This page contains a list of the reference materials available at the AWTHS reference library. The Reference Library is dedicated to the Memory of William “Bill” Gunder. The library is composed of donations by the community as well as Annette Stewart, and many other researchers personal history and notes.
The reference library is located at the AWTHS building 123 West George St, Arcanum OH 45304. The library is available when the AWTHS has an Open House (see calendar) or an appointment. Contact Annette Stewart at 937-417-3746 for an appointment.
Arcanum Books
Arcanum Centennial Celebration 1949-1950 |
Arcanum, A Secret Place – The Sequel |
The Secret Place |
The Secret Town by William Gunder |
Books
1976 Bi-Centennial Pitsburg |
Ancient History by Rollin |
Anthony Wayne & OH Indian Wars |
DAR Patriot Index 1966, 1979 |
Discover Darke County, OH |
Down Memory Lane by Jeanette Burke (stories from Ithaca, OH) |
Families from Gordon, OH 1949-1998 by Abraham Lincoln |
Families of Darke Co OH |
Families of Darke Co. OH Vol. 2 |
Fisher & Oliver Funeral Home Records – 1908 – 1939 Ansonia, OH |
Fort Nesbit by Donald Asman |
Franklin Twp. Farmer Institute books 1949-1950’s |
Franklin-Monroe Boys Baseball programs 1959-1960’s |
Frazier Wilson Darke County History |
Ft. Jefferson by Frazer Ellis Wilson |
Ft. Jefferson-1907 Monument Dedication by Wesley Viets |
Funeral Home Fisher-Oliver of Ansonia 1908-1939 |
Great Dayton Flood 1913 |
Greenville Broadway Memories 1845-1992 by Mary Catherine Wilson |
Historic National Road in OH By the OH Historical Society |
Historical Vol. 1 Memories of Miami Valley |
History Castine 1822-1976 |
History of Colony of New Haven, Connecticut Vol. 1 & 2 by Edward Atwater |
History of Darke Co, OH 1880 by W. H. Beers |
History of Darke Co. Bar by Hugh Staley 1985 |
History of Darke Co, OH Vol. 1 & 2 by Frazier Wilson |
History of Laura and Area 1977 |
History Richland Co., OH 1807-1880 |
History of the Village of Potsdam 1845-1976 |
Kids from Gordon by Abraham Lincoln |
Lewisburg Sesquicentennial 1818-1968 |
Mackey Family 1729-1975 |
Miami Valley Ohio Pioneers Index by Lindsay Brien |
Newton Twp. Civil War Monument Pleasant Hill, OH 1895-1995 |
OH Statistics- 1879 |
Potsdam History |
Ridpath’s History of United States |
Siler Family |
Some Mackey Settlers Along Mason Dixon Line |
The American People and Their Old World Ancestors by Vollintine |
The Dean of Steam Fire Engine Builders By Ed Hass |
The St. Clair and Wayne Trails by Toni Seiler |
Tipp City Tippecanoe Sesqui-Centennial 1840-1990 |
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham |
Ulrich Rinehart Family 1704-1985 |
Vance Family History |
Verona Centennial 1855-1955 |
Wayne Lakes – A Pioneer’s Dream by James M. Sage |
What I forgot to Remember Book 2 by Betty Mehaffie Hissong Sutton (have 3 volumes) |
Cemeteries
Castine 1952-1987 |
Castine and Abbottsville 1923-2004 plus Anita Short’s Inscriptions |
Cemetery Inscriptions Darke Co Vol I, 3, 4, 5 by Anita Short |
Greenville Union Cemetery 1965-1994 Records |
Census
1870 Mercer Co. OH |
Darke Co. OH 1850,1900, 1910 |
Federal Census 1820 OH |
Montgomery Co. OH 1900 |
Churches
Arcanum Methodist Church Board Meetings Minutes 1948-1959 |
Arcanum United Brethren |
East Zion Church Rt. 36 formerly Lutheran |
Gordon United Methodist building history |
Ninevah Church History |
Pitsburg Church of Brethren 150th Anniversary 1857-2007 |
German Baptist Vindicator
Index to July 1983 |
Index-All issues to Dec. 1995 |
Oak Hill District 1996 |
Obituary Index-Issues to 1987 |
Obituary Index-September 1991 |
Deeds
Administrator deed for J.M. Bickel, executor for Mattie Ivester 1924 |
John & Ethel Delaplane abstract land title 1937 |
Mattie Ivester to Carl Rosser |
Directories
1925 Directory for Monroe, Franklin, Twin, & Van Buren Townships |
1936 Darke County Directory |
Darke Co. Farm & Business Directory for 1949-1951, 1958 |
Eldorado, New Paris, & West Manchester 1957 |
Farm Journal Rural Directory 1916 |
Greenville City Directories for 1965, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
Reference Book for Darke Co., OH for 1996 |
Robinson’s Darke Co. Rural Directory for 1936, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987-89 |
Street Directory of Dayton 1964 |
Family Histories
Adam Minnich Bible Notes (digital) |
Anna Shepherd -Family Bible |
Annette Sease Stewart Family History of Sease, Brumbaugh, Fourman, Culbertson, Hofacker, Michael |
Banta, Brehm and Davison History by Carolyn Fourman Fisher |
Bradberg & Hawkey Families by Mary E. Pearce & Carolyn Frazee |
Bruce Shank Family History (includes area tour directions) |
David Olwine & Sarah Ann Graybill Day Book Records |
Descendants of Johannes Fuhrmann by Melody Fox |
Descendants of John Adam Steger by Melody Fox |
Families of Bryron Brown (Johan (Diebelbesin) Devilbiss, John Ogle & Elizabeth Petersdotter, Edward Dorsey & Anne, William Smute & Grace Wood, William Scarborough & Agnes Farrar, Henry Haworth & Elizabeth, John Coppock & Margaret Coalson, Giovanni Comolli & Aurelia Clementina Arioli) |
Family Group Sheet for James Cushwa and Virginia Townsend, owner of saloon where AWTHS is today. |
Fourmans of Darke County (Descendants of Johannes Fourman & Catherine Stager) by Darrell Delk |
George Wilt-Digital History |
Homer Royer Family |
Jacob Troutwine Family by Fred and Carolyn Troutwine (Besecker,Oswald,Carroll,Dohner) |
Johann Werner Ohlwein 1756-1826; His Descendents in America By Lena Belle Olwine Mullen 1987 |
John Smith and Sophia McNutt Family History |
Joseph Leander Fourman Family Tree by Phyllis E. Fourman Shields and David Shields |
Levi Frazee 1640-1999 By Carolyn Frazee |
Loy Family 1732-1965 |
Mary Pearce Collection of Jordan-Guting (Geeting)-Jenkins-Dent-Myers *see surname list |
Moses Arnold and Rachel Lynch; and Dwight Arnold histories (digital) |
Noah and Silas Fourman Family History & photos by Carolyn Fourman Fisher |
Susan H. Kendall Collection of Sharp-Delk-and related families *see surname list |
Tom Hanes Collection of Shank-Corwin-Bonham-Gordon-Yount-Hanes *see surname list |
William John Bailey Family History |
Oral Histories (digital)
Betty Mehaffie Sutton |
Byron Baker and Ruth Dull |
George Oswalt |
Kathryn Bristley Condon |
Kerlin Wilt |
Lloyd Hunt |
Mabel Byrd Clark |
Sylvia Booker Utz |
John Rudolph Waymire March 1, 1925 |
Family Stories
The Life and Times of Harold Anthony By Harold Anthony- Reflections Binder |
Oren Family Stories-Rev. Ira Oren, Ruth, and Virginia Oren Groves |
Letters
Album about John F. Rosser including civil war letters to wife Lucy |
Autograph book of Lydia Fourman late 1800’s |
Correspondence involving Lizzy Perrin, Dottie Rench, Corrin Perrin, & Katie Krelp 1884-1886 |
Ithaca families (Wert, Brock, Burke, Unger, Kiblinger, Ridenour, Cromwell) Two Vol.’s of letters, photos, obits, and hand written family genealogy names and notes. Donated by Jean Baldwin Price |
Letter from Miami Co. to extend Rt. 55 |
Letter Ondo Ivester death 1889 |
Maps
1895 Montgomery Co. plat map |
Street Directory for Dayton, OH 1964 |
Train map with train routes |
Preble County Collection
Preble County Births 1867-1908 |
Preble County Census 1820 |
Preble County Common Pleas 1808-1853 |
Preble County Death Abstracts 1867-1907; 1927-1930 |
Preble County Early Eaton Papers 1825-1850 |
Preble County Eaton Democrat Papers Vol. 1 |
Preble County Estate Cases 501-12,999 |
Preble County Land & Deeds 1808-1821; 1821-1827; Vol. 3,4,5,6,7 |
Preble County Marriages 1808-1950 |
Preble County Obits 1877-1926 |
Preble County Obits Eaton Register 1850-1890 |
Plat Books
1875 Darke County |
1875-1888 Darke County |
1910 Darke County |
1956 Darke County |
1964 Darke County |
1967 Darke County |
1976 Darke County |
1981 Darke County |
1983 Darke County |
1990 Darke County |
1994 Darke County |
1996 Darke County |
1997 Darke County |
Publications & Magazines
“PA Mennonite Heritage” |
“The Kindling” Darke Co. Genealogy Society |
“The Mirror” from PA Lancaster Co. Mennonite Society |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1975: September |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1977: September |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1977: December |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1978: March |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1980: September |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1981: March & September |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1982: March |
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1985: March, June, & Sept. |
GateWay to the West |
Is a fully indexed and searchable version of the Ohio genealogy magazine Gateway to the West, which was published by Anita Short and Ruth Bowers from 1967 to 1987. From common pleas court records, guardianships, naturalizations, and deed abstracts to the more conventional births, marriages, deaths, cemetery records, and wills, Gateway offered a range of genealogical source material spanning 76 of Ohio’s 88 counties. 1800-1850 time frame. (Index in Oct. 2006 AWTHS Newsletter) |
Newspaper Articles
Actual Arcanum Times newspapers from early 1899-1971 (By Appt.) |
Arcanum News from 1888-1896 copies from Greenville newspaper |
Arcanum Tornado and 1978 blizzard |
Franklin-Monroe Class of 1946 |
Greenville Daily Advocates from 4-1-1964 through 6-30-1964 |
Greenville Daily Advocates from 9-1-1966 through 10-31-1966 |
Numerous other articles about Arcanum and sports |
Pretty Ritz Movie House |
Stephens Saw Mill supplying large timbers for the U.S. Constitution |
Family Photos
Besecker Reunion 1915 picture with list of attendees at Ed Altic Home |
Bill Kendall family and related family |
Carolyn Miller Laird Photos and Ithaca’s Millers General Store and Post Office |
Deeter, Warner, North-Fitzwater, Arnett, Fourman collection by Anita Troutwine |
Don and Barbara Sease Wedding |
Hemp Family |
Jacob & Mary Brumbaugh Reunion picture early 1900’s |
Niswongers 1916 |
Reunion and Family Photos of Fasick, Ditmer, Fourman, Dohner, Shellenbarger |
Robert Corbin Family |
Rosser Collection |
Sharp & Delk Family from Susan Haines Kendall Collection |
The Brumbaugh, Sease, Culbertson, Michael, Hofacker, Fourman, Etzler, and Young families |
Pitsburg-Frankin & Monroe Schools Photos
1940 Franklin School diploma and booklet for Mary Gilbert |
Alumni List for Franklin-Monroe on CD |
Betty Brumbaugh Sease, Drum Major of Monroe High School |
Class 1930, 1935,1942 and 1943 Monroe High School |
Class picture of 1939 from Franklin |
Franklin Class List for 1904-1952 |
Franklin Class Photo of 1935 |
