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1	Title:	Carolyn Hale Rodgers Scrapbook
	Creator:	Rodgers, Carolyn Hale
	Dates:	1917-1928
	Abstract:	Carolyn Hale Rodgers (1903-1978) was a Cleveland, Ohio, native who attended Hathaway Brown School and authored several short plays and a children's book, "Pirate's Loot." She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution in Pelham Manor, New York where she settled after attending Bennett School in Millbrook, New York. The collection consists of one scrapbook, compiled by Carolyn Hale Rodgers and her uncle "Ned", consisting of cartoons of World War I characters drawn by her uncle and with comments by Rodgers; war ballads written by Rodgers and "Unk"; programs; posters; photographs; letters from her father; pamphlets; and jokes, cartoons, and other newspaper clippings reflecting the United States war effort during World War I.
	Call #:	MS 3615
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rodgers, Carolyn Hale, 1903-1978. \| World War, 1914-1918. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Caricatures and cartoons. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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2	Title:	Newton D. Baker Papers, Series III
	Creator:	Baker, Newton D.
	Dates:	1892-1961
	Abstract:	Newton D. Baker was the Cleveland, Ohio, city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916), and United States Secretary of War (1916-1921). The collection consists of letters written by Baker to his daughters and other acquaintances as well as a copy of a speech given at Waterloo, Iowa, and various materials related to the Clarence H. Cramer biography of Baker.
	Call #:	MS 4564
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Baker family. \| Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. \| Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. \| Baker family (Newton D. Baker). \| Cramer, C. H. (Clarence Henley), 1905- Newton D. Baker, a Biography. \| League of Nations. \| Statesmen -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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3	Title:	Dudley J. Hard Papers
	Creator:	Hard, Dudley J.
	Dates:	1864-1944
	Abstract:	Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France during World War I, commanding the unit from August 1917 to April 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The collection consists of military orders, bulletins, memoranda, rosters, payrolls, maps, war diaries, tactical procedures, discharge records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates of commission, and a souvenir volume and programs. Included are records relating to the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 135th Field Artillery, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade and the 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and souvenir volumes concerning various Cleveland military units. Also included are documents relating to the military career and death of Curtis V. Hard, the Spanish-American War, and his manuscript account of the war which was published in 1988 as, Banners in the air.
	Call #:	MS 3138
	Extent:	2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Hard, Dudley J., 1872-1950 -- Archives. \| Hard, Curtis V., 1845-1917 -- Archives. \| United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. \| United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers, 8th. \| Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. \| United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery, 135th. \| United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. \| United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery Brigade, 62nd. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources. \| Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
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4	Title:	Frank A. Scott Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Scott, Frank A.
	Dates:	1894-1950
	Abstract:	Frank A. Scott (1873-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who was chairman of the Munitions Standards Board of the Council of National Defense and first chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I, as well as chairman of the board of Warner & Swasey Company. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical materials, diaries, personal mementos, speech texts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and the diaries of his second wife, Faith Alice Fraser Scott, and her sister, Grace Fraser Waugh. The collection is useful for understanding Scott's personal and business life, including his activities at Warner and Swasey and his work as an administrator at the War Dept. during World War I. Included among the correspondents are Samuel Mather, Theodore Burton, Newton D. Baker, Francis F. Prentiss, and Ambrose Swasey.
	Call #:	MS 4307
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States. \| Industrial mobilization -- United States. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Diaries. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Chester Castle Bolton Papers
	Creator:	Bolton, Chester Castle
	Dates:	1915-1943
	Abstract:	Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1949) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 22nd Congressional district from 1928-1939. Bolton served previously in the Ohio State Senate from 1922-1928. During World War I, Bolton served in the Ordnance Department and the War Industries Board, and became aide to Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war. As a U.S. Congressman, Bolton was esteemed representative of the Great Lakes states on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee and numerous other committees. Bolton was chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 1934 and 1936, and helped to bring the Republican National Convention to Cleveland, Ohio in 1936. His widow, Frances Payne Bolton, succeeded him in Congress following his death in 1939. The collection consists of Army records pertaining to Bolton's service in the Ordnance Department, the War Industries Board, and attendance at the Army War College during World War I; records relating to Bolton's membership on Ohio State Senate committees (1922-1928); U.S. House of Representatives records (1928-1940), consisting of campaign files, committee files, correspondence, personal journals, material on redistricting, speeches, and service on the National Republican Congressional Committee (1932-1934); personal papers consisting of correspondence and memorials; and scrapbooks and newspaper clippings (1924-1940).
	Call #:	MS 4311
	Extent:	6.62 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bolton, Chester Castle, 1882-1939 -- Archives. \| United States. War Industries Board. \| United States. General Munitions Board. \| United States. Army. Ordnance Dept. \| United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. \| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. \| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors. \| Ohio. General Assembly. Senate -- Committees. \| Army War College (U.S.) \| National Republican Congressional Committee. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Military intelligence. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States. \| Legislators -- United States -- Archives. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Apportionment (Election law) -- Ohio. \| Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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