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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Ralph Rudd Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rudd, Ralph | | | | Dates: | 1957-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Ralph Rudd (b. 1915) was a state legislator from Lake County, Ohio, 19591962. Rudd championed numerous liberal causes such as unemployment compensation, minimum wage laws, workers' compensation, and the abolition of capital punishment. He also served as director of the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union and on the board of directors of the Ohio Consumers League. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to legislation of interest to Rudd, to his 1960 Republican opponent, C. Lee Mantle, and other topics. The collection pertains to Rudd's activities as a state representative and to legislation relating to such areas as unemployment compensation, school finance, capital punishment, and the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Commission. | | | | Call #: | MS 4274 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rudd, Ralph, 1915- | Fair Employment Practices Commission (Ohio) | Legislators -- Ohio. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Lake County. | Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Capital punishment -- Ohio. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Consumers League of Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Consumers League of Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1900-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Consumers League of Ohio is a political action organization concerned with the welfare of the laboring class. It lobbies for legislation in their interests. It was founded in 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio as a women's group to insure female laborers decent wages, hours and working conditions. Men were admitted in 1921. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, speeches, legislative bills and acts, financial and membership records, articles, clippings, and printed material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3546 | | | | Extent: | 32.90 linear feet (30 containers and 69 reels of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Consumers League of Ohio. | Pressure groups -- Ohio. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. | Labor -- Ohio. | Working class women -- Ohio. | Work environment -- Ohio. | Wages -- Ohio. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio. | Consumers' leagues -- Ohio. | Consumer movements -- Ohio. | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Children -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio.
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