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1 Repository: O Brien Library at United Theological Seminary; Center for the Evangelical and United Brethren Heritage Location: 4501 Denlinger Rd. Trotwood, OH Telephone: (937) Website: hburchell@united.edu or sblair@united.edu Hours and Access: Library and building hours vary, so it is best to make an appointment. Items from the O Brien Library archives and Center for the Evangelical United Brethren Heritage can only be used in the library. The charge for photocopies is 10 cents per page. There is no fee for researches to use our resources; however, if we are asked to do the research on their behalf, fees may apply Flood Collections The Religious Telescope (The official periodical of the United Brethren in Christ. The denominational offices and printing press were in downtown Dayton, and the publication was mailed all over the United States). Vol. 79, No. 14 (April 2, 1913) The Flood and Flame in Dayton p 1-2 The Printing Establishment of the United Brethren in Christ p 2-3 Personal (various notes related to the flood) p 3 Bonebrake Seminary (little damage) p 3 A Unique edition (on smaller size of this issue) p 3 The Mails (church reports missing from flood) p 3 The Orphanage (no damage) p 3 Church Erection (not hurt) p 3 Foreign Missions p 4 The Cause (specifying rain as the reason for the flood) p 4 Restoring Things p 4

edu Hours and Access: Library and building hours vary, so it is best to make an appointment.

2 Vol. 79, No. 15 (April 9, 1913) The Awful Calamity p 1 John H. Patterson p 1-2 Explanation (again of issue size, reminder of flood) p 2 General Conference (not affected by flood) p 2 Judgment (theory on reason for flood) p 2 Damaged Churches p 1-2 Personal (some still about flood) p 3 Flood Notes p 3 Militia (commending the militia for rescue and relief work) p 3-4 The Publishing House (update on receding water) p 4 The Orphanage (asking for continued support in spite of floods) p4 Vol. 79, No. 16 (April 16 th ) Aid for the Publishing House (to restore it to its place before the flood). p 1 Present Situation (summary of Dayton, again highlighting publishing house) p 1 The Future (plans for a 64 page General Conference issue are dropped because, Conditions compel us to abandon that issue. ) p 1 Let the Whole Church Hear (more on publishing house needs) p 1 Photograph on Cover Page (Caption: Flashlight Picture of Telescope Presses In Basement of Publishing House After the Flood. Find Them. ) p 1 Sunday School Literature (announcement that the upcoming quarterly materials were already printed prior to the flood). p 2 Another s View (letter from Rev. J.M. Foster, Boston, MA, attributing floods, cyclones, etc., to the just judgments of God). p 2 Antediluvian Notes, Boiled (not on flood, but title points out these events took place prior to the flood and were therefore not yet shared in the Telescope). p 2 Postdiluvian Notes, Also Boiled (again not on flood, but announcements pertaining to events after the flood). p 2 The Story of the Great Dayton Flood! (advertisement for a book with pictures to be published by The United Brethren Publishing House). p 4 Vol. 79, No. 17, April 23, 1913 Personal (one paragraph concerns a woman who write s with tender solicitude concerning the flood sufferers in Dayton ) p 1

still about flood) p 3 Flood Notes p 3 Militia (commending the militia for rescue and relief work) p 3-4 The Publishing House (update on receding water) p 4 The Orphanage (asking for continued

