Buchanan and Boyer families papers

This collection contains materials belonging to and pertaining to the history of the Buchanan and Boyer families of Wood, Henry, and Hancock counties, Ohio. Materials are largely photographic or textual, comprising photographs, cabinet cards, photocopies, diaries, minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, scrapbooks, publications, and related printed matter. Among other formats scattered throughout the collection are tintypes, negatives, and artifacts such as a crucifix, ephemera, and blueprints.

The first series contains organizational activity materials such as blueprints, accounts, and meeting minutes from the Ladies Aid Society of the Church of the Brethren in Deshler, Ohio, between the period of 1928 and 1987.

The second series is comprised of materials documenting the history of the families themselves. Series 2 Subseries 1 (Family Binders) contains curated genealogy information and photographs of key members of the family history, such as Wilda/Max Regal and Pearl/Webb Buchanan, as well as thematic content such as reunion gatherings and family homes.

Series 2 Subseries 2 (Photographs) contains photographs, largely of unidentified individuals before 1920 but featuring some named individuals and groups such as the Buchanan, Boyer, Regal, Brown, and Fish/Fisher families.

Series 2 Subseries 3 (Textual Materials) contains other personal materials like scrapbooks, diaries, and songbooks, etc., belonging to various members of the Buchanan/Boyer family, such as Maxine Regal, Mabel Buchanan, and Pearl Boyer, between circa 1900 and 1938.

Content Warning: A few folders” include printed articles relating to child abuse (“From the Buchanan Side” and “Howard Buchanan”).