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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 482 | Title: | Kelley Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kelley Family | | | | Dates: | 1798-1884 | | | | Abstract: | The Kelly Family owned and developed Kelley's Island, Ohio, in Lake Erie. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, land contracts, deeds and other previous hit papers of the Kelley family next hit. Includes diaries kept by Alfred S. Kelley while residing on Kelley's Island, concerning local events and the Civil War; diary kept by Hermon A. Kelley while attending school on the island; criminal-docket book of Addison Kelley, justice of the peace; and statements on the condition of Kelley's Island Wine Company. Other persons represented include Datus, Hannah and Sara Kelley. | | | | Call #: | MS 1723 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kelly family. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Kelley's Island. | Children's writings, American. | Kelleys Island (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 487 | Title: | Branch Bible Society of Boardman Records
| | | | Creator: | Branch Bible Society of Boardman | | | | Dates: | 1844-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Branch Bible Society of Boardman was the Boardman, Ohio, auxiliary of the Trumbull County Bible Society, organized to distribute copies of the Bible. Its mission was "to aid in giving wider circulation to the Holy Scriptures without note or comment." Meetings were held at the Boardman Congregational Church. The collection consists of a constitution, rules, lists of members, minutes of meetings, and treasurers' reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 1749 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Branch Bible Society of Boardman (Ohio) | Bible -- Publication and distribution -- Ohio -- Boardman -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 488 | Title: | Burke Aaron Hinsdale Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hinsdale, Burke Aaron | | | | Dates: | 1854-1901 | | | | Abstract: | Burke Aaron Hinsdale (1837-1900) was an educator who served as President of Hiram College, Superintendent of the Cleveland Public Schools, and professor at the University of Michigan. The collection consists of correspondence, student essays, notes, receipts, articles, clippings, biographical material, and other papers concerning Hinsdale's student days, his positions at Hiram College, the Cleveland Public Schools, and the University of Michigan, his association with James A. Garfield, and his writing of The Works of James Abram Garfield (1882-83), containing information on Garfield's early life and the Republican convention of 1880. Includes letters of condolence to Mrs. Hinsdale on her husband's death. | | | | Call #: | MS 1772 | | | | Extent: | 2.30 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hinsdale, B. A. (Burke Aaron), 1837-1900. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Hinsdale, B. A. (Burke Aaron), 1837-1900. Works of James Abram Garfield, 1882-1883. | Hiram College. | University of Michigan. | Cleveland Public Schools. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | College presidents -- Ohio. | College teachers -- Michigan. | Political conventions -- United States. | School superintendants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 489 | Title: | Congregational Church, Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Congregational Church, Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1826-1841 | | | | Abstract: | Congregational church located in Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio. The collection consists of subscription lists to raise money to pay the salary of the pastor, Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff; list of notes, agreements, receipts, and sermons by Woodruff. | | | | Call #: | MS 1777 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Congregational Church (Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Wayne. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Wayne. | Sermons, American. | Wayne (Ohio) -- Religion -- 19th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 492 | Title: | David Abbot Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Abbot, David Family | | | | Dates: | 1799-1886 | | | | Abstract: | David Abbot (1765-1822) was a pioneer and legislator in the Western Reserve. He was the first settler of Willoughby, Ohio, sheriff of Trumbull County, land agent for Aaron Olmstead of the Connecticut Land Company, a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention, an Ohio legislator, and Clerk of Courts and Treasurer of Huron County. His son, Benjamin Abbot, was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio (inc. 1828). His grandson, David, is also reflected in the collection. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal opinions, legal documents and miscellaneous non-correspondence of the Abbot family; and material on the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio and the Merrimac Christian Conference of New Hampshire, the preamble and constitution of the Christian Meeting House of Bradford, New Hampshire, and miscellaneous non-correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 1804 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Abbott family. | Olmstead, Aaron. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. | Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Constitutional law. | Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 493 | Title: | Alexander Nelson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nelson, Alexander | | | | Dates: | 1830-1874 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Nelson was a Methodist minister who taught at Norwalk Seminary, Worthington Female Seminary, and Baldwin Institute, in Ohio, between 1838 and 1850. He settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1837, but soon moved to Ohio. The collection consists of papers relating to Nelson's teaching assignments; copies of sermons and lectures on subjects such as Benedict Arnold, Western antiquities, Methodism, and the Sabbath; an address on the Bible delivered before the American Bible Society; and an autobiographical sketch. | | | | Call #: | MS 1805 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nelson, Alexander. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Clergy. | Sermons, American. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 496 | Title: | C. H. Smith Flour, Grain and Mill Feed Records
| | | | Creator: | C. H. Smith Flour, Grain and Mill Feed | | | | Dates: | 1889-1912 | | | | Abstract: | The C. H. Smith Flour, Grain and Mill Feed was a flour and grain business operated by Charles Henry Smith, a retired Army officer, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a ledger "C," 1890-1896; and cashbook, 1907-1910. | | | | Call #: | MS 1814 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | C. H. Smith Flour, Grain and Mill Feed (Cleveland, Ohio) | Flour and feed trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. | Grain trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 500 | Title: | Spooner Family Genealogical Material
| | | | Creator: | Spooner Family | | | | Dates: | 1868-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence of Thomas Spooner and Emily Spooner, of Glendale and Cincinnati, Ohio, pertaining mostly to genealogy of the Spooner family; research notes for "Records of William Spooner and His Descendants; Memorial of William Spooner, 1637... "(1871), by Thomas Spooner. | | | | Call #: | MS 1826 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Spooner, William, d. 1684. | Spooner family.
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