http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f116-subject%3DWestern%20Reserve%20(Ohio)%20--%20Social%20life%20and%20customs. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f116-subject=Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4144.xml The Mesopotamia United Methodist Church (f. 1830) of Trumbull County, Ohio, celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1980 with a May memorial tree dedication, a July homecoming celebration, and the burial of a time capsule in September. The collection consists of clippings and correspondence concerning the scheduled events, information files on the tree dedication, homecoming and time capsule ceremonies, and copies of the materials placed in the time capsule. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4144.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4225.xml Victoria Wesnitzer was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who attended St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School prior to entering Notre Dame Academy from which she graduated in 1921. During those years the Academy was located on Ansel Road in Cleveland, having recently moved from Superior Avenue and East 18th Street. After graduation she married Raymond Noonan. In 1931 she returned to her alma mater for her ten-year class reunion. She was a resident of Cleveland at the time of her death. The collection consists of a scrapbook of pamphlets, gift list, autographs, name cards, invitations, programs, clippings and cards. It also includes diary entries from the class reunion of 1931 and a history of the class. The collection pertains largely to Wesnitzer's social life during her years at Notre Dame Academy and details the activities of a young woman in the 1920s. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4225.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Alexander Harper, a Revolutionary War officer, brought his family to settle in Ashtabula County, Ohio (then a part of the Western Reserve) in 1798. The settlement was named Harpersfield by the family after their hometown in New York. After Alexander Harper's death in September 1798, his widow Elizabeth Harper was joined in 1799 by Alexander's brother Joseph and by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Aaron Wheeler. Elizabeth's children; William, Elizabeth, John A., James A., Alexander, and Robert, all became prominent members of the community. In 1814, the Harpers were among those who organized the Harpersfield Commercial Company. Most prominent of the Harper brothers was Robert, who married Polly Hendry in 1815 and began construction of the family homestead, Shandy Hall. Robert was a lawyer, farmer, businessman, Superintendent of the Public Works at Cunningham Creek, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His nephew, Rice Harper, was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, and was involved ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT