http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f82-subject%3DHarper%20family%20--%20Photograph%20collections. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f82-subject=Harper family -- Photograph collections. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG027.xml Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. The collection consists of 4 albums and 9 loose photographs belonging to the Norton family of Cleveland, Ohio. Watterson and Harper family members are also included in the collection. Nine loose photographs of a trip to London, 1894, including two group portraits of John A. Norton, Harry Burnett, and Charlie Burnett are included. Each album contains copies of content... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG027.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG178.xml Ada Watterson Yerkes (1873-1963) was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes' maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of photographs relating to the Harper, Norton, and Watterson families. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG178.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG219.xml The collection consists of loose contents of one album including carte de visite, tintype, and unmounted photographs of members of the Harper, Dibell, and Hemler families of Painesville, Ashtabula, and Geneva, Ohio; and Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG219.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG025.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/PG025.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT