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- Folder One: Acting Presidents
• Ohio College Association Annual Report for Western College by Acting President Mary Sawyer, 1912
• Letter to Dr. John Molyneaux, from Richard P Ernst, October 1, 1932.
• Photograph of John Molyneaux
- Folder Two: Alumnae Hall
• Alumnae Hall Postcards [4] various views and ages
• Photocopy of Photograph of Alumnae hall (1928)
• "Alumnae Hall, 1890-1977" Article from WCAA Bulletin, Fall 1977
• "Researcher reconstructs old physics lab" by Sigalia Dostrovsky, WCAA Bulletin, 1984
• Information Sheet on Alumnae Hall 1890-1977
• Information on Alumnae Hall Physics Lab
• Letter to "Sirs" from Alpha Phi Omega secretary Kathryn M. Akers, November 21, 1979- Folder Three: Donavon Auble
• Recommendation for Appointment to the Graduate Faculty for Donavon Auble, January 31st, 1977
• Summary of biography of Donavon Auble
• Recommendation for Summer Teaching, 1962 for Donavon Auble- Folder Four: Board of Trustees, 1930-1974
• List of Board of Trustees 1930-1974 [7 Type Written]
• Handwritten list of Trustees various years [15 pages]- Folder Five: Buildings on Miami's Campus
• "Miami University Buildings Past and Present" By Peter Flintermann, Photocopied booklet
• "The Stonemason" in WCAA Bulletin, Spring 1977
• Photocopies from the book "Biographies of Men and Women for Whom Miami Buildings are Named, by R.E. Glos
- Folder Six: Boyd Science Hall/Boyd, William Waddell
• William Waddell Boyd short biography
• William Waddell Boyd 1862-1944 Short biography
• Miami University Bulletin Obituaries, "Dr. W.W.Boyd"
• Color Postcard
- Folder Seven: Peter Bruner
• "Modern Bradley Home is Link to Pre-Civil War Generation" by Jo Brickels, Oxford Press, 1959 [Original and Two copes, with highlights about Cephas Brown and Peter Bruner]
• "Former Slave was oxfords First Black Mayor" by Zach Parks, Oxford Press
- Folder Eight: Cephas Burns
• List of Location of the bridges as of April 2004
• Photocopy of Bridge photograph, "Before Cephas Burns built bridges"
• "The Stonemason", WCAA Bulletin Spring 1977
• "1977 Fund Allocations"
• "Cephus Burns" Thursday May 30, 1985, Oxford Press
• Ohio Historic Preservation Office listing for the house of "Home of Cephas Burns"
• list of "Stonework that is on Western Campus...Attributed to...Cephas Asher Burns"- Folder Nine: Clawson Hall
• Color postcard of Clawson hall [2 different ones]
• Edith Clawson biography
• Edith Clawson 1878-1944
- Folder Ten: Construction Information on Western Halls
• "Construction Information, Miami University, July 15, 1975"
• "The Stonemason", WCAA Bulletin Spring 1977
• Map and Article about Western College
- Folder Eleven: The Cottage
• Typed history of The Cottage
• Email print off of request of photographs
• Biography of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth 1810-1895
• Open letter "To The Students of Western College" on the Stationary of the Office of the President, Western College, July 5, 1941
• Article on The Cottage
• Information about The Cottage- Folder Twelve: Drugs and Arrests at Western
• "Arrest 12 Persons in Oxford Drug Raids" by Joe Cella, Hamilton Journal-News [Dated 5/5/1970, but refers to Miami Students from Western College. Mistake on part of author]
• "12 Arrested at Oxford in Combined Drug Raid" Dayton Daily news, 5/5/1970
• "12 Charged after Narcotics Raids in Oxford" Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/6/1970
• "12 nabbed on drug charges" Dayton Daily News, 5/6/1970
• "12 Arrested at Oxford in Combined Drug Raid" Dayton Daily news, 5/5/1970 Photocopy
- Folder Thirteen: The Duck Pond
• Information on the Duck Pond
• "The Stonemason", WCAA Bulletin Spring 1977
• Photocopy of Bridge photograph
• Various Postcards of Pond, and Boathouse
• Photocopy of Photograph of Pond (1920s)
- Folder Fourteen: Faculty and Staff at Western, 1930-1974
• List of Western College Faculty, 1930-1974, Including Dates of Employment at Western and Subject(s) Taught [10 pages]
- Folder Fifteen: Frank L. Esterquest
• Resume of Frank L. Esterquest
• Lecture Notes [4 pages]
• Article on International Organizations
• Final Exam, American History 202, May 1952
• Obituary of Frank Esterquest
- Folder Sixteen: Western Farms
• List of Farms and information about them
• Photocopy of a Barn Photograph
• Western Roundup Article, 3/30/1939
- Folder Seventeen: Fraternity and Sorority Information
• Photocopies from the book "Biographies of Men and Women for Whom Miami Buildings are Named, by R.E. Glos
- Folder Eighteen : Ghosts and Legends
• "Year Old Tammen Mystery Remains Unsolved" by Rob Gates, Miami Student, April 16, 1954
• Letter to "Sir" by Delmar Jones, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, May 10, 1955
• "Miami Campus Mysteries Still Unsolved" by Irene Wright, Cincinnati Enquirer, April 22, 1972
• "Dorm on Miami campus standing vacant...or is it?" By Brian Friedman, OU Post, 10/29/1976
• "Why Did Tammen Disappear Forever?" Article
• "East Quad R.A. Disappearance still a Mystery after 30 years" By Donna Boen, Miami Student, 1983
• "Mysterious Miami" Special Report, January 31, 1996, pp. 8-17 and reprint December 13th, 1996, pp. 20-31 [2 copies]
• Report, "The Disappearance of Ronald Henry Tammen Jr." by Rick "Tex" Clevinger, May 27, 1975
• Ron Tammens last English paper?, "Letter to brother John" April 13, 1951
• "The Ghost of Fisher Hall" Haunted Ohio Book Photocopy
• "The Vanishing Student" Haunted Ohio Book Photocopy
• Sheet of Information on "Ron Tammen, Jr."
• Sheet of Information indicating a URL for more information on "Miami Mysteries and Ghost Stories"
• "The Ron Tammen Disappearance" Report by Sue Frazier
• Letter to "Mr. Lyle s. Evans" concerning the sale of "Oxford Retreat Company" a Sanitorium that was housed in the building now called "Fisher Hall"
• "Miami Professor says Amnesia Not Caused by Overstudy"[sic.]by Gilson Wright, Dayton Daily News, April 28, 1953. - this was a working theory for Tammen's disappearance
• "I Offered the information..." part of article concerning Tammen disappearance, Journal news, April 23, 1973
• "Miami University possessed by ghostly lore, Shriver says" by Linda Wright, Journal News, Oct. 31, 1992
• "Shriver's Tale of Horror mesmerizes students" by Patrick Noll, The Miami Student, Nov. 2, 1999
• Photocopy of photograph of students touring Fisher hall
• "Miami University Boy Missing 11 Days" Cincinnati Enquirer article, 1953?
• "Miami University's Missing Student Case Recalls 16-year-old Myster of Coed" by Gilson Wright, Dayton Daily News, 5/5/1953
• "Watchful Waiting Sets In For "Missing" Case", and "Tammen case Might Neer Be Solved" Dayton Daily News
• "Cold Case May be Re-opened 55 years later" - Crime and Justice Forum, Gary Ainsworth, January 18th, 2008
• "Police Reopen 54-year-old Miami Mystery" by Caroline Briggs, 1/18/08, Miami Student
• "Georgia Police exhume Body in attempt to solve Miami mystery, by Caroline Briggs, 2/8/08, Miami Student
• Forum Posts concerning the Tammen Disappearance
• Case of Oxford's mystery man revived, By Lori kurtzman, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 19, 2008
• "More answers may link 1953 cold case to Georgia remains" by Lauren Pack, January 18, 2008
• "Oxford Police also confirmed they..." Journal-news, printed 1/17/08
• Letter to "Dean of Miami University" from Delmar Jones, Director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation, May 10th, 1955
• Western Oxford, V. 9 No. 3, May 1901, "Our Ghost"
• "Homecoming Traditions date back to 19th century" by Jeffrey Ball, Miami Student, Oct. 25, 1996
• "The mystery that everybody missed" by Kathy Fox, Miami Forum, V.6, no.3, 1997
• "Upham Kisses Last a Lifetime" by Melissa Baker, Miami Student, Feb 14, 1997
• "Upham Phantom to reveal identity to mystified prof" by J.J. Ulsh, Miami Student, April 29
• Information on Elliot Hall
• Map of Liberty
• "Have ghosts of railroaders haunted screaming bridge?" in The Railroads of Butler County by Jim Bount
• "Miami Legends 'Scare-Off' Halloween Spooks" in Miami Student, 10/29/1963 [2 copies]
• Letter to "Mr Friedman" from Sue Frazier, October 12, 1976
• Letter to "Professor Havinghurst" From James T. Crawford, May 30th, 1973
• Public notice "Appeal to all would-be ghost busters" from "Men of Fisher Hall" (1954-55?)
• "Mysteries haunt Miami Students" by Lisa Carilo Rose in Journal News, Oct. 30, 1976
• "Ghosts, Goblins, Witches, Proessors Loosed on World on Halloween Eve" by John Wyant in Miami Student, 10/64 [2 copies]
• "Is Something Going Bump In the Night?" by Alice Hornbaker in Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb 16, 1977
• Packet of Information on Oxford Retreat, including map, history and photographs
• "The Cremation" in This Miami Student, March, 1895, Vol. 14, no. 6
• "Legends: dead or alive?" by Sarah Roos, in High Street Journal, October 28, 1999, pp 11.
• "Services Held for Students Involved in Night Tragedy" [2 copies]
• "Tragic Implications" from editorial Page of the Miami Student, Tues. May 12, 1959
• "Miami Legends" sheet [3 copeis]
• Packet on the Oxford Retreat
• "Ghost Stories" by Lori Marie Gramlich in Oxford Press, May 2, 1996 [2 copies]
• "Miss Peabody Regrets" from Haunted Ohio V Bonus, 9/2/2004
• "Mysteries haunt Miami student" by Lisa Cardillo Rose, Journal News, Oct. 30, 1976
• "Miami to unveil new history lesson" by Randy McNutt, Cincinnati Enquirer
• "Spooky season unearths campus tales of terror" by Bill Wright, Miami Student Oct28th, 1994
• Letter to "Ms. Knight" from Ginny Simon, Nov. 20, 1990
• Transcript from 1/1/1990, Ginny Simon, David Schmidt, Miami Univ. Ghost Legends
• "Spooked yet?" Kumler Chapel article
• "Legends of Miami" from Miami Dimensions, Vol.7, No.1, (November 1960)
• "Ghost Biker lives in MU Legend" by Mark Spencer in Hamilton Journal-News, October 31, 1998
• "Unsolved Mysteries" by Kelly Vice in High Street Journal, Oct. 28, 1999
• Excerpt from Haunted Ohio, "Ghastly Ghostly Odors"
• "Ax Murderers & Missing Persons" by June Roland in Miami Student, Tues. April 4, 1972
• "Murder at Reid" in The Miami Forum, December 13, 1996
• Ohio Magazine article, "Ghost Story" by Jeff Robinson with part about Peabody Hall, October 2001
• "Ghost Stories" by Lori Marie Gramlich, May 2, 1996
- Folder Eighteen Part 2 : Ghosts and Legends On Tape
• "Miami Mysteries" (1982) Dr. Phillip Shriver gives his annual presentation on the legends and strange occurrences at Miami University (2 Tapes)
• Memories of Western (2000) Debra Hefty Farler ('73) discusses her experiences as a student at Western College for Women. Includes several spooky stories.
- Folder Nineteen : William Gran, Western and Miami Math Professor
• "A memorial to William Gran" by George Arfken, W.C. McNelly, and R.A. Hefner, December 0, 1963
• "Four professors reach emeritus status....William H. Gran", in The Miami Alumnus, Vol. 15, No. 8, 1962
• "New Appointments for Western C." (1961)
• William Gran's record of pay raises
• William Gran's Application for employment
• Report from Members of the Faculty, College of Arts and Science, (1960-61) [ 3 copies]
- Folder Twenty: Green Beer Day
• "The History of Green Beer Day in Oxford" Information Sheet
• "Loyal Irish and Other Join To Honor Good Saint Patrick" by Mary Belle Bogan in Miami Student, March 14, 1952
• "Miami celebrates Green Beer Day 1996, By Carrie Coogan, March 14, 1996
• Entertainment Page of Miami Student, 3/16/1997, about Green Beer Day
• "Green Beer Day 1998" in High Street Journal, March 5, 1998 packet of articles
• Opinion Page of High Street Journal, March 4, 1999
• High Street Journal, March 9, 2000 Green Beer Day articles
• High Street Journal, March 8, 2001 Green Beer Day articles
• High Street Journal, March 7, 2002 Green Beer Day articles
- Folder Twenty-one: Walter Havighurst
• Sheet of Information on Walter Havighurst
• Sheet of Information, "With Marion"
• Curriculum Vitae of Walter Havighurst
• "The Scroll" of PHI DELTA THETA, January 1962, Article on Walter Havighurst
• Alumni Weekend 1994 packet to memorialize Walter Havighurst
• Pay Raise schedule of Walter Havinghust
• Photocopied Photograph of Havighurst
• "Walter Havighurst 'personified Miami'" Obituary, Miami Student
• Letter to "Mary Lynn" on Walter Havighurst's Stationary with handwritten notes
• "Varied Summer Activities Attract Miami U. Faculty" by Bob Howard
• "Midwell Committee on Creative and Critical Writing" by W. Havighurst
• "Slant Walk Report; Havighurst Library, Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Kenneth M. Grubb" from The Miami Alumni, Vol 26. No. 6, Feb. 1973
• Saturday Review of Literature, Vol XXVIII, No. I with Walter Havighurst Library
• W. Havighurst's Remarks for Havighurst Hall Nov. 5, 1983
• Memo "To Members of the Teaching Staff" by Walter Havighurst
• Letter to "Dr. Hokue" from Walter Havighurst, Jul. 1, 1950
• Letter to "Miss Marshall" from Walter Havighurst on MU Dept. of English stationary
• Letter to "Dr. E.H. Hahne" from Walter Havighurst on MU Dept. of English stationary, April 1, 1947
• Letter to "Dr. E.H. Hahne" from Walter Havighurst on MU Dept. of English stationary, October 26, 1946
• "Facility named for Dr. Walter Havighurst" pg. 4, The Miamian
• "About Walter Havighurst" information sheet
• Lists of names of editors
• Photocopy of invitation to a "Conference for Writers and Readers" at the University of Pittsburgh
• "68th Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society" itinerary.
• Denison University, PHI BETA KAPPA Annual Address program
• Letter to W. Havighurst from "President" sent July 1, 1950
• "For the Benton Bulletin -- report on a year's leave" by Walter Havighurst (1949-50)
• Letter to "Dr. Hahne" from Walter Havighurst on personal stationary
• Note about Walter Havighurst's receipt of Rockefeller Grant
• Letter to "Dean Harvey Minnich" from "President" from Feb. 25, 1948
• Letter to W. Havighurst from "President"
• "Oxford Writers Honored at Library Tea" article
• "Mr. Havighurst's 'Miami Years' Has New Decade" article
• "To Receive Award" article photocopy
• "To Dedicate Collection at Miami U. Library" article
• "New York Day By Day" by Charles Driscoll article
• Letter to Walter Havighurst from "The Secretary of the Board of Trustees" August 16, 1928
• Letter to Mr. Ernest Cady from John D. Millett, Oct. 9, 1958
• Letter to "Dr. Hahne" from Walter Havighurst on MU Dept. of English stationary, Feb. 15, 1949
• 'The Benton Bulletin, XIII-20', "Harrison Hall" article
• "Special Collections Library Honors Walter Havighurst" article
• Photocopied Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Havighurst
• "Decade Added to Havighurst's Miami Years" in Hamilton Journal from Friday, April 25, 1969
• "Havighurst Will Address Archaeological Society"
• "Children's Author To Speak On Panel Sponsored by PTA" by Mary Bradstreet in The Cincinna[ti Enquirer?]
• "Pioneers in Old Wisconsin" review of Walter Havighurst's story 'The Winds of Spring' by Fred T. Marsh in New York Herald Tribune, April 7, 1940
• "Ohio Board of Regents Honors MU, UC Profs" in Cincinnati Enquirer, May 20, 1968
• Letter to "Miss Boyd" from "President", May 3, 1929
• Program for W. Havinghurst's Memorial Ceremony, Feb. 19, 1994
• "A memorial to Walter E. Havighurst" from the "Memorial Committee"
• Packet of Correspondences with coversheet, "Havighurst, Walter E., Approved by Graduate Council, Nov 5, 1947"
• Letter to Mr. Havighurst from "President" on February 28, 1928
• Letter to Mr. Havighurst from "President" on March 12, 1928
• Letter to Dr. Upham, from Walter Havighurst on March 24th, 1928
• Letter to Dr. Upham, from Walter Havighurst on March 5th, 1928
• Letter to Miss Marshall, from Walter Havighurst on May 16th, 1928
• List of degrees and notes headed, "Walter Havighurst"
• "Varied Summer Activities Attract Miami U. Faculty" by Bob Howard
• Photocopy of "The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrancer of the Church for 1867" by Joseph M. Wilson, Vol. Nine
• Photocopy of "Annual Author Booklet, October 14, 1950" by Martha Kinney Cooper
• Photocopied excerpts from "Woman's day" September, 1950
• "Ties of Shared Devotion" article in WCAA Bulletin, VOl. LVII, No.1, Spring 1983- Folder Twenty-two: Hoyt Hall/Phyllis Hoyt
- • Document on "Phyllis Hoyt, 1918-"
• Photocopy of image of Hoyt Hall
- Folder Twenty-three: International Student at Western
• "International Students At Western, 1949-1971" roster
- Folder Twenty-four: Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins
• Biography of Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins
• Draft of "A Transformational Vision and Strategy" packet with hand scribed notes
• "Motor Voter Presentation at Congressional Black Caucus" by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, President league of Women Voters, September 17, 1998
