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1Title:  A Visit to Mr. John D. Rockefeller by Neighbors and Friends at Forest Hill, Cleveland, Ohio, September Twenty-Sixth, Nineteen Hundred and Five     
 Creator:  A visit to Mr. John D. Rockefeller by Neighbors and Friends at Forest Hill, Cleveland, Ohio, September Twenty-Sixth, Nineteen Hundred and Five 
 Dates:  1905 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of an original copy of the memorial volume issued by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce to commemorate a visit paid to Mr. John D. Rockefeller by 300 Cleveland, Ohio businessmen, including typewritten copies of speeches made by Andrew Squire, Liberty E. Holden and John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Also included are the signatures of the 300 visitors. 
 Call #:  MS 0446 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
 
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2Title:  Cleveland Baptist Union Records     
 Creator:  Cleveland Baptist Union 
 Dates:  1867-1890 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Baptist Union (f. 1869) was an organization of various Baptist churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The purpose of the organization was to raise money to meet the financial needs and operating expenses of the member institutions. The organization changed its name to the Cleveland Baptist City Mission Society in 1894 and merged with the larger Cleveland Baptist Association in 1920. The collection consists of documents of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, financial records, deeds, programs for anniversary celebrations, correspondence, news clippings, committee reports, insurance records, miscellaneous items. 
 Call #:  MS 4151 
 Extent:  0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. | Hoyt, James. | Cleveland Baptist Union. | Baptist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptists -- Societies, etc. | Baptist associations. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions.
 
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3Title:  William Ganson Rose Papers     
 Creator:  Rose, William Ganson 
 Dates:  1862-1955 
 Abstract:  William Ganson Rose (1878-1957) was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, author, historian, lecturer, advertising executive, and civic promoter. In 1915, Rose formed Wm. G. Rose, Inc., his own advertising and public relations firm. He managed numerous fairs and expositions, including the first Cleveland Electrical Exposition (1914), the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930), the Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937), and the Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946). In 1916-1917, Rose chaired the group which promoted and ultimately secured passage of a bond issue financing the construction of the Cleveland Public Auditorium. He served on the board of Hiram House, a Cleveland social settlement founded by George Bellamy in 1896, and belonged to the American Press Humorists and the Cleveland Athletic Club. Rose authored several books and numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, as well as a comprehensive history of Cleveland entitled Cleveland, the making of a city, published in 1950. Rose died in 1957. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, promotional material, correspondence, biographical material, photographs, reports, and historical material pertaining to the history of Cleveland, Ohio and many of its prominent citizens, but also including material on national and international events and personages. Individuals, organizations and events that figure most prominently include: the American Press Humorists, Newton D. Baker, George Bellamy and Hiram House, Charles F. Brush, the Cleveland Sesquicentennial of 1946, the visit to Cleveland of Emile Coue, Thomas A. Edison, the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival of 1930, Abraham Lincoln, the Cleveland Public Auditorium, John D. Rockefeller, the Cleveland War Service Center, the Cleveland Grays, and the writings of Whiting Williams. Also included is a significant amount of biographical material on numerous women in Cleveland's history, material pertaining to sports, particularly baseball, and material relating to the theater in Cleveland, with newspaper reviews of performances. 
 Call #:  MS 3365 
 Extent:  4.80 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Rose, William Ganson, b. 1878 -- Archives. | Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. | Coue, Emile, 1857-1926. | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Grays (Military unit) | War Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Press Humorists. | Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930 : c Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Public buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baseball -- United States -- History. | Baseball -- United States -- Biography. | Mental suggestion. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Reviews. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
 
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