Dayton Power and Light Company Records (MS-168)

This collection contains information about the history of Dayton Power and Light (DP&L), the utilities industry, and management and marketing trends within the industry.

The DP&L newsletter Forward (Series I) was introduced in December 1933 and remained the company publication for nearly forty years. Although first published in newspaper format, Forward switched to the magazine format in the 1940s and continued until 1972. This collection includes issues dated 1933 to 1972.

(Notes on Forward formats and arrangement: In 1938, the issue numbers and the calendar year coincide (i.e. January is Number 1), and from now on the issue numbers are filed by month and year. When the issue numbers and month no longer agree, this method of filing is still used to make research easier. In 1944, Forward released two issues in magazine form, the May issue and the November issue. This is repeated with the July 1945 issue. By 1946, all issues are in magazine format. The October 1962 issue is mismarked on cover as “October 1963,” and April 1968 mismarked as “March 1969.”)

In 1972, the title of the DP&L newsletter changed to DP&L News (Series II), and issues of this title are available in this collection for the years 1972-1975.

There is a gap in newsletters from 1975 to the mid-1980s, when DP&L People and QP Today were the company publications. DP&L People (Series III) includes issues from 1984-1986, and QP Today (Series IV) includes issues from 1985-1986.