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A. Victor Donahey papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1611

Scope and Contents The Donahey diaries represent a small window to the career of Ohio Governor and Senator A. Victor Donahey. The diaries date from his time as Governor and topics covered include his vetoes, appointments, state and local politics, and his disliking the Republican General Assembly. Donahey also writes about family life, political speeches, and the amount of time he spends hearing constituents, lobbyists, and legislators who requested for his support for programs or their funding in the state...

Dates: 1924-1940

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Aaron Hull family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1220

Scope and Contents The Aaron Hull Family Papers date 1849-1869 and contains 34 letters between members of the Hull family of Athens, Ohio. Collection also contains transcriptions for some of the letters.

Dates: 1848-1869

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Abbott family papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 923

Scope and Contents Collection consists of .25 cubic feet of letters and genealogical information related to the Abbot family of Licking County, Ohio, circa 1836-1858.

Dates: 1837-1858

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Adam Blosser papers

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Identifier: MSS 1046

Scope and Contents The Adam Blosser Papers consist of materials related to Blossser's service during the Civil War in Company K of the 18 Ohio Volunteer Infantry and his postwar participation in the Grand Army of the Republic Reunions. Materials include correspondence, muster and payroll of Company K, 18th OVI, Blosser's pension papers, GAR reunion materials, a roster of McPherson GAR Post, Number 4, in Independence, Kansas and miscellaneous Blosser family items.

Dates: 1863-1917

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Albert C. Houghton family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1002

Scope and Contents The Albert C. Houghton Family Papers date from 1861 to 1924 and contain materials related to the Houghton Family of Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio. The collection includes correspondence, dairies, maps and military papers. Most of the collection pertains to Albert C, Houghton, but materials and correspondence from Henry W. Houghton and Henry S. Houghton are included. Also included is a collection of writings of Albert C. Houghton. The collection is divided into four series: Series 1: Albert C....

Dates: 1861-1924

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Albert F. Lohr papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 1207

Scope and Contents This collection is approximately 0.25 cubic foot and is divided into four folders in one box. The collection contains letter correspondence from Albert Floyd Lohr to his mother and father from March 8, 1918 until January 26, 1919. These are in the main personal correspondence from Albert during his time in the American Expeditionary Force.

Dates: 1918-1919

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Alexander McConaughy papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1598 AV

Scope and Contents This collection is approximately 0.25 cubic foot and contains materials related to the Alexander McConaughy family in the years around the Civil War, between 1863 and 1865. Series I contains correspondence between Alexander McConaughy and his family. Also included are discharge papers and a Confederate States five dollar bill. Series II contains original photographs and tintypes of the family during the Civil War.

Dates: 1863-1865

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Alexander McDowell McCook papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1094

Scope and Contents The Alexander McDowell McCook papers include correspondence and news clippings related to McCook, his family and career after the Civil War. There is correspondence and clippings about copying "The Fighting McCook's" painting between McCook's grandson, Alexander McCook Craighead, Chauncey Baker and artist Jacob Royer and a letter from the U.S. War Dept. appointing McCook to represent the United States at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II in Moscow, Russia in 1896. Additionally, there are three...

Dates: 1858-1962

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Alexander Murry papers

Collection — Folder: VFM 5703

Identifier: MSS 7932

Scope and Contents A letter from Capt. Alexander Murry of the 13th U.S. Infantry to his wife upon his arrival in Memphis (June 1863). Murry writes about his journey to Memphis and on how he misses his wife. Also included in this collection is a receipt of payment to Murry for his services as Commissary Sergeant from March to April 1857 and an abstract of provisions issued to troops of the U.S. Army while on detached service in pursuit of Indians from the 19th March to the 30th April 1857. This abstract was...

Dates: 1857; 1863

Found in: Ohio History Connection

Ameila "Millie" Kidwell Hancock letters

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 1500

Scope and Contents This collection contains 150 handwritten letters to Amelia "Millie" Kidwell Hancock by 21 correspondents, mostly family members. The letters share family news and describe farm life of the time. Frances May Roney Starr is the most frequent correspondent, having written 69 of the letters in this collection. Her early letters are humorous, as she relates the news and events of family and friends. The tone of her letters changed after the death of her husband in November 1920. Grace Ulrey...

Dates: 1904-1926

Found in: Ohio History Connection

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