Lane Library Historical Collection

Smith Library of Regional History Holdings

The non-circulating collection includes, but is not limited to, the following types of materials:

BOOKS AND OTHER MONOGRAPHS

County histories for nearly all Ohio counties and nearby Indiana

Biographies of prominent men and women from the area

Travel journals & other narratives

Family histories in various formats

Teachers’ guides for instruction in local history

Historical fiction with southwest Ohio settings

PERIODICALS

Yearbooks from Miami University, Oxford College,Western College, and other schools: College Corner, Hanover, McGuffey, Morgan, Reily, Ross, Stewart, and Talawanda

More than 50 subscriptions, including:

Ohio History
Local Historian
Ohio Valley History
Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum
Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
Traces of Indiana and Midwest History
Timeline

Ohio Genealogical Society publications

Newsletters of local historical and genealogical societies

Newspapers from Cincinnati, College Corner, Hamilton, Harrison, Oxford, and Ross

City and telephone directories for Cincinnati, Hamilton, Oxford, and other areas

MAPS

Fire insurance maps, topographic maps, and county atlases spanning two centuries

PHOTOGRAPHS

Pictures of individuals, families, residences, businesses, events, structures, and more; including the Clyde Bowden Digital Postcard Collection

ARCHIVES

Records of Oxford Village and Township
Lemon Township civil dockets
Business records
Cemetery records
Church records
Records of clubs and organizations
Records of births, deaths, and marriages in Butler County
Butler County deeds and wills
Butler County tax re-appraisement records

MANUSCRIPTS

Diaries
Letters
Scrapbooks
Research notes

ORAL HISTORIES

Audiotapes and/or typed transcripts of interviews with:

Former slaves who moved to Ohio
Long-time residents of Oxford
WorldWar II veterans who served from Oxford

OF SPECIAL INTEREST

The Smith Library has microfilm of the nineteenth-century federal non-population census records for Butler County, including both agriculture and industry.

The Smith Library is a Freedom Station Affiliate of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.

Library staff is available to help locate information and provide assistance in using Internet databases, including Ancestry Library Edition(in library only), Family Search, and HeritageQuest Online.

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