http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f13-subject%3DEurope%20--%20Description%20and%20travel%20--%201800-1918. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f13-subject=Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3232.xml The collection consists of letters written by Mary Jane Blair while on a tour of Europe. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3232.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3383.xml The Nott family moved to Ohio from New Haven, Connecticut. The collection consists of letters and notebooks of George R. Nott containing genealogical information on the Nott family, other genealogical notebooks, and a journal of a European tour (England, France, Germany, and other countries) by Belle Nott Whitney (1895-1896). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3383.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3397.xml W. Burr Gongwer (1873-1948) was a Cleveland, Ohio, Democratic leader who served as secretary to Tom L. Johnson, was an ally of Newton D. Baker, and became chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Central Committee in 1924. The collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, and a diary of a trip to Europe, May-June, 1914. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3397.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3557.xml Ann Maria Stockwell (1840-1904) was a Boston, Massachusetts resident (her home was in the Roxbury section of Boston), and wife of George Green. She was born in West Acton, Massachusetts on March 28, 1840. Her first husband, David Hapgood, died during the American Civil War. Her second husband, George Green, was a stationer who died in 1899. The collection consists of three bound, handwritten notebooks containing an account of an extended trip to Europe. Includes descriptions of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oxford, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Strasbourg, Bern, Geneva, Paris, Rome, and other cities in Italy. Mrs. Green was in Rome at the time of the deaths of Victor Emmanuel II and Pius IX, in 1878. She also attended a London church service and sermon given by the Nonconformist divine, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, at his church, The Tabernacle. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3557.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4037.xml Paul Rosenwasser (1890-1968) was the son of a prominent Jewish doctor, Dr. Marcus Rosenwasser, and Ida Rohrheimer Rosenwasser. He married Florence Hirscheimer in 1914 and entered automobile sales in the 1920s. He owned Downtown Chevrolet in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a diary of a European tour, 1904-1905. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4037.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2883.xml Frederick A. Bacon was a midshipman in the United States Navy who served on board the frigates Constitution and Shark. The collection consists of a journal kept by Bacon which records shipboard incidents and observations on places he toured and on museums and historic buildings he visited in Gibraltar, Lisbon, Genoa, Rome, Florence, Naples, and Athens. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2883.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2936.xml George Camp Curtis (1817-1894) was a Presbyterian minister who served communities in Ohio, Michigan, and New York. The collection consists of letters concerning the Curtis family genealogy, and an autobiographical sketch of Rev. Curtis in which he discusses his years at Lane Theological Seminary, his career as a minister, and various trips to Europe. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2936.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3585.xml William Sheldon Kerruish (1831-1927) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. His son Sheldon joined him in his law practice. His daughter Miriam married attorney and Ohio state representative Charles W. Stage. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, speeches, poetry, invitations, personal papers and newspaper clippings of Wm. S. Kerruish, a diary of Miriam Kerruish Stage, an account book of Thomas Cain, an autobiography of Charles Stage, and legal records of Richard Bridson, Amelia Imbery, and William Wick. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3585.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3618.xml William Tully Bascom was an Ohio journalist and editor. His daughter Laura L., a music teacher and soloist, married Dr. Hiram H. Little. Their son, Tully Bascom Little, was a Cleveland businessman who became chairman of the National Defense Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. W.T. Bascom's son, Gustavus, fought in the Civil War and became a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and genealogical and autobiographical material. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3618.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3698.xml Minerva Brace Norton (b. 1837) was the assistant editor of the "Little Corporal" magazine in Chicago, Illinois, who became principal of the ladies department at Ripon College (1874-1876). She wrote numerous magazine articles and several books, including one about Mary Mortimer, her teacher at the Milwaukee Female College. The collection consists of letters of Mary Mortimer concerning the Milwaukee Female College, and letters of Mrs. Norton, her family, friends, publisher, missionary friends, and Frances Willard (temperance leader and feminist) concerning Mrs. Norton's European travels and her book, In and Around Berlin. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3698.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3705.xml Frank J. Chapple was a London, Ontario, importer and wholesaler who married Nellie Lavine Wooldridge of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889. He later moved to Cleveland and founded F.J. Chapple, General Insurance. The collection consists of correspondence of the Chapple and Wooldridge families, and diaries of Mrs. Chapple's niece, Alice Marie Mitchell Keetch. The correspondence includes descriptions of Europe by Mrs. Chapple and descriptions of Canada by Mr. Chapple's brother-in-law, James Rice. Many of Mrs. Keetch's diary entries (1940-1945) relate to World War II. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3705.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3742.xml George C. Dodge (1813-1883) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, merchant who served as Cuyahoga County's first Democratic treasurer from 1852-1858. The collection consists of a journal of Dodge's daily activities and business transactions in 1869, and of a family member's tour of Europe in 1885. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3742.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3756.xml Moses J. Gries (1868-1918) was Rabbi of Tifereth Israel Congregation (The Temple) in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1892 to 1917. His wife, Frances, was the daughter of Kaufman Hays, a Cleveland businessman and banker. The collection consists of correspondence, a European travel diary (1897), a memorandum and account book of Kaufman Hays, the Will of Regina Thorman, a book of clippings on aerial derbies (1919-1920), and a scrapbook of condolences and newspaper clippings upon the death of Frances Hays Gries Watters (1933). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3756.