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RALPH MAY COLLECTION
INTRODUCTION
The Ralph May Collection was accessioned into the Flesh Public Library Archives in 1982. The collection was donated by the family of Ralph May after his death on September 30, 1981. The collection fills five Hollinger boxes, two smaller archival boxes (containing 118 glass plate negatives, small photograph album), one tube (containing one rolled photograph), and fifty nine individual file folders. There are no restrictions on the use of this collection and the literary copyright has been deeded to the public.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is divided into the following nine series:
SERIES I: Photographs
Sub-series I: Piqua
Sub-series II: Miami and Shelby Counties/Miscellaneous
Sub-series III: Glass Plate Negatives
Sub-series IV: Album / Rolled Photograph
SERIES II: Newspaper Articles
Sub-series I: St. Mary’s Evening leader
Sub-series II: Troy Sharp Shopper / Upper Miami Valley Wednesday / Miami Valley Wednesday News
SERIES III: Piqua
SERIES IV: Miami County
SERIES V: Non-Miami County
SERIES VI: Correspondence and notes
SERIES VII: Canals
SERIES VIII: World War I
SERIES IX: World War II
CONTAINER LIST
SERIES I: PHOTOGRAPHS
Sub-series I: Piqua
Box 1
File
1 Architecture
2 Black History
3 Business and Industry
4 Churches
5 Downtown
6 Family Life
7 Forest Hill Cemetery
8 Fountain Park
9 Hydraulic Canal (Swift Run / Echo Lake)
10 Railroads
11 Schools
12 Street Scenes
13 May’s Opera House
14 Winter Sports
15 Miscellaneous
Sub-series II: Miami and Shelby Counties / Miscellaneous
Box 1
File
16 Balloons
17 Covered Bridge, Shelby County
18 Covington, stone bridge
19 Great Miami River / Bridges
Box 2
File
1 Piqua Historical Area / Johnston Farm
2 Miami and Erie Canal
3 World War I Recruits gathered on the Courthouse steps
4 Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs
Sub-series III: Glass Plate Negatives
Box 3 Loose Glass Plate Negatives and positive prints (#1-#118)
File
1 Wedded tree
2 MISSING
3 Miami Queen – canal boat
4 Wedded tree
5 1898 Flood
6 Canal bank
7 Men and their beer
8 sheep
9 Echo Lake (2)
10 Swift Run Lake
11 Sugar Loaf – island in Swift Run Lake
12 French & Indian War marker
13 Baseball field
14 Wedded tree
15 St. James Episcopal Church (c. 1905)
16 Family reunion (?)
17 Conrad May monument
18 Canal Lock (Landman’s Mill)
19 Plaza Hotel, parade (1900)
20 Plaza Hotel, parade (1900)
21 Water Works, Washington Ave. at the end of North St.
22 Canal Lock (NFI)
23 1898 Flood, Shawnee Bridge
24 Landman’s Mill (Loramie Mill) rear
25 Fire damage in winter (NFI)
26 Fishing Club picnic
27 Flesh house – N. Downing St.
28 P.H.S. Class of 1897, in river
29 Canal bank, photographer
30 Canal Lock (NFI)
31 Water Works, Washington Ave. at the end of North St. (rear)
32 Johnston Farm, barn
33 Railroad underpass (east of Miami River)
34 Johnston Farm, house
35 Sugar Loaf – island
36 Row boat
37 Great Miami River
38 Great Miami River
39 Canal boat
40 Boys at swimming hold
41 Greene St. Methodist Episcopal Church, Wayne St., rear
42 Frame structure (NFI)
43 Painters Creek Falls
44 Women on wooded path (NFI)
45 Frame, Queen Anne style (NFI)
46 Brick house (NFI)
47 Ruins of Oatmeal Works on the Miami River bank
48 Parade in residential district
49 Great Miami River
50 Hoar frost
51 Group in front of tree
52 First Presbyterian Church, interior
53 Painters Creek Falls
54 James Rial, Citizens Bank
55 Hydraulic (?)
56 Canal lock, boy and girl (NFI)
57 St. James Episcopal Church (old church)
58 Covered bridge, Eldean (?)
59 Canal, spill lock (NFI)
60 Boat house, Echo Lake
61 French and Indian War monument
62 Willow Cottage
63 Corn shock
64 Trees
65 O’Ferrall house
66 MISSING
67 MISSING
68 Trees and woman
69 Cows at the river
70 Cows
71 Sheep
72 Sheep
73 First Presbyterian Church, interior
74 Great Miami River and cows
75 First Presbyterian Church
76 Circus sideshow
77 Military or lodge unit
78 Women along the canal
79 Ash St. bridge over the Miami and Erie Canal
80 Maple Sugar Camp (?)
81 Canal lock at Farrington Road – Lock 10 (?)
82 Sugar Loaf – island
83 Brick house on Garbry Road (?)
84 Log house (NFI)
85 Parade – 300 block of N. Main St. (1900)
86 Parade – 400 block of N. Main St. (1900)
87 Albert McKnight
88 James Rial on the steps of St. James Episcopal Church
89 Albert McKnight
90 Canal lift bridge and hut at N. Main St.
91 House (NFI)
92 Boating (NFI)
93 House on a hill (NFI)
94 Group in front of a tent (NFI)
95 Metal bridge (NFI)
96 Building a bridge (NFI)
97 House (NFI)
98 Interior, parlor (1910)
99 First Presbyterian Church, interior
100 Man in hammock
101 Interior, living room
102 Man and women in living room
103 Women in dressing room
104 First Presbyterian Church
105 Corn field harvest
106 Canoe in Echo Lake
107 Plaza Hotel
108 Horse and buggy on Caldwell
109 Horse farm
110 Horse and buggy on Caldwell
111 Hydraulic (?)
112 Trees and lake
113 Barn, demolished
114 Cows in the river
115 Illustration of locust
116 Mountain stream, falls (NFI)
117 River (NFI)
118 Two women in carriage
Sub-series IV: Album / Rolled Photograph
BOX 4 Loose Photograph Album
TUBE 5 Rolled panoramic group photograph – c. 1910 – Parlett’s Band is in the photo (information on bass drum) – (NFI)
SERIES II: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Sub-series I: St. Mary’s Evening Leader
BOX 6
File
1 1961 –
21 April – Ralph May Took Advantage of Spring Weather . . .
2 1962
21 April – Times Change: It Took Ralph May Only 45 Minutes to go From Piqua to New Bremen . . .
3 1963
13 February – 50 Mile Walks Proposed for U.S. Marines Bring Memories to Ralph May
6 March – Business of Ice Cutting Was Big Job . . .
16 March – Memories of Ireland Return to Ralph May at St. Patrick’s Day
10 April – Visits to Loramie and St. Marys Reservoirs . . .
1 May – Last Ride on W.O. Interurban Recalled with Nostalgia . . .
22 May – Old Locks Along M & E Canal . . .
28 May – New Bremen Civil War Veterans at 1912 Services
31 May – New Bremen Revisited . . .
29 June – The Old Lake Erie and Western Train . . .
3 July – Old Time 4th of July Celebration in New Bremen . . .
13 July – Ralph May Photos Show Old-Time New Bremen
3 August – Street Was Sea of Mud in Rainy Weather . . .
7 August – Tri-County Fair at New Bremen was Big Event . . .
10 August – Ralph May Admires Clover Fields . . .
28 August – My Real Estate and Garden
25 October – Ralph May Revisits Spencerville . . .
7 November – Over the Years and Long Ago . . .
4 December – Picture Post Cards are Interesting . . .
24 December – Christmas in Old Time New Bremen . . .
4 1964
4 January – Ralph May, Former New Bremen Resident . . .
16 January – Ralph May, Piqua Recalls Skating . . .
17 April – Visit to Shakespeare Home Town Recalled . . .
9 July – Drawings by the Late F.B. Magill, St. Marys Naturalist . .
21 October – Ralph May, Convalescing From Surgery . . .
11 November – Canoe Trip to the Loramie Reservoir from New Bremen . . .
15 November – Old Time Thanksgiving in New Bremen . . .
17 December – Pleasure Boats of Years Gone By . . . (canal)
5 1965
20 January – In New Bremen and McGuffy Readers . . .
4 February – Boyhood Sketches: Rabe’s Factory . . .
4 March – Ralph May Enjoys Visit to Son’s Home in New York . . .
9 March – Ralph May Finds Old Letter to Noted Author . . .
30 March – Sweet Peas Were Planted But Next Day Rain Fell . . .
1 May – Ralph May Home was Happy Reunion . . .
2 June – Canal Society of Ohio Met at Piqua . . .
24 June – Drive Along East Bank of Reservoir at Sunset . . .
14 July – Midsummer Random Thoughts . . .
15 July – Baseball Was Big Stuff at Old Fairgrounds . . .
16 July – Mr. and Mrs. Ralph May and Grandson Rick May
24 July – A Wonderful Day in Ohio . . .
6 August – Thoughts of Columbus, O., and Old T. & O. C. Railway . . .
9 September – Clematis Vine Blooms Fragrantly . . .
15 September – Ralph May Recalls Comments on 75th Anniversary of New Bremen Zion . . .
22 September – Old Time New Bremen. . .Sunday School Picnic . .
30 September – Ralph May Enjoyed attending . . .
12 November – Random Thoughts . . . Fall Weather Has Been Perfect . . .
24 December – Random Thoughts . . . First Snowfall . . . Ohio Year Book . . .
27 December – Greber’s Art Gallery Recalled by Ralph May
6 1966
7 January – Thoughts at Random . . . Charles Lamb’s Verse . . .
15 January – Ralph May Recalls First Introduction to Elbert Hubbard . . .
18 January – Ralph May Recalls Explosion in January 1905 . . .
26 January – Ralph May Dons Clamp Ice Skates . . .
2 February – Gypsies, Peddlers and Umbrella Menders . . .
17 February – Random Thoughts . . . Of Weather, Weddings, and Flowers
5 March – Ice Skating Was at its Best This Winter . . .
8 March – Winter Scenes in the Miami Valley . . .
29 March – Random Thoughts . . . Late Season Snow Brings Variety of Thoughts . . .
2 April – Ralph May’s Visit to Rumley, Site of Settlement . . .
27 April – Ralph May Recalls Emerson’s Three Rules in Reading
29 April – Book Sale Purchase Pleases Ralph May
25 May – Ralph May Enjoys Watching Birds . . .
27 May – Inscriptions on Weathered Tombstones Read by Ralph May
4 June – Camping Out at Loramie Reservoir was Great Sport . . .
27 June – Random Thoughts . . . A Garden-Red Poppies in Bloom . . .
29 June – Summer Attire in Early 1900’s . . .
19 July – Random Midsummer Thoughts of Piqua’s Ralph May
20 July – Threshing Machine With Steam Whistle . . .
29 July – Bicycle Ride Through Country Pays Off for Ralph May . . .
6 August – Miami and Erie Canal Offered Favorite Swimming Hole . . .
27 August – Quiet and Peace of Sunday Morning . . .
15 September – Ralph May Startled to Hear Carmel Quinn’s Comments . . .
20 September – Ralph May Enjoyed Visit to Historic Site . . .
5 October – Ralph May Recalls Barbershops He Frequents in His Youth . . .
12 October – Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Writings are tops in Ralph May’s Book . . .
29 October – Ralph May Noticed Busy Factories . . .
11 November – Recollections, with some Official War Photographs
23 November – Random Thoughts . . . It’s That Time of Year . . .
6 December – Dr. Norma Dunning Formerly of St. Marys . . .
13 December – Historic Lebanon, Fort Ancient . . .
20 December – Random Thoughts . . . Four Days of Sunshine Bring Pagans of Praise From Ralph May
29 December – Ralph May Enjoys Ice-Skating on Canal . . .
7 1967
11 January – Ralph May Looks Forward to Celebration of Golden Wedding . . .
19 January – A Bird’s Eye View Atop the Old Central School Building . . .
31 January – Coincidences Noted by Ralph May in Reading Recent News . . .
4 February – Old Time New Bremen – Ed Purpus’ Toy & Fancy Store . . .
18 February – Telecast of Westminster Abbey Brings Happy Memories
25 February – Retirement is Good, Especially on Cold Winter Days
8 March – Pictures Found by Late Professor Elmer Endg . . .
18 March – Weather Zooms From 70 Downward, Thunder Rolls . .
24 March – Huenke’s Creamery Held Many Attractions . . .
10 April – Early Spring Brings Enjoyment of Golden Daffodils . . .
21 April – From Sidney, Ohio to Rochester, N.Y. . . .
3 May – Some Thoughts on Old M & E Canal . . .
6 September – Seagulls are Welcome Sight as Ship Approaches Land . . .
29 September – White Sparrow Returns to Ralph May Yard in Piqua . . .
2 October – Hills of Ohio Near Home Prove Interesting Contrast
17 October – Ray May, In Upper New York State . . .
23 October – Hearing Wild Geese in Upper New York State . . .
30 October – Enjoying Heat From Gas-Fired Furnace . . .
8 November – An Inland Voyage, Or Canoeing on the Miami & Erie . . .
20 November – Indoors is Mighty Good – It’s a Time for Letter Writ
