LH. Local History

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The Jim Fain Collection consists of materials related to the illustrious career of Jim Fain, a nationally recognized newspaper editor and columnist. The collection includes biographical material, speeches, news articles, correspondence and photographs.

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Records consist of minutes of official church boards, reports, financial records, marriage, baptismal, and membership rolls, weekly church programs, publications, women's and youth organization materials, newspaper clippings, historical files, and photographs.

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A family bible, an undated letter, and other materials relating to families in Springfield, Ohio.

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This volume records the minutes of an early 20th-century agricultural improvement society from 1899 to 1909.

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Records consist of a church register from 1901-1952, minutes of the Ladies Aid Society (1898-1922), Board of Trustees minutes (1896-1912), and the Record of Joint Consistency (1883-1931). Farmersville is located in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Abstract Gladys Tressia Turner was born on September 16, 1935 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Education from AM&N College in Pine Bluff in 1957 and a Master of Social Work from the Atlanta University School of Social Work in Atlanta, Georgia in 1959. Included in the collection are autobiographical articles, brochures, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and reports that document Gladys Finney's long, distinguished career in social work in...

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Formerly the Baptist Church of Sugarcreek, this church is the fourth-oldest Baptist church in Ohio. Records include meeting minutes, a treasurer's book, Sunday School records, and an indexed membership register.

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Includes a compilation of family group sheets and copies of vital records that document the ancestors of individuals whose families arrived in Montgomery County before 1830.

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A microfilm copy of MS-212. Original manuscript collection has received additional records and/or processing since it was microfilmed.

Abstract First Lutheran is the first and oldest Lutheran church in Dayton. Records include minutes of the Church Council, financial records, vital statistics containing information on baptisms, marriages, deaths, and confirmations, Sunday School records, newsletters, church bulletins, materials dealing with church history, photographs, and records of various church groups and committees. There is also a complete set of blueprints for the church's current building which was designed in 1905 by the...