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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 501 | Title: | Albert Gallatin Riddle Papers
| | | | Creator: | Riddle, Albert Gallatin | | | | Dates: | 1835-1902 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) was an author, lawyer, State representative, United States Representative from Ohio (1861-1863), and U.S. Consul to Cuba. the collection consists of correspondence, a manuscript of autobiographical writings, romances, historical novels, accounts of life in Cuba, personal papers and certificates, files of law cases, newspaper clippings, souvenirs of official occasions in Washington, D.C., and other miscellaneous papers. Consists chiefly of letters from well-known politicians, lawyers, and prominent Ohioans, referring to matters of legal and political importance and to Riddle's books. | | | | Call #: | MS 1827 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Riddle, A. G. (Albert Gallatin), 1816-1902. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Riddle family. | Consuls -- United States -- Correspondence. | Lawyers -- United States -- Correspondence. | Presidents -- United States -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 502 | Title: | George Washington Bicentennial Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | George Washington Bicentennial Committee | | | | Dates: | 1932 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence, bank book, cash journal, contribution and committee reports, contribution data, executive committee minutes, news releases, newspaper clippings, photographs of some committee members, programs, and a report on the George Washington Bicentennial observance in the Lakewood, Ohio, elementary schools by Julius E. Warren. | | | | Call #: | MS 1828 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Anniversaries, etc. | George Washington Bicentennial Committee (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 503 | Title: | William Frederick Doolittle Genealogical Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doolittle, William Frederick | | | | Dates: | 1889-1940 | | | | Abstract: | William Frederick Doolittle (1872-1948) was a physician of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, charts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and other papers containing data relating to the genealogy of the Doolittle family. | | | | Call #: | MS 1829 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Doolittle, William Frederick, 1872-1948. | Doolittle family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 504 | Title: | National War Savings Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | United States Department of the Treasury, National War Savings Committee | | | | Dates: | 1917-1919 | | | | Abstract: | The National War Savings Committee was part of a national campaign to help finance America's engagement in World War I. Robert G. Rhett was state director and Paul M. Rea was vice-director of South Carolina for the National War Savings Committee organized by the Treasury Department in November 1917, primarily "to raise money (two billion dollars) to prosecute our fight for democracy and decency in the world." The collection consists of correspondence, form letters, requisition forms, bulletins, news releases, county reports, and other papers relating to the efforts of volunteers and salaried employees to sell thrift stamps and war-savings stamps throughout the State of South Carolina. | | | | Call #: | MS 1833 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Dept. of the Treasury. National War Savings Committee. | Warld War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States. | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States. | South Carolina -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 506 | Title: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton | | | | Dates: | 1840-1887 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury was a civil engineer of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as engineer and superintendent of the 2nd Subdivision of the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company in the 1850s. The collection consists of correspondence, notes on mathematics and surveying, notes on building estimates for bridges and arches for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, surveys of land in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, surveying and elevation information about Cleveland streets and the Great Lakes, surveys of routes of Cleveland railroads and of the Ohio, Miami, and Sandy & Beaver Canals, and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 1851 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton. | Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Miami Canal. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio). | Sandy Beaver Canal (Ohio) | Great Lakes. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 507 | Title: | John Stoughton Strong Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Strong, John Stoughton Family | | | | Dates: | 1806-1917 | | | | Abstract: | John S. Strong was a land agent for Governor Caleb Strong of Massachusetts and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut. His son, Emory, was a merchant who also acted as his assistant. Another son, Warner, was a merchant, justice of the peace, and postmaster of Strongsville, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, agreements, bills, memoranda, receipts, financial accounts, and other papers (1806-1856) of members of the family of John Stoughton Strong, pertaining primarily to the sale of land and the development of the township of Strongsville, Ohio. Includes business and legal papers of Emery Strong, papers of Warner Strong, and material (1916-1917) relating to Strongsville's centennial celebration. | | | | Call #: | MS 1853 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Strong family. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Strongsville. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Strongsville. | Real property -- Ohio -- Strongsville. | Strongsville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Strongsville (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 508 | Title: | Nichols and Merrill Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nichols and Merrill Family | | | | Dates: | 1839-1872 | | | | Abstract: | John Nichols was superintendent of Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, Kirtland, Ohio from 1847-1853. Charles C. Merrill resided in Kirtland and Chardon, Ohio and was an associate of Nichols' during the latter's superintendency. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the families of John Nichols and his associate, Charles C. Merrill. Includes letters (1840-1848) to Nathan Daggett, postmaster at Kirtland, and other papers relating to postal service there, including a petition addressed to United States Postmaster Francis Granger requesting the removal of Kirtland's incumbent postmaster, undated. | | | | Call #: | MS 1859 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Merrill family. | Nichols family. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Kirtland. | Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 509 | Title: | Sarchet Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sarchet Family | | | | Dates: | 1816-1851 | | | | Abstract: | The Sarchet Family Papers, 1816-1851, consist of general correspondence and business and legal papers relating to the activities of David, Moses and Thomas Sarchet and of other residents of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, including C. P. and Zaccheus, A. Beatty, and James M. Bell. | | | | Call #: | MS 1860 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sarchet family. | Cambridge (Ohio) -- History. | Cambridge (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 510 | Title: | Peter M. and Horace P. Weddell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weddell, Peter M. and Horace P. | | | | Dates: | 1813-1872 | | | | Abstract: | Peter M. Weddell (1788-1847) was a merchant and and Horace P. Weddell (1823-1914) was a banker of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of land deeds and agreements, financial notes and accounts, and other papers relating to business interests of Weddell and his son, Horace Perry Weddell, including the merchandising firm of P.M. Weddell & Company, the Cleveland hotel Weddell House, and land interests in Cleveland and Newark, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 1864 | | | | Extent: | 1.30 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weddell, Peter Martin, 1788-1847. | Weddell, Horace Perry, 1823-1914. | Weddell House (Hotel : Cleveland, Ohio). | Peter M. Weddell & Co. (Cleveland, Ohio). | Weddell & Clark (Cleveland, Ohio). | Commercial Bank of Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio). | Deeds -- Ohio. | Land titles -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | General stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hotels, taverns, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 511 | Title: | John Howard Webster Genealogical Data
| | | | Creator: | Webster, John Howawrd | | | | Dates: | 1871-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Howard Webster (1846-1930) was a lawyer and industrialist of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, charts, notes, and newspaper clippings concerning various branches of the Webster and Perry families. Includes 250 pages of copies of records from New Hampshire and a biographical sketch of Peter M. Weddell (1788-1847), Cleveland businessman. | | | | Call #: | MS 1865 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Webster, John Howard, 1846-1930. | Weddell, Peter Martin, 1788-1847. | Webster family. | Perry family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 512 | Title: | United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, 37th Division Records
| | | | Creator: | United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, 37th Division | | | | Dates: | 1917-1924 | | | | Abstract: | The 37th Division, American Expeditionary Force, was a World War I army unit composed primarily of National Guard troops from Ohio. It saw action in the Baccarat, Pannes and Marbache sectors of France, and participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, and the Ypres-Lys offensive, Belgium. The collection consists of intelligence reports, maps, journals of operations, movement orders, tables of organization, training memoranda, aeronautical reports, plans of offense and defense, bulletins, field orders, and other papers pertaining to the command of the 37th Division under Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, 1917-1918, and to its military actions in France and Belgium. Includes correspondence and affidavits (1923) of Maj. Edward P. Lawler, regarding the efforts of the division in capturing the village of Montfaucon, France; and histories of other Army divisions which saw action in Europe. | | | | Call #: | MS 1870 | | | | Extent: | 2.50 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Belgium. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Argonne, Battle of the, 1918. | Lys, Battle of the, 1918. | France -- Maps. | Belgium -- Maps. | France -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918. | Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 514 | Title: | Ephraim Brown Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Ephraim Family | | | | Dates: | 1771-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Ephraim Brown (1775-1845) was a land agent and legislator of North Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, deeds, account books, business papers, financial receipts, certificates, and court-docket books relating to Brown's activities in the Ohio legislature (1820s-30s), as road commissioner of Ohio, and in business ventures. Includes account books of E. A. Brown & Brothers Company and other papers of Brown's son, Ephraim A. Brown; papers of other family members, and plans and charts of North Bloomfield, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 1872 | | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (8 containers and 24 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. | Brown family. | Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. | Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. | Brown, Mary Huntington. | Brown, Anne F. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. | Roads -- Ohio -- Management. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 515 | Title: | Asher Miller Coe Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coe, Asher Miller Family | | | | Dates: | 1830-1934 | | | | Abstract: | Asher Miller Coe (1789-1867) was a resident of North Olmsted, Ohio beginning in the 1820s. The collection consists primarily land deeds of Asher M. Coe. Includes a biography of Wait Cornell of Long Mill, Conn., financial accounts, a biography of Asher M. Coe by Asher M. Coe II, a "Genealogy of the Coes," and notes on the David Lyman family. | | | | Call #: | MS 1877 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Coe, Asher Miller, 1789-1867. | Cornell, Wait. | Coe family. | Lyman family. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 516 | Title: | Andrew Jackson II Account Books
| | | | Creator: | Jackson, Andrew II | | | | Dates: | 1845-1877 | | | | Abstract: | Andrew Jackson II was the adopted son of President Andrew Jackson and nephew of President Jackson's wife Rachel. The collection consists of an account book containing data on the purchase, sale, birth, marriage, and death of slaves at the Hermitage, 1845-1877, and a receipt book of Andrew Jackson II and Sarah Jackson, 1845-1877. | | | | Call #: | MS 1880 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jackson, Andrew, 1809-1865. | The Hermitage (Davidson County, Tenn.) | Afro-Americans -- Tennessee -- Davidson County -- Genealogy. | Slave records -- Tennessee -- Davidson County. | Marriage records -- Tennessee -- Davidson County. | Registers of births, etc. -- Tennessee -- Davidson County. | Davidson County (Tenn.) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 517 | Title: | Improved Order of Red Men, Hockhocking Tribe No. 58 Records
| | | | Creator: | Improved Order of Red Men, Hockhocking Tribe No. 58 | | | | Dates: | 1908-1920 | | | | Abstract: | The Improved Order of Red Men, Hockhocking Tribe No. 58, was a Cambridge, Ohio chapter of a secret, fraternal and benevolent society which sought to commemorate the nature and history of the American Indian. The collection consists of minutes of weekly meetings, price lists of tribal supplies, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 1885 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Improved Order of Red Men. Hockhocking Tribe No. 58 (Cambridge, Ohio) | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cambridge. | Secret societies -- Ohio -- Cambridge. | Indians of North America -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cambridge.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 520 | Title: | Christopher F. Emery Letter Books
| | | | Creator: | Emery, Christopher F. | | | | Dates: | 1889-1892 | | | | Abstract: | Christopher F. Emery (d. 1916) was a driver and owner of horses, and proprietor of Forest City Farm, Randall, Ohio, with offices in Cleveland, which dealt in the sale of horses. The collection consists of letter books which include price lists as well as copies of letters, most of which pertain to the sale of horses throughout the United States. | | | | Call #: | MS 1888 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Emery, Christopher F., d. 1916. | Forest City Farm (Randall, Ohio) | Horse industry -- Ohio -- Randall. | Horse trading -- Ohio -- Randall.
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