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CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
Below are links to some of our most heavily used collections. Feel free to browse the indexes for these collections or scroll all the way down to page to see a complete list of our holdings.
Browse the Library Catalogue - Search over 2000 titles.
Clark County Family Histories - Search names found in our published and unpublished family history research collections.
Biographical General Reference Surname Files - Search for your family name within a general index of hundreds of biographical files arranged A-Z.
Photographs of Families of Clark County A-Z
Search for your family name in an index to the six volume set: Yesteryear in Clark County, published from interviews with prominent Clark Countians in the 1890s.
Microfilm Collection - Partial listing of our microfilmed holdings. Includes newspapers, census records, probate indexes, naturalization records, city directories, militia rolls, and children’s home records.
Oversized Document Collection - These oversized documents include photographs, posters, maps and blueprints.
Tax Duplicate Inventory - 1846-1900
Oral History Collection - Browse our collection of local interviews.
Prominent Clark County Citizens in the News - As listed in The Springfield Daily News 1909-1910.
Local Springfield Businesses - General Info and History
Commercial A-Z (Local Businesses) - Photographs
Business Trade Cards (Advertisements) A-Z
General Manufacturing and Industry Listings and Histories
Ballentine Collection - Civil War documents, business advertisements, local publications, Springfield history, postcards, books, and periodicals.
Index to "Clark County Firsts" - Series of 1938 Clark County History Articles by Arthur D. Hosterman
Bartley Collection - Books, correspondence, postcards, business trade cards, Springfield and Clark County History.
Springfield News-Sun Negatives - Browse this index of over 2000 original images from the local newspaper to find people, places, and events.
Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 1992-1996 PLUS Index of "Looking Back" Topics - Browse a list of over 200 articles on local history topics and check out the index of images and topics included in each article. Includes sports photos, school photos, and much more!
Postcard Collection
Scrapbook Collection - Browse index and descriptive list of 50+ scrapbooks on various topics.
Harry Laybourne Photo Collection - Browse this enormous collection of thousands of photographs, slides, clippings, and research which cover the history of Springfield and Clark County.
Index to Images found in photographer Harry Laybourne’s books, Springfield, Ohio and Springfield, Ohio Revisited - Search through nearly 400 images from around Springfield.
Moores Scrapbook Photograph Collection - Photographs of people and places from 1939-1945.
List of Biographies included in the book Beautiful Ferncliff: Springfield, Ohio's Historic Cemetery and Arboretum - Available for use in the Fisher Family Library and Archives or for purchase at the first floor museum store at the Heritage Center.
Index to the 1881 W.H. Beers & Co. History of Clark County - Available for use in the Fisher Family Library and Archives
Index to the 1890 Portrait and Biographical Album of Greene and Clark County - Available for use in the Fisher Family Library and Archives
Index of names found in the 1902 Biographical Record of Clark County - Available for use in the Fisher Family Library and Archives
Index, Table of Contents, and Illustration List for the 1908 William Rockel 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County - Available for use in the Fisher Family Library and Archives
Knights of Pythias Children's Home Collection - Record of orphaned residents from 1895-1940s
Knights of Pythias Home Collection - Record of elderly adult residents from 1895-1980s
Index to Springfield Illustrated from 1889 - This nine volume set of photographs is available for viewing in the Fisher Family Library and Archives
Index of Landholders in the 1894 Clark County Atlas
Education Collection - Schools in Clark County A-Z - Search hundreds of pictures of school buildings and classes.
Ohio Historical Site Inventories - Click here to look at a list of local historic sites and buildings that have submitted an Ohio Historic Inventory (OHI) form to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office in Columbus. Copies of the OHI forms are available in the archives. These forms provide photographs, information about architects, architectural styles, building dates, residents, and more.
List of Clark County sites on the National Register of Historic Places
Ohio History: The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society 1887-1997 - This link will take you to the search index on the Ohio Historical Society’s website. This will enable a search of volumes of articles from 1887 to the present day. Our collection of journals are from the years 1887-1997 and are available in our library.
Skardon Papers, Snodgrass Papers - Click to search for your family name in these indexes to genealogical information.
Index to Soldiers of the Revolution in Clark County, Ohio, edited by Mary A. Skardon and Anne Snodgrass Benston
Fisher Family Collection - Contains genealogical files pertaining to the Fisher Family, as well as genealogical research done by Heritage Hunter, a genealogical research business, and research requests completed by the Friends of the Library. This collection also contains files about Wittenberg University.
Fisher Family Genealogical Index - A-Z index of genealogical research files and correspondence.
Sylvia Olson Genealogical Research Collection - Contains thousands of files of correspondence on various family surnames.
Steel Products Engineering Company (SPECO) Employee Records - These records contain detailed biographical information, husband/wife’s names, children and their ages, parents’ names, immediate family members, spouse’s family members, eduation, physical description, military service, and, if foreign born, date of arrival, ship, port of entry, and naturalization date.
PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT HAVE ORIGINAL BIRTH, DEATH OR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE RECORDS OF EACH. Below is a list of some of our local resources:
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Marriage Returns 1820-1823; 1827-1831; 1835-1843; 1850-1948, 1974 (some)
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Marriage Indexes 1818-1925
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Marriage Record Books 1920s-1970s
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Probate Birth and Death Records 1867-1910
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Board of Health Birth and Death Records
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Wills and Estate Records “A Series” 1-7907; 1-62,000
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Indexed obituaries - thru present day
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City Directories - 1852-2002
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Naturalization Records 1819-1877 (Indexed)
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County Infirmary Records 1836-1906
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County Children’s Home Records 1878-1927
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Revolutionary War Army Lands Warrants Register 1799-1805
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Greenmont Cemetery Records 1863-1902
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Springfield Conservancy District Records
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Soldier’s Burial Records 1884-1928
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Census Records 1820-1930 (no 1890)
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Historical Weather Data 1968-1999 (compiled by Local Weatherman Dick Groeber)
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Tax Duplicate Inventory 1846-1900
AGRICULTURAL CATEGORY
Agricultural Associations
Horticultural Society
Agriculture Books
Ohio Farmers Grain and Milling Association
Shull Family Collection
General Agricultural Information
Farm Journals and Periodicals
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CATEGORY
Morris Collection
General Archaeological Information
Arthur Altick Collection
American Archaeological Institute
Archaeology Books
Lutz Research Collection
ARCHITECTURAL CATEGORY
Information on general architectural styles, local tours, individual buildings and homes.
ATLAS AND ALMANACS
Atlases of Clark County 1870-1895, small collection of almanacs.
AUDIO CATEGORY
Cassettes and transcripts of the Clark County Historical Society Oral History Program; audio and video cassettes of general interest; phonograph records.
Oral History Collection
BIOGRAPHICAL CATEGORY
Collection of General Files; individual family collections; Skardon and Snodgrass Papers; Probate Court records- primarily wills.
Biographical General Reference Surname Files
Emory-Armstrong Collection
Ark Family
Baker-Foos Collection
Margaret Baker Collection - Travel Documentary - Malaysia, Morocco, Thailand, Guatemala, Yucatan, Taiwan, etc.
