MC. Manuscript Collections

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Photocopies and transcripts of Civil War era correspondence between John J. and Walter W. Wharton, serving in the 83rd O.V.I, Co. I; notes and background material by Charles W. Meinert.

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Organizational records including board meeting minutes, subscriber lists and route information, daily logs and records, financial records, annual reports, newspaper clippings as well as insurance and public relations files.

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Typed copy of articles of incorporation, along with notarized certificate.

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Agreement with N.E. Hunter for the demolition of the old Fremont Passenger Station to make room for construction of a new depot.

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Account book of a tannery in Sandusky County, Ohio.

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The collection consists of photographs, indexes, printed material, and research notebooks centered on the interurban transportation network in Northwest Ohio.

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The "Wild" Bill Davison papers document the life of a jazz cornetist. The collection focuses on his public and private life between 1906 through 1989. The collection consists of over 30 cubic feet of correspondence, magazines, news clippings, photographs, posters, art work, and books.

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The majority of the collection consists of 16mm motion picture films taken by Dr. Willard Singer during his time as a professor at BGSU. Highlights include the commencement activities for the class of 1938, dedication of the student union in 1959, and the groundbreaking for Jerome Library in March 1965. Negatives in the collection depict campus scenes and an indoor track event in Eppler Hall in the late 1930s, and the 1938 commencement.

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The Willard W. Schaller Papers consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, clippings, drawings, and photos collected by William W. Schaller, primarily dealing with his farm drainage business, Advanced Drainage Systems Company.

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Autobiography of a farm laborer involved in the 1934 Onion Pickers' Strike in Hardin County.

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Transcript of letter written to the editor of the Wyandot Pioneer, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, published Aug 5, 1864, from a soldier serving with Co.G of the 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Transcription provided by Dan Masters.

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The papers of William A. Spratt consist of approximately 1.25 linear feet of letters, photos and related printed material from his period of service in the U.S. First and Third Army during World War II.

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Cash journals, day books, and a ledger detailing the company's expenditures and receipts.

Abstract The papers of William Backus Guitteau date from 1884 to 1963. This collection consists of scrapbooks detailing the education and career of William B. Guitteau with the bulk of the material focusing on the years 1890 through 1932. In addition, the collection contains several original copies of speeches Dr. Guitteau gave at various points in his career, correspondence pertaining to Guitteau's employment and miscellaneous newsclippings on his career. This particular collection will prove useful...

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The papers consist of Civil War memoirs, family history files, a few letters, newspapers and military records of William's relatives. The dates of the papers span from 1826 to 1992.

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The Holgate Diaries (1833-1948) consist of thirteen volumes; eleven diaries and two account ledgers. Three diaries (1833-1852) were kept by William Curtis Holgate and the other eight diaries (1868-1894) and two account ledgers (1878-1880, 1924-1948) were kept by his son, who was also named William C. Holgate.

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Pension certificates, notification correspondence, and a certificate to accompany transportation of a corpse.

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Discharge paper of a soldier who served at the siege of Fort Meigs in April and May 1813; discharge less than honorable due to cowardly conduct.

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Bills of lading shipping grapes from Kelley's Island, Ohio.

Abstract The Dr. William E. Evans collection consists of documents mostly regarding his long and impressive career. Among these papers, are generally speeches and statements made by Dr. Evans throughout the 1980s for many influential and important hearings and meetings with several House and Senate Committees. These speeches, which still remain in their original booklets, consist of dozens of speeches from throughout the country that date from predominately 1987- 1989. The Evans collection also...

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The papers of William Ellis Schumaker consist of of albums containing original documents, photographs, clippings, and artifacts associated with the Schumaker and related Fastnacht families.

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Civil War military and pension file papers of a soldier who service in Co.K, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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Transcripts of three letters written to his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Hardman, while he was a prisoner at Johnson's Island during the Civil War, from originals in Ellenton, Florida.

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Transcript of a letter written to the editor of the Wood County Independent, Perrysburg, Ohio, published May 15, 1863, regarding the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., from a soldier serving with Battery H, 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Transcription provided by Dan Masters.

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The William Henry Gorrill papers consist largely of correspondence, diaries, and photographs documenting Gorrill's activities as a lawyer in Wood County; his trip West and settlement in Oakland, California; his marriage to Addie Walker; and his death from tuberculosis in 1874.