3 For Flood Sufferers (names a few persons and churches as well as the amount of relief funds they gave) p 1 An Appeal (the Conference Board of the Miami Conference of the United Brethren in Christ makes an appeal for assistance to be given to churches in the Dayton area. The specific church mentioned is the Riverdale Church) p 1 Avondale, Columbus (interesting note that after all of the Dayton appeals for help, a request comes from a church in Columbus damaged after a levee broke and caused a flood on March 25, 1913). p 1-2 Note, this is the first issue after the flood in which some of the normal columns on spiritual development (i.e. Christian Endeavor, Bible School, Spiritual Life, etc.) have returned to the Religious Telescope. Spiritual Life: A Long Prayer (last paragraph speaks of prayers needed in times of disaster, such as the awful flood that recently struck Dayton ) p 3 Home Missions: Plans Delayed (still looking for a pamphlet that was sent to the publishing house days before the flood) p 4 Church Erection: Board Meeting (meeting was re-announced since so many people did not receive the Religious Telescope the first time it was announced due to the flood). p 4 Board of Control: After the Flood (appeals for giving to resume for Sunday Schools and Bonebrake Theological Seminary) p 5 Board of Control: Colonel Cowden s Heroism (Colonel Robert Cowden was a Dayton Civil War Hero who championed the role of Sunday Schools after ceasing his military career. His home was damaged in the flood, but this brief article speaks of his travels to encourage Sunday Schools in the Sandusky Conference of the United Brethren in Christ.) p 5 Vol. 79, No. 18, April 30. Personal (Announcment: Dr. R.E. Graves delivering address entitled: My Experience in the Dayton Flood ). p 1 Gifts to the House (Announcement that a full list of donors to the pre-flood restoration of the Publishing house will be in the next issue). p 1 Slender Purse, Full Heart (letter from donor who sent money from West Virginia to help the Publishing House restoration. p 1-2 Words with Backing (a very generous donor sends a letter along with $100 dollars for the Publishing House restoration). p 2 Plea for Help (another plea for relief for Dayton churches. Specifically mentioned in the Miami Conference. The following are specifically mentioned: First, Riverdale, Hartford Street, Miamisburg, and two German churches one

The specific church mentioned is the Riverdale Church) p 1 Avondale, Columbus (interesting note that after all of the Dayton appeals for help, a request comes from a church in Columbus damaged after

4 in Hamilton, the other in Dayton. There is a special appeal for Riverdale and Hartford Street. The estimated total for restoration in all these churches is $25,000). p 2 The Outlook (more updates on Dayton with the promise that the next Religious Telescope issue will be the former 32 page size for the first time since before the flood.) p 2 Publishing Agent s Report (from a business perspective, frequently mentions how the flood affected the editorial staff, real estate value of the building, losses in finance, etc.) p 4-6 Vol. 80, No. 12, March 25, 1914 One Year Ago Today (remembrance of the Flood.) p 4-5 photograph (with caption: Taken From United Brethren Building. Notice Broken Brick Structure, Which Fell at One O clock, March 25; Also Cluster of Street Lamps Almost Submerged, in Lower Left Corner. ) p 8 Story of Flood and Flame: One Year Ago To-day, Dayton Law Smitten and Helpless The Editor (p 22-26) Vol. 81, No. 12, March 24, 1915 Front Cover Anniversary Reminders (two photos) The Watchword (Another United Brethren in Christ publication to come from Dayton) Vol. XX, No. 15, April 12, 1913 Dayton s Days of Flood and Terror p 1-2 The Printing Establishment of the United Brethren in Christ p 2-3 Vol. XX, No. 17, April 26, 1913 Flood Notes p 2 Vol. XX, No. 19, May 10, 1913 Share with Us in the Struggle p 1 Minutes of the One Hundred and Fourth Annual Session: Miami Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ Held at College Hill U.B. Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 27-31, 1913.

) p 2 Publishing Agent s Report (from a business perspective, frequently mentions how the flood affected the editorial staff, real estate value of the building, losses in finance, etc.) p 4-6 Vol.

5 Report No. 1 Conference Superintendent p The Otterbein Teacher (United Brethren in Christ publication designed to assist Sunday School studies) Vol. XLI, No. 5, May, 1913 The Flood p 212 Other Books in the O Brien Library collection 1913, preserving the memories of Dayton s great flood: proceedings of the symposium, October 22, 2002, with a guide to the resources on the flood of 1913/ edited by Elli Bambakidis (Dayton, OH : Dayton Metro Library, c2004). A pictorial history of the great Dayton flood, March 25, 26, 27, 1913, prepared by Nellis R. Funk. (Dayton, O.: The Otterbein press, 1913). A time of terror: the great Dayton flood/ by Allan W. Eckert, with illustrations. (Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown and Company, c1965.)

guide to the resources on the flood of 1913/ edited by Elli Bambakidis (Dayton, OH : Dayton Metro Library, c2004).

The 1913 Dayton Flood and the Birth of Modern Flood Control Engineering in the United States

The 1913 Dayton Flood and the Birth of Modern Flood Control Engineering in the United States J. David Rogers Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute University of Missouri-Rolla Overview of the Dayton Area