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New Collections From Summit Memory

NAACP Freedom Bus, 1960?-1969?
From Summit Memory.

• The Opie Evans Collection - 125 photographs taken or collected by African-American broadcaster Opie Evans from his papers at Akron University. They provide a rich visual history of the African-American community in Akron, Ohio and surrounding areas during the middle of the 20th century.
• St. Vincent Collection - Over 75 images capturing more than 100 years of the history of St. Vincent Church and St. Vincent — St. Mary’s High School.
• Edwin Bell Howe Glass Plate Negative Photograph Collection - Digitized from glass plate negatives created by Edwin Bell Howe in the 1880s, these images depict the canals and railroads in Summit County in the late 19th century.
• Building Summit County Collection - 500 images selected from the Summit County Historical Society's photograph holdings.
• Lighter-Than-Air Flight in Summit County Collection - Images from the 1927 National Balloon Race which started at the Akron-Cleveland Speedway and images of two iconic airships built in Akron, Ohio.