At left you will find a series of writings the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums has digitized and made available online. Among the writings are the transcribed text of President Hayes' diaries (which he kept from age 12 on), his journal of work done on the grounds of his beloved Spiegel Grove estate ("Our Home"), letters written during the Civil War by the President's wife Lucy
Also included are digitized journals of Ohio Civil War soldiers, transcribed audiotapes of 1973 interview with WWI Marine Elton Mackin of Norwalk, Ohio, and the Spanish American War diaries of Clarence C. Childs of Fremont, Ohio.
We invite you to click on the links at left to learn more.
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- Library
- Manuscripts Collections
- Overview
- Rutherford B. Hayes & Hayes Family Collections
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- Features
- Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes
- Chronological List of Speeches by Rutherford B. Hayes
- Gifts Presented to Rutherford B. Hayes
- Map of the Disputed Election of 1876
- Excerpts from "First Lady: The Life of Lucy Webb Hayes" by Emily Apt Geer
- Letters of Fanny Hayes Platt
- Civil War Letters of Lucy Webb Hayes
- "The Role of Lucy Webb Hayes in the Civil War" by Emily Apt Geer
- "Lucy Webb Hayes and Her Influence Upon Her Era" by Emily Apt Geer
- The Recipes of Lucy Webb Hayes
- Selected World War I Letters of Dalton Hayes
- Reminiscence of Lucy Webb Hayes
- Gilded Age Collections
- Local History Collections
- Search Collection
- Features
- 101st Airborne Division Newsletters
- Historypin: Historic Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Photographs
- Northwest Ohio Veteran's Oral History
- Civil War Letters of Robert H Caldwell
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs I
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs II
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs III
- Overmyer Kistler Photo Album
- Hurd Family Genealogy
- Local Government Collections
- Frohman Collections
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- Features
- Lake Erie's Yesterdays
- Great Lakes Travel Cruise Guides
- Images from the Frohman Theater Collection
- Watercolor Sketches of Lake Erie Vessels
- Frohman Photographs on Our Pinterest Lake Erie's Yesterdays Board
- Nautical Catalogs
- Erie Islands Miscellaneous Files I
- Erie Islands Miscellaneous Files II
- Lake Erie Vessel License Bonds 1868 - 1871
- Lake Erie's Master and Owner's Oath Certificates 1867 - 1871
- Great Lakes Vessel Online Database at BGSU
- Great Lakes Port Online Database at BGSU
- Great Lakes Maritime Personnel Online Database at BGSU
- Johnson's Island Signature Album
- Special Collections
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts
- Highlights of the Manuscripts Collections
- Civil War
- Civil War Letters of Isaac P. Rule - 101st O.V.I
- Civil War Letters of Bates M. Cook - 21st Ohio Independent Battery, Light Artillery
- Civil War Letters of Jacob Souder Holtz - Company H, 164th O.N.G.
- Guide to Civil War Collections at the Hayes Library
- Sandusky County, Ohio Civil War Soldier
- Civil War Letters of Andrew Powell - Company D, 123rd O.V.I.
- Civil War Memoir of Gen. Russell Hastings, 23rd O.V.I.
- Index to Civil War Articles in Northwest Ohio Newspapers
- Civil War Letters of Robert H. Caldwell 21st O.V. I.
- 19th Century Civil War Poetry Collection
- "Two Medal of Honor Winners" by L. Keith Snipes
- Johnson's Island Confederate Civil War Prison Cemetery
- Civil War Letters of Col. Leander Stem - 101st OVI
- Hardesty Sandusky County Civil War Sketches A- P
- Hardesty Sandusky County Civil War Sketches R - Z
- Diary of Capt. Alvah Skilton
- African American Civil War Soldiers of Sandusky County
- Manville Moore Post No. 525 Fremont, Ohio
- Johnson's Island Signature Album
- Eugene Rawson Post No.32 G.A.R. Muster Roll
- "Sandusky Co. Military Medical Exemptions: August 1865" by John B. Rice, M.D.
- Robert H. Caldwell GAR Post 39 - Elmore, Ohio
- Ohio's Yesterdays Manuscripts Blog
- Paper Trail
- Civil War
- News from the Manuscripts Division
- Manuscripts Divison Donations
- Manuscripts Research Request Form
- Research Files
- Prints & Photographs
- Prints & Photographs Overview
- Great Lakes Travel Cruise Guides
- Grob Photograph Collection
- Frohman Photograph Collection Index
- Hayes Images on Ohio Memory
- Images of Lucy Webb Hayes
- Images of Programs From the Frohman Theatre Collection
- Thaddeus B. Hurd Photograph Collection
- Lucy Elliot Keeler Photograph Index 1887 - 1929
- Lucy Elliot Keeler Photographs I
- Lucy Elliot Keeler Photographs II
- Lucy Elliot Keeler Photographs III
- Reproduction Agreement
- Lake Erie's Yesterdays
- Overmyer Kistler Photo Album
- Portrait File
- Postcard Images
- Sandusky County, Ohio Photograph Collection
- Webb C. Hayes Photograph Collection
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs I
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs II
- Richard Stotz World War II Photographs III
- Stereoscopic Collection
- Watercolor Sketches of Lake Erie Vessels
- Resources
- Research Aids
- Guides and Finding Aids
- Guide to Using Primary Sources
- Divorce Petitons - Sandusky County Chancery Court (1845 - 1860)
- Tips On Tracing Your Family
- Genealogy & Ohio Adoption
- Ohio Chancery Court Records
- Sandusky County Home Orphans - 1883 - 1926
- Formation of Sandusky County
- Nineteenth Century Supreme Court Records
- Religious Denominational Newspapers
- Care of Manuscripts and Photographs
- Tips For Storing and Caring For Your Quilt
- Victorian Cemeteries
- World War I Online Resources
- Copyright and Publishing Information
- Current Periodical Subscribtions
- All Periodicals
- Newspapers
- Sheet Music Holdings
- Research Aids
- Digital Collections
- Hayes Historical Journal
- Robert H. Caldwell GAR Post 39 - Elmore, Ohio
- Civil War Memoir of Gen. Russell Hastings, 23rd O.V.I.
- Civil War Letters of Robert H. Caldwell 21s t O.V. I.
- Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes
- Civil War Letters of Lucy Webb Hayes
- Our Home - President Hayes' Horticulture Diary
- Journal of Lucy Scott West at the White House During the Hayes Administration
- Excursion to Baltimore & Washington D.C., by Lucy E. Keeler
- Corporal Elton Mackin: WWI 5th Marine Regiment, Interview 1973
- Spanish American War Diary of Clarence C. Childs
- Memoir of Gen. Russell Hastings after the Civil War
- Fremont (Ohio) News Messenger Images
- Lake Erie's Yesterdays
- Hayes Images on Ohio Memory
- Civil War Letters of Bates M. Cook - 21st Ohio Independent Battery, Light Artillery
- Johnson's Island Signature Album
- Thomas Corwin Donaldson
- Civil War Letters of Isaac P. Rule - 101st O.V.I.
- Sandusky County, Ohio, Examinations for Disability Exemptions, 1862
- Sandusky County, Ohio Civil War Soldiers
- Artifact/Object Database