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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:

Corinth Presbyterian Church Records (MFM-2)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-2
Scope and Contents

Consists of a church register which lists pastors, church officers, elders, and members as well as baptisms, marriages, communicants, and funerals. Also included is a church history and Session Meeting minutes. Corinth Presbyterian is located in Dayton.

Dates: 1927-1989

Salem Lutheran Church of Ellerton Records (MFM-3)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-3
Scope and Contents

Records include a constitution and articles of incorporation as well as records of baptism, marriages, funerals, and confirmations. In addition, there are financial records, minutes of the Women's Missionary Society, and copies of the church's newsletters. Salem Lutheran Church of Ellerton is located in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Dates: 1818-1990

Register of Black and Mulatto Persons Records (MFM-6)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-6
Scope and Contents

Records of freed blacks from Greene, Logan, Miami, and Montgomery counties. Information usually includes name, age, birthdate, place and date of freedom, name of former owner, and a short physical description.

Dates: 1804-1856

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

Miami Valley Carpenter's District Council Minutes (MFM-8)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MFM-8
Dates: 1891-1980

Sharrit-Gross Family Scrapbook (MFM-10)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-10
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook contains family photographs, obituaries, notes, and genealogical materials for a family from the Germantown and Dayton, Ohio area.

Dates: 1886-1979

Henry Stout Papers (MFM-12)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-12
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of Henry Stout (1893-1976), a former Dayton mayor and Democratic Party activist.

Dates: 1950-1961

Daniel Brubaker Scrapbooks (MFM-13)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-13
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of Daniel Brubaker (1915-1976), the first mayor of Kettering, Ohio.

Dates: 1953-1956

Daniel H. Espy Diary (MFM-14)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-14
Scope and Contents

Diary of a Civil War soldier who served in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Company G, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Dates: 1862

Fred Wallace Papers (MFM-17)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-17
Scope and Contents

Consists of the letters of a Clark County soldier who served in the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1898