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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 61 | Title: | Theodore Andrica Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Andrica, Theodore | | | | Dates: | 1870-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore Andrica was a journalist, war correspondent, and founder of the Cleveland Folk Arts Association. He wrote histories and directories of Cleveland, Ohio, ethnic groups and their institutions. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, subjects, and views of people, places, and events pertaining to Cleveland, Ohio's, ethnic communities. Subjects included are the Hungarian Cultural Gardens; the Ciurlionis Ensemble; the Lithuanian Orchestra and Band; the cornerstone laying at the Finnish Temperance Hall in 1910 and the Finnish Hall Committee; an Orthodox Church at Christmas; the Slovenian Farm; newspaper articles concerning Cleveland Turners; the Vasa Order of America drill team; the Orion Male Chorus; and various festivals. Individuals include Bishop Richard Gilmour, Thomas Fleming, the Hannan family, the Turk family, and others associated with Cleveland's ethnic communities. | | | | Call #: | PG 318 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Andrica, Theodore -- Photograph collections. | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Finns -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 63 | Title: | William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Scarborough Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scarborough, William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Family | | | | Dates: | 1850-1920 | | | | Abstract: | William and Sarah Scarborough were educators and writers in Greene County, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Scarborough migrated to Ohio from Georgia, graduating from Oberlin College in 1875. He spent a year at the Oberlin Theological Seminary before joining the classical department at Wilberforce University in Greene County. In 1878 he received a Master of Arts degree. Sarah Cordelia Bierce was an 1875 graduate of the State Normal School at Oswego, New York. She served as principal of the Normal Department of Wilberforce University from 1877-1887, and for the next twenty-seven years, as principal of the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce. William Scarborough moved up through the ranks of faculty and administration at Wilberforce, eventually becoming president of the University in 1908. During their career as educators, both wrote frequently, Sarah focusing on fiction for women's and Christian magazines, and William on scholarly topics. William joined a variety of professional and race-related organizations, including the Afro-American State League and the American Negro Academy, while his wife pursued her family's genealogy, collecting correspondence and documents for the Abbey and Bierce families. The collection consists of individual photographs of Scarborough, Bierce, Abbey, and Grant family members and other family members, friends and associates. Also included is an album of views of Tretton Place, home of the Scarboroughs. | | | | Call #: | PG 396 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926. | Scarborough, Sarah Cordelia Bierce, b. 1851. | Scarborough family. | Bierce family. | Abbey family. | Kistler family. | Wilberforce University. | African Americans -- Ohio. | African American teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American authors -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Genealogy. | Authors as teachers. | Education, Higher -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Social life and customs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 64 | Title: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra | | | | Dates: | 1940-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938, by three musicians, Irving Klein, Alfred Zetzer, and Robert Zupnick. They envisioned the orchestra as a training ground for young musicians seeking orchestral experience towards future professional careers and as an outlet for talented amateur musicians. F. Karl Grossman, professor of music at Western Reserve University, was the first conductor and music director of the group, serving for 25 years. Affiliated with Western Reserve University in its early years, the orchestra performed at various locations. Later conductors included Zoltan Rozsnyai, Jose Serebrier, Robert Marcellus, John Ross, and William Slocum. In 1973, the orchestra first sponsored the Young Person's Concerto Competition, later renamed the Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. The orchestra also extended its outreach into the community, playing concerts for specific ethnic groups at the Bohemian National Hall, for the Polish-American Congress and the Lithuanian community, and at annual Martin Luther King Day concerts held at Cuyahoga Community College. Beginning in 1976, the orchestra performed under the name Cleveland Civic Orchestra, changing its name back to the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra in 1981. Throughout its history, the orchestra performed new works by local composers, including F. Karl Grossman, Leslie Adams, Ernest Miller, Robert Rollin, Daniel Shell, and Peter Ware. It featured soloists such as Josef Gingold, Daniel Majeske, Phil Myers, Eunice Podis, Linda Cerone, Jean Kraft, Richard Weiss, John Mack, Roman Rudnytsky, and many others. The collection consists of individual portraits of conductors, particularly first conductor F. Karl Grossman; and individual and group portraits of soloists, composers, and orchestra personnel, including winners of the annual Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. Views include rehearsals and concerts at various venues, particularly during the 1980s. Included are views of concerts at the Sohio Amphitheater of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, annual Martin Luther King Day concerts at the metropolitan campus of Cuyahoga Community College, and miscellaneous concerts. | | | | Call #: | PG 478 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Grossman, F. Karl -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra -- Photograph collections. | Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition -- Photograph collections. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance -- Photographs. