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1	Title:	Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council
	Creator:	Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council
	Dates:	ca. 1892
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a petition urging the Cleveland, Ohio, City Council "to at once take proper action to provide for the purchases of sufficient suitable land for park purposes," signed by hundreds of Cleveland residents.
	Call #:	MS 1125
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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2	Title:	Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus Papers
	Creator:	DeMaioribus, Alexander L.
	Dates:	1939-1949
	Abstract:	Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus (1898-1968) was born in the Little Italy neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, and lived there on Coltman Rd. until the late 1930s. He was a bachelor who had four sisters and one brother. DeMaioribus attended Murray Hill School and East High School in Cleveland. In 1917, he became a messenger for the Cleveland Home Brewing Company. By the time the company closed in 1953, he had become its president and chief owner. DeMaioribus' interest in politics prompted him to run for city council in 1925. Despite a loss in that election, support from his fellow Italians in the 19th Ward (Little Italy), got him elected as their councilman in 1927. This made DeMaioribus the first Italian American elected to serve on the city council. DeMaioribus held many positions throughout his career in politics, including Ward Leader (1932-1960), Council President (1934-1942), Chairman of the National Committee (1945), and County Chairman of the Board of Elections (1960). He was a major leader in the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to the Republican National Convention and chairman of the local GOP executive committee. DeMaioribus worked to honor and emphasize Italian culture in the city of Cleveland through a number of different organizations and initiatives. One of his initiatives included the establishment and dedication of the Italian Cultural Garden. The Italian Cultural Garden was established in 1930, but was not completed. In 1939, DeMaioribus became president of the Italian Cultural Garden Association and the Italian Cultural Garden Sponsors Committee. He initiated fundraising campaigns for the garden as well as directed and oversaw its construction. His efforts came to fruition with the formal dedication of the garden on September 14, 1941. The collection consists of materials related to Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus' work with the Italian Cultural Garden Association, including correspondence, contracts, newspaper clippings, financial statements, purchase orders, reports, blueprints, speeches, member lists, histories, and invoices.
	Call #:	MS 5080
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	DeMaioribus, Alexander L., 1898-1968. \| Italian Cultural Garden Association. \| Italian Cultural Garden Committee. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Italian Cultural Garden (Cleveland, Ohio)
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3	Title:	A. Donald Gray Papers
	Creator:	Gray, A. Donald
	Dates:	1917-1943
	Abstract:	A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a notable landscape architect and designer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1920-1939. Gray worked briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in Brookline, Massachusetts, before establishing a landscape architecture practice in Cleveland. He designed many private gardens and estates for some of the most elite families of Cleveland and its outlying suburbs, including the noted private development of Fairhill Road houses in 1931. Gray was also the landscape designer for several public projects, including the Cedar-Central apartments, the first federal public-housing project in the nation, and many of Cleveland's public parks. Perhaps his most notable achievemant was the creation of the WPA-funded Horticultural Gardens for the Great Lakes Exposition, 1936-1937, some of which remain on the site north of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The gardens were named for Gray as a memorial after his death. Gray took several trips to England, South America, Mexico and elsewhere throughout his career to study the landscaping of great houses and public places. He also contributed a regular gardening column to the Cleveland Press during the mid-1930s. The collection consists of some personal records, but largely records pertaining to Gray's numerous landscape design projects, including projects for William S. Halle, Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna, Edwin C. Higbee, Fred and Robert Lazarus of Columbus, Ohio, Crispen Oglebay, John Sherwin, and the Van Sweringen brothers. The records consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, drawings, plans, photographs, blueprint designs, financial records, etc. The collection contains significant material regarding the Fairhill Road houses of the Fairmount Road Group Development Association, the Cedar-Central Housing Project, Cleveland city park projects, and, in particular, the Horticultural Gardens of the Great Lakes Exposition. Included are articles and clippings from Gray's gardening column in the Cleveland Press, lectures, travel reports, personal and financial papers and papers regarding Gray's personal residence, material pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Dunham Tavern on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, and photograph albums and photograph scrapbooks of Gray's trips and design projects, some by the noted photographer Margaret Bourke-White.
	Call #:	MS 3470
	Extent:	16.30 linear feet (28 containers, 9 oversize folders, and 21 rolled blueprints)
	Subjects:	Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939 -- Archives. \| Dunham Tavern. \| Cedar-Central Housing Project (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Landscape architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Landscape architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Landscape gardening -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Landscape contracting -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Landscape architectural drawing -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Horticultural service industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Design. \| Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Specifications. \| Urban beautification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel -- Views. \| South America -- Description and travel -- Views. \| Mexico -- Description and travel -- Views. \| Nassau (Bahamas) -- Description and travel -- Views.
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4	Title:	Harold T. Clark Papers
	Creator:	Clark, Harold T.
	Dates:	1876-1965
	Abstract:	Harold T. Clark was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and philanthropist. Clark was a partner in the law firm of Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, 1913-38, before opening his own law office in 1938. He served with the American Committee to Negotiate Peace after World War I. In addition, he was active in numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Educational Museum of the Cleveland Public Schools, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Metroparks. He received many honorary degrees and civic awards, including the Migel Medal from the American Foundation for the Blind for work on the William Terry Touch Alphabet. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, scrapbooks, and resolutions concerning Clark, the organizations he was involved in, and the committees he served on.
	Call #:	MS 4443
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. \| Squire, Andrew, 1850-1934. \| Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Anniversaries, etc., 1938. \| Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. \| Mather, William Gwinn, 1857-1951. \| Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967. \| Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1874-1960. \| Rockefeller family. \| Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. \| Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. \| Cleveland Metroparks System. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1914-1918. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace.
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5	Title:	Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Works Progress Administration
	Dates:	1800-1939
	Abstract:	The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls.
	Call #:	MS 3675
	Extent:	204.40 linear feet (511 containers)
	Subjects:	Historical Records Survey (Ohio). \| United States. Works Progress Administration. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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