Finding aid for the Northern Ohio Dental Association Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Northern Ohio Dental Association
Title: Northern Ohio Dental Association Records
Dates: 1872-1944
Extent: 1.40 linear feet (2 containers and 3 oversize folders)
Abstract: The Northern Ohio Dental Association was a professional association organized in 1857 to foster the "advancement and cultivation of dental science and art." It disbanded in 1943. The collection consists of correspondence, constitution and by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership lists, annual meeting programs, financial accounts, dental society journals, and memorabilia.
MS Number MS 2885
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Northern Ohio Dental Association Records, 1872-1944, consist of correspondence, constitution and by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership lists, annual meeting programs, financial accounts, dental society journals, and memorabilia.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the growth and development of the dental profession in Cleveland and northern Ohio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

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:

Dentistry -- Ohio -- Societies, etc.
Dentists -- Ohio.
Northern Ohio Dental Association.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2885 Northern Ohio Dental Association Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Northern Ohio Dental Association in 1921, 1943, and 1945.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Northern Ohio Dental Association Records 1872-1944

Box Folder
1 1 Correspondence 1928-1943
1 2-4 Minute book of the Northern Ohio Dental Association 1872-1909
1 5-6 Minute book of the Northern Ohio Dental Association 1872-1942
Box Folder
2 1 Constitution, bylaws, programs, and announcements 1932-1935
2 2 Printed material 1942-1944
2 3 Account book 1908-1934
2 4 Audit 1930
2 4 Miscellaneous material dates vary
2 5 Alphabetical membership list from ca. 1857-1922 ca. 1923
2 6 Register 1930-1935
Folder
1 Oversize Folder 1: Record book of members from Ca. 1860-1934 ca. 1934
Folder
2 Oversize Folder 2: Scrapbook 1907-1916
Folder
3 Oversize Folder 3: Record book of members from 1913-1940 ca. 1940