Roger Boone Collection
Blair-Grimes Collection
Geneva Fath Brown Collection
Bradley-Spencer Collection
Governor Asa Bushnell Collection
Bushnell, Hollenbeck, Ludlow, McGrew Collection
Bushnell-Dunberg Collection
Bookwalter Collection
John T. Campbell Collection
Campbell Family Collection
Cartmell-Snyder Collection
Crummel, Griffith, Harrington, and Warrington Collection
Dodson Collection
Coggeshall Family
Thelma Dunn Collection
Grace Durig Collection
Duncan, Charles, and Margaret Collection
Ehrhart Collection
Eipper Collection
Gish Collection
Colonel Robert C. Hanes Collection - Mostly Military Materials
Harper-Goem Family
George W. Hastings Family
Holman Family
Hertzer, Snyder, Kurtz Family
Hoppes Family
Hunt Collection - Civil War Collection
Kinney Family
Marjorie Kinney Research Collection - Multiple families
J. Warren Keifer Family Collection
Kent Collection
Simon Kenton Collection
Killen Family
Harry Kissell Collection
Kuss-Hauck Collection
Albert V. Lawson Jr. Collection
Luger-Huter Collection
McBeth Collection
Livingston Collection
Judge James D. Johnson Collection
Ludlow Collection
William D. McClenen Collection
McGregor Collection
Colonel C.J. Madden Collection
Emilie McMillen Family
Malowney, Odenbaugh, and White Families
Miller-Smith Families
William B. Patton M.D. Collection
Rausenberger Collection - Aeronautical/Aviation Collection
Nancy Mechlin Collection
Meehan Collection
Quentin Family
Raup Family
Rogers Family
Reeder-Bennett Family
Dr. Gale Ross Collection
Orton Rust Collection
Lucille Schaefer Collection
Daniel Summers Collection
Snyder-Ream Collection
Snyder Family
Carl W. Steinkamp Collection - Aeronautical/Aviation Collection
Studebaker Family
Spinning-Wyant Collection
Steel Products Engineering Company (SPECO) Collection - Contains Employee Records with Detailed Biographical Information
Wise Collection
Tom Stafford Collection - Springfield News-Sun Writer
Tarbutton Family
Harry Toulmin Collection - Wright Brothers’ Patent Attorney
Isaac Walter Collection
Weaver Family
Jeremiah Warder Papers
Westcott Collection
Warder Page Collection
Ridenour-Puckett Families
Skardon Papers - Various Surnames
Snodgrass Papers - Various Surnames
Sylvia Olson Genealogical Research Collection - Various Surnames
CEMETERY COLLECTION
Listings for cemeteries in Springfield and Clark County; large collection of Greenmount Cemetery records.
County Cemeteries A-Z
Springfield Cemeteries A-Z
Greenmount Cemetery
CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECORDS
Records of the historical society functions.
CLARK COUNTY HISTORY
General reference material on area history.
W.F. Lohnes Collection - Western Clark County
Clark County History Books
City and Rural Directories
Clark County History Collection
COMMERCIAL CATEGORY
General files on city and county commercial interests; general information on banks and individual company collections.
Credit Life Insurance Company
CULTURAL CATEGORY
General reference files on events and institutions; individual theater collections.
Matthew Horen Collection
Arline Emery – Baritone “torch’ singer
Freddy Martin Collection
Springfield Arts Council – Summer Arts Festival
Junior Service League Collection
Playbox Theater Collection
Black’s Opera House
Springfield Harmony Knights
Performing Arts A-Z
Springfield Symphony Orchestra Collection
Memorial Hall – Performing Arts
Springfield Music Publications
Regent’s and Civic theater
Oversized Cultural Collection
Fortnightly Musical Club
Grand Opera House
Springfield Civic Theater
Gus Sun Collection
Bradley Kincaid Collection
DOCUMENTS CATEGORY
Official government documents such as marriage, land grants, deeds, naturalization papers, general documents.
