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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 266 Collections and/or Records:

"Dusky Sleep-Song" Sheet Music (SC-320)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-320
Abstract

The collection consists of sheet music for a single piece of music: “Dusky Sleep-Song,” with words by Paul Laurence Dunbar and music by Grace A. Hammon.

Dates: 1922

Stephen Quick Old Greencastle Cemetery Gravestone Photographs (SC-324)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-324
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of digital photographs of all surviving, visible gravestones at Old Greencastle Cemetery, located at South Broadway and Miami Chapel Road, Dayton, as of February 2019. The photo documentation project was undertaken by local Boy Scout Stephen Quick as his Eagle Scout service project.

Dates: 2018-2019

Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017 (SC-325)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-325
Abstract

The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length.

Dates: 2017 Oct. 25-26; Modified: Videos, transcripts, and redacted release forms edited in 2020

Leo Lucas Oral History Interview (SC-262)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-262
Abstract

The collection consists of an oral history interview audio recording with Leo Lucas, a member of the Dayton City School Board during the battle over busing students for desegregation. The interview was conducted in the summer of 1975 by high school student Mark Benbow.

Dates: 1975

Arlene Galloway Dayton Newspaper Headlines Collection (SC-330)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-330
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Dayton newspaper front pages with headlines concerning events such as World War II, President Dwight Eisenhower, and the 1969 moon landing.

Dates: 1941-1969; Majority of material found in 1945

Arlene Galloway World War II Political Cartoons Collection (SC-331)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-331
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of newspaper clippings of political cartoons concerning World War II, taken from Dayton newspapers.

Dates: 1942-1945

Edward Hauck World War II Collection (SC-332)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-332
Scope and Contents Edward Hauck was a life-long Dayton resident and World War II veteran. The collection consists of original drawings by a soldier known as “Poncho” (a member of Hauck’s Roger Squad) during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The drawings depict fellow Roger Squad members (including Hauck) and combat scenes. The collection also includes letters (written on the backs of the drawings) from Hauck to his wife back home in Dayton and one photograph of Hauck and his brothers in their military...
Dates: 1944-1945, 1951

Dr. Fritz J. Russ Correspondence (SC-333)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-333
Abstract

Professional and personal correspondence of Dr. Fritz J. Russ while Chief of the Missile Guidance and Control Group, Air Technical Intelligence Center, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the early 1950s.

Dates: 1951-1954

John E. Garvey Collection (SC-337)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-337
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Garvey’s pilot’s log book, handbook and information about Garvey’s Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft, an aviation drawing by Garvey, handwritten notes, as well as business cards and publications.

Dates: 1946-1997

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