Western College; Vertical Files; 1853-1977; Drawer 1 ;[Range 21A]



Vertical Files This record group contains frequently used files and useful documents that are stored in the Vertical File Cabinet.

Contents:

Vertical File Drawer 1

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 Three A: Black Students and African Americans at Western College The Sisterhood

• List of African American Students, Western College, April 7, 1969 • Letter from The Sisterhood to Mrs. Stegall, and enveloper, April 6, 1969, Handwritten note from Rhonda Green to Mrs. Stegall • Newspaper Clipping, : Turner Ennist Gets Shot Arthuf Churchill, Colored Wounds Dancer (n.d.) • News Article, The Stonemason: Historical Data in article about Cephas Asher Burns, (n.d.) • Photograph of two men on Western culinary staff, (n.d.) • Photograph of mam on Western culinary staff • Photograph of Peter Bruner and Western dormitory staff (ca. 1881-83)

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 and 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

Western College; Vertical Files; 1853-1974; Drawer 2 ;[Range 21A]

Vertical File Drawer 2

Contents:

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] • Mary Lyon Stamps

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.and A.M., Instituted in 1822 and 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

Folder Sixty-Six: Cars on Campus

Folder Sixty-Seven: Western Press Releases