Archival Collections

The Special Collections Division houses the genealogy and local history materials of the Akron-Summit County Public Library and the document and photograph collections of the Summit County Historical Society.

All archival materials must be used in Special Collections. To search the collections, please see below.

Archives Catalog
Search archival materials from Library and Summit County Historical Society collections. (Note: The Archives Catalog serves as an index to our collections and does not include images.)
Summit Memory
Search our digital collections of historic photographs, documents, newspapers, artifacts and audiovisual resources from the Library, as well as our partner organizations throughout the county.

Finding Aids

Our archival holdings include many individual collections. Finding aids for each are listed below. To view a PDF on the web, your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader application installed.

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Collection Title	PDF	Size
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Akron's 175th Anniversary		(0.01 MB)
Akron Art Time Capsule		(0.03 MB)
Akron Beacon Journal Spelling Bee News Clippings		(0.01 MB)
Akron Beacon Journal Veterans Projects		(0.20 MB)
Akron Crime Clinic Collection		(0.02 MB)
Akron Digital Media Center Collection		(0.01 MB)
Akron Jaycees Collection		(0.14 MB)
Akron Mineral Society		(0.02 MB)
Akron Motorcycle Dealers and People		(0.01 MB)
Akron OASIS Collection		(0.21 MB)
Akron PTA Collection		(0.02 MB)
Arbeiter Saengerbund Freiheit Club Collection		(0.01 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
Bain E. “Shorty” Fulton Collection		(0.19 MB)
Berrodin Collection		(0.02 MB)
Beth El Congregation		(0.02 MB)
Bloetscher Collection		(0.11 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
Castel di Sangro Club		(0.19 MB)
Cauffield Collection		(0.01 MB)
Charles Cook Bronson’s History of Tallmadge and the Western Reserve		(0.53 MB)
Coach House Theatre Collection		(0.02 MB)
Coming Together Project		(0.04 MB)
Coss Collection		(0.02 MB)
Cunningham/Cunningham-McCafferty Funeral Home Records, 1906 – 1966		(0.01 MB)
Taylor Memorial and Cuyahoga Falls Collection		(0.69 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
D. Bruce Mansfield Collection		(0.02 MB)
Daniel and Anna K. Bender Family Collection		(0.2 MB)
David McCann Collection		(0.2 MB)
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Eastman Collection: Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends		(0.13 MB)
Edwin Shaw Hospital - Briar Hill Cemetery Collection		(0.19 MB)
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Fairlawn Garden Club Collection		(0.01 MB)
Fairlawn West United Church of Christ		(0.02 MB)
Fortnightly Study Club Collection		(0.01 MB)
Frank-Klein Collection		(0.02 MB)
Frank E. Lawrence Collection		(0.12 MB)
Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Acme Man Radio Scripts		(0.01 MB)
Frederick J. Ilse Collection		(0.01 MB)
Furnace Street Mission/ Victim Assistance Program		(0.14 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
Garden Forum of Greater Akron Collection		(0.13 MB)
German American Club Collection		(0.02 MB)
Glendale Cemetery 175th Collection		(0.10 MB)
Greater Akron Legal Secretaries Collection		(0.01 MB)
Greater Akron Touchdown Club		(0.21 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
H. L. Ginaven Collection		(0.02 MB)
Hal Fry Collection		(0.01 MB)
Harriet Leaf Collection		(0.05 MB)
High Street Christian Church		(0.29 MB)
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Imagine Akron 2025		(0.02 MB)
Inventure Place/Inventor's Hall of Fame		(0.02 MB)
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Jewish Community Board of Akron Collection		(0.33 MB)
John R. Dixon Collection		(0.02 MB)
John Morgan Collection		(0.01 MB)
John F. Seiberling Collection		(0.03 MB)
Joseph D. Jesensky Collection		(0.01 MB)
Junior League of Akron Radio Scripts		(0.01 MB)
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Kepler Coss Collection of materials about Green Township		(0.04 MB)
Krumroy Senior Citizens Center Collection		(0.03 MB)
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Lewis Tobias Collection		(0.02 MB)
Lighter-Than-Air Collection		(0.18 MB)
Louise Sumner Board Collection		(0.20 MB)
Lutz Collection of Veterans’ Burial Cards		(0.02 MB)
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Mary Near Frashuer		(0.11 MB)
Memories of Downtown		(0.01 MB)
Miller Horns Collection		(0.18 MB)
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Neighborhood History Project		(0.02 MB)
Noble Elderkin Collection		(0.02 MB)
Northern Ohio Golf Charities Collection		(0.02 MB)
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Old-Time Athletes Association		(0.02 MB)
Ott Gangl Collection		(0.05 MB)
Ott Gangl Kenley Players Collection		(0.05 MB)
Ott Gangl Ohio Ballet Collection		(0.03 MB)
Our Lady of the Elms Family History Collection		(0.01 MB)
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Pfahl Collection		(0.01 MB)
Phi Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Collection		(0.01 MB)
Pi Beta Phi Akron Alumnae Club		(0.21 MB)
Pierson Collection		(0.02 MB)
Polly Paffilas Collection		(0.18 MB)
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Ralph Holaday Collection		(0.01 MB)
Ralph E. (Koehn) Kane Collection		(0.01 MB)
Richard Gardner Collection		(0.03 MB)
Roadway Express Collection		(0.02 MB)
Robert Orr Collection		(0.13 MB)
Robert W. Little Collection		(0.01 MB)
Roderic B. Dibbert Collection		(0.02 MB)
Rubber City Retreads Collection		(0.01 MB)
Rubber History Collection		(0.09 MB)
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Saalfield and Werner Publishing Companies Collection		(0.06 MB)
Saint Paul's Catholic Church		(0.14 MB)
Samuel Lane Collection		(0.22 MB)
Sherwood Kessell Collection		(0.01 MB)
Six-Hour Day Collection		(0.01 MB)
Smith-Clouse Collection		(0.03 MB)
Sounds of the City		(0.01 MB)
Stone Letters Collection		(0.19 MB)
Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society		(0.16 MB)
Summit County Medical Society Collection		(0.26 MB)
Summit Metro Parks		(0.31 MB)
Summit Regional Council of Catholic Women		(0.28 MB)
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Thomas Knowles Collection		(0.02 MB)
“The Times They Were A-Changin’: Akron Remembers 1968” Oral History Project Collection		(0.02 MB)
Trucking History Collection		(0.03 MB)
Turkeyfoot Island Collection		(0.22 MB)
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U.S. Naval Air Station, Akron Collection		(0.21 MB)
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Van Dusen and Marquardt Family Collection		(0.04 MB)
Veterans’ Grave Registration Cards		(0.01 MB)
Veterans' Burial Reports		(0.01 MB)
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Collection Title	PDF	Size
Wallpaper Project		(0.01 MB)
William W. Cox – Mohawk Rubber Company Collection		(0.20 MB)
WITAN (Women in Touch with Akron’s Needs)		(0.13 MB)
Women’s Art League Collection		(0.01 MB)

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Archival Collections

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