Neer Collection
Land Grants
Deeds
Mortgages
Stock Certificates
Maps
Harshman/Snyder Collection
Indentures
Index to Military Surveys
Plat Maps
EDUCATION CATEGORY
School (Text)Book Collection
Springfield High School Commencement and Reunion Collection
Springfield (South) High School Class of 1872-1966 -
Class, Commencement and Reunion Materials
Springfield (South)High School Herald, Wildcat, and Mentor - 1905-1976
Springfield North High School Collection
St. Raphael/Catholic Central High School Collection
Springfield City Schools - Elementary and Middle Schools
Vocational Schools, JVS, Clark State Community Collection, Clark Technival College
Northwestern Schools Botkin Collection
Township Schools Collection - Springfield Township
Township Schools Collection - Mad River Township
Township Schools Collection - Bethel, German, Greene, Harmony, and Madison Moorefield, Pike and Pleasant Townships
Township Schools Collection - Yearbook Collection
Bethel Township Records 1881-1887
Carra Mae Hinkle Collection
Union Settlement House Collection
New Moorefield School
I.T. Heck Collection
J.R. Clarke Collection
Edison Teaching Kit Collection
Extracurricular Collection
Frey Elementary PTA Collection
Educational Materials Collection
Educational Reports and Surveys Collection
School Sports Activities
Students Grades and Writings
Springfield Board of Education Collection
PTA Collection
Mary M. Miller Collection
ETHNIC HISTORY CATEGORY
HEALTH AND CARE CATEGORY
General reference files; individual collections on area health interests and pursuits.
I.O.O.F. (International Order of Odd Fellows)
Medical Collection
Clark County Medical Education Foundation
Ohio Masonic Home Collection
Hullinger Collection
Clark County Medical Society
Springview Hospital Collection
Clark Memorial Home
Clark County Infirmary
Paramedic Collection
Geneva Fath Brown Collection
Clark County Health Department Collection - 1950-2002
Combined Health District Collection - Board Minutes 1920s-1950s
Knights of Pythias Children's Home Collection 1895-1940s
Knights of Pythias Home Collection 1895-1980s
JOURNALS CATEGORY
Diaries of local people.
Kissell Diaries
James H. Bird Diaries
George W. Netts Diaries
Grace Myrtle Rogers Collection
LITERARY CATEGORY
Children’s Authors
Nathan Dunn Collection
Local Author Collection
Famous Author Collection
Nonlocal Nonfamous Authors
Ohio Authors
MANUFACTURING CATEGORY
General reference files concerning local industry and manufacturing; individual company collections.
MILITARY CATEGORY
Collections of local involvement in military endeavors from the American Revolution through WWII; specific and general reference books and periodicals.
NATURAL HISTORY CATEGORY
A small collection describing the area’s natural history features.
Natural History books
Cedar Bog Collection
Geology Collection
NORTHWEST TERRITORY COLLECTION
General reference files on Ohio’s early history as part of the Northwest Territory.
OHIO HISTORY CATEGORY
General information on Ohio history.
PERIODICAL COLLECTION CATEGORY
Collections of local periodicals and newspapers, including material from Farm and Fireside and Crowell-Collier.
Springfield Tribune
Western Pioneer
Springfield Pioneer
The Republic
The Weekly Republic
The Daily Republic
Daily Springfield Nonpareil
Springfield Nonpareil
Mad River Valley News
Evening News and Journal
Springfield Daily News (formerly MRVN)
Springfield Evening News
Springfield Weekly News
Springfield News
Springfield Advertiser
Springfield Morning Advertiser
Springfield Daily Advertiser
Methodist Recorder
Springfield Daily Gazette
Weekly Globe Republic
Springfield Globe Republic
Springfield Weekly Gazette
Springfield City Times
Champion City Times
Springfield Republic Times
Champion City Weekly Times
The Sunday Leader
Ohio Rural Times
The Daily Press
Ohio Weekly Rural Times
The Press Republic
Daily Press Republic
Daily Republican Gazette
Springfield Gazette
Journal Uno Adler
Springfield Morning Times
The Tribune
The Stars and Stripes
Daily News
Springfield News-Sun
Assorted Periodicals (mostly Springfield)
Peterson’s Ladies National Magazine
The Suburbanite 1960-1964
Miscellaneous Newspapers
Life Magazine
Hunt Collection Newspapers
National Intelligencer 1823-24, 1826-1831
Farm and Fireside 1882-1905, 1907-1918; 1922-1924
Women’s Home Companion 1903-1905; 1907-1918; 1921; 1941-1956
Ladies Home Companion 1888-1894; 1896-1899; 1901-1902
Collier’s Yearbook 1943-1971
Collier’s 1900; 1904; 1940-1956
Harper’s Weekly 1861-1865; 1871-1876; 1904-1905
Farm Journal
Miscellaneous Publications
Newsweek Magazine – “American Dream”
Clark County Publications
Springfield Newspapers 1994-1995
Home and Flowers
Clark County Publications
Escalade 1937-1941
Children’s Periodicals – Little Folks’ Magazine, Children’s Magazine, The Bud 1901-1902
The Mentor 1928-1930s
A New Concept 1977-1979
The Herbarist
The Farm 1920, 1953
The Champion City 1876, 1879, 1882
Illustrated Champion 1877, 1886-1887
Whitely’s Factory Farm
Our Young People 1882-1884, 1889
Home and School 1885
Young Folks’ Circle 1884-1886
Womankind 1895
Madame 1903
The Springfielder 1948-1955
Antique Automobiles 1972-1985
Cars and Parts 1978-1985
American Magazine 1905-1956
PHOTOGRAPH CATEGORY
Photographs arranged by category with the same designations as the main archives, however, there is not a one-to-one correspondence between the files.
Springfield News-Sun Negatives - 2000+ images of people, places, and events
Springfield Picture Book Indexes - Search nearly 400 images
Harry Laybourne Photo Collection - Search thousands of photos, postcards, slides, and clippings of Springfield and Clark County History.
Education Collection - Schools in Clark County A-Z - Search hundreds of pictures of school buildings and classes.
Moores Photo Collection - Photographs of people and places from around Springfield and Clark County 1939-1972.
Moores Scrapbook Photograph Collection - Photographs of people and places from 1939-1945.
Photographs of Families of Clark County A-Z
Agriculture Collection
Archaeology
Architectural Collection
Residential Architecture Collection
Cultural Architecture Collection ~ Theaters, etc.
Springfield and Clark County Churches
David Crabill House
Arcade
Residential City and County A-Z
Associations A-Z
ABWA
Donnelsville Garden Club
Les Femmes des Charities
Soroptimist Club
Rotary Club
Springfield Urban League
Associations - Oversized
Men A-Z
Unidentified Men
Women A-Z
Unidentified Women
Children A-Z
Unidentified Children
Unidentified Groups
Identified Groups
Family Groupings
Unidentified Families
Banes, Dunn, and Welch
Margaret Baker Collection
Bushnell, Hollenbeck, McGrew
Ark Family
Crabill Family
Joseph Black/James Black Family
Campbell Collection
Baxter Family Collection
Bushnell-Dunberg Collection
Alma Cochran Collection
Folkemer Collection
Kay M. Glaesner Collection
Glover Collection
Ihrig/Slough Collection
Hunt Collection
Keifer Collection
Killen Family
King Family
Latimer/Durig Collection
Layne Donation
McBeth Collection
McCullough Family
McGregor Collection
Meehan Collection
Otstot Collection
CCHS Collection
Kiser-Womac Collection
Quentin Collection
Rausenberger Collection
Schreiber Collection
Skardon Collection
Ann Snodgrass Collection
Snyder-Ream Collection
Crumel, Griffith, Harrison, Worthington
Steinkamp Collection
Yeazell-Thomas Families
Moore Family
Leffel Family
Livingston Collection
Longo Wedding Pictures
Snyder Wedding, Family, and racehorses
Tavenner Family
Titlow Collection
Lucille Schaefer Collection
Patton Family Collection
Wallace, Diehl, Rosenberry, and Cochran Families
Individual Family Groups
Identified Men, Women, and Groups
Unidentified Women
Bridges
Cemeteries A-Z (county)
Cemeteries A-Z (city)
Ferncliff Cemetery
Lagonda/St. Raphael Cemetery
Rockaway Scrapbook
Commercial A-Z (Local Businesses)
Commercial Transportation Collection ~ Company Transportation, etc
City and County Government Officials
Baumgardner Photo Studio
Brain Lumber Company
Master Lettering Collection
M&M Collection
Glass plate negatives
Military Collection - Revolutionary War to WWII
Military Collection - WWII
Military Collection - WWII - Wangler Collection
Postcard Collection
Cultural (Oversized) Collection
Cultural Collection - Actors and Actresses
J.R. Clarke Education Collection
Fulton School Collection
Pleasant Street School Collection
Glenna Harris Education Collection
Oversized School Photo Collection - Box 1
Oversized School Photo Collection - Box 2
Recreation/Sports Collection
Disaster Collection
General Manufacturing Collection
Inventors - W.D. Fuller
National Supply Company Collection
National Supply Company Collection - Oversize
Nolte Brass Company Collection
James Leffel and Company Collection
James Leffel and Company Collection - Oversize
Thompson Grinder Company Collection
Safety Emery Wheel/Safety Grinding Wheel And Machine
Robbins & Myers Company Collection
Robbins & Myers Company Collection - Oversize
Manufacturing General - Oversized
Kelly-Springfield Road Rollers, BOMAG, Koehring
POLITICAL CATEGORY
National, state, and local information on politics and the political process.
Elections 1921, 1928, 1976-1980
The Congressional Globe 1860s
Springfield and Clark County Political Issues
Temperance Movement
Ohio Politics
League of Women Voters
JFK Collection
John L. Zimmerman Collection
General Reference Political Category
RECREATION CATEGORY
Local sports teams, facilities, sports news.
Football Scrapbook 1932
Nicholl Collection
High School Sports Collection
City and County Parks Collection
Regional Parks Collection
Sports Collection
Golf Collection
Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame
Davey Moore Collection - Boxing
Brooks Lawrence Collection - Baseball
RELIGION CATEGORY
General reference files and collections concerning area religious groups and facilities
Massie Collection
YWCA Collection
Ballentine Collection
Bartley Collection
Kinnison Collection
Layne Donation
Laybourne Research Collection - Box 1
McCullough Collection
A.B. Graham Collection
Merle Grace Kearns Collection
Clifton
Donnelsville
Enon
Harmony
Lawrenceville
Medway
New Carlisle
Pitchin
South Charleston
South Vienna
Tremont City
Northampton, Rex, Catawba, Plattsburg, Selma
Columbus, Dayton, Lagonda, Lebanon, London, Mechanicsburg, St. Paris, Urbana, Yellow Springs
Disaster Collection - Blizzards, fires, floods, diseases, riots, accidents, cyclones, murders, earthquakes, etc.
Crime Collection
News Sun Collection
Zoe Johnson Papers
Robert A. Schneider Army Staff Sergeant Collection
Madonna of the Trail Collection
Marion (Bud) Clark Research Collection
Quirk Collection
Roberds Collection - Fire Department Collection
Lucille Schaefer Collection
Annie Shepard Collection
Weather Collection
Town and Country (TAC) Day School
TAC Industries Collection
SOCIAL HISTORY CATEGORY
Miscellaneous files on hobbies and social events.
Domestic; cookbooks; child rearing; homelife; brides
Games; hobbies; humor
Valentines
Greeting Cards
Clark County Fair
Clothing
Fairs and Expositions
Cookbooks
SPRINGFIELD HISTORY CATEGORY
General reference files on Springfield history.
General History Collection
Springfield Books
TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY
Some general, but mostly specific information on local forms of transportation.
Electric Railways/Traction/Interurban lines
National Road (Route 40) Collection
Railroad Companies
Roads
Water
Transportation books
Air
Greiner Air Service
Railroad Engineer’s Field Books
W.P.A. COLLECTION CATEGORY
Local Works Projects and Writers Projects information
Kyle Collection
Y.W.C.A. COLLECTION CATEGORY
Almost 40 boxes of YMCA material-program files, memberships, publications, etc.
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