THEODORE (Ted) H. FINDLEY COLLECTION
Tuscarawas County Historical Society
Preliminary Inventory
Box #1
Findley Collection (list that includes books, pamphlets, and maps)
Certificates of Membership for Ted Findley
- Ohio Genealogical Society
- The Confederate Air Corps
Photographs (Framed)
-Award Ceremony - Canal Society of Ohio Certificate of Appreciation to
Standard Oil of Ohio January 19, 1962
-Canal Boat "Mary Ann" (printed copy identifying the photograph as
July 5, 1851
- Hills Lock or Lock 19 near Port Washington
- Historical Marker for the Big and Little Tunnels on the Sandy and Beaver Canal
- Lock 17 photograph titled "Five Way"
- Lusk's lock on Sandy and Beaver Canal
- Plaque dedicating start of the Ohio and Erie Canal
- Rededication Ceremony of Zeisburger grave at Goshen, May 12, 1962
- Ted Findley portrait
Photographs (Unframed)
- Canal Dover, Ohio Tuscarawas River and Ohio Canal (Mounted)
- Flood, ice on the river, damage to surrounding area (30 photographs)
Photographic Negatives
- Ted Findley, family, and friends (about 230 negatives)
Prints
- Broadside advertising Ohio Canal 1840
- Canal boat passenger carrier
- Erie Canal locks at Rome, New York 1830
Towpath Proofs
- No. 1 1963
- Vol. IV No. 3 July 1966
- Vol. V No. 3 1963
- Vol. IV No. 4 October 1966
- Vol. V No. 1 1966
- Vol. V No. 4 October 1967
Box #2
Manuscripts (1 folder)
- History of canal in Coshocton County
- Biographies of early settlers in Coshocton County
- Account sheet for Dover Canal June 1, 1867
- Price list on tolls on the Ohio Canal (Photocopy)
- Tunnel to Ohio River price list and coal excavation figures by E. Humphrey
- Annual Report of the Board of Trade of Cincinnati
- Hand drawn map of canal in Tuscarawas County
- Canal tour information September 9, 1981
Maps and Cartographs (1 folder)
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
- New Philadelphia
- Ohio Canal - Coshocton
- Pennsylvania Canal and Portage Railway
Newspaper clippings (1 folder)
- Rebirth of canal interest in Canal Fulton, Ohio 1967/68
Photographs (four folders)
- Identified - Relating to Ohio canals as they looked in the 19th and 20th century
(112 photographs)
- Identified - Canal history, early to mid 20th century (49 photographs)
- Negatives - Historic landmarks relating to canals (46 negatives)
- Unidentified - Relating to Ohio canals (57 photographs)
Postcards
- Drawings and photographs of canals and canal-related places (22 items)
Publications (1 folder)
- Brochure - Canal Society of Ohio
- Brochure - Whitewater Valley Indiana - Whitewater Canal State Memorial
- Pamphlet - "The Building of Ohio" outlines Ohio land grants
- Inland Rivers Library Annual Report - 1965-66, 1967- 68
- Towpaths Vol. V No. 4 October 1967
Color Slides (1 small box)
- Carousel (100 slides) from:
July 18, 1964 - Peninsula
November 1965 -Sandy and Beaver
March 1966 - Canal Fulton
August 1966 - Canal Wincester
October 1968 - Joint with Pennsylvania Canal
- Set marked canal maps of Tuscarawas County (31 slides)
- Loose slides, canal related (107 slides)
Photographs in envelopes of the following canal and lock sites:
Akron
Barberton
Black Hand
Blicktown
Bolivar
Canal Fulton
Chedington, England
Chillicothe
Circleville
Cleveland
Clinton
Coshocton
Delaware
Dover
Erie Canal
Independence
Italy hillside
Lancaster
Lock #2
Lock #4 (2 envelopes)
Lock #15
Lock #17
Lock #19
Deep Lock
8 Mile Lock
14 Mile Lock
Lockville
Lockington
Miami & Erie
Navarre
Newark
Peninsula
Sandy and Beaver Canal
Tinkers Creek
Walhonding
Waverly
Wild Cat Basin
Box #3 (twenty folders)
Canal Society of Ohio 1965, 1966 - Membership roster, constitution, by-laws, Treasurer's
report
Canal Society of Ohio - Correspondence from John Droege and Terry Woods regarding
