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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 913 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Garard-Getter Family Collection (MS-668)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-668
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of the personal photographs of a Dayton, Ohio, family in the early 20th century. Subjects include leisure activities (hunting, boating, camping, and playing music, etc.), travel (throughout Ohio and beyond), and family reunions.

Dates: circa 1890-1955; Majority of material found within 1920-1935

Garden Club of Dayton Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-288
Abstract

Katharine Houk Talbott founded the Garden Club of Dayton in 1922. The Club's goal is to promote and encourage the beautification of not only their privately owned gardens, but also the gardens and environment of Oakwood, Ohio and the surrounding Dayton area. This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, publications, as well as information on community projects, and an administrative/organizational series.

Dates: 1903-2011

Bill Garlow Photographic Negatives Collection (MS-665)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-665
Abstract

Bill Garlow was an award-winning staff photographer for the Dayton Journal-Herald and later Dayton Daily News for over 40 years, from the mid-1960s to mid-2000s. The collection consists of thousands of film negatives (mostly 35mm), spanning a wide variety of topics, people, places, and events. The materials are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1967 - 1998

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

Gebhart Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-256
Abstract

This small collection is made up of various financial papers, legal documents, land deeds, mortgages, correspondence, and plat maps. The Gebharts arrived in the Miami Valley area from Pennsylvania in the early 19th century and were active in local business, political and religious activities.

Dates: 1794-1930

Gelett Burgess' Goop Tales Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC-143
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 1 book, Goop Tales (by Gelett Burgess), which is a collection of children’s poems and short stories on good manners and proper etiquette. Burgess’ is credited for adding such words as blurb, bromide, and goop into the English language. The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright. Orville, Wilbur,...
Dates: 1916

General Motors Aeroproducts Division Plant Blueprints Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-506
Abstract

The collection consists of large blueprints of structures and systems at the General Motors Aeroproducts Division plant located in Vandalia, Ohio. The majority of the blueprints date to 1940-1941, but later blueprints reflect the plant’s subsequent iterations as GM Allison Division, Inland Division, and Delco Products.

Dates: 1940 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1941

George C. Catrow Diaries and Papers (MFM-30)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-30
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1853-1897