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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1362 | Title: | Asa Emerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Emerson, Asa Family | | | | Dates: | 1831-1955 | | | | Abstract: | In 1821 Asa Emerson and his family settled in the area that is now Parma Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Family members have included a post master, a President of Cleveland City Council, and many teachers, ministers, and businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence (1831-1939), genealogies and histories of the Emerson and Gale families, clippings on early Cleveland history, a travel diary of Leslie Emerson, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 3767 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Emerson family. | Gale family. | Parma Heights (Ohio) -- History. | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1364 | Title: | Pericles J. Michalakos Diary
| | | | Creator: | Michalakos, Pericles J. | | | | Dates: | 1890-1912 | | | | Abstract: | Pericles J. Michalokos was a native of Laconia, Greece, who emigrated to the United States as a young boy. The collection consists of a diary written in Greek, with some pen and ink drawings by the author. It was compiled over twenty-two years and rewritten while Michalakos was incarcerated in the Ohio Penitentiary. | | | | Call #: | MS 3769 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Michalakos, Pericles J. | Harmon, Judson, 1846-1927. | Greek Americans -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1366 | Title: | Samuel Williamson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Samuel Family | | | | Dates: | 1793-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Williamson (1772-1834) was a judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas. His son, Samuel Jr. (1808-1884), was an Ohio state legislator. His grandson, Samuel E. (1844-1903), was also a Common Pleas Court Judge. Another grandson, James D. (1849-1935), was a minister. His great-grandsons, Frederick E. (1876-1944) and Arthur P. (1884-1973), were businessmen. The collection consists of the papers of the Williamson family, including business papers, deeds, a journal of James D. Williamson's trip to Europe (1914), newspaper clippings, court documents, genealogical material, memorial books, and letters of the Day-Ely family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3771 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Williamson family. | Ely family. | Day family. | Court records -- Ohio. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1367 | Title: | G.W. Morgan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, G. W. | | | | Dates: | 1819-1926 | | | | Abstract: | George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) was a soldier, lawyer, and politician, from Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, a partial manuscript history of the Texas war for independence, a scrapbook of European postcards and invitations, a notebook of Morgan's brother, Duane, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 3772 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Morgan, G. W. (George Washington), 1820-1893. | Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. | United States. Congress. House -- Contested elections. | Gold standard. | Silver question. | Currency question -- United States. | African Americans -- Civil rights. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. | Psychiatric hospitals -- United States. | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1368 | Title: | Dorothy Bulkley Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bulkley, Dorothy | | | | Dates: | 1937-1947 | | | | Abstract: | Dorothy Bulkley was a teacher at Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School who visited England in 1937 and became friends with a number of British teachers, including Marjorie Illington, F.M. Pendry, and M. Ellis. Ms. Bulkley corresponded with her friends before, during and after World War II. The collection consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings. Topics of the correspondence include the evacuation of children from London, provisions for their care, shortages, rationing, English morale, the behavior of leaders, the torpedoing of the passenger ship Athenia in 1939, and travel accounts of pre-war Russia and post-war Scandinavia, especially Denmark. | | | | Call #: | MS 3773 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bulkley, Dorothy. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | Teachers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain. | Scandinavia -- Description and travel -- 1945-1980. | Denmark -- Description and travel -- 1945- | Soviet Union -- Description and travel -- 1917-1944.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1369 | Title: | William Rowland Hopkins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hopkins, William Rowland | | | | Dates: | 1849-1931 | | | | Abstract: | William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) was the first City Manager of Cleveland, Ohio (1916-1929). A major accomplishment of his administration was the development of the Cleveland Municipal Airport, which was opened in 1925 and renamed after him in 1951. The collection consists of City Manager's files containing correspondence, personal notes, maps, drawings, blueprints, printed materials with notations, and newspaper clippings. A major topic of the collection is the development of the Cleveland Municipal Airport. | | | | Call #: | MS 3774 | | | | Extent: | 6.90 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hopkins, William Rowland, 1869-1961. | Cleveland Municipal Airport. | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Airports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1370 | Title: | Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1916-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The Warsaw Savings and Loan Association was incorporated in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a closed, mutual stock enterprise. In the 1920s the Association began accepting public deposits, mainly serving Cleveland's Polish community. Expansion during the 1920s was followed by a decline and freeze