Listed below are resources available from the Akron-Summit County Public Library that support activities and exercises related to the Sports, Recreation & Leisure lesson plan, Recreation Yesterday and Today, from the Library of Congress.

Images and Articles

• Images of sports from Summit Memory
• Articles about sports from Summit Memory – from the Wingfoot Clan, 1939-1946 (Goodyear’s employee publication) and The Informer (an African American newspaper in Akron during the 1950s)
• Images of parks from Summit Memory
• Articles mentioning parks from Summit Memory - from the Wingfoot Clan, 1939-1946 (Goodyear’s employee publication) and The Informer (an African American newspaper in Akron during the 1950s)
• Images of recreation from Summit Memory
• Images and articles about the Soap Box Derby from Summit Memory

Online Book

• Online Book of A Spin on the Past: The Origin Story of the Modern American Toy Industry, as it Occurred in Akron, Ohio, Including the Story of S.C. Dyke and the First Mass-Produced Toy–clay Marbles

Finding Aids for Archival Collections

• Greater Akron Touchdown Club
• Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Collection
• Northern Ohio Golf Charities Collection
• Old Time Athlete’s Association (OTAA) Collection
• All-American Soap Box Derby Collection