Subject | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | International relations. |
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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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| | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. |
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| | • | Allen family. |
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| | • | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 |
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| | • | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. |
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| | • | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. |
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| | • | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. |
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| | • | Bolton family. |
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| | • | Bolton, Kenyon Castle. |
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| | • | Case Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Cleveland Air Taxi. |
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| | • | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. |
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| | • | Cleveland Play House (Ohio). |
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| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Crawford family. |
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| | • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 |
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| | • | Dively family. |
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| | • | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. |
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| | • | Florida Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. |
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| | • | Harris Corporation -- History. |
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| | • | Harris-Intertype Corporation -- History. |
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| | • | Industrial relations -- United States. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Insurance agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | International Aeronautic Federation |
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| | • | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | John Carroll University. |
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| | • | Kenyon College. |
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| | • | Long family. |
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| | • | Long, David, 1787-1851. |
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| | • | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. |
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| | • | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). National Council. |
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| | • | Metropolitan helicopter services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Millikin family. |
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| | • | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. |
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| | • | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. |
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| | • | Nash family. |
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| | • | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. |
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| | • | Nationalities Services Center. |
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| | • | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. |
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| | • | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. |
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| | • | Severance family. |
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| | • | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. |
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| | • | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. |
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| | • | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. |
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| | • | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. |
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| | • | Steel Products Co. |
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| | • | TRW Inc. |
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| | • | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Thompson Products, inc. |
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| | • | Thompson family. |
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| | • | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. |
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| | • | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. |
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| | • | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
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| | • | United States -- Foreign relations -- France. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1945-1953. |
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| | • | Universities and colleges -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Voyages and travels. |
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| | • | Voyages around the world. |
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| | • | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. |
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| | • | Warshawsky, David, 1893-1989. |
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| | • | Wells College. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Historical Society |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | David Warshawsky Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warshawsky, David Family | | | | Dates: | 1913-1983 | | | | Abstract: | David Warshawsky was an insurance agent and writer who was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. He served on the Group Work Council of the Jewish Welfare Federation, and he was involved with Council Educational Alliance and Camp Wise. He worked twenty-nine years for Lincoln National Life Insurance. He wrote numerous unpublished works, including a biography of his brother, artist Abel G. Warshawsky. The collection consists of catalogs, certificates and awards, correspondence, deeds, financial records, lists, newspaper clippings, and his writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5008 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warshawsky, David, 1893-1989. | Insurance agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Kenyon C. Bolton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bolton, Kenyon C. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Kenyon Castle Bolton was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist and son of Chester and Frances Payne Bolton. He served in the military, beginning in 1936 as a member of the 107th Cavalry of the Ohio National Guard. He entered active service in 1940, served during World War II and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was president of Cleveland Air Taxi, a helicopter taxi service, and had a strong interest in higher education and the arts. Bolton served with the Council of Foreign Ministers in 1947 and 1948, the Austrian Peace Treaty Conference in 1948, and was special assistant of the U.S. ambassador to France. Kenyon C. Bolton was married to Mary Riding Peters, and had five children. The collection consists of family data, personal records, military records, business records, and records of Bolton's organizational involvements, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical data, summary court papers, air travel cards, contribution lists, articles, brochures, advertisements, contracts, personnel files, and press releases. | | | | Call #: | MS 4550 | | | | Extent: | 22.40 linear feet (23 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bolton, Kenyon Castle. | Bolton family. | Cleveland Air Taxi. | Kenyon College. | John Carroll University. | Cleveland Play House (Ohio). | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). National Council. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. | Nationalities Services Center. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Metropolitan helicopter services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | International relations. | United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Frederick C. Crawford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Crawford, Frederick C. Family | | | | Dates: | 1727-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment diaries and calendars, ledgers, annual financial summaries, bank statements, trust deeds, tax assessments, returns and other financial documents, stock certificates, wills, real estate inventories, diplomas, award certificates, military discharge papers, corporate annual reports, speeches and broadcast transcripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, articles of incorporation, minutes, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4856 | | | | Extent: | 76.84 linear feet (77 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 | Crawford family. | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. | Thompson family. | TRW Inc. | Steel Products Co. | Thompson Products, inc. | Western Reserve Historical Society | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. | Case Institute of Technology. | Florida Institute of Technology. | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. | International Aeronautic Federation | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. | International relations. | Aeronautics -- History. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- United States. | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. | United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Severance Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | | Dates: | 1826-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of his novel "The Innocents Abroad". | | | | Call #: | MS 4558 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Severance family. | Allen family. | Long family. | Millikin family. | Nash family. | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 | Long, David, 1787-1851. | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | Wells College. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Voyages and travels. | Voyages around the world. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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