29 November – Recordings of Old Time Songs Ring Bell of Approval . . .
6 December – Winter Offers Beautiful Scenes to Those Who Look
8 December – Welcome to Cobh, County Cork, Ireland! . . .
14 December – What Happened to Old Dixie? . . .
15 December – Photo Prized by Herb Garmhausen Brings Back Memories
21 December – Heavy Frost Follows With Bright Sunshine . . .
8 1968
6 January – New Year’s Day Brought Sub Zero Weather . . .
12 January – Mercury Hit 30 Below 50 Years Ago Today . . .
20 January – Old Time New Bremen . . . Flour and Woolen Mill . .
21 February – Early Signs of Spring – Boy Flies Kite . . .
28 February – An Old House in New Bremen Holds Nostalgia Memories . . .
13 March – Monument in Piqua Cemetery Reminds Ralph May . . .
18 March – Fair City of Cork and Southwest Ireland . . .
6 April – It Was New Experience for Ralph May . . .
12 April – Lock No. 1, Miami and Erie Canal . . .
11 May – Ralph May Enjoyed German Festival . . .
16 May – It Was a Rainy Day for Bird-Watching . . .
6 June – Locks at Lockington and Canal Boat . . .
14 June – Ancestral Home of Ralph May . . .
24 July – Reflections on Western Ohio Railway . . .
1 August – Luther Schroeder Seattle, Wash., Recalls Fishing . . .
21 August – Old West Recalled by Ralph May . . .
26 August – Ralph May Has Memories of Good Times . . .
10 September – Section of M & E Canal North of St. Marys . . .
12 October – Autumn Is Invigorating . . .
29 October – Vogelsang’s Field of Long Ago . . .
18 November – It’s Good to Know Home is Well Cared For . . .
7 December – Plans for Demolition of Dierker Building . . .
17 December – Views of Miami and Erie Canal in St. Marys . . .
20 December – Notes From Friends at Distance Bring News . . .
9 1969
3 January – New Year’s Eve, Traditional Oyster Stew, High Water in Miami River at Piqua, New Year’s Bells . . .
8 January – Anna and Botkins – Early Residents of New Bremen . .
23 January – Case Aut9o, Made New Bremen Also Was Plow Shop
27 January – Bicycling Warm Day, Winter Can Be Pleasant, Ralph May Bicycled to Historic Farm . . .
11 February – Old Time Memory of Schwaberow Store in 1900 . . .
17 February – Recollections Boy Hunter, Woods in New Bremen . .
5 March – Old Time New Bremen, Oyster Suppers Social Events by Rebeccas, 1900’s . . .
8 March – Old Time New Bremen, Winter Lecture Courses, Program by Hengen’s Orchestra and Citizens Band
25 March – Spring Came in With Howling Wind, Effect of Winter on Wheat Field . . .
29 March – Church Attendance, Ireland, Weather Conditions and Sweet Peas . . .
8 April – Jet Plane Ride From Dayton to Kennedy Airport . . .
16 May – Song Sparrows, Orioles, Bluebells . . .
20 May – Passing of Saturday Evening Post, Brings Memories of Colliers etc. . . .
27 May – Halsema Storeroom and Days Legion Hall by Boesal Opera House . . .
2 June – Former New Bremen Resident, Howard Hoffman . . .
27 August – Train Trip to Calif., Visiting Friends and Relatives
20 September – Broadway Limited from Chicago to Lima . . .
2 October – San Francisco and Salt Lake City . . .
4 November – 1906 NBHS Team in Action
13 November – Canoeing on Loramie Creek on a November Day
25 November – Preparing for Winter, Chore, New Highway Between New Bremen and Minster . . .
1 December – 1917-1918 Worked at Englewood Hospital . . .
9 December – Old Time New Bremen – Postcard Views of Streetcar and Park . . .
18 December – Tel-Scopes . . .
19 December – More on Chicago, Million Jamming the Loop
22 December – Christmas Brings Memories of Other Christmases
10 1970
10 January – Winter Sports on Old Canal, New Bremen . . .
17 January – A Winter walk – Hoarfrost Shining . . .
27 January – Some Old Postcard Views of Lewistown Reservoir . . .
31 January – Some Observations on a Trip Up North – Piqua to St. Marys . . .
7 February – Pictures of Streetcars of Years Ago . . .
10 February – Icy Blasts Followed Spring-Like Temperature February 1 . . .
11 February – Different View of (Street) Car Wreck, New Bremen
18 February – Swinging Bridges on Miami and Erie Canal . . .
25 February – Charles Dickens’ “Oliver” in Musical Today – Thoughts, Old Movies . . .
28 February – How it Feels to be the Parents of Twins . . .
7 March – Pictures of Old New Bremen School – Wood burning Stoves . . .
14 March – Lengthening Days Bring Colder Weather – Ice Skating
17 March – Dublin’s Fair City and a Tour of Ireland – Visit to Mrs. May’s Homeland . . .
23 March – Harry Ludeka Recalls Ice Cutting Mishap – Anna Kuest’s Poem Lists Teachers . . .
28 March – Great Miami River Flood – 1913 – Takes 50 Lives in Piqua . . .
4 April – Miss Maude’s First Graders – Central School – New Bremen . . .
11 April – Dedication of Fort Recovery Museum . . .
18 April – Old-Time New Bremen – Adam Helwig – Cooperages, Shoe-Making, Blacksmith Shops . . .
22 April – Scenes From Old New Bremen . . .
25 April – Day in June Rare; Grass, Flowers Make April Beautiful
2 May – 2 Old Photos – M & E Canal at New Bremen . . .
8 May – Ralph May, Member NBHS 60 Year Class, Recalls Picture Taking . . .
18 May – Weekend in Cincinnati Happy Occasion – Changes Noted
21 May – Walking Towpath Along Canal to 40 Acre Pond, Ralph May and Wilbur Schowe . . .
29 May – Memories of Happy Days – Loramie Reservoir . . .
11 June – Decorating Graves at Willow Grove; Postcards from Ireland and England . . .
26 June – Passing of the Steam Locomotive . . .
3 July – Ralph May Recalls July 4th at New Bremen Grove . . .
7 July – Ralph’s Dog; Fritzie’s Passing . . .
22 July – Evergreen Lake – Shelby Co. – Popular Spot . . .
1 August – Ralph’s Son and Family Cross Rt. 66 Before Train . . . Derailment . . .
15 August – Old Photo – Garmhousen Business Block – Lock Two – Ralph’s Walk to Village . . .
8 September – A Nebraska Holiday in Summer . . .
12 September – “Silas Marner” on the Skids – Ralph May Encourages Shakespeare
24 September – Mrs. Fannie Grant’s Comments – Ralph Recalls Railway
2 October – Royal George in Colorado Recalled
16 October – New Bremen Depot Moved to Dicke Farm; RR Incidents Recalled . . .
24 October – Canal Towpath – New Bremen – Interesting Walk . . .
3 November – Thoughts on New Bremen – Ralph’s Home Town
9 November – Recollections of WWI – Ralph May . . .
20 November – Klanke furniture Factory Inquiry Brings Memories
28 November – Old Star Bakery in New Bremen . . .
7 December – Bicycle Ride to Johnston Historical Site . . .
17 December – Visit to Yosemite Falls . . .
24 December – Recalls Religious Painting by Henry Hoffman . . .
29 December – Piqua to Chicago Journey – Christmas Visit . . .
11 1971
13 January – Old Fort Loramie, Pickawillany Once Important , , ,
21 January – Random Thoughts – Zero Temp., Memories of Winter – Poetry Learned in School . . .
28 January – Two Views of New Bremen – Dec. 19, 1932-July 3, 1933 . . .
3 February – An Old Home in New Bremen . . .
9 February – Noe Seed catalog, May Looks Forward to Planting Seeds . . .
11 February – Civil War Veterans, 1912, Grandfather May . . .
13 February – Folks in Old New Bremen Picture on Feb. 3 . . .
27 February – Semester in College, Observations of Graduates OSU
5 March – Views Along Canal in New Bremen . . .
11 March – Sugar Making Camps at Oran and Dawson . . .
16 March – Thoughts on Ireland This St. Patrick’s Day . . .
25 March – Early Spring Pictures New Bremen, Roadways of Mind
5 April – Dawson in Shelby County, Thriving Elevator . . .
20 April – W. Rabe Offered Variety of Wares . . .
26 May – Class of 1903 . . . New Bremen High School . . .
10 June - Old Backhous and Kuenzel Flour Mill . . .
14 June – Moon Brings Memories Spent at Lake Loramie . . .
13 July (1 of 2) – May and Bloemker Children, Trip in ’27 to Niagara Falls . . .
13 July (2 of 2) – Harding Memorial and Horseshoe Falls 1966
24 July – Grandstand & Ball Field at New Bremen Fair. Refreshments at Dining Hall . . .
12 August – Canal Boat with New Bremenites Bound for Lake Loramie
25 August – Boesel & Kunning Dry Goods & Hardware. Summer Days Grand for Bicycle Riding . . .
2 September – New Bremen 4th Grade of 1902 or ’03 – School Days in New Bremen . . .
17 September – Early New Bremen H.S. Football Teams 1910-1911 . . .
18 September – NBHS Year Book of 1908 Included Account of Football Teams Play . . .
29 September – New Bremen’s First Catholic Church, Memories of Kite Flying and Easter Fires . . .
5 October – Autumn Good Time to Read Ode to Autumn . . .
25 October – Squirrels Put on Great Show . . .
1 November – Squirrels Hulled Walnuts, Rose Trellis . . .
8 November – Washington St. New Bremen as it Appeared Turn of Century . . .
27 November – Sale Boat on Rabe’s Pond Before Pollution in Water . . .
4 December – Day of Sunshine Welcome After Day of Gloom . . .
21 December – Views of New Bremen Bring Memories . . .
23 December – Scenes of Long Ago, Early 1900’s . . .
12 1972
8 January - Making Spending Money Picking Chickens . . .
13 January – Wintry Days Ca Be Delightful . . .
17 January – Burning of Queen Elizabeth Brought Memories . . .
8 February – Signs of Spring – Seed Catalogues . . .
25 February – Boyhood in New Bremen . . .
2 March – Look Back to the Gay 90’s . . .
4 March – Visit of Pres. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to London . . .
17 March – St. Patrick’s Day Brings Thoughts of Ireland . . .
11 April – Land Canal Board in New Bremen . . .
24 April – Visiting New Bremen Public Library . . .
16 May – “The Old Dinkey” . . .
27 May – Memorial Services for President William McKinley . . .
12 June – Old Brick Residence Reminder of Homes of Past . . .
20 July – “Our Dear Old St. Marys Forever” . . .
7 August – Roundabout Way From Piqua to New Bremen . . .
11 August – Visit to Neil Armstrong Museum . . .
24 August – Dedication of Ft. Loramie Log Cabin and Museum . .
3 October – Swim Under Amsterdam Bridge . . .
28 October – Clear Sky and Sunshine After Days of Rain . . .
3 November – Recollections of Schulenberg’s Store . . .
22 November – Autumn Views Bring Memories of Riley’s Poems . .
6 December – Visit to St. Patrick in Shelby Co.
16 December - Visit to Restored Canal Town Enjoyed . . .
23 December (1 or 2) – Christmas in London, and in New Bremen
23 December (2 of 2) – Christmas in London, and in New Bremen
13 1973
2 January – Ralph’s Memories of First Chicago Visit
17 January – Random Thoughts – Sunshine After the Rain
16 March – St Patrick’s Day – Memories of Ireland
5 May – Happy Days at Loramie Reservoir
2 July – “Sons of Rest” Band at New Bremen
31 July – White Mountain Picnic, 1926
2 August – Flowers Beautiful Along Country Roads
26 September – Old M & E Canal, Possible Restoration
10 October – New Bremen Centennial Fete in 1933 Recalled
18 October – Pleasant Day Up North – Historical Meeting, Ft. Loramie
24 October – New Library Dedicated, New Bremen – Memories of Old Arcade Book Shelf
5 November – Ralph Stops at Lake Loramie – Attended Library Opening
23 November – Ralph Visits Miami University and Hueston Woods
24 November – “Sons of Rest” Band in 1912 Parade
21 December – Early Scenes of New Bremen – Long Ago Christmases
14 1974
30 January – Random Thoughts – A Day’s Journey
5 February – Selections From Old New Bremen Sun
12 February – Abraham Lincoln
19 February – More Items From Old New Bremen Sun
8 March – Bloody Barn Battle Near New Bremen
Sub-series II: Troy Sharp Shopper / Upper Miami Valley Wednesday / Miami Valley Wednesday News
BOX 7
File
1 1971 Sharp Shopper
27 January (1st Article) – Historical Facts – Public Square . . .
3 February – Ice Floes on Great Miami . . .
10 February – Winter Scene, “Doc” Albert McKnight . . .
24 February – Big Rock East of Sidney . . .
3 March – Johnston Cemetery – Upper Piqua . . .
10 March – Col. John Johnston Historical Site . . .
24 March – Great Miami River Flood – March 1913 . . .
31 March – Winter Scenes – Johnston Historical Site . . .
7 April – Ash St. Bridge – M & E Canal, 1899 . . .
14 April – May’s Opera House . . .
28 April – View of Canal at Lockington . . .
5 May – Remember Steam Locomotives? . . .
12 May – Swift Run Lake and Old Sugar Loaf . . .
19 May – A Houseboat on the Canal, Piqua . . .
26 May – The Old “Troy Belle” . . .
2 June – “Jimmy Jeems” Rial, Last of Randolph Slaves . . .
9 June – My First Ride on a Canal Boat . . .
16 June – “People Will Say We’re in Love” – Romance Along Canal . . .
23 June – Wedded Trees of the Great Miami . . .
30 June – Echo Lake – Piqua . . .
14 July – Camping at Loramie Reservoir . . .
28 July – Totem Pole and Hickory Elm . . .
(undated) – In the Days of the Interurban . . .