during the Depression. Reorganization in 1936 helped the Association begin a new period of growth. In 1952 it changed its name to United Savings Association. As of 1979 it had ten branches in Cleveland's southern suburbs. The collection consists of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee minutes, correspondence, reports to regulatory agencies, audit and examination reports, mortgage and real estate lists, daily ledgers, and sample forms and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 3775 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building and loan associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1371 | Title: | Isaac Mills Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mills, Isaac | | | | Dates: | 1795-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Mills (1767-1843) was an agent for the Sufferers' Land Company (also known as the Connecticut Firelands Company) who concluded a treaty with the Indians of the Northeast for the purchase of half a million acres of land at Fort Industry, Ohio in 1805. The collection consists of a copy book of correspondence concerning Mills' Western Reserve land dealings, his work as agent for others, and lawsuits involving Mills or his clients. Correspondents include Heman Ely, Timothy Hawley, Turhand Kirtland, Jared Kirtland, and James Monroe. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as an act setting up the Sufferers' Land Company (1803) and Mills' report to the company directors on the conclusion of the treaty with the Indians (1805). | | | | Call #: | MS 3776 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mills, Isaac, 1767-1843. | Land companies -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Indians of North America -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1372 | Title: | Noah M. Bronson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bronson, Noah M. | | | | Dates: | 1811-1838 | | | | Abstract: | Noah M. Bronson was an early settler of Medina County, Ohio, who served as a county judge (1823-1830). His son, Hiram, was sheriff in 1828, an Ohio congressman from 1865 to 1870, and a participant in the unsuccessful Cleveland, Medina and Tuscarawas Railroad Company from 1851 to 1857. The collection consists of a family record book containing the accounts of a store operated by the Bronsons and E.M. Oviatt, including a history of the Bronson family, references to the store's dealings with the Wayne, Medina and Tuscarawas Turnpike Company, details of transactions involving the values of labor, land, food and clothing, and five loose receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 3777 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bronson, Noah M. | Bronson family. | General stores -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Medina County (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1373 | Title: | Reid Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Reid Family | | | | Dates: | 1797-1857 | | | | Abstract: | In 1818 Harris Reid and his wife, Sally Spencer Reid, and children, Henry M., Polly, Laura, and Eunice, moved from Connecticut to a farm in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio. Henry married Persis Treeman in 1857 and, after three years in Michigan, they settled on the Granger Township farm inherited from her parents. The collection consists of a single volume containing the accounts of Harris and Henry M. Reid and detailing the prices of various goods and services such as medicines, livestock, food, blacksmithing, rented rooms, and labor. Also included is a brief genealogical outline of the Reid family, beginning with Harris Reid and continuing through Eunice Louisa Reid, the youngest of Harris Reid's children. | | | | Call #: | MS 3778 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Reid family. | Reid, Henry M. | Reid, Harris. | Medina County (Ohio) -- History. | Granger (Ohio : township) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1374 | Title: | Samuel Green Papers
| | | | Creator: | Green, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1805-1849 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Green (1780-1836) was a Trumbull County, Ohio cobbler who married Lucy Blake in 1810. In 1821 they helped found a Baptist church which became the nucleus of the Lordstown Disciple Church. Their son, Philander, became its pastor in 1868. The collection consists of a single volume containing the accounts of Samuel Green, and a number of miscellaneous documents. Included is information on the settling of Samuel Green's estate, the prices of various goods and services such as leather, shoes, boots, food, livestock, and medical care, and a brief genealogy of the Green family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3779 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Green, Samuel, 1780-1836. | Green family. | Shoemakers -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1375 | Title: | Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hadden-Alexander, Stella | | | | Dates: | 1898-1935 | | | | Abstract: | Stella Hadden-Alexander was a concert pianist and student of American composer Edward MacDowell. She left her hometown of Sandusky, Ohio, to study music in Boston. After her graduation in 1883, Mrs. Hadden-Alexander toured the country until the 1930s, appearing in such places as Cleveland, Washington, and New York. In 1908 she settled in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and dedicated herself to the propagation of her teacher's music. The collection consists of concert programs (1898-1932), notes on her Cleveland, Ohio appearance at Miss Mittleburger's School for Girls (1900), correspondence concerning her own career and that of the Edward MacDowell Association (1920-1935), financial statements (1917-1924), printed material concerning fund raising and benefit concerts for the Edward MacDowell Association (1906-1935), and newspaper clippings, photoduplicated, on Mrs. Hadden-Alexander's performances, and on Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacDowell (1898-1930). | | | | Call #: | MS 3780 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hadden-Alexander, Stella. | Pianists -- United States. | Women musicians -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1376 