http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f5-subject%3DAkron%20(Ohio)%20--%20History. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f5-subject=Akron (Ohio) -- History. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2970.xml C. R. McLean was the Supervisor of District No. 5 (Akron and Summit County, Ohio) of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Federal Writers Project. Wilbur C. Ammon was editor of the district. The collection consists of the original and revised copy of notes on the early history of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, compiled by C.R. McLean and Wilbur C. Ammon. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2970.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/data/rdf/VF_subject222.xml Miscellaneous materials relating to the West Congregational Church (Akron, OH.), including: 1. membership roll of members of West Hill or West Congregational Church from April 12, 1888 to Jan. 4, 1891, 2. postcards with image of the original church, 3. newspaper clippings from the Akron Times-Press, and 4. clippings of a timeline of the church. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/data/rdf/VF_subject222.xml Sun, 01 Jan 1888 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4869.xml Michael O'Neil was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States, settling first in New York City. He eventually opened a mercantile store in Akron, Ohio, which became known as the M. O'Neil Company. In 1915 he and his son William set up the General Tire and Rubber Company of Akron. O'Neil was active in cultural, civic, and philanthropic organizations in Akron. He married Patience Maher of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884, and had six children. The collection consists of a baptismal certificate, correspondence, the O'Neil family history, a subscription for the Irish Freedom Fund, and a memorial booklet in memory of Michael O'Neil. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4869.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4759.xml Melancthon Woolsey Welles came to Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1819 to study law at the firm of Kelley and Cowles. His sister, Mary Seymour Welles, had married prominent Clevelander Alfred Kelley in 1817. Welles was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1823. He then moved to Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, and was appointed the first prosecuting attorney for that county in 1824. In 1826, Welles became the first toll collector at Akron, Ohio, on the Ohio and Erie Canal. While in Akron, he also served as the first postmaster, was a justice of the peace, and practiced law. Welles was a member of the Portage County Temperance Society, an incorporator of the Akron Lyceum and Library Association, and an agent for the Ohio State Temperance Society. He returned to Elyria in 1835 to practice law. In 1837, Welles moved to Cleveland and entered into a law partnership with Edward Wade and Edward Hamlin. He continued his involvement with temperance and antislavery groups while living in Cleveland. In 1841, he returned to Elyria, continuing h... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4759.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT