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McLin Family Photos
Last Fall, we received a donation from former Dayton mayor Rhine McLin of materials pertaining to her father, C. J. McLin, Jr. (some of which are currently on display in our reading room), as well as several large scrapbooks, which … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Local History, SC&A
Tagged African Americans, Black History Month, C. J. McLin Jr., C. J. McLin Sr., local history, MS-640, new collections, Ohio history, Rhine McLin
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The Bishop’s Comments on the 1914 Election
As you may have noticed, we’ve been sharing 100-years-ago-today social media postings from the diary of Bishop Milton Wright, father of the Wright Brothers. (You can see them on our Facebook page and on our Twitter @WrightStArchive under #MiltonWright.) On November 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Milton Wright, elections, history, local history, Ohio history
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TDIH 1914: James M. Cox nominated for Ohio Governor
On August 11, 1914, Ohio Governor James M. Cox was nominated to run for re-election to the governorship. However, despite his success in working with the state legislature to implement several Progressive reforms in 1914, he was defeated in the 1914 election … Continue reading
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Tagged collections, James M. Cox, MS-2, Ohio history
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