Lake County Historical Society records, 1938-1987 [microform].

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Lake County Historical Society records, 1938-1987 [microform].

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Consists of organizational records; Board of Trustees minutes; annual reports; brochures, fliers, and announcements; and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains eleven scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to the activities of the Historical Society, including the Lake County Centennial Celebration in 1940.

Six microfilm reels.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7448036

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society

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Lake County Historical Society (Lake County, Ohio)

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The Lake County Historical Society was established in Lake County, Ohio, in 1936, as the Lake County chapter of the Western Reserve Historical Society. It opened the home of President James A. Garfield, named Lawnfield, in Mentor, Ohio, to the public. In 1954, the Lake County Historical Society became independent of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and in 1984, relocated from Lawnfield to the Lake County History Center at Shadybrook in Kirtland Hills. The society maintains a museum and a ...