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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Grace Doering and John W. "Jack" McCord Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doering, Grace and McCord, John W. | | | | Dates: | 1900-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Grace Doering McCord (1890-1983)was a Cleveland, Ohio-born teacher, journalist, lawyer, and law professor who became Assistant Director of Law for the City of Cleveland. She was active in many legal, business, and women's organizations. In 1957 she married John W. McCord (1883-1967), an Iowa native who moved to Alaska and spent his life prospecting for gold, speculating in oil, exploring for the Army Air Force, running a ranch and lobbying for Alaskan interests in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of personal correspondence, biographical materials, class notes, newspaper clippings, papers from Mrs. McCord's tenure as Assistant Director of Law for the city of Cleveland, minutes, correspondence and reports from many of Mrs. McCord's professional organizations, and a copy of McCord of Alaska by Jack Long. | | | | Call #: | MS 3959 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | McCord, Grace Doering, 1890-1983. | McCord, John W., 1883-1967. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
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