LH. Local History

Content Description

The collection consists of a single stock certificate for 10 shares in the Jefferson-Main Arcade Market Company. The certificate is made out to Dr. Warren C. Breidenbach, dated May 26, 1921, and signed by E. L. Brooks (secretary) and C. H. Breidenbach (president). It is a single 8.5" x 11" sheet, with an embossed metallic seal.

Scope and Contents The James Parrish Inland Collection contains general history materials (written histories, chronologies, etc.); administrative materials (directories, organizational charts, handbooks, etc.); newsletters, including many issues of "The Inlander"; reports, mostly describing technical details or testing results; product catalogs; photographs of buildings and facilities, people, and products; and memorabilia (small items such as patches, pins, etc.).Individual series and subseries...

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Fourteen (14) 8x10 black and white photographs of Charles F. Kettering and others on a trip to Europe.

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The collection consists of a written narrative history of the Amcast Industrial Corporation, written by Phyllis Naylor (Director of Corporate Communications), titled, "Amcast Industrial Corporation: The First 133 Years, 1866-1999." A cover sheet for an interoffice communication from Phyllis Naylor to Doug Wattsabout the history document is also included.

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All the photos of this collection were taken sometime between 1941 and 1944 at the Dayton-area Frigidaire Plant 3.

The first folder contains 35 small black and white photos documenting the day-to-day manufacturing of .50 caliber Browning machines guns within Plant 3.

The second folder contains 16 large black and white photos documenting a company event celebrating the 250,000th gun manufactured by Frigidaire. There is a picture of Selma eating cake in this folder.

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Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights.

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Button depicting a high-winged monoplane above a city skyline with the slogan "Fly to Dayton" dated 1929.

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Handwritten and typed draft of the Metropolitan County Charter for Dayton/Montgomery County, Ohio, dated February 1976.

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Miami Military Institute Handbook for 1909-1910 school year.

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Information concerning the celebrations of the Centennial of Flight, 2003.