Subject | • | Harper family. | [X] | | • | Norton family. | [X] | | • | Castle family. |
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| | • | Gardner Gun Company (London, Eng.) |
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| | • | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. |
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| | • | Ogleby-Norton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. |
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| | • | Watterson family. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ada Watterson Yerkes Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson | | | | Dates: | 1780-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Ada Watterson Yerkes was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, insurance policies, legal papers, genealogical material, drafts of a family history, diaries and notebooks relating to the Harper, Norton and Watterson families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3316 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harper family. | Norton family. | Watterson family. | Gardner Gun Company (London, Eng.) | Ogleby-Norton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Firearms industry and trade -- England. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Laurence Harper Norton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Norton, Laurence Harper | | | | Dates: | 1760-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 3371 | | | | Extent: | 9.90 linear feet (12 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. | Norton family. | Castle family. | Harper family. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. | United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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