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 | | | | Dates: | 1934-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Local 407 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America in Cleveland, Ohio, is the the largest Teamster freight local in Ohio. It has vigorously participated in both local and national Teamster strikes since its formation, ca. 1915. The collection consists of machine duplicated newspaper clippings concerning the Teamster and wildcat truckers' strikes of 1967, 1970 and 1976, machine duplicated business correspondence sent to Thomas "Eddie" Lee, secretary-treasurer of Local 407 (1964-1978), several wage-rate agreements, and miscellaneous items, including copies of news articles on prominent local and national Teamster leaders such as William and Jackie Presser and Jimmy Hoffa. | | | | Call #: | MS 3781 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 407 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Transport workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wages -- Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1377 | Title: | Johnson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Johnson Family | | | | Dates: | 1811-1977 | | | | Abstract: | John Cumming Johnson (1828-1892) moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher (1834-1883). They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson (1870-1958), were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Company and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey (1870-1930). Their son, William Cumming Johnson, Jr. (born 1904), married a great-granddaughter of Noah Mayo Farrin and Agnes Saline Faris Farrin. The collection consists of diaries of John and Elizabeth Johnson, correspondence of the Farrin and Johnson families, genealogical material on the Johnson, Fisher, Plume, Van Wagenen, Schenck, and Brown families, two memory books of William Johnson, Jr., an index to the memory books of Evangeline Johnson, and miscellaneous documents including clippings, estate papers of John and William Johnson, memorials for John and Elizabeth Johnson, and a key to the family code. Major topics of the papers include World War I and women's rights. | | | | Call #: | MS 3782 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson family. | Farrin family. | Fisher family. | Plume family. | Van Wagner family. | Schenk family. | Brown family. | World War, 1914-1918. | Women's rights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1378 | Title: | Polonaise Arts Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Polonaise Arts Club | | | | Dates: | 1949-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The Polonaise Arts Club was founded in 1949 to stimulate the Polish-American artistic community in Cleveland, Ohio, and to foster an appreciation of the arts in general. The Club also solicited donations for a permanent scholarship fund to the Cleveland Institute of Art, beginning in 1951. The Polonaise Arts Club was affiliated with the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs. The collection consists of correspondence, committee lists, catalogs, lists of exhibitors, publicity materials, forms, guest registers of the club's 1st (1950) through 12th (1962) art exhibitions, early membership applications and lists, incomplete meeting notices (1949-1953), and personal correspondence of club president Elizabeth Nicka (1963). | | | | Call #: | MS 3783 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Polonaise Arts Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1379 | Title: | Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 Records
| | | | Creator: | Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 | | | | Dates: | 1947-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as Local 6 of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers, an autonomous member of the National Federation of Telephone Workers which was founded ca. 1937. The NFTW became the Communications Workers of America in 1947, but the OFTW did not join until 1949. In 1950 the Ohio Bell employees chose the CWA as their bargaining agent and Local 6 merged with Local 104 to form Local 4305 of the CWA. The collection consists of minutes of monthly membership meetings (1947-1973), minutes of steward's meetings (1952-1975), minutes of executive or advisory board meetings (1953-1959), minutes of officers' meetings (1960-1973), by-laws (1969), grievances, legal briefs and related papers from arbitration cases, copies of the Courier (1958-1969), correspondence, and wage agreements. | | | | Call #: | MS 3784 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Communications Workers of America. Local 4305 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Ohio Bell Telephone Company. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Telephone companies -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Telephone -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees. | Collective bargaining -- Telecommunication -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1380 | Title: | Bohemian-American Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Bohemian-American Club | | | | Dates: | 1912-1933 | | | | Abstract: | The Bohemian-American Club was established in 1912 as a social club for people in Cleveland, Ohio, of Bohemian ancestry. The Club's purpose was the promotion of Bohemian culture in America by encouraging the use of the Bohemian language and art forms such as literature, song, and dance. The Club was an active supporter of the American Red Cross during World War I. It was dissolved in the 1930s due to declining membership. The collection consists of constitutions (1927-1928), general minutes (1912-1928), Executive Committee minutes (1929), correspondence (1927-1932 and undated), membership information (1926-1932), financial material (1930-1933), and miscellaneous documents including song lyrics and club stationery. A prominent topic of the records is World War I. | | | | Call #: | MS 3785 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bohemian-American Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | World War, 1914-1918. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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