DAYTON HISTORY BOOKS FREE ONLINE

Goal: $3,500 Donations Received So Far: $2,055

A Message from DHBO Founder, Curt Dalton

Today, I am personally asking you to make a donation to support Dayton History Books Online.
I started Dayton History Books Online in 2004, and over the past six years, I've been amazed and humbled to see thousands of people use the site. From a small beginning of twenty books and booklets that could be read, searched and printed out DHBO now has over 600, and has added videos and hundreds of historical photographs.
We need to care for the website where this important work happens. We need to protect DHBO. We want to keep it free of charge and free of advertising. We want to keep it growing – spreading the history of the Gem City everywhere, and inviting participation from everyone.
Dayton History Books Online became a non-profit organization in 2009 so that it can continue to develop, cultivate, and protect the writings and memories of the city’s past. For $3,500 dollars a year and with a staff that usually runs around 7 volunteers (and myself), it is THE place to come to read and share our stories of Dayton and the Miami Valley. I'm asking for your help so we can continue to take care of our home.
Thank you for using DHBO. You're part of its story: please make a donation today.
Curt Dalton
Founder, Dayton History Books Online
To learn more of our story and what DHBO accomplished over the past year, click here.

Congratulations!
You have found Dayton History Books Online! This website is dedicated to placing historical items about Dayton, Ohio online. Curt Dalton, a local author who has written several books about Dayton's history, saw a need to make books and other educational materials about Dayton available to children and the general public. He knew that the documents had to be in a format that could easily be read and searched, to enable visitors to use the information in homework and personal projects. What better way than through the world wide web? On October 24, 2004 Dayton History Books Online opened with a list of twenty books and booklets that could be read, searched and printed out. As of September 1, 2010 there are 610 books, booklets and articles available, consisting of 14,180 pages of text, with more added every month. DHBO has now added over 980 photos, many of which depict Dayton in the 1950s. We also celebrate having over 4.9 million hits on the site! (For those keeping track, there was an average of 7,336 hits each day in August). Through the collaboration of local libraries, universities, archives, businesses and individuals, we will continue to add historical information about Dayton. Please click here for contact information.