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Dayton (Ohio) -- Flood, 1913

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

Anna Hiles 1913 Flood Postcard Collection (SC-279)

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC-279
Abstract

This collection contains 36 postcards, two of which are addressed and dated April and June, 1913. The two addressed cards are interesting in that the writer briefly discusses some routine events, e.g. a friend's visit, very soon after the flood. Anna Hiles was the flood survivor who collected these cards. The collection was donated by her grandson.

Dates: 1913

Miami Conservancy District Records (MS-128)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-128
Abstract Records include the founding documents, minutes, financial records, and reports of the Dayton Citizen's Relief Commission and the Dayton Flood Prevention Committee, two early organizations formed to deal with the aftermath of the 1913 Dayton Flood. The remainder of the Conservancy records consists of administrative and financial reports, publications, files from the (Arthur) Morgan Engineering Company, legal materials, diaries, correspondence, files pertaining to the labor camps organized to...
Dates: 1897-2018

Everett Neukom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-90
Abstract

Neukom worked as a photographer for both the DELCO Corporation in Dayton and the Miami Conservancy District during the early part of the 20th century. His papers include family correspondence, clippings, personal memorabilia, pamphlets, and photographs relating to the 1913 Dayton flood.

Dates: 1900-1927; Majority of material found within 1908-1915

Utermoehlen Funeral Registry (SC-270)

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC-270
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of four items: one Funeral registry for Felix Carl Utermoehlen; two newspaper clippings, one titled "Watched Ghouls Work As Flood Victims Cried in Vain for Assistance" which details scenes viewed by Mrs. Felix Utermoehlen, and another clipping on Felix's father, Theodore Utermoehlen who served as a mechanic for the Wright Brothers; and also an envelope containing the funeral purchase agreement.

Dates: 1913