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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 961 | Title: | Parsons Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Parsons Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1928 | | | | Abstract: | Myrta, Emma and Willie L. Parsons studied at the Burton Academy in the 1860s and at Hiram College in the 1880s and 1890s. Adelaide G. Frost also studied at Hiram College and later became a missionary in India. The collection consists of copybooks, report cards, tuition receipts, examination papers, compositions, poetry and autograph booklets, and other mementos documenting the personal and academic activities of Myrta, Emma, and Willie L. Parsons and other family members, and letters from Adelaide Frost. | | | | Call #: | MS 3351 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Parsons family. | Missionaries -- India -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Missions, American -- India.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 962 | Title: | Historic American Buildings Survey, District 22 Records
| | | | Creator: | Historic American Buildings Survey, District 22 | | | | Dates: | 1931-1942 | | | | Abstract: | The Historic American Buildings Survey was a national survey to record and catalog historic buildings. It began in 1934 as a federal make-work project to provide work for unemployed architects, draftsmen and photographers. It was initially funded and supervised by the Civil Works Administration and later supervised by the National Park Service, the American Institute of Architecture, and the Library of Congress, with a combination of private and Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds. William A. Bohnard was the first Northern Ohio District Officer. The collection consists of field notebooks, correspondence, articles, project histories, financial records, administrative forms, sketches, maps, blueprints, drawings, lists of buildings, and indexes of the HABS Northern Ohio District (District 22). | | | | Call #: | MS 3352 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Historic buildings -- Ohio. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio. | Public service employment -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 963 | Title: | Adelaide Rudolph Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rudolph, Adelaide | | | | Dates: | 1839-1951 | | | | Abstract: | Adelaide Rudolph (1858-1953) was a niece of President and Mrs. James A. Garfield who was a teacher and librarian at Columbia University. After her retirement, she worked on a history of Hiram, Ohio, at the Cleveland Public Library. Her father, Joseph Rudolph, was a soldier in Company A, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of letters, a journal, genealogical data, and newspaper clippings of the Garfield and Rudolph families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3353 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rudolph, Adelaide, 1858-1953. | Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 965 | Title: | A. A. McCaslin Papers
| | | | Creator: | McCaslin, A. A. | | | | Dates: | 1896-1909 | | | | Abstract: | A. A. McCaslin lived in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Florence T. McCaslin, a former student of Western Reserve University. The collection consists of financial receipts from Cleveland businesses, and several checks signed by and letters addressed to Mrs. McCaslin. | | | | Call #: | MS 3355 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McCaslin, A. A. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 967 | Title: | Castalia Sporting Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Castalia Sporting Club | | | | Dates: | 1831-1945 | | | | Abstract: | The Castalia Sporting Club was a sporting club for the wealthy of Cleveland, Ohio, located at Castalia, Ohio. It was founded in 1878 as the Cold Creek Trout Club. The name was changed to Castalia Sporting Club in 1890. It was dissolved in 1936. The collection consists of membership lists, minutes, financial records, correspondence, a register of fish caught, maps, blueprints, and legal records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3358 | | | | Extent: | 8.01 linear feet (23 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Castalia Sporting Club (Castalia, Ohio) | Hunting and fishing clubs -- Ohio -- Castalia.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 969 | Title: | Charles Roscoe Howland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Howland, Charles Roscoe | | | | Dates: | 1667-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Roscoe Howland (1871-1946) was a United States Army officer, lawyer, author, and amateur genealogist. He served as a judge advocate of the United States Army and as commander of the disciplinary barracks at Alcatraz Island, and taught in the Army General Staff School. Among his writings are "The Road to One Man Rule" and a family history. The collection consists of genealogical materials, journals, appointment books, manuscripts of books, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3360 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (11 containers and 6 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Howland, Charles Roscoe, 1871-1946. | Howland family. | Baker family. | Leonard family. | Brown family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | Generals -- United States -- Miscellanea. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 970 | Title: | Genealogies of the Post and Devol Families
