http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DSoldiers%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Correspondence.;freeformQuery%3Dwomen's%20history;smode%3Dadvanced Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-subject=Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.;freeformQuery=women's history;smode=advanced Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2116.xml Datus Kelley (1788-1866) and his family were some of the first permanent settlers of what later became Rocky River, Ohio. In 1833 Datus, with brother Irad, began to purchase land near Sandusky, Ohio, on Cunninghma's Island. The island was later renamed Kelly's Island. The Kelley Island Literary Society was established pursuant to the building of Kelley Hall, a hall Datus Kelley built. On December 22, 1860 the Literary Society published its first edition of the Islander. Anyone who wished to join the literary society was welcome, including women. The collection consists of issues of a manuscript newspaper published on Kelleys Island, in Sandusky Bay, Erie County, Ohio, by the Kellys Island Literary Society. The journal was "devoted to the discussion of questions in the Arts and Sciences, Agriculture and Manufactures, Politics and Morality." Prepared and written during the winter months, issues were read before weekly gatherings of inhabitants of the isolated island. Includes reports on current events, e... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2116.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3088.xml Charles H. Merrick was a resident of North Eaton, Ohio, who served first as principal musician and then as hospital steward in Company H, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The regiment saw much military action in Virginia. The collection consists of letters (1861-1864), mounted in 3 scrapbooks, written by Merrick, to his wife, giving a detailed account of Merrick's activities and those of his regiment; pocket diary (1862); medical notes, financial accounts, lists of office furniture, medicines, and books; personal correspondence (1885-1901) of Richard L. Merrick, of Cleveland, Ohio; and obituary notices for Dr. Myra K. Merrick (1824-1899). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3088.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2860.xml Charles H Smith (1837-1912) was a Cleveland, Ohio, grain merchant who had served as an officer in the 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. His wife, Louisa Johnson Smith (1847-1932), was a humanitarian and civic leader in Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, muster rolls, general and special orders, reports of ordnance stores, returns, affidavits from the court-martial of John W. Mercer, legal documents about land purchases in Kansas, minutes of reunions of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, the Society of the Tennessee, and the Loyal Legion, speeches and miscellaneous notes and papers used in writing The History of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, and other military papers of Charles H. Smith; and correspondence, programs and papers from various patriotic organizations, speeches, and an incomplete scrapbook of Louisa Johnson Smith. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2860.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4592.xml Jeremiah Browning Mansfield, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mansfield, was born in 1841 in Ohio, and raised on his father's farm in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He and his older brother Oliver served in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Jeremiah Mansfield participated in the Battles of Chickamauga and the Battle of Perrysville, and then served at Camp Sheridan in Nashville, Tennessee until the end of the war. He and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield were married in Harrison County, Ohio in 1869. She was born in 1845 in Harrison County, Ohio, and received a teaching certificate in 1863. Her brother, Milton, attended Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. By 1880, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mansfield had settled in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where they farmed and raised five children. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, and miscellany relating to the Mansfield and Taggart families; Jefferson and Harrison counties, Ohio; the Civil War; and ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4592.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3201.xml William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th president of the United States. He was shot on 6 September, 1901 and died eight days later. During the American Civil War he was Commissary Sergeant with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His brother-in-law, Andrew J. Duncan also served during the Civil War. The collection consists of photographs, general correspondence, family papers, financial papers, Civil War records of McKinley and A. J. Duncan, and letters of condolence and other material relating to McKinley's death in 1901. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3201.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2823.xml Orlando John Hodge (1828-1912) was a soldier, State legislator, and journalist, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, reminiscences, pocket diaries, journals describing Mexican War experiences and world travels, speeches, and genealogical notes on the Doan, Hodge, and related families; together with correspondence and journals of Hodge's brother, Alfred A. Hodge; correspondence, accounts, and military papers of Hodge's brother-in-law, David L. Wood; personal correspondence of Wood's wife, Mandana S. (Hodge) Wood; and memoirs of Velorus Hodge, correspondence of Mrs. Orlando J. Hodge, and Cleveland Centennial Commission treasurer's book. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2823.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT