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Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (231)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (123)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. (114)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (87)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (85)
Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (81)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (64)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (62)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (59)
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. (55)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (52)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (50)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. (44)
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (41)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (39)
Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (37)
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (37)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (35)
Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (34)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (33)
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (33)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (31)
Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (29)
Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (28)
Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (28)
Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (27)
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (25)
Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (25)
Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. (24)
Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. (24)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland (23)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (22)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (22)
Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (22)
Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (21)
Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (21)
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Connecticut Land Company. (20)
Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. (20)
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81Title:  Isaac Backus Papers     
 Creator:  Backus, Isaac 
 Dates:  1719-1806 
 Abstract:  Isaac Backus (1724-1806) was a Baptist minister and historian during the American Revolutionary War period. The collection consists primarily letters addressed to and copies of letters sent by Backus. Includes a copy made by Backus of an autobiographical account of the conversion of his wife, Susanna Martin (1724-1800); and draft of a chapter of his History of New England, with particular reference to the denomination of Christians called Baptists. Principal correspondent is William Richards. 
 Call #:  MS 0071 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Clergy -- United States -- Correspondence. | Women -- Religious life -- United States. | Baptists -- United States -- History. | New England -- Church history.
 
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82Title:  G.H. Muller Diary     
 Creator:  Muller, G. H. 
 Dates:  1794 
 Abstract:  Written in French, this diary of G. H. Muller reflects daily activities of the writer and his frequent contacts with members of his family. Most of the surnames written in the diary are German. 
 Call #:  MS 0072 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 volume) 
 Subjects:  Muller, G.H. | Diaries. | French diaries.
 
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83Title:  Knights of Honor of the State of Ohio, Anchor Lodge No. 119 Records     
 Creator:  Knights of Honor of the State of Ohio, Anchor Lodge No. 119 
 Dates:  1875-1884 
 Abstract:  The Knights of Honor of the State of Ohio, Anchor Lodge N. 119, was a chapter of an Ohio men's secret society located in Elyria, Ohio. The collection includes bylaws, minutes of meetings, and lists of members. 
 Call #:  MS 0079 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Men -- Ohio -- Elyria -- Societies and clubs. | Secret societies -- Ohio -- Elyria. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Elyria.
 
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84Title:  Willoughby, Ohio, Records     
 Creator:  Willoughby, Ohio 
 Dates:  1815-1874 
 Abstract:  Willoughby is located in Lake County, in northeastern Ohio. It was called Chagrin until 1834. The collection consists of minutes of trustee meetings, election results, school district records, indentures, and land records. 
 Call #:  MS 0091 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (2 volumes in 1 container) 
 Subjects:  Elections -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Schools -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Real property -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Chagrin (Ohio) -- Politics and govenment.
 
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85Title:  George K. Jenkins Papers     
 Creator:  Jenkins, George K. 
 Dates:  1788-1887 
 Abstract:  George K. Jenkins was a Quaker teacher in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, during the nineteenth century. The collection includes minutes, lists of certificates, members and marriages, and other records of various meetings of the Society of Friends in Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia; records of Quaker schools and organizations, including the Ohio Yearly Meeting and its Committee on Indian Affairs, the New Garden Monthly Meeting, the Short Creek Meeting, and the Free Produce Association. Includes a journal of Jenkins' observations of Quaker colonies he visited in Canada, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia; an account of the immigration of William Harrison from York County, Virginia, to Mount Pleasant, Ohio (1817); and a memoranda book (1849-60) kept by David Updegraff on visits to Yearly Meetings in Indiana, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 
 Call #:  MS 0100 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (4 containers and 2 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Church schools -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant. | Quakers -- Canada. | Quakers -- United States. | Quakers -- Ohio. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant -- Education. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
 
