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African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (2)
Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Bradley Realty Company. (1)
Bradley Transportation Company. (1)
Bradley family. (1)
Bradley, Alva, 1814-1885. (1)
Bradley, Alva, 1884-1953. (1)
Bradley, M.A. (Morris A.), 1860-1926. (1)
Brooks family. (1)
Buckeye Realty Co. of Cleveland. (1)
Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Carriage and wagon making -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Cleveland Trust Company. (1)
Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). (1)
Dunn family. (1)
East End Savings and Trust Company. (1)
Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
Ford family. (1)
Ford, David K., 1894-1993. (1)
Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. (1)
Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. (1)
Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. (1)
Ford-McCaslin Company. (1)
Garfield Savings Bank. (1)
Gill family. (1)
Hungarian newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. (1)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Keith family. (1)
Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Lubrizol Corporation. (1)
Lubrizol Foundation. (1)
Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. (1)
Maxon-Murray Company (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Metropolitan National Savings Bank. (1)
Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
New Amsterdam Company. (1)
Nickman, Simon, 1879-1928. (1)
Olstyn Carriage Company. (1)
Olstyn, Stanley, 1889-1972. (1)
One Euclid Company. (1)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Plumbing equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Real property tax -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. (1)
Real property tax -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. (1)
Reynolds family. (1)
Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. (1)
Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Shipping -- Great Lakes. (1)
Shyrock family. (1)
Szalai, Steve, 1885-1973. (1)
Tax and expenditure limitations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. (1)
Taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Public opinion. (1)
Taxation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Public opinion. (1)
Thorpe family. (1)
Western Reserve Trust Company. (1)
Williamson Company. (1)
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1Title:  Maxon-Murray Company Records     
 Creator:  Maxon-Murray Company 
 Dates:  1925-1937 
 Abstract:  The Maxon-Murray Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, real estate business incorporated in 1925 by Hamilton B. Maxon, John C. Murray, and three other men. The collection consists of bylaws, incorporation records, minutes, ledger and cash books, contracts, stock certificates, and tax records. 
 Call #:  MS 4126 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Maxon-Murray Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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2Title:  Buckeye Realty Company of Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  Buckeye Realty Company of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1911-1928 
 Abstract:  The Buckeye Realty Company of Cleveland was founded in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, by A.J. Vilcsek, Steve Szalai, and Ignatius Korponay to serve the Hungarian community in Cleveland's Buckeye-Woodland area. It went out of business in 1929. The collection consists of correspondence between Buckeye Realty Company and home buyers concerning mortgage payments, land and warranty deed copies, a list of homes sold through Buckeye Realty, newspaper clippings, and three ledger books. 
 Call #:  MS 3999 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Buckeye Realty Co. of Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  Simon Nickman Papers     
 Creator:  Nickman, Simon 
 Dates:  1909-1943 
 Abstract:  Simon Nickman (1879-1928) was a Polish Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, and began a plumbing supply business. He married Dora Rivitz (1887-1968) in 1908, became a realtor in 1917, and died in 1928. Dora Nickman supported herself and their three children by underwriting insurance and operating a dress shop. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business and family matters, including his sisters' immigration and relatives in the armed forces during World War I; legal documents relating to the business partnership between Nickman and Hiram S. Rivitz and to the Nickman's property on Eddington Road; financial records from Howard-Granger Realty Company, H.S. Rivitz & Company, North Realty Company, and Rex Talking Machine Company; receipts, invoices, and other miscellany relating to business and personal finances; and newspapers clippings and miscellany. 
 Call #:  MS 4036 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Nickman, Simon, 1879-1928. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Plumbing equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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4Title:  Steve Szalai Family Papers     
 Creator:  Szalai, Steve Family 
 Dates:  1929-1952 
 Abstract:  Steve Szalai was a Newburgh, Ohio, insurance agent and early founder of the Buckeye Realty Company (f. 1919) of Cleveland, Ohio. Szalai was instrumental in the development of the Buckeye-Woodland Hungarian American community on Cleveland's east side. This "Little Hungary" at one time had the largest concentration of Hungarian Americans in the U.S., peaking at over 40,000 in 1940. The collection consists of certificates and licenses for Szalai's real estate firm and community activities, clippings, correspondence, educational records for Szalai's daughters Dorothy and Jean, and publications concerning the real estate business. The collection also contains copies and clippings of Hungarian newspapers published in Cleveland. 
