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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1063 | Title: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, McComb, Ohio Station Records
| | | | Creator: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, McComb, Ohio Station | | | | Dates: | 1894-1895 | | | | Abstract: | The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company was a railroad organized in 1881 to connect Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. The collection consists of a train register maintained by an agent of the railroad at its station in McComb, Ohio. The register serves as both a time book and a transfer table. | | | | Call #: | MS 3468 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company. McComb, Ohio Station. | Railroads -- United States -- Time-books. | Railroads -- United States -- Transfer-tables.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1064 | Title: | Theodore E. Burton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Theodore E. | | | | Dates: | 1869-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929) was a United States Representative (1889-1891, 1895-1909, and 1921-1928) and Senator (1909-1915 and 1928-1929) from Cleveland, Ohio. While in Congress, Burton was involved in a number of important issues of the day, and was also a prominent figure in Republican Party politics. He maintained a lifelong involvement in the international peace movement. Burton was a candidate in the 1907 Cleveland mayoral election, losing to Democrat Tom L. Johnson. A bachelor, he was close to his niece, Grace Burton, who became a political confidant, housekeeper, and companion to him in his later years. The collection consists of diaries, journals, appointment books, correspondence, reports, bills and government documents, minutes, notes and other memoranda, pamphlets, printed public remarks, speeches, articles, manuscripts, notebooks, account books, receipts, income tax returns, programs and other memorabilia, passports, address files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Legislative issues Burton was involved with are well represented in the collection. These include inland waterways; the Inland Waterways Commission; financial, banking, and currency legislation; immigration restriction; postal, trade and tariff issues; the Panama Canal; political patronage; veterans' and pension affairs; and labor legislation. Local Cleveland, Ohio, issues are represented in the collection. These include the 1907 Cleveland mayoral race, construction of a federal building, local and Ohio politics, and the flood of 1913. Burton's dedication to the international peace movement is documented in the collection. The important role played by his niece Grace Burton is illustrated in her correspondence with her uncle, often demonstrating her own deep interest in local and national politics. Burton's own writings, especially research materials and manuscripts for his two major works, Financial Crises and John Sherman, make up a significant portion of the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 3469 | | | | Extent: | 58.01 linear feet (58 containers, 64 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929. | Burton, Grace. | Sherman, John, 1823-1900. | American Peace Society. | Emigration and immigration law -- United States. | Harbors -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Waterways -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Currency question -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Cuban question -- 1895-1898. | Floods -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Peace -- Societies, etc. | Legislators -- United States -- Archives. | Civil service reform -- United States. | Tariff -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Spanish-American War, 1898. | Panama Canal (Panama). | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1065 | Title: | A. Donald Gray Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gray, A. Donald | | | | Dates: | 1917-1943 | | | | Abstract: | A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a notable landscape architect and designer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1920-1939. Gray worked briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in Brookline, Massachusetts, before establishing a landscape architecture practice in Cleveland. He designed many private gardens and estates for some of the most elite families of Cleveland and its outlying suburbs, including the noted private development of Fairhill Road houses in 1931. Gray was also the landscape designer for several public projects, including the Cedar-Central apartments, the first federal public-housing project in the nation, and many of Cleveland's public parks. Perhaps his most notable achievemant was the creation of the WPA-funded Horticultural Gardens for the Great Lakes Exposition, 1936-1937, some of which remain on the site north of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The gardens were named for Gray as a memorial after his death. Gray took several trips to England, South America, Mexico and elsewhere throughout his career to study the landscaping of great houses and public places. He also contributed a regular gardening column to the Cleveland Press during the mid-1930s. The collection consists of some personal records, but largely records pertaining to Gray's numerous landscape design projects, including projects for William S. Halle, Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna, Edwin C. Higbee, Fred and Robert Lazarus of Columbus, Ohio, Crispen Oglebay, John Sherwin, and the Van Sweringen brothers. The records consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, drawings, plans, photographs, blueprint designs, financial records, etc. The collection contains significant material regarding the Fairhill Road houses of the Fairmount Road Group Development Association, the Cedar-Central Housing Project, Cleveland city park projects, and, in particular, the Horticultural Gardens of the Great Lakes Exposition. Included are articles and clippings from Gray's gardening column in the Cleveland Press, lectures, travel reports, personal and financial papers and papers regarding Gray's personal residence, material pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Dunham Tavern on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, and photograph albums and photograph scrapbooks of Gray's trips and design projects, some by the noted photographer Margaret Bourke-White. | | | | Call #: | MS 3470 | | | | Extent: | 16.30 linear feet (28 containers, 9 oversize folders, and 21 rolled blueprints) | | | | Subjects: | Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939 -- Archives. | Dunham Tavern. | Cedar-Central Housing Project (Cleveland, Ohio) | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Landscape architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Landscape architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape gardening -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape contracting -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape architectural drawing -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Horticultural service industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Design. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Specifications. | Urban beautification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel -- Views. | South America -- Description and travel -- Views. | Mexico -- Description and travel -- Views. | Nassau (Bahamas) -- Description and travel -- Views.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1066 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association | | | | Dates: | 1881-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Growth Association was founded in 1848 as the Board of Trade in Cleveland, Ohio. It was reorganized and renamed the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce in 1893. It merged with the Greater Cleveland Growth Board in 1968 to form the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. Its goals have always been to provide a forum for business leaders to discuss ideas and problems, to stimulate investments in the local economy, and to make Cleveland a better place to live and work. The organization was active in many areas of progressive reform in the early 1900s, including housing codes, bath houses, and the organization of charitable activities. The collection consists of charters of the Board of Trade, minutes and annual reports of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, files of the Transportation and Industrial Relations departments, records of legislative and other committees, general office files, membership records, newspaper clippings and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3471 | | | | Extent: | 188.80 linear feet (293 containers and 15 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association. | Boards of trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial promotion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social problems. | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1067 | Title: | Jonathan Goldsmith Papers
| | | | Creator: | Goldsmith, Jonathan | | | | Dates: | 1804-1858 | | | | Abstract: | Jonathan Goldsmith was an architect and builder of homes in the Western Reserve, of Painesville, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, agreements, and an account book (1836-1838). These are transcripts (typewritten) made from originals in the possession of Carl H. Johnson. | | | | Call #: | MS 3472 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Goldsmith, Jonathan. | Architects -- Ohio -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1068 | Title: | U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Base Hospital No. 4 Reunion Records
| | | | Creator: | U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Base Hospital No. 4 | | | | Dates: | 1917-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Base Hospital No. 4 was a United States Army base hospital stationed in France during World War I. It was nicknamed the Lakeside Unit as its staff was recruited from the Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a history and roster of Base Hospital No. 4 (the Lakeside Unit) by George W. Crile, correspondence, speeches delivered at anniversary celebrations, minutes of officers' meetings, and other records accumulated by Dr. H.D. Piercy, keeper of the archives of the Lakeside Unit of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3473 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 4. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals. | Military Hospitals -- France.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1069 | Title: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records
| | | | Creator: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve | | | | Dates: | 1960-1966 | | | | Abstract: | The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of two loose-leaf notebooks containing biographical and genealogical information relating to members of this association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3474 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. | Ohio -- Genealogy. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1070 | Title: | Cleveland, Ohio, Board of Elections Registration Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland, Ohio, Board of Elections | | | | Dates: | 1907-1908 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of men's registration records for every precinct in each of the 26 wards of Cleveland, Ohio, during the general registration in October and November, 1907, and during the special registration in September, 1908. Name, address, age, length of residence, country of birth, date of naturalization (where applicable), and marital status of each voter were recorded. Also includes a registration record book for Ward 4 Precinct H for the years 1906 and a brief number of registrations for 1907 housed in Container 52 (this registration record book is not included in the online index to this collection). click here to view the name index to the registered voters represented in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 3475 | | | | Extent: | 20.80 linear feet (52 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Elections. | Voter registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1071 | Title: | Adam M. Beers Papers
| | | | Creator: | Beers, Adam M. | | | | Dates: | 1863-1912 | | | | Abstract: | Adam M. Beers (1840-1912) was an assistant surgeon in the 9th and 92nd Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists primarily of official papers relating to Beers' activities as an army surgeon during the Civil War. Includes military orders, circulars and letters, requisitions, receipts, lists of camp and garrison equipment, monthly reports of sick and wounded, and returns of medical and hospital property. | | | | Call #: | MS 3476 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Beers, Adam M., 1840-1912. | United States. Army -- Surgeons. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1072 | Title: | Merchant Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Merchant Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1907 | | | | Abstract: | Ahaz Merchant (1794-1862) was a surveyor in Cuyahoga County from 1833-1835 and 1845-1850. His son, Aaron merchant (1817-1875) was also a Cuyahoga County Surveyor from 1854-1869. Aaron Merchant's son, Corwin C. Merchant was a surveyor as well. The collection consists of correspondence, banking and tax papers, deeds, land descriptions, land surveys, topographical surveys, maps, blueprints, subdivision plats, diaries, field books, account books, and deed index books. | | | | Call #: | MS 3477 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (22 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Merchant family. | Land use -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Planning. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1073 | Title: | Charles Peter Salen Papers
