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Swank/Martin Family Papers (SC-311)
Collection
Identifier: SC-311
Content Description
This collection consists of about 20 legal documents such as deeds, mortgages, and other property-related records pertaining primarily to the Swank, Martin, and related families in Darke and Montgomery Counties.
Dates:
1834-1931
Found in:
Special Collections
Joyce Sweeney Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-242
Abstract
Sweeney is a writer of young adult fiction and a graduate of Wright State University. Her papers include typed manuscripts of several of her published works, journals, scrapbooks, college class papers, and correspondence.
Dates:
1973-2017
Found in:
Special Collections
Bill Sweet Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-413
Abstract
Bill Sweet, Announcer and Director of the National Air Shows, was well-known in the world of air racing and air shows from the 1930s until his death in 1978. His collection consists of air show programs and press releases, air show newspaper clipping scrapbooks from the 1930s and 1940s, more than a thousand photographs of air shows events, including air show stunts and personalities, film of a number of air races and air shows, and a variety of memorabilia, including certificates of...
Dates:
1928-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
T. Jeffery Jobe Diary (MFM-5)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-5
Scope and Contents
Diary of a Civil War soldier who served with the First Arkansas Infantry, Company B.
Dates:
1861
Found in:
Special Collections
Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-371
Abstract
The Drew Taylor Aircraft Collection contains a variety of photographs and documents on United States Air Force aircraft, primarily from the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains photographs, negatives, articles, perspective drawings, and technical information on each airplane. The collection also includes a flight manual from 1965, a 1974 Aerospace Information Handbook on Air Force vehicles, and a booklet on Air Force Aces.
Dates:
1910-2011
Found in:
Special Collections
Tecumseh High School Class of 1955 Collection (MS-650)
Collection
Identifier: MS-650
Abstract
The Tecumseh High School Class of 1955 Collection contains primarily clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and mementos from class members’ time in high school, as well as later alumni and reunion activities. The basketball team, which was quite good at the time, is strongly represented in the collection. The scrapbook of German exchange student Gudrun Klotz from the class’s senior year is also particularly noteworthy.
Dates:
1950-2014
Found in:
Special Collections
Telegram from Orville Wright (SC-219)
Collection
Identifier: SC-219
Scope and Contents
Christmas telegram from Orville Wright, circa 1946.
Dates:
1946
Found in:
Special Collections
Ten Dayton Boys Club Records (SC-79)
Collection
Identifier: SC-79
Scope and Contents
Photocopies concerning the Ten Dayton Boys Club, an organization of boyhood friends who met yearly and included Wilbur Wright and his brothers, Reuchlin and Lorin.
Dates:
1886-1889
Found in:
Special Collections
The Job Ahead, Summary of the Report on the State of World War II, 1943 (SC-287)
Collection
Identifier: SC-287
Abstract
Collection consists of a two-page newspaper format publication in color printed by the Dayton Emergency Committee in Ohio, summarizing a report from General Marshall, Chief of Staff, and other high-ranking Army officers on the state of the war and the road to victory.
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Special Collections
"The Kite Craze" Pamphlet (SC-134)
Collection
Identifier: SC-134
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: Scientific Kites and how to Fly them - a 15-page illustrated pamphlet used as a sales catalogue for E.I. Horsman
Dates:
circa 1899
Found in:
Special Collections
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