http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-format%3DManuscript%20Collection;f2-subject%3DOhio%20--%20Politics%20and%20government.;freeformQuery%3Dgovernment Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-format=Manuscript Collection;f2-subject=Ohio -- Politics and government.;freeformQuery=government Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1890.xml George G. Washburn (1821-1898) was a lawyer and journalist of Elyria, Ohio. He was the manager and editor of the Elyria Democrat (1856-1890). The collection consists of letters on business or politics received by Washburn. Correspondents include R. Brinkerhoff, John Brough, Schuyler Colfax, William Dennison, Joseph B. Foraker, Joshua R. Giddings, Rutherford B. Hayes, Henry Howe, James Monroe, John Sherman, Norton S. Townshend, F. S. Washburn, Elisha Whittlesey, C. P. Wickham and William McKinley. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1890.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4298.xml William Carl Sandberg (1894-1978) was a businessman, political activist, and Cleveland, Ohio, social gadfly during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was a union organizer, led the Ohio Hunger March in 1931, and ran for Congress on the Communist Party ticket in the 1930s. In 1961 he wrote a play, Rotten Righteousness, which he later adapted into a screenplay. Over the years he wrote countless letters to public officials and local newspapers concerning political and social matters, ranging from U.S. involvement in southeast Asia to Legionnaires' disease. The collection consists of correspondence, personal documents and identification cards, clippings, his funeral eulogy, and the scripts of Sandberg's play and screenplay. Included in the correspondence are copies of letters from notable figures such as Carl Sandburg, Maxwell Bodenheim and John Glenn. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland and Ohio politics, political agitation during the 1930s, and the U.S. Communist Party. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4298.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3567.xml The League of Women Voters of East Cleveland, Ohio was organized in 1946 as a local unit of the League of Women Voters. The League's primary purpose is to inform voters about the issues. The East Cleveland League was dissolved in 1972. The collection consists of minutes, national and state annual reports, committee reports and recommendations, by-laws, lists of members and Directors, local and county League bulletins, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3567.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3565.xml The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3565.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3308.xml Ray T. Miller (1893-1966) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, businessman and Democratic political leader. After serving in World War I he became assistant law director of Cleveland (1922-1923), city prosecutor (1928-1932) and Mayor (1932-1933). He was chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (1938-1964). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, certificates, diaries, daybooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, miscellaneous printed material and personal memorabilia relating to Miller's college, army and political activities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3308.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3535.xml The Women's City Club is a women's forum for the discussion of topics of civic and public interest. It was founded in 1916, by Cleveland, Ohio, suffragettes and society leaders, in response to the establishment of an all-male City Club in 1912. The collection consists of minute books, histories, committee files, publications, clippings and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3535.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517.xml The City Club of Cleveland is a men's club formed in 1912 to provide a platform for the discussion of issues of contemporary interest in Cleveland, Ohio. Women were admitted in 1972. A number of noted individuals have addressed the Club's forum. The collection consists of constitutions, articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, addresses, opinion polls, financial records, publications, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4046.xml Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4046.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4272.xml The Ohio Story was a series of brief radio and television programs sponsored by Ohio Bell Telephone Company focusing on various aspects of Ohio history and culture. The collection consists of 76 scripts highlighting Ohio's history, biography, education, entertainment, pioneer life, and many other aspects of Ohio life. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4272.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3302.xml Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, speeches, financial records, lists, schedules, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous records relating to the political activities of Paul Walter, Harold Burton and Robert Taft. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3302.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1511.xml Allen Trimble was governor of Ohio during the 1820s. His daughter, author and temperance leader Eliza Jane Trimble, married a lawyer, James Henry Thompson. Their daughter, Mary McArthur Thompson, was an artist, author and temperance lecturer who married Herbert Tuttle, an educator, journalist and historian. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, biographical and genealogical data, legal and business papers, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers of Mary M. Thompson Tuttle, Eliza J. Trimble Thompson, Herbert Tuttle, James Henry Thompson, and Allen Trimble. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1511.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1319.xml Thomas Bolton (1809-1871) was a lawyer, judge, and public official of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of primarily deeds, leases, and agreements related to Bolton's land holdings in Cleveland; correspondence concerning his law practice as a partner with Moses Kelley in the firm of Bolton & Kelley; letter (1848-18749) from Ohio political leaders such as Albert G. Riddle and Norton S. Townshend. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1319.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3364.xml Darius Lyman (1789-1867) was a lawyer who came to Ravenna, Ohio, from Connecticut in 1814. He became a state senator and a Portage County judge. His son, Darius Jr., was Chief of the Navigation Division of the United States Treasury Department. His grandson, Henry D. Lyman, was Second Assistant Postmaster General of the United States. John P. Converse was the father-in-law of Darius Lyman, Jr. He came to Parkman, Ohio from Vermont in 1816 and operated several mills with his wife's brother, Robert B. Parkman. Parkman came to Ohio from New York in 1801. He settled Parkman, Ohio and served as its postmaster. He was also a Geauga County Prosecutor (1806-1817) and Probate Judge (1819). The collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, legal documents, estate documents, indentures, land surveys, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, literary works, and personal journals of Robert B. Parkman, John P. Converse, Darius Lyman, Darius Lyman Jr., and Henry Lyman. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3364.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4588.xml James K. Miller was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1946. In 1968, he received a bachelor's degree form Occidental College. Refusing to serve in the Vietnam conflict, Miller performed service as a conscientious objector from 1980-1972 at University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1992, he was a probation officer for the Cleveland Heights Municipal Court. Miller has been active in many socialist and political organizations since the late 1960s. He traveled to countries in Asia; including China, North Vietnam, and Laos; and to Nicaragua. The collection consists of personal correspondence, organizational correspondence, memoranda, flyers, position papers, newsletters, books, pamphlets, and magazines. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4588.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT