Ohio

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Collection contains the Beta Tapes during the student unrest May 1970 at the University of Alabama.

Abstract Photographs, majority are iconographic, filmstrips, slides, audio cassettes, hand-written notebooks, microfilms and negatives, bulk dates: 1860-mid 1900s. A procedure is now underway of accessing and housing the ‘photographic’ collection. Photographs originally stored in 22 cartons and one Hollinger boxes; other items include 7 cartons of Alabama filmstrips, 5 Hollinger boxes containing filmstrips and audio tapes relating to history of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, California, Ohio and...

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Contains correspondence letters of Jim Edwards written to his family and friends, mostly containing information about his daily life. Also contains his grade reports during his time at Miami University, 1934-1938.

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Lionel Grimes was a Marine in World War I, writing to his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, about daily events including guard duty of prisoners, purchasing war stamps, frequent sand storms, and practicing his shooting accuracy. The collection includes a poem and a small group of other correspondence.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a printed letter and resolution by Henry Johnson, Governor of Louisiana, dated February 16, 1826. The letter is addressed to New York Governor DeWitt Clinton and states Louisiana's rejection of Ohio's proposed plan for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people. The document reflects the ongoing debates over slavery in the early nineteenth century and Louisiana's stance on the issue, emphasizing the state's opposition to gradual emancipation efforts. This letter...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter written by J.A. Means from Munroe Falls, Ohio, to his cousin, Samuel Cochran, in Cadiz, Ohio. The letter provides a unique firsthand account of the early development of Munroe Falls, capturing the experience of a surveyor engaged in laying out the village in the late 1830s. Means describes the challenges of frontier life, the isolation felt by his wife, Eliza, and the practical aspects of surveying and settlement.In addition to local affairs,...

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Contains a letter from Margaretta Imlay of Hamilton, Ohio, to John C. Imlay, in Zanesville, Ohio, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1811, telling him about the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811. There is also a photocopied article and map pertaining to the earthquakes.

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Materials from three generations of the Reade family

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Letter from W.H. Allard to his brother concerning the sale and value of marble.and letter to S. H. Allard regarding plows, horses, and land.

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This collection consists of twenty-six photographs depicting unidentified people in Ohio.

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This collection consists of eleven photographs depicting people and places in Ohio.

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Seventy-nine images of mainly African Americans from late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

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Records from WLW, the Cincinnati, Ohio, radio station