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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:

Lutheran Inner Mission League of the Miami Valley Newsletters (SC-334)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-334
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of six issues of the organization’s The Voice newsletter, describing local Lutheran missionary activities, needs, properties, and finances.

Dates: 1926-1931
Found in: Special Collections

1937 Flood Scrapbook (MS-663)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-663
Abstract

The collection contains a scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings (articles, photographs, and advertisements) reporting the impact of the 1937 Ohio River flood on Cincinnati, Ohio, and surrounding areas in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. It also contains a special edition Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper about the flood.

Dates: 1937
Found in: Special Collections

F. Glen Shoemaker Letter (SC-336)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-336
Content Description The collection consists of a single letter dated January 18, 1926, from F. Glen Shoemaker, an aeronautical engineer at McCook Field, to a friend, describing a long-distance flight he took in November 1925. Shoemaker was the passenger in an open-cockpit plane (“a regular D.H. [De Havilland aircraft] with a Liberty 12 engine”) piloted by Lt. C. H. Ridenour, Chief of the Power Plant division. They traveled from Dayton to Washington, D.C., and Langley Field; New York City; Sidney, N.Y. (near...
Dates: 1926 Jan. 18
Found in: Special Collections

Ervin J. Nutter Papers (SC-212)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-212
Scope and Contents

Items relating to the life and work of Ervin J. Nutter.

Dates: 1953-2000
Found in: Special Collections

Southwest Ohio School Nurses Association Records (FSC-44)

 Collection
Identifier: FSC-44
Abstract The Southwest Ohio School Nurses Association (SWOSNA) was founded in late 1967, with a primary purpose of developing strategies to obtain mandatory school health services and certification. It includes school nurses from southwestern Ohio, including Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, and Cincinnati. The organization’s goals include promoting health knowledge and advancing the quality of health services for school aged children in southwestern Ohio; fostering professional attitudes and adhering...
Dates: 1965-2015
Found in: Special Collections

Alexandria Bayliff COVID-19 Experience (CSC-7)

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-7
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single Adobe Spark project entitled “Insta Fresh Corona Thyme #COVID19: The Life of an Instacart Shopper During COVID19.” The project includes 11 photographs, with captions, describing a trip to the grocery store Fresh Thyme, while working as a shopper for the grocery delivery service Instacart, near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in March 2020. The final photograph also shows damage still being repaired from the May 2019 Dayton tornadoes.

Dates: 2020 March
Found in: Special Collections

Hans Dam Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-412
Abstract Hans Dam was a 50-year collector of aviation memorabilia, especially photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings. His primary areas of interest included air races and air shows, early flight, WACO aircraft, and the history of aviation in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. At the time of his death he was working on a book about aviation in southwestern Ohio which is included in the collection. The collection consists of twenty-nine albums containing more than 2500 photographs...
Dates: 1910-2003
Found in: Special Collections

National Cash Register (NCR) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-373
Abstract

The collection documents the history of an important manufacturing firm in Dayton, Ohio from its beginnings in 1884 up to its centennial in 1984. Through this collection, researchers can follow the financial evolution of the company, view many of the products it produced in the first hundred years, and gain insight into the effect the company had on its neighborhood. Included are annual reports, product literature, photographs, and lantern slides.

Dates: 1897-1984
Found in: Special Collections

Dayton Area Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-368
Abstract

This collection details the organization's activities both internally and externally in the community. Included are: minutes from meetings, financial statements, a scrapbook, some photographs, Who's Who directories for Insurance Agents, speeches from presenters and presidents, and awards.

Dates: 1951-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-2007
Found in: Special Collections

Richard Hoener Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-361
Abstract

This collection consists of personal correspondence, publications and photographs related to Richard Hoener's work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The collection also contains publications related to aviation and memorabilia that he collected over the years.

Dates: 1920-1999; Majority of material found within 1940-1960
Found in: Special Collections
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