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21	Title:	Wischmeier-Buesch Funeral Home Records
	Creator:	Wischmeier-Buesch Funeral Home
	Dates:	1977-2002
	Abstract:	The Wischmeier-Buesch Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 through the merger of the Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home and the Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home. Its predecessor funeral homes primarily provided funeral services to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The collection consists of funeral ledger books.
	Call #:	MS 5356
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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22	Title:	Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 Records
	Creator:	Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187
	Dates:	1892-1920
	Abstract:	The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a list of members who served in the Civil War with information concerning their births, deaths, and military service, minutes of meetings of Post 187 (1913-1920), and a memorial volume to Louis Black, Company A, 150th Ohio Infantry.
	Call #:	MS 2758
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Black, Louis, d. 1919. \| Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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23	Title:	Personal War Sketches of the Members of Army and Navy Post No. 187
	Creator:	Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187
	Dates:	ca. 1899
	Abstract:	The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187, was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a record of the Civil War service of living and deceased members of the post. Presented to the post by William Bingham, 1899.
	Call #:	MS 2769
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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24	Title:	Mary Doan Taylor Family History
	Creator:	Taylor, Mary Doan
	Dates:	1912-1957
	Abstract:	Mary Doan Taylor was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident whose ancestors were early Cleveland and East Cleveland settlers. Both Doan's Corners and Doan Brook were named for Nathaniel Doan, an ancestor of Mary Doan Taylor, and the First Presbyterian Church in East Cleveland was founded and supported by the family. The collection consists of the genealogy of the Taylor, Wilder, Doan and Adams ancestors of Mary Doan Taylor, which includes material on the early settlement of the Cleveland area and history of East Cleveland's First Presbyterian Church.
	Call #:	MS 4394
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Taylor family. \| Doan family. \| Wilder family. \| Adams family. \| First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| East Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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25	Title:	David Morrow, Sr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Morrow, David Sr. Family
	Dates:	1818-1938
	Abstract:	David Morrow Sr. was the son of John Morrow and brother of John Morrow Jr. and William Morrow. The family originated in Knock, parish of Castlenagh, County Down, Ireland. William Morrow emigrated to Virginia, and with family friend Alexander J. Stewart, who had settled in New York City, corresponded with the remaining Morrow family members in Ireland. The David Morrow Sr. family, including David Sr., his wife Abigail, and their children, David Jr., William, and Abigail, emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1832, and were settled in Euclid, Ohio, by 1833, where they farmed. David Morrow Jr. and his brother William, continued to farm after the death of their father in 1836, eventually acquiring their own land in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio. David Morrow Jr. married Eliza Shade, and they had three children; David Wilson, Abigail, and Eliza Lillie. David Wilson Morrow attended Shaw Academy in East Cleveland, and graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in 1890. He went into practice in Cleveland as a civil and architectural engineer, establishing the firm of Morrow and Cross. He was an active member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and the Cleveland Automobile Club. He married Ruby Jessamine Adams in 1905, and they had four children, two of whom survived, Ruth and David. The collection consists of genealogical and biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment books, tax returns and other financial papers, probate record journals, wills, deeds, trust and estate agreements, land plats and other real estate papers, minutes, transcripts, and other legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4803
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. \| Morrow family. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women immigrants. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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26	Title:	E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home Records, Series II
	Creator:	E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home
	Dates:	1919-1987
	Abstract:	E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home is one of the oldest African American funeral homes in Cleveland, Ohio. Known earlier as Boyd's Funeral Home, the name was changed to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home in 1938 when William F. Boyd joined his father, Elmer Franklin Boyd, in the business. Branches were opened in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1972, and in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1996. They arranged the funerals of many of Cleveland's most prominent citizens, white and black, as well as lesser known individuals. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, funeral books, and notes. The funeral books comprise the bulk of the collection and include name, age, cause of death, date of funeral, type of casket, place of death, birth date, spouse's name, parents' names and cost of arrangements. The collection is of value to those researching the funeral business in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly that of Boyd Funeral Home, as well as those interested in genealogy, mortality and occupational information on African Americans in Cleveland. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection
	Call #:	MS 4908
	Extent:	15.50 linear feet (15 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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27	Title:	Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons Funeral Home Records
	Creator:	Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons Funeral Home
	Dates:	1906-1974
	Abstract:	Lindhorst Funeral Home (1905-ca. 1974) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, at 2924 16th Street S.W. (98 Abram Street) by Edward H. Lindhorst. In 1909 the funeral home moved to 1610 Clark Avenue S.E., the former home of Elizabeth Lindhorst, widow of John H. Lindhorst (Edward's parents). It continued at the same location throughout its operation. In the early 1920s the name was changed to Edward H. Lindhorst & Son Funeral Home as Edward's son Roland E. Lindhorst joined the business. Sometime afterward, Edward's son-in-law Raymond N. Wilson, joined the business and it became known as Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons. Roland Lindhorst died in 1935, and Ruth Lindhorst Wilson, Roland's sister and Raymond's wife, joined the business. Edward Lindhorst died in 1940, leaving Ruth and Raymond Wilson to run the funeral home. Around this time, the business began being referred to as Lindhorst Funeral Home according to the death notices printed in local newspapers. Besides funeral services they also advertised invalid car service. Raymond Wilson died in July, 1972 and Ruth died in July, 1976. According to the donor, Judith Wilson Robertson, granddaughter of Edward Lindhorst, the funeral home building no longer stands. It was razed for a school in 1976. The collection consists of death certificates and funeral ledger books. click here to view the searchable index to the burial records contained in this collection
	Call #:	MS 5091
	Extent:	2.40 linear feet (3 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Lindhorst, Edward H., d. 1940. \| Lindhorst Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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28	Title:	Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records, Series II
	Creator:	Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve
	Dates:	1838-2009
	Abstract:	The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of addresses, advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, applications, articles of incorporation, bibliographies, board of trustees minutes, book manuscripts, brochures, by-laws, certificates, constitutions, correspondence, diary entries, dues payments, family trees, financial records, flyers, forms, genealogies, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, journals, lectures, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, maps, meeting announcements, membership cards, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, publications, records of proceedings, reports, research, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, song lyrics, speeches, and surveys.
