Subject • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. |
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| • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
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| • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| • | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. |
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| • | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | International relations. |
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| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. |
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| • | TRW Inc. |
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| • | Thompson Products, inc. |
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| • | Warner & Swasey. |
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| • | Yale University. |
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| • | Aeronautics -- History. |
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| • | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Aerospace industries -- United States. |
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| • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. |
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| • | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
(1)
| • | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. |
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| • | Babcock & Wilcox Company. |
(1)
| • | Bailey Meter Company. |
(1)
| • | Bailey family. |
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| • | Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. |
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| • | Bailey, Walter K |
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| • | Bailey, Walter K. |
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| • | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). |
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| • | Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company. |
(1)
| • | Blossom family. |
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| • | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, 1879-1938. |
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| • | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, Jr., 1912-1961. |
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| • | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. |
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| • | Bolton family. |
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| • | Bolton, Kenyon Castle. |
(1)
| • | Brooks family. |
(1)
| • | Brown, Harvey Huntington, 1848-1923. |
(1)
| • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Business enterprises -- England -- London |
(1)
| • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Business ethics. |
(1)
| • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. |
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| • | Case Institute of Technology. |
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| • | Case Western Reserve University -- Administration. |
(1)
| • | Chicory industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects. |
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| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Air Taxi. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Play House (Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company. |
(1)
| • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Crawford family. |
(1)
| • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 |
(1)
| • | Crosby Furniture Company. |
(1)
| • | Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- |
(1)
| • | Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners. |
(1)
| • | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Czechs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. |
(1)
| • | Dively family. |
(1)
| • | Dively, Juliette. |
(1)
| • | Dively, Michael Augustus, 1938- |
(1)
| • | Dunn family. |
(1)
| • | East End Savings and Trust Company. |
(1)
| • | Eaton family |
(1)
| • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 |
(1)
| • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections |
(1)
| • | Electric lamps, Arc |
(1)
| • | Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Europe -- Description and travel. |
(1)
| • | Family farms -- Ohio -- Lake County. |
(1)
| • | Farms -- Ohio -- Lake County. |
(1)
| • | Fleming family. |
(1)
| • | Florida Institute of Technology. |
(1)
| • | Ford family. |
(1)
| • | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. |
(1)
| • | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. |
(1)
| • | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. |
(1)
| • | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. |
(1)
| • | Ford-McCaslin Company. |
(1)
| • | Forest City Hospital. |
(1)
| • | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. |
(1)
| • | Garfield Savings Bank. |
(1)
| • | General Dynamics Corporation. |
(1)
| • | Gill family. |
(1)
| • | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. |
(1)
| • | Hardware stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. |
(1)
| • | Harmon family. |
(1)
| • | Harris Corporation -- History. |
(1)
| • | Harris Corporation. |
(1)
| • | Harris-Intertype Corporation -- History. |
(1)
| • | Holden Arboretum. |
(1)
| • | Hosmer, Flora Stone Mather. |
(1)
| • | Hungary -- History. |
(1)
| • | Industrial relations -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| • | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| • | International Aeronautic Federation |
(1)
| • | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Iron industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Iron industry and trade -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Company (London, England) |
(1)
| • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(1)
| • | John Carroll University. |
(1)
| • | Johnson and Phillips (London, England) |
(1)
| • | Keith family. |
(1)
| • | Kenyon College. |
(1)
| • | Kenyon family. |
(1)
| • | Kletecka family. |
(1)
| • | Lake Erie Bolt and Nut Company. |
(1)
| • | Lake Shore Realty Company. |
(1)
| • | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| • | Lamson and Sessions Company. |
(1)
| • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | London Electric Firm (London, England) |
(1)
| • | Lubrizol Corporation. |
(1)
| • | Lubrizol Foundation. |
(1)
| • | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. |
(1)
| • | M & D Simon Company. |
(1)
| • | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. |
(1)
| • | Mather family. |
(1)
| • | Mather, Flora Stone, 1852-1909. |
(1)
| • | Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1817-1890. |
(1)
| • | Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1882-1960. |
(1)
| • | Mather, Samuel, 1771-1854. |
(1)
| • | Mather, Samuel, 1851-1931. |
(1)
| • | Mather, William Gwinn, 1857-1951. |
(1)
| • | McBride family. |
(1)
| • | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. |
(1)
| • | McCaslin, A. A. |
(1)
| • | McMillan, Elizabeth Mather. |
(1)
| • | Mentone Company. |
(1)
| • | Mentor Harbor Company. |
(1)
| • | Mentor Harbor Yacht Club Company. |
(1)
| • | Mentor Marsh Company. |
(1)
| • | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. |
(1)
| • | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). National Council. |
(1)
| • | Metropolitan helicopter services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Mountain Glen Farm. |
(1)
| • | Munising Paper Company. |
(1)
| • | National Conference of Christians and Jews. |
(1)
| • | Nationalities Services Center. |
(1)
| • | New Amsterdam Company. |
(1)
| • | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | One Euclid Company. |
(1)
| • | Pace, Henry Slaughter. |
(1)
| • | Pace, Pearl Carter. |
(1)
| • | Pace, Stanley Carter, 1921- |
(1)
| • | Prisoners of war -- Germany. |
(1)
| • | Prisoners of war -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Reynolds family. |
(1)
| • | Root & McBride Company. |
(1)
| • | Saunders family. |
(1)
| • | Saunders, Arnold C. |
(1)
| • | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. |
(1)
| • | Scovill, Philo. |
(1)
| • | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(1)
| • | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Shipping -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| • | Shipping -- Superior, Lake. |
(1)
| • | Shyrock family. |
(1)
| • | Simon, Abraham. |
(1)
| • | Simon, Max, 1888-1968. |
(1)
| • | Smith, Curtis Lee, 1901- |
(1)
| • | Steel Products Co. |
(1)
| • | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Thompson family. |
(1)
| • | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. |
(1)
| • | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. |
(1)
| • | Thorpe family. |
(1)
| • | United States -- Foreign relations -- France. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- 1945-1953. |
(1)
| • | United States. Air Force -- Officers. |
(1)
| • | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Universities and colleges -- Ohio. |
(1)
| • | University of Free Europe in Exile. |
(1)
| • | Urban League of Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Veterans -- United States -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| • | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| • | Voyages around the world. |
(1)
| • | W. Bingham Co. |
(1)
| • | Wade family -- Periodicals. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve Historical Society |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve Manufacturing Works (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve Trust Company. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve University -- Administration. |
(1)
| • | Williamson Company. |
(1)
| • | Winous Point Shooting Club. |
(1)
| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German |
(1)
| • | Wunderlich, Adolph, ca. 1869-1942 |
(1)
| • | Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. |
(1)
| • | Zverina family. |
(1)
| • | Zverina, Anton, 1863-1934. |
(1)
| • | Zverina, Antonin, 1830-1910. |
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | 1 | Title: | Dudley S. Blossom, III Papers
| | | Creator: | Blossom, Dudley S. III | | | Dates: | 1980-1985 | | | Abstract: | Dudley S. Blossom, III ("Bun" Blossom) is the grandson of Dudley S. Blossom (1879-1938) and Elizabeth Bingham Blossom (1881-1970). He is a prominent businessman and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. During the 1980s, he was led efforts for the economic revitalization of the Hough neighborhood by leveraging the activities and support of the Institute of Man and Science, the William Bingham Foundation, Glenco Enterprises, the North Coast Village Steering Committee, local churches, and Leland Schubert (1907-1998). The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, notes, proposals, and reports. | | | Call #: | MS 5321 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 2 | Title: | Arnold C. Saunders Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Saunders, Arnold C. | | | Dates: | 1881-1904 | | | Abstract: | Arnold C. Saunders was a Cleveland, Ohio businessman. The collection consists of letters, reports, abstracts, charts, memoranda and copies of legal documents relating to the genealogy of the Saunders family, and miscellaneous business letters and legal documents. | | | Call #: | MS 3300 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | Saunders family. | Saunders, Arnold C. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 3 | 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 | 4 | Title: | Philo Scovill Daybook
