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Subject | • | 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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| | • | 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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| | • | Bailey family. |
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| | • | Bailey, Walter K |
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| | • | Bailey, Walter K. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). |
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| | • | Blossom family. |
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| | • | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, 1879-1938. |
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| | • | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, Jr., 1912-1961. |
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| | • | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. |
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| | • | Bolton family. |
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| | • | Bolton, Kenyon Castle. |
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| | • | Brooks family. |
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| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Case Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland Air Taxi. |
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| | • | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. |
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| | • | Cleveland Play House (Ohio). |
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| | • | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. |
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| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Crawford family. |
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| | • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 |
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| | • | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). |
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| | • | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. |
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| | • | Dively family. |
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| | • | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. |
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| | • | Dunn family. |
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| | • | East End Savings and Trust Company. |
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| | • | Eaton family |
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| | • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 |
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| | • | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections |
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| | • | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Europe -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Fleming family. |
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| | • | Florida Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. |
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| | • | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. |
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| | • | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. |
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| | • | Ford-McCaslin Company. |
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| | • | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. |
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| | • | Garfield Savings Bank. |
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| | • | Gill family. |
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| | • | Harmon family. |
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| | • | Harris Corporation -- History. |
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| | • | Harris-Intertype Corporation -- History. |
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| | • | Hungary -- History. |
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| | • | Industrial relations -- United States. |
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| | • | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | International Aeronautic Federation |
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| | • | International relations. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | John Carroll University. |
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| | • | Keith family. |
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| | • | Kenyon College. |
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| | • | Kenyon family. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Lubrizol Corporation. |
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| | • | Lubrizol Foundation. |
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| | • | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). |
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| | • | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. |
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| | • | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| | • | McBride family. |
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| | • | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. |
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| | • | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. |
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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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| | • | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | National Conference of Christians and Jews. |
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| | • | Nationalities Services Center. |
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| | • | New Amsterdam Company. |
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| | • | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | One Euclid Company. |
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| | • | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. |
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| | • | Reynolds family. |
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| | • | Root & McBride Company. |
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| | • | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. |
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| | • | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. |
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| | • | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Shipping -- Great Lakes. |
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| | • | Shyrock family. |
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| | • | Steel Products Co. |
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| | • | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | TRW Inc. |
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| | • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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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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| | • | Thorpe family. |
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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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| | • | University of Free Europe in Exile. |
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| | • | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Wade family -- Periodicals. |
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| | • | Warner & Swasey. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Historical Society |
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| | • | Western Reserve Trust Company. |
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| | • | Williamson Company. |
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| | • | Winous Point Shooting Club. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Yale University. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | 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 | Save | | 2 | 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 | Save | | 3 | Title: | Cyrus S.Eaton Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Eaton, Cyrus S. | | | | Dates: | 1958-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Cyrus S. Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better United States-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain invitations, letters, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, notices, pamphlets, photographs, programs, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5203 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (34 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Eaton family | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1897-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of family history, genealogy, and biographical information compiled by the Bailey family, which has been loaned to the Historical Society for microfilming, and returned to the donor. | | | | Call #: | MS 4665 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume/1 roll of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction. | Bailey family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Dudley S. Blossom Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Blossom, Dudley S. | | | | Dates: | 1883-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Dudley S. Blossom was a wealthy Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist who served as city welfare director, 1919-1921 and 1924-1932. He graduated from Yale University in 1901 and became a partner in the Cleveland firm of William Bingham and Company. He was also an officer or director of other businesses, including Perry-Payne Corporation, the Payne-Bingham Company, the Standard Tool Company, the Cleveland Hobbing Machine Company, the Blossom Lock Company, and the Central National Bank. His wife, Elizabeth Bingham Blossom, was the sister of Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton and a philanthropist in her own right. Their son, Dudley S. Blossom, Jr. was also a prominent businessman and philanthropist, serving on the boards of many Cleveland civic organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, announcements of events, scrapbooks, musical scores, personal cards, a season ticket for Yale University baseball games, and a report card. The collection primarily pertains to Dudley Blossom, Sr.'s years at Yale University and to his career as welfare director of Cleveland. There is correspondence from Dudley Blossom, Jr. to his mother and some material on the family's philanthropic activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4562 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Blossom family. | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, 1879-1938. | Blossom, Dudley Stuart, Jr., 1912-1961. | Yale University. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Walter K. Bailey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Walter K. | | | | Dates: | 1975-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of a Warner & Swasey Company history compiled in 1975 by Walter Bailey. Included is an illustrated typescript; followed by supporting documents, reports, illustrations, publications, and newspaper clippings. A corporate history file contains reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications collected after completion of the written history. | | | | Call #: | MS 4657 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Walter K. | Warner & Swasey. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | 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 | Save | | 8 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | | Dates: | 1886-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. | | | | Call #: | MS 4548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Donald McBride Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | McBride, Donald Family | | | | Dates: | 1857-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4585 | | | | Extent: | 10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. | McBride family. | Harmon family. | Kenyon family. | Fleming family. | Wade family -- Periodicals. | Root & McBride Company. | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. | University of Free Europe in Exile. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. | Winous Point Shooting Club. | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Hungary -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | David K. Ford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, David K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1791-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4730 | | | | Extent: | 36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Thorpe family. | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. | Ford family. | Brooks family. | Gill family. | Dunn family. | Shyrock family. | Keith family. | Reynolds family. | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | New Amsterdam Company. | One Euclid Company. | Williamson Company. | Ford-McCaslin Company. | Lubrizol Corporation. | Lubrizol Foundation. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Garfield Savings Bank. | Western Reserve Trust Company. | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. | East End Savings and Trust Company. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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