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1	Title:	George G. Washburn Correspondence
	Creator:	Washburn, George G.
	Dates:	1850-1896
	Abstract:	George G. Washburn (1821-1898) was a lawyer and journalist of Elyria, Ohio. He was the manager and editor of the Elyria Democrat (1856-1890). The collection consists of letters on business or politics received by Washburn. Correspondents include R. Brinkerhoff, John Brough, Schuyler Colfax, William Dennison, Joseph B. Foraker, Joshua R. Giddings, Rutherford B. Hayes, Henry Howe, James Monroe, John Sherman, Norton S. Townshend, F. S. Washburn, Elisha Whittlesey, C. P. Wickham and William McKinley.
	Call #:	MS 1890
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Washburn, George G., 1821-1898. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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2	Title:	Thompson and Tuttle Family Papers
	Creator:	Thompson and Tuttle Family
	Dates:	1812-1915
	Abstract:	Allen Trimble was governor of Ohio during the 1820s. His daughter, author and temperance leader Eliza Jane Trimble, married a lawyer, James Henry Thompson. Their daughter, Mary McArthur Thompson, was an artist, author and temperance lecturer who married Herbert Tuttle, an educator, journalist and historian. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, biographical and genealogical data, legal and business papers, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers of Mary M. Thompson Tuttle, Eliza J. Trimble Thompson, Herbert Tuttle, James Henry Thompson, and Allen Trimble.
	Call #:	MS 1511
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (11 containers)
	Subjects:	Thompson family. \| Tuttle family. \| Trimble, Allen, 1783-1870. \| Temperance. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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3	Title:	Thomas Bolton Papers
	Creator:	Bolton, Thomas
	Dates:	1834-1870
	Abstract:	Thomas Bolton (1809-1871) was a lawyer, judge, and public official of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of primarily deeds, leases, and agreements related to Bolton's land holdings in Cleveland; correspondence concerning his law practice as a partner with Moses Kelley in the firm of Bolton & Kelley; letter (1848-18749) from Ohio political leaders such as Albert G. Riddle and Norton S. Townshend.
	Call #:	MS 1319
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Bolton, Thomas, 1809-1871. \| Bolton & Kelley (law firm). \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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4	Title:	Ray Thomas Miller Papers
	Creator:	Miller, Ray Thomas
	Dates:	1906-1966
	Abstract:	Ray T. Miller (1893-1966) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, businessman and Democratic political leader. After serving in World War I he became assistant law director of Cleveland (1922-1923), city prosecutor (1928-1932) and Mayor (1932-1933). He was chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (1938-1964). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, certificates, diaries, daybooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, miscellaneous printed material and personal memorabilia relating to Miller's college, army and political activities.
	Call #:	MS 3308
	Extent:	29.50 linear feet (59 containers, 9 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize packages)
	Subjects:	Miller, Ray T. (Ray Thomas), 1893-1966. \| Miller family. \| Democratic Party. Cuyahoga County (Ohio) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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5	Title:	City Club of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	City Club of Cleveland
	Dates:	1912-1968
	Abstract:	The City Club of Cleveland is a men's club formed in 1912 to provide a platform for the discussion of issues of contemporary interest in Cleveland, Ohio. Women were admitted in 1972. A number of noted individuals have addressed the Club's forum. The collection consists of constitutions, articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, addresses, opinion polls, financial records, publications, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 3517
	Extent:	14.00 linear feet (27 containers and 12 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	City Club of Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Forums (Discussion and debate) \| Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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6	Title:	Women's City Club of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Women's City Club of Cleveland
	Dates:	1916-1965
	Abstract:	The Women's City Club is a women's forum for the discussion of topics of civic and public interest. It was founded in 1916, by Cleveland, Ohio, suffragettes and society leaders, in response to the establishment of an all-male City Club in 1912. The collection consists of minute books, histories, committee files, publications, clippings and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 3535
	Extent:	5.75 linear feet (8 containers and 16 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Women's City Club of Cleveland. \| Forums (Discussion and debate) \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Social conditions.
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7	Title:	League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of East Cleveland
	Dates:	1945-1972
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters of East Cleveland, Ohio was organized in 1946 as a local unit of the League of Women Voters. The League's primary purpose is to inform voters about the issues. The East Cleveland League was dissolved in 1972. The collection consists of minutes, national and state annual reports, committee reports and recommendations, by-laws, lists of members and Directors, local and county League bulletins, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3567
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of East Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Voting -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government. \| East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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8	Title:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland
	Dates:	1918-1972
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919).
	Call #:	MS 3565
	Extent:	4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Suffrage -- United States. \| Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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9	Title:	Ohio Story Scripts
	Creator:	Ohio Story
	Dates:	1947-1952
	Abstract:	The Ohio Story was a series of brief radio and television programs sponsored by Ohio Bell Telephone Company focusing on various aspects of Ohio history and culture. The collection consists of 76 scripts highlighting Ohio's history, biography, education, entertainment, pioneer life, and many other aspects of Ohio life.
	Call #:	MS 4272
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Ohio Story (Radio and television program). \| Radio programs -- Ohio. \| Television programs -- Ohio. \| Television scripts. \| Radio scripts. \| Ohio -- Description and travel. \| Ohio -- History. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Civilization. \| Ohio -- Biography.
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10	Title:	William Carl Sandberg Papers
	Creator:	Sandberg, William Carl
	Dates:	1931-1976
	Abstract:	William Carl Sandberg (1894-1978) was a businessman, political activist, and Cleveland, Ohio, social gadfly during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was a union organizer, led the Ohio Hunger March in 1931, and ran for Congress on the Communist Party ticket in the 1930s. In 1961 he wrote a play, Rotten Righteousness, which he later adapted into a screenplay. Over the years he wrote countless letters to public officials and local newspapers concerning political and social matters, ranging from U.S. involvement in southeast Asia to Legionnaires' disease. The collection consists of correspondence, personal documents and identification cards, clippings, his funeral eulogy, and the scripts of Sandberg's play and screenplay. Included in the correspondence are copies of letters from notable figures such as Carl Sandburg, Maxwell Bodenheim and John Glenn. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland and Ohio politics, political agitation during the 1930s, and the U.S. Communist Party.
	Call #:	MS 4298
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Sandberg, William Carl, 1894-1978. \| Communism -- Ohio. \| European War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors. \| Government, Resistance to -- United States. \| Political letter-writing -- United States. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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11	Title:	Paul W. Walter Papers
	Creator:	Walter, Paul W.
	Dates:	1929-1955
	Abstract:	Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, speeches, financial records, lists, schedules, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous records relating to the political activities of Paul Walter, Harold Burton and Robert Taft.
	Call #:	MS 3302
	Extent:	44.20 linear feet (105 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. \| Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. \| Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. \| Elections -- Ohio. \| Elections -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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12	Title:	Darius Lyman Family Papers
	Creator:	Lyman, Darius Family
	Dates:	1805-1922
	Abstract:	Darius Lyman (1789-1867) was a lawyer who came to Ravenna, Ohio, from Connecticut in 1814. He became a state senator and a Portage County judge. His son, Darius Jr., was Chief of the Navigation Division of the United States Treasury Department. His grandson, Henry D. Lyman, was Second Assistant Postmaster General of the United States. John P. Converse was the father-in-law of Darius Lyman, Jr. He came to Parkman, Ohio from Vermont in 1816 and operated several mills with his wife's brother, Robert B. Parkman. Parkman came to Ohio from New York in 1801. He settled Parkman, Ohio and served as its postmaster. He was also a Geauga County Prosecutor (1806-1817) and Probate Judge (1819). The collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, legal documents, estate documents, indentures, land surveys, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, literary works, and personal journals of Robert B. Parkman, John P. Converse, Darius Lyman, Darius Lyman Jr., and Henry Lyman.
	Call #:	MS 3364
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Lyman family. \| Converse family. \| Parkman family. \| Lyman, Darius, 1789-1867. \| Western Reserve College (1826-1882) \| Clinton Line Railroad. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. \| Mills and mill work -- Ohio -- Parkman. \| Postal service -- United States. \| Temperance. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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13	Title:	Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Celebrezze, Anthony J.
	Dates:	1929-1977
	Abstract:	Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher.
	Call #:	MS 4046
	Extent:	24.51 linear feet (22 containers, 23 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transit systems. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Social policy.
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14	Title:	James K. Miller Papers
	Creator:	Miller, James K.
	Dates:	1960-1991
	Abstract:	James K. Miller was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1946. In 1968, he received a bachelor's degree form Occidental College. Refusing to serve in the Vietnam conflict, Miller performed service as a conscientious objector from 1980-1972 at University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1992, he was a probation officer for the Cleveland Heights Municipal Court. Miller has been active in many socialist and political organizations since the late 1960s. He traveled to countries in Asia; including China, North Vietnam, and Laos; and to Nicaragua. The collection consists of personal correspondence, organizational correspondence, memoranda, flyers, position papers, newsletters, books, pamphlets, and magazines.
	Call #:	MS 4588
	Extent:	13.22 linear feet (14 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Miller, James Knute, 1946- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Reagan, Ronald. \| Prentiss, C.J. \| Greater Cleveland Community Shares. \| Black Panther Party. \| Cleveland Discussion Group. \| Cleveland Women Working (Organization). \| Commonworks (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland Public Power (System). \| Campaign for a Democratic Foreign Policy. \| Ohio Public Interest Campaign. \| Cleveland Central American Solidarity Committee. \| Democratic Socialists of America (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Democratic Socialists of America. \| New American Movement (Organization). \| Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (U.S.). \| Cleveland Tenants Organization. \| Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Default (Finance) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Peace movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements. \| Tax remission -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Black power -- United States. \| African Americans -- Civil rights. \| Disarmament. \| New Left. \| Socialism. \| Conservatism. \| Student movements -- United States. \| Feminism -- United States. \| Socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- \| United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981- \| United States -- Economic conditions -- 1971-1981. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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