 Call #:  MS 4480 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Szalai, Steve, 1885-1973. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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5Title:  Fair Housing Inc. Records     
 Creator:  Fair Housing Inc. 
 Dates:  1958-1972 
 Abstract:  Fair Housing, Inc., was organized in 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio, as an equal opportunity real estate company. It was dissolved in 1972 and succeeded by Stuart E. Wallace & Company. The collection consists of minutes, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials. 
 Call #:  MS 3693 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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6Title:  Fair Housing Inc. Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Fair Housing Inc. 
 Dates:  1962-1987 
 Abstract:  Fair Housing Inc. was a Cleveland, Ohio, licensed real estate brokerage firm incorporated in 1962 as a for-profit business venture. Its primary aim was to establish the principle of non-discrimination in the Greater Cleveland housing market. It assisted persons who had historically been denied housing because of race, religion, or national origin by offering affordable housing; promoting good community relations as a way to stabilize emerging mixed neighborhoods; and encouraging the dissolution of segregation patterns based on race, ethnicity, or religious background. The founding officers included Karl F. Bruch Jr., Dr. Winston Richie, and Russell Adrine. By 1971, federal and state governments had passed open housing legislation, and Fair Housing Inc. was dissolved. The collection consists of board of directors' and stockholders' records, including articles of incorporation, corporate dissolution records, financial records, agendas, correspondence, directors' information forms, committee rosters, memos, proposals, reports, minutes, broker reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, loan records, shareholder proxies, reply cards, stock campaign records, shareholders' lists, and subject files. 
 Call #:  MS 4788 
 Extent:  1.40 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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7Title:  Stanley Olstyn Papers     
 Creator:  Olstyn, Stanley 
 Dates:  1910-1970 
 Abstract:  Stanley Olstyn was (1889-1972) was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident who worked for his father at the Olstyn Carriage Company, 1908-1917, organized the Washington Savings Bank in 1920 (which was later merged into the Guardian Trust Company) and became a realtor in 1941. Olstyn founded the Home Owners Protective League in 1937 as a lobby group for efficient government and lower taxes and became very vocal in the battle against higher taxes and increased welfare spending. He was also active in many Polish-American groups, including the Cleveland Society of Poles, the Harmonia Chopin Polish Singing Society, and Marymount Hospital. The collection consists of a time and payroll book for the Olstyn Carriage Company, 1910-1914, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed materials. The clippings highlight Olstyn's real estate career and his battles with city government over taxes. Printed materials include a reprint of a speech given by Olstyn before a congressional committee investigating rent controls, and materials from the Cuyahoga Tax League and the Home Owners Protective League. 
 Call #:  MS 4023 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Olstyn, Stanley, 1889-1972. | Olstyn Carriage Company. | Carriage and wagon making -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property tax -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Tax and expenditure limitations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Taxation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Public opinion. | Taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Public opinion.
 
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8Title:  Alva Bradley Family Papers     
 Creator:  Bradley, Alva Family 
 Dates:  1871-1950 
 Abstract:  The Alva Bradley Family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family active in shipbuilding and the real estate business. Alva Bradley was a partner in the shipbuilding company of Bradley & Cobb, which eventually became Bradley Transportation Company, a prominent member of the Lake Carriers' Association. Alva's son, M.A. (Morris A.) and grandson Alva were part of the company. In 1910, they started the Bradley Realty Company which became the largest holder of real estate in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of accounting journals, ledgers, letter copy books, and other volumes documenting the financial interests of the Bradley family and their business concerns, especially the Bradley Realty Company. 
 Call #:  MS 4496 
 Extent:  5.00 linear feet (1 container and 23 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Bradley family. | Bradley, Alva, 1814-1885. | Bradley, M.A. (Morris A.), 1860-1926. | Bradley, Alva, 1884-1953. | Bradley Realty Company. | Bradley Transportation Company. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
 
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9Title:  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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