18 August – Another View of “Miami Queen” . . .
25 August – Johnston Log Barn . . .
1 September – Bridge Over Old Miami and Erie Canal . . .
8 September – Happy Days – Evergreen Lake . . .
15 September – Railroad Scenes – Sidney . . .
22 September – Architecture in Piqua . . .
29 September – Hollyhocks . . .
6 October – The “A Bomb” Dropper
13 October – Shelby Co. – Miami River Road . . .
20 October – Another Lift Bridge – M & E Canal . . .
27 October – Landman Mill and Lock No. 7 . . .
3 November – Photographs From England . . .
10 November – Boating and Canoeing – Piqua Hydraulic . . .
17 November (1 of 2) – A Day in a Country . . .
17 November (2 of 2) – Western Ohio Interurban Cars – New Bremen . . .
24 November – Scenic Miami County . . .
1 December – B & O Passenger Train, Wooden Tower, D & M Crossing . . .
8 December – Ohio’s History in Our Area . . .
15 December – Ann Hathaway’s Cottage – England . . .
22 December – Old Time Christmas – New Bremen . . .
29 December – A Backward Glance and a Look Ahead . . .
2 1972 Sharp Shopper
5 January – A view of Ludlow Falls . . .
15 January – 1120 Broadway, Piqua . . .
19 January – Twin Culvert Over Turtle Creek . . .
27 January – Winter Harvest . . .
2 February – Ice Skating Scene on Great Miami . . .
9 February – The Queen Elizabeth . . .
16 February – New York in Our Area . . .
23 February – Looking Back to Main St. – 1897 . . .
1 March – Old Canal Boat, Spillway – Lockington . . .
8 March – The Willow House . . .
15 March – Thoughts on Ireland . . .
18 March (1 of 2) – Tragedy in Upper Miami Valley – (Flood) . . .
18 March (2 of 2) – Market square – Piqua (R. Steinmetz) . . .
29 March – W. P. Orr Linseed Oil Mill – Piqua . . .
5 April – Swing Bridge on M & E Canal . . .
12 April – Views of Greenville Falls . . .
19 April – Coasting on Park Ave. Hill . . .
3 May – Lockington Dam Views . . .
10 May – Woods in Early Spring . . .
17 May – High Water on Great Miami . . .
24 May – Old Time Decoration Day . . .
31 May – Bradford Fire . . .
7 June – Prince of Wales, Ex-King Edward VIII
21 June – Riding Bicycles
28 June – Early Days, R.F.D.
12 July – Street Parade in Old-Time Piqua
19 July – Memories of Old Chautauquas
26 July– Only God Can Make a Tree
2 August– Old Time Haymaking
9 August– English Churchyard View
16 August (1 of 2) – A Look at Ft. Loramie (19082 1909, 1910)
16 August (2 of 2) – A Visit to the Johnston Site
23 August – A Visit to the Zoo
30 August – Loramie Aqueduct & Lock No. 1
6 September – Automobiling to Niagara Falls
13 September – Dedication of Johnston Site
27 September – Two Bridges – Echo Lake
4 October – Scenes of Long Ago (Ireland)
11 October – Wabash Cannonball
18 October– Skyline of New York City
25 October – Early Fall Festivals – Piqua
8 November – Armistice Day – 11 November 1918
15 November – John G. Battelle Canal Boat
22 November – More on Old Interurbans
29 November – Opening of Johnston Site
6 December – Balloon Voyage – Early Days of Aviation
13 December – Well-Known Celebrities
26 December – Winter View – “Doc” Albert McKnight
3 1973 Sharp Shopper
3 January – Public Square – Piqua
10 January – Some Thoughts on Chicago
17 January – Coming Home on the Broadway Limited
24 January – Horse Drawn Vehicles
31 January – Lyndon B. Johnson Home
7 February – Heavy Snows
14 February – Days of Lincoln
21 – Trolleys in Piqua
28 February – Greenamyer’s & Ashton’s Drug Stores
7 March – Capitol in Winter Time
14 March – An Irish Holiday
21 March – Flood Strands Families
28 March – Theodore Roosevelt on Square, Piqua
4 April – Piqua Fire Stations
11 April – Familiar Names in Piqua
18 April – Views From Rossville Bridge
25 April – Old Time Sidney
2 May – Walking From Lockington to Kirkwood
9 May – Fatalities in Piqua Area (Interurban & Auto)
16 May (1 of 2) – Sinking of the Maine
16 May (2 of 2) – The Hollow in Early Spring
23 May – Water Works on Washington Ave.
6 June – Memories of Lockington
13 June (1 or 2) – The Wiltheiss Cigar Store
13 June (2 of 2) – Wedded Tree Near Piqua
20 June – History Throughout Area
20 June – Meeting Elbert Hubbard
3 July – Railroad Scenes at Bradford
11 July – Young Hikers at Forest Hill Cemetery
18 July – May’s Opera House
25 July – Days of Threshing Machine
1 August – 1831 Views of Piqua
8 August – Southeast View of Piqua
22 August – Happy Days at the Loramie Reservoir
29 August (1 of 2) – More on 1831 Views of Piqua
29 August (2 of 2) – Random Thoughts
5 September – Photos of Lincoln, Neb.
12 September – Rescue From the Bottom of the Sea
19 September – Random Thoughts
26 September – Another View of Albert McKnight
3 October – Public Square – Urbana
10 October – Thoughts on Cincinnati
17 October – Random Thoughts
24 October – Parade in Piqua
31 October – The American Purple Martin
7 November – Armistice Day
14 November – Random Thoughts
21 November – Railroad of 1878
28 November – Miami County Wonderland
5 December – Locks at Lockington
12 December – Hueston Woods and Miami University
19 December – Christmas in New Bremen
4 1974 Sharp Shopper
2 January – Random Thoughts – Amtrak’s The Broadway Limited Leaves Lima for Trip to Chicago, Ill.
9 January – Random Thoughts – Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson – Begins 4th Year for Sharp Shopper
16 January – A Winter Walk to Swift Run
23 January – Random Thoughts – Eugene Wood and the Bellefontaine Area
30 January – Views of Hydraulic Bank as Far as Swift Run
13 February – The Old Miller House
27 February – A Man and His Dog Take a Walk Around Piqua
6 March – Winter Sports on the Canal
13 March – Ireland During World War I
20 March – More on 1913 Flood
3 April – Woods in Early Spring
10 April – High Banks Along Great Miami River
17 April – A Towpath View Along the Canal
24 April – Random Thoughts – Talking About Doing His Planting – Rode to Johnston Historical Site
1 May – Downing St. named for Downing St. in London, England and Picture of St. Paul’s
8 May – Union Depot and View of Piqua From the Malt House
15 May – Ralph May’s English Marriage Certificate
29 May – Annie Oakley 1860-1926
5 June – Random Thoughts – A Book “My Summer in a Garden”, Also Being a Gardner
12 June – Some Reflections on Troy
19 June – On Vacation in Northern Illinois
26 June – Random Thoughts – Notes on the State of Indiana
3 July – Random Thoughts – Wonderful Time of Year – Crops are Ripening – Respect Paid to Our Own Scott Garbry – Troy Citizen Mr. C. Bruckner
10 July – A Trip He Took Some Years Ago, What a Beautiful State Ohio Is
17 July – Amateur Photographer – a Trip to Nebraska
24 July – Random Thoughts – Old Ice Cream Parlors and Picnics
31 July – An Evening in July
7 August – Last View of May’s Opera House, Coming Down
14 August – Walking Alone From Camp Wakonda, Sun in July
21 August – Paving Main St. – 1895
28 August – On a Visit to Evergreen Lake
4 September – Boating on the Miami River
11 September – The Old Public Square, Market St.
18 September – Trip to Sidney on a Bicycle
25 September – Thoughts on Revisiting Chicago
2 October – September Sunshine – Picture of Lock #8 at the State Dam
9 October – A Semester at Heidleberg College
16 October – Landman’s Mill
23 October – Random Thoughts – Bowman’s House
30 October – All in One Day, 16 October 1974 – Hocking County
13 November – Reflections On World War I & Armistice Day, 11 November 1918
20 November – Old Postcard of Versailles, Ohio Dating Back to 1914
27 November – Random Thoughts – Newspaper Clipping About a Suicide in 1934 has a Bizarre Ending
4 December – Bradford Fire, August 1920
8 December – This Fellow Lived in a Hollow Tree
11 December – Opening Day of Johnston Historical Site on April 1. Scenes of the Canal and Boat
24 December – Winter Scenes of Long Ago
31 December – A Winter Scene for the New Year
5 1975 Sharp Shopper – Upper Miami Valley Wednesday
8 January – An Afternoon in Chicago
15 January – Across the State of Indiana
22 January – High Water on Miami River
29 January – Winter Scenes at Johnston Farm
5 February – Winter Sports on the Old Canal
12 February – Back to the Civil War
19 – River and Canal North of Piqua
26 February – Frank Robbins Livery Stable – Strand Theatre
5 March – 426 College St. – Where He Lived
12 March – An Old House in New Bremen
19 March – Photos of Ireland
26 March – The 1913 Flood
2 April – Lockington and Newbern
9 April – Piqua Recollections
16 April – Concord Bridge, Concord, Mass – 1836
23 April – Monuments at Forest Hill – Piqua
30 April – A World War I Romance
7 May – Random Thoughts
14 May – Views of the Great Miami – Echo Lake
21 May – Views of the Lewistown Reservoir
28 May (1 of 2) – Memorial Day Piqua – 1920
28 May (2 of 2) – Bradford Railroad Bicentennial
4 June – Random Thoughts
11 June – Photos From Missoula, Montana (relates to item on 426 College St.)
18 June – Postcard Scenes of Old Piqua
25 June – Railroad Scenes – Maria Stein and Bradford
2 July – Random Thoughts
16 July – Boating and Canoeing on the Hydraulic
23 July – Times to Remember
30 July – Old Piqua Chautauqua
6 August – Good Old Summer Time
13 August – Random Thoughts
20 August – A Walk to Fletcher
27 August – Treaty of Greenville and Annie Oakley
3 September – Canal Boat Outing
17 September – Random Thoughts
24 September – Post Card Scenes of Echo Lake
8 October – Treasured Volumes – Flesh Public Library
15 October – Baseball in 1906 and 1909
22 October – Transportation in an Unusual View
29 October – Piqua’s Old Fire Station
5 November (1 of 2) – My First Trip to Columbus
5 November (2 of 2) – October Canal Tour
12 November – Back to WWI
19 November – Closing Day at Johnston Farm
25 November – View of Caldwell St. – Piqua
3 December – Queen City of the West
10 December – Random Thoughts
17 December – From Ohio to Illinois
24 December – Christmas Back in New Breman
31 December – Random Thoughts – New Year
6 1976 Sharp Shopper – Upper Miami Valley Wednesday
7 January – The Beauty of Winter
14 January – Letter to Harold Bell Wright
21 January – Random Thoughts – Anniversary of the First Sharp Shopper Articles
28 January – Dr. A. P. McCarty
4 February – Old Post Cards – Railroad Scenes
11 February – Reprint of 1940 Article on Winter Trip
17 February – Random Thoughts on Reading, etc.
25 February – Random Thoughts on Winter Season
3 March – Day of Sunshine – Hike on Hydraulic to Swift Run
10 March – Old Time Tobacco Shop in Piqua
17 March – Thoughts on Ireland
24 March – More Views of 1913 Flood
31 March – When the Telephone Came to Piqua
14 April – Luther McCarty Funeral
21 April – Loramie Reservoir – Fishing
28 April – The Interurban Line From Piqua
12 May – Photo in 1915 – Piqua Men – First Presbyterian Church
19 May – Century Book of Facts
26 May – Picture Postcards From Piqua
2 June – Random Thoughts – Summer, Library Book Sale, etc.
9 June – Old Cadillac Restaurant
16 June – New Pool – Fountain Park; Old Swimming Places
23 June – Miami-Erie Canal; R.E. Eshmeyer Article
30 June – Visit to Washington D.C. and Virginia
7 July – Summer Outing – Tri-County Fairgrounds
14 July – Culvert Under Canal
21 July – Highest Point in Piqua – St. Boniface Church
4 August – Public Square Before Hotel
11 August – Visit to Los Angeles
18 August – Two Weeks in So. California
25 August – More on California Trip
1 September – Random Thoughts – Summer Flowers in Yard
8 September – Early Days of Driving Automobile
15 September – Article on Houston, Ohio
22 September – Lower Bridge – Miami River
29 September – Production of Oil in This Area
6 October – Painter Creek Views
13 October – Travel in England and America
20 October – “A Spot in Ohio”, Johnston Farm
27 October – Visit to Warren County
3 November – Random Thoughts – Winter Weather, etc.
10 November – Pictures – Local Scenes – Spring of ‘76
17 November – Shelby County Interesting Areas
24 November – Random Thoughts – Fall and Winter
1 December – Postcard Views of Sidney
8 December – Memories of Railroad Express Business
