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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 182 | Title: | Rural Retreat Literary Society Minutes
| | | | Creator: | Rural Retreat Literary Society | | | | Dates: | 1856-1858 | | | | Abstract: | The Rural Retreat Literary Society was located near Salem and Mount Union, probably in Ohio, whose members included Sallie Bonsall, S.J. Firestone, Samuel Galbreath, James Morgan, P.H. Ward, Elijah Whinery, and Joshua Whinery. The collection consists of minutes of meetings. | | | | Call #: | MS 0538 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rural Retreat Literary Society. | Literature -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 183 | Title: | Regular Baptist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Regular Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1831-1905 | | | | Abstract: | The Regular Baptist Church was founded in 1831, in Chardon (Geauga County), Ohio. The collection consists of articles of faith, covenant, minutes of meetings, lists of members, records of deaths, 1831-1905, and certificates of recommendation, 1844-1903. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed. Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index. | | | | Call #: | MS 0542 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Regular Baptist Church (Chardon, Ohio) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Chardon. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Chardon. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Chardon. | Chardon (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Chardon (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 184 | Title: | George W. Landrum Letters
| | | | Creator: | Landrum, George W. | | | | Dates: | 1861-1863 | | | | Abstract: | George W. Landrum (1830-1863) was a Kentucky native who moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. During the American Civil War he served first in the 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment (the "Guthrie Gray" Regiment) and later as a 1st Lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment. He died at Chickamauga in September 1863. The collection consists primarily of typewritten transcripts of letters sent to Landrum's sister, Amanda Wilson (Mrs. Obed J. Wilson), containing descriptions of camp life and various military encounters in which Landrum took part during the Civil War, such as Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Kentucky.) and Stone River (Murfreesboro, Tennessee). | | | | Call #: | MS 0543 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Landrum, George W., 1830-1863. | United States. Army Ohio Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861) Company A. | United States. Army Ohio Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864) Company D. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 185 | Title: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association | | | | Dates: | 1840-1881 | | | | Abstract: | The Wooster Regular Baptist Association was an Ohio association of Regular Baptist ministers and church-appointed delegates which met yearly at various member churches (i.e. Massillon, Wooster, Warren, Salt Creek, Sugar Creek, Canal Dover, Alliance, Canton, Moscow, New Philadelphia, East Union, Indian Run, Canaan, Millbrook, Chipewa, Mohican, Greenford, First Salem, New Hagerstown, etc.). The association promoted foreign and domestic missions, ministerial education, Sabbath school, temperance, and the distribution of bibles, tracts, religious periodicals, and "other objects of Christian benevolence." The collection consists of a constitution and articles of faith, rules of order, and minutes of forty-two anniversary meetings, 1840-81, including resolutions pertaining particularly to the education of ministers, temperance, and Sunday religious instruction. Also includes introductory sermons, committee reports, financial reports, and lists of churches and ministers in the association, along with their letters of greeting, reports, and membership statistics. | | | | Call #: | MS 0545 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association (Ohio) -- Archives. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Congresses. | Baptist associations -- Ohio -- Archives. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 187 | Title: | Adoniram Judson Warner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warner, Adoniram Judson | | | | Dates: | 1858-1903 | | | | Abstract: | Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) was an educator and Union officer, of Pennsylvania, and United States Representative from Ohio (1879-1881 and 1883-1887). The collection consists of quarterly school rolls (1858-1859); Lewiston, Pennsylvania, farm accounts (1859); general and current accounts (1859-1863); and narratives of the Battle of Antietam, 1862, and of the Battle of South Mountain, 1862, written in 1903 by Warner, who participated in them. | | | | Call #: | MS 0548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Warner, Adoniram Judson, 1834-1910. | Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. | South Mountain, Battle of, 1862. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 188 | Title: | Copybook
