Aug
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‘Way Off Broadway: Live Theater in NW Ohio
August 14, 2007 | All, Local History, Website | Leave a Comment
The August 2007 issue of the Archival Chronicle is now online. Drawing from the CAC’s manuscript and photograph holdings, it features some of the resources available to researchers interested in the rich history of live theater in this part of the state.
The Gallery features photographs, posters, playbills, and other memorabilia from a variety of CAC collections relating to theater.
Aug
9
CAC Acquisitions August 2007 – Manuscripts
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MS 1057 Diehl Incorporated (Defiance, Ohio). Records, 1922-2006
Corporate registers, photographs, blueprints, reports, certificates, and statements of a northwest Ohio business variously involved in brewing, soft drinks, and milk products.
MS 1064 Deshler Land Company (Deshler, Ohio). Records, 1872-1876. Correspondence written between land agents, prospective property purchasers and members of a land company established to found Deshler, Ohio. The focus of the collection, however, is on improving and “building up” the budding speculative town.
MMS 1024 Haskins Alumni Association. Records, 1908-1999. Material added to collection
Aug
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CAC Acquisitions August 2007 – Books
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Alig, Joyce. Passport, Mercer County, Ohio History: Granville Township, Saint Henry, Burkettsville, Cranberry Prairie, Himmelgarten Convent & St. Mary’s Novitiate, Annotated Bibliography for Ohio History Education Centennial. Celina, Ohio: Mercer County Historical Society, 2007.
Carlin, Jim and Liz Austin, comp. Some Descendants of Richard Austin of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1638. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1998.
Elenz, Jerry, ed. The History of Edward and Rebecca (Fisher) Elenz: Huron, Tiffin, and Brecksville, Ohio, 1870-1957. Michigan City, Indiana: Jerry Elenz, 2005.
Hise, Kirk F. Toledo Railroads. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2005.
Husman, John R., ed. Toledo: Our Life, Our Times, Our Town, vol. 2: 1800s-1950. Toledo, Ohio: The Blade, 2006.
Pont, Sally. Fields of Honor: The Golden Age of College Football and the Men Who Created it. New York: Harcourt, 2001.
Russell, Ona. O’Brien’s Desk. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 2004. (Mystery novel based on the scrapbooks of O’Brien O’Donnell)
Williams, Mardo. Maude (1883-1993): She Grew Up with the Country. New York: Calliope Press, 1996
Wood, Elizabeth J., et al. Beyond Survival: Managing Academic Libraries in Transition. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2007