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Progress Through Preservation (PTP)
Range: 1984 - 1995 Size: 1.5 cubic feet Record Group:Records of an Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKnon-profit organization devoted to preservation of the city's historic architecture, includes: organizational documents, trustee meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, program records, and mailing lists.
Private Industry Council of Akron
Range: 1979 - 1982 Size: 1.3 Record Group: 99/95The Private Industry Council (PIC) of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKwas formed in 1978 as an outgrowth of President Jimmy Carter’s Private Sector Initiative Program. The records consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, booklets, pamphlets, reports, surveys, photographs, and advertisements relating to PIC activities, including job training and hiring programs and advertising campaigns to attract new businesses to Akron.
What is this?Priest, Dr. Ira A., Papers and Artifacts
Range: 1876 - 1956 Size: 12.0 Record Group: 99/84Dr. Ira A. Priest (1856-1933) was a minister in the Universalist Church, fifth president of Buchtel College (now Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK), and a chaplain in the 8th Ohio Infantry of the Ohio National Guard. His papers and artifacts consist of correspondence, sermons, writings, printed materials, photographs, clippings, uniforms, personal items, and memorabilia that relate to Dr. Priest’s long career as a minister, chaplain, and academic in Ohio, Texas, and Vermont.
What is this?Polsley, John J.
Range: 1839 - 1948 Size: 0.5 cubic feet Record Group: 99/136Lieutenant Colonel John J. Polsley served in the American Civil War in the 8th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, which later became the 7th Regiment West Virginia Cavalry. Polsley was captured in 1863 and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. The papers primarily contain correspondence to his wife, Ellen (Nelly) S. Donnally Polsley. He wrote of camp life and battles as well as his thoughts on war. Also included are letters to his father, Judge Daniel H. Polsley.
What is this?Polen, Edna Mae, Papers
Range: 1936 - 2010 Size: 1.0 Record Group:Edna Mae Polen (1917-2010) of Salineville, Ohio was a 1940 graduate of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK (UA). She worked for many years as Secretary at the B.F. Goodrich Company and Coastal Trucking Co./Coastal Tank Lines, Inc. of Akron. Her papers include booklets, yearbooks, newsletters, report cards, and photographs documenting student life at UA in the 1930s as well as the B.F. Goodrich Company and several local organizations she was involved with.
Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls
Range: 1833 - 1976 Size: 1 cubic foot Record Group:Minutes, reports, financial records, membership rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, historical summaries, correspondence, clippings, and photographs.
Petersen, Jorgen, Diaries
Range: 1864 - 1880 Size: 0.5 cubic feet Record Group: 99/156Jorgen Petersen (1822-1904) of Peninsula, Ohio was a canal boat captain on the Ohio & Erie Canal in the mid-1860s and ‘70s. He mostly hauled coal, iron ore, and merchandise for stores along the canal. His diaries consist of 11 personal diaries kept by Peterson during his days hauling freight on the canal and chronicle his life and work on the canal from 1864 until 1880.
What is this?Pardee, Caroline J., Papers
Range: 1828 - 2004 Size: 70 Record Group: 99/184Caroline J. Pardee (1911-2003) was administrative assistant in the President's Office of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK for over thirty years, as well as an active member of the Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKcommunity. She was a local writer and poet, an active member of the Delta Gamma Sorority, a world traveler, and member of the Universalist Church of Akron. Her papers document her community involvement, family, travels, and University of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKconnections and include correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, slides, stories and poems, personal notes, artifacts, and travel materials.
What is this?Pahlau, James A.
Range: 1842 - 2003 Size: 68 cubic feet Record Group: 99/142James A. “Jim” Pahlau (1930-2007) was an expert on local and regional architecture, especially in Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKand Summit County, Ohio. He was also a collector of resources on the subject. The James A. Pahlau Collection consists of personal papers, printed materials, photographs, architectural drawings, and phonograph records documenting local and regional architecture and theater. There is also a large amount of materials on Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens and Progress Through Preservation.
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Collections are classified into the following broad categories:
- University Archives contain historical resources that document the history and development of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK and its predecessor institutions.
- Special Collections documents regional (mainly Â鶹ÊÓƵAPKand Summit County) history, and other designated collecting areas. Special Collections materials include personal and family papers and historical records of local governments, businesses, and civic and community organizations. Collection strengths are the history of the rubber and polymer industry, lighter-than-air flight, and Ohio canals. Special collections also include local government records for a nine county region.
- Book collections include rare books and books documenting the history of the university, the region, and special topics. All cataloged books are included in the .