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1	Title:	Sydney Hesse Papers
	Creator:	Hesse, Sydney
	Dates:	1932-1936
	Abstract:	Sydney Hesse was an Ohio state legislator from Cleveland, serving 1932-1936. During his tenure the legislature considered a ten percent tax on movie tickets and a general sales tax. The collection consists of an election certificate, campaign materials, constituent correspondence, legislation information, newspaper clippings, and a business card for the law firm of Hesse, Carney, Glick and Farina. The collection deals with Hesse's brief political career and the issues he faced as a legislator. The material also serves as an example of public opinion on the proposed movie tax and the sales tax proposal of 1933. The collection does not, however, indicate Hesse's position on these issues.
	Call #:	MS 4389
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hesse, Sydney, d. 1986. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Taxation -- Ohio -- Public opinion. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1951.
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2	Title:	Jack P. Russell Papers
	Creator:	Russell, Jack P.
	Dates:	1931-1977
	Abstract:	Jack P. Russell was a Cleveland, Ohio, councilman, 1943-1971, council president, 1955-1963, and Democratic majority leader who was born Paul Ruschak, but changed his name in the 1930s. Russell was raised in the Hungarian-American community of Cleveland's Buckeye Road neighborhood and published newspapers in that area, including the Buckeye Press. He was councilman from the 16th ward from 1943 to 1971 and operated several businesses, including the Ohio Fire Protection Systems. The collection consists of scrapbooks and newspaper clippings relating to Russell's career in politics. Also included are memorabilia from campaigns, his Night in Budapest celebrations, and a small amount of correspondence. The collection pertains to the career of a major Cleveland political figure and the Cleveland political arena.
	Call #:	MS 4457
	Extent:	3.41 linear feet (8 containers, 7 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Russell, Jack P. (Jack Paul), 1915-1979. \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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3	Title:	Seth Taft Papers
	Creator:	Taft, Seth
	Dates:	1933-2008
	Abstract:	Seth Chase Taft was born in 1922, the grandson of president William H. Taft and son of Cincinnati mayor Charles Phelps Taft II. Following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Taft married Francis Prindle and began a successful career with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Cleveland. Taft was involved with politics and community activities for many years, including the reformation of the Cuyahoga County Charter in the 1950s and an unsuccessful Republican candidacy for mayor of Cleveland in 1967. He served as a Cuyahoga County commissioner from 1971 to 1978. The collection consists of awards, biographical documents, campaign literature, correspondence, financial data, meetings minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, research files, and urban development proposal reports.
	Call #:	MS 5071
	Extent:	1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| County charters -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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4	Title:	Herman P. Goldsmith Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Herman P.
	Dates:	1921-1954
	Abstract:	Herman Goldsmith (1910-1976) was a local political leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and collected ephemera related to his interests in sports and Jewish organizations. He was president and co-founder of Cleveland Letter Service, Inc., a direct mail company, and a member of the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party. Additionally, Goldsmith served as a councilman in Bentleyville, Ohio. The collection consists of an agenda, a brochure, correspondence, lists, membership cards, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, scrapbooks, speeches, and tickets.
	Call #:	MS 5037
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Herman P., 1910-1976. \| Young Men's Hebrew Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Longwood Commerce High School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cuyahoga County Republican Party. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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5	Title:	Records of the Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Creator:	Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Dates:	1977-1989
	Abstract:	George Victor Voinovich was born in 1936 and grew up on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Ohio University for his undergraduate studies and received his law degree from Ohio State University in 1961. Following his marriage to Janet Allan in 1962, he established a law practice in his Collinwood neighborhood. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1966, became Cuyahoga County Auditor in 1971, and was elected a Cuyahoga County commissioner in 1976. He also served one term as Lieutenant Governor under James A. Rhodes. Voinovich was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland in 1979 and served for ten years, restructuring the city's finances, promoting neighborhood revitalization, and supporting development of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other achievements. The National Civic League awarded the city of Cleveland the "All American City Award" three times during Voinovich's tenure. He was elected Governor of Ohio in 1990. From 1999-2011, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate. The collection consists of the mayor's office files transferred in 1989 to the Western Reserve Historical Society as an agent of the Ohio State Archives under the Ohio Public Records Law. These include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, publications, speeches, invitations, regrets, press releases, photographs, and videotapes, with newspaper clippings comprising more than half the volume of the collection.
