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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 742 | Title: | Jennie M. Ames Genealogical Data
| | | | Creator: | Ames, Jennie M. | | | | Dates: | 1927-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Jennie M. Ames (b. 1869) was an amateur genealogist who researched the Ames, Bearce, and Reed families. The collection consists of typewritten notes (some in loose-leaf binders) and correspondence (1927-1940) concerning the Ames, Bearce (Bearse, Bierce), and Reed families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3040 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ames, Jennie M., b. 1869. | Ames family. | Bearce family. | Reed family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 744 | Title: | Moore Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Moore Family | | | | Dates: | 1732-1824 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of indentures, receipts, agreements, and documents, relating to probate cases of several inhabitants of Queens County, Nassau Island, New York, in which members of the Moore family (David, Joseph, Nathaniel, or William) were executors. | | | | Call #: | MS 3042 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Moore family. | Probate records -- New York -- Queens County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 745 | Title: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) Records
| | | | Creator: | Trinity Congregational Church, Pepper Pike, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1894-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Trinity Congregational Church was incorporated in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928 it moved to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. From 1946 to 1952 services were held in a school in Shaker Heights. In 1952 the congregation moved to Pepper Pike, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, treasurers' accounts, annual reports, and pamphlets, relating to the church and to the activities of various church-related organizations, including Christian Endeavor Society, Ladies Aid Society, Young Women's Missionary Society, Pastoral Committee, Founder's Circle, and Junior Fellowship. Includes church bulletins (1896-1909, 1918) and plans and accounts relating to construction of a new building. | | | | Call #: | MS 3046 | | | | Extent: | 3.60 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 746 | Title: | James A. Garfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James A. | | | | Dates: | 1857-1936 | | | | Abstract: | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was born in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, United States Congressman and Senator, and was the twentieth President of the United States who was assassinated in 1881. The collection consists of correspondence, diary (1873), and newspaper clippings, relating to Garfield's career and assassination, Garfield Monument in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, and the establishment of Lawnfield, his home in Mentor, Ohio, as a memorial museum. Includes correspondence (1874-1900) of his wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. Correspondents include N.L. Chaffee, Burke A. Hinsdale, Frederick Kinsman, and Charles Whittlesey. | | | | Call #: | MS 3049 | | | | Extent: | 4.10 linear feet (10 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination. | Presidents -- United States. | Presidents -- United States -- Assassination.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 747 | Title: | Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers
| | | | Creator: | Anderson, Richard Claugh | | | | Dates: | 1787-1839 | | | | Abstract: | Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was the Surveyor-General of the Virginia Military District, an area located between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The District and other land in Kentucky was granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to settle its claims to the Northwest Territory and reward its veterans of the American Revolution. The collection consists of seven entry books, ca. 4400 to 4800 surveys, and an index to entries, referring to land in the Virginia Military District lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio, which was surveyed under the direction of Anderson, his son-in-law, Allen Latham, and his son, William Marshall Anderson. Includes personal papers of Dr. R.G. Lewis of Madiosonville, Ohio, and miscellaneous papers of Allen Latham. | | | | Call #: | MS 3050 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1826. | Surveying -- Ohio. | Surveyors -- Ohio. | Bounties, Military -- United States. | Land grants -- United States. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Virginia Military District -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 748 | Title: | George Lord Chapman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Chapman, George Lord | | | | Dates: | 1797-1893 | | | | Abstract: | George Lord Chapman, a native of East Haddam, Connecticut, moved to Brooklyn Township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, before 1820. In 1835 he was appointed coroner for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in 1836 was elected marshal of Ohio City. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, inventories, and agreements (1797-1807), relating to the estate of Selden Chapman of East Haddam, Conn.; land deeds and agreements (1820-1850), frequently involving Richard and Samuel Lord and Josiah Barber, realtors in Brooklyn Township, Ohio; record book (1824-1854) of Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike Road Company, of which Chapman was a director; and record book (1835-1840) of the New Harbour Company, a joint-stock company dealing in the sale of land which was organized in Ohio City. Also includes several letters of John Hay (1882), William McKinley (1887 and 1893), and John Sherman (1883). | | | | Call #: | MS 3055 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Chapman, George Lord. | Chapman, Selden -- Estate. | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township). | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 750 | Title: | Newburgh, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Newburgh, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1815-1915 | | | | Abstract: | Newburgh Township was organized in 1814, near Cleveland, Ohio. Between 1823 and 1914 portions of Newburgh were annexed to Cleveland, East Cleveland, Independence, Garfield Heights and Newburgh Heights. The collection consists of town books containing minutes of meetings of electors and trustees, election results, court dockets, copies of receipts and petitions; school fund records (1883-1889); treasurers' books (1839-1890); election pollbooks and tally sheets (1843-1866, 1893-1915); township clerks' records; petitions, mortgages, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, receipts; and notes on the political history of Newburgh compiled by Henry H. Bohning, township clerk at the turn of the century. | | | | Call #: | MS 3058 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (4 containers and 9 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Newburgh (Ohio) | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Newburgh. | Elections -- Ohio -- Newburgh. | Newburgh (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 751 | Title: | Charles Sumner Howe Papers
| | | | Creator: | Howe, Charles Sumner | | | | Dates: | 1909-1911 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Sumner Howe (1858-1939) was the president of Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1902-1929. The collection consists of correspondence, leaflets, diagrams, and other papers, concerning Howe's activities, representing the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and of other members of a special committee appointed by Cleveland Mayor Herman Baehr to consider plans for the construction of a bridge over the Cuyahoga River. This led to the construction of the Superior-Detroit High Level Bridge. | | | | Call #: | MS 3059 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Howe, Charles Sumner, 1858-1939. | Veterans Memorial Bridge (Cleveland, Ohio) | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 752 | Title: | Mary P. Ballard Ross Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Ross, Mary P. Ballard | | | | Dates: | 1845-1861 | | | | Abstract: | From 1857-1858 Miss Mary P. Ballard was a student at the Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio. She married William Ross of Pittsfield, Illinois. The collection consists primarily of general and personal letters to Mary Ballard, later Mrs. William Ross, of Pittsfield, Illinois, from her father, Rev. John Ballard, of Griggsville and Perry, Illinois, and her sisters and brothers, one of whom served in the Illinois Volunteer Militia. | | | | Call #: | MS 3060 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ross, Mary P. Ballard. | Ballard family. | Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 754 | Title: | Huron and Lorain Baptist Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Huron and Lorain Baptist Associations | | | | Dates: | 1938-1947 | | | | Abstract: | The Huron Baptist Association and the Lorain Baptist Association were two northern Ohio baptist associations which held joint meetings annually. The collection consists of programs and typescript minutes of the joint annual meetings of these associations, and a copy of "The Huron Baptist Association Annual," 1946. | | | | Call #: | MS 3064 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baptist associations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 757 | Title: | Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1917-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was an Ohio State senator (1929-30), Cleveland city manager (1930-32), politician, and jurist. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, legal papers and documents, reports and memoranda on civic, municipal, and national affairs, scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and other material on social and international questions, the Republican Party in Cleveland and Ohio, Morgan's interest in civic organizations, his term in the Ohio State Senate, the city managership of Cleveland, political campaigns for himself and Harold H. Burton, his law practice and activities in wartime agencies, and his service on the Ohio Court of Appeals. | | | | Call #: | MS 3069 | | | | Extent: | 19.60 linear feet (37 containers and 17 scrapbooks) | | | | Subjects: | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 758 | Title: | William Sullivan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sullivan, William | | | | Dates: | 1851-1891 | | | | Abstract: | William Sullivan was the centre of the Tiffin, Ohio, circle of the Fenian Brotherhood and active in the Irish Emigrant Aid Society of Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, circular letters, reports, minutes, and other papers, relating to the Irish Emigrant Aid Society of Ohio and to the Fenian Brotherhood. Includes material on the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Irish-American Club Company of Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 3073 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sullivan, William. | Irish Parliamentary Party. | Irish-American Club Company of Cleveland. | Irish Emigrant Aid Society of Ohio. | Fenian Brotherhood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 760 | Title: | Mary L. Matthews Papers
| | | | Creator: | Matthews, Mary L. | | | | Dates: | 1892-1950 | | | | Abstract: | Mary L. Matthews was a resident of Lancaster, Wisconsin, and Oberlin, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and general correspondence, and genealogical data collected by Miss Matthews and others, on the Matthews family of New York State and of allied families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3075 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Matthews, Mary L. | Matthews family.
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