Association for Creative Change Collection
Organizational papers of the Association for Creative Change, a group which provided a means of networking and professional development for behavioral scientists who worked in religious systems
Si Burick Manuscript Collection
Large collection of sports memorabilia once belonging to former UD student
Simon "Si" Burick (1909-1986), a sports writer and later sports editor
at the Dayton Daily News for 61 years
The Catholic Civil Liberties Union and
the American Freedoms Council Collection
Organizational papers of the Catholic Civil Liberties Union and its predecessor, the American Freedoms Council
Julien M. Christensen Collection
Publications and documents related to human factors
engineering in both the public and academic spheres, formerly owned by UD professor Julien M. Christensen
The Dayton Bach Society Collection
Materials concerning the Dayton Bach Society (1974-)
Edward C. Dill Memorial Collection: Franklin
D. Roosevelt Memorabilia
Large collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt memorabilia donated on behalf of U.D. alumnus Edward C. Dill (1911-1953)
Dime Novel Club Reprints Collection
Consists of 65 dime novel reprints, the originals dating from 1877 to 1915
Karl West Flaster Collection
Personal and professional papers of librettist and poet Karl West Flaster
The Pflaum Collection
Issues of several religious publications, including The Young Catholic
Messenger, Our Little Messenger, Junior Catholic Messenger,
and others, published by Dayton's Pflaum Publishing Company; issues
date mainly from the 1950s to 1970
Michael Polanyi Collection
Mainly contains articles written by and written
about 20th century philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), as well as some
of his lectures
Urban Schnurr Collection
Posters,
playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and other memorabilia
of the theatre and performing arts, locally as well as nationally and
internationally, collected by Urban Schnurr (1906-1972)
Josephine L. Schwarz Collection
Wide variety of personal and professional documents once belonging to
Josephine L. Schwarz (1908-2004); extensively covered are the Dayton
Ballet and Schwarz School of Dance, from the 1920's to the 1980's
Victory Theatre Collection
Large collection of papers and memorabilia of the Victory Theatre, a center of the fine arts in Dayton since 1866
Glenn R. Walters Collection
Film and video clips, many pertaining to local business and industry, donated by film producer and UD faculty member Glenn R. Walters (1930-)
Charles William Whalen, Jr., Congressional
and Personal Papers Collection
Extensive collection of Congressional and personal papers donated by former Congressman Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (1920-), a UD alumnus and former faculty member