	Call #:	MS 5048
	Extent:	127.00 linear feet (123 containers)
	Subjects:	Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. \| National Civic League (U.S.) \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| North Coast Harbor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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6	Title:	Ralph J. Perk Papers
	Creator:	Perk, Ralph J.
	Dates:	1949-1977
	Abstract:	Ralph J. Perk was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio auditor, 1963-1971, and mayor of Cleveland, 1972-1977. Perk, the first Republican mayor since 1941, faced big budget deficits which he covered with existing bond funds and general revenue sharing funds, as well as large federal grants from the Nixon administration. Nevertheless, city sewer and public transit systems had to be regionalized to raise operating capital. A Czech-American, Perk was seen as a national leader on ethnic issues. He retired from politics in 1977 after an unsuccessful campaign against John Glenn for the United States Senate in 1974 and a defeat in the 1977 nonpartisan mayoral primary. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, speeches, minutes, news releases, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, etc., pertaining to Perk's political career and public service. Mayoral records include voluminous correspondence and a subject file, as well as the records of various secretaries and administrative assistants. Notable issues represented in the papers include the proposed sale of the Municipal Light Plant, a 1977 survey on pornography, abortion, gun control, air pollution, regional sewer and transportation issues, public safety, senior citizens, the federal Model Cities program, urban renewal, and Cleveland's celebration of the 1976 US Bicentennial. Perk's many political campaigns are documented, particularly the 1977 mayoral campaign which resulted in his defeat. His service as county auditor is very well represented in a series of newspaper clippings, which also document such events as the Hough riots of 1966 and the Glenville Shootout of 1968.
	Call #:	MS 4456
	Extent:	108.01 linear feet (112 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Perk, Ralph J., 1914- \| Stokes, Carl. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Auditor's office. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. \| Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. \| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. \| Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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7	Title:	Seth and Frances Taft Papers
	Creator:	Taft, Seth and Frances
	Dates:	1951-2006
	Abstract:	Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922-April 14, 2013) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Charles P. and Eleanor Chase Taft. He is the grandson of American president William Howard Taft. He married Frances Prindle (December 12, 1921-May 14, 2017) on June 19, 1943 and they had four children: Frederick I. (Rick) (b. June 26, 1945), Thomas P. (b. July 19, 1948), Cynthia B. (b. May 24, 1950), and Seth Tucker (Tucker) (b. March 4, 1953). They were active members of the greater Cleveland, Ohio, cultural, civic, and political community. The collection consists of 31 scrapbooks which include agendas, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, building permits, campaign literature, certificates, children's artwork and letters, Christmas cards and newsletters, contracts, correspondence, currency, flyers, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, lecture paperwork, legal briefs, licenses, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, menus, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, passports, photographs, plane tickets, playbills, poems, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, registration cards, report cards, reports, resolutions, scorecards, scripts, sketches, song lyrics, telegrams, tickets, and travel documents.
	Call #:	MS 5127
	Extent:	8.00 linear feet (31 volumes)
	Subjects:	Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- \| Taft, Frances Prindle, 1921- \| Taft family. \| Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) \| Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. \| Cleveland Development Foundation. \| Citizens League of Greater Cleveland. \| Government Research Institute of Cleveland. \| Federation for Community Planning. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Board of Commissioners. \| Laurel School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hawken School. \| Vassar College. \| University Circle Inc. \| City Club of Cleveland. \| Cleveland Council on World Affairs. \| Cleveland International Program. \| Cleveland Institute of Art. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Karamu House. \| League of Women Voters (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Pepper Pike (Ohio) -- History.
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