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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 921 | Title: | Carl D. Friebolin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Friebolin, Carl D. | | | | Dates: | 1890-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Carl D. Friebolin (1878-1967) was a United States bankruptcy referee, 1916-1967, and one of the leading civic leaders of Cleveland, Ohio. A supporter of the reforms of the progressive era, Friebolin served as state representative (1911-1913) and senator (1913-1914), and as judge of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Friebolin was president of the City Club of Cleveland, the City Club Forum Foundation, and the Cleveland Law Library, as well as a trustee of Western Reserve University, where he taught bankruptcy law from 1934-1959. He was perhaps best known in Cleveland as the author of the Anvil Revue, a satiric look at the Cleveland scene put on yearly by the City Club of Cleveland. The collection consists of personal and official correspondence; speeches re: bankruptcy, citizenship, politics, education, political and civic leaders (e.g. Newton D. Baker); docketed bankruptcy decisions and orders, including related decisions, affidavits, evidence, expert opinions, debtor's petitions, and related bankruptcy laws; papers re: the administration, rules and procedures of the bankruptcy laws, including relations between Friebolin's office and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; material re: meetings of, and the drafting of proposed bankruptcy legislation by, the National Bankruptcy Conference; material re: the City Club of Cleveland and its Anvil Revue (1916-66), including complete scripts, songs, programs and newspaper reviews; material re: the law club Court of Nisi Prius; articles written by Friebolin re: bankruptcy law; personal files (i.e. awards, programs, photos, plaques, day books, bank books); miscellaneous re: the Cleveland Law Library Association; papers re: Brookes Friebolin; programs of the conferences of the National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy; and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3309 | | | | Extent: | 20.90 linear feet (55 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Friebolin, Carl D. (Carl David), 1878-1967 -- Archives. | Friebolin, Brookes, 1910-1947. | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | United States. Bankruptcy Court (Ohio : Northern District) | United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Bankruptcy Division. | City Club of Cleveland. | National Bankruptcy Conference -- Congresses. | Anvil Revue. | Referees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Bankruptcy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Bankruptcy -- United States. | Business failures -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Assignments for benefit of creditors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Priorities of claims and liens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Revues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political satire, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Amateur theatricals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 922 | Title: | Robert Johns Bulkley Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bulkley, Robert Johns | | | | Dates: | 1886-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and businessman who served as a United States Congressman (1910-1914) and Senator (1930-1939). While in congress he was involved in legislation concerning Prohibition and currency reform. He was president of the Morris Plan Bank of Cleveland (1914-1952). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, certificates, personal and miscellaneous printed items relating to Bulkley's personal, political and business activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3310 | | | | Extent: | 19.50 linear feet (44 containers, 4 oversize packages, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bulkley, Robert Johns, 1880-1965. | Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence. | Prohibition -- United States. | Currency question -- United States. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 923 | Title: | Grasselli Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Grasselli Family | | | | Dates: | 1778-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Eugene R. Grasselli (1810-1882) came to the United States from Strasbourg, France in 1836. He established a chemical plant in Cleveland, Ohio in 1866 and pioneered the refining of sulfuric acid. The plant was incorporated as the Grasselli Chemical Corporation in 1885 with Eugene's son Caesar A. as its first president and other family members as directors. Caesar's son, Thomas S., followed him as president. The company grew to include 28 plants before it was sold to du Pont in 1928. The collection consists of personal and business papers of Eugene R., Caesar A., and Thomas S. Grasselli and other members of the Grasselli family, including wills, deeds, a marriage certificate, correspondence (with translations of some of the letters written in French), broadsides, minutes, invoices, receipts, diaries, ledgers, patents, letter press books, financial records, and drafts of Caesar A.'s autobiography. | | | | Call #: | MS 3311 | | | | Extent: | 5.90 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Subjects Grasselli family. | Grasselli, Eugene Ramiro, 1810-1882. | Grasselli, Caesar Augustin, 1850-1927. | Grasselli, Thomas Saxton, 1874-1942. | Grasselli Chemical Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Chemical plants -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 924 | Title: | Hosea Paul Papers
