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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2002 | Title: | Ruth Hopkins Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hopkins, Ruth Family | | | | Dates: | 1871-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend Jeffrey John Hopkins of Norwood Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio), was one of eight brothers who came to Newburgh, Ohio, in the 1870s. Evan H. Hopkins became dean of the Western Reserve University School of Law. William R. Hopkins was Cleveland city councilman and city manager. Ben F. Hopkins was head of Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company. Arthur Hopkins was a playwright. Dr. George Hopkins organized the Hopkins Clinic of Cleveland. Martin L. Hopkins was associated with Republic Steel Corporation. The collection consists of correspondence to Ruth Hopkins, family histories, clippings and scrapbooks relating to the activities of various family members, possibly compiled by Ruth Hopkins, the daughter of Jeffrey John Hopkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 4413 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hopkins, Jeffrey John. | Hopkins, William Rowland, 1869-1961. | Hopkins, Evan H. | Hopkins, David J. | Hopkins, George. | Hopkins, Arthur. | Hopkins, Ben F. | Hopkins, Martin L. | Hopkins family. | Burns family. | Jeffries family. | Norwood Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2003 | Title: | Mrs. Leonard Lang Bridal Book
| | | | Creator: | Lang, Mrs. Leonard | | | | Dates: | ca. 1923 | | | | Abstract: | Mrs. Leonard Lang was married in a Jewish ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1920s. The collection includes a volume listing invited guests, and in some cases, their responses and their gifts. The item is helpful in understanding social customs in the Reform Jewish community. | | | | Call #: | MS 4414 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lang, Leonard, Mrs. | Bridal books. | Jews -- Social life and customs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2004 | Title: | Howard K. Preston Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Preston, Howard K. | | | | Dates: | 1960-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Howard K. Preston was an editorial writer and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1960-1976. Preston wrote about local, state and national issues, as well as the trivial and commonplace. He began his newspaper career at the Cleveland News in 1937, but joined the Plain Dealer when the News was sold in 1960. The collection consists of forty-one scrapbooks, containing Preston's editorials and letters of congratulations. The collection reflects Preston's and the Plain Dealer's views on foreign relations (especially Russian-American relations and Vietnam relations), race relations, city development projects, nuclear weapons, space flight, elections at all levels of government, and other subjects. | | | | Call #: | MS 4415 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Preston, Howard K. (Howard Kenneth), 1913-1983. | Journalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Editorials. | Government and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Sections, columns, etc. | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945- | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2005 | Title: | William McCoy Papers
| | | | Creator: | McCoy, William | | | | Dates: | 1854-1883 | | | | Abstract: | William McCoy was a Carroll County, Ohio judge, educator, and part-owner of the Free Press, later called the Carroll Union Press. The collection consists of correspondence of McCoy and others, and receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4416 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McCoy, William, 1823-1905. | Blackledge, William -- Family. | Blackledge family. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Carroll County. | Carroll County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2006 | Title: | Lewis Schaaf Diary
| | | | Creator: | Schaaf, Lewis | | | | Dates: | 1868-1872 | | | | Abstract: | Lewis Schaaf was a Brooklyn, Ohio, native who traveled to California and Nevada in 1868, working as a teamster and logcutter in the Sierra Nevada mountains before becoming disenchanted with life on the frontier and returning to Ohio three years later. The collection consists of an electrostatic copy of a diary chronicling Schaaf's experiences on the far Western frontier. The diary details Schaaf's journey west by ship via Panama and his life in a lumber camp in the Sierra Nevadas, describing the social life on the frontier, including his involvement in the local Odd Fellows lodge, the celebration at the completion of the transcontinental railroad, as well as train robberies and community destruction from fires. Included are everyday details of pioneering life such as recipes for tobacco substitutes and ways to clear mosquitoes from a room. | | | | Call #: | MS 4417 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Schaaf, Lewis, 1846-1889. | Union Pacific Railroad Company. | Central Pacific Railroad Company. | Frontier and pioneer life -- California. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada. | Voyages to the Pacific coast. | California -- Description and travel. | Nevada -- Description and travel. | Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nevada)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2007 | Title: | Ophello Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Ophello Club | | | | Dates: | 1902-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The Ophello Club was a woman's social club and study group located in East Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1902 and originally affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church, the club became associated with the Cleveland Museum of Art at the end of World War I, holding meetings at the museum, using museum staff as advisors, and focusing their study efforts on the museum's collections. The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled for the club's 50th Anniversary, containing a year-by-year history and programs, with officer lists, presentation titles and meeting dates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4418 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ophello Club -- History -- Sources. | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio). | Women -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Literature -- Societies, etc. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Clubs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2008 | Title: | William H. Boardman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Boardman, William H. | | | | Dates: | 1891-1905 | | | | Abstract: | William H. Boardman was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident who worked for a lighting company and lived on Euclid Avenue. The collection consists of specifications for Boardman's home, which was designed by architect Charles Schweinfurth, and receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4419 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Boardman, William H., b. 1855. | Architecture -- Specifications -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2009 | Title: | F. Missler Records
