Box 6, Folder 1, Daisy Fletcher
April 16, 1913
From Daisy Fletcher to Miss Flora Albaugh Ms Fletcher's family comes
home after the flood and describes how primitive living conditions are
at the present time.
April 20, 1913
From Daisy Fletcher to Miss Flora Albaugh Ms Fletcher describes Dayton
and the "thousands of visitors" that have come to see the city. She says
that this is worse than the San Francisco earthquake. Many relief programs
have arrived to give assistance.
April 27, 1913
From Daisy Fletcher to Miss Flora Albaugh Ms Fletcher describes again
the primitive life style after the flood and says that they do have a refrigerator.
They also are notified by the sanitary officer that the water is clean
and there is no need to boil it.
July 6, 1913
From Daisy Fletcher to Miss Flora Albaugh Ms Fletcher describes the
July heat; this however did not prevent Orville Wright from Flying over
Dayton. According to her it was the best flying demonstration held over
Dayton; "a sort of jubilee over Dayton's recovery." The ice for their refrigerators
comes from Minnesota, since their factory here was 18 feet under water.
They are repairing the house and trying to dry it slowly
March, 1913
Four telegrams concerning the health of relatives caught in the flood.
April 4, 1913
From F. I. Joyce to Mary B. Bahr. Mr. Joyce writes about the flood
in Dayton, that the total property damage will be about fifteen to twenty
millions dollars and the loss of life will be perhaps three to four hundred.
He is the owner of The Joyce-Cridland Co., and reports that the factory
as well as his house are in good shape.
Attached
Information about The Joyce Cridland, Co.
Box 6, Folder 3, Reeve, J. C. and Comments on Flood
March 26, 1913
From Dr. J. C. Reeve to Sydney A. Reeve, Thompkinsville, New York.
Professor and Mrs. Sydney A. Reeve, of Central Avenue, Thompkinsville,
received a letter from Dr. Reeve of Dayton, describing the flood and the
accompanying hardships the residents of that city have had to undergo.
March 25, 1950
The Dayton Public Library wanted to identify photos taken during the
flood of 1913 and published in the Dayton Daily News; to this survivors
of the flood replied and made many comments. Survivors who replied are
Stanley Ellis and Mays W. Warman of Waynesville, Howard Haller of Dayton,
V. H. Hale of Dayton, Mrs. Mildred Aldrich of Dayton, George Miller of
Dayton; James E. Welsh of Dayton, Stanley H. Van Houten of Tipp City, G.
J. Zitt of Dayton, Donald Moodie of Dayton, Herman C. Lee of Dayton; Harvey
C. Goodell of Dayton and Frank B. Michael. "Our Experience in the Dayton
Flood, March 25-27, 1913" manuscript, n.d.
May 8, 1939
Dayton
[Resolution]
Resolutions by the Miami Conservancy District for improvements in conservancy
districts, with special reference to the Miami conservancy district.
Box 6, Folder 5, Emergency Passes
Reproduction of an actual sign posted in Dayton after the 1913 flood for emergency passes.
Thirteen emergency passes; one of them is signed by John Patterson, by order of General Wood, issued to E. D. Vance and James J. Maley.
Subseries 8: Video and Audio Recordings
All cassettes and videos are in file cabinet drawers in Local History Room
Walusis, Eric. Common Ground: Stories From Old North Dayton. Produced and directed by Eric Walusis. 1 videocassette( 65 min.) : col. and b&w, Dayton, OH, 1995 (two copies).
Keeping the Promise: The Miami Conservancy District. Global Village Communications. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : col. and b&w, Dayton, OH, 1993.
AT&T Global Information Solutions Yesterday and Today. AT&T. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col., Dayton, OH, 1995.
Lyons, Mark R. 1913, The Great Dayton Flood From Story to Stage. 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col., Dayton, OH, 1997.
The Great Flood of 1913: A Photographic Experience. The Miami Conservancy District. 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col., Dayton, OH, 1993.
Huddleston, Eric. Dayton Flood. 1 audiocassette, (1 hour) : Dayton, OH, 1972.
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