[SOA] Ohio Archives Month Spotlight 4: The University of Akron

[Emily Gainer]

Ohio Archives Month Spotlights: The University of Akron Archives and Special Collections

The Society of Ohio Archivists Advocacy and Outreach Committee<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/advocacy/> is happy to announce that we will be spotlighting archives around the state again this year to celebrate archives month throughout October 2023. Each of our archives spotlights will feature places that house materials related to the theme of the poster<https://ohioarchivists.org/archives-month-poster-2023-announcement/>, Land, Water, & Air: Transportation in Ohio.

By Natalie Fritz, Archivist and Outreach Director, Clark County Historical Society

This week we are shining a spotlight on the University of Akron Archives and Special Collections<https://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives/>. The University was founded in 1870 as Buchtel College. The Archives and Special Collections are housed in the Polsky Building and they provide access to a wide variety of historical resources including collections on the University's history, the city of Akron and Summit, the surrounding county, the rubber industry, which was integral to the community's development, and more. Important transportation related collections in the archives include the Lighter-than-Air Collections<https://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives/collections/collections-by-category.dot?cat=lighterthanair>. The images from the  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Records<https://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15960coll3/search/searchterm/Goodyear%20Tire%20and%20Rubber%20Company%20Records!image/field/all!type/mode/exact!exact/conn/and!and/order/date/page/1> are great for those interested in blimps and airships. Read the full spotlight on the SOA blog: https://ohioarchivists.org/archives-month-spotlight-university-akron/
[A black and white historic photograph of a large blimp with Goodyear printed on the side. A large hanger is in the background.]<https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GoodyearBlimp.png>The ground crew hauls out the Goodyear blimp, The Puritan, from the Wingfoot Lake Hangar, for its first flight, July 3, 1938.





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Emily R. Gainer & Jane Wildermuth, SOA Marketing & Communications co-chairs
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