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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1141 | Title: | Jane Edna Hunter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hunter, Jane Edna | | | | Dates: | 1930-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971) was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, speeches, printed items, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous writings, relating to Mrs. Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3544 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1142 | Title: | William Ransom Tuttle Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tuttle, William Ransom | | | | Dates: | 1862-1863 | | | | Abstract: | William Ransom Tuttle (1837-1922) was a Captain in the 105th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of orders, circulars, instructions, battle reports, loyalty oaths, ordnance invoices, telegrams, absentee and casualty reports, a detail book, and letters. | | | | Call #: | MS 3545 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tuttle, William Ransom, 1837-1922. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry -- 105th.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1143 | Title: | Consumers League of Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Consumers League of Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1900-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Consumers League of Ohio is a political action organization concerned with the welfare of the laboring class. It lobbies for legislation in their interests. It was founded in 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio as a women's group to insure female laborers decent wages, hours and working conditions. Men were admitted in 1921. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, reports, speeches, legislative bills and acts, financial and membership records, articles, clippings, and printed material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3546 | | | | Extent: | 32.90 linear feet (30 containers and 69 reels of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Consumers League of Ohio. | Pressure groups -- Ohio. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. | Labor -- Ohio. | Working class women -- Ohio. | Work environment -- Ohio. | Wages -- Ohio. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio. | Consumers' leagues -- Ohio. | Consumer movements -- Ohio. | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Children -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1145 | Title: | Andrew Platt Papers
| | | | Creator: | Platt, Andrew | | | | Dates: | 1820-1867 | | | | Abstract: | Andrew Platt was a resident of Pennsylvania. The collection consists of receipts (many from the Pennsylvania-Ohio border region, 1842-1867), and a handwriting copybook, ca. 1820-1840. | | | | Call #: | MS 3548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Platt, Andrew.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1146 | Title: | Reverend Wade H. and Mrs. Ruth B. McKinney Papers
| | | | Creator: | McKinney, Wade H. and Ruth B. | | | | Dates: | 1898-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend Wade H. McKinney was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, sermons, speeches, "Thot-O-Grams," financial, printed and miscellaneous papers, and papers relating to Antioch Baptist Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3549 | | | | Extent: | 6.50 linear feet (16 containers and 1 oversize package) | | | | Subjects: | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American -- African American authors. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1147 | Title: | Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1962-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation was established in 1966, by representatives of several local Protestant denominations, to provide adequate housing for needy minorities in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, correspondence, maps, clippings, resolutions, proposals, and reports. Includes agreements, minutes, by-laws, and correspondence of the West Central Area Development Corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3550 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation. | Minorities -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1148 | Title: | Cleveland Cinema Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Cinema Club | | | | Dates: | 1927-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Cinema Club was founded in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, to study motion pictures and their effects on society. The club rated films, monitored legislation, and helped organize film appreciation groups. The collection consists of membership applications, minutes, financial records, an attendance register, correspondence, a publicity scrapbook, miscellaneous printed matter, and plans for motion picture festivals in 1938 and 1939. | | | | Call #: | MS 3551 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Cinema Club | Motion pictures -- Societies, etc. | Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1149 | Title: | Poles in Cleveland Manuscript
