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1Title:  Charles A. Otis Papers     
 Creator:  Otis, Charles A. 
 Dates:  1878-1953 
 Abstract:  Charles A. Otis (1868-1953) was an industrialist, banker, and civic leader of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of general and personal correspondence, primarily 1948-1953, newspaper clippings, and biographical sketches. Includes 6 scrapbooks (ca. 1920-1950) of newspaper clippings, letters, telegrams, and printed matter. Correspondents include Robert A. Taft and many of Cleveland's prominent citizens. 
 Call #:  MS 2867 
 Extent:  1.30 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Otis, Charles Augustus, 1868-1953. | Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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2Title:  Peter Witt Papers     
 Creator:  Witt, Peter 
 Dates:  1888-1948 
 Abstract:  Peter Witt (1869-1948) was the Cleveland, Ohio traction commissioner (1912-1915) under Mayor Newton D. Baker and city councilman (1924-1927) who served as a transit consultant for several major United States cities. He was a close friend and ally of Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, campaign literature, interview notes made by Louis Plost, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, relating chiefly to Witt's political activities and especially to his association with Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. Some of the papers relate to Witt's work as a transit consultant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey, in the 1920s. Correspondents include Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Tom L. Johnson, P.J. Mitten, and Brand Whitlock. 
 Call #:  MS 3281 
 Extent:  4.00 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize packages) 
 Subjects:  Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Lincoln Memorial Garden Commission. | Cleveland Railway Company. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- New Jersey -- Newark. | Local transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
 
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