| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony | | | | Dates: | 1931-1954 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants (f. 1930) was organized by Mrs. Walter D. Meals as a colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio. The activities of the colony include genealogical research on descendants of Mayflower passengers and distributing copies of the Mayflower Compact in schools. Membership is open to any proven descendant of a Mayflower passenger. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members, including Mary Sanford Hunt, Frederick A. Van Fleet, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Allerton, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patton, Edward Smith, and Michael Gray. Also includes views of the Mayflower Barn, Winslow House, and the headquarters of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, Massachusetts. | | | | Call #: | PG 402 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Society of Mayflower Descendants. Cleveland Colony -- Photograph collections. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Genealogy. | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony Records
| | | | Creator: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony | | | | Dates: | 1930-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants (f. 1930) was organized by Mrs. Walter D. Meals as a colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio. The activities of the colony include genealogical research on descendants of Mayflower passengers and distributing copies of the Mayflower Compact in schools. Membership is open to any proven descendant of a Mayflower passenger. The collection consists of a history of the colony, a petition for its charter, constitutions, minutes, membership data, genealogical information on members, reports, bulletins, financial records, information on events, correspondence, copies of addresses, scrapbooks, writings, newspaper clippings, reports of colony organizations, and miscellaneous documents. This collection is useful for those interested in the activities of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and of patriotic societies in general. Also valuable is the genealogical information on Mayflower passengers and their descendants. | | | | Call #: | MS 4178 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Society of Mayflower Descendants. Cleveland Colony -- Archives. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Genealogy. | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | United States -- Genealogy.
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