Toledo (Ohio) -- Social life and customs

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The papers of the Pearson Collection consist of 0.46 cubic feet of genealogical information, a stenographer pad, a financial ledger, and a scrapbook of newspaper articles. It mainly provides an overview of life in Toledo around the turn of the 20th century.

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Photographs, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and a family genealogy for two members of the Murphy family who were involved in the Lake trades. Harold Murphy was a sailor, while Arthur Murphy worked as a boilermaker in Toledo.

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The scrapbooks chronicle Judge O'Brien O'Donnell's life and career as a probate court judge in Toledo, Ohio from 1909 - 1932.

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The papers of Olive A. Colton consist of one-half cubic foot of correspondence, autobiographical essays, a journal/scrapbook, memorials, poems, newspaper clippings, photographs and books.

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The records of Trinity Conclave #3, Order of True Kindred consists of letters, postcards, and other minor documents of a Toledo, Ohio Masonic affiliated organization, primarily centered around Hazel Lafferty, one of the organizers of that conclave.

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...