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86Title:  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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87Title:  Samuel Bissell Papers     
 Creator:  Bissell, Samuel 
 Dates:  1797-1933 
 Abstract:  Samuel Bissell (1797-1895) was a congregational minister and educator in Twinsburg, Ohio. The collection consists of a diary (1819) of a visit to New Haven, Connecticut; album of autographs (1823) of classmates of Bissell at Yale University; account books; daybooks (1825-1875) relating to the Twinsburg Institute; correspondence (1825-1895) with the Office of Indian Affairs, and other papers concerning efforts of Bissell on behalf of Indian youths; sermons; mortgage deeds, financial papers, and ledgers. Includes letters and receipts of parents of Bissell, Robert and Thankful Bissell, of Aurora, Ohio, and correspondence with the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association of Twinsburg, Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 0116 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Bissell, Samuel, 1797-1895. | Yale College -- Students. | College students -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- Autographs. | Sermons, American. | Indian youth -- North America. | New Haven (Conn.) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
 
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88Title:  Bickham Family Papers     
 Creator:  Bickham Family 
 Dates:  1831-1917 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of an autograph album of Maria Bickham, personal correspondence, a "Book of Literary Memoranda" by Elizabeth A. Strickle at Hygiea [sic] Female Athenaeum (1846-1860), an account of the sojourn of William D. Bickham in California (1851); two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on the American Civil War, including articles by Bickham for the Cincinnati Daily Commercial; and a journal of the birth and childhood of William Strickle Bickham, kept by his parents (1856-1865). 
 Call #:  MS 0133 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Bickham, William Strickle, 1856- | Bickham family. | California -- Description and travel. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
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89Title:  Documents Signed by Ohio Governors     
 Creator:  Documents Signed by Ohio Governors 
 Dates:  1787-1916 
 Abstract:  The collection consists primarily commissions and other certificates signed by Ohio chief executives from the first governor, Edward Tiffin, to the 48th, Frank B. Willis. Includes several documents signed by Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787-1802. 
 Call #:  MS 0143 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Governors -- Ohio -- Autographs.
 
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90Title:  Barber's Benevolent Union Record Book     
 Creator:  Barber's Benevolent Union 
 Dates:  1874-1879 
 Abstract:  The Barber's Benevolent Union of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1874 to provide sick and death benefits to its members. The collection consists of a preamble, constitution, bylaws, and minutes. 
 Call #:  MS 0146 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Barber's Benevolent Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Barbers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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91Title:  General Relief Committee Records     
 Creator:  General Relief Committee 
 Dates:  1871-1872 
 Abstract:  The General Relief Committee was a disaster relief committee in Cleveland, Ohio, which sent tools, clothing and food to areas damaged by fire in Michigan, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. The collection consists of correspondence, shipping orders, lists of donors, and receipts relating to the activities of the committee and of its chairman, General James Barnett. 
 Call #:  MS 0151 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  General Relief Committee (Cleveland, Ohio). | Disaster relief -- United States. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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92Title:  American Library Association, Annual Conference Records     
 Creator:  American Library Association, Annual Conference 
 Dates:  1896 
 Abstract:  The American Library Association's 18th annual conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1896. The collection consists of a cashbook and vouchers. The financial accounts were recorded by Peter Neff, treasurer of the local committee which made the arrangements for the conference. 
 Call #:  MS 0152 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  American Library Association Annual Conference (18th : 1896 : Cleveland, Ohio). | Library science -- Congresses -- Finance.
 
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93Title:  Cleveland Insurance Company Records     
 Creator:  Cleveland Insurance Company 
 Dates:  1831-1865 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Insurance Company was an insurance company in Cleveland, Ohio, which was originally directed by Peter M. Waddell, Leonard Case, Horace Perry, John M. Sterling, Edmund Clark, and James S. Clarke. The collection consists of a book of subscriptions for capital stock in the company, minutes of directors' meetings, and poll books of elections for directors. 
 Call #:  MS 0157 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland Insurance Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Management. | Insurance companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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94Title:  Mechanics and Citizens Institute of Cleveland, Ohio, Records     
 Creator:  Mechanics and Citizens Institute of Cleveland, Ohio 
 Dates:  1857 
 Abstract:  The Mechanics and Citizens Institute was a Cleveland, Ohio, organization which sought to encourage manufacturing, pursuit of the fine arts, and diffusion of useful knowledge by establishing a library for general circulation. H. B. Tuttle was the secretary. The collection consists of a constitution and subscription records. 
 Call #:  MS 0173 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Mechanics and Citizens Institute of Cleveland, Ohio. | Libraries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Libraries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
 
