The Smith Library of Regional History, which opened in 1981,
was named forWilliam E. and Ophia D. Smith whose published works
and personal library formed the nucleus of the collection. Financial
gifts from the Smith family were matched by others in order
to build the Smith Library, which adjoins the Oxford Lane Library.
In
addition to historical materials about Oxford, the Smith Library
collects information on the history of surrounding townships,
all of Butler County, other areas of southwestern Ohio, and
for some topics, the entire state of Ohio. General historical
studies on the Old Northwest Territory and the Ohio River Valley
are also covered, with emphasis on the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
Smith
Library of Regional History Holdings
History
and Genealogy Page
Fairfield
History Photographs