	Call #:	MS 5181
	Extent:	21.00 linear feet (22 containers and 5 volumes)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History \| Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. \| Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. \| Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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29	Title:	Grdina Funeral Home and Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home Records
	Creator:	Grdina Funeral Home
	Dates:	1912-1991
	Abstract:	Grdina Funeral Home was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909 by Anton Grdina (1874-1957). The funeral home primarily served the Yugolav immigrant community in the St. Clair and Lake Shore neighborhoods of Cleveland. Immigrants from Slovenia and Croatia primarily used the funeral home. The collection consists of funeral ledgers, mortuary records, receipts, and tax documents.
	Call #:	MS 5188
	Extent:	10.80 linear feet (10 containers and 7 volumes)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Grdina Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Grdina, Anton, 1874-1957 \| Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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30	Title:	Bole Family Papers
	Creator:	Bole family
	Dates:	1853-2002
	Abstract:	The Bole Family traces their ancestry to Robert Bole (1818-1891) and Euphemia Bole (Kirkpatrick, birth and death dates unknown). They had five children: Joseph Kirkpatrick (1848-1894), John Clark, Mary (Mame), Allen, and Robert. The donors of the collection are descendants of Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole and Melinda Eliza Bole (Patterson, 1850-1918). Joseph and Melinda had seven children. The majority of the material is related to their second son, Joseph "Joe" Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952), and his wife's, Winifred Ely Bole (Ely, 1881-1976), line of descendants. Joe Bole attended Cornell University and was an avid golfer and fisherman. The collection consists of genealogical material such as family trees, family group records, and research notes, correspondence, diplomas, and certificates.
	Call #:	MS 4989
	Extent:	0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Biggar, Anna Harman, 1876-1929 \| Bole, Benjamin Patterson, 1873-1941 \| Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1848-1894 \| Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1876-1952 \| Bole, Melinda Eliza, 1850-1918 \| Bole, Roberta Holden, 1876-1950 \| Bole, Winifred Ely, 1881-1976 \| Bowles family \| Carnegie, Martha Gertrude, 1870-1906 \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Ely family
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31	Title:	City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio, Records
	Creator:	City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio
	Dates:	1867-1876
	Abstract:	The City Infirmary was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1855 to house and assist the poor, aged, mentally ill, and handicapped. The State of Ohio authorized county governments to build and administer poorhouses and infirmaries to provide long-term care for the poor and homeless in 1816. Cuyahoga County was the only county that did not establish a poorhouse, so Cleveland built a combined poorhouse/infirmary in 1827 behind Erie Street Cemetery that accepted referrals from throughout the county. As the population of Cleveland expanded rapidly, its City Council voted in 1849 for a tax levy to pay for a separate workhouse and infirmary. In 1855 the new City Infirmary was built on the site of the current Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. A few years later, Cleveland was experiencing the consequences of a national economic panic which included an influx of "inmates" to the City Infirmary that included newborn babies, the elderly, and the infirm. Immediately after the American Civil War, Ohio changed its infirmary law to require the election of infirmary directors and boards, thus injecting politics into the management of the City Infirmary. Cleveland's population doubled between 1860-1870, its economy rapidly industrialized, and its immigrant population increased dramatically. The City Infirmary cared for the poorest, most vulnerable citizens of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County during this era, including destitute individuals and families, the mentally ill, the aged, children too young to be apprenticed, alcoholics, and those suffering from mental and physical disabilities. During the 1870s, Cleveland was again mired in an economic panic that did not begin to ease until 1878. The City Infirmary again experienced a flood of impoverished and ill individuals and families seeking aid. Increasingly, those seeking help at the City Infirmary were recent immigrants to the United States, including Germans, Irish, and Eastern Europeans. At the turn of the century, the City Infirmary was transformed into Cooley Farms which became a national model for service delivery and rehabilitation. The collection consists of one intake ledger.
