The Hill/Morgan Family Collection spans four generations of a Wood County, Ohio family, from 1831 to 1980. The surnames of the successive generations are: Hill, Morgan, Overmyer, and Graf. The collection includes correspondence, documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, newspaper…
The Kenneth Smith Collection was transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio with the cooperation of Kenneth R. Smith, Fremont, Ohio, in August 1997. The Center for Archival Collections is the publisher of this microfilm…
The personal correspondence of the Searight family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania; Canton, Ohio; and South Bend, Indiana, dates from 1839 to 1898. The bulk of the collection falls during the Civil War period and provides ample information on daily life of the times. The correspondents comment upon…
The family papers of Joan Brisbin Wills (Mrs. Robert Wills), a Toledo, Ohio resident, chronicles the years from 1910 to 1970, with some family genealogical information back to 1545. Primarily, the collection profiles the lives and careers of Mrs. Wills' aunts, Neva King Lambert and Hazel King…
The C.A. Risser Papers consist primarily of correspondence from C.A. Risser to his cousin Christian Risser, both residing in Ohio, between the years 1879 and 1888. The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yeager, Bowling Green, Ohio, on April 25,…
The Holgate Diaries (1833-1948) consist of thirteen volumes; eleven diaries and two account ledgers. Three diaries (1833-1852) were kept by William Curtis Holgate and the other eight diaries (1868-1894) and two account ledgers (1878-1880, 1924-1948) were kept by his son, who was also named William…
The Henry O. Sheldon Collection consists of fifty-seven volumes of journals, dating from 1817 through 1882, and four volumes of Sheldon family genealogies. The journals written by Henry O. Sheldon, document the daily activities of this Methodist preacher who settled in northern Ohio, specifically…
The George F. Jenks Papers consists of 0.3 linear feet of material related to the career of newspaper reporter George F. Jenks along with family photographs. The donation and transfer of these records to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged through the cooperation of Louise Jenks of…
The Robert Preston Randall Collection is composed of proceedings, correspondence, legal documents, printed materials, and literary productions in the possession of the Randall and Green families at the time of transfer to the Center for Archival Collections on October 25, 1984. The documents cover…
The correspondence of the Carter/Martin/Morgan Families of Kelley's Island, Ohio, span the years 1851 to 1892 and include thirty letters between the relatives of these families. The letters express the trials and triumphs of 19th century life in America. The collection was loaned to the Center for…
The Charles C. Starr papers includes seventy-nine personal letters, dating from June 2, 1855 to July 1909. Most of the letters written in the 1870s were addressed to Charles C. Starr from his relatives who lived in Ohio and throughout the Midwest. Also included in the collection is a series of legal…
The burial records of the Ft. Meigs Cemetery were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, with the cooperation of Betty Jefferis, Perrysburg, Ohio. The records are maintained by the Ft. Meigs Union Cemetery in Perrysburg, Ohio. This collection consists of…
The Reynolds Family Papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections by Michael Reynolds on June 5, 1990. The collection consists of 3.5 cubic feet of family correspondence, photographs, and negatives. Much of the correspondence documents family members in the military during World War II…
The Borton Family Papers, MS-462, is a collection of 216 letters dating from 1849-1889. The .75 linear foot collection of correspondence is housed in two boxes, box 1 containing photocopies of the original letters and box 2 containing transcripts of the same. Provenance has been maintained. The…
The scrapbook, printed materials and photographic materials of the Mahla family originates in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio and spans from 1873 to 1968. These materials provide a family history of the following families: Lowmiller, Neumann, Goebel, Mahla and Hughey. These records were purchased by…
The Bender Family Collection consists of correspondence dating from 1865 to 1898 written by the daughters-in-law and daughters of Peter and Elizabeth Bender (Eveline Goff Bender, Caroline Bender Wack, Betsey Powell Bender) and members of their families. There are also letters from the daughter of…
The Charlotte Dunipace Shaw Papers consists of 0.6 linear feet of material of correspondence, research files, literary productions, photographs and book relating to the Dunipace and allied families. The donation and transfer of these records to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged…
The papers of Noah W. Prowant consist of approximately .25 linear ft. of manuscripts, reminiscences, and memoirs, dating from the 1940's through 1962. The collection was purchased by the Center for Archival Collections in May, 1988, from Hugh N. Brown of Kettering, Ohio. This register was prepared…
The Andrew Brown (A.B.) and Jeanette Hall Family Papers is a rich and varied collection of family history. The papers include correspondence, photographs, financial documents, literary productions, scrapbook materials, legal documents and an audio recording. Also included are several family Bibles…
The Solomon Kuder Collection consists of approximately .5 linear ft. of original correspondence, legal papers, financial records, and maps, documenting life in Northwest Ohio during the first half of the 19th century through to the early 20th century. The collection was acquired by donation with…
The Ellen Lilie Family Papers were transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University in November 1991, by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. The transfer was completed with the cooperation of John…
The papers of the Louis Emil Schraidt family, consists of 2 linear feet of material centered on Johann Casper Schraidt of Ottawa County, Ohio. Spanning the years from 1847 to 1971, the collection includes correspondence (some in German), legal documents, clippings, photographs, and genealogical…
The First Families of Ohio Collection was transferred for microfilming to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, with the cooperation of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Mansfield, Ohio (Tom Neel, Director) in September 1992. The collection consists…
The Miller Family Papers consist of materials relating directly to the William H. Miller family of Port Clinton, Ohio, but within the collection some papers of both the McRitchie and Mackey families are included. The McRitchie and Mackey families are related by marriage, as are the Mackey and Miller…
The Andrie Ashenfelter Drum Papers consist of primarily genealogical research files and legal documents relating to various branches of the Ashenfelter family. The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections in the summer of 2010 by Ted A. Weaver. No restrictions exist on the use…