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Civic and Community Organizations CollectionsBrowse short descriptions of civic organization's collections in our holdings below. |
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| MS-10 | SONS OF VETERANS USA, CAMP 254. Records, 1891-1893. .5 lin. ft. |
| Contains various organizational records including a minute book, ledger, cashbook, descriptive book, and roll of members. Camp 254 served the Wapakoneta, Ohio, area. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-11 | WOMENS' RELIEF CORPS 195. Records, 1902-1941. .5 lin. ft. |
| Contains the organization's minute books, membership lists, financial records, and officer's registers. Corps 195 served Auglaize County, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-12 | GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) POST 83. Records, 1880-1911. .5 lin. ft. |
| Includes two minute books covering meeting procedures for the years 1885-1904 and two account books which reveal the groups financial dealings from 1880-1911. The minute books also have information about memberships, committees, and deaths. Post 83 served Auglaize County, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-13 | UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS POST 8. Records, 1904-1949. .5 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of the organization's minute books from 1904-1906 and from 1923-1949. Also included are bylaws, an officer's roster, a ritual manual, photographs, and correspondence. Post 8 drew members from the Auglaize County, Ohio, area. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-14 | GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) POST 41. Records, 1880-1930. 1 lin. ft. |
| Collection consists of minute books, financial records, officer's roll, and miscellaneous loose materials. Post 41 served Wapakoneta in Auglaize County, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-45 | DAYTON-MONTGOMERY COUNTY PARK DISTRICT. Records, 1964-1974. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of correspondence, visitor's schedules, ranger reports, memos, and clippings pertaining to park operations and the District's involvement with historical sites. A large portion of the collection is material relating to the 1964, 1965, and 1974 tax levy campaigns. There is also material about the Old County Courthouse building and the Montgomery County Historical Society. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-46 | DAYTON COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS. Records, 1947-1991. 74 volumes, 35 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of administrative files, Executive Board minutes, annual reports, membership records, correspondence, and financial records. There are also extensive records of the Council's public programs with photographs and scrapbooks of clippings. The files of the Junior Council on World Affairs, an offshoot of the parent organization for young people, contain administrative and program records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-55 | DAYTON-MONTGOMERY COUNTY BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. Records, 1974-1976. 9 lin. ft. |
| Records document the official plans for celebrating the 1976 Bicentennial in the Dayton-Montgomery County area, and consist of minutes, correspondence, clippings, organizational papers, publications, broadsides, and working papers. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-66 | GREENE COUNTY FAIR BOARD. Programs, 1959-1977. .5 lin. ft. |
| This collection consists of copies of the official programs of the Greene County Fair from 1959-1977. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-68 | SONS OF VETERANS USA, CAMP 89. Records, 1890-1910. .5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of a volume of minutes for 1890-1899 which includes quartermaster's reports and resolutions of respect for deceased members. Also included is a folder of loose materials containing quarterly reports, receipts, and a list of suspended members. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-97 | SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION, CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER. Records, 1963-1978. 5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of chapter bylaws, membership lists, business meetings, correspondence, reports, committees, workshops, chapter bulletins, manuals, guidelines, and library related pamphlets. The object of the S.L.A. has been to “promote the interest of commercial, industrial, technical, civic, municipal and legislative reference libraries, the special departments of public libraries, universities, welfare associations and business organizations.” Finding aid available. | |
| MS-100 | 322ND FIELD ARTILLERY REUNION ASSOCIATION. Records, 1917-1981. 3 lin. ft. |
| The 322nd Field Artillery received basic training at Camp Sherman in Ohio, and saw service in Europe during World War I. The records in this collection are evenly divided between the active regiment and the reunion association. They consist of minutes, correspondence, reunion programs, bulletins, obituary notices, scrapbooks, maps, and photographs. Also included is a published history of the regiment. Finding aid available. See also MFM-27. | |
