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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 783 | Title: | Material on the Nickel Plate Road
| | | | Creator: | Hampton, Taylor | | | | Dates: | 1869-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Taylor Hampton (Virginia Taylor) was a personal friend of the Van Sweringen brothers who shared their interest in railroads. The collection consists of manuscript notes and copies or originals of magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, blueprints, maps, annual reports, financial statements, stock certificates, time tables, charts, and letters used by Hampton to research her book, The Nickel Plate Road, the history of a great railroad. The book was published in 1947. | | | | Call #: | MS 3114 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | Hampton, Taylor, (Virginia Taylor), 1910- | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. | Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad. | Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co. | Northern Ohio Food Terminal. | Nickel Plate Road. | Railroads -- United States. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Stations. | Railroad terminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 784 | Title: | Jonathan Hale Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hale, Johnathan Family | | | | Dates: | 1763-1950 | | | | Abstract: | Jonathan Hale (1777-1854) was an early settler of Bath, Ohio. His grandson, Charles Oviatt Hale (1850-1938) became an Ohio state representative. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial papers, historical and biographical sketches, addresses, verse, newspaper clippings, account books, journals of pioneer life, and diaries, relating to Jonathan and Charles O. Hale and other members of the Hale family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3115 | | | | Extent: | 3.90 linear feet (9 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cozad family. | Hale family. | Hammond family. | Mather family. | Hale, Jonathan, 1777-1854. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Bath. | Bath (Ohio : Township) -- History. | Bath (Ohio : Township) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 785 | Title: | Charlotte U. Cleveland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland, Charlotte U. | | | | Dates: | 1840-1914 | | | | Abstract: | Charlotte U. Cleveland (b. 1820) was a resident of Paw Paw Grove, Illinois, from 1840-1851, and niece of Moses Cleaveland. The collection consists of general and personal letters from relatives to Charlotte U. Cleveland; genealogical data on the Cleveland/Cleaveland family; and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3116 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland, Charlotte U., b. 1820.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 786 | Title: | Simon Perkins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perkins, Simon | | | | Dates: | 1758-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, promissory notes, powers of attorney, deeds, field books, surveys, financial accounts, receipts, ledgers, daybooks, and other papers, relating to Perkins' career as surveyor and land agent for the Erie Land Company. Includes account books and business papers of Henry B., Jacob, Jacob B., and Joseph Perkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 3122 | | | | Extent: | 29.67 linear feet (103 containers, 5 oversize packages, and 5 bound volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Land titles -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Postal service -- Ohio -- History. | Canals -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 787 | Title: | Franz Sigel Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sigel, Franz | | | | Dates: | 1858-1902 | | | | Abstract: | Franz Sigel (1824-1902) was an Army officer and editor. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, orders, dispatches, reports, notes, memoranda, maps, and other papers dealing almost exclusively with Sigel's activities as a brigadier general and major general from April 1861 to July 1864. Includes unpublished narratives of Sigel's campaigns, a few personal letters, and others involving Sigel's enlistment of volunteers in St. Louis early in 1861. | | | | Call #: | MS 3123 | | | | Extent: | 5.60 linear feet (13 containers and 4 bound volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902. | Generals -- United States -- Correspondence. | German Americans. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 788 | Title: | Alfred Mewett Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mewett, Alfred | | | | Dates: | 1736-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Alfred Mewett was the registrar of the Cleveland School of Art (1925-1943) and dean of the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute of Cleveland, Ohio (1930-1953). The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, deeds, newspaper clippings, and other papers reflecting Mewett's interest in the local history and early settlements of the area around Gates Mills, Ohio, in the Western Reserve. The bulk of the collection consists of notes and articles written by Mewett on many historical subjects, including genealogical notes and accounts of interviews with and recollections of old settlers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3124 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Allen family. | Gates family. | Greenwalt family. | Lockemer family. | Rudd family. | Sharp family. | Sorter family. | Talbot family. | Kirtland, J. P. (Jared Potter), 1793-1877. | Gates Mills Milling Company. | St. John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church (Mayfield, Ohio) | Gates Mills (Ohio) -- History. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 789 | Title: | Aaron Hubbard Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hubbard, Aaron | | | | Dates: | 1791-1869 | | | | Abstract: | Aaron Hubbard was a resident of Schoharie County, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a justice of the peace in Schoharie County. The collection consists of personal and general correspondence, land agreements and deeds, receipts, surveys, and other family papers. Includes 2 volumes of records of court cases heard by Hubbard as justice of the peace, Schoharie Co., and a ledger and subscription list (1849-1862) of the Cleveland-Twinsburg Plank Road. | | | | Call #: | MS 3125 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Road construction industry -- Ohio -- Finance. | Plank roads -- Ohio. | Court records -- New York (State) -- Schoharie County. | Schoharie County (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 790 | Title: | Edward A. Webb Papers