Monroe Class List for 1922-1952 with class photos from 1920-1930’s |
Monroe school pictures for 1939-40 orchestra, 1940 band,1941 twirlers and Glee Club,1942 FFA. |
Monroe class pictures for: 1923 thru 1941 , 1945, 1946, 1947 |
Monroe Twp. Sub District #2 grade card |
On CD-Franklin Classes of 1904,1936,37,39,1940-1952 (By Appt Only) |
On CD-Franklin-Monroe Classes of 1953-1985 and 1986 – 2010 (By Appt Only) |
Picture of Monroe School |
Picture of Old Franklin School |
Pitsburg School-Identified is Clara Fourman Fasick and Mary Fourman; 2nd with all names |
Souvenir Program for School #3 in Monroe Twp 1901 |
Arcanum Business and School Photos
1898 School Board Picture |
1910 Delisle School |
1921-22 De Lisle School |
1965-66 Mrs. Burke 4th grade class |
Arcanum 1928 Football Team |
Arcanum 1934-35 Band Photo |
Arcanum 1935-36 photos of Arc Hi Staff, Commercial Club, Band, and Girls Reserve |
Arcanum Ball team 1908 -1909, 1929 |
Arcanum Booster Day 1912 |
Arcanum Boys 1956 OH State Basketball Champs Photo and clippings |
Arcanum class of 1913, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1941, 1944, and 1946. |
Arcanum Commencement program for 1901, 1936 |
Arcanum Girls Ball Team 1926 Champs |
Baily Motors |
Butler class of 1928, 1931 |
CD with shots of clubs and classes from 1900-2017 (By Appt Only) |
County Christian Endeavor Union-Ithaca and New Madison |
District 7 1911 |
Employees of Tobacco Warehouse 1890-1900 |
Glendale School 1912 |
Jack Weaver, Larrey Fry, Mart Wild, CF Mundhenk, Jim Heck hunting |
School of Ithaca 1924 |
Three scrapbooks of AHS Basketball & Track from Marilyn Graeff |
School Yearbooks
YEARBOOKS-ARCANUM BUTLER SCHOOLS |
1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949 |
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003 |
BUTLER YEARBOOKS |
1958 |
SR. EDITION NEWSPAPER |
1935, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959 |
TRACK & FIELD SCORE BOOKS |
1960-1967 1961-63 1964-65 1966 1967 1968 1970 1971 |
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARBOOKS |
1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,1990-91,1992,1993,1994 |
Souvenir Booklet 1921-1922 Delisle School, District #5 |
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS |
Falcon 1946-48, 1950 |
MONROE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOKS (Pitsburg) |
1929, 1936, 1939, 1945, 1947, 1949 |
FRANKLIN-MONROE HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS |
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1983 |
VERONA |
Verona Grads 1920-1964 |
Military Records
REVOLUTION WAR |
Frederick Shank |
Jesse Corwin |
Rolls & Lists of Connecticut Men In Revolution 1775-1783 By Connecticut Historical Society |
William Ashley |
WAR OF 1812 |
Daniel Sharp |
Jacob Michael |
Patrick Shields |
CIVIL WAR INFO |
Antietam Book |
Harrod & William Mills |
Henry Cromwell |
Henry McEowen |
James Bell |
Jesse Hyer |
John F. Rosser |
John George Sprecher |
Samuel H. Culbertson |
The Weary Boys about the 110th OH Infantry by Thomas Pope |
WORLD WAR 1 |
Clester Oda |
Group picture dated July 22, 1917, Valley of Dayton-Army |
Official Roster of OH-Soldiers, Sailors, Marines from 1917-1918. 23 Volumes |
WORLD WAR II |
Picture of Richard Patterson |
Picture of John Gilbert |
Story and pictures of Herb Anthony |
Story of Lloyd Hunt |
Newspapers with County Draft Numbers |
MILITARY SERVICE |
1960 Lynn Trump with Navy |
Bill Metzcar |
Captain Stuart Schram |
Tracy Sease |
Micro -film and fisch reels (by appointment only)
Micro-film reader with following reels: (Appt Only) |