| MS-101 | MONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY. Records, 1901-1955. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| Consists of Board of Director's minutes, proceedings of the Advisory Committee, reports, financial records, and copies of the Society's newsletter, Animal Talk. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-106 | DAYTON SERTOMA CLUB. Records, 1946-1994. 10.5 lin. ft. |
| Includes meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, memos, newsletters, program files, and other miscellaneous items relating to the activities of the Sertoma Club, whose motto is "Service to Mankind." Finding aid available. | |
| MS-110 | PUBLIC OPINION CENTER. Records, 1970-1975. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| Records document public opinion surveys conducted in Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding communities in the early 1970's. Included are survey results, data sheets, and statistics which provide information about local attitudes towards a variety of social, political, and economic issues. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-121 | AMERICAN RED CROSS, DAYTON AREA CHAPTER. Records, 1917-1988. 36 lin. ft., 6 volumes. |
| Contains a variety of materials on the establishment and growth of the Red Cross in Dayton as well as the records of the Greene and Preble County Chapters prior to their merger with the Dayton Chapter in 1960. The collection includes Board of Directors and committee meeting minutes, annual reports, programs, extensive correspondence, financial records, audio materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings. | |
| MS-128 | MIAMI CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. Records, Scrapbooks, Photographs, 1897-1983. 20 volumes, 33.5 lin. ft. |
| Records include the founding documents, minutes, financial records, and reports of the Dayton Citizen's Relief Commission and the Dayton Flood Prevention Committee, two early organizations formed to deal with the aftermath of the 1913 Dayton Flood. The remainder of the Conservancy records consist of administrative and financial reports, publications, files from the (Arthur) Morgan Engineering Company, legal materials, diaries, correspondence, files pertaining to the labor camps organized to construct the flood prevention works, and files pertaining to the relocation of railroad lines. In addition there are extensive subject files and technical reports. The scrapbooks cover the years 1913-1927 and consist of newspaper clippings from local and national papers covering such subjects as the 1913 Flood and its aftermath, the early movement for flood prevention, the formation of the Miami Conservancy District, opposition to its formation, and the construction of the Conservancy's flood preventinworks. The 3500 photographs in this collection include many formats, glass plate, negatives, prints, and lantern slides, and cover such subjects as flood damage, construction, labor camps, railroad relocation, aerial views, Conservancy personnel, and various street scenes and images of early 20th century Dayton and the surrounding area. A complete microfiche edition of these photographs as well as a card file identifying each image is available. Finding aid also available for the scrapbooks and records. | |
| MS-130 | DAYTON FOUNDATION. Records, 1921-1983. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| Founded in 1921 with an endowment from the National Cash Register Company and John H. Patterson, the Dayton Foundation serves as a public trust fund and distributes grants to various community organizations and projects. Records consist of minutes of the Distribution Committee, financial records, annual reports, correspondence, and printed materials. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-142 | BURNS-JACKSON PROJECT. Records, 1966-1974. .5 lin. ft. |
| Collection includes the articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, correspondence, clippings, publications, and working papers of a group formed in 1965 to restore and preserve the Oregon District/Burns-Jackson area of Dayton, Ohio. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-171 | MIAMI VALLEY PERSONNEL AND GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION. Records, 1967-1987. .5 lin. ft. |
| Founded in 1967, the Miami Valley Personnel and Guidance Association was concerned with promoting and supporting personnel management professionals. Records include meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, printed materials, and membership lists. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-186 | CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER. Records, 1929-1977. 1 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of Board meeting minutes, financial reports, annual reports, clippings, photographs, and historical materials. The Child Guidance Center operated as a mental health facility for children and was affiliated with St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Sinclair College. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-190 | PROGRESS PLACE, INC. Records, 1981-1988. 4.5 lin. ft. |
| Records detail organization's work with mentally disabled adults in the Dayton area. Included are organizational papers, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and financial records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-195 | DAYTON CITY BEAUTIFUL COUNCIL. Records, 1965-1987. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| The Dayton City Beautiful Council was organized in the mid-1960's as a volunteer adjunct to city government to help make Dayton a more livable, attractive community. Records consist of Executive Board, staff, and membership meeting minutes, and correspondence. Topics covered include recycling, urban beautification, and community planning. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-197 | GREATER SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY ASSOCIATION. Records, 1944-1954. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| The Greater Springfield and Clark County Association was a volunteer organization that mobilized local efforts to promote the civic welfare of the Clark County area. Records include Board of Directors and Executive Committee minutes, records and reports of various committees, correspondence, membership rolls, and extensive newspaper clippings. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-215 | RINGELBLUM COLLECTION OF ORAL HISTORY MEMOIRS OF THE HOLOCAUST Tapes and transcripts, 1977-1991. 6 lin. ft. |
| Collection consists of audio-taped interviews with accompanying typed transcripts of 34 Dayton-area individuals who were survivors of the Nazi Holocaust. Not all of the interviewees were incarcerated in concentration camps, but each had his or her life greatly altered by the Nazi regime. Also included in this collection are three video-taped programs produced from the original interviews which are for use in local classrooms to supplement Holocaust curriculum. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-217 | COMMUNITY RESEARCH, INC. Records, 1957-1976. 4.5 lin. ft. |
| Community Research, Inc. was a privately funded think tank formed in 1957 to study and recommend solutions to problems facing metropolitan Dayton. Records include annual reports, Board meeting minutes, and evaluations of community programs. Another series of records focuses on the organization's role in the federal government's Pilot Cities Program in Dayton in the early 1970's and includes Board meeting minutes, correspondence, grant proposals, reports, and evaluations of funded programs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-238 | GRACE A. GREENE NORMAL SCHOOL ALUMNAE. Records, 1884-1992. 1 lin. ft. |
| Collection consists of scrapbooks, memorabilia, lists of graduates, and reunion materials. Grace A. Greene Normal School first opened in 1869 as Dayton Normal School, later became Dayton Teacher's College, then Grace A. Greene Normal School. The school gave rudimentary education to women who wished to become teachers in the Dayton area. It closed in 1931, but an active alumnae group continued. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-239 | SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. Records, 1977-1985. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| The Survivors of the Holocaust Oral History Project was established in 1977 as a joint effort by Antioch College and Wright State University. Its purpose was to interview and preserve stories of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust who settled in the Dayton, Ohio, area. The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, lists of potential interviewees, clippings, and publicity. The Project produced the Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-247 | DISCUSSION CLUB OF DAYTON. Records, 1931-2006. 1.25 lin. ft. |
| The Discussion Club of Dayton was founded in 1931 to provide a forum for civic leaders and professionals to meet and discuss the issues of the day. Records include correspondence, the club's monthly bulletin with information about program topics, membership surveys, and financial records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-250 | SPRINGFIELD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Records, 1854-1979. 17 lin. ft. |
| Records document the history of the YMCA in Springfield, Ohio and include extensive subject files, photographs, clippings, ledgers, and blueprints of the YMCA building. Subject files contain a variety of materials including correspondence, annual reports, budgets, Board of Director's minutes, newsletters, programs, activity reports, and historical information. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-253 | GROFF, J. ROBERT. (1896- ). Papers, 1938-1954. 2 lin. ft. |
| Groff was the president and general manager of the James Leffell Company in Springfield, Ohio (see MS-150). Papers in this collection reflect his civic and volunteer involvements and include minutes, reports, publications, and correspondence from such organizations as the Springfield Community Chest, the Rotary Club, the Springfield and Clark County War Chest, the War Manpower Board, and the United Appeals Fund. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-265 | THE DAYTON AREA NUTRITION COUNCIL. Records, 1968-1994. .5 lin. ft. |
| Collection consists of various financial records such as Treasurer’s Reports, bank statements, and proposed budgets. There is also internal correspondence, which includes meeting agendas and minutes, letters, and handouts. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-268 | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, DAYTON CHAPTER. Records, 1953-1983. 2 lin. ft. |