| | | Creator: | Scovill, Philo | | | Dates: | 1816-1828 | | | Abstract: | Philo Scovill was a Cleveland, Ohio, sawmill operator, proprietor of the Franklin House Hotel, and Cuyahoga County Commissioner. He came to Cleveland from Buffalo, New York, in 1816. The collection consists of a daybook containing newspaper clippings and lists of expenditures on household items (food, hardware, etc.). | | | Call #: | MS 1700 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 volume) | | | Subjects: | Scovill, Philo. | Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 5 | Title: | W. Bingham Company Records
| | | Creator: | W. Bingham Company | | | Dates: | 1836-1857 | | | Abstract: | The W. Bingham Company was a hardware company, founded by William Bingham in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1841, which supplied Cleveland shipbuilding, mining, and railroad industries. Bingham acquired his original inventory from the Potter, Clark, and Murphey Company. The collection consists of ledgers, journals, and an account book of the W. Bingham Company. Includes a journal (1836-1839) of the Potter, Clark, and Murphey Company. | | | Call #: | MS 3280 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | Subjects: | W. Bingham Co. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hardware stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 6 | Title: | Cyrus S.Eaton Scrapbooks
| | | Creator: | Eaton, Cyrus S. | | | Dates: | 1958-1978 | | | Abstract: | Cyrus S. Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better United States-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain invitations, letters, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, notices, pamphlets, photographs, programs, and telegrams. | | | Call #: | MS 5203 | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (34 volumes) | | | Subjects: | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Eaton family | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 7 | Title: | Harvey Huntington Brown Papers
| | | Creator: | Brown, Harvey Huntington | | | Dates: | 1840-1910 | | | Abstract: | Harvey Huntington Brown (1848-1923) was a Cleveland, Ohio, shipper, manufacturer and financier who was involved in the iron ore and lake shipping businesses. He owned Harvey H. Brown & Co. The collection consists of letters to Brown from shippers, bankers and manufacturers throughout the Midwest concerning his lake shipping and iron ore businesses and his civic, charitable and club activities, and letters from Brown, announcements, forms, bills, paid invoices, newspaper clippings and warranty deeds. | | | Call #: | MS 3342 | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Brown, Harvey Huntington, 1848-1923. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Superior, Lake.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 8 | Title: | Fred McClellan Crosby Papers
| | | Creator: | Crosby, Fred McClellan | | | Dates: | 1971-1976 | | | Abstract: | Fred McClellan Crosby (b. 1928) was the President of Crosby Furniture Company and active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. Crosby served on various boards such as the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Minority Economic Development Corporation, Council of Small Enterprises and the Cleveland Business League. He was active in numerous civic groups as well, including the Y.M.C.A., Urban League, Forest City Hospital, Glenville Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts and United Torch. The collection consists of photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence. This collection pertains primarily to Fred Crosby's business, career and civic activities in Cleveland's African American community. | | | Call #: | MS 4198 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- | Forest City Hospital. | Crosby Furniture Company. | Urban League of Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 9 | Title: | Curtis Lee Smith Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Smith, Curtis Lee | | | Dates: | 1942-1972 | | | Abstract: | Curtis Lee Smith (b. 1901) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who served on the board of trustees of Western Reserve University and was president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He was also involved in the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs and the United Appeal of Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, and speeches relating to his personal life, as well as materials such as minutes, reports, correspondence, and memos pertinent to his many civic activities. Useful for understanding the activities of a civic leader whose positions included the presidency of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and membership on the board of trustees of Case Western Reserve University (and its antecedent, Western Reserve University). | | | Call #: | MS 4224 | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Smith, Curtis Lee, 1901- | Western Reserve University -- Administration. | Case Western Reserve University -- Administration. | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland, Ohio) | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 10 | Title: | George S. Dively Papers
| | | Creator: | Dively, George S. | | | Dates: | 1814-1988 | | | Abstract: | George S. Dively was a prominent business and civic leader and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania to Michael A. and Martha A. (Dodson) Dively, he attended Lock Haven State College, earned a B.S. in electrical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh in 1925, and a M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1929. During the Great Depression, he worked at North American Refractories and at Republic Steel Corporation. He joined the Harris-Seybold-Potter Company of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937, becoming director in 1941, vice president and general manager in 1944, and president in 1947. The company became the Harris-Intertype Corporation in 1957, and later the Harris Corporation. He served as president and chairman of the board from 1954-1961, continuing as board chairman from 1961 until his retirement in 1972. In 1971, his book, The Power of Professional Management, was published. He was a co-founder of the Cleveland One Percent Plan, whose mission was to encourage corporate support for higher education. Dively endowed a professorship in electrical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where he served as vice chairman of the University Board of Trustees. In 1956 he endowed the Geo. S. Dively Foundation to assist various charitable and educational interests. He married Harriet Seeds in 1933. In 1969, he married Juliette Gaudin. The collection consists of correspondence, genealogy, memorials, minutes, reports, conference proceedings, speeches, lectures, financial reports, legal documents, annual reports, publications, articles, reprints, newspaper clippings, books, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, scrapbooks, presentations, and awards. | | | Call #: | MS 4634 | | | Extent: | 6.41 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. | Dively family. | Harris-Intertype Corporation -- History. | Harris Corporation -- History. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 11 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Papers
| | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. | | | Dates: | 1975-1991 | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of a Warner & Swasey Company history compiled in 1975 by Walter Bailey. Included is an illustrated typescript; followed by supporting documents, reports, illustrations, publications, and newspaper clippings. A corporate history file contains reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications collected after completion of the written history. | | | Call #: | MS 4657 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K. | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 12 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. Family | | | Dates: | 1897-1983 | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of family history, genealogy, and biographical information compiled by the Bailey family, which has been loaned to the Historical Society for microfilming, and returned to the donor. | | | Call #: | MS 4665 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume/1 roll of microfilm) | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. | Bailey family.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 13 | Title: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs Records
| | | Creator: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs | | | Dates: | 1964-1972 | | | Abstract: | The Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (BICCA) was organized in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, at a time of unrest in the community, in order to establish communication and develop understanding between leaders of Cleveland's business and African American communities. The BICCA was a committee of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which provided funding, services, and facilities. Additional financial support was supplied by local corporations. The collection consists of a report on the beginnings and early activity of the Committee, with copies of relevant articles, correspondence, and subcommittee reports, as well as annual reports. | | | Call #: | MS 4668 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 14 | Title: | Ervin George Bailey Papers
| | | Creator: | Bailey, Ervin George | | | Dates: | 1918-1974 | | | Abstract: | Ervin George Bailey was an industrialist and manufacturer. He founded the Bailey Meter Company, a major manufacturer of industrial meters and controls, in 1916. The company was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. In 1926, Bailey Meter Company was purchased by The Babcock and Wilcox Company, although it continued production under its own name. Ervin Bailey remained with Babcock and Wilcox, serving as president of the Fuller LeHigh Company division 1926-1936, as chairman of Bailey Meter Company 1944-1956, and as a vice president of Babcock and Wilcox 1931-1951. Bailey was awarded 141 United States patents for his inventions in the fields of fluid and combustion control. He was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, England. He was also the author of many articles on metering, controls, fuels and combustion, and engineering education. The collection consists of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, historical sketches, speeches, and writings. | | | Call #: | MS 4743 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. | Bailey Meter Company. | Babcock & Wilcox Company. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 15 | Title: | Max Simon Papers
| | | Creator: | Simon, Max | | | Dates: | 1925-1969 | | | Abstract: | Max Simon, the son of Abraham Simon, was the founder and president of the M & D Simon Company, a Cleveland, Ohio, clothing manufacturer. Simon was also a founder and first president of the Jewish Community Council of Cleveland (f. 1935), which merged into the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland in 1950. From 1956 to 1959 he served as president of the Federation. Throughout his career he was active in the civil rights movements in the United States and the Jewish community in Cleveland. The collection consists of reports and speeches by Max Simon, mostly pertaining to his activities in the Jewish community, and newspaper clippings about his life and accomplishments. | | | Call #: | MS 4770 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Simon, Abraham. | Simon, Max, 1888-1968. | M & D Simon Company. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 16 | Title: | George S. Dively Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Dively, George S. | | | Dates: | 1943-1990 | | | Abstract: | George S. Dively was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader, who led the Harris Corporation and founded the George S. Dively Foundation. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, memoirs, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications, published speech texts, and wills. | | | Call #: | MS 4877 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. | Dively, Juliette. | Dively, Michael Augustus, 1938- | Harris Corporation. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 17 | Title: | Anton Zverina Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Zverina, Anton Family | | | Dates: | 1889-1963 | | | Abstract: | The Anton Zverina family was established in Cleveland, Ohio, by Antonin Zverina and his wife Kristina Kletecka Zverina, who immigrated to Cleveland from Bohemia in 1874. Their son, Anton Zverina, owned a grocery store in the Broadway area and pioneered the processing of chicory root as an ingredient in coffee blends and as a coffee substitute. He built a chicory factory on Blanche Ave. in Cleveland, and later added a rye flour mill and a Bohemian rye bread bakery. The collection consists of a family history, genealogical data, writings by family members, receipts, and newspaper clippings. Also included is a detailed description of a trip around the world taken by Rosamond Zverina, daughter of Anton. | | | Call #: | MS 4560 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Zverina, Anton, 1863-1934. | Zverina, Antonin, 1830-1910. | Zverina family. | Kletecka family. | Czechs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Voyages around the world. | Chicory industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 18 | Title: | Dudley S. Blossom Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Blossom, Dudley S. | | | Dates: | 1883-1954 | | | Abstract: | Dudley S. Blossom was a wealthy Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist who served as city welfare director, 1919-1921 and 1924-1932. He graduated from Yale University in 1901 and became a partner in the Cleveland firm of William Bingham and Company. He was also an officer or director of other businesses, including Perry-Payne Corporation, the Payne-Bingham Company, the Standard Tool Company, the Cleveland Hobbing Machine Company, the Blossom Lock Company, and the Central National Bank. His wife, Elizabeth Bingham Blossom, was the sister of Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton and a philanthropist in her own right. Their son, Dudley S. Blossom, Jr. was also a prominent businessman and philanthropist, serving on the boards of many Cleveland civic organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, announcements of events, scrapbooks, musical scores, personal cards, a season ticket for Yale University baseball games, and a report card. The collection primarily pertains to Dudley Blossom, Sr.'s years at Yale University and to his career as welfare director of Cleveland. There is correspondence from Dudley Blossom, Jr. to his mother and some material on the family's philanthropic activities. | | | Call #: | MS 4562 | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Blossom family. | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, 1879-1938. | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, Jr., 1912-1961. | Yale University. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 19 | Title: | Adolph Wunderlich Papers
| | | Creator: | Wunderlich, Adolph | | | Dates: | 1855-1967 | | | Abstract: | Adolph Wunderlich (ca. 1869-1942) was an inventor, engineer, and businessman who was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, as a child. He held patents for inventions and improvements on electric arc lamps, hoisting and lowering mechanisms, suspension devices for electric arc lamps, winches, lubricating devices, and caulking devices. He lived in England from 1898-1912 where he installed London's first street lights and headed his own electrical firm. He founded the Western Reserve Manufacturing Works in Cleveland in 1914. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, apprenticeship records, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, extracts, financial documents, instructions, legal documents, memoranda, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, patents, a scorecard, and a will. | | | Call #: | MS 5208 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- England -- London | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric lamps, Arc | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Company (London, England) | Johnson and Phillips (London, England) | London Electric Firm (London, England) | Western Reserve Manufacturing Works (Cleveland, Ohio) | Wunderlich, Adolph, ca. 1869-1942
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 20 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers
| | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | Dates: | 1886-1982 | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. | | | Call #: | MS 4548 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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