LH. Local History

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The collection consists of approximately 168 funeral cards, also known as Mass cards or remembrance cards, for the family and friends of Victor and Mary Kay Plassenthal, most of whom were Catholic and Miami Valley residents. The cards usually include the person’s name; birth, death, funeral, and burial information; a prayer or religious verse; and sometimes a photograph or additional information about family members.

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The collection consists of financial records for Pleasant Hill Bank of Miami County, Ohio.

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An original handwritten letter from Rev. Policsek to the Hungarian community of Dayton

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The collection includes the personal papers of Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter (a.k.a. Allen James or Rosemary Hadler), a music editor, literary writer, musical composer, and professor. The collection is rich in information on church music, especially handbells and hymnology. In addition, it contains many of her original literary writings such as poetry, essays, plays, and short stories.

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Consists of blueprints, drawings, business records, and photographs from the Albert Pretzinger Architectural Firm located in Dayton, Ohio. Collection provides examples of architectural styles of residences, schools, churches, hospitals, and commercial buildings in the Dayton area designed by Pretzinger and his associates from 1890-1950. The business records include correspondence, working papers, memos, and financial records.

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The Price Brothers Company Records documents the history of the Price Brothers Company, products produced by the company and its major components, and construction projects the company completed around the United States and abroad, including China and Libya.

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The collection consists of a fairly complete run of meeting minutes for the years 1890-1964 as well as Board of Director's reports and election materials for this Dayton union.

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Records detail the organization's work with mentally disabled adults in the Dayton area. Included are organizational papers, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and financial records.

Abstract The mission of the Progressive Mothers' Club was to promote the role and education of mothers within the setting of a social group. The collection illustrates the Club's purpose through yearly event books, financial records, membership records, scrapbooks, meeting minutes, the president's gavel, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Most of the items relate directly to the Progressive Mothers' Club, but the collection also consists of a subgroup containing records from the Progressive...

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Microfilm copy of Oliver Protsman's diary providing insights on the early years of the Civil War from 1861-1863. Also included is a family history.

*Note: In the Diary Oliver spells his last name with an s but in the family records it is spelled with a z. It is unclear which one is correct.