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Jeraldyne Blunden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-337
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, schedules, notebooks, and business and financial records from Jeraldyne Blunden the founder of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and the creator of Jeraldyne's School of the Dance. There are also personal papers in the collection such as family reunion and wedding materials, insurance information and awards. Also included are scrapbook photos taken for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Tour from 1962-1972.

Dates: 1960-2000

Boeing 247 Photograph (SC-146)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-146
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 1 black and white photograph (4.5" x 3.75")of a Boeing 247 with inline engines and an unidentified man standing beside it.

Dates: circa 1933-1939

M. G. Bohn Pharmacy Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: FSC-11
Abstract

M. G. Bohn was a druggist and pharmacist in Miamisburg, Ohio. The scrapbook contains handwritten prescriptions from several area physicians. Prices of prescriptions are indicated beginning at 70 cents.

Dates: 1879-1881

Henry L. Booher Automobiles Collection (SC-155)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-155
Scope and Contents

Postcards and photograph of early automobiles, plus newspaper clipping reporting the death of Henry Lynn Booher, a pioneer automobile builder in Dayton.



Dates: 1892 - 1900; 1935

Charles and Grace Bost Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-453
Abstract

The Charles and Grace Bost Papers consist of World War II-era correspondence. There are 67 letters between Charles and Grace of Springfield, Ohio. Charles entered the service in July 1942 and was stationed in Tennessee while Grace remained in Springfield, Ohio.

Dates: 1935-1943; Majority of material found in 1942

Boyer Funeral Home Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-277
Abstract

This collection documents the financial transactions and specifications by the Boyer Funeral Home, which was established in Dayton, Ohio in the mid-1800s, and which may have been the first undertaking establishment in Dayton. The collection includes Mortuary Records spanning the years 1922-1978. Additional records include account books dating from 1905-1973.

Dates: 1905-1999; Majority of material found within 1920-1978

Boyer Mortuary in the 1913 Dayton Flood Booklet (SC-276)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-276
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one booklet entitled Boyer Mortuary in the 1913 Dayton Flood. The booklet was written by Chip Boyer and is dated 2002. It consists of seven pages mostly of photos of the mortuary and writing on what the flood damage possibly may have been.

Dates: 2002

Boyer's, the Circus and Other Historical Reminiscences (SC-161)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-161
Abstract

Paper written by Chip Boyer containing information on the Boyer family, famous patrons of the Boyer business, and the families' involvement with the funeral business.

Dates: 2003

Bracken County, Kentucky, Cemetery Statistics Records (MFM-114)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-114
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of an alphabetically arranged card file with name, date of death, and spouse's name for those buried in Bracken County, Kentucky, cemeteries. In earlier records, name(s) of bondsmen or bondswomen are included.

Dates: circa 1800-1950

Brad Tillson Inventing Flight Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-483
Abstract This collection contains the personal papers of J. Bradford Tillson, the chairman of the Inventing Flight Celebration held in Dayton, Ohio. It documents his correspondence and work on the Inventing Flight Celebration Commission and his involvement with the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission; the committee for the national celebration of flight. This collection contains personal correspondence, financial documentation, planning information and other materials related to the Centennial of...
Dates: 1912-2006; Majority of material found within 1989-2004

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Dayton daily news 7
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) 7
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Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra 6
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Ohio. General Assembly. Senate 5
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International Union of Electrical Workers. District Council 7 4
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Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
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Schwarz, Hermene, 1902-1986 4
St. John's United Church of Christ (Dayton, Ohio) 4
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Wallace, Donald Kiblinger, 1937- 4
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Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939 4
Aerospace Medical Association 3
Aull, Marie, 1897-2002 3
Berry, Charles R. 3
Boyer, Chip, 1947- 3
Brown, Kleon Thaw, 1886-1925 3
Cassel, Homer Deeter, M.D., 1895-1980 3
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 3
Davis, Lenny, 1936-2022 3
Dayton (Ohio). Fire Department 3
Dayton (Ohio). Police department 3
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company 3
Dayton Public Schools 3
Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium 3
Engineers' Club of Dayton 3
Frigidaire Corporation 3
Harris family 3
Harris, Harold R., 1897-1989 3
Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 3
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Local 755 (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood, 1893-1974 3
Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945 3
Ladley family 3
Mayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974 3
McCann, Eleanor, 1907-2004 3
O.S. Kelly Company 3
Ohio State University 3
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Patterson, Jefferson, 1801-1863 3
Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922 3
Pittman, Wayne C., Jr., 1937-2015 3
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Stivers High School (Dayton, Ohio) 3
Taylor, Charles E. (Edward), 1868-1956 3
The Dayton Foundation 3
Totten family 3
United States. Army. Air Service 3
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area 3
Unknown 3
Waco Aircraft Company 3
Washington-Liberty School District (Mercer County, Ohio) 3
Weisenborn, Clara, 1907-1985 3
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton, Ohio) 3
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Wright State University. Boonshoft School of Medicine 3
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322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association 2
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