Charlotte Dunipace Shaw papers

The Charlotte Dunipace Shaw Papers consist of 0.6 linear feet of material including correspondence, research files, literary productions, legal documents, financial documents, newsclippings, printed material and photographic material spanning from 1832 to 2004. Researchers interested in Dunipace and allied families along with individuals exploring the history of Webster Township and Scotch Ridge would find these materials useful in their research, as the materials cover a very early period in Wood County, Ohio, history.

The correspondence in the collection details the lives and experiences of various members of the Dunipace and Wight families from the 1830s to early 1900s. The letters discuss family and business related news. Research files in the collection give family genealogies and information and historical information about Scotch Ridge and the United Presbyterian Church in Scotch Ridge. Most fascinating is the travel journals of Robert Dunipace from 1832 and Christiann Thom from 1854 giving day-by-day accounts of their sea voyage from Scotland to United States. Also, included in the collection are copies of the estate papers from Alexander Wight and an assortment of financial documents from various members of the Dunipace family. Printed materials contain schoolbooks from the mid to late nineteenth century and a roster of Webster Township soldiers in the Civil War. Photographic materials include prints and negatives of various scenes from Scotch Ridge from the early twentieth century.