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1Title:  Leo A. Jackson Papers     
 Creator:  Jackson, Leo A. 
 Dates:  1943-1996 
 Abstract:  Leo Jackson (1920-1996) was an African American attorney and appeals court judge in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of Cleveland's city council from 1957-1970 where he represented the Glenville neighborhood and Ward 24. The collection consists of affidavits, agendas, applications, budgets, campaign literature, campaign signs, case files, certificates, charts, correspondence, court documents, expense statements, flyers, forms, journal entries, judicial opinions, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, magazines/publications, manuals, maps, meeting minutes, memoranda, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, notices, ordinances, petitions, reports, resolutions, rosters, speeches/statements/remarks, syllabi, thesis, and transcripts. The collection also includes seven audio tapes, four film reels, 37 black and white photographs, and 12 color photographs. 
 Call #:  5301 
 Extent:  20.51 linear feet (22 containers and 2 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Ohio. Court of Appeals. 8th District.
 
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2Title:  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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