| | | | Creator: | Copybook | | | | Dates: | 1843-1849 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of copies of articles (handwritten), containing the author's philosophy of life, prepared for The Newark Institute (Ohio), The Newark Gazette, and The Club; "A Disquisition concerning religion in general, by Dr. Sherwood, September A.D. 1849."; a brief genealogical record of the Buckingham Sherwood family; and child's illustrations (by James Standberry Jackson?). | | | | Call #: | MS 0552 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sherwood family. | Sherwood, Buckingham, 1772-1856.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 192 | Title: | John Butler Papers
| | | | Creator: | Butler, John | | | | Dates: | 1825-1885 | | | | Abstract: | John Butler was a Quaker of Salem, Ohio during the nineteenth century. The collection consists of correspondence, journals and diaries relating to Butler's activities as a delegate from the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends. Includes material on exemption of Quakers from military service during the Civil War and their opposition to the war; on Butler's meeting with President Abraham Lincoln; and on Butler's trips to Iowa, to the Indiana Yearly Meeting, to freedmen's camps in the South, to Kansas Indian agents and tribes, and other travels on behalf of Indians. | | | | Call #: | MS 0559 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Butler, John H., fl. 1862-1885. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Diaries. | Conscientious objectors -- United States. | Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions. | Indians of North America -- Social conditions. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Conscientious objectors. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 193 | Title: | Young Men's Christian Association (Toledo, Ohio) Records
| | | | Creator: | Young Men's Christian Association (Toledo, Ohio) | | | | Dates: | 1887-1889 | | | | Abstract: | This local branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in 1865, in Toledo, Ohio. The collection consists of committee, class, lecture, membership, and Junior Dept. records. Includes records of the Soul Winner's League, Toledo, Ohio, which was composed of Y.M.C.A. members who were preparing for "active service for the salvation of unconverted Young Men." | | | | Call #: | MS 0560 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Young Men's Christian Association (Toledo, Ohio) | Boys -- Ohio -- Toledo -- Societies and clubs. | Men -- Ohio -- Toledo -- Societies and clubs. | Church charities -- Ohio -- Toledo. | Missionaries -- Training of -- Ohio -- Toledo. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Toledo. | Toledo (Ohio) -- Religious life and customs -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 195 | Title: | Collection of Account Books
| | | | Creator: | Collection of Account Books | | | | Dates: | 1770-1920 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of business and personal account books and other miscellaneous papers of business enterprises and residents of numerous places throughout Ohio and of Easton, Pennsylvania, Lee, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Redding, Connecticut. Includes records of farmers, merchants, shipping companies of the Great Lakes, shoemakers, and wood carvers. | | | | Call #: | MS 0565 | | | | Extent: | 6.0 linear feet (8 containers and 15 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Account books.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 196 | Title: | Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Justice of the Peace Docket Book
| | | | Creator: | Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Justice of the Peace | | | | Dates: | 1818-1821 | | | | Abstract: | Center Township was organized in 1803 and named because of its central position in Columbiana County, Ohio. The collection consists of a docket book for various justices of the peace and constables from this township. | | | | Call #: | MS 0566 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | Center (Columbiana County, Ohio : Township). Justice of the Peace. | Court records -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Center (Columbiana County, Ohio : Township) -- History -- Sources. | Center (Columbiana County, Ohio : Township) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 200 | Title: | War Finance Corporation, Capital Issues Committee Statistical Report
| | | | Creator: | War Finance Corporation, Capital Issues Committee | | | | Dates: | 1918 | | | | Abstract: | The War Finance Corporation was organized May 17, 1918, under the authority of the War Finance Corporation Act, to help the United States government finance its participation in World War I. It was discontinued December 31, 1918. Frederick H. Goff of Cleveland, Ohio, was vice-chairman of the Capital Issues Committee. The collection consists of detailed statements of the operations of this committee, including a statistical report. | | | | Call #: | MS 0573 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | War Finance Corporation (U.S.). Capital Issues Committee. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States.
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