| Manuscript Collection | Save | 1 | Title: | J. Park Alexander Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Alexander, J. Park Family | | | Dates: | 1854-1945 | | | Abstract: | The family of J. Park Alexander were prominent in business and civic affairs in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. J. Park Alexander was a teacher, manufacturer of brick and stoneware, owned two oil refineries, worked with the Summit County Agricultural Society and Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and served as a state legislator, 1882-98. His daughter, Clara, married professor Charles B. Wright of Middlebury, Vt. The collection consists of diaries, journals, correspondence, a legislative resolution, and autographs for J. Park Alexander, his daughter Clara and her husband Charles B. Wright, his wife Martha Wright Alexander, and his mother, Mary. The papers pertain primarily to the daily activities and social life of Mary, Martha and Clara Alexander in Akron, Ohio, and to Clara's experiences on trips to the Rocky Mountains in 1872, to Europe in 1877, and around the Great Lakes in 1881. | | | Call #: | MS 4157 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Alexander family. | Women -- Ohio -- Akron -- Social life and customs. | Akron (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. | Great Lakes -- Description and travel. | Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel.
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Vertical File | Save | 2 | Title: | Akron (Ohio), 1844-1982
| | | Date: | 1844 | | | Abstract: | Miscellaneous materials relating to Akron, Ohio, including: 1. Statement of Condition (Dec. 3 1907) by the First National Bank, 2. fold out map of Akron by the Akron Chamber of Commerce, 3. program for the ninetieth anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church (Dec. 15, 1921), 4. newspaper clipping of a reproduction of the first page of the Buzzard, Akron's first newspaper (May 1844), 5. program for the third annual observance of Old Home Sunday from the First Universalist Church (Oct. 6 1907), 6. program for Prelude concerts at Silver Lake Chautaugua, 7. programs from the Tuesday Musical Club (Feb. 8, 1910 and Apr. 26, 1916), and 8. "The Akron Area Today" by the Akron Regional Development Board (1981 or 1982). | | | Language: | English (eng) | | | Call #: | SVF (Akron (Ohio), 1844-1982...) | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) | | | Media: | Clippings, Handbills, Maps, Programs, Reports | | | Subjects: | Akron (Ohio) -- Church history. | Akron (Ohio) -- Description | Akron (Ohio) -- Newspapers. | Akron (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. | Akron (Ohio) | First Presbyterian Church (Akron, Ohio) | First Universalist Church (Akron, Ohio)
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