AV 2 Ohio Presidential Homes, Memorials and Monuments Collection

              AV 2
Ohio Presidential Homes, Memorials and Monuments Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Audiovisual Collections
AV 2
Ohio Presidential Homes, Memorials and Monuments Collection
( 1948- 1996)
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number: AV 2
Title: Ohio Presidential Homes, Memorials and Monuments Collection
Creator: Donald MacBain
Dates: 1948- 1996
Media: 35mm slides
Quantity: 114 slides
Location: 3/ 13/ 2/ A
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
The slides in the Ohio Presidential Homes, Memorials and Monuments Collection were taken or collected by Donald MacBain, of Dayton, Ohio. The collection was donated in April 2000.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
This collection contains 114 – 35mm color slide transparencies in plastic or cardboard mounts taken from 1948 to 1996. The slides document the homes, markers, memorials, and monuments related to the eight Presidents associated with Ohio: James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, and William Howard Taft. There are also images of the White House, the United States Capitol building, an American flag, and a statue of President Abraham Lincoln.
The 21 slides relating to President Garfield include the Garfield memorial, interior and exterior views of his home in Mentor, Ohio, and the memorial in Cleveland, Ohio.
The 19 slides relating to President Grant include his birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, his boyhood home and schoolhouse in Georgetown, Ohio, the General Grant National Memorial, and paintings of Grant.
The 3 slides relating to Warren G. Harding are images of the Harding home and memorial in Marion, Ohio.