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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1181 | Title: | William Sheldon Kerruish Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kerruish, William Sheldon | | | | Dates: | 1849-1910 | | | | Abstract: | William Sheldon Kerruish (1831-1927) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. His son Sheldon joined him in his law practice. His daughter Miriam married attorney and Ohio state representative Charles W. Stage. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, speeches, poetry, invitations, personal papers and newspaper clippings of Wm. S. Kerruish, a diary of Miriam Kerruish Stage, an account book of Thomas Cain, an autobiography of Charles Stage, and legal records of Richard Bridson, Amelia Imbery, and William Wick. | | | | Call #: | MS 3585 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kerruish, William Sheldon, 1831-1927. | Kerruish family. | Grocery trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1184 | Title: | Earle Levan Johnson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Earle Levan | | | | Dates: | 1803-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Earle Levan Johnson (1895-1947) was an Ohio state representative who became national commander of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. The collection consists of correspondence, Civil Air Patrol files, regulations and directives, speeches, certificates, resolutions, miscellaneous printed material and personal memorabilia relating to Col. Johnson and the Civil Air Patrol. | | | | Call #: | MS 3588 | | | | Extent: | 4.21 linear feet (10 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Earle Levan, 1895-1947. | Doan family. | Johnson family. | Air defenses -- United States. | Aeronautics -- United States. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1185 | Title: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce Records
| | | | Creator: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce | | | | Dates: | 1912-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1911 for the advancement of the commercial, industrial, and civic interests of the city of Lakewood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, financial records, budget reports, membership lists, news releases and other documents of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, and records of the Lakewood Community Center, the Lakewood Merchants Council, the Lakewood Junior Chamber of Commerce, and several neighborhood business associations. | | | | Call #: | MS 3589 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lakewood Chamber of Commerce (Lakewood, Ohio) | Boards of trade -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Commercial associations -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1186 | Title: | Alexander Bunts Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bunts, Alexander Family | | | | Dates: | 1770-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Bunts was a Cleveland, Ohio, neurosurgeon, amateur historian, and Trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society. He traced his descent from Virgil C. Taylor, an American Civil War soldier and Cleveland realtor, and from Levi Johnson, an early settler of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, genealogies, autograph books and scrapbooks of Bunts family members, and several monographs collected by Dr. Bunts. | | | | Call #: | MS 3590 | | | | Extent: | 1.21 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bunts family. | Taylor family. | Johnson family. | Sackett family. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1187 | Title: | Philosophical Club of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Philosophical Club of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1902-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The Philosophical Club of Cleveland, Ohio, is a men's club founded in 1902 to provide a forum for delivering papers on topics of current interest. The collection consists of a constitution, minute books, by-laws, financial accounts, correspondence, membership rosters, historical sketches, and copies of papers delivered at meetings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3591 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Philosophical Club of Cleveland. | Humanities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Social sciences -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Science -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Literature -- Societies, etc. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Forums (Discussion and debate)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1189 | Title: | John Frazier Papers
| | | | Creator: | Frazier, John | | | | Dates: | 1962-1974 | | | | Abstract: | John Frazier (born 1941) is a civil rights worker and Unitarian-Universalist minister. In 1969 he became the first pastor of the newly-formed Humanist Fellowship of Liberation in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, sermons, speeches, school records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers, relating to Frazier's civil rights activities, his seminary years, racial issues in the Unitarian-Universalist church, and the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3593 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Frazier, John, 1941- | First Unitarian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unitarian Church -- Ohio. | Unitarian churches -- Clergy. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- United States. | Race relations -- Religious aspects. | Religion and race.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1190 | Title: | Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Goodrich Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1960-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The Bell Neighborhood Center is an extension of Goodrich Social Settlement founded in 1959 when the Ohio Bell Telephone Company deeded a building in the Hough area of Cleveland, Ohio, to the Goodrich Settlement. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, reports, and special projects of Bell Center, reports of Bell Camp, and records of the Hough Housing Corporation, the School Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity. | | | | Call #: | MS 3594 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio). Bell Neighborhood Center. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | Youth programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1191 | Title: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association | | | | Dates: | 1928-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Tuskeegee Alumni Association was formed in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a fund raising body for Tuskegee Institute. The collection consists of certificates, scrapbooks, minutes, correspondence, printed items, newspaper clippings, alumni constitutions, and biographical sketches. | | | | Call #: | MS 3595 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association. | Tuskegee Institute -- Alumni. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges, Black -- Alumni -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1193 | Title: | Merle M. McCurdy Papers
