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Subject | • | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. |
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| | • | Ballou family. |
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| | • | Cabinet officers -- United States. | [X] | | • | Day family. |
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| | • | Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. |
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| | • | Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. |
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| | • | Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. |
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| | • | Garfield family. |
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| | • | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. |
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| | • | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. |
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| | • | Hill family. |
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| | • | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) |
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| | • | Judges -- United States. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Newell family. |
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| | • | Newell, John. |
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| | • | Politicians -- United States. |
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| | • | Poor family. |
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| | • | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. |
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| | • | Rudolph family. |
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| | • | Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. |
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| | • | United States. Dept. of the Interior. |
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| | • | United States. Supreme Court. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Newton D. Baker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Baker, Newton D. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1932 | | | | Abstract: | Newton D. Baker (1871-1937) was a West Virginia native who became City Solicitor and Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and United States Secretary of War during World War I. The collection consists of a petition to enlist Baker as Chairman of the All Nations Guild Sponsoring Committee, an article written to Baker by a dissatisfied reservist, minutes of the Joint Meeting of the Council of National Defense and the Advisory Board, minutes of the Federal Power Commission, and a list of candidates for the position of chairman of the War Industries Board. | | | | Call #: | MS 3845 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Politicians -- United States. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spalding, Rufus Day Jr. Family | | | | Dates: | 1790-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. A partner of the law firm Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, he was also an assistant attorney general for Ohio, and was active in many legal and other organizations. He was descended from a family which included several noted lawyers and judges. His father, Rufus S. Day Sr., and his uncle, Luther Day, were founders of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Another uncle, William Day, was a federal judge, and a great uncle, Robert H. Day, served on the Ohio Supreme Court. His grandfather, William Rufus Day, was a justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rufus Day was born in Ravenna, Ohio, attended the University of Michigan, was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, and practiced law in Canton, Ohio. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1886-1890 and was appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1897. As Secretary of State in the cabinet of President William A. McKinley, he negotiated the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1903-1922. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, a diary, an account book, a scrapbook, biographical sketches, a notebook, articles, writings, addresses, obituaries, publications, and certificates. Most of the material relates to William Rufus Day. | | | | Call #: | MS 4672 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. | Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. | Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. | Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. | Day family. | United States. Supreme Court. | Lawyers -- Ohio. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- United States. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | James Rudolph Garfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James Rudolph | | | | Dates: | 1879-1909 | | | | Abstract: | James Rudolph Garfield was the son of United States President James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. He graduated from Williams College and Columbia Law School, and practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, with his brother, Harry Augustus Garfield. James married Helen Newell in 1890. They had four sons; John N., James A., Rudolph, and Newell. He served in the Ohio Senate 1896-1900, and was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to the U.S. Civil Service Commission in 1902, and to the Department of Commerce and Labor, as the first commissioner of Corporations, 1903-1907. He then served as Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior from 1907-1909. He backed Roosevelt's New Progressive Party in 1912, and was defeated as the reform candidate for Ohio governor in 1914. He resumed his Cleveland law practice, became prominent in local Republican politics, and was a member of several civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing, and the Cleveland Foundation. The collection consists of three scrapbooks of photographs, mementos, invitations, programs, reprints, family history, correspondence, newspaper clippings, political cartoons, and cards from his college years, early married life, and life in Washington. The scrapbooks also cover the career of Garfield's father-in-law, John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and contain reprints, memorials, and photographs of Poore, Hills, Garfield, Rudolph, and Ballou family members, and of Lawnfield, the Garfield family home in Mentor, Ohio. The scrapbooks provide a picture of Garfield's college life and early career, and of Washington social life during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, as well as cartoon and newspaper commentary of Garfield's activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4573 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Newell, John. | Garfield family. | Newell family. | Poor family. | Hill family. | Rudolph family. | Ballou family. | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | United States. Dept. of the Interior. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
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