Lateral files

Lateral files include a mixture of newspaper articles, paper documents of importance, and other such information. Files may include only one sheet of paper or several sheets, depending on what has been collected and/or donated. They are by no means a complete record.

The list was originally compiled by Jon Lonacre. It has been modified from its original format.

The Lateral Files are located in several file drawers in the Genealogy and Local History Department.

Files found within each heading are interfiled in the order shown (often, but not always, alphabetically).

The finding aid contains a few synonymous or related terms, shown in italics. These italicized terms direct you to the proper heading. Examples:

Family Bible Records
See Bible Record

Once you have located the right heading, you may need to look down through the list of files to find the correct file.

Amish

• Andy Yoder "Mite" Trial

Bible Records

• (see listing under Department Resources)

BIOGRAPHIES

• Jackson Democrats Living in Wayne Co, OH 1884
• Physicians

BIRTH

• Iowans born in Ohio
• Log cabin births
• Ohioans in Kansas
• Ohioans in Missouri

BUSINESS

• Akron Brass Mfg. Co., Inc.
• Apple Creek Developmental Center
• Bell Brothers
• Boston Piano Co.
• Breweries
• Buckeye Ware, Inc.(Filed under Mardigian Corp.)
• Business Focus 2004
• Campbell Construction
• Cedar Lodge No. 430
• Citizens National Bank
• Cleveland Rd Businesses
• Coulter Tavern
• Diebold, Inc. (2)
• Envelopes with Letterheads
• Fisher Monuments
• Fredericksburg Art Pottery
• Gay Acres Farm
• German Bank of Wooster, Ohio
• Historical/genealogical societies
• Hotels
  • Hotels – Wooster (general)
  • Hotels – not in Wooster (2)
  • American Hotel
  • Archer Hotel
  • Ohio Hotels
  • Ohio House
  • United States Hall
  • Wayne Hotel
  • Wheaton Hotel
• Houghton Pottery
• Industrial Directories (1951, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992)
• Keister Brothers
• Kelby Family Business
• Kidron Community Historical Society Newsletters Kidron Heritage Center
• Mardigian Corporation
  • Buckeye Ware, Inc.
  • Regal Ware, Inc.
• Marty’s Hat Shop
• Masonic Temple
• McDonald & Co. Agricultural Works/McDonald, Laughlin Agricultural Works (4)
• Mines
• Morton Salt Co.
• News Dealers
• OARDC
• See Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
• Oberholser, Beebe and Co.
• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
• Orrville (general business)
• Orrville Bedding Company
• Orrville Bottling Works
• Orrville Public Library
• Regal Ware, Inc.
• See Mardigian Corporation
• Rittman Savings Bank
• Roller & Wilson
• Secret Societies
  • "A Pillar in the Wilderness"
• Seiberling & Miller Co.
• Smith Dairy
• Smithville Comm. Historical Society
• Sterling Glass Co.
• Sonnenberg Mutual Insurance Ass’n
• Square Hole Auger Co.
• Taverns (2)
• Theaters
• Timken
• Toy Kraft
• Trading Post
• Water Pollution Plant
• Wayne Center for the Arts
• Wayne County Children’s Home
• Wayne County Historical Society
• Wayne County Public Library (ask staff for files)
• Wayne County Public Library, Genealogy and Local History Department (ask staff for files)
• Weber Bros. & Co.
• Whitaker-Myers Insurance Agency
• White Hut Restaurant
• White Jewelry Store
• Woodard Machine Co.
• Wooster
• Wooster
  • 1970 Chamber of Commerce publication
  • 1850-1869
  • 1870-1879
  • 1880-1889
• Wooster Bottling Companies
• Wooster Brewery & Wooster Distillery
• Wooster Brush Co. (2)
• Wooster Building & Loan Association
• Wooster Electric
• Wooster Fire Department (2)
• Wooster Hospital
• Wooster Museum
• Wooster Overall Factory/Ohio Overall Company
• Wooster Parks and Recreation Dept.
• Wooster Police Department (3)
• Wooster Police Department 2002 Annual Report (2)

