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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 901 | Title: | George Harrison Bender Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bender, George Harrison | | | | Dates: | 1912-1960 | | | | Abstract: | George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) was a United States Senator from Ohio (1954-1957). He also served as Ohio state senator (1921-1931), chairman of the Cuyahoga County Republican Central Committee (1938-1954), and U.S Representative (1939-1949, 1951-1954). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, biographical accounts, newsletters, campaign and election literature, certificates, testimonials, souvenir programs, newspaper clippings, and articles by or about Bender. Includes material on prohibition, police pensions, and civil service laws, among other topics. The correspondence, primarily from constituents, also includes letters from both local and national political figures. | | | | Call #: | MS 3288 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bender, George Harrison, 1896-1961. | Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence. | Prohibition -- United States. | Police -- Pensions -- Ohio. | Civil service -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 902 | Title: | Daniel L. Coit Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coit, Daniel L. Family | | | | Dates: | 1800-1914 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel L. Coit was an original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company. Henry H. Coit settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1800s and later moved to Liverpool. William H. Coit resided on Cleveland's east side until his death in the 1890s. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds, maps, and surveys of tracts of land in Cleveland and in Liverpool, Ohio, belonging to Daniel, Henry and William Coit. Includes commission certificates of Henry H. Coit, and a combined recipe book and garden journal (ca. 1837). | | | | Call #: | MS 3289 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Coit family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Liverpool. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Liverpool (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 903 | Title: | E. G. Wood Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wood, E. G. Family | | | | Dates: | 1862-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend and Mrs. E.G. Wood of Chesterville, Ohio, were the parents of Julius V. Wood, who served with Company C of the 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and Lucius V. Wood, who served with Company E of the 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. The collection consists primarily of letters addressed to Rev. and Mrs. E.G. Wood from their two sons, Julius and Lucius; Lucius Wood's diary (August 8-October 31, 1862); and a partial diary and scrapbook, undated. | | | | Call #: | MS 3290 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wood family. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 96th (1862-1865). Company C. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865). Company E. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 904 | Title: | Stephen March Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | March, Stephen Family | | | | Dates: | 1636-1862 | | | | Abstract: | The March Family was a Worcester County, Massachusetts, family. Stephen and Daniel March were American loyalists during the Revolution. George and Oliver March were executors of Stephen's will. George was also involved in weaving and clock repairing, and corresponded with his relatives, George and Hannah Robinson. The collection consists of correspondence, financial receipts, accounts, estate papers, land deeds, legal papers, and certificates, relating to several members of the March family. The bulk of the papers relates to Stephen March. Other persons represented include Daniel, George, and Oliver March, and George and Hannah Robinson. | | | | Call #: | MS 3291 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Marsh family. | Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Land tenure. | Real property -- Massachusetts. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources. | Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 905 | Title: | Jeptha Homer Wade Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wade, Jeptha Homer Family | | | | Dates: | 1771-1957 | | | | Abstract: | The Wade family was a prominent nineteenth and early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, family with business interests in the telegraph and railroad industries, mining, manufacturing, and banking. Jeptha Homer Wade spent his early life as an apprentice to a tanner and as a carpenter. He next turned his interest to the emerging telegraph industry. In 1849, he organized the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. In 1857, Wade moved to Cleveland as the Western Union Telegraph Company's first general agent. His business interests were extensive in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. Randall Palmer Wade worked with his father in the telegraph business, moving with him to Cleveland in 1857. His business interests included the Cuyahoga Mining Company; the Citizens Savings and Loan Association; the Cleveland Banking Company; the American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company. Jeptha Homer Wade II also worked in the telegraph industry; he later joined the banking community in Cleveland. He was an active philanthropist, serving as a trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Western Reserve University, Adelbert College, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He was an incorporator of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1913, and later established a purchasing fund for the Museum. The collection consists of correspondence, wills, diaries, autobiographical sketches, memoranda, deeds, contracts, drawings, financial records, passport documents, land grants, notes, receipts, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, relating to Jeptha Homer Wade and his role in the telegraph industry in the Midwest, and to his son, Randall Palmer Wade, and grandson, Jeptha Homer Wade, Jr. Includes letters from or about Ezra Cornell, Amos Kendall, Samuel F.B. Morse, and James A. Garfield. Personal correspondence related to members of the Wade family, including Ellen Howe Garretson Wade and Ellen Howe Garretson, is included, as is travel journals written by various family members. The Wade family interest in spiritualism, particularly that of Jeptha Homer Wade after the death of his son Randall in 1876, is well documented in his personal correspondence. A calendar of correspondence for the collection is available in the appendix to the register. | | | | Call #: | MS 3292 | | | | Extent: | 5.60 linear feet (15 containers and 17 reels of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Wade family -- Periodicals. | Howe family. | Buckminster family. | Stone family. | McGaw family. | Garretson family. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1811-1890. | Wade, Randall Palmer, 1835-1876. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1857-1926. | Wade, Ellen Garretson, 1859-1917. | Garretson, Ellen M. Howe. | Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. | Western Union Telegraph Company. | Telegraph -- United States -- History. | Railroads -- United States -- History. | Mineral industries -- United States -- History. | Spiritualism -- United States. | Asia -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel. | Alaska -- Description and travel. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Africa -- Description and travel.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 907 | Title: | Frederick L. Taft Papers
| | | | Creator: | Taft, Frederick L. | | | | Dates: | 1899-1908 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick L. Taft (1870-1913) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. The collection consists of letters addressed to Governor Myron T. Herrick endorsing Taft for appointment as Probate Judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (January 1905) and two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (1899-1908). | | | | Call #: | MS 3294 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Taft, Frederick L., 1870-1913. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 908 | Title: | Joseph Menning Papers
