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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1201 | Title: | Thomas Forster Papers
| | | | Creator: | Forster, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1799-1834 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Forster (1762-1836) was an Erie, Pennsylvania, agent and stockholder of the Harrisburg and Presque Isle Company, and Collector of Customs for Erie (1799-1836). He owned two mills, was engaged in the salt trade, acted as agent and warehouseman for army contractors, and served as a transport agent for the Indian Factory system. The collection consists of invoices, drafts, bills of lading, statements of account, promissory notes, contracts, depositions, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 3605 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Forster, Thomas, 1762-1836. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Erie.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1202 | Title: | Andrew Squire Papers
| | | | Creator: | Squire, Andrew | | | | Dates: | 1855-1943 | | | | Abstract: | Andrew Squire (1850-1934) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and founding partner of the firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, genealogical material, a deed, typed manuscripts of speeches, a biographical sketch, copies of testimonials, printed articles and speeches, correspondence, a printed circular letter supporting Herbert Hoover's candidacy for President, and clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3606 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Squire, Andrew, 1850-1934. | Squire family. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1203 | Title: | Wings of a Century, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Wings of a Century, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1878-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Wings of a Century, Inc. was a company organized to produce a pageant of transportation called "Parade of the Years" at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, July-September, 1936. The collection consists of a concession permit application, a map of the exposition, a budget, a certificate of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, resolutions, blank stock certificates, and transfer of stock subscriptions. | | | | Call #: | MS 3607 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wings of a Century, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Exhibitions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1204 | Title: | James M. Reed Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Reed, James M. Family | | | | Dates: | 1863-1919 | | | | Abstract: | The James M. Reed family lived in Williamsfield, Ohio. Albert D. Reed was a soldier during the American Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence of members of the Reed family, a military pass and two army discharges of Albert D. Reed, receipts, a bank letter concerning transmittal of funds, a newspaper clipping, and memorials of Albert D. Reed. | | | | Call #: | MS 3608 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Reed family. | Soldiers -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1205 | Title: | Charles W. Sellers Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sellers, Charles W. | | | | Dates: | 1915-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Charles W. Sellers (1888-1972) was an attorney who served with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry, Ohio National Guard during its Mexican border service (1916-1917), and commanded Company G of the 308th Ammunition Train, 83rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in France during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, copies of clippings, military documents, and postcards relating to Sellers' military service. | | | | Call #: | MS 3609 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sellers, Charles W., 1888-1972. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | Mexico -- Frontier troubles -- 1910- -- Personal narratives. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1206 | Title: | Cowles-Hutchinson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cowles-Hutchinson Family | | | | Dates: | 1760-1931 | | | | Abstract: | The Cowles family is descended from Giles Hooker Cowles of Connecticut, who came to Austinburg, Ohio in 1811 and became the first resident minister in the Western Reserve. The collection consists of four bound volumes containing copies of correspondence, a genealogical chart, vital statistics, deeds, army commissions, certificates, and clippings. Correspondents include Edwin Cowles, Alfred Cowles, Samuel Cowles, and Betsey Mix Cowles. | | | | Call #: | MS 3610 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cowles family. | Hutchinson family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1207 | Title: | Nationalities Services Center Records
| | | | Creator: | Nationalities Services Center | | | | Dates: | 1916-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Nationalities Services Center is a Cleveland, Ohio, social service agency for immigrants. It was formed in 1953 by the merger of the International Institute of the Cleveland Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA, est. 1916) and the Citizens Bureau of Cleveland (est. 1924). Services include employment services, immigration counseling, nationality clubs, language and citizenship classes, and translation services. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, bills, resolutions, dossiers, publications, notes, certificates, case files, and miscellaneous materials relating to the NSC and its predecessor agencies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3611 | | | | Extent: | 76.00 linear feet (97 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Nationalities Services Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Emigration and immigration. | Immigration consultants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- Emigration and immigration. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1208 | Title: | Benedict Crowell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Crowell, Benedict | | | | Dates: | 1794-1952 | | | | Abstract: | Benedict Crowell (1869-1952) was a Cleveland, Ohio, engineer, builder and bank president who became Assistant Secretary of War and Director of Munitions during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, military and personal documents and clippings relating to Gen. Crowell and his career (1902-1952); and deeds, contracts and clippings relating to his wife's families (1794-1886). Prominent correspondents include Woodrow Wilson and John J. Pershing. | | | | Call #: | MS 3612 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container, 4 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Crowell, Benedict, 1869-1952. | Crowell family. | Cobb family. | Aeronautics, Military -- United States. | United States -- History -- 1901-1953 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1209 | Title: | William Anderson Haven Papers
| | | | Creator: | Haven, William Anderson | | | | Dates: | 1916-1972 | | | | Abstract: | William Anderson Haven (1888-1973) was a chemical engineer who worked at U.S. Steel, New York Steel, Carnegie Steel, Marting Iron Company, and Republic Steel. After management differences with Cyrus Eaton at Republic Steel in 1929, he left to become vice-president of Arthur G. McKee and Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Before his retirement in 1953 he had planned or supervised the construction of numerous steel plants and oil refineries in the United States and throughout the world. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous non-correspondence, and reports on the iron and steel industry in the United States and abroad. | | | | Call #: | MS 3613 | | | | Extent: | 3.90 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Haven, William Anderson, 1888-1973. | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979. | Steel industry and trade.