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Primary Documents in the Classroom
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is a wonderful resource for teachers hoping to enrich learning by adding primary documents. Primary documents are original photographs, diaries, speeches, newspaper articles from the time, objects, and other artifacts. They are first-hand accounts about people or events. The MVHS Archival Library is full of primary documents that teachers can use across the curriculum while fostering learning in history. Teachers can research the following themes while planning lessons for their students. This list is only a sampling. If you have questions, or would like advice planning a classroom activity, call or e-mail the education staff at education@mahoninghistory.org.
Possible Unit Themes
African American Bicentennial Commission
Architectural Design
P. Ross Berry
Owsley Brothers
The Arts and Crafts Movement
Cemeteries in the Valley
City Planning
Communications
Warren P. Williamson and WKBN
Educational Reform
American Association of University Women
YMCA Business College
Firefighting
Genealogy and Family History
Health Care in Youngstown
Industry and Business
Industrial Reform
Unions
Little Steel Strike
Destruction in East Youngstown, 1916
Immigration and Naturalization
The International Institute Collection
Case Files for immigration in 1920s, 1967-1979, 1980-1985
Applications for Certificates of Arrival, 1934-1939
Mahoning County, Ohio Naturalization Proceedings Pre 1870
Immigrants by William Powers
The Industrial Revolution
Jewish Archives
Mill Creek Park
1913 Flood and Milton Dam
Political History and Reform
Charles P. Henderson and mayoral reform in Youngstown 1947-1953
Harriet Taylor Upton, women’s vote, and National Republican Party Secretary (Upton)
Racial Tension
Ku Klux Klan
Schools in the Valley
Beaver, Beloit, Goshen, Hubbard, Rayen School
Yearbooks
Social Reform
Florence Crittenden Home for Unwed Mothers
Services for deaf and mute
Asylum Reform
Progressive Era
Lutheran Women’s League of Youngstown
Christ Mission and houses
Steel Production
Bessemer Process
Suburban Growth
Transportation History
Fredonia Automobile Company
Youngstown Carriage Works
Aviation
First Licensed Woman Pilot in Ohio
Urban Growth
Women’s History
Youngstown State University
Some Specific Holdings at MVHS
Warren City Directory (includes Niles, Girard, Cortland after 1978): 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984
Youngstown City Directories (some volumes include Struthers, Girard, Campbell, McDonald, Poland, Canfield, and Lowellville): 1869, 1872, 1875/1876, 1877-Present
Church records and history
County, local, and state histories
Local government records including Marriage record indexes, Coroners inquests and infirmary deaths, divorce records index, original probate estate records
Various family collections (If you have a certain family that you are researching, please call the Education Department for further information)
Wick Family Collections
Fellows Family
Fowler Family
Hewitt-Shehy Family
Arms Family Collection
Sampling of Newspapers (If searching for specific event or year, please call ahead to Archivist)
Amerikai Hirlap, 1920-1942
Il Cittadino, 1920-1932
Mahoning County Dispatch, 1897-1968
Mahoning Free Democrat, 1852-1855
Mahoning Index, 1846-1847
Niles Register, 1881-1883
Youngstown Vindicator—early years
Atlases and Maps
Mahoning County: 1855, 1860, 1870, 1874, 1899-1900, 1915
Sanborn Fire Maps (Provides birds-eye view and often building materials used)
Youngstown: 1884, 1889, 1896, 1907-1957, 1988, 1992
Early sketches, notes of Youngstown
James Mackey Collection (Mackey was a surveyor): 1849-1901
Columbiana County
1841 Map
1870 Atlas
1902 Map and Atlas
Trumbull County
1830 Crenshaw’s Map
1874 Combination Atlas and Map
1899 Atlas and Directory
1918 Atlas
Census Records
1790 United States Census (published format)
Original 1860 Mahoning County Census
Indexes to Censuses
1870, 1880 Census Index for Mahoning County
1880 Census Index for Trumbull County
1880 Census Index for Columbiana County
Military Records
Official rosters
American Revolution (for those buried in Ohio)
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
Tod Post Collection, Grand Army of the Republic (also includes information on African American soldiers)
12th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Medical Department Ledger, 1864-1865
Morning Book, 1864
Numerous letters, diaries, and photographs
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society educates and promotes an interest in the history of the Mahoning Valley by collecting, preserving, and developing material representative of the people who have inhabited the region.
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