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J.P. and Marian Welch Fire, 2004 news articles

News reports of fire at Justamere Tree Farm, the house of J. P. and Marian Welch in October 2004. Excerpts were included in the republication of Papers on the History of Worthington. This was the second fire they sustained on their property, the…

Scrapbook - Frederick Sargeant Huntington Library

Brown paper-covered scrapbook with black pages, contains black and white photographs and newspaper clippings showing the history of the Frederick Sargent Huntington (FSH) Library from groundbreaking on Aug 17, 1914. Includes groundbreaking, Lafayette…

Publication - Book, 'A Graveyard Primer,' by Lynette Strangstad

Softcover book: A Graveyard Primer' by Lynette Strangstad, ASSLH (American Association for State and Local History) Press, 1988, second printing, 1990. 126 pages with index and black and white photographs. On loan to Pat Kennedy 6/9/07.

Miscellaneous - 'Fools Gold'

This is a piece of local stone containing mica that many have called 'fools gold.'

Letter - Mr. Wonderlich from Michelle Korn

Letter from Michelle Korn (Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and Dachau) to Mr. Wonderlich thanking him for the American liberation of the concentration camp in 1945 and their care and humanity in the liberation. Michelle ('Mila') was 8 years old and from…

Genealogy - Recollection, Memorial, Steffen W. Plehn

Photocopies of all writings concerning the early death (age 61) of Steffen W. Plehn. These papers were used for the 'Some People to Remember' chapter in the republished 'Papers on the History of Worthington'