Bowling Green (Ohio) -- Social life and customs

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The manuscript collection of the Bowling Green Soroptimist Club, Wood County, Ohio, covers the years from 1944 to 1980. Minutes, correspondence, subject files, newsletters, newspaper clippings (dated and undated), and scrapbooks provide illumination into the organization's relationship with the Bowling Green community and other Soroptimist chapters.

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The Cunningham family papers consist mainly of journals and scrapbooks, with some genealogical information, related to the family of Harriet McKnight Cunningham and Don A. Cunningham, between the years 1930 to 2008.

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The 0.92 cubic feet of material includes correspondence, subject files, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and artifacts. The items in this collection represent only a fraction of the material that was included in the donation; several other collections in the Center also benefitted from Mrs. Gordon’s legacy. See the scope and content section for more information.

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The Junto Club from Bowling Green, Ohio is a complete collection made up of proceedings, membership, constitutions, correspondence, papers, and photographs dating from its founding.

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The records of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Wood County Barracks #71 of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., cover the period from 1965 to 1985. There are minutes, correspondence, and miscellaneous Auxiliary material.

Abstract Family papers, primarily of correspondence within the McKnight family of Bowling Green, Ohio. Includes Civil War letters of Henry McKnight to his parents between 1862 and 1863, correspondence between Mary McKnight and her family bewteen 1929 and 1930 during her stay at the Ohio State Sanatorium, and letters between Mildred (Taylor) McKnight and her aunt Lillian (Taylor) Murphy in California from 1941 to 1955. Also includes printed material and a photographic scrapbook compiled by Mary...

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It is one of many collections to benefit from the large donation. The 0.46 cubic feet contains literary productions, scrapbook material, and photographic material, with known dates ranging from 1917 to 1984.

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Minutes, newsclippings, constitutions, membership records and financial records form the nucleus of this collection from Sorosis, a Bowling Green woman's club. These records, which date from 1934 to 2005, illustrate the structure and activities of Sorosis, specifically the study topics, monthly programs and social activities.