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1Title:  Clara Belle Ritchie Family Papers     
 Creator:  Ritchie, Clara Belle Family 
 Dates:  1838-1977 
 Abstract:  The Ritchie and Hale families were prominent in civic and philanthropic activities in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. Clara Belle Ritchie, daughter of Samuel J. and Sophronia Hale Ritchie, inherited the Hale farm from her uncle, Charles Oviatt Hale, and bequeathed it to the Western Reserve Historical Society when she died in the 1950s. The collection consists of Ritchie and Hale family correspondence, diaries, recollections, clippings, legal files, financial materials, and guest registers of the Hale farm. 
 Call #:  MS 4124 
 Extent:  4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Ritchie family. | Hale family. | Ritchie, Clara Belle, 1869-1956. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. | Summit County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
 
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2Title:  Samuel J. Ritchie Papers     
 Creator:  Ritchie, Samuel J. 
 Dates:  1870-1920 
 Abstract:  Samuel J. Ritchie (1838-1908) was a railroad and mining promoter, and resident of Summit County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal proceedings, and other papers dealing primarily with the construction and operation of the Central Ontario Railroad Co. and the incorporation and affairs of the Canadian Copper Company and the Anglo-American Iron Company, three companies which Ritchie served as president. Includes papers relating to Ritchie's discovery of copper and nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario and to his large coal properties in West Virginia., and family correspondence, private account books, and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 3145 
 Extent:  21.60 linear feet (40 containers and 11 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Ritchie, Samuel J., 1838-1908. | Ritchie family. | Copper mines and mining -- Ontario. | Nickel mines and mining -- Ontario. | Iron mines and mining -- Canada. | Iron mines and mining -- United States. | Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia. | Railroads -- Ontario.
 
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