Xenia (Ohio) -- Tornado, 1974
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter Records (MFM-24)
The microfilmed records are from the Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter Records (MS-121) and span 1917-1980. Included are Board of Director's minutes, financial reports, annual reports, Annual Meeting programs, statistical reports, and clippings of the 1974 Xenia, Ohio tornado. The records were microfilmed by Wright State University Libraries.
William Pitstick Xenia Tornado Photograph Collection (SC-268)
This collection contains 31 images of the aftermath of the Xenia tornado in April 1974. William Pitstick was the telephone manager who was called in to start the repairs after the 1974 tornado. He shot several rolls of film documenting the damage at street level across Xenia. These photographs offer an in-depth look at the city in the immediate aftermath of the tornado, and the vast majority of the photographs are very thoroughly labeled.
Xenia 1974 Tornado Clippings (SC-329)
The collection consists newspaper clippings, primarily from the Springfield News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, concerning the devastating tornado that wreaked havoc on Xenia, Ohio, on April 3, 1974.
