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Subject | • | Deaf -- Means of communication. | [X] | | • | Garfield family. |
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| | • | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. |
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| | • | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | [X] | | • | Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hearing impaired -- United States. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | American Hearing Society. |
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| | • | Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing. |
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| | • | Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center. |
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| | • | Garfield, Edwina Glenn, 1895- |
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| | • | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. |
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| | • | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), II, 1894- |
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| | • | Hearing impaired children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hearing impaired children -- United States. |
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| | • | Lake Erie School of Speech Reading. |
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| | • | Newell family. |
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| | • | Newell, John. |
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| | • | Presidents -- United States -- Family. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | James A. Garfield II Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James A. II | | | | Dates: | 1869-1965 | | | | Abstract: | James A. Garfield II was the son of James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, and grandson of United States President James A. Garfield. He was raised with his brothers at Hollycroft, the family home in Mentor, Ohio, next to Lawnfield, residence of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, the president's widow. He graduated from Williams College in 1916 and served in World War I. He married Edwina Forbes Glenn in 1917. They lived in Cleveland and Mentor, Ohio, while James pursued various business ventures. Edwina moved to Florida with her daughters, Helen Louise and Elizabeth, after the couple divorced in the 1930s. The collection consists of correspondence, an autograph book, scrapbooks, speech reading lessons, drawings, newspaper clippings, and notebooks of President James A. Garfield, James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, and James A. and Edwina Glenn Garfield. The papers relating to President Garfield include a scrapbook compiled in 1874 containing documents which refute charges regarding improprieties in military contract awards, a political tract annotated by President Garfield, and a collection of Garfield "Maxims," as well as commemorative publications and a scrapbook of condolences sent to the family after his death. The collection also contains correspondence and other documents related to James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield, including teaching materials for speech reading used by Helen Newell Garfield, and letters of Edwina Glenn Garfield to her husband James A. Garfield II discussing concerns of a young, upper class wife of the 1920s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4580 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), II, 1894- | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, Edwina Glenn, 1895- | Garfield family. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center. | Presidents -- United States -- Family. | Hearing impaired -- United States. | Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Means of communication. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Helen Newell Garfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, Helen Newell | | | | Dates: | 1882-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Helen Newell Garfield was the daughter of John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and Julia Poore Hills. She married James Rudolph Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield, in 1890, and had four sons; John N., James A., Rudolph H., and Newell. Helen was an advocate for the education and treatment of deaf children. She herself had become deaf around 1918. She ran the Lake Erie School of Speech Reading, and was an officer of the Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing and the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing. Helen Newell Garfield died in 1930. The collection consists of speeches, notebooks, reprints, programs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks was compiled by Helen Newell Garfield on her father, John Newell, detailing his career as president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad and containing many family photographs. The other scrapbook provides a picture of the social life of Helen Newell Garfield as an upper class Chicago, Illinois school girl and debutante. Also included is material detailing her work with the American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing, and her personal notebook on speech lessons. | | | | Call #: | MS 4572 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, Helen Newell, 1866-1930. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Newell, John. | Garfield family. | Newell family. | American Hearing Society. | Lake Erie School of Speech Reading. | Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing. | Hearing impaired -- United States. | Hearing impaired -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hearing impaired children -- United States. | Hearing impaired children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Means of communication. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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