LH. Local History

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George Catrow (1814-1897) taught in the rural schools of Butler, Montgomery, and Preble counties in the late-19th century. Collection consists of ten volumes of diaries, a Catrow Family history, personal papers, and newspaper clippings. The diaries record many events and names in the Germantown, Franklin, and Middletown, Ohio areas.

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Copy of letter written by Higginbotham to his father while he was stationed in Italy during World War II.

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and a photograph regarding George Bucklin's position at Wright Field, patent information on Bucklin's photographic process aid, genealogical information on the Bucklin family (including George's unpublished autobiography), and family correspondence. Also, regarding McGuffey Homes, the collection includes neighborhood maps, McGuffey Homes Newsletters (7 April through 1 November 1944), neighborhood bylaws, neighborhood notices and flyers for special events,...

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Lot index consists of an alphabetical listing of owners of lots in Germantown Cemetery. Information includes name, date, lot number, and amount paid.

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Book produced by the Germantown Historical Society containing photocopies of records of two railroads that operated in the Germantown area during time period 1880-1884.

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Dr. Charles F. Ginn, a homeopathic physician and surgeon, was born in 1849. He graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College in 1884 and established an office in Miamisburg, Ohio. His papers consist of ledgers that record his practice from 1885 to 1890.

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Contains receipts from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, copies of the Westside News, copy of a Wright stock certificate, and postcards sent by Katharine Wright to Glenn Osborn.

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Collection contains minutes and parish registers for this Springfield, Ohio, church.

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The collection consists of one ledger of financial records and one photograph. Post 3 served Eaton in Preble County, Ohio.

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Includes two minute books covering meeting procedures for the years 1885-1904 and two account books which reveal the group's financial dealings from 1880-1911. The minute books also have information about memberships, committees, and deaths. Post 83 served Auglaize County, Ohio.