MS 802 - Roy B. Leedy Collection

Title	MS 802 - Roy B. Leedy Collection
Introduction	The Rev. Roy B. Leedy Photograph Collection consists of .25 linear feet of copy negatives and photoprints centered on the Evangelical Churches around Ohio from material gathered by William A. Drown, Bellevue, Ohio. The loan for duplication and transfer of these records to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged through the cooperation of Mr. Drown on March 12, 1980. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. The register was completed by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in May 2000.
Biographical Sketch	Rev. Roy B. Leedy was a church historian who collected material focused on the history of the Evangelical Church in Ohio. Material he collected was eventually added to the collection of the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church to reflect the Evangelical Church heritage of the United Methodist Church.
Scope and Content	The Rev. Roy B. Leedy Photograph Collection consists of .25 linear feet of copy negatives and photographic prints. The photographs were primarily collected in the 1920s, showing Evangelical Churches, houses, and street scenes in Ohio, including such towns as Ashland, Bellevue and Greensburg, Ohio. Other non-church views include scenes of the 1924 tornado in Lorain, Ohio and the dedication of the Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio in 1931.
Series Description	PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS 1860s-1931 Arranged topically Primarily churches around northern Ohio, but also scenes of the Lorain, Ohio tornado of 1924, street scenes in Ashland, Ohio, dedication of the Harding Memorial in Marion, and various homes PHOTONEGATIVES 1860s-1920s Arranged topically Primarily churches around northern Ohio, but also scenes of the Lorain, Ohio tornado of 1924, street scenes in Ashland, Ohio, and various homes
Inventory	Box 1 Folder Akron, Ohio Evangelical Churches Calvary Church, Akron, Ohio, circa 1920s Boulevard Evangelical Church, Akron, Ohio, circa 1920s Scoville Union Meeting, Akron, Ohio, Feb 7, 1915 Albright Chapel, unknown location, circa 1920 Arcadia, Ohio, aerial view, circa 1911 West Main Street, Ashland, Ohio, flood scene, March 25, 1913 Ashland, Ohio houses George Myers Residence, Ashland, Ohio, circa 1911 Home at 415 Eastern Ave., circa 1920 F.E. Myers Residence, Ashland, Ohio, circa 1907 Ashland County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Emmanuel Church, Ashland, Ohio, 1914 Mt. Pleasant Church, Red Haw, Ohio, circa 1920s Trinity Church, Ashland, Ohio circa 1920s Becker Homes Frye Becker Home, circa 1920s John George Becker Home, circa 1920s Trinity Church (Chestnut Chapel), Belleville, Ohio, circa 1926 Bellevue, Ohio Evangelical Churches Memorial Evangelical Church, Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1910 Huron Evangelical Church, Huron, Ohio, circa 1920s Jacob Harpster Home, north of Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1900 York School, Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1920s Belmore, Ohio Churches and Street Scenes (postcard), circa 1920s Cedar Hill, Ohio scene of shed being moved by a tractor, past the parsonage, 1927 Ebenezer Church (Dreisbach Church), Circleville, Ohio, calendar picture, 1905 Crawford County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Emanuel Church, Brokensword, Ohio, circa 1920's Bucyrus Evangelical Church, Bucyrus, Ohio, circa 1920s Lykens Church, Lykens, Ohio, circa 1920s Fairfield County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Millersport Church, Millersport, Ohio, circa 1920s Cedar Hill Parsonage, Cedar Hill, Ohio, circa 1920s St. Paul (Leist Church), Stoutsville, Ohio, 1922 St. Paul (Leist Church), Stoutsville, Ohio, circa 1920s Emmanuel (Coal Mine Church), Lancaster, Ohio, circa 1920s Olive United Evangelical Church, Baltimore, Ohio, circa 1920s Zion Church (Snider's Church), New Zion, Ohio, circa 1920s Cedar Hill Chapel, Cedar Hill, Ohio, circa 1920s Bloom Chapel, Cedar Hill Charge, Bloom Twp, Fairfield, Co., circa 1920s Thompson School, Fireside, Ohio, May 22, 1925 Flatrock, Ohio Aerial Views Flatrock, Ohio looking north, circa 1920s Flatrock, Ohio view of countryside, circa 1920s Flatrock, Ohio view of school or church building, circa 1920s Ebenezer Orphan Institute of the Evangelical