MC. Manuscript Collections

Letter written to wife Sophia, describing general camp conditions and personal correspondence.

Selected articles written by Block between July 1, 1969 and March 20, 1970 while serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and published by the Pacific Stars and Stripes, USARV Reporter, Cavalair, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Scrapbook of photographs, without identification, of a student at Bowling Green State University graduating with the class of 1949, showing Homecoming and other campus activities and buildings.

The papers of William L. Fiesinger, Democratic Congressman from the Ohio Thirteenth District from 1931-1937, consist of correspondence, subject files, clippings, and speeches covering Fiesinger's service in Congress and his subsequent years in law practice and retirement. Focusing on the economy and silver question, the collection also includes material on the Panama Canal, Fiesinger's European travels in 1953, and a small amount of genealogical material.

The collection of family papers and miscellaneous publications dating between 1801 and 1978, consist primarily of the legal and financial papers and correspondence of Captain William Pratt and his descendants.

Material associated with naval service during World War II on D-Day, including oral interview tape (copy) done by the University of Toledo Canaday Center for the Veterans Oral History Project, clippings, statement in support of claim to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and an article; also minor family material related to his mother, Grace Melvina Davenport including early Bowling Green Normal College 1916 diploma, and various other certificates.

Account book, transcribed by Ronald G. Garner, great-great grandson of William R. Hatch, with additional photograph of the law office of his son, William E. Hatch in Huron, Ohio.

Financial ledger of a Van Wert, Ohio grist and sawmill operator.

Handwritten diary of a private with the 21st O.V.I. during the Civil War. Entries detail camp life, troop movements, and information on other members of the regiment. Photocopy and typed transcript included.

Civil War era diary transcript, with copies of his military file and post-war pension file and other papers of a soldier serving in Co.E, 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Original copies located at the Fostoria Library.

The Journals of William T. Chapman date from 1862 to 1895. The collection consists of two volumes, the second of which includes some material copied from the first with some additional account and personal entries.

Ornate marriage certificate between William W. Davis of Toledo, Ohio and B. Ellen Heller, of Goshen, Indiana, married before a Justice of the Peace March 16, 1896 in Goshen, Indiana.

The records of this organization consist of minutes, financial records, and newsclippings.

Family material including genealogical charts, unorganized notes, and family history materials of the Williams, Erven, and related families of the Weston, Ohio area.

Listing of mausoleum occupants, ordered by section, row and column, with a map, collected by Amy Collins.

The Wilma Kidd Collection consists of mostly genealogical research notes and files compiled by Bowling Green resident Wilma (Johnson) Kidd. The material in this collection dates largely from approximately 1978 to 1989, with some primary documents collected by Mrs. Kidd dating back as far as the 18th century, which document Kidd’s ancestry and family history.

Personal notes, newsclippings, photographs, and publications related to tree-culture and lumber industry in Ohio.

Photocopy of Family Bible record pages of the marriages, birth, and death dates of the Ezekiel and Hannah Wilson family and related Muir family, including information on John Alphred Wilson, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner as one Mitchell's Raiders from his service with the 21st O.V.I. during the Civil War.

Copies of Civil War muster certificate, photograph, and various postwar reunion pins, GAR ribbons, and badges of a soldier who served during the Civil War in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co.I.

Civil War enlistment certificate of a soldier with Co.I, 21st O.V.I., and pension certificate of his widow, Ellen.

Valentines, calling cards, school cards, and photographs.

Family Bible record pages with dates of the births, marriages and deaths of the Ellison Enoch Wise family of Bellevue, Ohio

Ledger of customer accounts, by name, of Grand Rapids, Ohio hardware store.

Handwritten letter providing general genealogical information on the Stow family.