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Correspondence

 Subject

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 201 Collections and/or Records:

Fred F. Marshall Papers (MS-53)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-53
Abstract The Fred F. Marshall Papers reflect Marshall's career as an engineer, aviation journalist, photographer, environmentalist, and local historian. Marshall was attached to the Signal Corps in World War I; he then returned to Dayton to work at McCook Field where he was editor of the aviation journal, Slipstream. Retiring in 1955 after working for several engineering and aircraft firms, Marshall devoted his time to writing articles dealing with the history of the Yellow Springs, Clifton, and...
Dates: 1912-1976
Found in: Special Collections

Friendship Force of Dayton Records (MS-645)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-645
Abstract The Friendship Force of Dayton, founded in 1979 by Jeanne Comer, is a subgroup of the Friendship Force International, a non-religious and non-profit group dedicated to nurturing international friendships. They do this by planning both outbound trips with Ambassadors, or representatives, from Dayton as well as inbound trips with Ambassadors from other countries. The collection consists of trip planning documentation, newspaper/media articles, photographs, administrative files, and files...
Dates: 1977-2012
Found in: Special Collections

Thomas L. Fries Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-154
Abstract

Thomas Fries was a Dayton, Ohio area (86th District) state legislator from 1971-1982. His papers contain material pertaining to legislation considered and/or composed by Fries during the 114th General Assembly of 1981-1982. Included are copies of legislation, correspondence, memos, and speeches.

Dates: 1981-1982
Found in: Special Collections

Garden Club of Dayton Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-288
Abstract

Katharine Houk Talbott founded the Garden Club of Dayton in 1922. The Club's goal is to promote and encourage the beautification of not only their privately owned gardens, but also the gardens and environment of Oakwood, Ohio and the surrounding Dayton area. This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, publications, as well as information on community projects, and an administrative/organizational series.

Dates: 1903-2011
Found in: Special Collections

Graphic Arts Union, Local 199 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-108
Abstract The Graphic Arts Union (Local 199), formerly the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, was a union that served the Miami Valley of Ohio. The collection contains materials from the internal business of Local 199. It includes membership and executive board meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, negotiation records, grievance cases, and correspondence. The collection also contains materials from labor organizations affiliated with the Graphic Arts Union such as the Allied...
Dates: 1936-1978; Majority of material found within 1950-1965
Found in: Special Collections

Greenview Garden Club History Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-535
Abstract

The Greenview Garden Club, established 1957, is located in Englewood, Ohio. This collection is comprised of meeting minutes, agendas, letters, photographs, awards and scrapbooks created by the Greenview Garden Club. These materials date from 1957-2016. Also included in this collection are records of the work of Greenview Garden Club Members volunteering for the Stillwater Sanitarium and the creation and maintaining of the Herb Garden at Aullwood Farms.

Dates: 1957 - 2018
Found in: Special Collections

Tony Hall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-341
Abstract The Tony Hall Papers document the career of Tony Hall as both a U.S. Congressman, representing the Third District of Ohio, and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. The bulk of the records pertain to his 24-year career as a U.S. Congressman. The papers contain voting records, congressional bills, constituent correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and research on a variety...
Dates: 1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2002
Found in: Special Collections

Harris Family Papers

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Identifier: MS-160
Abstract This collection consists primarily of the personal and business correspondence of George Harris and his wife Katherine Carr Harris, his brother, Robert Harris, and his son, Ladley Harris. Both Katherine and George were born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio and attended Antioch College in the 1890s. They married in 1904 and moved to Georgia where Harris established a successful law practice and they raised a family. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is with family members...
Dates: 1898 - 1964
Found in: Special Collections

Harold R. Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-214
Abstract Harris was a World War I flyer and test pilot at McCook Field in Dayton during the early 1920s. He later became an executive with Pan American Airlines, American Overseas Airlines, and Northwest Airlines, as well as holding the rank of Colonel in the Army Air Transport Command during World War II. His papers consist of extensive correspondence, both personal and business, travel diaries, reports, newspaper clippings, personal logs detailing his activities and movements, speeches,...
Dates: 1886, 1908-1990
Found in: Special Collections

Katharine Wright Haskell Papers (MS-700)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-700
Abstract

Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights.

Dates: 1922 - 1931; 1977; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1926
Found in: Special Collections
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