MC. Manuscript Collections

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.

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.

Carte de visites and tintypes, removed from photograph album of unknown collector, containing individual portraits, some with identification; including Robert Digby, Charles Shoaff, and Sara Sager. Many photos done by the Morrison Studio in Bowling Green, Ohio. Includes loose sheet with handwritten obituary for Isaac Wade.

Photographic scrapbook of each school building in Wood County, Ohio, compiled by the Wood County Board of Education.

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.

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.

Minute book of annual meetings and reunions of veterans of Wood County, Ohio; composed primarily of members of local Grand Army of the Republic posts.

Record of cemetery financial investments and endowments. Wrapped.

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

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.

Handwritten pocket diary of an Erie County, Ohio poultry and stock-breeder, describing activities and daily farm chores.

Financial accounts, daybook and journal of a Fremont, Ohio blacksmith; in handwritten German.

Listing of duties and rules established for the Works Progress Administration in Ohio for workers as Housekeeping Aides, signed by foreman Thelma L. Rothgeb.

Account book covering the period from November 28, 1857 to July 17, 1865 with earlier loose sheets from 1853 specific to Way's accounts with Peck and Hamilton with some reference to platting Tontogany, Ohio.

Photocopies with typed transcripts of family letters of Martha A. Hall and Charles Yates.

Family reunion minutes, Civil War file of Daniel Yates with the 49th O.V.I., genealogical notes, correspondence, and clippings.

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.

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.

Constitution, by-laws, list of officers, members, and committees from 1867, a draft resolution from 1869, and undated modern typed histories of the development of libraries in Sandusky.

Taped interviews, with index, interview history, and newspaper clippings. Interview conducted as part of Bowling Green State University, Oral History Project.

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.

Constitution and program yearbooks (scattered between 1924 and 1979).

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.