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In the letter, President Holden is soliciting donations from the University community and town to rebuild, while also alluding to an anonymous donor who was eventually revealed.

In the letter, President Holden thanked people for donations and informed them that they had helped meet the conditions set forth by Andrew Carnegie, which allowed the University to receive $100,000.

President Holden wrote his autobiography for his children in 1932 and it featured an extensive portion on his time as the President of the College of Wooster. He focused on the difficulties he ran into as he desperately tried to find donors for…

A 2007 Daily Record article about the appeal of downtown lofts

This map shows the growing number of families who settled in Wooster by 1826 and includes some familiar names of early wealthy landowners such as Larwill, Bever, and Quinby.

1968 Rubbermaid advertisement depicting a women scooping flour from a "space-saving cannister"

1950 Rubbermaid advertisement with the slogan "to lighten & brighten your housework"

Photograph depicting one of Rubbermaid's first products, a green rubber dustpan, which James Caldwell developed in 1932, and began manufacturing with Wooster Rubber Company in 1934

Many of Wooster’s streets are named after the early surveyors such as North Grant Street (pictured above), North Bever Street, and West Larwill Street.

The current downtown Wooster courthouse serves as a reminder of one of the conditions for Wooster’s position as county seat, which was to construct a courthouse.

Although Bever’s family name may still be up for debate, the town uses the common Irish pronunciation and the common German spelling for the street named in his honor: a seamless combination of his cultural background.

This memorial was built by the City of Wooster to recognize the crossing of three major indigenous trails that intersected in what is not Wooster. While it stands a few hundred feet from where they intersected upon the Larwills' arrival, it pays…

A view from the intersections memorial, this is potentially a part of the area that was once occupied by Chief Pallelelond's apple orchard. It is now sovered by routes 30, 83, and 3.

An area at the entrance of the Oak Hill Cemetery on the edge of Wooster, this is another potential site for the former Beaver Hat Town Lenape village.

Standing proudly on the main square downtown, the courthouse is the most well-known building to Wooster residents and visitors.

A portrait of Richard L. Morrison Sr., founder of Second Baptist Church, circa 1890.

The original Vine Street building where Second Baptist was located from its establishment in 1894 until 1955

Portrait of Reverend Leroy Adams with his wife Helen, and two children

The building where Second Baptist was housed between 1955 and 1976

OARDC’s Wooster campus is located just south of the town and features Secrest Arboretum, ATI, and BioHio Research Park.

The old administration building, one of the first building’s completed on the Madison Hill, still stands today.

The detail above the door shows the building was finished in 1896.

Second Baptist Church's current building on Grant Street

Wayne County countryside outside of OARDC

This is a photo of South Market Bistro, a Wooster restaurant serving local, seasonal ingredients.

This is a photo of Local Roots Market & Cafe on South Walnut Street

This is a photo of the interior of Local Roots Market & Cafe in Wooster

The sign for the Main Street Wooster and Chamber of Commerce building on West Liberty Street

A photo of a banner on the town square advertising the Ohio Light Opera

A photo of the gazebo on the northeast corner of the square, with banners advertising events downtown