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Special Collections

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Association for Creative Change Collection Organizational papers of the Association for Creative Change, a group which provided a means of networking and professional development for behavioral scientists who worked in religious systems Si Burick Manuscript Collection Large collection of sports memorabilia once belonging to former UD student Simon "Si" Burick (1909-1986), a sports writer and later sports editor at the Dayton Daily News for 61 years The Catholic Civil Liberties Union and the American Freedoms Council Collection Organizational papers of the Catholic Civil Liberties Union and its predecessor, the American Freedoms Council Julien M. Christensen Collection Publications and documents related to human factors engineering in both the public and academic spheres, formerly owned by UD professor Julien M. Christensen The Dayton Bach Society Collection Materials concerning the Dayton Bach Society (1974-) Edward C. Dill Memorial Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorabilia Large collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt memorabilia donated on behalf of U.D. alumnus Edward C. Dill (1911-1953) Dime Novel Club Reprints Collection Consists of 65 dime novel reprints, the originals dating from 1877 to 1915 Karl West Flaster Collection Personal and professional papers of librettist and poet Karl West Flaster The Pflaum Collection Issues of several religious publications, including The Young Catholic Messenger, Our Little Messenger, Junior Catholic Messenger, and others, published by Dayton's Pflaum Publishing Company; issues date mainly from the 1950s to 1970 Michael Polanyi Collection Mainly contains articles written by and written about 20th century philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), as well as some of his lectures Urban Schnurr Collection Posters, playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and other memorabilia of the theatre and performing arts, locally as well as nationally and internationally, collected by Urban Schnurr (1906-1972) Josephine L. Schwarz Collection Wide variety of personal and professional documents once belonging to Josephine L. Schwarz (1908-2004); extensively covered are the Dayton Ballet and Schwarz School of Dance, from the 1920's to the 1980's Victory Theatre Collection Large collection of papers and memorabilia of the Victory Theatre, a center of the fine arts in Dayton since 1866 Glenn R. Walters Collection Film and video clips, many pertaining to local business and industry, donated by film producer and UD faculty member Glenn R. Walters (1930-) Charles William Whalen, Jr., Congressional and Personal Papers Collection Extensive collection of Congressional and personal papers donated by former Congressman Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (1920-), a UD alumnus and former faculty member