| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Amos Townsend Papers
| | | | Creator: | Townsend, Amos | | | | Dates: | ca. 1880 | | | | Abstract: | Amos Townsend (1821-1895) was a grocer, of Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of the United States House of Representatives (1877-1883). The collection consists of a list of names of residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, including nationality, political affiliation, occupation, and address of each. | | | | Call #: | MS 0407 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Townsend, Amos, 1821-1895. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Directories. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions Records
| | | | Creator: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions | | | | Dates: | 1880-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions (f. 1871) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide social gatherings, cultural events, and charitable opportunities for the Irish American community in northeast Ohio. The Ancient Order of Hibernians began in 1520 in Ireland as a reaction to the efforts of Henry VIII to become head of the church in Ireland. The group's main purpose was to protect the Catholic Church and priests especially during the 17th century in Ireland when the existence of Roman Catholic priests was illegal according to Oliver Cromwell's legislation. According to the 1949 Ancient Order of Hibernians program, the Cleveland group was dedicated to the ideals of "Friendship, Unity, and True Christian Charity". The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) was established in the United States in the 1830s in reaction to the mounting wave of religious bigotry, discrimination, mob action, and violence against Irish immigrants. The organization was started in New York City on May 4, 1836. The organization began in Ohio in 1850 in Cincinnati. The first Cleveland division was started in 1871. It grew quickly, and by 1875, four divisions were active in Cleveland. The first charter for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Ohio was granted to AOH wives in Dayton in 1896. The first Ladies Auxiliary in the Cleveland area was organized at St. Colman's Church on the West Side of Cleveland in 1908. Around 1987 the Ladies voted to leave out the "Auxiliary" and call themselves the Ladies Ancient Order of the Hibernians. In the early 20th century the AOH focused mainly on social gatherings and raising money for a scholarship endowment for Trinity College and local charities. By the late twentieth century, the focus shifted to historic preservation, fund raising for Catholic-based charities, promotion of Irish culture, and financial assistance to families of political prisoners who were jailed by the British government and assistance to Catholic schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The collection consists of annual reports, applications for membership, announcements, bylaws, clippings, constitutions, correspondence, dues booklets, dues ledgers, financial records, letters, lists, membership cards, minutes, proclamations, programs, a ritual booklet, a thesis, and a wake service booklet. | | | | Call #: | MS 5096 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers and 7 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Ancient Order of Hibernians -- History. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs. | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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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