A Legacy in Story

Akron Stories collects, preserves, and celebrates the stories of Akron’s rubber workers and their descendants. We have organized these stories into the following categories:

Akron Life • History • The Work • Products • People & Identity

Come Get Me

Come Get Me

Akron LifeMac LoveJuly 22, 2022Jasper Shadie

Smelling Money

Smelling Money

ProductsMac LoveJuly 21, 2022Julius Garman

Club of the Deaf

Club of the Deaf

People & IdentityMac LoveJuly 12, 2022Mary Campbell

First POC

First POC

HistoryMac LoveJuly 11, 2022Ina Webb

Earthmover

Earthmover

ProductsMac LoveJuly 4, 2022Thomas Kot

Those Factories

Those Factories

The WorkMac LoveJune 24, 2022Ron Unk

Building a Tire

Building a Tire

Products, The WorkMac LoveJune 20, 2022Jasper Shadie

Silent Sports

Silent Sports

HistoryMac LoveMay 29, 2022Thomas Kot

Gritty

Gritty

People & IdentityMac LoveMay 29, 2022

Special

Special

People & IdentityMac LoveMay 29, 2022Cheryl Suttle Wagoner

The Workload

The Workload

The WorkMac LoveMay 29, 2022Tom Dyser

Mr. Stuck

Mr. Stuck

ProductsMac LoveMay 29, 2022Patricia Bursac

Favorite Chair

Favorite Chair

Akron LifeMac LoveMay 29, 2022Rosalie Cavett

Rubber Soot

Rubber Soot

The WorkMac LoveMay 29, 2022Ron Unk

Hungarian Easter

Hungarian Easter

People & IdentityMac LoveMay 29, 2022Ron Unk

Downtown Retail

Downtown Retail

Akron LifeMac LoveMay 29, 2022Ron Unk

How They Met

How They Met

People & IdentityMac LoveMay 29, 2022Mary Hopper

Puncture Proof

Puncture Proof

ProductsMac LoveMay 29, 2022Kevin Robinson

Never Happen

Never Happen

HistoryMac LoveMay 29, 2022Julius Garman

This Dust

This Dust

ProductsMac LoveMay 29, 2022Joseph Heisser