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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 911 Collections and/or Records:

McCall/Dayton Press Photographs (SC-296)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-296
Scope and Contents The collection contains 33 photographs taken by various photographers at the McCall Corporation building in Dayton, Ohio, between the years 1923-1967. Two of the images bear the photographer’s stamp of William Preston Mayfield. Another was taken by Jackson W. Armstrong Photography. And a fourth image is marked “Kaufmann & Abry” for the famous architectural photography firm. The other images in the collection contain no descriptive or copyright information on the back though it is...
Dates: 1923-1967

Mary Winter Letter to Mrs. Tasker (Eleanor) Bliss (SC-301)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-301
Scope and Contents This two-page letter and accompanying envelope is from Mrs. Francis (Mary) Winter to Mrs. Tasker (Eleanor) Bliss. Mrs. Winter's husband, Major Francis A. Winter, was the surgeon who cared for Orville Wright at the hospital at Fort Myer, Virginia, after Wright's September 17, 1908 crash there. The accident resulted in the death of Wright's passenger, U. S. Army Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, whose death is considered the first powered airplane fatality. In the letter Winter devotes an entire...
Dates: 1908

National Museum of the United States Air Force Move Booklet (SC-302)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-302
Scope and Contents

This booklet documents the moving of the Air Force Museum's aircraft from their old location to their new home in 1971. It details the logistics of transporting the aircraft and also contains a number of photographs of each of the aircraft in various stages of the move. The booklet was the property of Robert Countrymen who worked at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and took part in the move.

Dates: 1971

Robert Countryman World War II Collection (SC-303)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-303
Dates: 1977; 1991; 1997

Hooven & Allison Company Clinic Materials (SCV-8)

 Collection — Folder SCV-8
Identifier: SCV-8
Scope and Contents

Various office cards used by Hooven & Allison Company's clinic. Also contains a six-page booklet on the history and evolution of the intubation process.

Dates: undated

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

Champaign County Cemeteries Records (MFM-32)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-32
Scope and Contents

Consists of six volumes of Champaign County cemetery listings, compiled in 1955 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The volumes are indexed.

Dates: 1955

St. James Episcopal Church Records (MFM-33)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-33
Scope and Contents

Records include vestry minutes, parish registers, the records of three early female missionary societies, and a service record book. St. James Episcopal Church is in Piqua, Ohio.

Dates: 1832-1986

Westminster United Presbyterian Church Records (MFM-34)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-34
Scope and Contents

Contains membership lists, a register of Elders, Deacons, and Pastors, board minutes, the church register, and miscellaneous printed materials. Westminster United Presbyterian Church is located in Piqua, Ohio.

Dates: 1850-1985

Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc., Records (MFM-35)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-35
Scope and Contents Microfilm copy of The Beavercreek Committee of Eleven, Inc. Records (MS-112), which document a 15-year struggle by a local citizen's committee to prevent neighboring municipalities from annexing portions of Beavercreek Township in Greene County, Ohio. The committee also worked to secure incorporation for Beavercreek as a village. Included are minutes of Trustees' meetings, membership lists, general and legal correspondence, legal briefs, petitions for incorporation, community attitude...
Dates: circa 1980