JAMES M. ASHLEY PAPERS, 1860-1960 [PDF version]
Radical Republican congressman and railroad executive from Toledo, (1824-1896). 
Collection consists primarily of Ashley's memoirs, which were written during the last year of his life; a few letters written to him by his son Charles; and a fragmentary political proposal. The papers were collected by John M. Morgan, Professor Emeritus of Library Administration, University of Toledo, in conjunction with his thesis research (UT thesis, "James M. Ashley and Emancipation," 1940). MSS-002, 6 inches.
MARY BOYLE BURNS PAPERS, 1935-1977. [PDF version]
Vice chair, Ohio Democratic Party (1938-1968), Vice chair, Lucas County Democratic Party (1945-1968), Deputy clerk, Lucas County Board of Elections (1945-1971), (1892 - 1977).
Five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from three Toledo newspapers: the Blade, Times, and News-Bee. Most concern Democratic Party affairs, Toledo elections, and political issues such as: relief payments and federal aid to Toledo (1935-1937); aid to parochial schools (1935-1936); property tax (1937); payroll income tax (1946); city government reorganization (1946); and township incorporation and annexation in the postwar years. Scanty photographs and pamphlets. MSS-034, 1 linear foot.
See also: entry under Women
LINDA FURNEY PAPERS, 1985-1998. [PDF version]
State of Ohio Senator from Toledo (11th District) (1987-Present).
Collection includes personal papers generated during service as State Senator: including House and Senate bills, legislative files, campaign and fund raising files, and correspondence. These materials reflect her interest in and support of labor, women's and environmental issues. MSS-134, 42.5 Linear Feet.
NOTE: This collection is housed off-campus. Therefore, Canaday Center staff will require a 48-hour advanced notice for its retrieval.
HUGH GREGORY GALLAGHER PAPERS, 1880-2002. [PDF version]
Disability Rights Activist
Paralyzed by polio contracted at the age of 19, Gallagher was known as the "father of the disability rights movement." He was the author of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, and wrote several books and many articles. Gallagher was also a respected Franklin D. Roosevelt scholar. His best-known book was likely FDR's Splendid Deception, which explored the former president's disability and how he hid it from the public. This collection contains correspondence, biographical and family files, Mr. Gallagher's writings, research files, senate files, photograph material, awards, and artifacts. MSS-185, 13 linear feet.
HUEY G. HUHN PAPERS, 1951-1974.
General traffic manager, Libbey-Owens-Ford (papers were generated during his retirement in Rogers, Arkansas) (b. 1889).
Papers consist primarily of letters, articles, and short stories written on a variety of subjects in the areas of business and politics. Correspondence was with many politicians, publishers, and corporations, including: George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Winthrop Rockefeller, Paul Harvey, Herbert Hoover, Ted Kennedy, Richard Nixon, James A. Rhodes, Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, Barry Goldwater, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan, John G. Tower, and Walter F. Mondale. A copy of a speech that President Kennedy was to make in Dallas on the day he was killed is also included in the collection. MSS-011, 2 cubic feet.
CASEY JONES PAPERS, 1970-1994.
Democratic Politician, businessman. (b. 1915).
Ohio State Representative from 1969 until 1995, Jones was especially active in minority affairs. His papers document his political career and consist of correspondence, legislative materials, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, awards, and subject files devoted to issues of ongoing political interest. MSS-107, 1 linear foot.
JOHN P. KELLY PAPERS, 1941-1976. [PDF version]
Democratic Party leader of Toledo, Ohio (b. 1896).
Collection consists of presidential election memorabilia with primary value as objects for display, including: 110 8" x 10" news photographs of presidential candidates; films (The Pursuit of Happiness [1955?], narrated by Senator John F. Kennedy, and The Greatest Heritage [1952?] on Ohio election procedures); and tape recordings of Kelly's retirement dinner. MSS-055, 2 linear feet.
FOY D. KOHLER PAPERS, 1914-1987, bulk 1931-1978.
Career Ambassador, United States Foreign Service (1908-1990).
Papers encompass Kohler's entire career in the Foreign Service (1931-1967), including his four years as ambassador to the USSR (1962-1966), and his ten years at the University of Miami's Center for Advanced International Studies (1968-1978). The collection includes correspondence with his wife, Phyllis Penn Kohler, both before and after their marriage as well as letters from such prominent leaders as Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Elbridge Durbrow, and Averell Harriman. Files on Kohler's speeches includes his notes, itineraries, and other materials related to speeches in general and notes for meetings with Premier Nikita Kruschev and other Soviet dignitaries. Consultations and conference files detail Kohler's work as a consultant to many advisory panels from 1967 to 1978. Subject files in the collection include two noteworthy files on Germany that date from 1958 to 1959, a crucial period in east-west relations. Other series in the collection document Kohler's activities with the National War College, the Committee on the Present Danger, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the Voice of America. Many photographs document the Kohlers' private and public lives, and newspaper clippings, sound recordings, oral history tapes, and memorabilia support these extensive papers. MSS-036, 90 linear feet.
MAHER FAMILY COLLECTION, 1757-1938.
Prominent Toledo family.
Collection consists primarily of letters to William H. Maher (1846-1913), a businessman, writer, and political reformist, but also includes letters written to his wife, Anne (Kelsey) Maher, as well as a few written to their daughter, Amy Grace Maher Maher, feminist and social activist. William also purchased a number of autograph letters and signatures from the Revolutionary, Early National, and Civil War eras. Maher also co-founded the Independent Party. MSS-005, 6 inches.