CALIFORNIA

• See #DIRECTORY

CEMETERY

• Cemetery (general)
• Boydston – Bodine (also known as Old East Union)Canaan Cemetery Association
• Canaan Center
• Carr Family
• Crown Hill
• 8-Square
• Geyers Chapel
• Kope
• Lehman
• Lucas
• Oak Hill
• Plank (2)
• St. Michael’s Cemetery
• Smithville (Old Hill, Middle Old [Lutheran], and Old Presbyterian)
• Sonnenberg
• Sterling Crown Hill
• Thompson
• Wayne Presbyterian Church
• Wooster

CENSUS

• Population
• See also #POPULATION

CHURCH

• Church (general) (2)
• Aukerman Church
• Canaan Lutheran
• First Presbyterian (Wooster)
• Geyers Chapel
• Jackson Presbyterian
• St. Paul's Reformed Church
• Wayne Presbyterian Church
• Wooster Methodist Church

COURT

• Court (general)
• Trixie Court Case

DEATH

• Death (general)
• Infirmary Death Records 1890-1951
• Mortality Schedules 1850 & 1860
• Murders – 19th Century
• Murders – 20th Century
• Murders – 21st Century
• Enoma Moorehouse murder of Otis Baker, infant (1905)
• Berry (1910)
• James Boley murder of Sheriff Bell
• Coblentz (1957) (2)
• Cornelius
• Cowell (1884)
• Dye
• Fender (1960)
• Gailhouse (1914)
• Gilbert (1928)
• Gober (1917)
• Hahn
• Harrison
• Hartman
• Hicks (1903)
• Melvin Horst kidnapping (1929)
• Miller (1972)
• Horst
• Livingston (1869)
• Meeker
• Miller (1923)
• Pandya (1980)
• Parzse (1921)
• Prost (1905)
• Roth (1887)
• Schaaf (1885)
• Stutzman ("Little Boy Blue," Dec. 1987)
• Guy Rasor/Ora Lee (1908)
• Tormey murder of John Callahan (Fairgrounds, 1879)
• Wetzel (1877)
• Suicides
• See also #VIOLENT CRIME

DIRECTORY

• Wayne Co. People in California (1923)

FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS

• See #BIBLE RECORDS

FLOODS

• See #HISTORY

GEOLOGY

• Killbuck Creek Flood Hazard Study
• Chippewa Creek Flood Hazard Study
• An Inventory of Ohio’s Soils – Wayne County
• A Study of Killbuck Wildlife Area
• Seismicity Map of the State of Ohio
• Killbuck Watershed (2)

GOVERNMENT

• Court records
• Mayors
• Postal history
• Public officials

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• Historical Society (general)
• See #BUSINESS for:
  • Historical/Genealogical Societies
  • Kidron Community Historical Society Newsletters
  • Kidron Heritage Center
  • Smithville Community Historical Society
  • Wayne County Historical Society

HISTORIC BUILDINGS

• Historical homes (general)
• Lilly House
• Yocum House

HISTORY

• History (general) (2)
• Art
• Buildings (3)
• Buildings – log cabins
• Buildings -- Sears homes
• Germania Hall
• Moore Brewster House (3)
• Overholt House
• Quicci Lot
• Quinby Opera House
• Robinson’s Homestead
• Poll Book and Tally Sheet of Special Election, Baughman Twp., September 3, 1912
• Bloomington – "Memories from Behind a Hedge"
• Souvenir History and Pageant Book, Doylestown 125th Anniversary (1952) (2)
• History of Creston, Ohio
• Picturesque Creston (1989)
• Baughman Twp. – Burton City
• Baughman Twp. – Marshallville
• Chippewa Twp.
• Chippewa Twp. – Rogues’ Hollow
• Clinton Twp. – Shreve
• Congress Twp. – Congress
• Congress Twp. – West Salem
• East Union Twp.
• East Union Twp. – Apple Creek (also known as Edinburg) Franklin Twp.
• Gold Rush
• Green Twp. – Smithville
• Green Twp. – Orrville
• Fatal Accidents
• Family Farms (2)
• City of Orrville, Ohio, Economic and Population Report Killbuck Twp. – Wooster City
• Milton Twp. – Rittman (2)
• Milton Twp. – Sterling
• Natural Gas
• Natural Phenonema
• 1913 Flood
• 1935 Flood
• 1946 Flood
• Oil and Gas
• Orrville Comprehensive Plan (1977)
• Paint Twp.
• Parks – Glory Hole
• Roads – State Route 3
• Salt Creek Twp. – Fredericksburg
• Sugar Creek Twp.
• Sugar Creek Twp. – The Kidron News, Sesquicentennial Edition
• Wayne County Scrapbook
• Wooster (2)
• Wooster Daily News – Wooster-of-Today Edition
• Italians