| | | | Creator: | Paul, Hosea | | | | Dates: | 1830-1923 | | | | Abstract: | Hosea Paul, Jr., was a surveyor and Cuyahoga County (Ohio) recorder, 1912-1921, who introduced the use of the Torrens system of land registration and title transfer into Cuyahoga County, as well as an improved indexing system for recording land titles and transactions. A civil and consulting engineer, Paul was auditor of Summit County, Ohio in 1874 and deputy surveyor at Akron and Cleveland. He prepared maps for publication and tax purposes for cities and counties in Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Paul resurveyed the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and was chief engineer for the Toledo & Western Railway County in 1891. In Akron, he directed the affairs of the survey firm Paul Brothers (also known as H. Paul & Co.) in 1875-1876, and came to Cleveland in 1878. He was one of seven children of Hosea Paul (1809-1870), long-time surveyor of Summit County, and, in 1875 married Emma Plum. Paul was one of the organizers of the Cleveland Engineering Society in 1880. A protege of mayors Tom L. Johnson and Newton D. Baker, he exemplified the Progressive ideal of bringing professionalism and sound business practices to the operation of government. The collection consists of correspondence; material pertaining to the administration and operation of the county recorder's office; campaign and election material; pocket journals; bank books; diaries (1872-1918), including diaries of Emma Paul (1876-1904); biographical information and resumes; miscellaneous memoranda and account books re: the Toledo & Western Railway; certificates; research notes and histories, addresses, speeches and essays re: Akron and Summit County, the Civil War, the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; newspaper clippings and printed material re: the Torrens system of land title and registration; survey blueprints and blueprints re: railroad improvements, gradings and slopes; railroad maps and blueprint maps of townships in Ohio and Indiana; Ohio and Indiana railroad profile scale drawings and an analysis of the Akron & Newcastle Railroad; an 1875 atlas of Wabash County, Indiana; newspaper clippings on the benefits of road improvements; and, a scrapbook pertaining to World War I. Included is a run of the periodical, Land Registration, journal of the Torrens Land Title Registration League. | | | | Call #: | MS 3312 | | | | Extent: | 2.11 linear feet (5 containers, 1 oversize volume, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Paul, Hosea -- Archives. | Paul, Emma, d. 1913 -- Diaries. | Paul family. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Recorder's office. | Akron and Newcastle Railroad. | Torrens system -- United States. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Surveying. | Railroads -- Indiana -- Surveying. | Railroads -- Grades. | Railroad engineering. | World War, 1914-1918. | Ohio -- Maps. | Indiana -- Maps. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Officials and employees -- Archives. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Summit County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Wabash County (Ind.) -- Maps.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 925 | Title: | Philip L. Cobb Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cobb, Philip L. | | | | Dates: | 1858-1929 | | | | Abstract: | Philip L. Cobb (1870-1929) was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil engineer, surveyor and amateur genealogist. He traced his family's history and published over a dozen books on it and other genealogical topics. The collection consists of genealogical charts, manuscripts of Cobb's publications, correspondence, notes, notebooks, newspaper clippings, genealogical data cards and index cards detailing the genealogy of the Cobb family and its allied families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3313 | | | | Extent: | 2.82 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cobb, Philip L., 1870-1929. | Cobb family. | Andrews family. | McMillan family. | Pritchard family. | Cross family. | Wells family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 926 | Title: | James R. and Helen N. Garfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James R. and Helen N. | | | | Dates: | 1881-1948 | | | | Abstract: | James Rudolph Garfield was the son of President James Garfield. He became a lawyer and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1907-1909). He married Helen Newell in 1890. The collection consists of genealogical materials, including correspondence, wills, property statements, notebooks, and charts, relating to the Garfield, Rudolph, Newell, Hills, Stanley-Brown, Glenn, Dodge and Wyatt families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3314 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | Newell family. | Hill family. | Stanley-Brown family. | Glenn family. | Dodge family. | Wyatt family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 927 | Title: | Paul Bellamy Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bellamy, Paul | | | | Dates: | 1829-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Paul Bellamy (1884-1956) was an author, journalist, and editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (1933-1954). He also served as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and director of the Plain Dealer and Forest City Publishing Companies. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, non-correspondence, awards and tributes, lecture notes and papers from Harvard, and papers of Bellamy's father, Edward Bellamy. | | | | Call #: | MS 3315 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (6 containers, 2 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bellamy, Paul, 1884-1956. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 928 | Title: | Ada Watterson Yerkes Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson | | | | Dates: | 1780-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Ada Watterson Yerkes was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, insurance policies, legal papers, genealogical material, drafts of a family history, diaries and notebooks relating to the Harper, Norton and Watterson families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3316 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harper family. | Norton family. | Watterson family. | Gardner Gun Company (London, Eng.) | Ogleby-Norton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Firearms industry and trade -- England. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 930 | Title: | Genealogical Papers Relating to the Root Family
