WILLIAM M. BOOKER SCRAPBOOKS, 1907-1952.
Civic leader, regional manager of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company (1874-1945).
Three volumes document Booker's civic and business endeavors from 1907 to 1945, including his involvement with the Catholic Church, especially Toledo's Queen of the Holy Rosary Cathedral and Sister Farley of St. Vincent's Hospital. MSS-070, 1 linear foot.
WILLIAM C. AND MILDRED M. BURNS PAPERS, 1912-1966. [PDF version]
William: Presbyterian and Congregational minister (1854-1955). Mildred: Teacher, Morrison R. Waite High School, Toledo (1889-1983).
Collection consists of minutes and reports of the Toledo Presbytery (1927-1931) and the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe, Michigan, including reports from individual churches in northwest Ohio as well as financial and organizational reports. Some materials in the collection were generated and collected by William, including correspondence, essays, poems, ephemera, photographs, and clippings, especially related to his one-hundredth birthday. MSS-033, 1 linear foot.
MONROE STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RECORDS, 1906-2002. [PDF version]
Contains records documenting the history of one of the oldest and most prominent church groups in Toledo. Includes administrative files, auxiliary group files, media and ministry files, photographic/visual materials, events and publications, pastors’ files, building files, legal documents, historical records and artifacts, and ephemera. MSS-167, 30 linear feet.
NOTE: This collection is housed off-campus. Therefore, Canaday Center staff will require a 48-hour advanced notice for its retrieval.
J. WILLIAM MYERS PAPERS, 1936-1997.
Minister, poet, editor, publisher (b. 1919).
Legal documents, printed materials, and ephemera related to work as a poet. MSS-127, .2 linear feet.
See also entry under Literature.
JAN WAGGONER SUTER PAPERS, 1954-1985. [PDF version]
Radical libertarian, mathematics instructor, University of Toledo (1938-1986).
Collection consists primarily of newsletters, memoranda, circulars, and flyers issued by the many pacifist, anti-war, and anti-draft and personal rights organizations with which Suter was involved. Suter was also active in prisoner visitation and support, as his correspondence with several federal prisoners in the early 1970s documents. MSS-059, 6 linear feet.
See also: entry under Crime