| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Works Progress Administration | | | | Dates: | 1800-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls. | | | | Call #: | MS 3675 | | | | Extent: | 204.40 linear feet (511 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton | | | | Dates: | 1840-1887 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury was a civil engineer of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as engineer and superintendent of the 2nd Subdivision of the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company in the 1850s. The collection consists of correspondence, notes on mathematics and surveying, notes on building estimates for bridges and arches for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, surveys of land in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, surveying and elevation information about Cleveland streets and the Great Lakes, surveys of routes of Cleveland railroads and of the Ohio, Miami, and Sandy & Beaver Canals, and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 1851 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton. | Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Miami Canal. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio). | Sandy Beaver Canal (Ohio) | Great Lakes. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher. | | | | Call #: | MS 4046 | | | | Extent: | 24.51 linear feet (22 containers, 23 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transit systems. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Social policy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Near West Side Development Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Near West Side Development Association | | | | Dates: | 1960-1966 | | | | Abstract: | The Near West Side Development Association was a citizen's group formed in 1963 to promote communication and activities between urban planners in the City of Cleveland's Urban Renewal Department and residents of Cleveland, Ohio's near west side. The Association prepared reports, made recommendations, and assisted in planning of urban development. Representatives of over twenty business, banking, educational, religious, charitable, and medical organizations participated in the Association. The collection consists of correspondence, articles of association, minutes of trustee meetings, treasurer's reports and invoices, membership lists, director's reports, and newspaper clippings, relating to the association while Thomas J. Miller served as its executive director, and reflecting its interest in land use, schools, traffic problems, street relocations, and housing. | | | | Call #: | MS 3512 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Near West Side Development Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Land use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Traffic engineering -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Schools. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Merchant Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Merchant Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1907 | | | | Abstract: | Ahaz Merchant (1794-1862) was a surveyor in Cuyahoga County from 1833-1835 and 1845-1850. His son, Aaron merchant (1817-1875) was also a Cuyahoga County Surveyor from 1854-1869. Aaron Merchant's son, Corwin C. Merchant was a surveyor as well. The collection consists of correspondence, banking and tax papers, deeds, land descriptions, land surveys, topographical surveys, maps, blueprints, subdivision plats, diaries, field books, account books, and deed index books. | | | | Call #: | MS 3477 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (22 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Merchant family. | Land use -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Planning. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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