| | | | Creator: | F. Missler | | | | Dates: | 1898-1940 | | | | Abstract: | F. Missler was a passenger agent operating out of Bremen, Germany and Budapest, Hungary. He arranged travel and transferred funds to America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The collection consists of papers relating to travel arrangements, including correspondence and passports for several families. The collection is useful to those interested in travel on ocean liners during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also pertains to Hungarian immigration. | | | | Call #: | MS 4420 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Missler, F. | Ocean travel | Hungarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungary -- Emigration and immigration. | United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2010 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged | | | | Dates: | 1969-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged is a Cleveland, Ohio retirement home, founded in 1896 as the first non-religious institution sponsored by African Americans in Cleveland. It was first named the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People and became the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged in 1960, the Eliza Bryant Center in the 1980s, and is today known as the Eliza Bryant Multipurpose Senior Center, located on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, promotional brochures, and reports pertaining to the activities of the home, including consideration of funding sources, property purchase and the possibility of a new facility by the board of trustees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4421 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged -- Archives. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2011 | Title: | Clarence L. Sharpe Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sharpe, Clarence L. | | | | Dates: | 1949-1959 | | | | Abstract: | Clarence L. Sharpe was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer appointed Honorary Consul to Haiti in 1945, serving until his death in 1974. He was active in the Friends of Haiti and the Haitian Relief Fund, as well as the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Urban League. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, a certificate of recognition from the Cleveland Insurance Managers Council, newspaper clippings, information about the Friends of Haiti and the Haitian Relief Fund, and notes. The collection is useful for students of Cleveland's black history and Haitian history during the 1950s. Included is information on Haiti's sesquicentennial in 1954 and general information on the problems the country faced during that time. | | | | Call #: | MS 4422 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sharpe, Clarence L., 1906-1974. | Friends of Haiti. | Haitian Relief Fund. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. | Haiti -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Haiti -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2013 | Title: | Darius Cody Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cody, Darius Family | | | | Dates: | 1936-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of genealogical notes made about the Darius Cody family, descendants of Philip LeCody (Coady) of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4424 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cody, Darius Daniel, 1808-1868 -- Family. | Cody family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2014 | Title: | Charles Roscoe Howland Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Howland, Charles Roscoe Family | | | | Dates: | 1915-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Roscoe Howland was a brigadier general in the United States Army who served in the Philippines in 1899, had command of the U.S. Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island during World War I, and was a judge advocate and a military instructor at the Army General Staff School. After retiring he wrote several books, including his family history, entitled: A brief genealogical and biographical record of Charles Roscoe Howland, brothers and forebears. The collection consists of genealogical notes compiled by Charles Howland concerning the Howland family, with a small amount of notes on the Thomas Wood family. Also included is information on General Howland, particularly regarding his service at the United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island. | | | | Call #: | MS 4425 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Howland, Charles Roscoe, 1871-1946. | Howland family. | Wood family. | Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2019 | Title: | Lemuel Punderson Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Punderson, Lemuel | | | | Dates: | 1808-1826 | | | | Abstract: | Lemuel Punderson was a prominent Geauga County, Ohio, pioneer. He was the first permanent settler in Newbury Township in 1808, operated a grist mill and distillery in association with Eleazer Hickox, maintained a farm and saw mill, and served as a land agent in the area. The collection consists of an account book of Punderson's various activities, 1808-1826. The collection pertains to pioneer life in Geauga County, Ohio and is interesting for those researching Punderson's career or any of the facets of early Geauga County life in which he was involved. | | | | Call #: | MS 4430 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Punderson, Lemuel, 1782-1822. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Geauga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2020 | Title: | Edward W. Hitchcock Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hitchcock, Edward W. | | | | Dates: | 1918-1919 | | | | Abstract: | Edward W. Hitchcock was a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan who served as a first lieutenant in France in World War I. The collection consists of Hitchcock's military papers, newspaper clippings, and two notebooks detailing the organization of the French Army and convoy running, and describing the ambulance service during the war. The collection sheds light on an American officer's view of the French Army during World War I. The clippings provide information about a German officer's hopes for German world domination after the war. | | | | Call #: | MS 4431 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hitchcock, Edward W., b. 1877. | France. Armee -- Organization. | France. Armee -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. | United States. Army -- Transportation of sick and wounded. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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