Association, Flatrock, Ohio, circa 1890 Franklin County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Wagram Church, Wagram, Ohio, circa 1920s Bethel Evangelical Church, Westerville, Ohio, circa 1920s Bethel Evangelical Church, Westerville, Ohio, close view, circa 1920s Bethel Evangelical Church, Westerville, Ohio, and Rev. Huddler, circa 1920s Circus parade with elephants, Fremont, Ohio, circa 1925 Leedy Family Home, 3 miles east of Fremont, Ohio, 1925 Gibsonburg Parsonage, Gibsonburg, Ohio, circa 1920s North Main Street, Gibsonburg, Ohio, circa 1910 Greensburg, Ohio Evangelical Churches First Manchester Church, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1920s Evangelical Church, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1917 First Evangelical Church in Ohio, Greensburg, later moved and converted to boarding house Greensburg, Ohio Street Scenes East Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1917 North Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Greensburg, Ohio street scene, circa 1900 South Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Greensburg Seminary, Greensburg, circa 1920s Greens Springs, Ohio shoe store with shoemaker John Swint in front, circa 1900 Hancock County, Ohio Evangelical Churches St. Paul's Church, Findlay, Ohio, circa 1913 St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Findlay, Ohio, under construction, n.d. Zion or Mount Cory Church, Mt. Cory, Ohio, circa 1920s Old Salem Evangelical Church, Mt. Cory, Ohio, circa 1925 West Park Evangelical Church, Findlay, Ohio, circa 1920s Old Powell Evangelical Church, Findlay, Ohio, circa 1920s Henry County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Evangelical Church & scene of Woodland Ave., Napoleon, Ohio, circa 1924 Old Calvary Church, Napoleon, Ohio, circa 1920-1930 Christ Church, Napoleon, Ohio, circa 1920s Greensburg, Ohio Homes Father William Koons Residence, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Conrad Dilhman Residence, built in 1832, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1920 Kenmore, Ohio Evangelical Churches Hope Church, Kenmore, Ohio, circa 1920s Kenmore Church, Kenmore, Ohio, circa 1920s Salem Church, Homeworth, Ohio, circa 1920-1930 Independence Church, Independence, Ohio, 1928 John Painter Home, Lattisburg, Ohio, where services were held in the 1830s-1840s Logan County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Grace Church, East Liberty, Ohio, close view, circa 1920s Grace Church, East Liberty, Ohio, circa 1920s Lorain County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Calvary (Brownhelm) Evangelical Church, Brownhelm Twp., July 23, 1925 South Ridge Evangelical Church, Amherst, Ohio, July 23, 1925 Lorain County, Ohio Tornado Lorain, Ohio tornado, No.1 Fire Engine Station on 4th Street, 1924 Lorain, Ohio tornado, Damage to the Evangelical Church, 1924 Lorain, Ohio tornado, View of Bath House Destruction, 1924 Marion County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Canaan Church, 5 miles southeast of Marion, Ohio, 1919 Century Tabernacle, Marion, Ohio, 1927 Harding Memorial Dedication, Marion, Ohio Crowd gathered at Harding Memorial Dedication, June 16, 1931 Calvin Coolidge speaking at Harding Memorial Dedication, June 16, 1931 Hoover speaking at Harding Memorial Dedication, June 16, 1931 McDonaldville Evangelical Church, McDonaldsville, Ohio, circa 1920s Camp Meeting at John Hefflebauer Home, Monclova, Ohio, circa 1860s Nimishillen Grange Hall, circa 1920s Northfield Church, Northfield, Ohio, circa 1920s Pickaway Circuit Riders Parsonage, northeast of Circleville, Ohio, circa 1920s Plainfield College, Plainfield, Ohio, circa 1920s C.D. & M. Electric Railroad Station, Prospect, Ohio, circa 1910 Panoramic view of Red Haw, Ohio, with church at left, circa 1920s William Hageman House, Reedsburg, Ohio, circa 1920s Sandusky County, Ohio Evangelical Churches St. Paul (or Vandersall) Church, Burgoon, Ohio, circa 1920s Old East Side School House, Fremont, Ohio, circa 1920s Original Fremont Church, Fremont, Ohio, circa 1920s Shoenbrunn State Memorial, circa 1920s Seneca County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Bettsville Evangelical Church, Bettsville, Ohio, circa 1920s Bethel Church, McCutchenville, Ohio, circa 1920s Trinity Church (Second Detterman Church), Adams Twp., circa 1920 Flat Rock Church, Flat Rock, Ohio, circa 