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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 283 | Title: | United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) Records
| | | | Creator: | United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1842-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The United States Sanitary Commission (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) was established in 1861 in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide for the physical needs of soldiers by improving camp hygiene and diets, collecting and disbursing hospital stores, inspecting hospitals and other medical facilities, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, registering and burying the dead, building and supporting a soldiers home, and conducting a special relief system and employment service. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, receipt, cash, and memoranda books, acknowledgements of equipment received, bank drafts, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, and other papers. Includes invoices and other papers concerning the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair, 1864, and a memoir of Caroline Younglove Abbott concerning the work of the organization. | | | | Call #: | MS 1012 | | | | Extent: | 22.00 linear feet (41 containers, 41 oversize volumes, and 1 wrapped package) | | | | Subjects: | United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch. | Soldiers' homes -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Employment -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Medical care -- Ohio. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 285 | Title: | Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De Lery Papers
| | | | Creator: | De Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros | | | | Dates: | 1749-1908 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De Lery (1721-1797) was a Canadian engineer. The collection consists of journals, 1749-1858, in French and English, kept by De Lery on visits to Detroit and Carillon (Quebec) and to a council of the Five Nations, and accounts of the captures of Fort Bull and Fort Oswego and progress on the fortification of Quebec. Also, correspondence, 1906-1908, between Charles W. Burrow, A.E. Gosselin, Webb C. Hayes, John T. Mack, and Reuben G. Thwaites, and newspaper clippings, relating to the De Lery journals and Sandoski (Sandusky) forts. | | | | Call #: | MS 1027 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | De Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros, 1721-1797. | Fort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.) -- Capture, 1756. | Carillon (Quebec) -- Description and travel. | Quebec (Province) -- Description and travel. | Detroit (Michigan) -- Description and travel. | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Quebec (Quebec) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Campaigns. | Canada -- History -- 1755-1763 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 287 | Title: | Ensign Church Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Church, Ensign | | | | Dates: | 1803-1817 | | | | Abstract: | Ensign and Jerusha Church resided in Canfield, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and business letters sent to Ensign Church and Jerusha Church by James Johnston, Nathaniel Church, and Samuel Church, all of Salisbury, Connecticut. | | | | Call #: | MS 1045 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Church, Ensign. | Church family. | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 289 | Title: | Lucius Verus Bierce Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bierce, Lucius Verus | | | | Dates: | 1838-1876 | | | | Abstract: | Lucius Verus Bierce (1801-1876) was a lawyer of Ravenna, Ohio. He delivered many speeches on the history of the Firelands, Mound Builders, and early preachers in the Western Reserve such as Elijah Ellsworth, Timothy Bigelow, and Ammi R. Robbins (1740-1813). The collection consists of speeches, correspondence and notes. | | | | Call #: | MS 1081 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bierce, Lucius Verus, 1801-1876. | Bigelow, Timothy. | Ellsworth, Elijah. | Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, 1740-1813. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Biography. | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Antiquities. | Mound-builders -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Ohio -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 291 | Title: | Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer | | | | Dates: | 1887-1935 | | | | Abstract: | Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham (1844-1930) was a journalist, author, and local historian, of Cleveland, Ohio. Wickham was the first woman to hold an editorial position on a Cleveland newspaper. Her entry into journalism was as a weekly contributor to the Sunday Post, and later as a fashion columnist with the Cleveland Herald beginning in 1878, which resulted in the creation of a women's department. She joined the editorial staff of the Cleveland Leader in 1881, and her columns were oriented toward needy women and children. In 1886 she was one of the charter members of the Cleveland Woman's Press Club (later the Cleveland Writers' Club). Wickham was involved in the publication of Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, and Pioneer Families of the Western Reserve, and she collected important genealogical information on women of the Western Reserve. She was also a prominent member of the Cleveland chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection consists of letters about dogs, addressed to Mrs. Wickham from famous persons, including Constance Fenimore Woolson, and 7 letters and assorted newspaper clippings, mostly concerning the Cleveland Woman's Press Club. | | | | Call #: | MS 1085 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer, 1844-1930. | Cleveland Woman's Press Club. | Celebrities -- United States. -- Correspondence. | Dog owners -- United States -- Correspondence. | Dogs -- United States. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 292 | Title: | Clermont County, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Clermont County, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1801-1863 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of census records (1802, 1819) for townships within Clermont County, Ohio, tax records (1801-1802), treasurer's receipts (1801-1805), papers relating to the Court of Common Pleas, sheriff, and justice of the peace, lists of merchants and their capital (1831), registers of births, deaths, and marriages for the year ending March 1, 1857, and poll books (1863) containing votes of qualified voters of Clermont County who were in the military service of the United States. | | | | Call #: | MS 1086 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Court records -- Ohio -- Clermont County. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Clermont County. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Clermont County. | Soldiers -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Clermont County. | Taxation -- Ohio -- Clermont County -- Lists. | Clermont County (Ohio) -- Census. | Clermont County (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Clermont County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Clermont County (Ohio) -- Voting registers. | Clermont County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 293 | Title: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company | | | | Dates: | 1869-1874 | | | | Abstract: | The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company is one of the oldest railroads in America, the Chesapeake and Ohio was created by an act of the Virginia legislature in 1826. Known as the Louisa Railroad prior to 1868, a major source of the C & O's income was for many years hauling coal from the coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia to ports along the Potomac River and to industries in the midwest. During the 1920s, the C & O was owned by the Van Sweringen brothers, with corporate offices in Cleveland's Terminal Tower. Cyrus Eaton served as chairman of the board for nearly 20 years beginning in 1954. In 1962, the C & O was merged with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to create the Chessie System, which, along with Seaboard Coastline Industries, make up the CSX Corporation. The collection consists of business letters received by H.D. Whitcomb, chief engineer, Richmond, Virginia, 1869-1871; and letters received by A.H. Perry, general superintendent, C.P. Huntington, president, and J.J. Tracy, treasurer, 1872-1874. | | | | Call #: | MS 1089 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Railroads -- United States -- Management.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 294 | Title: | James Duane Doty Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doty, James Duane | | | | Dates: | 1809-1859 | | | | Abstract: | James Duane Doty (1799-1865) as a judge (Michigan Supreme Court), Wisconsin Territorial Governor, land speculator, and United States Representative from Wisconsin. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds and lists of lots pertaining to land in Menasha, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and the Fox River settlements in Wisconsin, and legal opinions concerning Indian matters. | | | | Call #: | MS 1090 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865. | Deeds -- Wisconsin. | Real property -- Wisconsin. | Indians of North America -- Government relations. | Indians of North America -- Michigan. | Judicial opinions -- Michigan. | Wisconsin -- History -- To 1848 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 295 | Title: | Joshua Stow Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stow, Joshua | | | | Dates: | 1795-1832 | | | | Abstract: | Joshua Stow was an original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company and commissary on the Moses Cleaveland surveying party in the Western Reserve. The ollection consists of a summary of expenses for surveys in the Western Reserve for the Connecticut Land Company; letters from Jared Mansfield, Samuel Storrs, Joseph Beebe, Oliver Beebe, Leonard Case, Noah Newton, and from Henry Champion, a director of the Connecticut Land Company, concerning the southwest boundary of the Western Reserve; and papers concerning the survey of the Firelands by Maxfield Ludlow. | | | | Call #: | MS 1100 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1) | | | | Subjects: | Stow, Joshua. | Connecticut Land Company. | Surveying -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 296 | Title: | Robert McKinley Ormsby Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ormsby, Robert McKinley | | | | Dates: | 1800-1846 | | | | Abstract: | Robert McKinley Ormsby (1814-1881) was a lawyer, of Bradford, Vermont, and Louisville, Kentucky. The collection consists of letters to Ormsby from relatives in Bradford, Vermont, together with letters to other Ormsby family members; and notebook (1800-1837). Most of these letters, containing local news, were from his relatives in Bradford, Vermont. | | | | Call #: | MS 1102 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ormsby, Robert McKinley, 1814-1881. | Ormsby family. | Lawyers -- Kentucky. | Lawyers -- Vermont.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 300 | Title: | Woman's Missionary Society of Bucyrus, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Woman's Missionary Society of Bucyrus, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1871-1888 | | | | Abstract: | The Woman's Missionary Society of Bucyrus, Ohio, was founded on April 4, 1871 by the ladies of the local Methodist Episcopal Church as an auxiliary to the Cincinnati Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. The collection consists of the constitution, bylaws, a list of members, and meeting minutes of the society. | | | | Call #: | MS 1121 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Woman's Missionary Society of Bucyrus, Ohio. | Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Bucyrus. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Bucyrus. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Bucyrus. | Charities -- Ohio -- Bucyrus. | Women -- Ohio -- Bucyrus -- Societies and clubs.
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