Ohio Canal collections (D. Weaver; R. Howe)

Finding Aid

Prepared by Cara Gilgenbach, April 1997; Updated by Kate Medicus, May 11, 2001; Last Updated: February 2022

Inclusive Dates: 1825-1998
Extent:  1.16 cubic feet (2 half-sized record storage boxes; 1 flat oversized box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Box 1: The Dudley Weaver Collection
Folder -- Contents

Scope and Content: This collection consists of a variety of materials including newspaper clippings on Ohio canals, photographs, slides, brochures, and maps. Most items date from the 1960's and 1970's.

1. Canal Fulton Heritage Society: The Canawler, 1968-1973 [incomplete]
2. Canal Society of Ohio: Letter from Jack E. Gieck, President, [1969?]
3. Canal Society of Ohio: Newsletters and misc., [196?]
4. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: Brochures, booklets, maps
5. Citizen Research in Public Affairs [Ohio]: Newsletter [with articles on canals]: 1969-70
6. Erie Canal: Sesquicentennial: 40'x28'x4': The Erie Canal - 150 Years [monograph], 1967
7. Erie Canal: Sesquicentennial: Newspaper clippings, 1967
8. Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal Controversy: Newspaper clippings, 1960's
9. Ohio Canals: Maps
10. Ohio Canals: Newspaper clippings [folder 1 of 2]
11. Ohio Canals: Newspaper clippings [folder 2 of 2]
12. Ohio Canals: Photographic negatives
13. Ohio Canals: Postcards
14. Ohio Canals: Scrapbook
15. Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal: Notes and "History of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal In Portage County" by Weaver with notes by Terry K. Woods, 1998
16. Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal: Pamphlets; Ohio Conservation Bulletins
17. Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal: Photographic slides: undated
18. Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal: Photographic slides data, undated
19. Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal: Photographs (from old Paris Twp. Days): undated
20. Sandy & Beaver Canal: Newspaper clippings
21. State of Ohio: Amended Senate Bill No. 432 [re. sale of unused canal lands and creation of state canal land authority], 1961
22. Stark County; Roscoe Village: Newspaper clippings [folder 1 of 2]
23. Stark County; Roscoe Village: Newspaper clippings [folder 2 of 2]
24. Wabash & Erie; Whitewater Canals: Articles from Indiana History Bulletin, 1962; 1971; 1972

Box 2: The Richard Howe Collection
Folder -- Contents

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of a number of handwritten notebooks containing notes on canal water measurements, observations of canals, and accounting information. Many of these notebooks belonged to Richard Howe who worked on the Ohio Canal. Also present are maps, articles, and correspondence. The bulk of the materials date from the 1830's through the 1840's.

1. Canal Guide to Ohio: Brochure, 19??
2. Debit Book (Luther Hail), 1856-62
3. Etna and Cascade Mill Measurements, Fall of 1847
4. Historical Map of the Ohio Canals, 1982
5. Howe, Henry W.: Letter from Edward Bissell, March 31, 1886
6. [Howe, Richard?]: Account Book for various digging and maintenance expenses, 1828-34
7. Howe, Richard: Canal Notes, 1829
8. Howe, Richard: Cash Account Book, March-December 1827
9. Howe, Richard: Certificates of Work Done on the Ohio Canal [all blank], 183?
10. [Howe, Richard?]: Copy of letter to Leander Ransom on subject of dam, March 7, 1838
11. Howe, Richard: Letter from L. Bankson, Akron, Nov. 21, 1832, on subject of payments made
12. Howe, Richard: Notes, misc. relating to the Ohio Canal
13. Howe, Richard: Notes and Remarks on the Stations, undated
14. Howe, Richard: Notes of Location of the Northern Section of the Ohio Canal, May and June, 1825
15. Howe, Richard: Notes of a Test Level Commenced, 1826
16. Howe, Richard: Ohio Canal Water Memorandum, 1849
17. Howe, Richard: Memorandum Book, January 1838-March 1839
18. Howe, Richard: Memorandum of Water in Canal, 1847
19. Howe, Richard: Memorandum While Viewing the Erie Canal, 1842
20. Howe, Richard: Receipt Book, May 1840
21. Howe, Richard: Receipt Books [3], 1840; 1838; 18??
22. Howe, Richard: Receipt Books [4], 1843; 1834; 183?; 1836
23. [Howe, Richard?: Surveyor's Notebook?], 1825
24. Postcard of Ohio Canal near Bolivar, Ohio, 1906
25. Reid, Ronald D.: Letters, 1980; 1985
26. Reid, Ronald D.: "Two Hundred Years of Water Transportation in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania": Article, 1984
27. Reid, Ronald D.: "Youngstown and the P&O Canal": Article, 19??
28. Water Measurement Book, 1849
29. Water Measurement Book (J. Black), 1847-48
30. Water Measurement Book (J. Patton), 1848
31. Water Measurement Book (J. Patton), 1848-49
32. Water Measurement Book (B. Taylor), 1847-48
33. Water Measurement Book (E. Wait), 1847-48
34. Water Measurement Book (P. Weatherby), 1847-48
35. Waterways of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania: Map, 1983

Box 3: The Richard Howe Collection (Oversize items)
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Note: All items are undated, but probably date between 1830 and 1850

1. [Elevation drawing of a lock?] : ink and pencil ; 58 x 46 cm.
2. [Fragments of sketches and plans for canals, locks, bridges, and dams] : ink and pencil, 4 items
3. [Plan of a canal lock] : ink ; 63 x 49 cm.
4. [Plan and elevation of a lock] : ink and watercolor ; 38 x 52 cm.
5. [Plan and elevation of a lock] : ink and watercolor ; 49 x 63 cm.
6. [Plan and elevation of a lock and bridge] : ink and watercolor ; 44 x 59 cm.
7. [Plans and elevation of a lock] : ink and watercolor ; 33 x 40 cm.
8. [Measured drawing of a lock with elevation], "Nine feet lift" : ink and watercolor ; 47 x 58 cm.
9. [Measured drawing of a lock and bridge] : ink and watercolor ; 33 x 49 cm.
10. [Drawing of a lock with elevation], "Eight feet lift" : ink and watercolor ; 47 x 61 cm.
11. [Sketch of canal with locations of locks] : ink and pencil ; 39 x 32 cm.
12. [Sketch of a lock] : ink ; 39 x 32 cm.
13. [Sketch of a lock with elevation] : ink ; 49 x 63 cm.
14. [Survey drawing] : pencil ; 39 x 32 cm.
15. [Survey drawing] : pencil and ink ; 65 x 60 cm.
16. [Survey drawing] : pencil and ink ; 62 x 40 cm.
17. [Survey drawing of the Miami River drainage basin] : ink ; 77 x 44 cm.
18. Views of the new wire suspension bridge... over the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh. 1 print : lithograph, b&w ; 31 x 48 cm.