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95Title:  Joseph Badger Papers     
 Creator:  Badger, Joseph 
 Dates:  1823-1848 
 Abstract:  Joseph Badger (1757-1846) was the first missionary to settle in the Western Reserve (Ohio). The collection consists of copies of the sermons (1825-1841) delivered by the Rev. Badger, mostly in Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio, and several pages from his diary concerning the building of a schoolhouse (1823) and a trip through Shawnee Indian country to Wapakoneta, Ohio, with observations on Indian customs. Includes four sermons delivered by Rev. Isaac Van Tassel (1831-1848). 
 Call #:  MS 0200 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Badger, Joseph, 1757-1846. | Clergy -- Ohio. | Missionaries -- Ohio. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Missionaries -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Sermons, American. | Indians of North America -- Ohio. | Shawnee Indians. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
 
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96Title:  Whig Party, Ohio, Records     
 Creator:  Whig Party, Ohio 
 Dates:  ca. 1838 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a list of the members of the central committee of the Whig Party and of committees of vigilance in towns and counties throughout Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 0204 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Whig Party (Ohio) | Political parties -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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97Title:  Lucia Van Tassel Notebooks     
 Creator:  Van Tassel, Lucia 
 Dates:  19th century 
 Abstract:  Lucia Van Tassel was the wife of Rev. Isaac Van Tassel. The collection consists of Indian (possibly Ottawa) vocabulary and English translation prepared by Lucia Van Tassel, with the help of Lewis King, interpreter. The volumes were left unfinished because of her illness and the removal of the Indians. 
 Call #:  MS 0211 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Van Tassel, Lucia. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Women -- Ohio. | Indians of North America -- Ohio. | Indians of North America -- Languages.
 
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98Title:  Journal     
 Creator:  Journal 
 Dates:  1824-1827 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a journal kept by an unidentified itinerant preacher who traveled from Princeton, New Jersey, through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. In Ohio he preached at Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, Madison, and several villages in Ashtabula County. Includes brief comments on the places he visited, the people he met, and his unusual experiences. 
 Call #:  MS 0212 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Diaries. | Clergy -- United States -- Diaries. | Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
 
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99Title:  Mayfield Lyceum and Isaac Leuty and Company Records     
 Creator:  Mayfield Lyceum and Isaac Leuty and Company 
 Dates:  1843-1846 
 Abstract:  The Mayfield Lyceum was a scholarly society in Mayfield, Ohio whose officers included R. Hall, E. D. Battles and I. Leuty. The collection includes a constitution, list of members, and minutes of the Mayfield Lyceum, 1843-1845; and inventories of the accounts and goods of Isaac Leuty & Company which were transferred to Candee & Scribner of New York City, as payment of a debt, 1846. 
 Call #:  MS 0233 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Mayfield Lyceum for the Promotion of the Sciences and Arts and Useful Knowledge (Mayfield, Ohio). | Isaac Leuty & Company. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Mayfield. | Learned institutions and societies -- Ohio -- Mayfield. | Lyceums -- Ohio -- Mayfield.
 
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100Title:  Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Records     
 Creator:  Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society 
 Dates:  1872-1915 
 Abstract:  The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was a Presbyterian missionary society founded in 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, to support the foreign missionary work of the Presbyterian Church. It was formally united with the Women's Home Missionary Society on March 14, 1914. The object of this society was to assist in sending and sustaining female missionaries in foreign lands. The collection consists of a constitution, membership lists, minutes of quarterly and special meetings, and reports from the visiting sections located throughout Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 0241 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (5 volumes in 1 container) 
 Subjects:  Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions -- Societies, etc. -- Archives. | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Cleveland Presbytery. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. | Women in charitable work. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in missionary work. | Presbyterian women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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