Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | [X] | | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. |
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| | • | Catholic Charities Corporation of Cleveland. |
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| | • | Catholic Church -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- 20th century. |
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| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. |
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| | • | Community activists -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Consumer movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Economic development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Environmental policy -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Green movement -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Hopkins, William Rowland, 1869-1961. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Irish Civic Association. |
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| | • | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- |
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| | • | Lavelle, John J., ca. 1908-1994. |
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| | • | Local government and environmental policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Murphy family |
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| | • | Murphy, William Joseph, 1876-1942 |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Ohio Citizen Action. |
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| | • | Ohio Public Interest Campaign. |
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| | • | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Cuyahoga County) |
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| | • | Political participation -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Pressure groups -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Public interest -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Tax remission -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | John J. Lavelle Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Lavelle, John J. | | | | Dates: | 1937-1994 | | | | Abstract: | John J. Lavelle (ca. 1908-1994), "considered a national pioneer in the field of court administrators" according to his obituary in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1994, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1925. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from John Carroll University in 1929 and graduated from Cleveland Marshall School of Law in 1933. Lavelle worked for the Cuyahoga County Court System, starting as a deputy clerk in 1933. By 1938 he was a clerk in Domestic Relations court for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in 1940 was transferred to Common Pleas Court to be the first divorce assignment commissioner. He became Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court's first administrator in 1957. He worked for 18 years as business manager of the Common Pleas Court responsible for personnel, purchasing and the budget. As the court's first administrator, he was responsible for all non-judicial matters of the court including personnel, purchasing and budget. He also played an important role in the planning of the Justice Center which houses the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland Municipal Courts, Cleveland Police headquarters, and the Correction Center and was completed in 1976. Mr. Lavelle retired in 1974. Lavelle was also active in the community outside of his employment with the court. He was a trustee of the board of Catholic Charities Corporation of Greater Cleveland, a member of the alumni board of trustees of Cleveland Marshall School of Law, an honorary member of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, and a member of the Cleveland Council of the Knights of Columbus. Besides these activities he was also active in Irish associations in Cleveland, mainly the Irish Civic Association, serving as president in 1939 and attending the International Irish Congress in Chicago as a delegate. In 1940 he was chairman of the Cleveland St. Patrick's Day Parade. He died in 1994. The collection consists of certificates, letters, newspaper articles, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5118 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lavelle, John J., ca. 1908-1994. | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Cuyahoga County) | Irish Civic Association. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Irish Americans -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | William J. Murphy Family Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Murphy, William J. Family | | | | Dates: | 1898-1967 | | | | Abstract: | William Joseph Murphy (1876-1942) served as postmaster of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1914-1922 where he initiated the area's first airmail service. He served as secretary to Cleveland mayor Newton D. Baker from 1912-1914 Cleveland city manager William R. Hopkins from 1924-1930. From 1930-1942, Murphy was a vice president for Central United National Bank. He served as president of Catholic Charities Corporation of Cleveland from 1938-1939. The collection consists of a scrapbook maintained by Murphy's daughter Florence Murphy Lackamp that includes funeral cards, greeting cards, invitations, letters, newspaper clippings, ordination cards, photographs, prayer cards, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5222 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Catholic Charities Corporation of Cleveland. | Catholic Church -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- 20th century. | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | Hopkins, William Rowland, 1869-1961. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Murphy family | Murphy, William Joseph, 1876-1942
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Ohio Citizen Action Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Citizen Action | | | | Dates: | 1957-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Ohio Citizen Action (f. 1975), is a statewide environmental organization known for its successful canvass-based tactics. It also has worked on campaign finance reform and consumer rights issues. Founded in 1975 as the Ohio Public Interest Campaign (OPIC), it was initially a coalition of union, senior citizen, church, and community groups that worked on issues such as job loss and economic problems stemming from plant closings, community reinvestment, tax abatement,and financial issues, among others. It became part of Citizen Action, a national coalition of consumer and public action groups from several states, in 1980. Citizen Action at its founding was composed of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Illinois Public Action Council, Massachusetts Fair Share, Ohio Public Interest Campaign, and Oregon Fair Share, and had a central office located in Cleveland. It eventually grew to have affiliates in 34 states. However, the national group had some political disagreements and several state affiliates separated from it, including the Ohio group which became Ohio Citizen Action in 1989. The national group eventually disbanded, but Ohio Citizen Action is very active currently, focusing much of its efforts on what it calls "good neighbor campaigns" since the late 1990s. "Good neighbor campaigns" use the strengths of community organizing combined with canvassing and other techniques to stop polluting at major industries. Ohio Citizen Action has had various successes addressing a wide range of issues. As OPIC, it began fighting for advance notification of plant closings shortly after its founding. This became a nationwide campaign that resulted in federal legislation that became law in 1989. It was sponsored by Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) who championed workers' and consumers' rights. Due to his tenacity in working on such issues, Ohio Citizen Action honored him after his retirement by establishing the Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award in 1995, awarded to individuals who exemplify Metzenbaum's tenacity in fighting for issues that Ohio Citizen Action and Senator Metzenbaum would support. Ohio Citizen Action (as OPIC) also worked on stopping downtown tax abatements in the city of Cleveland and was involved in the debate over the sale of Muny Light. In 1983 it won an anti-trust suit against three northeast Ohio grocery chains for price fixing that resulted in a $20 million dollar award going to one million Cleveland, Akron, and Lorain area households. This was the largest consumer anti-trust settlement in United States history. It also led a movement to pass toxic substance right-to- know legislation in Cleveland and other cities, which became a model for federal right-to-know laws and the Toxic Release Inventory in 1986. As OPIC transitioned into an organization with dues paying members, it changed its name to Ohio Citizen Action in 1989 and began to focus more on the "good neighbor campaigns" described above. It also became more active in the movement for campaign finance reform supporting the successful initiative for term limits for state legislators and winning the campaign for electronic reporting of campaign contributions in Ohio. Ohio Citizen Action, both non-profit and non-partisan, was in 2012 still an active organization with 80,000 members statewide. It continued to train young activists and promote its causes through door-to-door and phone canvassing. It focused on environmental and public health issues as well as money in politics and consumer issues. Since 1995 the group presents the Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award, mentioned above, each year to an Ohioan that exhibits Senator Metzenbaum's "principled tenacity". The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, charts, correspondence, flyers, legislation, lists, magazine articles, maps, meeting minutes, memoranda, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, press releases, reports, and testimony. | | | | Call #: | MS 5135 | | | | Extent: | 31.20 linear feet (33 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Ohio Citizen Action. | Ohio Public Interest Campaign. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Green movement -- Ohio. | Environmental policy -- Ohio. | Local government and environmental policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Consumer movements -- Ohio. | Community activists -- Ohio. | Political participation -- Ohio. | Pressure groups -- Ohio. | Public interest -- Ohio. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Economic development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Tax remission -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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