LH. Local History

Abstract Levitt Luzern Custer was a Dayton-area aviator and inventor, and an associate of Orville Wright. During his lifetime he engaged in pioneering balloon experiments, served as an official timer for flight trials, collaborated with Orville Wright on various projects, and invented a wide range of mechanical machines from the statoscope to amusement park rides. The collection documents many of Custer's achievements as well as those of other early aviators, such as the Wright Brothers. Information...

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...

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Diary of a Civil War soldier who served in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Company G, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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Several issues of “The Darke County Boy,” a local Greenville newspaper written and edited by George Washington Calderwood, with dates ranging between 1910 and 1912.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a miscellaneous collection of receipts, correspondence, executions and summons, photographs, articles of agreement, etc., mainly from Darke County, Ohio. The first two folders contain primarily Darke County local government records such as contracts, executions, and summons. Many of these records were signed by William Hess or Jesse R. Hyer, both of whom were Justices of the Peace for Franklin Township in the late 1800s. The last two...

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Contains a photocopy of his entire journal along with biographical data compiled by the family. Note: there are restrictions on photocopying and publication of this material.

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This collection consists of Board of Directors’ minutes for this Dayton-based company which was involved in building and maintaining commercial real estate properties in the Miami Valley region. Also included are the company’s Articles of Incorporation, some correspondence, and legal documents.

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Lenny Davis operated the Forvm Club (Forum Club) in Dayton from 1965 until 1977. The scrapbooks of this collection contain memorabilia, photos, letters, and newspaper clippings about the club, as well as Lenny’s various performances, both solo and in bands. Additionally, there are many individual photos outside the scrapbooks that further document Lenny’s life and career, as well as club entertainers. This collection also includes audio/video recordings and posters.

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An eclectic collection of photographs, product catalogs, correspondence, memos, reports, personnel records, and financial records from a Dayton, Ohio manufacturer of tire and rubber products.

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The Dayton Peace Process was an offshoot of the Dayton Peace Accords that brought an end to the fighting in the former Yugoslavia. The Peace Process worked to bring Miami Valley businesses in contact with clients in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and several other eastern European countries. Eventually Dayton: A Peace Process became the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The first Peace Prize was awarded to President Bill Clinton.