• "Bridge Building in a Divided Culture: Can We Really Talk to Each Other? Civil Discourse, Politics and Community" Presented to the Westminster Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 4, 1999 by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, Ph.D., President of the League of Women Voters of the United States
- Folder Twenty-five: Edgar Stillman-Kelley
• "Dr. Edgar Stillman Kelley, Famous Composer, Succumbs; Held Fellowship At Western" and attached biography of Edgar Stillman Kelley
• "Dean Emeritus of Conservatory, Noted Composer, Dies in East" article in Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 13, 1944
• "Edgar Stillman Kelley; A Biographical Sketch" by Ophia D. Smith, Signed by ESK
• Postcard of the Edgar Stillman Kelley house on Western
• "Dr. Edgar S. Kelley Dies; Composed Symphonic Works; Held Fellowship at Western" Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 13, 1944
• Postcard of the Edgar Stillman Kelley house on Western [Different version than above]
• Email printout, To: Jacky Johnson, From: Barry Zaslow, "Re: Edgar Stillman Kelley Info Please?"
- Folder Twenty-six: Jessica Stillman Kelley
• Biography of "Jessie Gregg Kelley"
• Handwritten Autobiography of Jessica Stillman Kelley [4 pages]
• "Musical Leader; Mrs. Edgar Stillman kelley" news article
• Photocopied excerpt of Jesse Stillman Kelley from "The National Cyclopaedia [sic] of American Biography"
• "Mrs. Kelley Retires" from Western College Bulletin, May, 1934
• Email printout, To: Jacky Johnson, From: Barry Zaslow, "Re: Edgar Stillman Kelley Info Please?"
- Folder Twenty-seven: Kumler Memorial Chapel
• Postcard of Kumler Chapel
• Packet of information about Kumler Chapel and dedication including photograph
• "The Stonemason" WCAA Bulletin, Spring 1977
• "Chapel Dedicated As Memorial" from Western Roundup, Vol. 10, No. 25
• "Alumnae Chapel" newsletter, Sunday, June 18, 1978
• "Jere. Prophet Elias Kumler, Minister, Washington D.C." Alumni list
• "Legends of Miami; Kumler" from Miami dimension, v. 7, no. 1 (November, 1960)
• "Mysteries haunt Miami students" by Lisa Cardillo Rose, Journal News, Oct. 30, 1976
• Photocopied excerpt from "The Western Oxford, Vol. X, no. 3, January, 1919
• "Alumnae Weekend" program, "9:30 AM Alumnae Chapel"
• Image of Kumler construction
• Image of Collapse of Kumler
• "The Kumler Chapel Story...Through The Windows" from the WCAA Bulletin
• Kumler Chapel: A Collage" by Cathy Bauer Cooper, '60 from the WCAA Bulletin, Fall 1983
• "Play it again, Ma'am" legend of piano playing in Kumler
• Packet of article and photographs that show inspiration for Kumler chapel in Normandy, France, 1962
• Two photographs of collapsed Kumler- Folder Twenty-eight: Langstroth Cottage
• "Langstroth Cottage considered for Landmark Designation" from The Miamian 9/4/1980, Vol. 10, No. 2
• "'The Bee-Man' of Oxford and Langstroth Cottage" booklet compiled and edited by Crossan Hays Curry [1 original copy, 1 photocopy]
• Biography sheet of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth
• Biography sheet of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth- Folder Twenty-nine: Leonard Theater
• Handwritten note, "In the spring of 1944..."