1924 Old Stone Church, Flat Rock, Ohio, circa 1920s Detterman Log Church, Adams Twp., circa 1920 Melmore Church, Melmore, Ohio, circa 1920s Seneca County, Ohio Evangelical Church Parsonages and Homes Bettsville Evangelical Church Parsonage, Bettsville, Ohio, circa 1920s Lewis Schubert Home, Tiffin, circa 1920s Salem Church and Parsonage, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1900 Daniel Wonder Home, Flat Rock, Ohio, circa 1920s Home of Rev. A.E. Dreisbach, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1920s Unidentified photos Ku Klux Klan funeral, unknown location, circa 1920s Log cabin Flooded street Covered bridge Walnut Township School, Pickaway County, Ohio, circa 1920s Wayne County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Jefferson Church, Jefferson, Ohio, circa 1920s Fairview Church (McZena Charge), circa 1920s McZena Church, McZena, Ohio, circa 1920s Lattisburg Evangelical Church, Lattisburg, Ohio, 1920s Bethel Church (Sichley Church), McZena, Ohio, circa 1920s Wilmot Evangelical Church, Wilmot, Ohio, circa 1920s Wood County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Evangelical Church, Tontogany, Ohio, circa 1920 Trinity Church, Risingsun, Ohio, circa 1920s Perrysburg Evangelical Church, Perrysburg, Ohio, Nov 20, 1926 Mt. Zion (Dieter Church), Risingsun, Ohio, circa 1920 Moline Church, Moline, Ohio, circa 1920s Luckey Evangelical Church, Luckey, Ohio, Nov 20, 1925 Millbury Church, Millbury, Ohio, circa 1920 Grace Church (from a painting), Perrysburg, Ohio Wyandot County, Ohio Evangelical Churches Old Mission Church, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, n.d. St. John's Church, Carey, Ohio, circa 1920s Upper Sandusky (Trinity) Evangelical Church, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, circa 1920s Mexico Evangelical Church, Mexico, Ohio, circa 1920s Grace Church (Cherry Corners Church), Crawford Corner, Ohio, circa, 1920s Photocopies of carte-de-visites of ministers/families from NW Ohio photographers (Negatives) First Manchester Church, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1920s Grace Church, East Liberty, Ohio, circa 1920s F.E. Myers Residence, Ashland, Ohio, circa 1907 Arcadia, Ohio, aerial view, circa 1911 Millersport Church, Millersport, Ohio, circa 1920s Evangelical Church, Tontogany, Ohio, circa 1920 Evangelical Church, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1917 East Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1917 C.D. & M. Electric Railroad Station, Prospect, Ohio, circa 1910 Hope Church, Kenmore, Ohio, circa 1920s Calvary Church, Akron, Ohio, circa 1920s Scoville Union Meeting, Akron, Ohio, Feb 7, 1915 Boulevard Evangelical Church, Akron, Ohio, circa 1920s Bettsville Evangelical Church, Bettsville, Ohio, circa 1920s Old Mission Church, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, n.d. Trinity Church, Risingsun, Ohio, circa 1920s Bettsville Evangelical Church Parsonage, Bettsville, Ohio, circa 1920s St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Findlay, Ohio, under construction, n.d. Emanuel Church, Brokensword, Ohio, circa 1920's St. Paul's Church, Findlay, Ohio, circa 1913 Camp Meeting of the Evangelical Church at John Hefflebauer Home, circa 1860s Greens Springs, Ohio shoe store with shoemaker John Swint in front, circa 1900 North Main Street, Gibsonburg, Ohio, circa 1910 Jacob Harpster Home, north of Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1900 Memorial Evangelical Church, Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1910 Conrad Dilhman Residence, built in 1832, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1920 North Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Greensburg, Ohio street scene, circa 1900 South Street, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Lorain, Ohio tornado, No.1 Fire Engine Station on 4th Street, 1924 Lorain, Ohio tornado, West Street Destruction, 1924 Canaan Church, 5 miles southeast of Marion, Ohio, 1919 Lorain, Ohio tornado, View of Bath House Destruction, 1924 Evangelical Church & street scene of Woodland Ave., Napoleon, Ohio, circa 1924 West Main Street, Ashland, Ohio, flood scene, March 25, 1913 Father William Koons Residence, Greensburg, Ohio, circa 1900 Ku Klux Klan funeral, unknown location, circa 1920s George Myers Residence, Ashland, Ohio, circa 1911 Emmanuel Church, Ashland, Ohio, 1914