Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Eaton family |
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| | • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 |
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| | • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections |
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| | • | Electric lamps, Arc |
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| | • | Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. |
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| | • | Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Company (London, England) |
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| | • | Johnson and Phillips (London, England) |
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| | • | London Electric Firm (London, England) |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Manufacturing Works (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Wunderlich, Adolph, ca. 1869-1942 |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Leonard C. Hanna Financial Ledgers
| | | | Creator: | Hanna, Leonard C. Jr. | | | | Dates: | 1919-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Colton Hanna, Jr. (1889-1957) was the director of M.A. Hanna & Company, a coal and iron ore shipping concern started by his father, and uncles. Hanna was a major philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio, donating over $90 million to Cleveland's cultural and charitable institutions. Hanna was an avid art collector and a trustee and principal benefactor of the Cleveland Museum of Art, but also supported the Cleveland Playhouse, University Hospitals, Karamu House and others. The collection consists of two ledger books detailing his income and expenses, including dividends and donations. These ledgers are useful for understanding the personal wealth of one of Cleveland's major philanthropists. | | | | Call #: | MS 4296 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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 | | 3 | 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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