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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 405 Collections and/or Records:

Register of Black and Mulatto Persons Records (MFM-6)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-6
Scope and Contents

Records of freed blacks from Greene, Logan, Miami, and Montgomery counties. Information usually includes name, age, birthdate, place and date of freedom, name of former owner, and a short physical description.

Dates: 1804-1856

Galloway Family Papers (MFM-7)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-7
Scope and Contents

Letters, diaries, clippings, articles, and other family papers of a pioneer Greene County family with much material on frontier and pioneer life.

Dates: 1797-1931

Miami Valley Carpenter's District Council Minutes (MFM-8)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-8
Dates: 1891-1980

Sharrit-Gross Family Scrapbook (MFM-10)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-10
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook contains family photographs, obituaries, notes, and genealogical materials for a family from the Germantown and Dayton, Ohio area.

Dates: 1886-1979

Henry Stout Papers (MFM-12)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-12
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of Henry Stout (1893-1976), a former Dayton mayor and Democratic Party activist.

Dates: 1950-1961

Daniel Brubaker Scrapbooks (MFM-13)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-13
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of Daniel Brubaker (1915-1976), the first mayor of Kettering, Ohio.

Dates: 1953-1956

Daniel H. Espy Diary (MFM-14)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-14
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1862

Fred Wallace Papers (MFM-17)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-17
Scope and Contents

Consists of the letters of a Clark County soldier who served in the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1898

Minnie L. Peterson Papers (MFM-18)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-18
Scope and Contents

Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs of a well-known African-American civil rights activist in Dayton.

Dates: 1949-1978

Paul Katz Clippings (MFM-19)

 Collection — Reel 1 (DB Roll 2427)
Identifier: MFM-19
Scope and Contents

The microfilm contains clippings dating 1917-1977, which follow Paul Katz's musical career as a performer and composer, as well as the founder and Musical Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dates: circa 1980