Finding aid for the Marietta Historical Association Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Marietta Historical Association
Title: Marietta Historical Association Records
Dates: 1841
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Marietta Historical Association was a historical society formed in Marietta, Ohio, to collect and prepare materials on Ohio and Western history and to form a library and repository. The collection consists of one bound volume with a constitution, officers list, and list of members. The remainder of the volume was used as a personal account book, 1856-1859.
MS Number MS 0641
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Marietta Historical Association Records, 1841, consist of one bound volume with a constitution, officers list, and list of members. The remainder of the volume was used as a personal account book, 1856-1859, possibly by Caleb Emerson, who was the corresponding secretary of the association.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Marietta, Ohio, and its early efforts to form a local historical society and manuscripts repository related to early Ohio and Western history. Genealogists might find the officer and membership lists useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in chronological order and is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc.
Marietta Historical Association (Marietta, Ohio)

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 641 Marietta Historical Association Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio