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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2241 | Title: | Charles H. Hubbell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hubbell, Charles H. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Charles H. Hubbell was a well-known aviation artist and native of Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was a draftsman in the design of naval aircraft. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1922, and became a commercial artist. Hubbell received his private pilots license in 1927 by exchanging aviation art with flight instructors for flying lessons. He was commissioned by Thompson Products of Cleveland to paint the winning aircraft of each year's Thompson Trophy Race. In 1937, the first Thompson Products aviation art calendar by Charles Hubbell was produced. He painted for the yearly calendar until 1969. In 1949, the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) invited Hubbell on an around the world tour. The result was the 1951 calendar featuring the aircraft and operations of MATS. Hubbell was also a consultant to the Thompson Auto-Album and Aviation Museum, and later the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of notes, correspondence, printed material, tracings, sketches, and working drawings. Includes the tracings, sketches, and working drawings that went into the finished Thompson Products calendars and other Hubbell aviation artwork. | | | | Call #: | MS 4654 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (7 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Hubbell, Charles H., 1898-1971. | TRW Inc. | National Air Races (Cleveland, Ohio) | United States. Air Force. Military Air Transport Service. | Aeronautics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States. | Aircraft drafting. | Art and industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Art calendars. | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2242 | Title: | Marie Remington Wing Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wing, Marie Remington Family | | | | Dates: | 1846-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Marie Remington Wing was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served on the Cleveland City Council (1923-1927), as Solicitor for the Village of Mentor, Ohio (1929-1936), and as Regional Attorney for the Social Security Board (1936-1953). She was also involved in numerous professional, civic, and health organizations in Cleveland and in Mentor. Wing came from a distinguished Cleveland family, which included her uncle, George Clary Wing, an author and attorney who served in several United States government departments. Marie's father, Francis Joseph Wing, was a judge in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and in the United States District Court for Northern Ohio. Her older sister, Virginia Remington Wing, was, like Marie, a social activist, working for the Red Cross, the Cleveland Anti-Tuberculosis League, and the Cleveland Health Council's Health Education Department. She was also the secretary of both the Brush Foundation and the Sight Saving Council. Marie's longtime companion, Dorothy Smith, worked with the YWCA, founded an insurance business, and was an executive for the East End Neighborhood House. Marie Wing's niece, Stephanie Ralph, was a school psychologist, and her husband, Paul Ralph, was also prominent in the academic world. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, financial and legal papers, and records of Marie Wing and her family, and those of the organizations they served. Included are the diaries of Wing's grandfather, Stephen Remington, who served in the Civil War as a private in the 19th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 4655 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (5 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Wing, Marie Remington, 1885-1982. | Wing family. | Remington family. | Ralph family. | Consumers League of Ohio. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | Democratic Party (Mentor, Ohio). | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cuyahoga County Relief Administration. | United States. Federal Security Agency. | Lake County Committee on Aging. | Legal Services Association of Lake County (Ohio). | Lake County Bar Association. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Mentor (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2243 | Title: | Ruth Wiener Einstein Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Einstein, Ruth Wiener Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Ruth Wiener Einstein and her family were involved in numerous Jewish organizations and projects in Cleveland, Ohio. Educated in Cleveland at Central High School and Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Ruth Wiener married Jacob L. Einstein in 1903. His father, Leopold Einstein, along with several cousins, had founded the Ullman Brothers (later the Ullman, Einstein) Company, one of the largest liquor distilleries in the United States. Ruth Wiener Einstein's grandfather, Abraham Aub, was a founder and first president of the Jewish Orphan Asylum (later, Bellefaire). Her father, Abraham Wiener, also served as a president of that organization and was the Director of Charities and Corrections (1889-1901) under Cleveland mayor John Farley. Her mother, Bella Aub Wiener, was one of the founders of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Council Educational Alliance (later the Jewish Community Center). Ruth Wiener Einstein founded Cleveland's Jewish Big Sisters in 1920. She also served as a Board member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Montefiore Home; Bellefaire; Jewish Family Service Association; Jewish Community Center; and the Jewish Community Federation. One of her most notable achievements was the founding of Council Gardens, a housing complex for the elderly. She and Jacob Einstein had three children; Paul (Einstein) Eden, Edith (Mrs. Samuel O. Freedlander), and Jane (Mrs. Eldy S. Gross). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and awards and tributes of various family members. Includes the articles of incorporation and other business materials of the Ullman, Einstein Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4656 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Einstein, Ruth Wiener, 1882-1977. | Einstein family. | Wiener family. | Baer family. | Aub, Abraham, 1813-1879. | Wiener, Abraham, 1839-1921. | Wiener, Bella Aub, d. 1923. | Einstein, Leopold. | Einstein, Jacob L., d. 1919. | Ullman, Einstein Company. | Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jewish Big Sisters. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquor industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2244 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. | | | | Dates: | 1975-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of a Warner & Swasey Company history compiled in 1975 by Walter Bailey. Included is an illustrated typescript; followed by supporting documents, reports, illustrations, publications, and newspaper clippings. A corporate history file contains reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications collected after completion of the written history. | | | | Call #: | MS 4657 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K. | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2245 | Title: | Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners | | | | Dates: | 1825-1914 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners was created in 1822 through an act passed by the State of Ohio General Assembly. Early members included Thomas Worthington, Isaac Minor, and Alfred Kelley. Their duties were to examine, survey, and estimate the practicality of a canal connecting the Ohio River with Lake Erie, and to make an estimation of cost. During construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, each commissioner was responsible for certain sections of the canal, including hiring laborers, engineers, and building suppliers. In the 1830s, Commissioners continued to mange the completed waterway, employing toll collectors, maintenance laborers, and resident engineers. Commissioners also approved requests for water rights and were responsible for the canal's finances. The canal continued to operate until a flood in 1913 destroyed much of it. The collection consists of correspondence, proposals for work on the canal, receipts for supplies ordered and delivered, legal records, and engineers' notes and reports. Most of the material documents the first twenty years of the canal's operation between Akron and Cleveland, including its planning and construction. Includes correspondence, both pro and con, concerning construction of a canal, letters requesting jobs and water rights for sawmills near the locks, and proposals for work digging the canal by individual property owners. Alfred Kelley is well-represented in the material contained in this collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 4658 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. | Ohio. Board of Canal Commissioners. | Canals -- Design and construction. | Canals -- Design and construction -- Costs. | Canals -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2246 | Title: | Perry B. Jackson Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jackson, Perry B. | | | | Dates: | 1896-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Perry B. Jackson was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, awards, and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4659 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize volume, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Elks (Fraternal Order) | Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2247 | Title: | Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld Family | | | | Dates: | 1817-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson continued her family's tradition of activism in Jewish and other educational, philanthropic, and social service organizations in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as a trustee and chairperson of the School on Magnolia, an alternative school, from 1973-1982. In 1985 the school was renamed the Eleanor Gerson School. Other organizations she was active in included the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Cleveland, the Women's Community Foundation, the Jewish Family Service Association, the Jewish Community Federation, Mount Sinai Hospital, the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland, the Heights Area Project, and the Cleveland Scholarship Program. Eleanor Rosenfeld married Benjamin Gerson in 1937, and had four children. She was the great-granddaughter of Edward Lazarus and Henrietta Wilmersdorfer Rosenfeld, who had immigrated to New York City from Uhlfeld, Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. Their son, Louis Rosenfeld, married Frederica Fatman, daughter of Joseph Fatman, in 1874. Joseph Fatman and his brother, Aaron, were owners of the firm of Fatman and Company, tobacco dealers. In December 1862, they were among the thirty Jewish merchants ordered out of Paducah, Kentucky, in the Department of the Tennessee by General U.S. Grant's Order Number 11. Eleanor Gerson's parents, Edward Lazarus and Bertha Rosenfeld, moved to Cleveland from New York City in 1925. Edward was an executive in his father-in-law Emanuel Rosenfeld's firm, Grabler Manufacturing Company. He was also active on the boards of many Jewish social service organizations. Bertha Rosenfeld was a founder of the Council of Jewish Women's Jewish Big Sister organization, and was active in other Jewish and women's groups. Bertha's parents, Emanuel and Lena Rosenfeld, came to Cleveland in the 1870s from Germany and were members of Temple Tifereth Israel. Lena Rosenfeld was an active member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women and The Temple's Women's Association. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and genealogical documents, diaries, account books, and newspaper and other clippings of the Rosenfeld, Fatman, and Gerson family members. Of particular interest to Civil War historians are contemporaneous documents relating to General Grant's Order Number 11 which expelled Jews from areas in the jurisdiction of the Department of the Tennessee. | | | | Call #: | MS 4660 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 | Rosenfeld family. | Gerson family. | Fatman family. | Fatman, Joseph. | Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1817-1891. | Rosenfeld, Louis, 1848-1901. | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1875-1947. | Rosenfeld, Bertha, 1881-1959. | Rosenfeld, Frederica Fatman. | United States. Army. Dept. of the Tennessee. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- New York City. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2248 | Title: | Dawson Kelly Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kelly, Dawson Family | | | | Dates: | 1917-1924 | | | | Abstract: | Dawson Kelly was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a grandson of Irish immigrant Daniel Kelly. His parents were William Kelly, a plumber, and Mary Dawson. He married Anna Melia in 1920. She had arrived in Cleveland from Ireland ca. 1912. Dawson Kelly served in the United States Army from 1918-1919. He initially was stationed at Camp Gordon in Atlanta, Georgia, and later was sent to France. During this time, he and Anna Melia exchanged letters. After his return to Cleveland, he worked as a plumber, and also at Westinghouse Company. A child, William Austin, was born to Dawson and Anna Kelly in 1921. In 1922, Anna Kelly became ill with tuberculosis and died in 1923. Dawson Kelly formed the D.W. Kelly Moving Company ca. 1925. It later became known as the D.W. Kelly & Son Moving Company. He remarried in 1929 and had three more children. The collection consists of correspondence, postcards, greeting cards, a job referral, and receipts. Dawson Kelly's letters as a soldier in the United States Army during World War I reflect his experiences, both at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, and in Toul, France. Of interest also are letters written by Anna Kelly from the Warrensville Sanatorium in Cleveland, detailing medical practices and treatment of tuberculosis. | | | | Call #: | MS 4661 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kelly, Dawson, 1895-1977. | Kelly family. | Kelly, Anna Melia. | D.W. Kelly Moving Company. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2249 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1942-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Montefiore Home is a Jewish nursing home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. In the 1940s, Montefiore converted from providing residential care to social and psychological rehabilitation, including day care, social workers, a psychiatric unit, and sheltered workshop. An Auxiliary was formed in 1956-57 to help support Montefiore. In 1991 Montefiore, now a skilled nursing facility, moved to a new $22 million, 240-bed complex in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of annual meeting materials, trustee minutes, building expansion plans, new building materials, publications, reports, and journal reprints. | | | | Call #: | MS 4662 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2250 | Title: | Electrical League of Northern Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Electrical League of Northern Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1902-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. was founded in 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated in 1915 as the Electrical League of Cleveland Inc., a non-profit association of electrical companies. Founding members included George E. Miller of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and J. Robert Crouse of the General Electric Company. Under the leadership of John E. (Jack) North, president from 1923 to 1949, the League's primary function was the promotion of electrical products and services available to consumers through its membership, which included electrical manufacturers, distributors, dealers, contractors, and key Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company employees. Educational programs, meetings, and trade shows sponsored by the League were designed to educate the public on the uses of electricity and to provide technical training and marketing techniques to League members. The League established collateral organizations, including the Electrical Maintenance Engineers Association, the Women's Division, and the Sight Saving Council of Cleveland, in order to bring its educational and promotional programs to targeted groups. By 1949, the League became primarily an industrial organization. In 1958, the League was reorganized as a trade association. Its name was changed in the 1980s to the Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. This collection also contains substantial personal papers of John E. (Jack) North, documenting his career in the electrical industry. The collection consists of histories, regulations, board of directors' minutes, statistical reports, directors' election records, annual financial reports, correspondence, rosters, meeting notices, agendas, honors, awards, publications, clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4663 | | | | Extent: | 12.80 linear feet (14 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | North, John E., 1884-1953. | Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. | Trade associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric household appliance industry. | Electric industries exhibitions. | Advertising electric household appliances. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2251 | Title: | Richman Brothers Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Richman Brothers Company | | | | Dates: | 1924-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4664 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Richman Brothers Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2252 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1897-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of family history, genealogy, and biographical information compiled by the Bailey family, which has been loaned to the Historical Society for microfilming, and returned to the donor. | | | | Call #: | MS 4665 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume/1 roll of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. | Bailey family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2254 | Title: | Educational League Records
| | | | Creator: | Educational League | | | | Dates: | 1897-1966 | | | | Abstract: | The Educational League was initiated by members of B'nai B'rith, Baron de Hirsch Lodge of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897, as an independent organization whose mission was to provide Jewish orphans with financial aid for higher education. Based in Cleveland and chartered in the State of Ohio, the League's operation covered twenty states in the central United States. Presidents of the League included Martin A. Marks, Dr. Samuel Wolfenstein, Rabbi Moses Gries, and Albert A. Benesch. It's original mission soon expanded to include any Jewish student in need. Money advanced was to be a repayable loan, rather than a grant. Beginning in the late 1920s, the League concentrated exclusively on assisting students from the Cleveland area, or out-ot-town students attending Cleveland area schools. Around the same time, the League joined with the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland and the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women to coordinate the review and approval of loans. This alliance was known as the Joint Conference on Educational Fund Loans (ca. 1930-1945), and as the Joint Educational Loan Committee thereafter. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and beneficiary files. The beneficiary files are arranged alphabetically by last name of beneficiary. | | | | Call #: | MS 4667 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Educational League (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Student loan funds -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish students -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2255 | Title: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs Records
| | | | Creator: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs | | | | Dates: | 1964-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (BICCA) was organized in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, at a time of unrest in the community, in order to establish communication and develop understanding between leaders of Cleveland's business and African American communities. The BICCA was a committee of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which provided funding, services, and facilities. Additional financial support was supplied by local corporations. The collection consists of a report on the beginnings and early activity of the Committee, with copies of relevant articles, correspondence, and subcommittee reports, as well as annual reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4668 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2256 | Title: | Ashley, Avery, Gorgas, and Seward Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ashley, Avery, Gorgas, and Seward Family | | | | Dates: | 1818-1957 | | | | Abstract: | The Anson F. Ashley family resided in Tallmadge, Ohio, where Anson F. Ashley was a farmer and tanner. In 1822 he built what is now known as the Myra Seward Pitkin House, named for hs granddaughter. Myra Seward's father served in the Civil War and later settled in Middlebury, Ohio. The George F. Avery family resided in Brecksville, Ohio, from 1841-1907. His grandson, William Avery, served in the 177th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He married Rosaline Comstock in 1869, and operated a dairy farm in Brecksville. Nathaniel Gorgas served in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of original documents, including an autograph album, a diary, and an account book, collected by a descendent of the Ashley, Avery, Gorgas, and Seward families of northeastern Ohio. Genealogy material, reminiscences, and correspondence have been transcribed and copied by the collector. Included are the Civil War letters of Nathaniel Gorgas to his parents, transcribed by the collector of these papers. A volume containing a diary and account book of Joseph Paul Suter is included, but the relationship of its writer to the family is unclear. | | | | Call #: | MS 4669 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ashley family. | Avery family. | Gorgas family. | Seward family. | Gorgas, Nathaniel. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Tallmadge. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Brecksville. | Brecksville (Ohio) -- History. | Brecksville (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Tallmadge (Ohio) -- History. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Tallmadge (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2257 | Title: | Cleveland Public Auditorium and Stadium Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Public Auditorium and Stadium | | | | Dates: | 1936-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Public Auditorium, completed in 1922, and Cleveland Stadium, completed in 1931, were both operated by the City of Cleveland's Department of Parks, Recreation, and Properties. The collection consists of two accounting manuals ca. 1950, and one Ohio state auditor's report of examination, covering the period 1933-1936. | | | | Call #: | MS 4670 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Properties. | Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio) | Public buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Auditoriums -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stadiums -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2258 | Title: | George Washington Patent Letter
| | | | Creator: | Washington, George | | | | Dates: | 1794 | | | | Abstract: | The George Washington patent letter may be the earliest patent issued in the United States for a self-propelled vehicle or "horseless carriage." Purchased by Frederick C. Crawford in 1951, research done at that time indicates that although this patent is listed in early patent indexes, the U.S. Patent Office has no copies of it, and no models or drawings of this invention were found. The patent certification of delivery, acceptance, and payment of application fees is signed "G. Washington by the President Edm. Randolph", with the seal of the United States affixed. | | | | Call #: | MS 4671 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 folder) | | | | Subjects: | Patents -- United States. | Automobiles -- Patents.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2259 | Title: | Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spalding, Rufus Day Jr. Family | | | | Dates: | 1790-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. A partner of the law firm Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, he was also an assistant attorney general for Ohio, and was active in many legal and other organizations. He was descended from a family which included several noted lawyers and judges. His father, Rufus S. Day Sr., and his uncle, Luther Day, were founders of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Another uncle, William Day, was a federal judge, and a great uncle, Robert H. Day, served on the Ohio Supreme Court. His grandfather, William Rufus Day, was a justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rufus Day was born in Ravenna, Ohio, attended the University of Michigan, was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, and practiced law in Canton, Ohio. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1886-1890 and was appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1897. As Secretary of State in the cabinet of President William A. McKinley, he negotiated the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1903-1922. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, a diary, an account book, a scrapbook, biographical sketches, a notebook, articles, writings, addresses, obituaries, publications, and certificates. Most of the material relates to William Rufus Day. | | | | Call #: | MS 4672 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. | Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. | Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. | Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. | Day family. | United States. Supreme Court. | Lawyers -- Ohio. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- United States. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2260 | Title: | Baptist Churches of the Western Reserve Records
| | | | Creator: | Baptist Churches of the Western Reserve | | | | Dates: | 1817-1934 | | | | Abstract: | Baptist churches in the Western Reserve were organized in the early nineteenth century. Having no formal hierarchy, Baptist churches formed associations linking church members and resources. Baptist churches in northeastern Ohio first belonged to the Beaver Baptist Association based in western Pennsylvania. In 1817, the Grand River Baptist Association became the first in the Western Reserve. Associations organized around geography, issues, and projects. Some Baptist associations, such as the Rocky River Baptist Association and the Geauga Baptist Association, embraced missionary activity. Bible distribution was also common in the Western Reserve, through groups such as the Ashtabula Bible Society. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, historical notes, a Sunday school register, meeting minutes, and programs of meetings, of various Baptist Church associations, societies, and individual congregations located in the Western Reserve of Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4673 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baptist associations -- Ohio. | Baptists -- Ohio. | Baptists -- Western Reserve. | Baptists -- Missions -- Ohio. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Baptists -- Western Reserve -- Societies, etc. | Churches -- Ohio. | Churches -- Western Reserve.
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