SCOTT NEARING PAPERS, 1943-1988. [PDF version]
Radical professor; socialist; World War I era pacifist ; author and lecturer; leader of "back-to-the-earth" movement (1883 - 1983). Papers consist primarily of newsletters (especially World Events); pamphlets and leaflets on various subjects, including: fascism, U.S. economics, capitalism, imperialism and sovietism, war, and peace. Fliers announcing Nearing's lectures, ads and reviews of his books, newspapers, and magazine clippings, a few photos, and a set of ten recordings of talks by Dr. Nearing, about the United Nations round out the collection. MSS-062, 6 inches.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: TOLEDO, OHIO CHAPTER RECORDS, 1972-1989. [PDF version]
Largest women's rights organization in the United States (1966-Present).
Collection includes records on the local, state, and national levels, such as meeting minutes, newsletters and other publications, bylaws, and annual conference programs. Subjects include: job discrimination, affirmative action, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX compliance, and the Toledo group's association with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 544. MSS-035, 3 linear feet.
See also: Entry under Women.
GUSTAVUS OHLINGER PAPERS, 1821-1987. [PDF version]
Lawyer, member of the Toledo United Nations Association (1877-1972).
Collection includes journals, correspondence, literary productions, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs related to Ohlinger's civic, professional, and personal life. Some correspondence documents his high school years in Chefoo, China. A journal kept by Ohlinger from 1902 to 1905 chronicles his law career in Shanghai and his participation in post-Russo-Japanese War negotiations. "Our Summer Odyssey, August 1 to September 1, 1954," a journal/photo album of a European vacation, further documents some of Ohlinger's travels. Also included in this collection is series of papers generated and collected by various family members. The most extensive group is the papers of Ohlinger's sister, Constance Ohlinger. MSS-013, 5 linear feet.
JOHN WILLIAM POTTER PAPERS, 1962-2005. [PDF version]
Judge, Sixth Appellate District of Ohio and United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Western Division.
Collection contains court records, conference materials, speeches, correspondence, photographic material, personal files, and printed material. MSS-192, 25 linear feet.
NOTE: This collection is housed off-campus. Therefore, Canaday Center staff will require a 48-hour advanced notice for its retrieval.
LLOYD ROULET COLLECTION, 1945-1977.
Jeweler, Local Politician, Mayor of Toledo (1942-1948).
Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, photographs, and ephemera relating to Lloyd Roulet's political career, jewelry design buisness, and accomplishments as Mayor. These materials are complemented in the Toledo Mayoral and City Council collections (MSS-061) by his professional papers. MSS-136, 4.1 Linear Feet.
DAVID WARREN RYDER SOCIAL CREDIT PAPERS, 1930-1955. [PDF version]
San Francisco journalist (1892-1975).
Papers document the internal workings of the American Social Credit movement and its pursuit of economic reform. Primarily correspondence, with manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics covered include: unions, banking practices, the New Deal, communism, democracy, and the disruption of the American Social Credit Union in 1937. MSS-004, 3 inches.
TOLEDO MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL PAPERS, [1920]-1998.
Public records of the mayor and some council offices: Mayors Ollie Czelusta, Loyd Roulet, John Yager, Michael Damas, John W. Potter, William Ensign, Harry Kessler, Douglas DeGood; Vice Mayor Robert Savage; Council members Robert Savage, Russel Wozniak, Andy Douglas, Harold J. Garner, Andy Devine, Clayton Umbles, Jane Kuebbeler, Maude Shapiro, Linda Furney, Peter Ujvagi, and Eleanor Kahle.
Categories of files include: Finance Department, Health Department, Department of Public Safety, Department of Public Service, and Welfare Department. Each officer also generally kept numerous subject files and voluminous constituent correspondence. General topics include: mass transit, utilities, parks, traffic, urban planning, etc. MSS-061, 90 linear feet.
TOLEDO METROPOLITAN AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS RECORDS, 1963-1993.
"TMACOG" is a voluntary non-profit association of local governments in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan that provides technical assistance to it's members.
Correspondence; meetings minutes of various committees within TMACOG; reports; printed materials; program materials; personnel and payroll records; and budgets. MSS-089, 114, 33 linear feet.
TOLEDO WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION RECORDS, 1903-1927.
One of the earliest organized groups working for women to have the right to vote (1869-1915).
The collection consists of minutes, 1909-1915; by-laws; speech notes, newspaper clippings; correspondence; pamphlets; and flyers pertaining to the suffrage movement and its activities. MSS-091, .25 linear feet.
NAOMI TWINING COLLECTION, 1940s-1990s.
Member in and officer of The American Civil Liberties Union of Northwest Ohio.
Author of They Fought for Civil Liberties: Genesis of the ACLU of Northwest Ohio, published in 1997. MSS-216, 1 linear foot.
EDWARD F. WEBER PAPERS, 1980-1983.
Toledo, Ohio attorney and U.S. Congressman (b.1931).
Republican member of the House Banking Committee and the House Small Business Committee. Collection includes correspondence, subject files, some campaign materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, and press releases. MSS-058, 14.5 linear feet.
BRAND WHITLOCK LETTERS, March 1915. [PDF version]
Toledo, Ohio mayor, lawyer, author, and U.S. ambassador to Belgium (1869 - 1934).
Approximately 7000 letters written by schoolchildren of Ghent, Belgium expressing thanks for American shipments of food and clothing following World War I. Primarily useful for display purposes. MSS-023, 5 linear feet (ca. 7000 items).
See also: entry under Social Welfare