2014 Donations

by exec · January 1, 2014

December

Estate of Wilma Jarrells- old photos, books, research papers
Richard Marting- 1928 yearbook and class reunion for scanning
Dave Huffman- Concrete block from the old Greyhound Bus Station.
Probate Court- “Constitution of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Scioto County Humane Society”
Steve McManus- 1972 New Boston yearbook
Mike Levine- rebound 1938 & 1939 PHS yearbooks
Melinda Snook- “Portsmouth: Postcard History Series” book

November

Estate of Wilma Jarrells- 4 book carts of genealogy; including 3-ring binders and plastics boxes full, photos and ephemera- 2 bags of paperbacks
Fred Schnabl- papers, written music, photos and ephemera pertaining to PHS music instructor Henri Schnabl
Betty Wellman- 1947 class photo from Clay High School

October

September

Barbara Gargiulo-12 books: “The Man and His Brewery”, “The General’s Ladies: Julia and Ulys”, “A Forgotten Heritage: The German Methodist Church”, “To Crown Myself with Honor”, “Grapevine Dispatch: The Voice of Anti-Slavery”, “Pearls of Blue and Gray: Women of the Civil War”, “Ohio Civil War Tales”, “The Cincinnati Germans in the Civil War”, “In Their Honor: The Men Behind the Names of Our Military Installations”, Life of a $5 Bet”, Cincinnat Sculpture Unveiled: The Story Behind the Art” and “Restored Hamilton Co., Ohio Marriage Records: Supplements 1850-1884”.
Anonymous-Selby Shoe Poster, Camp Molly Lauman pamphlet, George Selby Memorial pamphlet, Selby Shoe souvenir publication and The Man Without a Country booklet

August

Jean D. Ryan-History of Scioto County 1986, History of Scioto County with Pioneer Records 1903, 12 copies of The Journal of Magoffin County, KY newsletters, and “Lick Run Special”

July

Sue Higbee- from the estate of Paul Higbee- 4 boxes of books and 2 tax logs from the 1800s.
Dave Huffman- 4 Athena (Ohio University yearbooks) 1957-60.
Jacque and Purdy Anderson Gentile and family- Evans History of Scioto County, OH, 1871 German Bible, 10 G.A.R. metals for James Skelton, 1920s eyeglasses, Civil War pension records for Skelton, land records, photos and other ephemera.
Rosetta Legg- Rarden School Reunion scrapbooks class of 1940.

June

May

Joan Lyons-Felstead- 24 Portsmouth postcards, 3 Roy Roger images and monetary donation
Melissa Staggs- “The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide”
N. Locke- 1915 PHS grade cards for Latha Barr

April

John Sisler- 10 photos of the New Boston Steel Mill
Ralph Scott- Digitized copy of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church ledger- Harrison Twp.
Pat Eggers- “The Ohio River”, “Ohio Then & Now”, 1996-97 “Ohio Navigational Charts”

March

Blaine Bierley- information on James McElhaney
James Ramey- 34 census books for Virginia and Kentucky, and “Buchanan County, VA Marriages 1858-1890”, “Scott County VA, Person Property Tax and Marriages 1815-1820”
Betty Stamper Wellman- photos, Clay High School Memory Book 1947, memorabilia
Jo Ford- Maddock family photos 1800s

February

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