| | | | Creator: | Webb, Edward A. | | | | Dates: | 1860-1891 | | | | Abstract: | Edward A. Webb was a Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of Civil War papers of Webb, including letters written to his sister, Libbie Webb, of Pecatonia, Illinois, muster rolls, supply lists and returns, quartermaster reports, certificates of appointment, and pension papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3126 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Webb, Edward A. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 791 | Title: | James Humphrey Hoyt Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Hoyt, James Humphrey | | | | Dates: | 1894-1896 | | | | Abstract: | James Humphrey Hoyt (1850-1917) was a lawyer and Republican politician, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists primarily of political correspondence with several United States Senators and Representatives, Ohio Governors, and officers of various county Republican organizations. Correspondents include Theodore E. Burton, Asa S. Bushnell, Charles L. Kurtz, William McKinley, John Sherman, and Caleb B. Wick. | | | | Call #: | MS 3127 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hoyt, James Humphrey, 1850-1917. | Politicians -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1893-1897. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 793 | Title: | Brooklyn Township, Ohio, Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Brooklyn Township, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1832-1924 | | | | Abstract: | Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was organized in 1818, and included territory west of the Cuyahoga River that later became Ohio City, West Cleveland, Old Brooklyn, and Brighton, all of which eventually were annexed by the city of Cleveland; and Linndale, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, and portions of Lakewood, which became independent municipalities. Early settlers of Brooklyn Township included the Brainard, Fish, Clark, Young, Barber, and Foote families. The collection consists of Township trustees' minutes (1861-1922), township fund, school fund, and poor fund accounts (1855-1924), Board of Education proceedings (1891-1911), criminal case dockets (1856-1905), civil case dockets (1867-1905), and two record books of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (1832-1834 and 1851-1871). | | | | Call #: | MS 3130 | | | | Extent: | 7.90 linear feet (47 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township). | Court records -- Ohio. | Local government -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Local finance -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Public schools -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 794 | Title: | James Hotchkiss Rogers Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rogers, James Hotchkiss | | | | Dates: | 1900-1920 | | | | Abstract: | James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857-1940) was the music editor of the Cleveland News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (1913-1932) who composed over 130 songs and over 350 works in all. He was a professional organist, working at the Euclid Avenue Temple in Cleveland and several churches in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of music (mostly printed) written by James H. Rogers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3131 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- United States -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 795 | Title: | George Magoffin Humphrey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Humphrey, George Magoffin | | | | Dates: | 1912-1970 | | | | Abstract: | George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) was a lawyer, industrialist, president of the M. A. Hanna Company, and the United States Secretary of the Treasury (1953-1957). the collection consists of correspondence, speeches, autobiographical account (1963), official reports and documents, oral history interview, appointment records, publications, clippings and other papers relating to Humphrey's service as Secretary of the Treasury during the Eisenhower administration, and to the Republican Party and Republican National Convention, 1956. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, and reports (1948-1949) of the Economic Cooperation Administration's Industrial Advisory Committee. | | | | Call #: | MS 3132 | | | | Extent: | 11.01 linear feet (23 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Humphrey, George M. (George Magoffin), b. 1890. | Cabinet officers -- United States -- Correspondence. | Steel industry and trade -- Germany. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 796 | Title: | War of 1812 : Collection of Papers
| | | | Creator: | 4th Division, Ohio Militia | | | | Dates: | 1801-1871 | | | | Abstract: | The 4th Division of the Ohio Militia was commanded by Major General Elijah Wadsworth. The collection consists of correspondence relating to various military and political aspects of the War of 1812, and records of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia, including payroll lists, petitions, court-martial proceedings, surgeon's inventories, and quartermaster reports. Correspondents include Ensign Church, David Clendenin, W.W. Cotgreave, Peter Hitchcock, Return J. Meigs, and Simon Perkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 3133 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 797 | Title: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company | | | | Dates: | 1852-1886 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Iron Mining Company was organized in 1863, in Cleveland, Ohio, to mine iron ore in the Great Lakes area. Its founders included Samuel Mather and other prominent Cleveland businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence between various officers of the company, including Samuel L. Mather, with mine superintendents in Marquette and Ishpeming, Michigan, relating to mining operations in the Lake Superior region. | | | | Call #: | MS 3136 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company. | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron mines and mining -- Superior, Lake.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 798 | Title: | Laura E. Clemens Genealogical Collection
| | | | Creator: | Clemens, Laura E. | | | | Dates: | 1900-1934 | | | | Abstract: | Laura E. Clemens was an amateur genealogist and descendant of Thomas Adgate. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, memoranda, and charts, relating to the descendants of Thomas Adgate (d. 1907), of Norwich, England, and Saybrook, Connecticut. | | | | Call #: | MS 3137 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Adgate family. | Huntington family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 799 | Title: | Dudley J. Hard Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hard, Dudley J. | | | | Dates: | 1864-1944 | | | | Abstract: | Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France during World War I, commanding the unit from August 1917 to April 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The collection consists of military orders, bulletins, memoranda, rosters, payrolls, maps, war diaries, tactical procedures, discharge records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates of commission, and a souvenir volume and programs. Included are records relating to the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 135th Field Artillery, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade and the 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and souvenir volumes concerning various Cleveland military units. Also included are documents relating to the military career and death of Curtis V. Hard, the Spanish-American War, and his manuscript account of the war which was published in 1988 as, Banners in the air. | | | | Call #: | MS 3138 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hard, Dudley J., 1872-1950 -- Archives. | Hard, Curtis V., 1845-1917 -- Archives. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers, 8th. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery, 135th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery Brigade, 62nd. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 800 | Title: | Alexander Varian Letters
| | | | Creator: | Varian, Alexander | | | | Dates: | 1861-1864 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Varion (1841 or 1842-1864) was a Union Army officer who served as a corporal, and later 1st Lieutenant, in Company D, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters from Varian to his family while serving with the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia during the Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 3141 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Varian, Alexander, 1841 or 2-1864. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864). Company D. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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