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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 181 | Title: | Carl Stokes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stokes, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1956-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes (1927-1996) was the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the political career of Carl B. Stokes, including his terms in the Ohio State legislature, his mayoral campaigns, and particularly his tenure as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection details the organization of the mayor's office, and illustrates the problems that Blacks in the vanguard of social and political progress faced, as well as the challenges faced by any urban leader in the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s. Key events in Stokes' administration are illustrated, including the Glenville Shootout, the hiring and resignation of Safety Director Gen. Ben Davis, the activities of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities, and Cleveland: NOW! The work of then City Council President James Stanton is represented, along with material relating to Stokes' brother Louis. Notable correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Spiro Agnew, Cyrus Eaton, Edward Kennedy, George Forbes, Jesse Jackson, and Howard Metzenbaum. | | | | Call #: | MS 4370 | | | | Extent: | 104.51 linear feet (107 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stokes, Carl. | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. | Cleveland Transit System. | Cleveland: NOW! | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 182 | Title: | Harmon Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harmon Family | | | | Dates: | 1766-1885 | | | | Abstract: | The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements. | | | | Call #: | MS 0104 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harmon family. | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. | Independent Knights of Temperance. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Fur trade -- United States. | Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 183 | Title: | Samuel Huntington Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Huntington, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1801-1817 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Huntington (1765-1817) was an Ohio state legislator, Ohio Supreme Court Justice, and Governor of Ohio (1808-1810). The collection consists of letters to Huntington relating to Ohio politics and elections, land transactions, War of 1812, and settlement and development of the Western Reserve. Correspondents include Henry Champion, Moses Cleaveland, Gideon Granger, Stanley Griswold, Return J. Meigs, Jeremiah Morrow, Calvin Pease, John Smith, Amos Spafford, Edward Tiffin, George Tod, Elisha Tracy, Elijah Wadsworth, and Thomas Worthington. | | | | Call #: | MS 3497 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 184 | Title: | Leon A. Kujawski Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kujawski, Leon A. | | | | Dates: | 1931-1943 | | | | Abstract: | Leon A. Kujawski (b. 1883) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, politician, and judge of Polish birth. Kujawski began practicing law in 1913, specializing in labor law, became a municipal court judge in 1933, then served two terms as a city councilman representing the Tremont area of Cleveland. He served on the state liquor control board, 1938-1939. The collection consists of a biography, correspondence, an affidavit, miscellaneous campaign material, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. The collection contains information about Kujawski's terms as city councilman, especially his fight to lower bus fares, and his activities on the Liquor Control Board. | | | | Call #: | MS 4334 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kujawski, Leon A., 1883- | Ohio. Liquor Control Board. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquor industry -- Ohio. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transportation -- Fares.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 186 | Title: | James Duane Doty Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doty, James Duane | | | | Dates: | 1809-1859 | | | | Abstract: | James Duane Doty (1799-1865) as a judge (Michigan Supreme Court), Wisconsin Territorial Governor, land speculator, and United States Representative from Wisconsin. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds and lists of lots pertaining to land in Menasha, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and the Fox River settlements in Wisconsin, and legal opinions concerning Indian matters. | | | | Call #: | MS 1090 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865. | Deeds -- Wisconsin. | Real property -- Wisconsin. | Indians of North America -- Government relations. | Indians of North America -- Michigan. | Judicial opinions -- Michigan. | Wisconsin -- History -- To 1848 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 187 | Title: | James Newton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Newton, James | | | | Dates: | 1815-1878 | | | | Abstract: | James Newton was a Connecticut native who moved to Hudson, Ohio, to join the mercantile business of his sister (Eunice Newton Oviatt) and brother-in-law (Heman Oviatt). He later prospered as a farmer in Charlestown, Portage County. His brothers John and Eben moved to Ohio and entered politics. John was an Ohio state legislator and associate judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. Eben was a state senator, a judge of the common pleas court, and a U.S. congressman. A relative, Sophia Newton, was president of the Female Missionary Sewing Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Charlestown (est. 1844). Another relative, Emma Newton, left behind three composition books (1837-1838). The collection consists of family correspondence, land documents, receipts, Emma Newton's composition books and the by-laws and minutes of the Female Missionary Sewing Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 4052 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Newton, James, 1784-1854 | Newton family | Legislators -- Ohio | Pioneers -- Ohio | Women pioneers -- Ohio | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio | Women -- Ohio -- Charlestown -- Societies and clubs | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 188 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority records, 1848-1958