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1210 | Title: | Cleveland Writers' Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Writers' Club | | | | Dates: | 1890-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Writers' Club was founded in 1886 as the Cleveland Woman's Press Club. From 1888 to 1912 it was called the Ohio Women's Press Association, due to a merger with a similar club in Cincinnati which later withdrew. In 1922 it became the Cleveland Writers' Club. The collection consists of literary works, programs, membership rosters, minutes, reports, newsletters, correspondence, contest notices, financial statements, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and members' biographies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3614 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Writers' Club. | Authors -- Biography. | Authors -- Societies, etc. | Women authors, American -- Biography. | Women authors, American -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1211 | Title: | Carolyn Hale Rodgers Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Rodgers, Carolyn Hale | | | | Dates: | 1917-1928 | | | | Abstract: | Carolyn Hale Rodgers (1903-1978) was a Cleveland, Ohio, native who attended Hathaway Brown School and authored several short plays and a children's book, "Pirate's Loot." She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution in Pelham Manor, New York where she settled after attending Bennett School in Millbrook, New York. The collection consists of one scrapbook, compiled by Carolyn Hale Rodgers and her uncle "Ned", consisting of cartoons of World War I characters drawn by her uncle and with comments by Rodgers; war ballads written by Rodgers and "Unk"; programs; posters; photographs; letters from her father; pamphlets; and jokes, cartoons, and other newspaper clippings reflecting the United States war effort during World War I. | | | | Call #: | MS 3615 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rodgers, Carolyn Hale, 1903-1978. | World War, 1914-1918. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Caricatures and cartoons. | World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1212 | Title: | Cleveland Sorosis Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Sorosis | | | | Dates: | 1891-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Sorosis was a women's cultural and service club founded in 1891 by former members of the Western Reserve Club (est. 1882) which had recently dissolved. Growing membership led to the organization of a separate club for younger women, called Junior Sorosis. One of Sorosis' many special interest departments was the Selover Club, founded for the study of parliamentary law. The collection consists of minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, record books, membership registration and pledge books, an annual report book, an 1894 club annual, a scrapbook, and a club history book. Also included are minutes of the Junior Sorosis and Selover Club. | | | | Call #: | MS 3616 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Sorosis. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1213 | Title: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1913-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Travelers Aid Society is a Cleveland, Ohio, service agency for stranded or troubled travelers. It was established in 1920 as an agency of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. It grew out of the services to immigrants, young female travelers, and rural migrants which had been performed since the 1890s by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Methodist deaconesses, and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). It now operates under the auspices of the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial and budget data, membership rosters, annual reports, convention material, newsletters, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3617 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland. | Travelers' aid societies. | Transients, Relief of -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1214 | Title: | William Bascom-Hiram Little Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | The William Bascom-Hiram Little Family Papers | | | | Dates: | 1837-1929 | | | | Abstract: | William Tully Bascom was an Ohio journalist and editor. His daughter Laura L., a music teacher and soloist, married Dr. Hiram H. Little. Their son, Tully Bascom Little, was a Cleveland businessman who became chairman of the National Defense Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. W.T. Bascom's son, Gustavus, fought in the Civil War and became a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and genealogical and autobiographical material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3618 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bascom family. | Little family. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1215 | Title: | Edwin Arthur Kraft Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur | | | | Dates: | 1901-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Edwin Arthur Kraft (1883-1962) was the organist of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio (1907-1959) and Director of Music at Lake Erie College (1933-1951). His second wife, Marie Simmelink, was a vocal soloist at the First Baptist Church in Cleveland (1920-1934) and at The Temple (1934-), and head of the Vocal Dept. of the Cleveland Institute of Music (1949-1963). The collection consists of correspondence, programs, publicity, articles, news clippings, biographical sketches, obituaries, and other materials pertaining to the musical careers of Edwin A. and Marie S. Kraft. | | | | Call #: | MS 3619 | | | | Extent: | 3.61 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur, 1883-1962. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music teachers -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1216 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1894-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The National council of Jewish Women's Cleveland Section is a service organization founded in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio, as a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. Its services to Cleveland's Jewish and general communities include hot meals delivered to the elderly, homes for the elderly and working girls, scholarships, day nurseries and thrift shops. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, and materials on community service projects. | | | | Call #: | MS 3620 | | | | Extent: | 13.30 linear feet (27 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1217 | Title: | Henry Jerry John Papers
| | | | Creator: | John, Henry Jerry | | | | Dates: | 1903-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Jerry John (1885-1971) was a Cleveland, Ohio, physician who specialized in diabetes. He was born Jindrich Jeroslav John, in Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to the United States ca. 1889. He and his wife founded Camp Ho Mita Koda for diabetic children in 1929. He served in the Army Medical Corps during both world wars. The collection consists of an autobiography, biographical information, diaries, journals, correspondence, medical and literary writings, drawings, legal documents, naturalization papers, contracts, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material. Also included are papers of Elizabeth B. John and records of Camp Ho Mita Koda. | | | | Call #: | MS 3621 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | John, Henry Jerry, 1885-1971. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. | Diabetes. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1919-1944.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1219 | Title: | Frank Nowak Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nowak, Frank | | | | Dates: | 1901-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Nowak (1888-1973) was a Polish tailor who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 and later opened his own tailor shop. He was active in many Polish organizations, including the Polish National Choir and the Polish National Alliance, Group 458. The collection consists of minute books, correspondence, financial records, local anniversary publications and music relating to Polish-American groups in Cleveland, and papers relating to the Nowak family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3624 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Nowak, Frank, 1888-1973. | Nowak family. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Choral societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Choirs (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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