100 Years of Episcopal Church in Dayton
by Howard Burba Copyright 1930
The history of the Episcopal Church from the first meeting in Dayton on May 15, 1817 to the 1930s. This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on October 12, 1930
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins

The Day They Mobbed the Shakers
by Howard Burba Copyright 1934
In 1810 upwards of 2000 people gathered near where the Shakers lived in Union Village, near Lebanon, Ohio, to drive them away from their lands.  The mob was not successful. The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on October 7, 1934
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Angie Hoschouer

Dayton, the Home of Religious Literature
by Howard Burba Copyright 1932
Several publishers of religious material were once in Dayton, including the famous United Brethren Publishing Company. This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on August 7, 1932
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Angie Hoschouer

An Early Miami Valley Missionary
by Howard Burba Copyright 1932
The life of Father James Finley, one of Miami Valley's first Christian ministers. The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on March 6, 1932
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins

History of the First Baptist Church
by Rev. Henry Francis Colby Copyright 1914
The story of the Baptist Church in Dayton, starting from the petitioning of land from Daniel C. Cooper in 1806 to 1914
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins

The Otterbein Hymnal
Prepared by Edmund S. Lorenz Copyright 1892
Collection of 548 hymns for United Brethren in Christ Church, many written by Edmund S. Lorenz, founder of Lorenz & Company, a music publishing firm still in business today

Presbyterian Cook Book
by the Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church Copyright 1873
A large assortment of recipes from members of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton. Many of the recipes include the name of the women who donated them to the cause
From the Feeding America web site, a project of the Michigan State University Libraries, who were responsible in digitizing this historic cookbook

The Salvation Army's First Battle in Dayton
by Howard Burba Copyright 1934
How the Salvation Army came to Dayton in 1884. This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on December 2, 1934.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Angie Hoschouer

Seventeenth General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, June 14, 1855
by Dayton Journal Copyright 1855
Names and residences of the Clerical and Lay Delegates who came to the assembly.  Published as a broadside June 1855.

Twenty-Five Years in a Dayton Pulpit
by Rev. Dr. Maurice E. Wilson Copyright 1919
A history of the First Presbyterian Church while under Rev. Wilson's guidance, 1890 to 1915