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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 683 | Title: | Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1809-1938 | | | | Abstract: | The Presbyterian Church was founded in 1809, in Springfield Township, Ohio. The collection consists of originals and copies of minutes of session meetings, annual reports, lists of members, and scrapbook compiled by Minnie Ellet, containing copies of deeds and abstracts of titles, broadsides, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the church. | | | | Call #: | MS 2835 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Presbyterian Church (Springfield, Ohio) | Churches, Presbyterian -- Ohio -- Springfield. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Springfield. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Springfield. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Springfield.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 684 | Title: | Paine Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Paine Family | | | | Dates: | 1835-1861 | | | | Abstract: | The Paine family founded Painesville and Chardon, Ohio, and was prominent in the early development of these towns. The collection consists of stock certificates, reports, and other papers relating primarily to the Painesville and Fairport Railroad Company (incorporated 1835), with which members of the Paine family were involved. | | | | Call #: | MS 2842 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Paine family. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 687 | Title: | Mayfield Township Common Schools Records
| | | | Creator: | Mayfield, Ohio Common Schools | | | | Dates: | 1842-1864 | | | | Abstract: | The Mayfield, Ohio, Common Schools was a school system located in a Cuyahoga County, Ohio township which became a suburb of Cleveland. The collection consists of surveys and minutes of meetings of the directors of various districts. | | | | Call #: | MS 2853 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mayfield (Ohio). Common Schools. | Mayfield (Ohio) -- Schools.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 689 | Title: | Charles and Louisa Smith Papers
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Charles and Louisa | | | | Dates: | 1861-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Charles H Smith (1837-1912) was a Cleveland, Ohio, grain merchant who had served as an officer in the 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. His wife, Louisa Johnson Smith (1847-1932), was a humanitarian and civic leader in Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, muster rolls, general and special orders, reports of ordnance stores, returns, affidavits from the court-martial of John W. Mercer, legal documents about land purchases in Kansas, minutes of reunions of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, the Society of the Tennessee, and the Loyal Legion, speeches and miscellaneous notes and papers used in writing The History of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, and other military papers of Charles H. Smith; and correspondence, programs and papers from various patriotic organizations, speeches, and an incomplete scrapbook of Louisa Johnson Smith. | | | | Call #: | MS 2860 | | | | Extent: | 1.30 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Smith, Charles Henry, 1837-1912. | Smith, Louisa Maria Johnson, 1847-1932. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 691 | Title: | Van Sweringen Miscellany
| | | | Creator: | Wickham, Ben B. | | | | Dates: | 1912-1929 | | | | Abstract: | Ben B. Wickham was the Law Director of Cleveland, Ohio (1916-1917) who was associated with the Van Sweringen brothers and their acquisition of land used for the construction of the Terminal Tower and the development of the Shaker Heights area. The collection consists of documents pertaining to the activities of Mantis J. and Oris P. Van Sweringen of Cleveland, Ohio, including exhibits 1-155 entered in the case of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company vs. the United States of America et al. (1929); proceedings (1918-1919) of the City Council concerning Cleveland Union Terminal; ordinances authorizing construction of the Cleveland & Youngstown Railroad in Cleveland, with notes; Cleveland's proposed charter (1913); and Cleveland's charter (1923). | | | | Call #: | MS 2865 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (3 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Wickham, Ben B. | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company. | Cleveland & Youngstown Railroad. | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 692 | Title: | Charles A. Otis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Otis, Charles A. | | | | Dates: | 1878-1953 | | | | Abstract: | Charles A. Otis (1868-1953) was an industrialist, banker, and civic leader of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of general and personal correspondence, primarily 1948-1953, newspaper clippings, and biographical sketches. Includes 6 scrapbooks (ca. 1920-1950) of newspaper clippings, letters, telegrams, and printed matter. Correspondents include Robert A. Taft and many of Cleveland's prominent citizens. | | | | Call #: | MS 2867 | | | | Extent: | 1.30 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Otis, Charles Augustus, 1868-1953. | Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 693 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. | | | | Dates: | 1795-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) was a land agent, bank and railroad executive, and politician in Cleveland, Ohio. His sons, Leonard Jr., a noted philanthropist, and William, a politician, were active in local civic and business affairs. His brother Zophar was a lawyer and politician in Clinton County, Illinois. His nephew Eckstein was a lawyer and Secretary-Treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science. The collection consists of maps, plats, surveys, and deeds to land in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, three account books of the Connecticut School Fund, memoirs of Leonard Case Sr., ca. 200 federal land grants to U.S. veterans (1848-1857), histories of the Western Reserve and Trumbull County, reminiscences of Benjamin Lane, a diary and correspondence of William Case, a field book of Zophar Case, and letters from Cleveland businessmen to Eckstein Case. | | | | Call #: | MS 2871 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (5 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Case family. | Eckstein family. | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Michigan. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Michigan. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Maps. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Clinton County (Ill.) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 694 | Title: | Charles Whittlesey Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Charles | | | | Dates: | 1827-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was an Army officer, lawyer, and geologist, of Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, field note books, articles, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks on geology, archaeology, and meteorology, student writings, papers relating to Whittlesey's Civil War service, and papers and notes on topics in archaeology, ethnography, geography, history, astronomy, meteorology, and geology. | | | | Call #: | MS 2872 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (8 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886. | Chippewa Indians. | Geology -- United States. | Archaeology -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Wisconsin -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 695 | Title: | Irving C. Bolton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bolton, Irving C. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1919 | | | | Abstract: | Irving C. Bolton (1888-1953) was an Army officer of Cleveland, Ohio, during World War I. The collection consists of bulletins, circulars, general and special orders, and memoranda, issued by the 37th Division, Camp Sheridan, Alabama, and duty rosters and equipment records for the 135th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, of which Bolton was Captain. Includes copies of Brigade orders for the 62d Field Artillery Brigade, A.E.F., 1918. | | | | Call #: | MS 2873 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bolton, Irving C. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Order-books.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 697 | Title: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company | | | | Dates: | 1845-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company was a railroad in receivership with Reuben Hitchcock. The collection consists of letter and receipt books, auditor's letter book, account books, cashbook, journal, register of creditors, and transportation receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 2877 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers and 6 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. | Railroads -- United States -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 699 | Title: | Frederick A. Bacon Journal
| | | | Creator: | Bacon, Frederick, A. | | | | Dates: | 1835-1836 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick A. Bacon was a midshipman in the United States Navy who served on board the frigates Constitution and Shark. The collection consists of a journal kept by Bacon which records shipboard incidents and observations on places he toured and on museums and historic buildings he visited in Gibraltar, Lisbon, Genoa, Rome, Florence, Naples, and Athens. | | | | Call #: | MS 2883 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Constitution (Ship) | Shark (Ship) | Sailors' writings, English. | Midshipmen -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 700 | Title: | Northern Ohio Dental Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Northern Ohio Dental Association | | | | Dates: | 1872-1944 | | | | Abstract: | The Northern Ohio Dental Association was a professional association organized in 1857 to foster the "advancement and cultivation of dental science and art." It disbanded in 1943. The collection consists of correspondence, constitution and by-laws, minutes of meetings, membership lists, annual meeting programs, financial accounts, dental society journals, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 2885 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Northern Ohio Dental Association. | Dentists -- Ohio. | Dentistry -- Ohio -- Societies, etc.
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