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Subject | • | Autobiography -- Women authors. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Mahoning County (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | Mahoning County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Means, Mary Vesta Whittlesey Walton, 1824-1894. |
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| | • | Salisbury (Conn.) -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Tallmadge (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Upson-Walton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Walton family. |
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| | • | Walton, John Whittlesey, 1845-1926. |
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| | • | Whittlesey family. | [X] | | • | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. |
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| | • | Whittlesey, William Wallace, 1820-1890. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Biography. |
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| | • | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | William Wallace Whittlesey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, William Wallace | | | | Dates: | 1806-1882 | | | | Abstract: | William Wallace Whittlesey (1820-1890) was the son of Elisha Whittlesey, an early settler of the Western Reserve, and Polly Whittlesey. William practiced law with Eben Newton in Canfield, Ohio (1843-1847) and served as clerk of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas (1848-1868). The collection consists of letters from his parents, siblings and cousins, legal records, financial records, writings, and other miscellaneous documents | | | | Call #: | MS 3396 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, William Wallace, 1820-1890. | Whittlesey family. | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Mahoning County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Mahoning County (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Mary Vesta Whittlesey Walton Means Childhood Recollections
| | | | Creator: | Means, Mary Vesta Whittlesey Walton | | | | Dates: | 1889 | | | | Abstract: | Mary Vesta Whittlesey Walton Means (1824-1894) was the daughter of Asaph and Vesta Hart Whittlesey, sister of Charles Whittlesey, and niece of Elisha and John Whittlesey. After her mother's death she was adopted by her uncle John and moved to Salisbury, Conn. In 1844 she married Dr. Lucius C. Walton and returned to her birthplace, Tallmadge, Ohio. Dr. Walton died in 1879 and Mary married Captain John A. Means in 1880. The collection consist of one bound volume of memoirs written in 1889, at the request of her grandchildren, when the author was 65 years old. The document consists of 110 handwritten pages describing Mrs. Means' memories of personal and family affairs and events in Tallmadge, Ohio and Salisbury, Connecticut, ca. 1828 to 1879. The first one hundred pages focus on her childhood to age twenty. Three recipes have been taped on the pages following the narrative. | | | | Call #: | MS 3932 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Means, Mary Vesta Whittlesey Walton, 1824-1894. | Whittlesey family. | Autobiography -- Women authors. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Women -- Ohio -- Biography. | Tallmadge (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. | Salisbury (Conn.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | John Whittlesey Walton Autobiography
| | | | Creator: | Walton, John Whittlesey | | | | Dates: | 1897-1926 | | | | Abstract: | John Whittlesey Walton (1845-1926) was a co-founder of the Upson-Walton Company in Cleveland, Ohio, who was also treasurer of the Cleveland Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and a member of many other civic, charitable and literary organizations. He was descended from William Bradford on his father's side and from the Whittlesey family of Tallmadge, Ohio, on his mother's side. The collection consists of one handwritten volume containing genealogical and family history and Walton's memories of personal and national events (ca. 1845-1926). | | | | Call #: | MS 3933 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Walton, John Whittlesey, 1845-1926. | Walton family. | Whittlesey family. | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | Upson-Walton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. | Tallmadge (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
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