| | | | Creator: | Writers' Program, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1941-1942 | | | | Abstract: | The Poles in Cleveland Manuscript was compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio and sponsored by the City of Cleveland, Ohio. It includes chapters on the history of Poland and of the Poles in America. Accompanying miscellaneous material (1941-1942) includes copies of photographs of sample illustrations, correspondence and memoranda about the book and about two projected, ancillary publications, and a critique of the history by the editor of the Ohio Writers' Project. | | | | Call #: | MS 3552 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Americans. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poland -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1150 | Title: | Twarogowski and Zielinski Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Twarogowski and Zielinski Family | | | | Dates: | 1881-1938 | | | | Abstract: | The Twarogowski and Zielinski families resided in Gorzno, West Prussia, Germany (now Poland). In 1913 the Zielinski family immigrated to the United States and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of legal documents, tax records, death certificates, real estate records, a marriage certificate, military service papers, and old age insurance receipts, from the Twarogowskis' and Zielinskis' period of residence in Germany, and a World War I pass permit for aliens, alien registration cards, a death certificate, legal documents, account books, photographs, and Cleveland-related material, from the period following their immigration to the United States. | | | | Call #: | MS 3553 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Twarogowski family. | Zielinski family. | Poles -- Prussia (Germany) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1151 | Title: | Frank C. Manak Papers
| | | | Creator: | Manak, Frank C. | | | | Dates: | 1880-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Frank C. Manak (1872-1938) was a banker and leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, Czech community. His son, Frank Jr., was general counsel of U.S. Steel, an official of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, president of the Czech Cultural Garden Association, trustee of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association, and county Republican committeeman. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, a poster, and testimonials relating to Frank C. Manak, Sr. Includes material relating to his son, Frank C. Manak, Jr. Correspondents include Harold H. Burton, Wendell L. Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, and Ohio government officials | | | | Call #: | MS 3554 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Manak, Frank C., 1872-1938. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1152 | Title: | Janko N. Rogelj Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rogelj, Janko N. | | | | Dates: | 1937-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Janko N. Rogelj was a leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, Slovenian community. The collection consists of copies of correspondence, press releases, and memoranda, including correspondence between Rogelj and Louis Adamic (author and Yugoslavian partisan), and between Adamic and others, such as Franklin Roosevelt and Marshall Tito, concerning U.S.-Yugoslav relations, support of Slovenian artists and intellectuals in America, Yugoslavian relief, a libel suit by Winston Churchill, post-war plans for Yugoslavia, and Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign. | | | | Call #: | MS 3555 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rogelj, Janko N., 1896-1974. | Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. | Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965. | Yugoslav Americans. | Slovenian Americans. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Yugoslavia. | Presidential candidates -- United States. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953. | United States -- Foreign relations -- Yugoslavia. | Yugoslavia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1153 | Title: | Cleveland Shopping News Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Shopping News Company | | | | Dates: | 1922-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Shopping News Company was a newspaper company founded in 1921, by a group of downtown department stores, to secure lower advertising rates by competing with the daily newspapers. It ceased operations in 1972. The collection consists of two bound volumes containing A General Management Survey of the Cleveland Shopping News Company, dated Dec. 6, 1950, prepared by Cresap, McCormick and Paget, management engineers, to determine the feasibility of continued publication of the Cleveland Shopping News, and financial records, consisting of incomplete accounts of the company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3556 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Shopping News Company. | Advertising, Newspaper -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1154 | Title: | Ann Maria Stockwell Green Journals
| | | | Creator: | Green, Ann Maria Stockwell | | | | Dates: | 1877-1878 | | | | Abstract: | Ann Maria Stockwell (1840-1904) was a Boston, Massachusetts resident (her home was in the Roxbury section of Boston), and wife of George Green. She was born in West Acton, Massachusetts on March 28, 1840. Her first husband, David Hapgood, died during the American Civil War. Her second husband, George Green, was a stationer who died in 1899. The collection consists of three bound, handwritten notebooks containing an account of an extended trip to Europe. Includes descriptions of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oxford, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Strasbourg, Bern, Geneva, Paris, Rome, and other cities in Italy. Mrs. Green was in Rome at the time of the deaths of Victor Emmanuel II and Pius IX, in 1878. She also attended a London church service and sermon given by the Nonconformist divine, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, at his church, The Tabernacle. | | | | Call #: | MS 3557 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Green, Ann Maria Stockwell, 1840-1904. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1155 | Title: | Frank Chapman Van Cleef Diaries
