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1	Title:	Leisy Brewing Company Records
	Creator:	Leisy Brewing Company
	Dates:	1838-1975
	Abstract:	The Leisy Brewing Company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. It began as Isaac Leisy & Co. in 1873. Once Cleveland's largest independent brewery, it had branch agencies in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and gained a reputation for its Premium Lager and Budweiser beers, before that became a brand name. Production in 1890 was over 90,000 barrels, and rose to 355,000 barrels by 1917. When the company closed in 1959, (Ohio instituted a $.36-a-case tax) it was the oldest brewery in Cleveland and one of the longest surviving family-operated breweries in America. The collection consists of incorporation papers, patent and trademark papers, clippings, a company history prepared by Bruce R. Leisy, papers relating to Otto Leisy's early life, scrapbooks, bottle labels, advertising posters, pamphlets, and a monthly sales record book.
	Call #:	MS 4143
	Extent:	0.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Leisy Brewing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| Brewing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| German-Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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2	Title:	John Spence Family Papers
	Creator:	Spence, John Family
	Dates:	1866-1968
	Abstract:	John Spence immigrated from England in the mid-nineteenth century and worked as a stone contractor. John M. Spence was the first mayor of Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1904-1907), served eighteen years on the Cleveland Heights Board of Education and was active in the state Republican Party executive committee. Along with his three brothers he operated Spence Brothers Construction Company. His nephew, Stanley L. Orr served with Troop A Cavalry Regiment in the Texas-Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917 and was a judge and chairman of the Cleveland Chapter of the Red Cross during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, and a scrapbook. The collection illustrates the activities of Troop A during the Southwest Expedition, 1916-1917, the business activities of John Spence in the late nineteenth century, and the growth and development of the Spence Brothers Construction Company.
	Call #:	MS 4411
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (12 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Spence family. \| Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. \| United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. \| Spence Brothers Construction Company -- Archives. \| Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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3	Title:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records
	Creator:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation
	Dates:	1869-1982
	Abstract:	The Acme-Cleveland Corporation was formed In Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger in 1968 of Cleveland Twist Drill Company, a manufacturer of high-speed drills and metal cutting tools, and the National Acme Company, a manufacturer of automatic multiple-spindle lathes and screw machines. Cleveland Twist Drill was founded in 1876 by Jacob D. Cox II, son of a Civil War general and former governor of Ohio. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills and pioneered the development of steels made of molybdenum as a substitute for tungsten. By 1936 it was the world's largest maker of high-speed drills and reamers, flourishing under Jacob D. Cox, Jr., who pioneered profit-sharing and authored two books on wage theory. National Acme originated as the Acme Screw Machine Company in 1895, makers of the first commercially successful automatic multiple-spindle screw manufacturing machine. Acme Screw merged with National Manufacturing Co. in 1901 to become National Acme Manufacturing Company, which purchased the Windsor Machine Company to become National Acme Company in 1916. The collection consists of histories, correspondence, writings by company executives, especially J.D. Cox, Jr., articles of incorporation, annual reports, ledger books, publications, such as catalogs, brochures and company newsletters, records of acquisitions and subsidiary firms, and newspaper clippings, pertaining to the Cleveland Twist Drill Co., National Acme Co., and Acme-Cleveland Corp., and to their predecessor firms. The collection traces the development of a major Cleveland machine-tool corporation, as well as developments within the metal-cutting and machine-tool industries in Cleveland and the U.S. during their formative years, and, in particular, to the very important decade of 1942-52. The collection also details the lives of Jacob D. Cox II and his son Jacob D. Cox, Jr., particularly his economic and political views.
	Call #:	MS 4507
	Extent:	5.81 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1852-1930. \| Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1881-1953. \| Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. \| Prentiss, Francis Fleury, 1858-1937. \| Cleveland Twist Drill Company -- Archives. \| National Acme Company -- Archives. \| Acme-Cleveland Corporation -- Archives. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Metal-cutting tools industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Iron-molybdenum alloys. \| Machine-tools -- Catalogs. \| Metal-cutting tools -- Catalogs. \| Screw-cutting machines -- Catalogs. \| Profit-sharing. \| Wages. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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