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3771.xml Samuel Williamson (1772-1834) was a judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas. His son, Samuel Jr. (1808-1884), was an Ohio state legislator. His grandson, Samuel E. (1844-1903), was also a Common Pleas Court Judge. Another grandson, James D. (1849-1935), was a minister. His great-grandsons, Frederick E. (1876-1944) and Arthur P. (1884-1973), were businessmen. The collection consists of the papers of the Williamson family, including business papers, deeds, a journal of James D. Williamson's trip to Europe (1914), newspaper clippings, court documents, genealogical material, memorial books, and letters of the Day-Ely family. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3771.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4003.xml Sarah Gaylord Newberry (b. 1823) was the daughter of Erastus Gaylord, a Cleveland, Ohio, druggist, and Lucetta Cleaveland Gaylord. She married Dr. John S. Newberry, a physician and well-known geologist, in 1848. The collection consists of a diary of a voyage to Europe in 1849-1850. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4003.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4100.xml William Bingham (1816-1904) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman, city councilman, and Ohio state senator. His daughter, Caroline (1844-1921), married Charles A. Brayton (1841 or 1842-1909), owner of the Standard Car Wheel Company of Cleveland. His granddaughter, Frances Payne Bingham Bolton (1885-1977), became a prominent philanthropist and United States Congresswoman from Ohio. The collection consists of personal items and correspondence of members of the Bingham and Brayton families. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4100.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4124.xml The Ritchie and Hale families were prominent in civic and philanthropic activities in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. Clara Belle Ritchie, daughter of Samuel J. and Sophronia Hale Ritchie, inherited the Hale farm from her uncle, Charles Oviatt Hale, and bequeathed it to the Western Reserve Historical Society when she died in the 1950s. The collection consists of Ritchie and Hale family correspondence, diaries, recollections, clippings, legal files, financial materials, and guest registers of the Hale farm. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4124.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2980.xml Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, land deeds, genealogical data, poems, music programs, religious tracts, circulars, broadsides, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, legal documents, journal, diary, account books, and other papers, relating to the activities of Mrs. Hughes, her parents, Loren and Ellen Prentiss, and her maternal grandparents, Benjamin and Rebecca Rouse. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2980.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3323.xml Emma Betts Sterling (1837-1914) was a wealthy Cleveland, Ohio, matron. She and her husband, Frederick A. Sterling, were active in many social and charitable organizations. The collection consists of eighteen diaries and a composition book written by Mrs. Sterling, and a composition book written by her daughter, Jennette. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3323.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3934.xml Randall Palmer Wade (1835-1876) was the son of Jeptha Homer Wade (1811-1890). He worked in the Cleveland, Ohio, office of the family telegraph company. He and his wife, Anna R. McGraw, had two children, Jeptha Homer, Jr. and Alice L. The collection consists of three handwritten journals describing the experiences of the Wade family during a fourteen month European trip, June 1870 to September 1871. Topics covered include architecture, landscape, social classes and customs, and the Franco-Prussian war. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3934.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4157.xml The family of J. Park Alexander were prominent in business and civic affairs in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. J. Park Alexander was a teacher, manufacturer of brick and stoneware, owned two oil refineries, worked with the Summit County Agricultural Society and Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and served as a state legislator, 1882-98. His daughter, Clara, married professor Charles B. Wright of Middlebury, Vt. The collection consists of diaries, journals, correspondence, a legislative resolution, and autographs for J. Park Alexander, his daughter Clara and her husband Charles B. Wright, his wife Martha Wright Alexander, and his mother, Mary. The papers pertain primarily to the daily activities and social life of Mary, Martha and Clara Alexander in Akron, Ohio, and to Clara's experiences on trips to the Rocky Mountains in 1872, to Europe in 1877, and around the Great Lakes in 1881. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4157.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3276.xml William Eleroy Curtis (1850-1911) was a traveling correspondent for two Chicago newspapers, the Inter-Ocean (1873-1886) and the Record Herald (1887-1911). The collection consists of correspondence, copies of manuscript speeches and articles by Curtis and others, and newspaper clippings, dealing primarily with Curtis' activities as director of the Pan American Union (1890-1893), and as chief of the Latin American Department of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893). Includes Curtis' articles on Christopher Columbus and various European and Latin American countries. Correspondents include national political figures and international dignitaries. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3276.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4515.xml Herman Lansing Vail was a prominent lawyer, newspaper publisher and Cleveland, Ohio, civic leader who served two terms as a state representative and in various local positions. His father, Harry Lorenzo Vail, was a prominent Cleveland journalist, lawyer and politician who served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner and Clerk of Courts. The collection consists of diaries of Herman Vail, 1909-1922, correspondence of Herman and his father, Harry Vail, announcements for gatherings, certificates of membership, and telegrams. The collection pertains largely to Herman Vail's early life and touches upon his experiences at University School in Cleveland, Princeton University and Harvard Law School, his World War I experiences and his European travels. Harry Vail's correspondence is useful for the study of Cuyahoga County politics and dealings within the local Republican Party, with correspondence of Warren G. Harding, Theodore E. Burton, Mayor Harry L. Davis and Marcus Hanna. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4515.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2823.xml Orlando John Hodge (1828-1912) was a soldier, State legislator, and journalist, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, reminiscences, pocket diaries, journals describing Mexican War experiences and world travels, speeches, and genealogical notes on the Doan, Hodge, and related families; together with correspondence and journals of Hodge's brother, Alfred A. Hodge; correspondence, accounts, and military papers of Hodge's brother-in-law, David L. Wood; personal correspondence of Wood's wife, Mandana S. (Hodge) Wood; and memoirs of Velorus Hodge, correspondence of Mrs. Orlando J. Hodge, and Cleveland Centennial Commission treasurer's book. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2823.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT