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The Massillon Museum will be glad to help you research a topic. The permanent collection contains more than 100,000 objects and archives. Please use the navigation at the right to find what you are looking for.
*Due to a high volume of research requests, our research staff will answer your request in the order it was received. Please allow up to 4 weeks for a response. Thank you for your patience.
About the Velma B. Erwin Research Room
Carved from a corner of the Massillon Museum’s third floor collections storage area, the Velma B. Erwin Research Room is nearing completion. The space will include efficient and supervised work space for scholars, students, researchers, staff, and community members seeking information from the Museum’s archives. The Museum’s library of art and history reference books will line the adjacent hallway.
The dedicated research area, a long-time need, has been possible with a portion of a bequest from Velma B. Erwin, who passed away in March of this year. A Washington High School and Kent State University graduate, Erwin taught in the Massillon School System—at Longfellow Junior High School and Gorrell Elementary School—for 34 years. Many remember her devotion to Central Presbyterian Church and the Massillon Woman’s Club.
“Velma Erwin dedicated her career to education; she spent much of her leisure time reading and researching. It is fitting that this permanent facility will be her legacy,” said Alexandra Nicholis, the Museum’s interim executive director, who is overseeing the construction of the entire third-floor collections storage renovation project. “With our generous benefactor’s foresight we’ve taken another step forward in our commitment to serving our community.”
The Velma B. Erwin Research Room will be open by appointment during specified hours after January 1, 2011. To review information and photographs in the Museum archives, contact Museum Archivist Mandy Pond at 330-833-4061.
Mandy Altimus Pond
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