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orchestra -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 65 | Title: | Carmela Cafarelli Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cafarelli, Carmela | | | | Dates: | 1870-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Carmela Cafarelli (ca. 1880-1979) was an Italian-American opera star, founder of an opera company, and accomplished harpist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Rocco Cafarelli, was a renowned Italian harpist who had immigrated to Cleveland in the 1880s, and was his daughter's earliest teacher. At the age of eight, she began study with master harpist Henry B. Fabiani in Cleveland. As a harpist, she toured the United States and abroad. She also became a solo harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra. Cafarelli studied voice with William Saal in Cleveland, and later attended the Conservatorie Santa Lucia and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Italy, earning diplomas in both voice and harp. After her return to the United States in 1924, she undertook additional musical studies with Benjamino Gigli and Pietro Audisio of the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1929, she returned to Cleveland, and in 1934, founded the Cafarelli Opera Company. This group toured throughout the United States and put on many charitable performances in Northeast Ohio. Cafarelli stopped performing in 1945, but continued to head her opera company and became a leading philanthropist and promoter of the arts in Cleveland. The collection consists of individual portraits of Carmela Cafarelli, including publicity and performance photographs, family photographs including portraits of her father, Rocco Cafarelli, and portraits of Cafarelli family friends and associates. | | | | Call #: | PG 469 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cafarelli, Carmela -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli, Rocco -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli Opera Company -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Harpists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 66 | Title: | Clifford W. Henderson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Henderson, Clifford W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1939 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford W. Henderson (1895-1984) was the director of the National Air Races, 1928-1939, as well as other air races and expositions. Henderson managed and promoted sporting and cultural events, expositions, and conventions in the Los Angeles area after resigning from the National Air Races. He served with honor in North Africa during World War II, and founded the community of Palm Desert, California. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Clifford W. Henderson and his associates, including studio portraits and candid site photographs, often autographed; views of the National Air Races, including air race events and individual planes; and panoramic and oversize photographs. Individuals pictured include Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, James Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Harvey Firestone, Jr., Charles A. Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, Eddie Rickenbacker, Will Rogers, Alexander de Seversky, Roscoe Turner, Rudy Vallee, and Chuck Yeager. | | | | Call #: | PG 385 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Henderson, Clifford W. (Clifford William), 1895-1984 -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 67 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1932-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio, (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote the liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. The collection consists of 219 black-and-white prints, 32 color prints, and 5 hand-tinted prints primarily from Branch 1030 (f. 1939). Included are individual portraits, group portraits of outing, parties, and events, such as a banquet, a branch installation, and Decoration Day. | | | | Call #: | PG 523 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. -- Photographs. | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 68 | Title: | Nationalities Services Center Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Nationalities Services Center | | | | Dates: | 1935-1965 | | | | Abstract: | The Nationalities Services Center is a Cleveland, Ohio, social service agency for immigrants. It was formed in 1953 by the merger of the International Institute of the Cleveland Young Women's Christian Association (est. 1916) and the Citizens Bureau of Cleveland (est. 1924). Services include employment services, immigration counseling, nationality clubs, language and citizenship classes, and translation services. The collection consists of photographs of various functions and groups at the Nationalities Services Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its parent organization, the International Institute of Cleveland. Included are group portraits of various organizations meeting under the auspices of these two institutions. | | | | Call #: | PG 133 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nationalities Services Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Immigrants -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 69 | Title: | West Side Community House Photographs
| | | | Creator: | West Side Community House | | | | Dates: | 1900-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The West Side Community House was founded in 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of views of the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home and West Side Community House, a social settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio; portraits of staff members and clients; views of institutional buildings; and images of participants in recreational and education programs, including day care, industrial arts, home economics, and camping. | | | | Call #: | PG 336 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 70 | Title: | Ameritrust Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ameritrust Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1890-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTrust Corporation, a bank holding company, was formed, with Cleveland Trust as the lead bank. Cleveland Trust was one of six local banks holding short-term notes of the City of Cleveland when financial difficulties in 1978 lead to the city's default on these loans. In 1979, The Cleveland Trust Company's name was changed to AmeriTrust Corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Ameritrust Corporation. In 1991, Ameritrust merged with Society Corporation, and in 1992, went out of existence as a corporate entity. The collection consists of individual portraits of bank officials, directors, and corporate employees and their organizations, and views of banking facilities and marketing campaigns. A large portion of the collection consists of views of bank branches and views of the 1906-1908 construction and later renovation of the Cleveland Trust main office. Photographs of architectural detail images of the rotunda of the main branch by Margaret Bourke-White are included. The 1969-1971 construction of the tower office building addition to the main office located at Euclid Ave. and East 9th St. is also well depicted. Advertising and marketing activities are represented by both images used in and depictions of campaigns, particularly the E. 9th and Euclid outdoor displays. The collection also illustrates changes in banking equipment and facilities during the twentieth century. Also included are portraits of officers and employees of banks acquired by the Cleveland Trust Company. Other photographs of officers, directors, and corporate employees were integral to and retained with biographical materials in MS 4750 Ameritrust Corporation Records. | | | | Call #: | PG 482 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Ameritrust Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Trust Company -- Photograph collections. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Advertising -- Banks and banking -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Public relations -- Photographs. | Branch banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 73 | Title: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel | | | | Dates: | 1979-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services offered included employment assistance, housing interviews, counseling, emergency financial aid, and interest free loans. The Daniel Haas Center closed in 1996 due to lack of funding. VCI now continues its work through the Cleveland Hometown Association in Israel. The collection consists of approximately 300 color and black and white photographs. These photographs depict volunteers and members of VCI at events and locations in both Cleveland and Israel. The majority of the individuals in the photographs have been identified. | | | | Call #: | PG 572 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Goodman, Shirley, d. 2006 -- Photographs | Kleinman, Bennet -- Photographs | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews -- Israel -- Photographs | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 74 | Title: | David Z. Norton Residence Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Norton, David Z. | | | | Dates: | 1910-1939 | | | | Abstract: | David Z. Norton (1851-1928) was a Cleveland, Ohio, banker, a partner in the Oglebay Norton Company, and a philanthropist active in many Cleveland cultural and educational institutions. The collection consists of views of the Cleveland, Ohio, residence of David Z. Norton. The photographs depict both the exterior and the interior of the residence at 7301 Euclid Avenue. | | | | Call #: | PG 238 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, David Z. -- Homes and haunts -- Photograph collections. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 75 | Title: | Charles F. Brush Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Brush, Charles F. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and inventor. His inventions included a dynamo which was the predecessor for the modern generator and the arc light, demonstrated on Cleveland's Public Square in 1879. Brush formed the Brush Electric Co. in 1880, which was subsequently bought by Thomason Houston Electric Co., and then merged with Edison General Electric Co. in 1891, forming the General Electric Co. Brush continued to maintain scientific and business interests throughout his life, and founded the Brush Foundation in 1927. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Charles F. Brush, his friends and associates, and views of his inventions, including the arc lamp and wind powered dynamo. Also included is a view of an arc lamp on Cleveland, Ohio's Public Square, ca. 1896. | | | | Call #: | PG 201 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929 -- Photograph collections. | Electric lamps, Arc -- Photographs. | Electric lighting, Arc -- Photographs. | Electric generators -- Photographs. | Inventions -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 77 | Title: | Ada Watterson Yerkes Family Photograph Albums
| | | | Creator: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Ada Watterson Yerkes (1873-1963) was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes' maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of photographs relating to the Harper, Norton, and Watterson families. | | | | Call #: | PG 178 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson, 1873-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Harper family -- Photograph collections. | Norton family -- Photograph collections. | Watterson family -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 78 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Congress - International Women's Year | | | | Dates: | 1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year was a women's convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, October 25-27, 1975, in observance of the International Women's Year. Presentations included arts and crafts booths, dramatic presentation workshops, and seminars, concerning a variety of women's issues. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of congress participants, including Ruth Miller, Lily Tomlin, Dr. Sonya Friedman, and Tippy Huntley. Alson includes views of events and exhibits at the congress, exhibit booths, and photographs of women around the world at various kinds of work. | | | | Call #: | PG 364 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year (1975 : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Women -- United States -- Congresses -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Congresses -- Photographs. | Women -- Congresses -- Photographs. | International Women's Year, 1975 -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 79 | Title: | Lees-Bradner Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Lees-Bradner Company | | | | Dates: | 1915-1965 | | | | Abstract: | The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of individual portraits of Hosea Townsend Bradner, George Townsend Bradner, and John Bradner; group portraits of employees, including production workers, managers and sales personnel; and views of products, facilities, and activities. | | | | Call #: | PG 462 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Bradner, George T., 1916- -- Photograph collections. | Lees-Bradner Company -- Photograph collections. | White Consolidated Industries -- Photograph collections. | Grant-Lees Machine Company -- Photograph collections. | Machine-tool industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gear-cutting machines -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 80 | Title: | Mather Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mather Family | | | | Dates: | 1719-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The Mather family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family related to the early New England Mather family and descended through Samuel Livingston Mather (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland from Connecticut in 1843. Family members were prominent in all areas of Cleveland's development, including business and industry, education, philanthropy, the arts, medicine, literature, and politics. Many became nationally and internationally noted in their fields. The Mather family is related by marriage to the Bishop, Stone, Woolson, Benedict and Hay families. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel Livingston Mather, his family, friends, descendants, and related families, including Amasa Stone, John Hay, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and Dr. Robert H Bishop. Also included are views of Mather residences on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, and in Bratenahl, Ohio. Views of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 278 | | | | Extent: | 3.70 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hayes family. | Mather family -- Photograph collections. | Bishop family -- Photograph collections. | Stone family -- Photograph collections. | Woolson family -- Photograph collections. | Benedict family -- Photograph collections. | Hay family -- Photograph collections. | Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1817-1890 -- Photograph collections. | Stone, Amasa, 1819-1883 -- Photograph collections. | Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Photograph collections. | Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 -- Photograph collections. | Bishop, Robert H. (Robert Hamilton), 1879-1955 -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company -- Photograph collections. | Tintype. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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