| The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a non-partisan organization committed to defending and protecting the individual rights of U.S. citizens. The ACLU’s Dayton chapter emerged in the early 1950s and operated on a strictly volunteer basis throughout its existence. The collection includes administrative records such as meeting minutes, budget information, membership list, and articles of organization and bylaws. General and court specific correspondence are included and arranged in chronological order, along with numerous publications and periodicals. There are also several documents related to issues of interest to the ACLU. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-270 | THE GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. JOSEPH ORPHAN SOCIETY OF DAYTON, OHIO Records, 1890-1950. 28 lin. ft |
| Established in 1849, The German Roman Catholic St. Joseph Orphan Society of Dayton, Ohio, was a subscription society that placed the children of deceased or indigent members in Catholic foster homes. The institution changed its mission, bylaws, and name numerous times but remained a child caring institution run by a Board of Trustees and exists in Dayton, Ohio, as the St. Joseph Children’s Treatment Center. The collection consists of printed materials, minutes and proceedings, financial documents, legal documents, photographic material, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Collection has restrictions. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-287 | DAYTON CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION COLLECTION Records, 1940-1998. 2 lin. ft |
| The Dayton Civic Music Association was founded in 1940 and presented twenty-eight concert seasons before its demise in 1968. The collection includes administrative records, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-289 | THE RIVER CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Records, 1969-1997. 5 lin. ft |
| The River Corridor Development Committee was formed in 1968 and operated under the aegis of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Representatives of various public agencies, which had jurisdiction over river frontage development, made up its membership. The committee’s goal was to further development along the river frontages and enhance the recreational, aesthetic, and commercial potentialities of Dayton’s major natural resource. The collections consist of administrative activities, river corridor projects, brochures, magazines, photographs, books, maps and blueprints. Finding aid available. | |
MS-299 |
KENT ORGAN DAYTON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION Papers, 1977-2004. .25 lin. ft. |
The Kent Organ Dayton School Desegregation Papers consist primarily of the final report of the Ad Hoc Committee to the Dayton Citizens Advisory Board on the Dayton School Desegregation Plan. The report was submitted to Judge Carl B. Rubin in August 1977 after being approved by the Dayton Citizens Advisory Board. Kent Organ was chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee. Finding aid available. |
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| MS-300 | DAYTON PEACE ACTION COMMITTEE Records, 1969-1997. 5 lin. ft |
| Established in Dayton, Ohio, in 1979, the Dayton Peace Action Committee (DPAC) is a faith-based and peace oriented anti-nuclear organization. DPAC works to cut spending for unnecessary military and nuclear weapons programs, arguing that funds should be invested in American education, housing, health, and environmental protection. The collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, programs, books, and Barrett’s personal notes concerning DPAC activities. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-323 | INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Record s, 1865-1945. 6 lin. ft. |
| The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a benevolent and charitable organization with high moral principles seeking to aid and improve the life of good men. Much of their philosophy was to aid and protect its members, with visiting the sick, aiding the distressed, educating the orphan and burying the dead. Throughout the years they have established over 60 retirement homes for the aged and orphans throughout the United States and Canada. The collection contains minutes, membership, attendence, and financial ledger books from Lodges in the Miami Valley Region. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-327 | EAST DAYTON HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATION. Records, 1969-1996. 2.5 lin. ft. |
| The East Dayton Housing Opportunities Corporation (EDHOC) was founded in 1972 as a product of the Eastern Area Council Housing Committee and the East Dayton Church Cluster. Founding members included community leaders and activists and local clergymen. EDHOC functioned under the administration of a president, Board of Trustees and a treasurer through 1996. The corporation provided low-income housing for selected families in the East Dayton community, assisting their clients in becoming home owners through permanent financing and property rehabilitation. The collection includes correspondence,and financial and administrative records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-329 | CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY. Records, 1887-2003. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Mary Virginia Merrick founded the Christ Child Society in 1887 in Washington, D.C. to aid poor children. On October 11, 1911 Marie and Helen Rotterman founded the Dayton Chapter of the Christ Child Society. The society began with fewer than 200, primarily Catholic, women, yet grew steadily throughout the century. The group's primary focus is to provide clothing and aid to needy women and children. The collection includes minutes, photographs, and committe files. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-330 | ARTHUR COMPTON / TRAILS END. Records, 1958-1964. 2 lin. ft. |
