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Nat. Nature and Parks

 Topic Guide
Identifier: Nat
This classification groups manuscript and small collections on the topic of the Nature and Parks, including conservation and environmental concerns.

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

"High Acres" Landscape Plan (SC-281)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-281
Abstract

High Acres was the Dayton home built for the President of the Rike-Kumler Department Store, Frederick Rike, and his wife Ethel in 1929. It was designed by Cleveland architects Meade and Hamilton and the grounds were designed by Dayton landscape architect Samuel D. Zehrung. This collection consists of one oversize plan of the grounds.

Dates: circa 1929

Committee to Preserve Waldruhe Park Records (MFM-21)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-21
Scope and Contents

Consists of reports, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, legal briefs, and files of a citizen's group formed to prevent the City of Dayton from cutting trees in a city park.

Dates: 1978-1980

Zoology Lecture Notes, Irene Hardy, Antioch College (SC-160)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-160
Scope and Contents

Notebook from Irene Hardy containing her Zoology lecture notes from Antioch College, dated 1876

Dates: 1876

Henry H. Arnold Diary Transcription (SC-73)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-73
Scope and Contents

Transcription of more than 400 pages of a diary belonging to Henry H. Arnold, a farmer in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Dates: 1875 - 1903