Historical society holding Winter Banquet
The archive contains thousands of files on Tuscarawas County landmarks, people, towns and villages, organizations, churches, schools, and genealogical material.
The Tuscarawas County Historical Society will hold its annual Winter Banquet on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Tuscarawas County Senior Center at 425 Prospect St. in Dover at 6 p.m.
The menu will include two meat entrees, potatoes, a vegetable and dessert. The cost for the dinner and program is $20. Reservations can be made by sending your name, address, phone number, attendees’ names and payment to the Tuscarawas County Historical Society, P.O. Box 462, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, by Saturday, Oct. 30.
At this year’s banquet, the Tuscarawas County Historical Society will wrap up the celebration of the 100th anniversary of its founding in 1921.
Society board member and Historic Schoenbrunn Village volunteer Seth Angel will make a presentation. Angel will address the society’s founding, the research leading to the recreation of Schoenbrunn Village and how the Moravian mission came to be located in Tuscarawas County in 1772. Photos of the rebuilding of the village in the 1930s, maps and information regarding the process will be on display.
The evening also will include historical society news and election of the board of trustees.
The society operates the Tusc Kent Archives room at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. Located in Founders Hall near the bookstore, the Tusc Kent Archive room is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
The archive contains thousands of files on Tuscarawas County landmarks, people, towns and villages, organizations, churches, schools, and genealogical material. There are thousands of photos from most towns, villages and forgotten places in Tuscarawas County.
The archive has plat maps dating back to 1870. There also is an extensive microfilm collection of local newspapers including the Daily Times, the Daily Reporter, the Uhrichsville Chronicler, Mineral City Pointer, Dennison Paragraph and other earlier newspapers of the county.
For more information call 330-308-7494.