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1	Title:	Society Corporation Records, Series II
	Creator:	Society Corporation
	Dates:	1860-1989
	Abstract:	Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. In 1990, Society Corporation acquired Trustcorp, the parent holding company of Toledo Trustcorp, Inc. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, codes of regulations, minutes, legal and financial documents, correspondence, histories, annual reports, newspapers, notes, and transcriptions of audiotapes. The majority of the material consists of bound volumes of minutes of board of directors, stockholders, and other committees of Society Corporation's affiliated, acquired, and merged banking institutions. Included are the records of Centran Corporation, which include its predecessor Central National Bank, and banks and other institutions which merged with them or were aquired. Also included is Toledo Trustcorp, Inc. (formerly Northwest Ohio Bancshares Inc), which contains records of Toledo Trustcorp, its affliliate Toledo Trust Company, and banks and other institutions which merged with or were acquired by Toledo Trustcorp.
	Call #:	MS 4689
	Extent:	22.80 linear feet (25 containers)
	Subjects:	Society Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Centran Corporation. \| Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Society National Bank. \| Society for Savings. \| Bank management -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank holding companies -- Ohio. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Toledo. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Toledo. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio. \| Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Ameritrust Corporation Records
	Creator:	Ameritrust Corporation
	Dates:	1871-1991
	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 articles of incorporation, bylaws, codes of regulation, annual reports, minutes, histories, newspaper and magazine clippings, financial documents, directories, handbooks, correspondence, press releases, biographical sketches, signage, marketing material, speeches, in-house publications, scrapbooks, and original advertising art work. The collection includes records of banks and other institutions merged into and acquired by The Cleveland Trust Company. Operating records of The Cleveland Trust Company are included, as are records created by the Publicity Department of Cleveland Trust and in-house publications. Also included are records documenting Cleveland Trust's leadership in the fields of branch banking, publicity, and marketing. Documents pertaining to the construction of the Ninth Street Tower and parking garage are part of these records. Materials concerned with Frederick H. Goff's involvement with the Cleveland Foundation are included.
	Call #:	MS 4750
	Extent:	173.70 linear feet (215 containers)
	Subjects:	Ameritrust Corporation. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank holding companies -- Ohio. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank loans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Advertising -- Banks and banking. \| Banks and banking -- Public relations. \| Branch banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Default (Finance) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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3	Title:	Society Corporation Records
	Creator:	Society Corporation
	Dates:	1836-1987
	Abstract:	Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. The collection consists of records of the Society for Savings, Society National Bank, and Society Corporation, including acts of incorporation, charters and bylaws, histories, passbooks, personal papers of past presidents (especially Samuel H. Mather), minutes of trustees' and annual meetings from 1849, annual financial reports and quarterly statements, ledger books, administrative and secretarial files, bank newsletters, news and publicity releases, and scrapbooks. Included are files on bank "runs", World War I Liberty Loan drives, 1955 legislative activity regarding the formation of Society National Bank, the merger of Society for Savings into Society National Bank and the creation of Society Corporation. The collection also contains branch acquisition files and files of affiliate acquisitions, i.e. Centran Corporation and Central National Bank of Cleveland. Of particular note are reports on attracting new depositors, public relations and advertising files, and material on the construction and renovation of Society's headquarters. Also included are records of the law firm of Mather & Strong, the Cleveland Mutual Insurance Co, and Levi Sartwell, general agent of the Neil Stageline.
	Call #:	MS 4319
	Extent:	75.20 linear feet (89 containers, 26 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Society Corporation. \| Society National Bank -- Archives. \| Society for Savings -- Archives. \| Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Centran Corporation. \| Financial services industry -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank holding companies -- Ohio. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio. \| Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| School savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank accounts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank loans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank management -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public relations -- Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bankers -- Ohio -- Biography. \| Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Donald McBride Family Papers
	Creator:	McBride, Donald Family
	Dates:	1857-1989
	Abstract:	Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4585
	Extent:	10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. \| McBride family. \| Harmon family. \| Kenyon family. \| Fleming family. \| Wade family -- Periodicals. \| Root & McBride Company. \| Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. \| Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. \| University of Free Europe in Exile. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. \| Winous Point Shooting Club. \| Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Shipping -- Great Lakes. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Hungary -- History.
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5	Title:	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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6	Title:	Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Records
	Creator:	Commercial Bank of Lake Erie
	Dates:	1816-1840
	Abstract:	The Commercial Bank of Lake Erie was Cleveland, Ohio's first bank. It was organized in 1816, reorganized in 1832, and dissolved in 1845. The company was incorporated by Seth Doan, Alfred Kelley, David Long, Erastus Miles, John H. Strong, Philo Taylor, George Wallace, and Samuel Williamson. Alfred Kelley was the president of the company, and Leonard Case served as cashier. The collection consists of discount ledgers, daybooks and a letter book.
	Call #:	MS 3373
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (6 volumes)
	Subjects:	Commercial Bank of Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland
	Dates:	1916-1952
	Abstract:	The Warsaw Savings and Loan Association was incorporated in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a closed, mutual stock enterprise. In the 1920s the Association began accepting public deposits, mainly serving Cleveland's Polish community. Expansion during the 1920s was followed by a decline and freeze during the Depression. Reorganization in 1936 helped the Association begin a new period of growth. In 1952 it changed its name to United Savings Association. As of 1979 it had ten branches in Cleveland's southern suburbs. The collection consists of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee minutes, correspondence, reports to regulatory agencies, audit and examination reports, mortgage and real estate lists, daily ledgers, and sample forms and certificates.
	Call #:	MS 3775
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Warsaw Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland. \| Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Building and loan associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Cleveland Clearing House Association Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Clearing House Association
	Dates:	1913-1999
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Clearing House Association is a bank check clearinghouse founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858. It also conducted periodic bank examinations and aided in the campaign to locate a branch of the Federal Reserve in Cleveland, coordinated political lobbying efforts and public marketing and information campaigns on behalf of the banking community and led the effort to transition from a paper-based payment system to an electronic/computer-based system. The Cleveland Clearing House Association has also coordinated the philanthropic efforts of member banks by creating a system for the non-profit community to submit project proposals to the Clearing House to be considered by all member banks for a unified funding decision. The collection consists of agendas, bank statements, budgets, constitutions, correspondence, financial statements, income tax returns, invoices, legal briefs and opinions, lists, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, proposals, publications, receipts, reports, resolutions, rules and regulations, a telegram and worksheets.
	Call #:	MS 4879
	Extent:	6.40 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Clearing House Association. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clearinghouses (Banking) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Calvin Pease Papers
	Creator:	Pease, Calvin
	Dates:	1798-1841
	Abstract:	Calvin Pease (1776-1839) was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-1830). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of correspondence; personal papers including land records, tax records, bank notes and accounts; business papers including bills, receipts, agreements, and deeds; field notes and land records; and legal documents from the court.
	Call #:	MS 0827
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Court records -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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