| | | | Creator: | Menning, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1895-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Menning (1874-1967) was a public official, of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as city councilman (1909-1911) and Cuyahoga County Commissioner (1911-1919), and was a member of the Knights of Labor. The collection consists of correspondence, financial receipts, newspaper clippings, certificates, and other papers, touching on Menning's political and social activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3295 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Menning, Joseph, 1874-1967. | Knights of Labor. | City councilmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 909 | Title: | Saul S. Danaceau Papers
| | | | Creator: | Danaceau, Saul S. | | | | Dates: | 1918-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Saul S. Danaceau (1896-1965) was a lawyer and judge, of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutor (1936-1958) and Common Pleas Court judge (1958-1965). The collection consists of correspondence, campaign literature, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, relating to Danaceau's legal and judicial career, and particularly to his opposition to Cleveland's city manager plan, 1929-1931. | | | | Call #: | MS 3296 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Danaceau, Saul S., 1896-1965. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Miscellanea. | County attorneys -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Miscellanea. | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 910 | Title: | Martin Leonard Sweeney Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sweeney, Martin Leonard | | | | Dates: | 1931-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Martin L. Sweeney (1885-1960) was a United States Representative from Cleveland, Ohio (1931-1943). He represented Ohio's 20th District. The collection consists of speeches, campaign literature, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, relating to Sweeney's political activities. Includes material on his campaign for Mayor of Cleveland (1933), his relations with Reverend Charles E. Coughlin and the National Union for Social Justice, and his support of William Lemke for President of the United States in 1936. | | | | Call #: | MS 3297 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (1 container and 5 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Sweeney, Martin Leonard, 1885-1960. | Lemke, William, 1878-1950. | Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979. | National Union for Social Justice. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Legislators -- United States -- Miscellanea. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 911 | Title: | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association | | | | Dates: | 1929-1954 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937, by Paul W. Walter, to rekindle interest in the city's deteriorating public electric plant, and to prevent the formation of a monopoly by the area's privately owned company. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, dues records, clippings, publications, and reports, relating to the activities and administration of the Association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3298 | | | | Extent: | 5.70 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association. | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric utilities -- Rates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Public utilities. | Government competition -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 913 | Title: | Arnold C. Saunders Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Saunders, Arnold C. | | | | Dates: | 1881-1904 | | | | Abstract: | Arnold C. Saunders was a Cleveland, Ohio businessman. The collection consists of letters, reports, abstracts, charts, memoranda and copies of legal documents relating to the genealogy of the Saunders family, and miscellaneous business letters and legal documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 3300 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Saunders family. | Saunders, Arnold C. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 914 | Title: | Harry Lloyd Eastman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Eastman, Harry Lloyd | | | | Dates: | 1917-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Lloyd Eastman (1882-1963) was a Progressive Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Juvenile Court Judge (1926-1960). He worked with various charitable organizations and service clubs concerned with child welfare and juvenile delinquency. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, statistics, lists, legal briefs, newsletters, minutes, constitutions, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and histories of Hudson Boys School and the Blossom Hill School for Girls. | | | | Call #: | MS 3301 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (11 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Hudson Boys School (Hudson, Ohio) | Blossom Hill School for Girls (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Detention Home. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Juvenile Court. | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Juvenile corrections -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 915 | Title: | Paul W. Walter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walter, Paul W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, speeches, financial records, lists, schedules, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous records relating to the political activities of Paul Walter, Harold Burton and Robert Taft. | | | | Call #: | MS 3302 | | | | Extent: | 44.20 linear feet (105 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 917 | Title: | Joseph A. Pepoon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pepoon, Joseph A. | | | | Dates: | 1825-1849 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Pepoon (1797-1874) was a Presbyterian evangelist from Painesville, Ohio, who preached throughout the state. Reverend Pepoon's family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1804, and in 1826 he was ordained an evangelist in the Presbyterian church. The collection consists of letters, genealogical notes, and copies of sermons and lectures. | | | | Call #: | MS 3303a | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pepoon, Joseph A., 1797-1874. | Pepoon family. | Clergy -- Ohio. | Circuit riders -- Ohio. | Sermons, American. | Presbyterian Church -- Clergy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 919 | Title: | Zenas Ball Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ball, Zenas Family | | | | Dates: | 1803-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Zenas Ball moved from New Jersey to a farm in Knox County, Ohio, in 1819. His son Aaron was the father of Webb C. and F. Grant Ball. Webb C. was the owner of the Webb. C. Ball Co. and the Ball Time Inspection Service. F. Grant was a jeweler, violin maker and family historian of the Ball International Union. The collection consists of genealogical material, correspondence, wills, newspaper clippings and certificates, biographies and obituaries of Webb C. Ball, Morris Township school registers and a road tax list, and papers of the Ball International Union, the Webb C. Ball Co., and the Ball Time Inspection Service. | | | | Call #: | MS 3306 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ball family. | Clay family. | Taylor family. | Ball, Zenas, 1792-1860. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 920 | Title: | Ray Thomas Miller Papers
| | | | Creator: | Miller, Ray Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1906-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Ray T. Miller (1893-1966) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, businessman and Democratic political leader. After serving in World War I he became assistant law director of Cleveland (1922-1923), city prosecutor (1928-1932) and Mayor (1932-1933). He was chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (1938-1964). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, certificates, diaries, daybooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, miscellaneous printed material and personal memorabilia relating to Miller's college, army and political activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3308 | | | | Extent: | 29.50 linear feet (59 containers, 9 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize packages) | | | | Subjects: | Miller, Ray T. (Ray Thomas), 1893-1966. | Miller family. | Democratic Party. Cuyahoga County (Ohio) | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government.
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