| | | | Creator: | Salen, Charles Peter | | | | Dates: | 1890-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Peter Salen (1860-1924) was an associate of Cleveland, Ohio, Mayor Tom L. Johnson. He held several positions in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County government, including Secretary of the Board of Elections, Director of Public Works, and County Clerk. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, campaign and election material, and photographs relating to Salen and his family, and a copy of a record of the Peter Salen branch of the family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3478 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Salen, Charles Peter, 1860-1924. | Salen, Peter, 1810-1895. | Salen family. | Municipal officials and employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | County officials and employees -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1074 | Title: | Robert A. Manry Papers
| | | | Creator: | Manry, Robert A. | | | | Dates: | 1965 | | | | Abstract: | Robert A. Manry (1918-1971) was a journalist, of Cleveland, Ohio, who sailed alone on a 13 1/2 foot sloop, the Tinkerbelle, from Falmouth, Massachusetts to Falmouth, England, between June 1st and August 17th, 1965. The collection consists of a logbook, notebook of sextant sightings, charts, several letters, and notes, relating to Manry's 78-day crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. | | | | Call #: | MS 3479 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Manry, Robert A., 1918-1971. | Sailing, Single-handed -- Atlantic Ocean. | Voyages and travels.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1075 | Title: | William Joseph Raddatz Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Raddatz, William Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1904-1962 | | | | Abstract: | William Joseph Raddatz (1880-1940) was the president of the Cleveland Advertising Club (1916-1917) and of the Stratford Press, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active in many civic and charitable enterprises and was the author of several works on William Shakespeare. The collection consists of four scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, magazine articles, photographs, programs, and letters relating to Raddatz's advertising and printing career. | | | | Call #: | MS 3480 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Raddatz, William Joseph, 1880-1940. | Cleveland Advertising Club. | Stratford Press (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1077 | Title: | American Peace Society, Cleveland Branch Records
| | | | Creator: | American Peace Society, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1913-1919 | | | | Abstract: | The American Peace Society was a national pacifist organization with branches throughout the United States, including Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, financial receipts and reports, lists of members, and other records kept by the secretary of the branch, Emma M. Perkins. Members included Newton D. Baker, Theodore E. Burton, and Charles F. Thwing. | | | | Call #: | MS 3482 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | American Peace Society. Cleveland Branch. | Pacifists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Peace -- Societies, etc. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace. | United States -- Neutrality.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1078 | Title: | Wade Park Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | Wade Park Committee | | | | Dates: | 1926-1927 | | | | Abstract: | The Wade Park Committee was formed in 1925 by residents of the Wade Park area on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, to prevent non-Caucasians from buying, occupying, or using property in the area. The collection consists of correspondence, proposals, minutes, copies of agreements, and other records relating to residential restrictions in the Wade Park Allotment in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood. | | | | Call #: | MS 3483 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wade Park Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minorities -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zoning, Exclusionary -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1079 | Title: | Euclid Innerbelt Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Innerbelt Association | | | | Dates: | 1961-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Euclid Innerbest Assocation was a Cleveland, Ohio, development association incorporated in 1966 to help charitable, religious, or educational institutions acquire property near the Euclid Innerbelt area. The Association also prepared reports and recommendations for the development of the area. The collection consists of codes of regulations, minutes, correspondence, progress reports, bills, invoices, budgets, financial statements, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, lists of property and property owners (including tax valuation and owner's and tenants' names), and other records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3484 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Innerbelt Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1080 | Title: | Euclid Innerbelt Association Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Innerbelt Association | | | | Dates: | 1957-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Euclid Innerbelt Association was a Cleveland, Ohio, development association incorporated in 1966 to help charitable, religious or educational institutions acquire property near the Euclid Innerbelt area. The Association also prepared reports and recommendations for the development of the area. The collection consists of the files of chairman Edward Bartlett, including copies of the Articles of Association (1960), minutes, correspondence, financial reports, other reports, memoranda, news releases, public statements, and papers relating to the Near West Side Development Association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3484a | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Innerbelt Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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