| | | | Creator: | Waite, Frederick Clayton | | | | Dates: | 1853-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick Clayton Waite (1870-1956) was a medical educator who helped establish higher standards for medical and dental schools in the United States. He founded the Department of Histology and Embryology at Western Reserve University Medical and Dental Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was professor from 1901-1940. Waite visited and inspected virtually every medical and dental school in the United States before and after World War I. He was a prolific author, particularly after his retirement, writing books on the history of the Western Reserve University Medical and Dental Schools. Waite was the son of Nelson and Cynthia Post Waite, and gathered extensive genealogical information pertaining to the Post family, particularly the children of Zina and Marena Post of Hudson, Ohio. He also collected genealogical information pertaining to the Devol family, which was descended from the Cooke, Soule and Warren families, passengers on the Mayflower. The collection consists of genealogies of the Post and Devol families consisting of correspondence, charts, descent lists, genealogical notes and newspaper clippings. The Post family genealogy highlights particular individuals such as Henry Post, Zina Post, Marena Kellogg Post, Aurelia Post Foote, William Post, Ebenezer and Bradford Post, Anna Post Chamberlain, and Elvira Post Fowler. Genealogical information regarding the related families is included, as well as material pertaining to the Waite family. Included is biographical information regarding Cynthia Post Waite, Frederick C. Waite's mother. The Devol family information is traced back to the Mayflower families of Cooke, Soule, and Warren, and includes information on the origin of the family name. | | | | Call #: | MS 3361 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Post, Henry, 1784-1866 -- Family. | Post, Zina, 1774-1865 -- Family. | Post, Marena Kellogg, 1790-1877 -- Family. | Post, Bradford, 1821-1904 -- Family. | Post, Ebenezer, 1815-1887 -- Family. | Foote, Aurelia Post, 1813-1892 -- Family. | Chamberlain, Anna Post, 1819-1896 -- Family. | Fowler, Elvira Post, 1824-1902 -- Family. | Waite, Cynthia Post, 1829-1926. | Post family. | Duvall family. | Waite family. | Cook family. | Soule family. | Warren family. | Genealogists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 971 | Title: | First Methodist Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | First Methodist Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1861-1942 | | | | Abstract: | The First Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1827, in Cleveland, Ohio The collection consists of letters, pamphlets, photographs, memorials, addresses, resolutions, receipts, newspaper clippings, a Methodist hymnal, and other material relating to the history of Methodism in Cleveland, and periodical articles about the First Methodist Episcopal Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3362 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 972 | Title: | British War Relief Society Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | British War Relief Society, Cleveland Regional Committee | | | | Dates: | 1940-1945 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Regional Committee of the British War Relief Society was the Cleveland, Ohio, branch of a national organization which raised funds for civilian relief in Britain during World War II. The Cleveland Regional Committee raised funds to aid refugee civilians, supported the American Hospital at Oxford, funded the American Ambulance Service, and supported children's nursery homes throughout England. The collection consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, leaflets, letters and news bulletins relating to the activities of the British War Relief Society in general and its Cleveland Committee in particular. | | | | Call #: | MS 3363 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize package) | | | | Subjects: | British War Relief Society. Cleveland Regional Committee. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Great Britain. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 973 | Title: | Darius Lyman Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lyman, Darius Family | | | | Dates: | 1805-1922 | | | | Abstract: | Darius Lyman (1789-1867) was a lawyer who came to Ravenna, Ohio, from Connecticut in 1814. He became a state senator and a Portage County judge. His son, Darius Jr., was Chief of the Navigation Division of the United States Treasury Department. His grandson, Henry D. Lyman, was Second Assistant Postmaster General of the United States. John P. Converse was the father-in-law of Darius Lyman, Jr. He came to Parkman, Ohio from Vermont in 1816 and operated several mills with his wife's brother, Robert B. Parkman. Parkman came to Ohio from New York in 1801. He settled Parkman, Ohio and served as its postmaster. He was also a Geauga County Prosecutor (1806-1817) and Probate Judge (1819). The collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, legal documents, estate documents, indentures, land surveys, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, literary works, and personal journals of Robert B. Parkman, John P. Converse, Darius Lyman, Darius Lyman Jr., and Henry Lyman. | | | | Call #: | MS 3364 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lyman family. | Converse family. | Parkman family. | Lyman, Darius, 1789-1867. | Western Reserve College (1826-1882) | Clinton Line Railroad. | Judges -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | Mills and mill work -- Ohio -- Parkman. | Postal service -- United States. | Temperance. | Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Ohio -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 974 | Title: | William Ganson Rose Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rose, William Ganson | | | | Dates: | 1862-1955 | | | | Abstract: | William Ganson Rose (1878-1957) was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, author, historian, lecturer, advertising executive, and civic promoter. In 1915, Rose formed Wm. G. Rose, Inc., his own advertising and public relations firm. He managed numerous fairs and expositions, including the first Cleveland Electrical Exposition (1914), the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930), the Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937), and the Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946). In 1916-1917, Rose chaired the group which promoted and ultimately secured passage of a bond issue financing the construction of the Cleveland Public Auditorium. He served on the board of Hiram House, a Cleveland social settlement founded by George Bellamy in 1896, and belonged to the American Press Humorists and the Cleveland Athletic Club. Rose authored several books and numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, as well as a comprehensive history of Cleveland entitled Cleveland, the making of a city, published in 1950. Rose died in 1957. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, promotional material, correspondence, biographical material, photographs, reports, and historical material pertaining to the history of Cleveland, Ohio and many of its prominent citizens, but also including material on national and international events and personages. Individuals, organizations and events that figure most prominently include: the American Press Humorists, Newton D. Baker, George Bellamy and Hiram House, Charles F. Brush, the Cleveland Sesquicentennial of 1946, the visit to Cleveland of Emile Coue, Thomas A. Edison, the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival of 1930, Abraham Lincoln, the Cleveland Public Auditorium, John D. Rockefeller, the Cleveland War Service Center, the Cleveland Grays, and the writings of Whiting Williams. Also included is a significant amount of biographical material on numerous women in Cleveland's history, material pertaining to sports, particularly baseball, and material relating to the theater in Cleveland, with newspaper reviews of performances. | | | | Call #: | MS 3365 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Rose, William Ganson, b. 1878 -- Archives. | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. | Coue, Emile, 1857-1926. | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Grays (Military unit) | War Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Press Humorists. | Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930 : c Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Public buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baseball -- United States -- History. | Baseball -- United States -- Biography. | Mental suggestion. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Reviews. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 975 | Title: | C.C. Baldwin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Baldwin, C. C. | | | | Dates: | 1848-1912 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Candee Baldwin (1834-1895) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, banker and circuit judge who served as President of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1886-1895). The collection consists of letters, charts, memoranda and other papers relating to the Baldwin, Candee and Kellogg families, records relating to Ashtabula County land transactions and Judge Baldwin's Cuyahoga County properties, speeches and writings on Ohio history, and notes on maps of North America and navigation on Lake Erie. | | | | Call #: | MS 3367 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895. | Baldwin family. | Candee family. | Kellogg family. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | North America -- Maps. | Ohio -- History. | Erie, Lake -- Navigation.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 976 | Title: | Henry Holcomb Papers
| | | | Creator: | Holcomb, Henry | | | | Dates: | 1864-1919 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Holcomb (1830-1919) was a furnace manufacturer in Painesville, Ohio, who served as a band musician in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps during the American Civil War. The collection consists of autobiographical scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, letters, records, photographs, and Holcomb's comments and revisions. Topics include Holcomb's experiences as an army musician during the Civil War and the history of the First Congregational Church of Painesville. | | | | Call #: | MS 3368 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Holcomb, Henry, 1830-1919. | Holcomb family. | United States. Army. Corps, 23rd. Division, 3rd. Brigade, 2nd. | First Congregational Church (Painesville, Ohio) | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 978 | Title: | Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers
| | | | Creator: | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell | | | | Dates: | 1889-1932 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was a Cleveland, Ohio, court reporter, novelist and short story writer. He was the first African American novelist and short story writer to win recognition on a nationwide scale. The collection consists of correspondence, copies of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, photographs and other papers relating to Chesnutt's activities as a court reporter and writer. | | | | Call #: | MS 3370 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Authors, American -- Correspondence. | African American authors -- Correspondence. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 979 | Title: | Laurence Harper Norton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Norton, Laurence Harper | | | | Dates: | 1760-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 3371 | | | | Extent: | 9.90 linear feet (12 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. | Norton family. | Castle family. | Harper family. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. | United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 980 | Title: | George P. Metcalf Unpublished Reminiscences
| | | | Creator: | Metcalf, George P. | | | | Dates: | 1886 | | | | Abstract: | George P. Metcalf (born 1844) was a Liverpool, Ohio, native who served in Company D, 136th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. During 1869 he practiced law in Mississippi, where he had a strong interest in the attitudes and actions of residents of this state toward Reconstruction.. The collection consists of reminiscences of Metcalf's childhood on a Medina County, Ohio, farm, his student days in Oberlin, and primarily his service during the Civil War, and his experiences as a lawyer in Mississippi during Reconstruction. | | | | Call #: | MS 3372 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Metcalf, George P., b. 1844. | Metcalf family. | United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 136th (1862-1865). Company D. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Farm life -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Mississippi. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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