MC. Manuscript Collections

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Copy negatives of carte-de-viste portraits of members of Co.A, 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, primarily from Monroeville, Ohio, copied from album belonging to Dennis Petteys. Some individuals identified on accompanying sheet.

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Correspondence and photographs of a Bowling Green, Ohio podiatrist. Includes extensive correspondence written while serving with the U.S. Army in Naples, Italy and Okinawa, Japan, written to his mother. Also correspondence from his sons while they were serving with the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. Details activities and impressions of servicemen's lives.

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Research paper written for unidentified class; includes bibliographic references.

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Church record book compiled in observance of the tercentenary of the Heidelberg Catechism, including summary information of Reformed congregations divided by classis and charge, with some narrative historical sketches of selected churches.

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Subject files, screenplays and other literary productions, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, class material, and taped interviews of Bowling Green State University professor in Ethnic Studies A. Rolando Andrade. Includes extensive material on Mexico, Baldemar Velasquez, Day of the Dead, and Andrade's activities in local civic, university, and social organizations.

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Daybook with financial records of a sawmill from the Defiance or Paulding County area; includes home remedy recipes for treating dropsy and ague.

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Memorial tribute by unknown person, in honor of Carolyn Shaw, faculty member at Bowling Green State University in Physical Education.

Scope and Contents Aaron West's diaries provide rich detail as to the responsibilities and daily activities of a grammar school principal in Toledo, Ohio, in the 1850's and early 1860's, and later, those of Superintendent of the Sylvania Schools. Aaron provides information on subjects taught, school room conditions, discipline, background and personalities of teachers, and school social activities in these diaries, especially while principal in Toledo. He also details the growth and development of Toledo and...

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Letter written to his sister, describing events and social life around Lima, Ohio.

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Account books and day books of the joint practice of physicians, Abraham Huffman and A. Walker, practicing in Woodville, Ohio.

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Schooner built at Milan, Ohio in 1857. and owned by J.C. Lockwood. Summary account book of wages, receipts, and expenditures of a Great Lakes schooner.

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Church record books including baptisms, marriages, deaths, membership and pastoral records, and historical records.

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Newspaper clippings including articles and obituary notices, along with a taped interview with Hilda G. Bentley with her reminiscences about Ada M. Ritchie.

Abstract This collection dates from 1850-1932 and documents the lives of members of the allied Adams, Phillips, and Mix families of Hancock and Defiance Counties, Ohio, from the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries. The collection is primarily comprised of over 300 letters exchanged among family members and other associated individuals, while additional materials include various personal writings, school papers, financial and legal documents, and documents relating to the Civil War...

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The papers of the Addison W. Lee Family are comprised of correspondence, clippings, printed and photographic material of a Deshler, Ohio, industrialist and banker.

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Receipt for collection of delinquent notes, transferred from John Cope, Treasurer of Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio to Township Justice of the Peace, A. E. Calkins; includes names of early township residents.

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Reminiscences of growing up in the New Washington area of Crawford County, Ohio in the early 20th century.

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The papers of Agnes “Tomme” Bergman consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, minutes, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs from 1951 to 1997 related to the life and activities of a Genoa, Ohio local activist.

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Letter written while serving in the Army during World War I; Krueger was in Co.M 6th Infantry Ohio National Guard (Co.M 147th Infantry) from June 23, 1918 until he was discharged April 19, 1919; also includes scanned photograph and background information.

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Scanned copies of letters written by Sloan to his brother while serving with Co.D, 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, along with a copy of his enlistment papers and a notification, signed by Clara Barton, of his death at Andersonville Prison.

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Account ledger of a merchant, possibly in wholesale trade, with sales entries noted in Columbus, Chillicothe, Worthington, Franklinton, and other towns, for goods of all types ranging from fabrics, pottery, spices, household goods, firearms, whiskey, dry goods and hardware.

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Automobile expense record for a 1923 Ford Coupe, filled out in a printed booklet.

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Mimeographed typescript copies from unknown source of correspondence signed A. Kelley, related to news about Fort Meigs and other events of the War of 1812. Internal references identify author as probably Alfred Kelley, son of Jemima Kelley and brother of Datus Kelley.

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The focus of this collection of photographs and printed items is the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Marblehead, Ottawa County, OH on Lake Erie. Few items are dated, but they fall in the period from c. 1905-1930. In the collection are 163 black and white photographs and three printed items.

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The collection consists of two volumes spanning the time between July 1, 1914 and October 5, 1918.