Categories

• African-American
• Athletics
• Business
• Canals
• Clubs
• Communications
• Community Service/Civic Groups
• Cultural
• Education
• Government/Politics
• Historical Organizations
• Individuals/Families
• Labor
• Lighter-Than-Air
• Photograph Collections
• Regional History Collection
• Religion
• Rubber Industry
• Scientific/Technical
• Special Collections
• Transportation
• University of Akron
• Women

Historical Organizations

Canal Society of Ohio

The Canal Society of Ohio has preserved Ohio’s canal history and heritage with guided tours and presentations to its members since 1961.  The Canal Society of Ohio Collection consists primarily of materials relating to the planning, construction, use, operation, and rebuilding of canals in Ohio.

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — Buckley Post #12

Minutes, postcards, newspaper clippings, resolutions, correspondence, relief fund reports, and membership lists.

Kiwanis Club of Akron

Many of the Kiwanis Club activities focused around civil service and patriotic objectives. Materials relate to the club's history, its organization, financial information, membership, activities, and relationships to other organizations.

Lighter-Than-Air

16mm film primarily on the building of the Goodyear Airship Dock (completed in 1929).

Lighter-Than-Air Society

Correspondence, photographs, books, speeches, clippings, serials, films, and miscellany concerning lighter-than-air flight collected by the L-T-A Society. Materials from Akron, other activity in the United States and international (particularly Germany) lighter-than-air activity are included.