MSS 878 Ohio Covered Bridge Committee Records

              C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
MSS 878
Ohio Covered B r i d g e
Committee Records
4 1/ 2 c u b i c f e e t
P r e l i m i n a r y i n v e n t o r y
Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e Ohio
Covered B r i d g e Committee Records as a g i f t o f C h a r l e s C. P r a t t ,
Columbus, Ohio, i n F e b r u a r y 1985. R o b e r t W. V i o l processed t h e
c o l l e c t i o n i n J u l y 1985.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r i g h t s : M r . P r a t t has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s as he
possesses i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n o f a l l
o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e a u t h o r and pub-
I i s h e r .
Access: T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
o f t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y i n a l l f o o t -
n o t e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
T r a n s f e r s : P u b l i c a t i o n s were t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e librar, y and
p h o t o g r a p h s were t r a n s f e r r e d t o SC 5231 i n J u l y 1985.
O r g a n i z a t i o n a l s k e t c h : The Ohio Covered B r i d g e Committee I s a
v o l u n t e e r o r g a n i z a t i o n sponsored by t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
The committee, formed i n 1940, was e s t a b l i s h e d t o c o l l e c t and
p r e s e r v e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g covered b r i d g e s i n Ohiot and I- o
s t i m u l a t e i n t e r e s t i n p r e s e r v i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g examples o f Ohio
c o v e r e d b r i d g e d e s i g n . John A. D i e h l a c i v i l e n g i n e e r f r o m
C i n c i n n a t i , Ohio, has s e r v e d as chairman o f t h e Ohio Covered
B r i d g e Committee s i n c e 1940. The c o m m i t t e e ' s s i x a c t i v e members
meet d u r i n g t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y ' s annual meeting.
Source: Ohio Covered B r i d g e Committee Records, MSS 878, Ohio
H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y ; and c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h John A. D i e h l ,
c o m m i t t e e chairman.
Scope and c o n t e n t : The Ohio Covered B r i d g e Committee Records
d a t e from 1940 t o t h e 1970s and occupy f o u r and o n e - h a l f c u b i c
f e e t . The r e c o r d s a r e a r r a n g e d i n two s e r i e s : b r i d g e b u i l d e r s
and b r i d g e r e c o r d s .
S e r i e s I, b r i d g e b u i l d e r s , c o n t a i n s newspaper c l i p p i n g s and
b i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g p r o m i n e n t covered b r i d g e
b u i l d e r s . The m a t e r i a l i s a r r a n g e d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by f o l d e r
t i t l e . B u i l d e r s i n c l u d e E. F. Sherman, Jordan H a i l Banks, Jacob
B r a n d t , t h e D a n i e l s f a m i l y , Reuben L. P a r t r i d g e , John Robinson,
R o b e r t W . Smith, and S q u i r e Whipple.
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