• Information sheet, "Leonard Theater: 1924"
• "Emma Gertrude Leonard" Information sheet- Folder Thirty: Lodge
• "The Lodge: 1926" Information Sheet
• Letter, "To the Student of Western College:" July 5, 1941
• "The Stonemason" from WCAA Bulletin, Spring 1977
• Image of Western Lodge Interior- Folder Thirty-one: Mary Lyon Hall
• "Mary Lyon" Information Sheet [2 copies]
• "Mary Lyon" Information Sheet [Different one]
• "New Hall" Editorial from The Western Oxford, April, 1904
• Postcards of Mary Lyon Hall [2 different ones]
- Folder Thirty-two: Men Admitted to Western
• "Western Room, Board Open to Miami Men" by Diana Stark from Miami Student, May 11, 1971
• "Western College to go coed" from Dayton Journal-Herald, September 23, 1971
• "'For Women' Dropped, Nothing Broke" article
• "Western Women ...And Men" from The Miami Student, October 17, 1972
• "Toth Captures Smoking Contest" from Miami Student, April 18, 1972
- Folder Thirty-three: McKee Hall
• "Leila S. McKee" information sheet [2 copies]
• McKee hall postcard
• Image of Leila Mckee and Mr. Sam McKee on Peabody Hall Porch- Folder Thirty-four: Miami Museum of Art
• Art Museum Postcard [2 different ones]
• Art Museum Information Sheet
• "Miami Art in a Different Light" by Own Findsen, in Cincinnati Enquirer 5/13/1979
• "New Miami Museum is a Work of Art" by Jayne Merkel, in Cincinnati Enquirer 10/1/1978
• Miami University press release concerning Art Museum
• Groundbreaking Ceremony program, December 4, 1976
• "The Miami University Art Museum and its Architecture" information sheet
• Information on Art Museum "Exhibition Policy"
• "Miami museum: A bold idea that works" by Walt McCaslin, in Journal Herald, June 16, 1979
- Folder Thirty-four: Miami University Timelines
• "Miami University's 'Other Names'" information sheet
• Thumbnail photographs of Miami University Presidents 1824-1965 (and to the end of Shriver's tenure)
• "An 'Old Miami' Timeline, 1787-1873" information sheet
• "A 'New Miami' Timeline, 1885-1945" information sheet
• "A 'Miami University' Timeline, 1946-1998" information sheet
• "Chronology of Miami University"
• "Legend for The Biography of a University" from Our Miami Heritage, c. 1988 by Douglas Wilson- Folder Thirty-five: Richard Monaco, Composer
• List of Works by Richard A. Monaco
• "Dr. Monaco Receives Award" in Oxford Press 11/19/1970
• "Western College Alma Mater" sheet music- Folder Thirty-six: Mount Holyoke and Western
• 2 Photographs - [Mt. Hoyoke? or Wellesley?]
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of handwritten notes and articles from Mount Holyoke Archives [unique]
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives [unique]
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives [unique]
• Photocopies of List of Associated Schools from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of Articles from Mount Holyoke Archives
• "A Historical Map of Mount Holyoke College, 1837-1987" Map
• Photocopies of Article on Western College from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of Article on Colleges founded under influence from Mount Holyoke from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of Article on Western College and other universities from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives [unique]
• Photocopies of "Women's education in three colleges in the western reserve" from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of articles from Mount Holyoke Archives
• "Mount Holyoke of the West" article
• Photocopies of article from Mount Holyoke Archives- Folder Thirty-seven: Multifaria
• Multifaria information sheet
• List of Multifaria Dedications- Folder Thirty-eight: National Register of Historical Place- Western Female Seminary
• "Preserving our heritage" from Miami student 10/9/1979
• WCAA Newsletter, July 1980
• "Western campus on National Register" from WCAA Bulletin, Vol. LVII No.1 Spring 1984
• Letter to President Shriver from David Brook of State Historic Preservation office, October 5, 1979
• Collection of Three letters beginning with letter to "Mr. David Brook" from Phillip Shriver, October 3, 1979
• Packet of letters between Mr. Marshall Clark and President Shriver beginning Febuary 11, 1980
• Letter to President Shriver from Marshall Clark, February 26th, 1980, and attached article from Miami Student, "Buildings may be demolished" by Jayne Hagerman
- Folder Thirty-nine: Needham Fund
• Information sheet on "Needham Fund" in Mulitfaria, 1927
- Folder Forty: Nellie Tilton Warfield Essay Prize
• Information sheet on Tellie Tilton Warfield Essay Prize
- Folder Forty-one: Oxford Female College
• Oxford Female College, "Ox College" - Alumnae directory, 1833-1928- Folder Forty-two: Oxford Female College History
• Information sheet Oxford College History
• "The Oxford Female College" excerpt photocopy
• "Professing 'Western' Literacy: Globalization and Women's Education at the Western College for Women" by Shevaun Watson and Morris Young
- Folder Forty-three: Oxford Lodge No. 67 (Free Masonry)
• Early History of Oxford Lodge No. 67, F.&A.M., Instituted in 1822 & Chartered in 1823
- Folder Forty-four: Patterson Place
• Patterson Place Postcard
• James Ramsey Patterson (1834-1913) biography page
• James Ramsey Patterson (1834-1913) biography page (Different one)
• Partial Report on Patterson Place- Folder Forty-five: Peabody Hall
• "The Fire" by Marguerite Whalen, '15, from The Western Oxford, Nov., 1912
• "Western'S Third Main Building Celebrates Quiet Centennial", October 18, 1977
• 'Chapter III' from "Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Western Female Seminary, 1880
• Letter to "Miss Butler" From "Adelia Cone", May 27, 1946 (Transcription)
• History of Western College, by Sarah Isabella Howe ('65)
• Peabody Hall Postcard
• Floor plan of Peabody Hall ca. 1918-1924 (2 copies)
• Genealogical information sheet on Helen Peabody
• Helen Peabody information sheet
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Construction information sheet on Peabody Hall
• Typewritten information on the first Peabody hall
• "Oxford Citizen" news article on Destruction of Peabody Hall in 1861
• Helen Peabody information sheet (Different one)- Folder Forty-six: Perfect Posture Campaign
• History of perfect posture campaign from Mulifaria 1927
- Folder Forty-seven: Presser Hall
• Presser hall postcard
• Information sheet on Theodore Presser
• Information sheet on Theodore Presser (different one)
• Reports on Presser hall, photocopies
- Folder Forty-eight: Protest at Western
• "Administration gives understanding nod to Western hours sleep-out demonstration" by David Pollak, Miami student, April 14, 1969
• "Western Tries Open Visitation" by Mike Chritton, The Miami Student, 10/19/1971
• "Miami, Western Students to Fast in National Effort for Pakistan" by Mike Cornicelli [Miami Student?]
• "Girls Protest While Asleep", April 1, 1969, in Dayton Daily News
• "Statement Raps Nixon, Violence", May, 1970
• "Coeds protest dorm hour with 'sleep-in'" by AP in Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wednesday April 2, 1969
• "Pageant was a beaut!" by Dick Perry, in Tri-County News, 3/2/1993
• "Soup spilled on head of student is costly..." Hamilton journal Daily News, Tuesday May 11, 1971
• "Campus is Called Wrong Place to Protest War" by John Vesey, Phoenix Gazette, Feb. 4, 1971- Folder Forty-nine: Research Papers/Thesis
• Research papers/Thesis listed by Title, year, and author- Folder Fifty: Sawyer Gymnasium
• Information Sheet on Mary Alma Sawyer
• Information Sheet on Mary Alma Sawyer (Different one)
• "Sawyer Gymnasium" from The Western Oxford, Nov. 1913
• Three Different Sawyer Gymnasium postcards- Folder Fifty-one: Scrapbooks
• Scrapbooks in Order by Last Name- Folder Fifty-two: Sports figures from Miami
• Excerpts from "Miami of Ohio- The Cradle of Coaches" by Bob Kurz, Publ. by Troy Daily news, 1983- Folder Fifty-three: Harriet Beecher Stowe desk
• "Historic Desk at Western"
• "Stowe, Harriet Beecher" information from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2001.
• Email to "reference@plch.lib.oh.us" from "historystaff@plch.lib.oh.us" "Re: eReference from diane kaufman
• "Oxford- When lyman Beecher Stowe, of New York City, visited Western College..." from The Dayton Herald, June 2, 1940
• Notes dicatated by Miss. S.B. Pike- Folder Fifty-four: First Teachers at Western
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives
• Photocopies of handwritten notes from Mount Holyoke Archives- Folder Fifty-five: HS Thobe
• "Harry Thobe Ends Career as Miami Fan" Obituary in Oxford Press, March 30, 1950
• "H.S. Thobe and Son, Contractors" from Oxford Town, undated ca. 1920
• H.S. Thobe and Son Contractors Ad
• "H.S. Thobe, Skilled Artisan" in Oxford Town, by Ralph McGinnis
• Excerpt from "Memoirs of The Miami Valley, V. III" "Harry Thobe"
• "Harry S. Thobe" from Centennial History of Butler Country, 1905
• "H.S. Thobe and Son, Contractors" From Oxford Town on Tallawanda or Oxford Town, The Village on the Hill- Folder Fifty-six: Daniel Tenney
• Daniel Tenney information sheet- Folder Fifty-seven: Thompson Hall and President Thompson
• Photocopied photo
• Mary Moore Dabney Thompson information sheet
• Mary Moore Dabney Thompson biography sheet
• "'New Dorm' at Western to become Thompson Hall" from Dayton News, 12/8/1970
• "Western dedicates dormitory in honor of former president" from Hamilton Journal, 12/14/1970
• "Thompson Family at Western Dedication" photograph from Oxford Press, 12/17/70
• "Western Will Honor Mrs. t..." by Eleanor Adams, from Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/9/1970
• "Western Names Dormitory For Mary D. Thompson" in Oxford Press, 12/9/1970
• "Honor Former Head of Western; 'The Dorm' to Become Thompson Hall" from Journal? 9/9/1970
• "300 Attend WC Dorm Dedication" from Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/14/1970
• Photo- Mrs. President Thompson
• Thompson Hall postcard
• Photo- aged Mrs. Thompson- Folder Fifty-eight: Tree Day
• Postcard from Tree Day
• "History of Tree Day at Western College, 1894-1933" information sheet- Folder Fifty-nine: Western College for Women 100th anniversary
• Western College Bulletin - Centennial issue
• Western Life- Centennial issue- Folder Sixty: Western Merger 1974
• "Dear Friends:" letter June 1973
• "Dear Western Student" letter from the president's office, June 19th, 1973, Signed William c. Spencer
• Copy of Agreement of Merger with handwritten notes
• "Report of the Planning Team on the Western College of Miami University" in Special Edition of The Miamian, November 12, 1973, Vol. 3, No. 9
• Photocopy of complete issue, Western College Alumnae Bulletin, Fall 1974- Folder Sixty-one: WCP- First classes offered Fall, 1974
• Photocopies of Course Listings for Western College Program- Folder Sixty-two: Western Traditions
• "Festive Days, Special Occasions, Traditions" compiled in 1953 by Gertrude Leonard
• List of Traditions information sheet
• "Tra-di-tion" Scrapbook photocopies
• "Miami University: A Personal History" by Phillip Shriver- Folder Sixty-three: Western during World War One
• "Western College For Women" Memo, 8/31/1918
• "War Work at The Western College for Women" Information Sheet
• "The Farmerettes of World War I and World War II" - News from Western College
• Photocopy of Photograph- Folder Sixty-four: Western during World War Two
• Photocopy of Photograph of Soldiers
• Photocopy of Photograph of Soldiers
• "The War at Western College" from June 18, 1942 typewritten sheet
• Photocopy of Photograph of Farmers at Western
• "Western College Girls Expert Gardners, Outdoing "Farmettes" of World War I" Cincinnati Enquirer, June 30, 1941
• "Shall We Try Sheep?" from Scope, March, 1942
• "In keeping with the progressive..." letter, signature illegible- Folder Sixty-five: Dorothy Woodland
• "Alba Craft" Tapes - Uranium Mining site, [2 tapes]
• "Dr. Woodland to be School's First Woman Dean" from Hreefold Advocate, Vol. XII, No. 19?, Wed. April 9th, 1947
• "Dr. Dorothy Jane Woodland" information sheet
• "Dorothy Woodland, The Manhattan Project, and Alba Craft" information sheet
• "Woodland, Dorothy J." list of qualifications and obituary
• Listing in book, "Woodland, Dorothy Jane"
• Dr Woodland transcribed memories, 1/19/1999
• "Theta Chi Delta" membership form, photocopy
• Award for 25 years of service at John Brown University
• "On The Clover" article
• Obituary of Dorothy J. Woodland from the Herald Leader of Siloam Springs, January 24, 1999
• "JBU Faculty Members Are Named Outstanding" article
• "Unusual Program Made Available to the Public" article from The Herald and Democrat, Feb. 11, 1954
• "A Meeting-Ground for Christianity and Science" by Dr. D.J. Woodland, April 30th, 1968
• "My present thinking however dwells primarily within..." typewritten paper
• "Dr. Dorothy J. Woodland, Professor of Chemistry" memorial speech
• Letter to "Dr. Woodland" from "Love, [Illegible]", Jan. 28, 1987
• Letter to "Dear Sirs" from Lee T. Netherton, Nept. of Chemistry on John Brown University letterhead, Nov. 17, 1972
• Photocopied photograph of Dr. Woodland?
• Photocopied photograph of "Woodland house in Wooster"
• Photocopied photograph of "Dorothy With Mabel"
• Photocopied photograph of Young Dorothy Woodland?
• Photocopied photographs of Young Dorothy Woodland?
• Photocopied photographs of Young Dorothy Woodland?
• Photocopied photographs of Elderly Dorothy Woodland?
• Photocopied photograph of Elderly Dorothy Woodland?
• Letter, "Dear A. S." from Dorothy Woodland, November 7, 1985
• Envelope addressed to "Megan Ruge" of WCMA from "Jan Lancaster, JBU Archives"- Folder Sixty-five: YWCA and Religious Life at Western
• "The Young Women's Christian Association and Religious Life at Western" information sheet
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