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1Title:  Johnson Family Papers     
 Creator:  Johnson Family 
 Dates:  1811-1977 
 Abstract:  John Cumming Johnson (1828-1892) moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher (1834-1883). They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson (1870-1958), were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Company and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey (1870-1930). Their son, William Cumming Johnson, Jr. (born 1904), married a great-granddaughter of Noah Mayo Farrin and Agnes Saline Faris Farrin. The collection consists of diaries of John and Elizabeth Johnson, correspondence of the Farrin and Johnson families, genealogical material on the Johnson, Fisher, Plume, Van Wagenen, Schenck, and Brown families, two memory books of William Johnson, Jr., an index to the memory books of Evangeline Johnson, and miscellaneous documents including clippings, estate papers of John and William Johnson, memorials for John and Elizabeth Johnson, and a key to the family code. Major topics of the papers include World War I and women's rights. 
 Call #:  MS 3782 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson family. | Farrin family. | Fisher family. | Plume family. | Van Wagner family. | Schenk family. | Brown family. | World War, 1914-1918. | Women's rights.
 
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2Title:  George Gund Foundation Records, Series II     
 Creator:  George Gund Foundation 
 Dates:  1966-1998 
 Abstract:  The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, which include architectural drawings, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, newspaper clippings, one audio cassette tape, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by The George Gund Foundation. The collection also contains limited administrative records of The George Gund Foundation, including correspondence, lists, publications, and reports related to grant recipients and a joint project with the Cleveland Public Schools based upon the effective schools model of school-based educational reform entitled Project Perform. 
 Call #:  MS 4821 
 Extent:  140.44 linear feet (141 containers and 4 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  George Gund Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pro-choice movement. | Women's rights. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retinitis pigmentosa. | Birth control. | Nuclear arms control. | Economic development.
 
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