: circa 1985
Found in: Special Collections

Margaret Van Cleve Reeder Autobiography (SC-132)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-132
Scope and Contents

A three page typed portion of a autobiography of Margret Van Cleve who was the paternal grandmother of the Wright Brothers. It also includes a brief genealogy of the Van Cleve Reader family. Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

World War II Ration Book (SC-133)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-133
Scope and Contents

War Ration Book One from the Office of Price Administration. Includes a Certificate of Registrar that shows it was registered to a Virgil J. Roush of Columbus, Ohio issued on March 17, 1943.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Special Collections

Secretary of War Newton Baker Letter (SC-135)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-135
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed letter from the Secretary of War Newton Baker to Mr. Talbott the President of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Includes original signature of Newton Baker. Dated July 26, 1918.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections
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