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1	Title:	James Wickes Taylor Papers
	Creator:	Taylor, James Wickes
	Dates:	1846-1893
	Abstract:	James Wickes Taylor (1819-1893) was a United States Treasury agent (1859-1869) and U.S. Consul to Winnipeg (1870-1893). The collection consists of personal and family letters, copies of speeches, obituaries, and other papers.
	Call #:	MS 3226
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Taylor, James W. (James Wickes), 1819-1893. \| Taylor family. \| Diplomatic and consular service in Canada.
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2	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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3	Title:	Virgil Corydon Taylor Papers
	Creator:	Taylor, Virgil Corydon
	Dates:	1831-1966
	Abstract:	Virgil Corydon Taylor (1838-1924) was a realtor, banker, and proprietor of V.C. Taylor & Son, a Cleveland, Ohio, real estate firm (est. 1872). The collection consists of biographical sketches, a diary, a speech, wills, family genealogies and related correspondence, account books of Taylor's real estate firm and the Cherry Run Security Oil Company, and material related to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 3408
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Taylor, Virgil Corydon, 1838-1924. \| Taylor family. \| Real estate agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. \| Real estate investment -- United States -- Finance
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4	Title:	Alexander Bunts Family Papers
	Creator:	Bunts, Alexander Family
	Dates:	1770-1968
	Abstract:	Alexander Bunts was a Cleveland, Ohio, neurosurgeon, amateur historian, and Trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society. He traced his descent from Virgil C. Taylor, an American Civil War soldier and Cleveland realtor, and from Levi Johnson, an early settler of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, genealogies, autograph books and scrapbooks of Bunts family members, and several monographs collected by Dr. Bunts.
	Call #:	MS 3590
	Extent:	1.21 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bunts family. \| Taylor family. \| Johnson family. \| Sackett family. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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5	Title:	Mary Doan Taylor Family History
	Creator:	Taylor, Mary Doan
	Dates:	1912-1957
	Abstract:	Mary Doan Taylor was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident whose ancestors were early Cleveland and East Cleveland settlers. Both Doan's Corners and Doan Brook were named for Nathaniel Doan, an ancestor of Mary Doan Taylor, and the First Presbyterian Church in East Cleveland was founded and supported by the family. The collection consists of the genealogy of the Taylor, Wilder, Doan and Adams ancestors of Mary Doan Taylor, which includes material on the early settlement of the Cleveland area and history of East Cleveland's First Presbyterian Church.
	Call #:	MS 4394
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Taylor family. \| Doan family. \| Wilder family. \| Adams family. \| First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| East Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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6	Title:	Arthur and Murtis Taylor Family Papers
	Creator:	Taylor, Arthur and Murtis Family
	Dates:	1895-1979
	Abstract:	Arthur and Murtis Taylor were community leaders active in Cleveland, Ohio, African American organizations. They both worked at Karamu House and Outhwaite Homes Housing Project. Arthur then became an insurance underwriter and Murtis became director of Mount Pleasant Community Center and coordinator of the Federation for Community Planning's Project on Aging. Their son Bruce was a biomedical engineer researching artificial arteries at Akron City Hospital. Their son Howard became associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University in 1969. The entire family was named Outstanding Family of the Year in 1968 by the Urban League. The collection includes biographical items, correspondence, clippings, writings by Murtis, Bruce, and especially, Howard F. Taylor, and miscellany, including a marriage license, programs and certificates. The collection pertains largely to the careers and community activities of a Cleveland Afro-American family and includes some materials on social work, sociology, and medicine. Included is Howard's dissertation: Balance and tension in the two-person group.
	Call #:	MS 4439
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Taylor family. \| Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. \| Taylor, Murtis Howard. \| Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- \| Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sociology.
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7	Title:	Elisha S. Loomis Papers
	Creator:	Loomis, Elisha S.
	Dates:	1890-1939
	Abstract:	Elisha S. Loomis (1852-1940) was a professor of mathematics at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, and head of the mathematics department at Cleveland's West High School. The collection consists of correspondence, autobiography, recollections, speeches, genealogical material, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to education, geometry, mathematics, Sunday schools in Ohio, and Ohio pioneers. Includes biographical account of Dr. Aaron Schuyler, president of Baldwin University, obituary and cemetery records (1904) of Berea, Ohio, and genealogical material on Clara Byrde Loomis and Michael Shire, and the Beall, Benedict, Lawrence, Leete, Le Fevre, Loomis (Lumas), Oberholtzer, Rhoades, Taylor, Trowbridge, and Wright families.
	Call #:	MS 2500
	Extent:	2.80 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Loomis, Elisha S. (Elisha Scott), 1852-1940. \| Schuyler, Aaron, 1828-1913. \| Loomis, Clara Byrde. \| Shire, Michael. \| Beal family. \| Benedict family. \| Lawrence family. \| Leet family. \| Le Fevre family. \| Loomis family. \| Oberholtzer family. \| Rhodes family. \| Taylor family. \| Trowbridge family. \| Wright family. \| Sunday schools -- Ohio. \| Pioneers -- Ohio. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Berea. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Berea. \| Berea (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Berea (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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