| Trails End was an exclusive social club in Dayton for businessmen and their families that was found in 1958. The collection contains photographs, membership lists, financial and adminstrative material. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-350 | QUARTER CENTURY CLUB, WPAFB. Records, 1946-1999. 8 lin. ft. |
| Contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, membership lists, administrative documents and obituaries. Most items were created by or about the Quarter Century Club members. These individuals were civilian or military personnel in an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense for at least 25 years and worked for a portion of that time at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Club was formed to facilitate social activity among its members and to inspire younger employees to continue their work as public servants. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-351 | WRIGHT MEMORIAL CHAPTER, AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION.Records, 1957-2007. 16 lin. ft. |
| This collection documents a civilian aerospace organization that promotes public understanding of aerospace power and national defense. The collection contains newspaper clippings, magazines, awards, correspondence, meeting minutes, national, regional, and state conference materials, community events, photographs, certificates, reports, financial records, and general Air Force information. Several items in the collection relate to the AFA National Organization and to the US Air Force’s relation to national and international events. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-354 | B-W GREENWAY COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. Records, 1998-2007. 5 lin. ft. |
| The primary goal of this organization is to maintain wetlands, a greenway, and land management. The B-WGC lies in the towns of Beavercreek and Fairborn, the townships of Bath, Beavercreek and Mad River, and the counties of Clark and Greene. Contains the organization’s newsletter “The Great Heart”, Board of Trustee’s Minutes, and original artwork done by a member. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-366 | GREENCASTLE CEMETERY / HARRISON TWP CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. Records, 1868-2005 (bulk 1940s-1980s). 6 lin. ft. |
| The collection contains hand-written and typed documents of burial plots and grave records, maps, financial reports and receipts, deeds, ledgers, meeting minutes, photographs, and correspondence. The records are about the New and Old Greencastle Cemeteries, burial grounds of some of the founding members of Dayton. Finding aid available | |
| MS-369 | BEAVER CREEK WETLANDS ASSOCIATION. Records, 1987-2007. 6 boxes. |
| The Beaver Creek Wetlands Association (BCWA) Collection documents the incorporation and first ten years of an organization committed to protecting the environment. The collection includes business materials, meeting minutes, agendas, reports from the various committees that ran the organization as well as some news clippings, brochures, maps, and newsletters created by and about the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-384 | AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS, DAYTON CHAPTER. Records, 1951-2008 (bulk 1980-2000). 2 lin. ft. |
| The collection documents the activities and administrative records of the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The collection includes scrapbooks, member directories, programs, monthly newsletters, meeting minutes, and treasurers' reports. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-391 | ALTRUSA CLUB OF DAYTON. Records, 1934-2005 (bulk 1980-2004). 6.8 lin. ft. |
This collection consists of minutes of the various business meetings that relate to the Dayton chapter of the Altrusa Club. Information on the organizational structure including bylaws for the National organization is also included. Yearbooks from the local chapter, scrapbooks and other memorabilia can found in this collection as well as newsletters from both the local and national organization. Finding aid available |
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| MS-393 | DAYTON MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUM. Collection, 2003. 6 lin. inches. |
The collection is composed of an alphabetized index of internments up until the index list was printed out on May 20, 2003. The index is arranged alphabetically by last name and provides the following information: Name of Deceased, Service #, Grdn, Section, Lot, Sb, Sp, Sex, Age, Service Date, Type, and Veteran. The Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery & Mausoleum has offered services since 1923 and is located in Montgomery County, Ohio, on 8135 North Dixie Drive. The cemetery is divided into several sections including: traditional burial grounds, in ground cremation, veterans section, Columbaria, Mausoleum Crypts, and an infant section. Notable internments include: U.S. Congressmen Walter Hugh Albaugh and Harry Nelson Routzohn, race car drivers Charles Engle, William “Bill Mackey” Gretsinger, and Edward Lewber, Actress Agnes Moorehead, test pilot Howard M. Rinehart, and Medal of Honor Recipient Joe Calvin Paul. Finding aid available |
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