MC. Manuscript Collections

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The Fostoria branch of the American Association of University Women collection consists of minutes and proceedings, financial information, membership listings and scrapbooks, spanning the years 1950 to 1988. The bulk of the collection is made up of the AAUW Fostoria Branch newsletter The Ex-Co-Ed, yearbooks of the organization's events, and scrapbooks.

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The records of the Bowling Green "Potpourri Chapter" of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA) date from 1973 - 2000. The collection consists of procedure manuals, chapter bylaws, membership documents, minutes, conference material, committee material, scholarship information, financial reports, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs.

Abstract The American Lung Association collection documents from 1920 to 1979 the progress of local health association campaigns against tuberculosis and respiratory diseases. Through the sale of Christmas seals, sponsoring of chest x-rays, and supporting public health education programs, these groups hoped to prevent the future spread of such diseases and promote good health. The health activities of Toledo and six northwestern Ohio counties (Lucas, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams, and Wood) are...

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The records of the Wood County Chapter of the American Red Cross date from 1946 to 1986. The collection consists of meeting and board minutes, annual and committee reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, newsclippings, and photographs. In addition, the chapter charter, wills, and financial records in the collection provide an overview of the Red Cross and its history in Wood County.

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The records of the American Postal Workers Union Local 534 of Sandusky, Ohio date from 1912-1978 and contain correspondence, agreements, and miscellaneous printed material.

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The American Railroad Steam Locomotive collection associated with the Nickel Plate Road, consists of photographs and approximately 950 tracings, blueprints, and drawings, 1934-1958.

Abstract The primary component of this collection is naval architectural drawings produced by the company, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. Post-1900 sets tend to be more complete than earlier sets of drawings. Nearly all types of wooden and steel vessels built on the Great Lakes between 1870 and 1981 are represented. The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the original drawings extending up to 1981. Other corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and...

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The records of the Toledo Chapter, Ohio, of the American Society of Women Accountants date from 1947 to 1984. The history of this professional organization is reflected in the collection which consists of meeting minutes, presidents' notebook, treasurer's records, annual reports, tax statements, membership records, national roster, correspondence, secretary files, program committee files, chapter development records, scrapbooks, publicity files and bulletins.

Scope and Contents The Andrew Altman Papers consist of both originals and transcripts (primarily provided by Malcolm Campbell) of over 150 Civil War letters written by a private serving in Co.D, 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry between 1861 and 1865, or by other members of the Altman Family. The majority of the letters, between Andrew and his father John, describe the military activities of the 68th as well as family matters and personal events.The 68th Ohio was involved in guard and picket duty during...

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Organizational and research correspondence, subject files, newsletters, articles, interviews, catalogs, collected by donor Ann Coffman as part of thesis research. Also includes printed material related to the artist Wallace Nutting and the activities of the Wallace Nutting Collectors' Club.

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Diary of a Republic, Ohio schoolteacher, written while her husband was serving in the Civil War. Includes separate typed transcript.

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The collection consists of one volume of session minutes, dating from 1859-1887. The volume includes information on the session meetings as well as the names of those admitted or discharged from the church, communicants, and baptisms conducted.

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Session minutes; includes some lists of communicants and baptisms.

Abstract The collection consists of minutes, conference programs and proceedings, officer correspondence, financial files, committee and subject files, and publications. The records date from the establishment of AASP in 1986 to 2011.(Note: This finding aid contains collection- and series-level descriptions for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology records. For the full box and folder list, see the ...

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The collection consists of baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. Due to inconsistencies in pagination and transcription of data, researchers are encouraged to refer to all volumes within each series.

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The collection consisted of three record books 1836-1971 containing church membership rolls and minutes. According to church minutes, church records 1936-1955 were lost when a fire destroyed the clerk's house in 1954.

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Included with the papers were two copies of August Ruihley: A Private History (1984) by Glenn Ruihley and a scrapbook made by Anna Ruihley, August Ruihley's wife. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence to and from Ruihley, newspaper clippings about Ruihley and the park in Archbold that was named after him, greeting cards, certificates, and photographs from 1876-1979.

Abstract The Augustus F. Bull Papers consist of a series of Civil War era letters, primarily from Augustus Bull, of New Haven, Connecticut, to his cousin, Roxanna (Roxie) DeWitt, of Wyandot County, Ohio. The collection also includes a letter from Lizzie Bull, Augustus' sister, to Roxie, as well as some genealogical information on the family. Some items relating to other members of the family, including a letter of Erastus Ranger to Electa Ranger (the aunt of Roxie DeWitt), and materials on Francis...

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Church record books, including memberships, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and funerals.

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The Barbara Knisely Gaeddert papers consist of schoolwork and written assignments from her elementary school career in the Sandusky, Ohio school system, as well as scattered issues of the My Weekly Reader and Sandusky Hi-Lites, other supplementary materials, and brochures and programs, ranging from 1948 to 1960.

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A series of 30 maps of various sizes detailing the bathymetry and geology of the lake bottom around the Lake Erie islands. Source and author unknown.

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Church record books with membership, baptisms, marriages, funerals, and family information sheets; includes the earlier Pleasant Valley Circuit and Ostrander Circuit.

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The Bender Family Collection consists of correspondence dating from 1865 to 1898 written by the daughters-in-law and daughters of Peter and Elizabeth Bender (Eveline Goff Bender, Caroline Bender Wack, Betsey Powell Bender) and members of their families. There are also letters from the daughter of Jacob and Melissa Bender and letters from Philip Fowl, the husband of Catherine (Bender) Fowl.

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The records of the Women's Missionary Society of the Benton Ridge United Methodist Church date from 1896 to 1958. The history of the Women's Missionary Society and the Women's Society of World Service is represented in this collection which consists of meeting minutes, a financial ledger and annual reports.

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The Bernard Sternsher papers contain reports, articles, and research documenting Sternsher's research interests between 1933-1994. Sternsher was a professor of history at Bowling Green State University and focused much of his research on the New Deal and American political history. Also included are research papers prepared by Sternsher's students between 1958 and 1993.