Item Donations
Donations to Wakeman Archival Center need to be items from Waterville or the surrounding area. We accept family genealogies, obits, news articles on families, pictures of families labeled, businesses formerly in Waterville and present. It could be articles, objects from the business, stationery, ledgers, history of Waterville to present, canal and military history, historical survey of homes, history of your home, clubs, etc. If unsure of the material you want to give us, ask one of the archival staff. We will gladly look at your items for consideration. We will copy any of the pictures that you want to keep and return the original.
Donations to the museums must have a Waterville connection and be approved by the curators of each of the buildings. If items are donated to WHS, a deed of gift is required for each of the items which gives us ownership. Officers of WHS are not allowed to appraise items donated. If you need an appraiser for tax purposes, you are required to have an appraiser that is not associated with WHS.
Some of the items donated in 2024 to the Wakeman Archival Research Center
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“Ohio Land” Booklet
Stoneware jars
1904 Waterville Flood notebook
Toledo and St. Louis & Western Railroad
Jewelry Box
“Soldier Memorial of Ray Heller Post” Booklet
Miss Millie Utz Teaching certificate
Tea Rooms of Waterville notebook
AW Band patch
“Liberty Road” -- book
“Thus Fell Tecumseh” -- book
“Intriguing People of the N.W. Territory” - book
Champaign Glasses
Genealogy of David Studer family
Heffelbower School picture
Lavina Studer scrapbook of travel 1930s
“From the Treaty City of the West” -- book
Bucher/Studer silhouettes -- photo
Fredrick Family pictures and genealogy
Leather working equipment
Booklet “History of the Christian Fischer Family”
Booklet “Beis Family”
Flash drive with the stained glass windows at former Waterville Methodist Church
“2023-2024 Waterville Primary” yearbook
Earl Allion and Viva Stewart marriage license
John G. Allen and Ida May Rulapaugh marriage license
Cornelia May Allion baptismal certificate
Early picture of Waterville School
Herbert Bauman Scrapbook
Wiles/Moosman Photos
Terrazzo piece from Parker Island dance floor
Peter Ullrich Harness Shop -- photo
Arrowheads from Ken Cymbola Collection
1942 Calendar for Gus Dedrick’s Insurance Agency
AW Sports booklet 1979-1980
Childs chair from John Pray house with sale announcement
Numerous vintage postcards
Glass plate negatives from Diane McCreery
Monclova School with kids in front -- photo
Roche de Boeuf bridge being built -- photo
Early photo of Waterville Fire Department men
1888 Wagon Bridge photo
Bucher Motor Sales selling Touring Cars Advertisement
Garret Meat Market Haskin, Ohio photo
Ad for the Toledo Railroad and St. Louis Co. Trolley Rides
Salty the Clown postcard
Gas pipe cleaning pig