Regional History, Subject Files
Regional History, Subject Files, bulk 1980-2000
Finding Aid
Prepared by Katie Panko, July 27, 2006
2 record storage boxes, 2 cubic feet, 11th floor
Scope and Content
These clippings contain historical information concerning Kent, Ohio, as well
as the regions surrounding it.
The bulk of these files contain newspaper clippings from local area news publications: The Kent-Ravenna Record Courier, Inside Kent State, The Daily Kent Stater and The Akron Beacon Journal. These files are listed alphabetically by subject heading with occasional sub-headings included. The majority of these materials are dated from the 1980s through the 1990s. Folder contents will continue to be updated, as materials will be added to this collection on a continual basis.
Note: Various issues of the Portage County Historical Society Newsletter are available in Special Collections and cataloged in KentLINK.
Box 1
Folder -- Contents
Akron - History
Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS)
Akron University
Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales
Animal shelters and rescue societies
Annexation [Franklin Township]
Atwater, Ohio
Aurora Memorial Library
Baroque Music Festival
Black Squirrel Gallery
Brady, Captain Samuel
Brady Lake, Ohio and Crystal Beach, Ohio
Brady Lake Women's Club
Brady's Cafe
Brimfield, Ohio
Brimfield, Ohio - Oral History
Cackler, Christian
Campbellsport, Ohio
Canals
Casinos
Cemeteries
Chatfield, Hale
Coleman Professional Services
Colony House
Columbiana County [Ohio]
Commercial Press, Inc.
Congregational Churches
Consortium of Historical Agencies in Portage and Summit Counties [C.H.I.P.S.]
Cowlin, Sid
Crestwood School District
Crime, Charges, Lawsuits
Cuyahoga County [Ohio]
Daughters of the American Revolution [D.A.R.]
Davey Family [John, b. 1846 d.1923]
Davey Family [Smith, Alexander M.]
Davey House
Davey Tree Expert Company
Davey Warehouse Art Studio
Davis, Jessie
Deerfield
DuBois, John Harold
Edinburg, Ohio
Education policy
Eidson House
Elections and voting
First Christian Church
Ford, Seabury
Franklin Township Hall
Fred Fuller Park
Garrettsville
Ghost Stories (related materials in KSU
Miscellaneous Subject Files )
Girl scouts
Halliday, Kirk W.
Hartville, Ohio
Herriff, Amy
Hiram, Ohio
Historical Markers
Historical Societies and Museums - Ohio
Home Savings Bank
Hotel Franklin
Hudson, Ohio
Immy Awards
Iraq War - casualties
James, Thomas
JB's [bar]
John Davey Arboretum
Joseph, Jeff
Kelso House
Kent - Area Chamber of Commerce
Kent - Brochures, Pamphlets
Kent - Businesses
Kent - City Schools
Kent - Council of the City
Kent - Department of Community Development
Kent - Development
Kent - Gateway project
Kent - History
Kent - Maps
Kent - Police
Kent - Streets
Kent - "Things to do in Kent"
Kent Adhesive Products Co. [K.A.P.C.O.]
Kent Bicentennial
Kent Bog Nature Preserve
Kent Cinema - Downtown
Kent City Downtown Festival
Kent Coloring Book
Kent Community - City Guides and Directories
Kent Crain Avenue Bridge
Kent Family
Kent Free Library
Kent Glass - Brief History of Kent Glass by Ed Beckwith. 1986
Kent Heritage Festival
Kent Historical Society
Kent Hotel
Kent Jaycees
Kent La Leche League
Kent Masonic Center
Kent Methodist Church
Kent Opera House
Kent Parks and Recreation Programs
Kent Phoenix Project
Box 2
Folder -- Contents
Kent - Rockin' on the River
Kent Stage
Kent Towne Center Mall [DeBartolo Corporation Proposal]
Kent Triangle [Historic District]
Kent Vision 2000
Kentway Retirement Center 1959-1969
Kerwin, Elizabeth
Konopka, Matt
Lang, Walter W., M.D.
Lauer, Penny
Leadership Portage County
League of Women Voters
Liquor Control Board
Loudin, Frederick J.
Mantua, Ohio
McCormick, Edgar Lindsley
Media and broadcasting
Michel, Robert
Midway Drive-in
Mini Grand Prix
Mooney, Granville W.
Neighborhood Development Services
NEOUCOM [Northeast Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy]
O'Neil's Department Store
"On the Fringe" [Journal of the Native Plant Society of Northeastern
Ohio ]
Palmyra Township, Ohio
Paris, Ohio
Portage Area Regional Transporation Authority [P.A.R.T.A.]
Portage County
Portage County - Annual Reports
Portage County - Bicentennial
Portage County - Breakneck Creek
Portage County - Government Records
Portage County - High School Sports
Portage County - Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2002
Portage County - Maps, Brochures
Portage County - Peace Coalition
Portage County - Restaurants
Portage County - Social Services Program
Portage County - Subdivision Regulations
Portage County - Traffic
Portage County Chapter of the American Red Cross [Blood Drive]
Portage County Cultural Resources
Portage County District Library
Portage County Historical Society
Portage County Randolph Fair
Portage County Regional Planning Commission
Portage County Schools
Portage Land Association Conservation and Education [P.L.A.C.E.]
Portage Private Industry
Price, Lucien
Protests
Public Health
Railroad
Randolph Township [Ohio]
Raven Hall of Fame
Ravenna Aluminum foundry
Ravenna, Ohio
Ravenna - Balloon-A-Fair
Ravenna - Businesses
Ravenna - History
Ray's
Reed Memorial Library
Relay for Life
Roberto House
Robin Hood Inn
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Rootstown, Ohio
Rootstown - Plane Crashes
St. Joseph Church
Seiberling, C. W.
Shep's Bar
Southeast School District
Stow, Ohio
Streetsboro, Ohio
Summit County Charter
Taft Family
Tallmadge, Ohio
Tappan, Benjamin
Tax policy
T.G. Parsons Lumber Company
Theater and playwrights
Time to Respect our Endangered Environment [T.R.E.E.]
Tree City TV
Trinity Lutheran Church
Troyer, Loris C.
Tsai, Albert, Dr.
Twin Lakes
Turkeyfoot Lake
United Auto Workers [U.A.W.]
United Church of Christ
Voinovich, Janet
Watson, Barbara
Wells Sherman House [250 E. Erie St., Kent]