Regional History subject files

Finding Aid

Prepared by Katie Panko, July 27, 2006; Last Updated: May 2024

Inclusive Dates: 1980-2021
Extent: 3 cubic feet (6 half-size record storage boxes)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Scope and Content: This collection has been compiled by Special Collections and Archives and includes clippings that contain historical information concerning Kent, Ohio, as well as the regions surrounding it. The bulk of these files contain newspaper clippings from local area news publications: The Kent-Ravenna Record Courier, Inside Kent State, The Daily Kent Stater and The Akron Beacon Journal. The majority of these materials are dated from the 1980s through the 1990s but there are some earlier and some more recent content in the collection.

Arrangement: The files are listed alphabetically by subject heading with occasional sub-headings included. 

Accruals: Additional material is added to this collection on a continual basis as it is received or compiled.

Related Materials: Various issues of the Portage County Historical Society Newsletter are available in Special Collections and cataloged in KentLINK.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Akron, Ohio - History
2. Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS)
3. Akron University
4. Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales
5. Animal shelters and rescue societies
6. Annexation (Franklin Township)
7. Atwater, Ohio
8. Aurora, Ohio
9. Aurora Memorial Library
10. Baroque Festival of Music
11. Black Squirrel Gallery
12. Brady, Captain Samuel
13. Brady Lake, Ohio and Crystal Beach, Ohio
14. Brady Lake Women's Club
15. Brady's Cafe
16. Brimfield, Ohio
17. Brimfield, Ohio - Oral History
18. Bumphrey, Mildred
19. Cackler, Christian
20. Campbellsport, Ohio
21. Canals
22. Casinos
23. Cemeteries
24. Chatfield, Hale (Hiram)
25. Clapp-Woodward House (Kent)
26. Coleman Professional Services
27. Colony House (Brimfield)
28. Columbiana County, Ohio
29. Commercial Press, Inc.
30. Congregational Churches
31. Consortium of Historical Agencies in Portage and Summit Counties (CHIPS)
32. Cowlin, Sid
33. Crestwood School District
34. Crime, Charges, Lawsuits
35. Cuyahoga County, Ohio
36. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Davey Family (John 1846-1923)
2. Davey Family (Smith, Alexander M.)
3. Davey House (John b.1846-b.1923)
4. Davey Tree Expert Company
5. Davey Warehouse Art Studio
6. Davis, Jessie
7. Deerfield, Ohio
8. DuBois, John Harold
9. Edinburg, Ohio
10. Education policy
11. Eidson House
12. Elections and voting
13. First Christian Church (Kent, Ohio)
14. Ford, Seabury
15. Franklin Township Hall
16. Fred Fuller Park
17. Garrettsville, Ohio
18. Geauga Lake
19. Ghost Stories (related materials in Kent State University Subject Files collection)
20. Girl scouts
21. Halliday, Kirk W.
22. Halloween
23. Hartville, Ohio
24. Herriff, Amy
25. Hiram, Ohio
26. Historical Markers
27. Historical Societies and Museums - Ohio
28. Home Savings Bank
29. Hotel Franklin
30. Hudson, Ohio
31. Immy Awards
32. Iraq War - casualties
33. James, Thomas
34. JB's Bar
35. John Davey Arboretum
36. Joseph, Jeff
37. Kelso House
38. Kent, Ohio - Area Chamber of Commerce
39. Kent, Ohio - Brochures, Pamphlets
40. Kent, Ohio - Businesses

Box 3
Folder -- Contents

1. Kent, Ohio - Charter, 1963
2. Kent, Ohio - City Schools
3. Kent, Ohio - Concerts and Musical Performances
   Acquisition Information: Many of the items in this file were donated by Luba Gawur.
4. Kent, Ohio - Council of the City
5. Kent, Ohio - Department of Community Development
6. Kent, Ohio - Development
7. Kent, Ohio- Gateway project
8. Kent, Ohio - History
9. Kent, Ohio - Maps
   Physical Location: Oversized maps from this file are filed in the map case.
10. Kent, Ohio - Poetry Readings and Related Events
    Acquisition Information: Many of the items in this file were donated by Luba Gawur.
11. Kent, Ohio - Police
12. Kent, Ohio - Streets
13. Kent, Ohio - "Things to do in Kent"
14. Kent Adhesive Products Co. (KAPCO)
15. Kent Bicentennial
16. Kent Bog Nature Preserve
17. Kent Cinema - Downtown
18. Kent City Downtown Festival
19. Kent Coloring Book
20. Kent Crain Avenue Bridge
21. Kent Family
22. Kent Free Library
23. Kent Glass - Brief History of Kent Glass by Ed Beckwith. 1986
24. Kent Heritage Festival
25. Kent Historical Society
26. Kent Hotel
27. Kent Jaycees
28. Kent La Leche League
29. Kent Masonic Center
30. Kent Methodist Church
31. Kent Opera House

Box 4
Folder -- Contents

1. Kent Parks and Recreation Programs
2. Kent Phoenix Project
3. Kent, Ohio - Rockin' on the River
4. Kent Stage
5. Kent Towne Center Mall (DeBartolo Corporation Proposal)
6. Kent Triangle (Historic District)
7. Kent Vision 2000
8. Kentway Retirement Center 1959-1969
9. Kentway Retirement Center 1970-Present
10. Kerwin, Elizabeth
11. Konopka, Matt
12. Lang, Walter W., M.D.
13. Lauer, Penny
14. Leadership Portage County
15. League of Women Voters
16. Lilac Gardens, Wolcott House
17. Liquor Control Board
18. Loudin, Frederick J.
19. Mantua, Ohio
20. McCormick, Edgar Lindsley
21. Media and Broadcasting
22. Michel, Robert
23. Midway Drive-in
24. Mini Grand Prix
25. Mooney, Granville W.
26. Neighborhood Development Services
27. NEOUCOM (Northeast Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy)
28. O'Neil's Department Store
29. "On the Fringe" (Journal of the Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio)
30. Palmyra Township, Ohio
31. Paris, Ohio
32. Patton House (Kent, Ohio)
33. Portage Area Regional Transporation Authority (PARTA)
34. Portage Community Peace Coalition
35. Portage County, Ohio
36. Portage County, Ohio - Annual Reports
37. Portage County, Ohio - Architecture and Development

Box 5
Folder -- Contents

1. Portage County, Ohio - Bicentennial
2. Portage County, Ohio - Breakneck Creek
3. Portage County, Ohio - Courthouse
4. Portage County, Ohio - Departmental Services Directory
5. Portage County, Ohio - Government Records
6. Portage County, Ohio - High School Sports
7. Portage County, Ohio - Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2002
8. Portage County, Ohio - Maps, Brochures
9. Portage County, Ohio - Randolph Fair - 150th Anniversary 2008
10. Portage County, Ohio - Regional Planning Commission
11. Portage County, Ohio - Social Services Program
12. Portage County, Ohio - Subdivision Regulations
13. Portage County, Ohio - Traffic
14. Portage County Chapter of the American Red Cross (Blood Drive)
15. Portage County Cultural Resources
16. Portage County District Library
17. Portage County Historical Society
18. Portage County NAACP
19. Portage County Schools
20. Portage Land Association Conservation and Education (PLACE)
21. Portage Private Industry
22. Price, Lucien
23. Protests
24. Public Health
25. Pufferbelly
26. Railroad
27. Randolph Historical Society
28. Raven Hall of Fame
29. Ravenna Aluminum foundry
30. Ravenna, Ohio

Box 6
Folder -- Contents

1. Ravenna, Ohio - Balloon-A-Fair
2. Ravenna, Ohio - Businesses
3. Ravenna, Ohio - History
4. Ray's
5. Reed Memorial Library
6. Relay for Life
7. Roberto House
8. Robin Hood Inn
9. Robinson Memorial Hospital
10. Rootstown, Ohio
11. Rootstown, Ohio - Businesses
12. Rootstown, Ohio - Plane Crashes
13. St. Joseph Church (Randolph)
14. Seiberling, C. W.
15. Shep's Bar
16. Southeast School District
17. Stow, Ohio
18. Streetsboro, Ohio
19. Streetsboro, Ohio - Robinson Health Center
20. Summit County Charter
21. Taft Family
22. Tallmadge, Ohio
23. Tappan, Benjamin
24. Tax policy
25. T.G. Parsons Lumber Company
26. Theater and Playwrights
27. Time to Respect our Endangered Environment (TREE)
28. Tree City TV
29. Trinity Lutheran Church (Kent)
30. Troyer, Loris C.
31. Tsai, Albert, Dr.
32. Turkeyfoot Lake
33. Twin Lakes, Ohio
34. United Auto Workers (UAW)
35. United Church of Jesus Christ
36. Voinovich, Janet
37. Waterstreet Saloon and Kove fire
38. Watson, Barbara
39. Wells Sherman House (250 E. Erie St., Kent)