15 December – Comments on Winter Weather, etc.
21 December – Christmas in New Bremen – Boyhood
27 December – Christmas in London – 1918
7 1977 Upper Miami Valley Wednesday – Miami Valley Wednesday News
5 January – Christmas Holiday in Northern Illinois
12 January – Random Thoughts – Snow Scene
19 January – Random Thoughts (picture of John Whittier)
26 January – Random Thoughts (on James Russell Lowell’s essay)
2 February – Reflections on Chicago
9 February – Abraham Lincoln and Gettysburg Address 75 yrs.
Old
16 February – Assortment of Winter Scenes
23 February – Random Thoughts (on climate and “meeting of minds”)
2 March – Albert McKnight
9 March – A Winter Walk
16 March – Remembrance of St. Patrick’s Day
23 March – Looking Back – Building of Western Ohio Interurban Railway
30 March – 1913 Flood – Postcard
6 April – The Woods in Early Spring
13 April – Towers at Piqua Crossing
20 April – Random Thoughts – Poems by Different Authors
27 April – St. Mary’s Reservoir in Early Spring
4 May – Random Thoughts – Pictures of Glen Helen, Antioch College
11 May – Old Piqua F.C. Ploch Advertisement
18 May – Short Vacation in Northern Illinois
25 May – Railroad Scenes from Sidney
1 June – “Jimmy Jeems” Rial – Randolph Slave
8 June – Railroad Scenes from Bradford
15 June – Some Thoughts on London
22 June – Views of St. James Episcopal Church – Piqua
29 June – Galena, Illinois – Home of U.S. Grant
6 July – Big Four Depot, Sidney, Before Track was Elevated
13 July – Watermelon Time and Surrey With Fringe on Top
20 July – Random Thoughts – Flesh Public Library
27 July – Pictures of 1976 Heavy Snow and Bitter Cold
10 August – Random Thoughts – a Drive to Fletcher and to Wapakoneta
17 August – Piqua’s Scenic Area; Walking Hydraulic From Franz’s Pond to Swift Run Lake
24 August – May’s Opera House
31 August – Remembrances of a County Fair
7 September – Random Thoughts – Piqua Trades and labor Council
14 September – Random Thoughts – First Publication of the Sunday Newspaper by Troy Daily News
21 September – Life Along the Canal
28 September – In the Days of Corn Shocks
5 October – Three Old Time Views From Russell’s Point
12 October – Jim Tully 1888-1947
19 October – The Charm of Kirkwood
26 October – Random Thoughts – Talking About Johnston Historical Site and Horseshoe Bend Road
2 November – About the Fall of the Year
9 November – Pictures Taken in Ireland When He Was Stationed During World War I
16 November – Random Thoughts – Kiser Bridge Over Hydraulic
– Mayor of Piqua During 1913
23 November – Old Time Thanksgiving in New Bremen
30 November – Lima, Ohio and Broadway Limited
7 December – Random Thoughts – On Neighbors
14 December – Random Thoughts – About Snow and Christmas
21 December – Some Thoughts On the Coming of Christmas
28 December – Random Thoughts – About His Writings
8 1978 Upper Miami Valley Wednesday – Miami Valley Wednesday News
4 January – A Winter View of Miami River from Levee of River St.
11 January – Three Calendars and Seed Catalog
18 January – Random Thoughts – Clayton J. Bruckner
25 January – Good Fellows Get Together
1 February – Description of a Winter Walk
8 February – The Greatness of Lincoln – Lincoln Memorial
15 February – Boyhood Winter in New Bremen
22 February – Snow Photos Taken After Blizzard
1 March – Three Notable Preachers
8 March – Running of Sap and Spring
15 March - Ice Floes on Miami River, Ice Jam Under Old Pennsylvania RR Bridge (bridge down in 1913 flood)
29 March – Floods of 1898, 1913 Devastated Piqua Area
5 April – Beauty Softens Bite of Winter
19 April – Historic Views in Miami Valley
26 April – Grand View at St. Marys
10 May – Baseball in Kirkwood
31 May – Flowers and Kirkwood Ball Team
7 June – Willow Grove a Special Place
14 June – Typewriter He Used, and Learned at Ideal Business College in Piqua
21 June – Commencement in 1871
28 June – Old Time Camping at Loramie Reservoir
5 July – New York From the Hudson River
12 July – Old Steam Locomotives
19 July – Camera Captures Scenic Landmarks
26 July – Oxford Enchanting Then and Now
9 August – Boating on Echo Lake Years Ago
16 August – Remembering Liverpool
23 August – Johnston Cemetery
13 September – History Comes Alive in Chester, England
20 September – Books are Friends, to be Returned Again and Again
4 October – Random Thoughts – Ode to Autumn
11 October – Friends of My Youth
18 October – Road Remains Scenic in Fall
25 October – Boat Travels Canal
1 November – Piqua Bond Issue Brings Memories
8 November – Piquad Recollects War
15 November – Random Thoughts – Talks About His Trees
29 November – West Water St. During Yesteryears
9 1979 Upper Miami Valley Wednesday – Miami Valley Wednesday News
31 January – Random Thoughts – Poems of Winter by Emerson and Picture of Covered Bridge
SERIES III: PIQUA
BOX 8
File
1 General History
2 Buildings, Business, Schools, Churches
3 Piqua Historical Area/ Johnston Farm
4 Personalities
5 Entertainment, Chautauqua, B.P.O.E.
6 Al Steinhilber Articles, 1975
7 Miscellaneous
SERIES IV: MIAMI COUNTY
BOX 8
File 8 Troy / Miami County Clippings, 1976-1978
SERIES V: NON-MIAMI COUNTY
BOX 8
File 9 New Breman / Potsdam / St. Marys / Lockington clippings (scattered 1943-1980)
SERIES VI: CORRESPONDENCE / NOTES
BOX 8
File 10 Correspondence to Ralph May / Research notes on collection photographs
SERIES VII: CANALS
BOX 8
File 11 Ohio Canals / Canal Society of Ohio
SERIES VIII: WORLD WAR I
BOX 8
File 12 British Newspapers, 1918-1919
SERIES IX: WORLD WAR II
BOX 8
File 13 Newspapers, photograph c. 1945