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Subject | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans. |
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| | • | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | American Press Humorists. |
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| | • | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Baseball -- United States -- Biography. |
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| | • | Baseball -- United States -- History. |
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| | • | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. |
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| | • | Brooks family. |
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| | • | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. |
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| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Cleveland Grays (Military unit) |
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| | • | Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
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| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Coue, Emile, 1857-1926. |
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| | • | Cuyahoga River (Ohio) |
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| | • | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). |
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| | • | Dunn family. |
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| | • | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | East End Savings and Trust Company. |
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| | • | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. |
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| | • | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. |
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| | • | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge Right-of-Way Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Unknown | | | | Dates: | 1911 | | | | Abstract: | The Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge was constructed by the King Bridge Company between 1912 and 1917 to link the east and west sides of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to the start of construction, the City of Cleveland, Ohio, and Cuyahoga County approved a 120 foot wide right-of-way along the proposed 5,600 foot path of the bridge from the intersection of Detroit Avenue, N.W. and 25th Street on the west side of the River, to the intersection of Superior Avenue, N.W. and 9th Avenue, N.W., on the east side of the River. Contains one photograph album containing 62 images from the Flats area of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, including businesses, residences, and streets of those areas that were located in the proposed path of the Detroit-Superior Bridge. | | | | Call #: | MS 5372 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cuyahoga River (Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Union Commerce Building Records
| | | | Creator: | Union Commerce Building | | | | Dates: | 1948 | | | | Abstract: | The Union Commerce Building, subsequently known as the Huntington Building, is located at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It has housed a series of banks, retail stores, and offices since it was built in the 1920s. The collection consists of a building appraisal completed by Ostendorf-Morris Company at the request of the noteholders committee of Union Properties, Inc. | | | | Call #: | MS 5223 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Huntington Building (Cleveland, Ohio) / Union Trust Company (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Little Italy Historical Museum Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mayfield-Murray Hill District Council DBA Little Italy Historical Museum | | | | Dates: | 1888-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Little Italy Historical Museum, sometimes referred to as the Little Italy Heritage Museum, was operated by members of the Mayfield-Murray Hill District Council in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1983 until 2007. The collection consists of both business records related to the museum and manuscripts and photographs collected by the museum. The collected manuscripts and photographs comprise the majority of the materials. The collection includes agreements, albums, awards, books, certificates, correspondence, 8mm films, flyers, forms, invoices, lists, magazine clippings, magazines, memoirs, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, proclamations, programs, publications, receipts, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, sheet music, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5353 | | | | Extent: | 8.81 linear feet (15 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Italian Americans -- Genealogy. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | William Ganson Rose Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rose, William Ganson | | | | Dates: | 1862-1955 | | | | Abstract: | William Ganson Rose (1878-1957) was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, author, historian, lecturer, advertising executive, and civic promoter. In 1915, Rose formed Wm. G. Rose, Inc., his own advertising and public relations firm. He managed numerous fairs and expositions, including the first Cleveland Electrical Exposition (1914), the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930), the Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937), and the Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946). In 1916-1917, Rose chaired the group which promoted and ultimately secured passage of a bond issue financing the construction of the Cleveland Public Auditorium. He served on the board of Hiram House, a Cleveland social settlement founded by George Bellamy in 1896, and belonged to the American Press Humorists and the Cleveland Athletic Club. Rose authored several books and numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, as well as a comprehensive history of Cleveland entitled Cleveland, the making of a city, published in 1950. Rose died in 1957. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, promotional material, correspondence, biographical material, photographs, reports, and historical material pertaining to the history of Cleveland, Ohio and many of its prominent citizens, but also including material on national and international events and personages. Individuals, organizations and events that figure most prominently include: the American Press Humorists, Newton D. Baker, George Bellamy and Hiram House, Charles F. Brush, the Cleveland Sesquicentennial of 1946, the visit to Cleveland of Emile Coue, Thomas A. Edison, the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival of 1930, Abraham Lincoln, the Cleveland Public Auditorium, John D. Rockefeller, the Cleveland War Service Center, the Cleveland Grays, and the writings of Whiting Williams. Also included is a significant amount of biographical material on numerous women in Cleveland's history, material pertaining to sports, particularly baseball, and material relating to the theater in Cleveland, with newspaper reviews of performances. | | | | Call #: | MS 3365 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Rose, William Ganson, b. 1878 -- Archives. | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. | Coue, Emile, 1857-1926. | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Grays (Military unit) | War Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Press Humorists. | Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930 : c Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Public buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baseball -- United States -- History. | Baseball -- United States -- Biography. | Mental suggestion. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Reviews. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Works Progress Administration | | | | Dates: | 1800-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls. | | | | Call #: | MS 3675 | | | | Extent: | 204.40 linear feet (511 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | David K. Ford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, David K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1791-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4730 | | | | Extent: | 36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Thorpe family. | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. | Ford family. | Brooks family. | Gill family. | Dunn family. | Shyrock family. | Keith family. | Reynolds family. | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | New Amsterdam Company. | One Euclid Company. | Williamson Company. | Ford-McCaslin Company. | Lubrizol Corporation. | Lubrizol Foundation. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Garfield Savings Bank. | Western Reserve Trust Company. | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. | East End Savings and Trust Company. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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