Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Ford family. | [X] | | • | Abolitionists -- United States. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Brooks family. |
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| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
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| | • | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). |
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| | • | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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| | • | Dunn family. |
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| | • | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| | • | East End Savings and Trust Company. |
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| | • | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Ford, Cyrus, 1790-1864. |
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| | • | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. |
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| | • | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. |
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| | • | Ford-McCaslin Company. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) |
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| | • | Garfield Savings Bank. |
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| | • | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. |
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| | • | Gill family. |
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| | • | Keith family. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Liberty Party. |
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| | • | Lubrizol Corporation. |
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| | • | Lubrizol Foundation. |
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| | • | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| | • | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. |
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| | • | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | New Amsterdam Company. |
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| | • | One Euclid Company. |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reynolds family. |
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| | • | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. |
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| | • | Shyrock family. |
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| | • | Temperance. |
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| | • | Thorpe family. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Trust Company. |
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| | • | White family. |
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| | • | Williamson Company. |
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| | • | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Cyrus Ford Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, Cyrus | | | | Dates: | 1827-1858 | | | | Abstract: | Cyrus Ford (1790-1864) was a Massachusetts-born pioneer and farmer who came to Ohio in 1837 and established a farm with his twin brother Darius (1790-1859) in East Cleveland. They and their families were joined by their parents, Hezekiah and Hulda Ford, and their brother, Lewis (1806-1895). Cyrus became an Elder in the Euclid Congregational Church and a member of the Underground Railroad. The collection consists of correspondence of the Ford brothers, Cyrus, Darius and Lewis; letters from Alexis Painter, a business associate in Mass.; correspondence of Cyrus' sons, Francis, Lewis, Henry, Horace and Horatio; and miscellaneous letters, transcriptions and genealogical information on the Ford family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3963 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Cyrus, 1790-1864. | Ford family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1809-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party. | | | | Call #: | MS 3666 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ford family. | White family. | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. | Liberty Party. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Abolitionists -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Temperance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | David K. Ford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, David K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1791-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4730 | | | | Extent: | 36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Thorpe family. | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. | Ford family. | Brooks family. | Gill family. | Dunn family. | Shyrock family. | Keith family. | Reynolds family. | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | New Amsterdam Company. | One Euclid Company. | Williamson Company. | Ford-McCaslin Company. | Lubrizol Corporation. | Lubrizol Foundation. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Garfield Savings Bank. | Western Reserve Trust Company. | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. | East End Savings and Trust Company. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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