	Call #:	MS 5134
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio). City Infirmary. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public health -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Elderly poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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32	Title:	University Circle United Methodist Church Records
	Creator:	University Circle United Methodist Church
	Dates:	1839-2010
	Abstract:	The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, appraisals, attendance records, audits, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, certificates, charters, church histories, committee records, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, drawings, estates and bequests, financial records and statements, floor plans, guest books, handbooks, inventories, ledgers, legal records, magazine articles, manuals, membership records, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, orders of worship/service, pamphlets, programs, publicity records, recipe books, reports, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, Sunday School records, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5172
	Extent:	51.65 linear feet (58 containers, 3 oversize folders and 114 volumes)
	Subjects:	Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Epworth League (U.S.) \| Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Religion \| Genealogy
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33	Title:	Cuyahoga County Tombstone Inscriptions
	Creator:	Cuyahoga County Cemeteries
	Dates:	1920-1930
	Abstract:	The collection consists of tombstone inscriptions from early Cuyahoga County, Ohio cemeteries, mostly located in Cleveland, including: Broadview Road; Denison Avenue and West 25th Street; Hillside (Valley View); Monroe Street; Old Berea; Old Rockside (Harper family) ; Old Rockport Township (Wagar family) at Saint Charles Street and Detroit Road; Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Berea); and Scranton Road.
	Call #:	MS 3902
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Broadview Road Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Denison Avenue Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Hillside Cemetery (Valley View, Ohio). \| Monroe Street Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Old Berea Cemetery (Berea, Ohio). \| Old Rockside Cemetery (Valley View, Ohio). \| Old Rockport Township Cemetery (Lakewood, Ohio). \| St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery (Berea, Ohio). \| Scranton Road Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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34	Title:	Hayes and McCarthy Family Papers
	Creator:	Hayes and McCarthy
	Dates:	1897-2003
	Abstract:	The Hayes family was originally from Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland. Michael Hayes emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901. Margaret McCarthy was one of seven children of the McCarthy family which originated in Kildimo, County Limerick. These papers were compiled by Jim Hayes, great, great grandson of Michael Hayes, and Patricia Boley, granddaughter of Margaret McCarthy. The collection consists of correspondence, a family directory, family history, genealogical documents, including reports from Ireland, census records, certificates, maps, and passenger records, an in memoriam card, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4952
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hayes, Michael, of Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland. \| McCarthy, Margaret, of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. \| Mahoney, Timothy. \| Hayes family. \| McCarthy family. \| Mahoney family. \| O'Leary family. \| Gormley family. \| Gormelly family. \| Boley family. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cities and towns -- Ireland -- Limerick (County) \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Genealogy. \| Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Maps.
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35	Title:	Ratner Family Papers
	Creator:	Ratner Family
	Dates:	1891-2007
	Abstract:	The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5044
	Extent:	9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. \| Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. \| Ratner, Albert B., 1927- \| Ratner family. \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc. \| Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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36	Title:	McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records, Series II
	Creator:	McGorray Brothers Funeral Home
	Dates:	1935-1936
	Abstract:	The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of a funeral account record book.
	Call #:	MS 5128
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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37	Title:	Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1636-1991
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time.
	Call #:	MS 5362
	Extent:	27.80 linear feet (29 containers)
	Subjects:	Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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38	Title:	Severance Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Severance Family
	Dates:	1826-1989
	Abstract:	The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of his novel "The Innocents Abroad".
	Call #:	MS 4558
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Severance family. \| Allen family. \| Long family. \| Millikin family. \| Nash family. \| Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. \| Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. \| Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 \| Long, David, 1787-1851. \| Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. \| Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. \| Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. \| Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. \| Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. \| Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. \| Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. \| Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. \| Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 \| Wells College. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women college graduates -- Correspondence. \| Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Voyages and travels. \| Voyages around the world. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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39	Title:	Donald McBride Family Papers
	Creator:	McBride, Donald Family
	Dates:	1857-1989
	Abstract:	Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4585
	Extent:	10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. \| McBride family. \| Harmon family. \| Kenyon family. \| Fleming family. \| Wade family -- Periodicals. \| Root & McBride Company. \| Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. \| Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. \| University of Free Europe in Exile. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. \| Winous Point Shooting Club. \| Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Shipping -- Great Lakes. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Hungary -- History.
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40	Title:	McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records
	Creator:	McGorray Brothers Funeral Home
	Dates:	1876-1935
	Abstract:	The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of funeral account ledgers, funeral record books, inventory records, carriage and coach ledgers, correspondence, death certificates, burial permits, and other receipts. This collection provides the genealogical researcher with much information, particularly those interested in Irish Catholic family history of Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral account ledgers provide the name of the deceased, name the account is being billed to, date of death, and date and location of burial. The majority of these ledgers contain an alphabetized index of names. The funeral record books include the name of the deceased, date of death, age, sex, cause of death, residence of the deceased, place of burial, name the account is being billed to (often next of kin), that person's address, and the attending physician and his address. Also contained in these volumes are receipts, burial permits, and death certificates for individuals. The collection also contains business records, including carriage, coach, and inventory volumes, detailing the funeral home business of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. click here to view the searchable index to the burial records contained in this collection
	Call #:	MS 4805
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. \| McGorray, James W., d. 1919. \| McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. \| McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. \| McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. \| McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- \| McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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