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Wayne Farm Tour Provides Families Learning Opportunities
The Daily Record article describes the 2006 Wayne Farm Tour, featuring Matt Peart, an early adopter of organic farming.
Map of Regions of Wooster's First Italian Families
A map of Italy with the regions of origin of Wooster's Italian community highlighted. Percentages under the region name details the portion of the community that came from each region.
Digiacomo Green Plaque
A photograph of the memorial at DiGiacomo Green. It was dedicated in 2008 at the previous site of the DiGiacomo Building.
Local Roots Opening an Indoor Market
The Daily Record article announces plans to open Local Roots Market in 2009
2009 Daily Record Article, "Muddy Waters Gets First Entertainment District Liquor License"
A 2009 Daily Record article describing the development of the downtown "entertainment district" and Main Street Wooster's campaign to grant more restaurants liquor licenses, the first of which was Muddy Waters Cafe and Grill
A Portrait of Farm Life in Wooster, 1873
This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 focuses on the farm of A.H. and B.C. Byers, located on the west side of Christmas Run south of Wayne Avenue. It was located so close to downtown Wooster that one can even see the steeples of churches in the…
Fountain Hill Nursery, 1873
This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 shows the Fountain Hill Nursery of J. Gardner, two miles west of Orrville on the Wooster Road. As seen in the image, the nursery housed many different crops and animals side-by-side.
Mill Creek Farm, 1873
This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 focuses on Benjamin Hershey's Mill Creek Farm, in Chippewa Township. It features a mill in the foreground, surrounded by fields of different crops.
Front View of Excelsior Mower and Reaper Works
This piece of innovative technology from the mid-Nineteenth century was captured in a sketch by the Caldwell Atlas of 1873. It features a man cutting lodged and tangled grain with a mower from Cline, Seiberling and Co., of Doylestown, Ohio.
Side View of an Excelsior Mower, 1873
This sketch from Caldwell's Atlas of 1873 features a mower from Excelsior Mower and Reaper Works of Cline, Seiberling and Co., in Doylestown, Ohio. The piece of innovative farm technology was sold in the mid-Nineteenth century to cut lodged and…
Pioneer fireplace
Photograph showing pioneer fireplace in Ashtabula county
Portrait of John Larwill with John D. McKee and Don McKenzie
John Larwill came with his brothers to Wooster in 1807. Contemporary historian Ben Douglas reported that Larwill became Wooster's Justice of the Peace in 1820 and married sixty-two couples during his tenure.
Charles Lepold: The 146th Regiment in WWI
Interview with Charles Lepold, military specialist for the Wayne County Historical Society, in which he discusses the role of the 146th Infantry in WWI
Ramseyer Sign
A welcome sign on the Ramseyer potato farm, open to the public in autumn. One of the Sugar Creek Partners, Arden Ramseyer mentioned the importance of family and community-engagement, values which are clear through his business and are common to the…
"New Bob Evans Occupies Historic Mill Site" The Daily Record Article 1989
A Bob Evans Restaurant replaced the historic old mill that once stood near the Oak Hill Cemetery signalling the symbolic end of mills in Wooster, which were once a major feature of the local economy.
Buildings on OAES Wooster Campus from 1911 Souvenir Booklet
When OAES originally moved to Wooster none of the buildings were completed yet, but the campus eventually began to take shape in 1893.
Portrait of Charles E. Thorne, OAES's First Director from 1911 Souvenir Booklet
Charles E. Thorne became the first director of what eventually became OARDC from 1887-1921.
Early OARDC Wooster Campus Including Administration Building from 1911 Souvenir Booklet
The original buildings of Wooster’s OARDC campus included laboratories, a creamery, a dairy barn, and greenhouses.
Abraham Greenbaum Naturalization, 1842
Naturalization record of Abraham Greenbaum, Wooster’s oldest Jewish resident.
Notice for Public Sale at the D.Y. Roebuck Farm, 1901
This public sale notice emphasizes the diversity of crops on every small farm in Wayne County. The D. Y. Roebuck farm advertises their horses, cows, sheep, pigs, hay, corn, and seeds.
Article on the Expansion of the Knesseth Israel Temple, 1959
From the Daily Record, showing the extreme growth of the Temple in the 1950s.
D.L. Freedlander Fifteenth Anniversary Original Letter, circa 1899
In this rare letter from D.L. Freedlander, he celebrates the continued prosperity of the store and cites his decision to establish fixed prices as a reason for its success.
Amish Horse and Buggy
This is an image of an Amish horse and buggy on the street in Iowa.
Transcript of Speeches Given by Dean J. Garber Drushal and President Howard Lowry on Herman Freedlander's Honorary Degree 1964
Lowry and Garber Drushal spoke of Herman’s fondness for helping children and his invaluable contributions to the community. Traditionally only faculty and trustees were part of the vote, but students and faculty wanted to honor Herman as well.
1985 Daily Record Article, "Wal-Grant Envisions Downtown Shopping Complex"
A 1985 Daily Record article discussion a group of Wooster business men, who proposed to build a large shopping complex with an attached parking garage as a means of saving the downtown economy
Photo of Italian Society Citizenship Class of 1939
Photograph of Italian Society Citizenship Class of 1939
Photo of Incoronata and Joseph DiGiacomo
Photograph of Incoronata and Joseph DiGiacomo found in Joseph DiGiacomo's biographical section in Dominic Iannarelli's A Touch of Italy in Wooster.
Photo of DiGiacomo Family
Photograph of the DiGiacomo family.
Photo of Italian Society Town Hall 1910
Photograph of the Town Hall constructed by the Italian Society in 1910.
Photo of Lamplighters Social Club
Photograph of the Lamplighters Social Club.