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1Title:  Ralph A. Harman Family Papers     
 Creator:  Harman, Ralph A. Family 
 Dates:  1903-1936 
 Abstract:  Ralph A. Harman (1857-1929) was a prominent banker and businessman in Cleveland, Ohio. His daughter, Sue Wade Harman, served as a nurse for the American Red Cross Tuberculosis Commission in Italy (1918-1919). His sister, Charlotte Harman Charpentier, lived in Paris during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence of Ralph A. Harman and Charlotte H. Charpentier, letters from family and friends to Sue W. Harman, newspaper clippings and miscellany. Major topics include World War I and the American Red Cross. 
 Call #:  MS 3225 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Harmon family. | Harman, Ralph Augustus, 1857-1929. | American Red Cross. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
 
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2Title:  Donald McBride Family Papers     
 Creator:  McBride, Donald Family 
 Dates:  1857-1989 
 Abstract:  Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland. 
 Call #:  MS 4585 
 Extent:  10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. | McBride family. | Harmon family. | Kenyon family. | Fleming family. | Wade family -- Periodicals. | Root & McBride Company. | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. | University of Free Europe in Exile. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. | Winous Point Shooting Club. | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Hungary -- History.
 
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