HOTELS

• See #BUSINESS

INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORIES

• See #BUSINESS

IOWA

• See #BIRTH

ITALIANS

• See #HISTORY

JAIL

• Jail (general)
• Inmates A-H
• Inmates I-N
• Inmates O-S
• Inmates T-Z

KANSAS

• See #BIRTH

KIDNAPPING

• See Melvin Horst kidnapping under DEATH

LOG CABINS

• See #BIRTH
• See #HISTORY, Buildings – log cabins

MAPS

• (6 folders, not organized)
• City of Wooster maps
• Downtown Wooster (walking guide brochure)
• "Original Street Names Not Like Present" article
• Orrville area map
• Plat book twp. maps, date unknown
• Plat of Wooster (1808)
• Rittman map
• Visitors’ guides
• Wayne County maps
• Wayne County/Wooster maps

MARRIAGE

• Virginia - Logan Co - Marriage

MILITARY

• Military (general)
• Casualties
• Civil War – Camp Tiffin
• Civil War – Newspaper Abstracts
• Monuments
• Pensions
• Revolution
• West Virginia - Calhoun Co - Military
• World War II (3)
• World War II – D-Day

MISSOURI

• See #BIRTH

MURDERS

• See #DEATH

NEWSPAPERS

• Newspapers (early)
• Shreve Daily

ORGANIZATIONS

• Century Club
• Four Seasons Garden Club (2)
• Secret Societies
• Wayne County Farm Bureau
• Wayne County Farm Bureau – Farm Tours 1980s
• Wayne County Farm Bureau – Farm Tours 1990s
• Wayne Whippersnappers
• Wooster Kiwanis Club
• Wooster Rotary International

PARKS

• Highland Park
• Parks, Trees, Pools: A History of the Wooster Parks and Recreation Dept.
• PeeWee Hollow

POPULATION

• See also #CENSUS

PROPERTY

• First Purchasers
• Land Appraisers (1910)
• Tax list
• Tax list (1814 and 1816)
• Tax list (1825 – Wooster Twp. & Wooster City)
• Report of Land Appraiser Greene Twp. Wayne Co, OH 1910
• Report of 1916 Assessment of Real Estate and Improvements Greene Twp. Wayne Co, OH

PUBLICATIONS

• Bicentennial (1796-1996)
• The Budget
• The Courier Crescent
• Daily Record (Feb. 26, 2005, Sections A & B, not microfilmed)
• Daily Record (Feb. 26, 2005, Sections C & D, not microfilmed)
• The Kidron News
• "Old Paths in the New Purchase"
• Orrville Community Guide
• Shreve News
• Shreve News (29 May 1935)
• Wayne County Democrat
• West Salem Messenger
• West Salem News
• Wooster Community Guide (1991-1994)
• Wooster Community Guide (1995-1997)
• Wooster Community Guide (1998-2003)
• Wooster Community Guide (2004-)

ROADS

• Lincoln Way Highway

SCHOOLS

• Schools (general)
• Beall Ave. School
• College of Wooster
  • New Student Directories 1987-1990
  • New Student Directories 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995
• Grove Female Institute
• McBride/Valley College (Roster 1997)
• Naval Flight Preparatory School
• Northwestern Newspaper Clippings 1967 (2)
• Northwestern Newspaper Clippings 1967-1969
• Orrville
• Smithville: The Mosaic 1929-1931
• Wittenberg
• Wooster

SPORTS

• A History of Wayne County High School Football (1899-1988)
• Sports (general)

TRANSPORTATION

• Transportation (general)
• Interurban
• Trolley (interurban)
• Cleveland & Southwestern (trolleys)
• Railroad – Kauke Station

VIOLENT CRIME

• Violent crime (general)
• See also #DEATH

WEATHER

• Weather (general)
• January 26, 1978 blizzard
• July 4, 1969 flood