Lateral Files

Lateral files include a mixture of newspaper articles, paper documents of importance, and other such information.  Files may include only one sheet of paper or several sheets, depending on what has been collected and/or donated.  They are by no means a complete record.

The list was originally compiled by Jon Lonacre.  It has been modified from its original format to prepare it for the web.

The Lateral Files are located in several file drawers in the Genealogy and Local History Department.

How the finding aid works: The files are organized alphabetically by the headings listed below in all-caps. Example:

ADOPTION
AFRICAN AMERICANS

Where more than one file is found under a heading, those files are listed below the heading. Example:

GOVERNMENT
Court records
Mayors
Postal history
Public officials

Files found within each heading are interfiled in the order shown (often, but not always, alphabetically).

The finding aid contains a few synonymous or related terms, shown in italics. These italicized terms direct you to the proper heading. Examples:

FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS
See BIBLE RECORD

Once you have located the right heading, you may need to look down through the list of files to find the correct file.

ADOPTION

AFRICAN AMERICANS

AMISH
Andy Yoder “Mite” Trial

BIBLE RECORDS (see listing under Department Resources)

BIOGRAPHIES
Physicians  


BIRTH
Iowans born in Ohio
Log cabin births
Ohioans in Kansas
Ohioans in Missouri       


BUSINESS
Akron Brass Mfg. Co., Inc.
Apple Creek Developmental Center
Boston Piano Co.
Breweries
Buckeye Ware, Inc.(Filed under Mardigian Corp.)
Business Focus 2004
Campbell Construction
Cedar Lodge No. 430
Citizens National Bank
Coulter Tavern
Diebold, Inc. (2)
Fredericksburg Art Pottery
Gay Acres Farm
German Bank of Wooster, Ohio
Historical/genealogical societies
Hotels
** Hotels – Wooster (general)
** Hotels – not in Wooster (2)
** American Hotel
** Archer Hotel
** Ohio Hotels
** Ohio House
** United States Hall
** Wayne Hotel
** Wheaton Hotel
Houghton Pottery
Industrial Directories (1951, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992)
Kelby Family Business
Kidron Community Historical Society Newsletters       Kidron Heritage Center
Mardigian Corporation
** Buckeye Ware, Inc.
** Regal Ware, Inc.
Marty’s Hat Shop
Masonic Temple
McDonald & Co. Agricultural Works
Mines
Morton Salt Co.
OARDC
See Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Oberholser, Beebe and Co.
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Orrville (general business)
Orrville Bedding Company
Orrville Bottling Works
Orrville Public Library
Regal Ware, Inc.
See Mardigian Corporation
Rittman Savings Bank
Roller & Wilson
Secret Societies
**“A Pillar in the Wilderness”
Seiberling & Miller Co.
Smith Dairy
Smithville Comm. Historical Society
Sterling Glass Co.
Sonnenberg Mutual Insurance Ass’n
Square Hole Auger Co.
Taverns (2)
Timken
Toy Kraft
Trading Post
Water Pollution Plant
Wayne Center for the Arts
Wayne County Children’s Home
Wayne County Historical Society
Wayne County Public Library (ask staff for files)
Wayne County Public Library, Genealogy and Local  History Department (ask staff for files)
Weber Bros. & Co.
Whitaker-Myers Insurance Agency
White Jewelry Store
Wooster
Wooster
** 1970 Chamber of Commerce publication
** 1850-1869
** 1870-1879
** 1880-1889
Wooster Brewery & Wooster Distillery
Wooster Brush Co. (2)
Wooster Fire Department (2)
Wooster Hospital
Wooster Museum
Wooster Parks and Recreation Dept.
Wooster Police Department (3)
Wooster Police Department 2002 Annual Report (2)

CALIFORNIA
See DIRECTORY

CEMETERY
Cemetery (general)
Boydston – Bodine (also known as Old East Union)Canaan Cemetery Association
Canaan Center
Carr Family
8-Square
Geyers Chapel
Kope
Lehman
Lucas
Oak Hill
Plank (2)
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Smithville (Old Hill, Middle Old [Lutheran], and Old Presbyterian)
Sonnenberg
Sterling Crown Hill
Wooster

CENSUS
Population
See also POPULATION

CHURCH
Church (general) (2)
Aukerman Church
Canaan Lutheran
First Presbyterian (Wooster)
Geyers Chapel
Jackson Presbyterian

COURT
Court (general)
Trixie Court Case

DEATH
Death (general)
Murders – 19th Century
Murders – 20th Century
Murders – 21st Century
Berry (1910)
James Boley murder of Sheriff Bell
Coblentz (1957) (2)
Cornelius
Cowell (1884)
Dye
Fender (1960)
Gailhouse (1914)
Gober (1917)
Hahn
Harrison
Hartman
Hicks (1903)
Melvin Horst kidnapping (1929)
Horst
Livingston (1869)
Meeker
Miller (1923)
Pandya (1980)
Parzse (1921)
Prost (1905)
Roth (1887)
Schaaf (1885)
Stutzman (“Little Boy Blue,” Dec. 1987)
Guy Rasor/Ora Lee (1908)
Tormey murder of John Callahan (Fairgrounds, 1879)
Wetzel (1877)

Suicides
See also VIOLENT CRIME

DIRECTORY
Wayne Co. People in California (1923)

FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS
See BIBLE RECORDS

FLOODS
See HISTORY

GEOLOGY
Killbuck Creek Flood Hazard Study
Chippewa Creek Flood Hazard Study
An Inventory of Ohio’s Soils – Wayne County
A Study of Killbuck Wildlife Area
Seismicity Map of the State of Ohio
Killbuck Watershed (2)

GOVERNMENT
Court records
Mayors
Postal history
Public officials        

HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Historical Society (general)
See BUSINESS for:
** Historical/Genealogical Societies
** Kidron Community Historical Society Newsletters
** Kidron Heritage Center
** Smithville Community Historical Society
** Wayne County Historical Society

HISTORICAL HOMES
Historical homes (general)
Lilly House

HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

HISTORY
History (general) (2)
Art
Buildings (3)
Buildings – log cabins
Germania Hall
Moore Brewster House (3)
Overholt House
Quicci Lot
Quinby Opera House
Robinson’s Homestead
Poll Book and Tally Sheet of Special Election, Baughman Twp., September 3, 1912
Bloomington – “Memories from Behind a Hedge”
Souvenir History and Pageant Book, Doylestown 125th Anniversary (1952)   (2)
History of Creston, Ohio
Picturesque Creston (1989)
Baughman Twp. – Burton City
Baughman Twp. – Marshallville
Chippewa Twp.
Chippewa Twp. – Rogues’ Hollow
Clinton Twp. – Shreve
Congress Twp. – Congress
East Union Twp.
East Union Twp. – Apple Creek (also known as Edinburg) Franklin Twp.
Gold Rush
Green Twp. – Smithville
Green Twp. – Orrville
Fatal Accidents
Family Farms (2)
City of Orrville, Ohio, Economic and Population Report       Killbuck Twp. – Wooster City
Milton Twp. – Rittman (2)
Milton Twp. – Sterling
Natural Gas
Natural Phenonema
1913 Flood
1935 Flood
1946 Flood
Oil and Gas
Orrville Comprehensive Plan (1977)
Paint Twp.
Parks – Glory Hole
Roads – State Route 3
Salt Creek Twp. – Fredericksburg
Sugar Creek Twp.
Sugar Creek Twp. – The Kidron News, Sesquicentennial Edition
Wayne County Scrapbook
Wooster (2)
Wooster Daily News – Wooster-of-Today Edition
Italians

HOTELS
See BUSINESS

INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORIES
See BUSINESS

IOWA
See BIRTH

ITALIANS
See HISTORY

JAIL
Jail (general)
Inmates A-H
Inmates I-N
Inmates O-S
Inmates T-Z

KANSAS
See BIRTH

KIDNAPPING
See Melvin Horst kidnapping under DEATH

LAWYERS

LOG CABINS
See BIRTH
See HISTORY, Buildings – log cabins

MAPS (5 folders, not organized)
City of Wooster maps
Downtown Wooster (walking guide brochure)
“Original Street Names Not Like Present” article
Orrville area map
Plat book twp. maps, date unknown
Plat of Wooster (1808)
Rittman map
Visitors’ guides
Wayne County maps
Wayne County/Wooster maps

MARRIAGE

MILITARY
Military (general)
Casualties
Civil War – Camp Tiffin
Civil War – Newspaper Abstracts
Monuments
Pensions
Revolution
World War II (3)
World War II – D-Day

MISSOURI
See BIRTH

MURDERS
See DEATH

NATIVE AMERICANS

NATURALIZATIONS

NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers (early)
Shreve Daily

ORGANIZATIONS
Century Club
Four Seasons Garden Club (2)
Secret Societies
Wayne County Farm Bureau
Wayne County Farm Bureau – Farm Tours 1980s
Wayne County Farm Bureau – Farm Tours 1990s
Wayne Whippersnappers
Wooster Kiwanis Club
Wooster Rotary International

PARKS
Highland Park
Parks, Trees, Pools:  A History of the Wooster Parks and Recreation Dept.
PeeWee Hollow

PHYSICIANS

POPULATION
See also CENSUS

PROMINENT NATIONAL VISITORS

PROPERTY
First Purchasers
Tax list
Tax list (1814 and 1816)
Tax list (1825 – Wooster Twp. & Wooster City)
Land Appraisers (1910)


PUBLICATIONS
Bicentennial (1796-1996)
The Budget
The Courier Crescent
Daily Record (Feb. 26, 2005, Sections A & B, not microfilmed)
Daily Record (Feb. 26, 2005, Sections C & D, not microfilmed)
The Kidron News
“Old Paths in the New Purchase”
Orrville Community Guide
Shreve News
Wayne County Democrat
West Salem News
Wooster Community Guide (1991-1994)
Wooster Community Guide (1995-1997)
Wooster Community Guide (1998-2003)
Wooster Community Guide (2004-)

ROADS
Lincoln Way Highway

SCHOOLS
Schools (general)
Beall Ave. School
Grove Female Institute
Naval Flight Preparatory School
Orrville
Wittenberg
Wooster

SPORTS
A History of Wayne County High School Football (1899-1988)
Sports (general)

TRANSPORTATION
Transportation (general)
Interurban
Trolley (interurban)
Cleveland & Southwestern (trolleys)
Railroad – Kauke Station

VIOLENT CRIME
Violent crime (general)
See also DEATH

WEATHER
Weather (general)
January 26, 1978 blizzard

WEAVERS

WELL-KNOWN INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS

WILDLIFE