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1	Title:	Brierley Machine Company Records
	Creator:	Brierley Machine Company
	Dates:	1915-1932
	Abstract:	The Brierley Machine Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by William E. Brierley (1879-1933). Located at 1736 East 22nd Street, the company designed and built special automatic machinery, jigs, tools, and dies. The company was officially incorporated as a for-profit entity in Ohio in 1918 although it was founded sometime earlier. The collection consists of an appraisal, blank letterhead, a cash receipts ledger, a certificate, correspondence, license agreements, mechanical drawings, mortgages, a payroll ledger, patent applications, photographs, receipts, a tax return, and a trial balance ledger.
	Call #:	MS 5303
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Tool and die industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Warner and Swasey Company Records
	Creator:	Warner and Swasey Company
	Dates:	1883-1970
	Abstract:	The Warner and Swasey Company was a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment. 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 United States. The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881 by Worcester R. Warner, who had a passionate interest in astronomy, and Ambrose Swasey. The company was bought by the Bendix Corp. of Michigan in 1980, which was taken over by Allied in 1983, which, in turn, sold it to Cross and Trecker in 1984. The collection consists of a copy of a pictorial historical reference book, clippings, and miscellaneous articles and lists relating to the company's history.
	Call #:	MS 4486
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Warner & Swasey. \| Optical instruments -- Design and construction. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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3	Title:	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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4	Title:	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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5	Title:	Frank A. Scott Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Scott, Frank A.
	Dates:	1894-1950
	Abstract:	Frank A. Scott (1873-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who was chairman of the Munitions Standards Board of the Council of National Defense and first chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I, as well as chairman of the board of Warner & Swasey Company. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical materials, diaries, personal mementos, speech texts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and the diaries of his second wife, Faith Alice Fraser Scott, and her sister, Grace Fraser Waugh. The collection is useful for understanding Scott's personal and business life, including his activities at Warner and Swasey and his work as an administrator at the War Dept. during World War I. Included among the correspondents are Samuel Mather, Theodore Burton, Newton D. Baker, Francis F. Prentiss, and Ambrose Swasey.
	Call #:	MS 4307
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States. \| Industrial mobilization -- United States. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Diaries. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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6	Title:	Lees-Bradner Company Records
	Creator:	Lees-Bradner Company
	Dates:	1905-1992
	Abstract:	The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, a company history, agreements, stock certificates, financial reports, ledgers, correspondence, administrative reports, memoranda, catalogs, product detail sheets, advertisements, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4653
	Extent:	1.41 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Lees, Ernest J. d.1937. \| Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963. \| Bradner, George T., 1916- \| Lees-Bradner Company. \| White Consolidated Industries. \| Grant-Lees Machine Company. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gearing -- Manufacture. \| Gear-cutting machines. \| Automobiles -- Transmission devices.
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7	Title:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records
	Creator:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation
	Dates:	1869-1982
	Abstract:	The Acme-Cleveland Corporation was formed In Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger in 1968 of Cleveland Twist Drill Company, a manufacturer of high-speed drills and metal cutting tools, and the National Acme Company, a manufacturer of automatic multiple-spindle lathes and screw machines. Cleveland Twist Drill was founded in 1876 by Jacob D. Cox II, son of a Civil War general and former governor of Ohio. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills and pioneered the development of steels made of molybdenum as a substitute for tungsten. By 1936 it was the world's largest maker of high-speed drills and reamers, flourishing under Jacob D. Cox, Jr., who pioneered profit-sharing and authored two books on wage theory. National Acme originated as the Acme Screw Machine Company in 1895, makers of the first commercially successful automatic multiple-spindle screw manufacturing machine. Acme Screw merged with National Manufacturing Co. in 1901 to become National Acme Manufacturing Company, which purchased the Windsor Machine Company to become National Acme Company in 1916. The collection consists of histories, correspondence, writings by company executives, especially J.D. Cox, Jr., articles of incorporation, annual reports, ledger books, publications, such as catalogs, brochures and company newsletters, records of acquisitions and subsidiary firms, and newspaper clippings, pertaining to the Cleveland Twist Drill Co., National Acme Co., and Acme-Cleveland Corp., and to their predecessor firms. The collection traces the development of a major Cleveland machine-tool corporation, as well as developments within the metal-cutting and machine-tool industries in Cleveland and the U.S. during their formative years, and, in particular, to the very important decade of 1942-52. The collection also details the lives of Jacob D. Cox II and his son Jacob D. Cox, Jr., particularly his economic and political views.
	Call #:	MS 4507
	Extent:	5.81 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1852-1930. \| Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1881-1953. \| Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. \| Prentiss, Francis Fleury, 1858-1937. \| Cleveland Twist Drill Company -- Archives. \| National Acme Company -- Archives. \| Acme-Cleveland Corporation -- Archives. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Metal-cutting tools industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Iron-molybdenum alloys. \| Machine-tools -- Catalogs. \| Metal-cutting tools -- Catalogs. \| Screw-cutting machines -- Catalogs. \| Profit-sharing. \| Wages. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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8	Title:	International Association of Machinists, District #54 Records
	Creator:	International Association of Machinists, District #54
	Dates:	1903-1965
	Abstract:	The International Association of Machinists, District 54, is the district lodge founded in 1913 to coordinate the interests and activities of various Cleveland, Ohio, IAM locals. It was led by President Matthew DeMore, 1939-1961. District 54 was known for its progressive social philosophy and it set the standards on issues of medical insurance, pension plans and other benefits which were models for other unions. District 54 also initiated several cooperative programs for its members, including the Cleveland Homes Committee to provide low cost quality housing, the Co-op of Cleveland, a consumers' cooperative, and the Union Eye Care Center. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, reports, contracts, financial records, membership rosters, business agents' weekly reports, grievance and arbitration proceedings, organizing files, scrapbooks, newspapers and periodicals relating to the day-to-day activities of a major Cleveland union and its relationship to the International headquarters, subordinate locals and the Cleveland industrial community, particularly during and after World War II.
	Call #:	MS 4466
	Extent:	117.10 linear feet (126 containers)
	Subjects:	DeMore, Matthew. \| Reed, Marie J. \| International Association of Machinists. District 54 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| International Association of Machinists. \| Jack & Heintz, Inc. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Picker X-Ray Corporation. \| Machinists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Electric industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Juristictional disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective labor agreements -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Grievance procedures -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Electric machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Wages -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions and communism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Open and closed shop -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Machine-tool industry -- Prices -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Wage-price policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fawick Airflex Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1949. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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