| | | | Creator: | Root, Joseph Cullen | | | | Dates: | 1900-1939 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph C. Root (1844-1913) was proprietor of the Root Genealogy Company of Omaha, Nebraska. He solicited information from related individuals throughout the United States in order to compile a genealogy of the Root family. Root was also an official of the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal benefit life insurance society organized in Illinois in 1883. Additional information pertaining to the Root genealogy was compiled after his death, probably by his son. The collection consists largely of voluminous correspondence with relatives in request of information on members of the Root family, including family record and lineage questionnaires, and copious notes. The collection contains a series of notebooks with information on more than 7000 members of the Root family, including notebooks of information on miscellaneous untraced individuals. There are also postcards of the ancestral home of the Root family in Badby, North Hamptonshire, England, and name/address lists, coats of arms, and card files of individuals, all pertaining to a compilation of the Root family genealogy. | | | | Call #: | MS 3318 | | | | Extent: | 7.80 linear feet (12 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Root, Joseph Cullen, 1844-1913. | Root family. | Root Genealogy Co. | Genealogists -- Nebraska -- Omaha -- Archives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 931 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Records
| | | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1893-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. | | | | Call #: | MS 3319 | | | | Extent: | 38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 934 | Title: | Donald Fisher Lybarger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lybarger, Donald Fisher | | | | Dates: | 1847-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Donald Fisher Lybarger (1896-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio lawyer who became Cuyahoga County Recorder (1932-1949), a county judge (1949-1967) and Chief Justice of Cuyahoga County (1967-1969). He was also an amateur genealogist and stamp collector and was involved in many civic and social organizations. the collection consists of early family papers, family correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings, other family mementos, speeches of Jesse J. Lybarger, speeches and writings of Donald Lybarger, notes, publications, correspondence, clippings and other sources related to these writings, and correspondence, family histories, notes, family crests, lineage charts, record forms, maps, clippings, and other genealogical materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3322 | | | | Extent: | 10.80 linear feet (9 containers and 10 bound volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Lybarger, Donald Fisher, 1896-1970. | Lybarger family. | Baldwin family. | Belden family. | Crum family. | Dowler family. | Fisher family. | Grimwood family. | Hartshorne family. | Januszewski family. | Miller family. | Shuler family. | Postage stamps -- Collectors and collecting -- United States. | Ohio -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 937 | Title: | Peter Hitchcock Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hitchcock, Peter Family | | | | Dates: | 1788-1898 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Hitchcock, Sr. (1781-1853) was an early settler of Burton, Ohio, who became an Ohio and United States legislator and Chief Justice of Ohio. His sons, Reuben, Henry, and Peter Jr., entered the judiciary, ministry and politics respectively and were affiliated with Burton Academy, Western Reserve College and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. the collection consists of correspondence of family members and miscellaneous papers relating to Western Reserve College, Burton Academy, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway and the early history of Burton, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3325 | | | | Extent: | 19.80 linear feet (49 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hitchcock, Peter, 1781-1853. | Hitchcock family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Railroads -- United States. | Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Law -- Ohio. | Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 939 | Title: | Samuel V. Perry Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perry, Samuel V. | | | | Dates: | 1914-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel V. Perry (1895-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, parole officer, City Streets Department clerk, and information consultant who was involved in safety education and the legal affairs of the African American community. The collection consist of correspondence, material relating to the court case Haring v. Gist, papers on the American legal system and African Americans, an outline for a teacher's textbook on safety education, and plans for an adult education program. | | | | Call #: | MS 3327 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Perry, Samuel V., 1895-1968. | Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Law -- United States. | Safety education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 940 | Title: | Charles Herbert Garvin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garvin, Charles Herbert | | | | Dates: | 1909-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Herbert Garvin (1890-1968) was an African American physician, civic leader and author in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked for the advancement of Blacks in the medical profession and in Cleveland social structure. the collection consists of letters, speeches, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and research notes relating to Dr. Garvin, Black physicians in Cleveland and the United States, and various medical subjects. | | | | Call #: | MS 3328 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- United States. | Medicine.
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