| | | | Creator: | McCurdy, Merle M. | | | | Dates: | 1960-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Merle M. McCurdy (died 1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and civil rights leader. The collection consists of correspondence, including two letters from J. Edgar Hoover, dated April 9, 1963 and December 17, 1963, and a copy of a speech delivered by McCurdy at a national convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Atlanta, Georgia. | | | | Call #: | MS 3597 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McCurdy, Merle M., d. 1968. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1195 | Title: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Trinity Congregational Church, Pepper Pike, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1894-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Trinity Congregational Church was incorporated in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928 it moved to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. From 1946 to 1952 services were held in a school in Shaker Heights. In 1952 the congregation moved to Pepper Pike, Ohio. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, bulletins, and miscellaneous scrapbook material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3599 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio. | Churches -- Ohio. | Church records and registers -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1196 | Title: | Cuyahoga County Bar Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cuyahoga County Bar Association | | | | Dates: | 1926-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Cuyahoga County Bar Association was founded in 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cuyahoga Law Association. Its purposes included educational and social activities for local attorneys, and protection of civil rights. It is one of the largest bar associations in Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, the constitution, articles of incorporation, memorial resolutions, bar poll records, official bulletins, financial records, membership lists, dues lists, meeting announcements, agendas, reports, reform recommendations, bar issues, and correspondence and files relating to six cases concerning the unauthorized practice of law. | | | | Call #: | MS 3600 | | | | Extent: | 11.20 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cuyahoga County Bar Association (Ohio) | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Disbarment, disqualification, etc. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Bar associations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1197 | Title: | Helping Hand Halfway Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Helping Hand Halfway Home | | | | Dates: | 1965-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Helping Hand Halfway Home was a non-profit institution established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 to facilitate the rehabilitation of criminals after their release from prison. It provided food, shelter, clothes, and employment services. The collection consists of a constitution, by-laws, correspondence, news releases and reprints, list of donors, and rent records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3601 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Helping Hand Halfway Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Halfway houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rehabilitation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rehabilitation of criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1199 | Title: | Hoadley and Hickox Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hoadley and Hickox Family | | | | Dates: | 1792-1926 | | | | Abstract: | The Hickox and Hoadley families were among the first settlers of Middleburg Township, Ohio (now Middleburg Heights, a suburb of Cleveland). Jared and Rachel Merrill Hickox came from Connecticut in 1809. Lemuel Hoadley came from New York in 1807. The collection consists of deeds, quit claims, a survey, a probate settlement, an order for a sheriff's sale, a copy of a lease, a copy of a will, a deed of trust, account books, certificates, correspondence, genealogies, reminiscences and a clipping relating to the Hoadley and Hickox families and to the Wilder, Vaughn, Baker, Osborn, and Parker branches of these families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3603 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hoadley family. | Hickcox family. | Wilder family. | Vaughan family. | Baker family. | Osborne family. | Parker family. | Middleburg Heights (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1200 | Title: | Baldwin-Wallace College Records
| | | | Creator: | Baldwin-Wallace College | | | | Dates: | 1913-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Baldwin Wallace College is a Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 as the Berea Seminary, a part of the Lyceum Community commune. In 1846 it was chartered as the Baldwin Institute and in 1855 it became Baldwin University. Its German Department (est. 1857) withdrew to form German Wallace College in 1863. In 1913 the two schools merged as Baldwin-Wallace College. The collection consists of a copy of the memorandum of agreement and articles of incorporation uniting Baldwin University and German Wallace College, minutes of the Trustees and the Executive and Investment committees, annual reports of the president, financial statements, budgets, treasurer's reports, departmental reports, correspondence, schedules, lists of donors, by-laws, and two surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 3604 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Baldwin-Wallace College. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Administration. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Finance. | Berea (Ohio) -- History.
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