| | | | Creator: | Van Cleef, Frank Chapman | | | | Dates: | 1905-1906 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Chapman Van Cleef was the Director of Hiram House Camp, near Cleveland, Ohio (1905-1906). The collection consists of two diary notebooks written about Hiram House Camp during the summers of 1905 and 1906, concerning camp programs, outings, discipline problems, and campers' character development. Includes sample menus, a typed manuscript summarizing the summer of 1905, and three copies of The Hiram House Life, a magazine. | | | | Call #: | MS 3558 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Van Cleef, Frank Chapman, 1881- | Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Administration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1156 | Title: | Margaret DeWolf Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | DeWolf, Margaret Family | | | | Dates: | 1829-1902 | | | | Abstract: | The DeWolf family resided in West Farmington, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence concerning the daily routines and family life of the DeWolf, Dunbar and King families, addressed to Mrs. Margaret DeWolf, Miss Celia (Franc) DeWolf (letters are addressed to both "Celia" and her nickname of "Franc"), and Robert King. The earliest letter is from Robert H. Dunbar. | | | | Call #: | MS 3559 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | DeWolf family. | Dunbar family. | King family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1157 | Title: | John Quincy Adams Campbell Diaries
| | | | Creator: | Campbell, John Quincy Adams | | | | Dates: | 1861-1864 | | | | Abstract: | John Quincy Adams Campbell was a member of the 5th Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of three Civil War diaries. Volume 1 contains daily entries from July 9, 1861 to December 31, 1862. Volume 2 continues with January 1, 1863 to May 4, 1864, and also contains some later observations about his regiment written after 1905. Volume 3 contains entries from May 5, 1864 to November 24, 1864. | | | | Call #: | MS 3560 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Campbell, John Quincy Adams. | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864) | Soldiers -- Iowa -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1158 | Title: | Edward F. Nydegger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nydegger, Edward F. | | | | Dates: | 1847-1901 | | | | Abstract: | Edward F. Nydegger (1831-1909) was a native of Aarberg, Switzerland who immigrated with his family to the United States in 1850 and settled in Weinsberg, Ohio. During the American Civil War he served in the 11th regiment, Indiana Infantry, and sketched many of the scenes he encountered during his travels. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing penciled drawings of Civil War scenes, a chronicle of the Nydegger family's emigration from Switzerland to Ohio in 1850, a family genealogical history, the Nydegger coat of arms, a Swiss tax receipt, a religious card from Nydegger's teacher in Aarberg, a record of Nydegger's experiences as a soldier, newspaper clippings, and religious mottos drawn and embellished by Nydegger. | | | | Call #: | MS 3561 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nydegger, Edward F., 1831-1909. | Nydegger family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Pencil drawing. | Drawing -- 19th century -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1159 | Title: | Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review | | | | Dates: | 1939-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a bound volume containing syllabi of selected decisions of the Board of Review (1939-1943), and unbound records, including a decision of the 1st District Court of Appeals of Ohio on an appeal against the Bureau, a decision of a court of common pleas on an appeal against the Bureau, and ten decisions of the Board of Review. Syllabi are indexed by descriptive word, subject, claimants' names, and employers' names. | | | | Call #: | MS 3562 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Board of Review. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio -- Case studies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1160 | Title: | Elizabeth S. Magee Papers
| | | | Creator: | Magee, Elizabeth S. | | | | Dates: | 1793-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Elizabeth S. Magee was the Secretary of the Consumers' League of Ohio (1925-1945) and general secretary of the National Consumers' League (1943-1958). James and Anna Magee were her brother and sister. The collection consists of correspondence commemorating Miss Magee's 20th anniversary at the Consumers' League of Ohio, her retirement from the National Consumers' League, and her birthday in 1967. Also includes a copy of a speech given by Emily T. Douglas at the retirement luncheon, school yearbooks, a scrapbook of Magee's year at Oberlin College, a temperance pledge, programs, a White House invitation, a register of mourners at Magee's memorial service, family papers, a Dysart family land deed (1793), letters and newspaper clippings concerning the deaths of William A. and James D. Magee, and diaries of Anna M. Magee. | | | | Call #: | MS 3563 | | | | Extent: | 2.50 linear feet (6 containers, 2 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Magee family. | Magee, James D. | Magee, William A.
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