MC. Manuscript Collections

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The Journals of William T. Chapman date from 1862 to 1895. The collection consists of two volumes, the second of which includes some material copied from the first with some additional account and personal entries.

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The records of this organization consist of minutes, financial records, and newsclippings.

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The Wilma Kidd Collection consists of mostly genealogical research notes and files compiled by Bowling Green resident Wilma (Johnson) Kidd. The material in this collection dates largely from approximately 1978 to 1989, with some primary documents collected by Mrs. Kidd dating back as far as the 18th century, which document Kidd’s ancestry and family history.

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The records of the Burgoon Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Sandusky County, Ohio, consist of minutes, financial records, pamphlets, convention programs and handbooks, and date from 1935 to 1960.

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Photocopy of a 1963 detailing women's work at an olive-packing plant at Vermilion, Ohio.

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The records of the Women's Auxiliary #2 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America date from 1902 to 1977 and consist of minutes, dues, registers, scrapbooks, membership lists, constitutions, and the original charter of the auxiliary.

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The records of the Amsden, Ohio, Woman's Christian Temperance Union date from 1907 to 1977. The history of this religious anti-alcohol and tobacco activist group is reflected in one linear foot of minutes, membership and financial records, correspondence, reminiscences, newspaper clippings, workbooks, recipes, songbooks, handbooks, pamphlets, newsletters, programs, and photos.

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The records contained in this collection, which span the years 1906-1969, present the history, activities, and beliefs of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). These records include minutes, correspondence, reports, WCTU publications, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and the personal papers of Sarah Berlekamp Smith, an important member of the Bettsville, Ohio, WCTU.

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The records of Wiley Post #85, Woman's Relief Corps, consist of minutes, rolls of members, cashbooks, convention publications, and artifacts, covering the period from 1885 to 1974.

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Office records, primarily annual reports written by both the agricultural extension agent and the home demonstration agent; the narratives include summaries of outreach activities with local farmers, women's organizations, and 4-H youth groups as part of the educational mission of the Extension Service.

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The Emergency Farm Labor records of the Cooperative Extension Service span from 1943-1948, with the majority of materials covering the range of 1944 through 1945. This collection consists of correspondences between local and state agents, as well as with military personnel. In addition, the collection contains such records as applications for employment, laws and regulations, farm labor handbooks, and the leases of land used for a prisoner of war camp.

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The records of the Wood County Farmers' Mutual Fire Association consist of assessment books, ledgers, and certificates of membership, ranging from 1903 until 1960.

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The records, dating from 1922 to 1978, include newsletters, financial statements, brochures, correspondences and research notes.

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The Wood County Monumental Works records span the period from the founding of the business in 1907 until 1954 and comprises contracts, correspondence, cash books, purchase, check and sales records.

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The Wood County, Ohio “Ghost Town” Photographic collection contains copy negatives with historic 19th and early 20th century views of small towns around Wood County, some with identification, gathered for copying by the Wood County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. The negatives were also scanned and copied to CD for ease of use, identification sheet included.

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The records of the Wood County Retired Teachers Association consist of 1.15 cubic feet of meeting minutes, written histories, scrapbooks, clippings, and a newsletter from 1969 to 2006.

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Background information sheets, organized by township and school district, on one-room schoolhouses in Wood County, Ohio. Collected by the Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society as part of the Wood County Schoolhouse Project.

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Included with this collection are the records of the New Winchester United Methodist Church.

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The records of Woodmen of the World, Columbia Camp #17, North Baltimore, Ohio, consist of meeting minutes, a membership ledger, cash books, correspondence, and account books, dating from 1894 through 1913.

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The records of the York Township Birthday Club date from 1926 to 1991. The 0.55 cubic feet of minutes, newspaper clippings, and photographs reflect the ihstory and activities of this Fulton County social club.

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The Young-Furst collection consists of photographs relating to Eban Claude Young dating from 1916 through 1924. The collection also contains photographs relating to the World War I service of Sylvester A. Furst. Certificates and materials relating to Sylvester Furst’s tenure as an engineer of Great Lakes shipping vessels are also included.

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The personal photographs of Yvonne (Slyker) Cave consist of snapshots, including many taken during her years as a student at Bowling Green State University between 1945 and her graduation with the Class of 1948.

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The Zimmerman School Collection features artifacts, books, documents, and photographs documenting rural education in Center Township, Wood County, Ohio in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Scope and Contents The records of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church include three record books which contain information on church members with log entries for baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pastors, burials and deaths, and communicants covering the period from 1846 to 1989. The first volume also contains some biographical sketches of early church leaders. Minutes of the church's congregational assemblies for the period 1856 to 1873 are included in the second volume. A fifty year history of the church,...