Arcanum Weekly Times May 11 1899 – July 25 1901; August 1 1901 – Jan 2 1902; Aug 27 1903 – Mar 30 1905 |
Darke Co. Births 1889-1908 |
Darke Co. Deaths 1867-1905 |
Miami Valley Families Genealogy 1933-1939 news clippings from Dayton Sunday Journal |
Miami Valley Local History 1921-1937 Dayton Daily News Magazine |
Micro-fisch reader with following films: (Appt Only) |
Census records |
Records from OH and other states |
War of 1812 |
CD’S/DVD’S Media (by appointment only)
CD’S/DVD’S MEDIA (Appt. Only) |
CD’S & VIDEOS 1961 A.H.S. Alumni Reunion in 2011 |
CD’S & VIDEOS Arcanum 1940-1942 Events filmed by Dr. Lenhert |
CD’S & VIDEOS Arcanum Boys Basketball 1967, 1969, 1976 |
CD’S & VIDEOS Arcanum School and Downtown 1936-1937 (from 16mm film) |
CD’S & VIDEOS Arcanum Sesquicentennial 1999 |
CD’S & VIDEOS AWTHS Renovation 2004 |
CD’S & VIDEOS Criterion Program by Rev. Meake on WWII and Holocaust |
CD’S & VIDEOS F-M Alumni List |
CD’S & VIDEOS Video-Arcanum Boys Basketball vs. Kalida 1967 |
CD’S & VIDEOS Video-AWTHS bought from Arcanum Wayne Trail Grange 2004 |
DVD’s 2014 AWTHS Veterans Program |
DVD’s AWTHS 2015 Programs and Summer Coffee’s |
DVD’S Arcanum Basketball Semi Final and Final Game 1956 |
DVD’S F-M Games 1973 |
By Request
1949, 1939 Yearbook of Monroe, Class photos from 1929-1949 |
Anniversary Celebration book of Monroe Class of 1943 |
F-M Elementary yearbooks-1964-65, 1969, 1970-71, 1983, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 |
F-M yearbooks-1975, 1976, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 |
Mementoes of Monroe Class of 1942 |
One and Two Room School Houses of Darke County, OH by Toni Seiler |
The Ista Monroe Class 1943 |
Binders
Arcanum 1956 State Basketball Tournament |
Arcanum Business’ |
Arcanum Celebrations |
Arcanum Criterion Club Members Life Stories 2014-2015 |
Arcanum School F.T.A. binder |
Arcanum School: 1900 to present |
Arcanum Social Events and Clubs Includes area Miss Annie Oakley’s and Darke County Fair Queens |
Arcanum Times Random Articles: 1913 Court News and Events, Social News, and Advertising |
Arcanum Tornado 1992, Area Blizzard 1978, Flood of 1913 |
Maps and locations of old one & two room school houses in Southern Darke Co. & Southeastern |
Business Advertisments |
Center School, Open House, and School Driving Tour 2017 |
Family Photos of Random families |
Franklin-Monroe High School |
Gordon and families-Gordon, Lair, Karr |
History of United Brethren Church and other churches |
Marj Heyduck newspaper clippings from “Third and Main” |
Newspaper clipping from Early Bird and Daily Advocate for 2009 to present |
Obits, Funeral Cards and Death Records from 1867-1888 |
Old house and Farm Histories |
Old wedding, engagement, anniversary from 1900-1980’s |
Random News: Arcanum, Bradford, Castine, Gettysburg, Gordon, Ithaca, Laura, New Madison, Palestine, Pitsburg, Verona, West Manchester |
Misc.
Ohio Archaeological & Historical Society Publications -19 volumes |
Tax List Preble Co, OH 1827-1834 |
AWTHS Newsletters |
AWTHS Renovations and Early Events |
Old Postcards |
Reflections-Area peoples stories of their life and where they lived |
Underground Railroad |
Villages in Area |
Revolutionary War Soldiers |
WWII |
Civil War |
Trains |
Program American Legion 1920-21 |
PHOTOGRAPHS: |
We have a large assortment of Arcanum area pictures along with Arcanum school pictures, graduation classes, sports events, clubs, business’, celebrations, churches. |
Pitsburg business and school photos and advertisements. |