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Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
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Warner & Swasey. (2)
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Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens. (1)
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Automobile supplies industry -- United States. (1)
Babcock & Wilcox Company. (1)
Bailey Meter Company. (1)
Bailey family. (1)
Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. (1)
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Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). (1)
Case Institute of Technology. (1)
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Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. (1)
Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. (1)
Cleveland Trust Company. (1)
Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. (1)
Crawford family. (1)
Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 (1)
Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. (1)
Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Europe -- Description and travel. (1)
Fleming family. (1)
Florida Institute of Technology. (1)
Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. (1)
Harmon family. (1)
Hungary -- History. (1)
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Kenyon family. (1)
McBride family. (1)
McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. (1)
Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. (1)
Root & McBride Company. (1)
Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Shipping -- Great Lakes. (1)
Steel Products Co. (1)
Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
TRW Inc. (1)
Thompson Products, inc. (1)
Thompson family. (1)
Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. (1)
Thompson, Edwin deGroot. (1)
United States -- History -- 1933-1945. (1)
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University of Free Europe in Exile. (1)
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. (1)
Wade family -- Periodicals. (1)
Western Reserve Historical Society (1)
Winous Point Shooting Club. (1)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. (1)
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1Title:  Walter K. Bailey Papers     
 Creator:  Bailey, Walter K. 
 Dates:  1975-1991 
 Abstract:  Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of a Warner & Swasey Company history compiled in 1975 by Walter Bailey. Included is an illustrated typescript; followed by supporting documents, reports, illustrations, publications, and newspaper clippings. A corporate history file contains reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications collected after completion of the written history. 
 Call #:  MS 4657 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bailey, Walter K. | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
 
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2Title:  Walter K. Bailey Family Papers     
 Creator:  Bailey, Walter K. Family 
 Dates:  1897-1983 
 Abstract:  Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of family history, genealogy, and biographical information compiled by the Bailey family, which has been loaned to the Historical Society for microfilming, and returned to the donor. 
 Call #:  MS 4665 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume/1 roll of microfilm) 
 Subjects:  Bailey, Walter K | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. | Bailey family.
 
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3Title:  Ervin George Bailey Papers     
 Creator:  Bailey, Ervin George 
 Dates:  1918-1974 
 Abstract:  Ervin George Bailey was an industrialist and manufacturer. He founded the Bailey Meter Company, a major manufacturer of industrial meters and controls, in 1916. The company was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. In 1926, Bailey Meter Company was purchased by The Babcock and Wilcox Company, although it continued production under its own name. Ervin Bailey remained with Babcock and Wilcox, serving as president of the Fuller LeHigh Company division 1926-1936, as chairman of Bailey Meter Company 1944-1956, and as a vice president of Babcock and Wilcox 1931-1951. Bailey was awarded 141 United States patents for his inventions in the fields of fluid and combustion control. He was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, England. He was also the author of many articles on metering, controls, fuels and combustion, and engineering education. The collection consists of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, historical sketches, speeches, and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 4743 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. | Bailey Meter Company. | Babcock & Wilcox Company. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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4Title:  Frederick C. Crawford Family Papers     
 Creator:  Crawford, Frederick C. Family 
 Dates:  1727-1996 
 Abstract:  Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment diaries and calendars, ledgers, annual financial summaries, bank statements, trust deeds, tax assessments, returns and other financial documents, stock certificates, wills, real estate inventories, diplomas, award certificates, military discharge papers, corporate annual reports, speeches and broadcast transcripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, articles of incorporation, minutes, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 4856 
 Extent:  76.84 linear feet (77 containers and 4 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 | Crawford family. | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. | Thompson family. | TRW Inc. | Steel Products Co. | Thompson Products, inc. | Western Reserve Historical Society | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. | Case Institute of Technology. | Florida Institute of Technology. | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. | International Aeronautic Federation | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. | International relations. | Aeronautics -- History. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- United States. | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. | United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
 
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5Title:  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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