Montgomery County Historical Society Collection - Introduction

The Pioneer Association of Montgomery County, the Dayton Historical Society and the Montgomery County Historical Society Collections cover the period from 1867 to the present. The collections include minutes, records of relics, scrapbooks, legal documents, membership lists, financial statements, correspondence, printed material and unpublished papers. Most of the material came to the Library after the Dayton flood of 1913. Prior to that time it had been located in the Newcom Tavern, which also was headquarters of the Historical Society until l963. Part of the collection was also gathered by Mr. William Hamilton between 1940 and 1943. However, the papers of Charles Ferguson Sullivan were donated by him to the Dayton Metro Library in 1949. Mr. Sullivan was the curator of the Newcom Tavern from 1938 - 1940 [?].

Date Completed: December 20, 1994

Revised edition, May 2005

Linear feet of shelf occupied: 2.6 and 18 vols

Approximate number of items: 5600

Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section, Dayton Metro Library
The Montgomery County Historical Society Collection

The Montgomery County Historical Society Collection