LH. Local History

Abstract The Arnold Family Papers are a multi-generational account of the Kern, Baker, Arnold, Steinemann, Meyer, Enneking, and Decker families. These families included immigrants and individuals who resided in North America from before the Revolutionary War all the way until present day. Photographs, employment records, correspondence, school and legal documents, as well as Army documents from World War I and II tell the story of the lives of these people who settled in Fairfield, Franklin,...

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ARTBEAT was a bi-monthly, half-hour radio program about the visual arts in the Miami Valley. Produced and hosted by Dayton artist, Susan Zurcher, the highlight of the program featured an interview with an artist currently showing in the Miami Valley. The program aired on several local Public Radio stations. The collection consists of tapes and transcripts of the broadcasts.

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The John J. and Kathryn Beard Arthur Family Papers consist of the papers collected by John J. and Kathryn Arthur. The bulk of the collection consists of family history. The couple lived in Mad River, Ohio.

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This is an article from the Cincinnati Daily Gazette that was published in the Friday Morning edition on June 5, 1857, about what Cincinnati was like in 1802.

Abstract Marie Sturwold was born on January 8, 1897 in Cincinnati, OH. She started gardening as a child, but her passion for gardening fully took form when she married John Aull in 1923. They lived in a property north of Dayton that would one day become Aullwood Garden MetroPark and Aullwood Audubon Center. Marie is known for her work in gardening, education, and conservation, but this collection also contains her extensive travel record and personal hobbies. Material in this collection includes...

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The Charles M. Austin Collection documents the results of Mr. Austin's extensive research on African-American history in the Miami Valley, and particularly in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. His papers include recorded speeches, interviews and articles.

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This is a small collection of first edition and autographed publications. It includes poetry, short stories, essays, and/or sketches by such authors as Gertrude Stein, Joyce Carol Oates, Barbara Wells, and WSU professors Gary Pacernick and Robert G. Thobaben.

Also includes a copy of The Last Will and Testament of Gertrude Stein.

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Aviation Trail, Inc., began in 1981 as an aviation-themed marketing effort in Dayton, Ohio. Initially including over 30 historical sites in the Miami Valley area relating to aviation history, a small self-guided tour brochure highlighting 16 sites was published. As of 2019, the Trail includes 18 sites.

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The collection includes administrative records, such as Board of Trustees minutes; land records for specific sites, including deeds, easements, and monitoring reports; publications, including "The Green Heart" newsletter; information about outreach and programming; clippings, primarily from newspapers; and original artwork by a member.

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The collection consists of 20 small photographs of Dayton area events and attractions around the period of 1917-1920, including Hills and Dales Park, Lakeside Park, boats at Coney Island in Cincinnati, balloon launch at Lakeside, Wright plane at Lakeside, and Dayton's World War I Liberty Bond Parade (1918). Some of the photographs are undated. The title of each photo (after the colon) is taken from the caption or label on the photo itself.