function of Society, December 1979-October 1980
Canal Society of New York - Newspaper clippings, membership news
Dean Cornwell - Correspondence with Findley 1958-60; photographs of the unveiling of
his mural in the Coshocton County Bank; magazine article
Correspondence - 1958-64 regarding canal history
Correspondence - 1961-62 to and from Findley regarding Canal Society business
Correspondence - 1963-64 to and from Findley and Canal Society regarding membership
information; speaking engagements; canal history
Documents
- Advertisement from Cleveland City Directory 1837-38
- Proclamation for canal land sale on Wabash and Erie Canal
Documents Nos. 85, 96, 97 February, March 1840 - Office of the Board of
Public Works, Ohio
Blanche Frazier Shipps - Photographs and letter describing memories of the Dresden, Ohio side cut canal in 1890s
Newspaper Clippings (five folders)
- Articles about canal history, Canal Society of Ohio activities
Ohio History Information
- Pamphlet - Summit County
- Photographs - 1935 flash flood in Chili, Baltic, Fresno, Pearl
L.W. Richardson - Vice President of Canal Society of Ohio
- Correspondence regarding CSO April 1961-November 1962
Sons and Daughters of the Pioneer Riverman
Correspondence with Findley regarding speaking engagements
September 17, 1960
- Waterway Journal July 30, 1960
Tunal Project (underground canal linking Lake Erie with the Ohio River) - Newspaper
clippings, brochures 1966
Box #4
Canal Society of Ohio - Includes maps, Correspondence, and clippings
Canal Society of New York - Brochures, meeting notes, conference notes, maps
Canal Society of Ohio -
- Documents - Maps, meeting notes
- Schedules
- Meeting minutes, correspondence, Treasurer's report
- Office correspondence
Canal Society of Pennsylvania - Historical information
Correspondence to and from Ted Findley (twelve folders)
- 1943-46 - Canal history, requests for information
- 1952-66- Canal history, Canal Society of Ohio business, speaking engagements
- 1953-55 - Canal history, research information
- 1955-68 - Canal history, speaking engagements
- 1958-66 - Speaking engagements
- 1960 - Canal history, speaking engagements
- 1961-62 - Canal history, CSO business
- 1961-62 - Franklin County Historical Society
- 1961-66 - Canal history, speaking engagements, CSO business
- 1964 - Canal Society of Ohio
- 1967-68 - Canal history, lease documents
- 1967 - CSO business
Coshocton County Bank Mural - Programs, schedules, newspaper clippings
Erie Canal - Manuscripts, maps, brochures for museums
Findley Family History
Historical Societies of Ohio Publications
- Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society No. 5 October 1967
- The Canawler - Volume 1 No. 1 Volume 1 No. 2
- The Historical Society News Vol. XXI No. 9 September 1967
- Ohio Archaeologist - Vol. 6 No. 4 October 1966
Vol. 18 No. 3 July 196?
Vol. 19 No. 1 January 196?
- Towpaths - Vol. VI No. 4 October 1968
Inland Waterways of England - Brochure, maps
Manuscripts - Vouchers, receipts, bills, bank checks from 1850s and 1890s
Museum brochures
National Encampment of the Grand Army Republic - 1894 program guide
Newspaper Clippings (five folders)
- Canal history, CSO news, waterways in the news
"The Ohio Heritage" - Albums I-VI
"The Ohio Heritage" - Panels I-VI to accompany albums
The Story Behind the Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza Names
Pamphlets (two folders)
- "Lets Explore Ohio" 1962, 1964 (8 items)
- Tourist stops in Ohio (78 items)
Personal
- Ted Findley letters and personal mementos 1938-47
Riker Site - Sugarcreek Amateur Archaeologist Club notes on procedure
Speaking Engagements
- For CSO and Findley 1958-59
S&D Reflector - Vol. 2 through 6 1965-69
Summit County Historical Society Dinner
April 17, 1964