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911 | | | | | Tayler, Robert W. | | | | | Stanley, John J. | | | | | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936 | | | | | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935 | | | | | Cleveland (Ohio) City Council. | | | | | Cleveland Electric Railway Company | | | | | Cleveland Railway Company | | | | Dates: |
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| | | | Notes: | These records form part of the archives of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, but they predate the creation of the RTA. | | | | Call #: | LR RA 0001 | | | | Extent: | 11.10 linear ft. | | | | Subjects: | Tayler, Robert W | Cleveland Electric Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland City Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland Interurban Railway Company -- Archives | Shaker Heights Rapid Transit -- Archives | Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad Company -- Archives | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights | Street-railroads -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Grievance arbitration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Municipal ownership -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area | Municipal franchises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Trolley buses -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 189 | Title: | Thompson and Tuttle Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Thompson and Tuttle Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1915 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 1511 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson family. | Tuttle family. | Trimble, Allen, 1783-1870. | Temperance. | Ohio -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 190 | Title: | Rollin C. Hurd and Frank H. Hurd Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hurd, Rollin C. and Hurd, Frank H. | | | | Dates: | 1839-1876 | | | | Abstract: | Rollin C. Hurd (1815-1874) was a lawyer and judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Mount Vernon, Ohio. His son, Frank H. Hurd (1840-1896) , was a lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. Representative, of Mount Vernon and Toledo, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, legal briefs, and other business papers relating to the activities of Rollin C. Hurd, including material relating to the case of Amasa Bunnell et al. vs. Henry Stoddard concerning the estate of Amos Stoddard (d. 1813) and business papers of Messrs. Warden and Burr, of Mount Vernon; also, letters to Frank H. Hurd, dealing primarily with state politics, chiefly 1866-1868. | | | | Call #: | MS 2711 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hurd, Rollin C. (Rollin Carlos), 1815-1874. | Stoddard, Amos, d. 1813 -- Estate. | Hurd, Frank H., (Frank Hunt), 1840-1896. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | Mount Vernon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 192 | Title: | George Magoffin Humphrey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Humphrey, George Magoffin | | | | Dates: | 1912-1970 | | | | Abstract: | George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) was a lawyer, industrialist, president of the M. A. Hanna Company, and the United States Secretary of the Treasury (1953-1957). the collection consists of correspondence, speeches, autobiographical account (1963), official reports and documents, oral history interview, appointment records, publications, clippings and other papers relating to Humphrey's service as Secretary of the Treasury during the Eisenhower administration, and to the Republican Party and Republican National Convention, 1956. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, and reports (1948-1949) of the Economic Cooperation Administration's Industrial Advisory Committee. | | | | Call #: | MS 3132 | | | | Extent: | 11.01 linear feet (23 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Humphrey, George M. (George Magoffin), b. 1890. | Cabinet officers -- United States -- Correspondence. | Steel industry and trade -- Germany. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 193 | Title: | David Morrow, Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morrow, David Sr. Family | | | | Dates: | 1818-1938 | | | | Abstract: | David Morrow Sr. was the son of John Morrow and brother of John Morrow Jr. and William Morrow. The family originated in Knock, parish of Castlenagh, County Down, Ireland. William Morrow emigrated to Virginia, and with family friend Alexander J. Stewart, who had settled in New York City, corresponded with the remaining Morrow family members in Ireland. The David Morrow Sr. family, including David Sr., his wife Abigail, and their children, David Jr., William, and Abigail, emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1832, and were settled in Euclid, Ohio, by 1833, where they farmed. David Morrow Jr. and his brother William, continued to farm after the death of their father in 1836, eventually acquiring their own land in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio. David Morrow Jr. married Eliza Shade, and they had three children; David Wilson, Abigail, and Eliza Lillie. David Wilson Morrow attended Shaw Academy in East Cleveland, and graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in 1890. He went into practice in Cleveland as a civil and architectural engineer, establishing the firm of Morrow and Cross. He was an active member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and the Cleveland Automobile Club. He married Ruby Jessamine Adams in 1905, and they had four children, two of whom survived, Ruth and David. The collection consists of genealogical and biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment books, tax returns and other financial papers, probate record journals, wills, deeds, trust and estate agreements, land plats and other real estate papers, minutes, transcripts, and other legal documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4803 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. | Morrow family. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women immigrants. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. | United States -- Emigration and immigration. | Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 194 | Title: | James F. Lincoln Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lincoln, James F. | | | | Dates: | 1903-1965 | | | | Abstract: | James Finney Lincoln (1883-1965) was the Executive Director of the Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a pioneer in the areas of arc welding and profit sharing. He established the James Finney Lincoln Welding Foundation. The collection consists of articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, book manuscripts, court transcripts, patents, certificates and miscellaneous printed items. | | | | Call #: | MS 3569 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (8 containers, 6 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lincoln, James Finney, 1883-1965. | Welding. | Electric welding. | Renegotiation of government contracts -- United States. | Defense contracts -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Incentives in industry -- United States. | Employee motivation -- United States. | Profit-sharing -- United States. | Bonus system -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 195 | Title: | Newton D. Baker Letters
| | | | Creator: | Baker, Newton Diehl | | | | Dates: | 1891-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) was a Cleveland, Ohio, city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916), and United States Secretary of War (1916-1921). The collection consists of letters and typescript copies of letters from Newton D. Baker to his relatives and political associates, including 211 letters to his wife Elizabeth Baker (1902-1937), 44 letters to his brother, Frank Baker, and sister-in-law, Harriet Baker (1915-1936), three bound volumes of typescript copies of letters to his children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Newton III (1918-1937), and 32 letters from notable political figures. | | | | Call #: | MS 3491 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911. | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. | Baker family. | World War, 1914-1918. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 196 | Title: | Samuel Williamson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1797-1886 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Williamson (1808-1866) was a lawyer, Ohio State senator, and railroad executive, of Cleveland, Ohio. Williamson was a law partner of Albert Gallatin Riddle. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds, leases, agreements, financial papers, appointments, and certificates. Includes land agreements and deeds of Samuel Williamson (d. 1834) and Matthew Williamson (d. 1832), brothers who settled in Cleveland in 1810, and letters of George T. Williamson, Dr. James D. Williamson, and other members of a prominent Cleveland family; and journal (1848-1876) of the activities of the commissioners appointed by the Ohio Legislature to subscribe to the capital stock of the Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati Railroad Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 2950 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Williamson, Samuel, 1808-1866. | Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Company. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 197 | Title: | Bainbridge Township, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Bainbridge Township, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1822-1931 | | | | Abstract: | Bainbridge Township is located in Geauga County, Ohio. The collection consists of township trustee record book (1822-1894), bonds of township officials (1838-1924), teacher's quarterly reports (1842-1875), justice dockets (1847-1929), land and road tax lists (1851-1871), township clerk's account book (1862-1873), records of donations to purchase substitutes to fill Bainbridge's draft quota (1863-1865), poll books, tally sheets, minutes of trustee meetings, school board reports (1894-1912), petitions, reports of superintendent of schools (1900-1909), and treasurer's account book (1905-1923). | | | | Call #: | MS 3405 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (8 containers and 1 bundle of oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Bainbridge. | Elections -- Ohio -- Bainbridge. | Taxation -- Ohio -- Bainbridge -- Lists. | Bainbridge (Township : Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Bainbridge (Township : Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Bainbridge (Township : Ohio) -- Schools.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 198 | Title: | Cleveland City Council Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland City Council | | | | Dates: | 1909 | | | | Abstract: | The 1909 Cleveland, Ohio, City Council served during the final tenure of Mayor Tom L. Johnson, and prior to Home Rule. At this time, council was embroiled in the controversy over municipal ownership of Cleveland's street railways and the $.03 fare. The controversy was settled with voter approval in 1910 of the compromise "Tayler Grant" which called for "service at cost," a $.03 fare, and city supervision of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, reorganized as the Cleveland Railway Company. The collection consists of papers dealing with railways and the Street Railway Ordinance, including minutes of meetings of the Council of the Whole, January 20 to October 14, 1909; addresses of attorney Homer H. McKeehan, July 19 and 20, 1909; transcript of the arbitration proceedings before U.S. federal judge Robert W. Tayler (arbitrator) concerning differences between the Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland Electric Railway Company over the proposed Street Railway Ordinance, including Judge Tayler's decision, October 18 to December 1, 1909; and minutes of City Council meetings, October 25 to December 18, 1909. | | | | Call #: | MS 0896 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Grievance arbitration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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