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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 601 | Title: | Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1852-1900 | | | | Abstract: | The Third Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio, was formerly the First Baptist Church of Ohio City, Ohio. It was disbanded in 1900. The collection consists of a constitution and rules, minutes of meetings, financial reports, and lists of members. | | | | Call #: | MS 2335 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Third Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 602 | Title: | Willoughby College Records
| | | | Creator: | Willoughby College | | | | Dates: | 1850-1911 | | | | Abstract: | Willoughby College was an institution of higher learning located in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. Incorporated in 1858, the school was known as Willoughby Collegiate Institute until April 1868, when it became Willoughby College. The college operated under the auspices of the Erie Annual Conference of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, which built the co-educational Institute on the site of the former Willoughby Medical College on the Willoughby town square. It lapsed into a prep school in 1869, with college and high school students studying under the same roof until 1882, when the last college class graduated. The collection consists of a constitution, subscription lists, trustees' minutes, principals' reports, financial accounts, receipts, contracts, and correspondence relating to this college. Also included are records pertaining to the estate of Benjamin Woolsey, one of the original incorporators of the university, and of his wife Kezia Woolsey, 1861-1870. | | | | Call #: | MS 2338 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Woolsey, Benjamin d. ca. 1861 -- Estate. | Woolsey, Kezia -- Estate. | Willoughby College. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Willoughby -- History -- Sources. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 603 | Title: | War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1898 | | | | Abstract: | The War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, was a charitable organization formed under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution to help provide supplies to the hospitals caring for American men wounded during the Spanish American War. The collection consists of contributions, work done, work returned, and auxiliary societies; receipt book of the committee on appropriations; and letters addressed to various members. | | | | Call #: | MS 2339 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Women in charitable work.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 604 | Title: | Jonathan Trumbull Papers
| | | | Creator: | Trumbull, Jonathan | | | | Dates: | 1787-1811 | | | | Abstract: | Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809) was a Revolutionary soldier, governor of Connecticut, United States congressman and senator. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds and agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, chiefly relating to the Ohio Company. Correspondents include Samuel H. Parsons, Jonas Prentiss, Rufus Putnam, and Nathaniel Williams. | | | | Call #: | MS 2347 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809. | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 607 | Title: | Philander H. Standish Papers
| | | | Creator: | Standish, Philander H. | | | | Dates: | 1861-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Philander Hayden Standish (1835-1918) was a mechanical engineer and inventor. He was active in several cities in California, Missouri, and Ohio before settling in Cleveland, Ohio, He was the owner or co-owner of several manufacturing companies which were involved in the making of steel chains, including the Standish Chain Company of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in the early 1880s; the Bimel-Standish Company of St. Mary's, Ohio in the 1890s; and the Standish Chain and Manufacturing Company of Kent, Ohio, in the 1900s. Among the letters patent issued to Standish by Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Belgium, German, and Sweden were those for his invention of a chain-making machine, a treadle mechanism for sewing machines, and a steam cultivator for improved methods in tethering horses, welding chain links, and coiling metal rods. The business associates with whom he corresponded include J. B. Carey, president of the Chain Makers National Union. The collection consists of correspondence, letters patent, contracts and agreements, notebooks, specifications and price lists for various types of chain, drawings of steam generators and steam plows, time and account books, and other papers, relating to Standish's activities as owner of several manufacturing companies involved in the making of steel chains, including Standish Chain Company, Bimel-Standish Company, and Standish Chain and Manufacturing Company. Correspondents include J.B. Carey, president of the Chain Makers National Union. | | | | Call #: | MS 2356 | | | | Extent: | 1.81 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Standish, Philander H. (Philander Hayden), 1835-1918. | Chains. | Steam-boilers -- United States. | Plows -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 609 | Title: | James B. Day Manuscripts
| | | | Creator: | Day, James B. | | | | Dates: | 1936 | | | | Abstract: | The James B. Day Manuscripts, 1936 and undated, consist of typescript and manuscript copies of "Nuggets of gold: a story of pioneer life in northern and southern Ontario, Canada" (161 pages), 1936; "Kathie" (29 pages), undated; and "Modern melodies for minors" (53 pages), undated. | | | | Call #: | MS 2364 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Day, James B. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Fiction.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 610 | Title: | Chatfield Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Chatfield Family | | | | Dates: | 1801-1908 | | | | Abstract: | William Chatfield emigrated from New York and settled in Sharon Center, Medina County, Ohio, in 1834. The collection consists of general and personal letters from members of the family of William Chatfield. Letters and diaries (1852-63) of Coy B. Chatfield, and diaries of Guy C. Chatfield, reflect conditions and events in Sharon Center, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 2367 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Chatfield family. | Sharon Center (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 611 | Title: | Wells Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wells Family | | | | Dates: | 1796-1849 | | | | Abstract: | The Wells family resided in Jefferson County, Ohio. The collection consists of a list and description of lots sold by Bezaleel Wells in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, 1796-1803; early surveys of land in or near Steubenville, 1814 and undated; two land contracts, 1799; and commissions of Bezaleel Wells, 1797, and Francis A. Wells, 1849. | | | | Call #: | MS 2372 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wells family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Steubenville. | Steubenville (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 612 | Title: | Heman Ely Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ely, Hemen | | | | Dates: | 1809-1850 | | | | Abstract: | Heman Ely (1775-1852) was a businessman, of Elyria, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, journal (1809-1810) of a trip to Paris, France, financial receipts, accounts of sawmills and gristmills, ledgers and daybooks (1825-1848) of the Lorain Iron Company, which Ely operated, Lorain Co., Ohio, tax lists (1826-1845) of Ely and his father, Justin Ely, and other tax and financial papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 2390 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (5 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Ely, Heman, 1775-1852. | Ely family. | Elyria (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Lorain County (Ohio) -- Commerce. | France -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. | France -- Politics and government -- 1799-1815.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 613 | Title: | Jerome B. Burrows Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burrows, Jerome B. Family | | | | Dates: | 1853-1913 | | | | Abstract: | Jerome B. Burrows was captain of the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Mayor of Painesville, Ohio (ca. 1866), and judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Ohio. His son, Jerome S. Burrows, was a student at Western Reserve College (late 1870s) and proprietor of The Painesville Telegraph. The collection consists of letters to Jerome B. and Jerome S. Burrows and other members of their family concerning personal and legal matters, the operation of The Painesville Telegraph, Republican Party politics in Lake County, Ohio, and political and economic affairs in Kansas and Iowa during the mid-1850s. Correspondents include Julius C. Burrows, Ezra B. Taylor, S.H. Tolles, and other United States Representatives, judges, and lawyers. | | | | Call #: | MS 2394 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Burrows family. | Burrows, Jerome B. | Painesville Telegraph. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Iowa -- History -- Sources. | Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 615 | Title: | Tuscarawas County Horticultural Society and Farmer's Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Tuscarawas County Horticultural Society and Farmer's Club | | | | Dates: | 1862-1865 | | | | Abstract: | The Tuscarawas County Horticultural Society and Farmer's Club was an agricultural society organized in 1862, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, "for the improvement of Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock & Wool growing, etc." The collection consists of a constitution and minutes of meetings. Included in the volume is a list of diseases, their symptoms and remedies, ca. 1865. | | | | Call #: | MS 2399 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Tuscarawas County Horticultural Society and Farmer's Club (New Philadelphia, Ohio) | Agriculture -- Ohio -- Tuscarawas County -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Tuscarawas County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 617 | Title: | Alfred Thomas Goodman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Goodman, Alfred Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1868-1871 | | | | Abstract: | Alfred Thomas Goodman (1845-1871) was a writer and historian who became secretary of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of Goodman's writings on American historical topics, notes and transcriptions used in their preparation, and copies of letters, reports and journals collected by Goodman, including copies of the journals of Captain William Trent, from Logstown to Pickawillany, 1752, and of Captain Jonathan Heart, 1785; and papers relating to Josiah Harmar's expedition against the Miami Indians in 1790. | | | | Call #: | MS 2401 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Goodman, Alfred Thomas, 1845-1871. | Ohio. Supreme Court -- Biography. | Harmar's Expedition, 1790. | St. Clair's Campaign, 1791. | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815. | Indians of North America -- Northwest, Old. | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Governors -- Biography. | United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 618 | Title: | Devereux Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Devereux Family | | | | Dates: | 1808-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Mass. John H. Devereux was an American Civil War general, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, business, financial, and legal documents, genealogical data, ship's logs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, of John Devereux, John H. Devereux, and Henry K. Devereux. Bulk of the collection relates to railroad construction and John H. Devereux's career with several railroads. Includes records (1895-1916) of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and material relating to Henry K. Devereux's interest in trotting horses and harness racing and his activities as an official of several businesses. The collection also documents the role played by the railroad for the Union during the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 2415 | | | | Extent: | 25.0 linear feet (54 containers and 28 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Devereux family. | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Railroads -- United States -- Construction. | Railroads -- United States -- Management. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Harness racing -- United States. | Harness racehorses -- United States. | Horse-racing -- United States. | Horses -- United States -- Breeding. | Race horses -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 619 | Title: | E. G. Squier Papers
| | | | Creator: | Squier, Ephraim George | | | | Dates: | 1846-1864 | | | | Abstract: | Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) was an archeologist and diplomat. the collection consists of pocket diaries, address book, memoranda books, notes, and printed diagrams (some attributed to Squier) of Indian earthworks in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Includes proof copy of an article on "Notices of the Minor of Aboriginal Art," notes on the Inca Empire, and a ms. copy of "A Trip in Salvador," describing a journey from La Union to San Vicente. | | | | Call #: | MS 2446 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. | Archaeologists -- United States -- Diaries. | Incas. | Indians of North America -- Antiquities. | Indians of North America -- Art. | El Salvador -- Description and travel.
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