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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:

Woodland Cemetery Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-414
Abstract The Woodland Cemetery Collection contains materials relating to the organization and business ventures of the Woodland Cemetery Association. Materials such as organization histories, rules and regulations, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence provide a history of the organization while documents such as interment and cremation records provide insight into the function that the cemetery plays in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to these written documents, there are numerous visual...
Dates: 1841-2010

B-W Greenway Community Land Trust Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-354
Abstract

The collection includes administrative records, such as Board of Trustees minutes; land records for specific sites, including deeds, easements, and monitoring reports; publications, including "The Green Heart" newsletter; information about outreach and programming; clippings, primarily from newspapers; and original artwork by a member.

Dates: 1995 - 2018

Dayton City Beautiful Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-195
Abstract

The Dayton City Beautiful Council was organized in the mid-1960s as a volunteer adjunct to city government to help make Dayton a more livable, attractive community. Records consist of Executive Board, staff, and membership meeting minutes, and correspondence. Topics covered include recycling, urban beautification, and community planning.

Dates: 1965-1987

Delphinium Garden Club of Dayton Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-463
Abstract

The collection includes minutes, reports, notes, program information, newspaper clippings, and photographs from the Delphinium Garden Club of Dayton, Ohio. These items were collected by members of the Delphinium Garden Club of Dayton and document the organizations history, activity, and community involvement from its creation in 1931 until 2012. The club is still active in the community today.

Dates: 1931-2012

Glenn Thompson Papers (MS-4)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-4
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, reports, clippings, speeches, memorandums, photographs and printed materials reflecting Thompson's wide ranging interest in education, politics, environmental and social problems, historic preservation and journalism. Also includes an oral history with Sam Zehrung about his life and great gardens of Dayton, Ohio.

Dates: 1948-1982

Ohio Climbers' Association Records (MS-691)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-691
Abstract

Records of former Ohio climbing advocacy group, including minutes, newsletters, financials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, directories, maps, itineraries, at least 1 photo, floppy disk, and super8 film.

Dates: 1967 - 2004

Samuel S. Studebaker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-85
Abstract A nationally recognized leader of soil, water, and land conservation movements, Studebaker served as president of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. He was also a Miami County educator and a farmer. His papers consist of printed materials, speeches, and correspondence dealing with conservation efforts both locally and nationally. Also included are some local soil surveys, farm credit information, and minutes of committees appointed to deal with specific...
Dates: 1939-1978; Majority of material found within 1958-1978

Louise Harris Odiorne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-161
Abstract Louise Odiorne was a landscape architect and planner working out of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The papers in this collection reflect her wide-ranging interests in community planning, environmental architecture, regenerative land use and conservation. Included are personal and professional papers, grants, papers pertaining to several land use projects in and around Yellow Springs, and materials concerned with Odiorne's most important work, the Life-Clime Project, an idea for establishing an indoor...
Dates: 1914 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977

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

"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