Subject | • | Abolitionists -- United States. |
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| | • | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Automobiles, Steam. |
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| | • | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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| | • | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| | • | Ely family. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. |
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| | • | Hall family. |
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| | • | Hammer, Maud White. |
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| | • | Hammer, William J. |
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| | • | Harris, James Armstrong. |
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| | • | Harris, Mabel White. |
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| | • | King, Betty, collector. |
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| | • | King, Elizabeth White. |
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| | • | Liberty Party. |
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| | • | Ramsey family. |
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| | • | Rawson family. |
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| | • | Sewing-machine industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Temperance. |
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| | • | Travis, Paul Bough, 1891-1975. |
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| | • | United States -- Description and travel -- 1865-1900. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865). Company A. |
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| | • | White Motor Company. |
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| | • | White Sewing Machine Company. |
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| | • | White family. | [X] | | • | White, Katharine Elizabeth King. |
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| | • | White, Rollin Henry, 1872-1962. |
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| | • | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914. |
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| | • | White, Walter Charles, 1876-1929. |
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| | • | White, Windsor Thomas, 1866-1958. |
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| | • | Wood family. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. |
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| | • | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Rollin H. White and Walter C. White Papers
| | | | Creator: | White, Rollin H. and Walter C. | | | | Dates: | 1895-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Rollin H. White and Walter C. White were sons of Thomas H. White, founder of the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Rollin and Walter White, along with their brother Windsor, were involved with the early design and manufacture of automobiles. In 1899, Rollin H. White developed a steam boiler useful for powering automobiles, and in 1900 the White Steamer automobile was introduced. In 1906 the White Company, a firm separate from their father's White Sewing Machine Company, was formed by the brothers to manufacture automobiles and other vehicles. It later became the White Motor Company. The collection consists of correspondence, engineering notes, test data, newspaper clippings, a patent, a memoriam booklet, obituaries, blueprints, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4734 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | White, Rollin Henry, 1872-1962. | White, Walter Charles, 1876-1929. | White family. | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914. | White, Windsor Thomas, 1866-1958. | White Sewing Machine Company. | White Motor Company. | Automobiles, Steam. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Thomas H. White Family Papers Collected by Betty King
| | | | Creator: | White, Thomas H. Family | | | | Dates: | 1638-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Howard White (1836-1914) was the founder of the White Sewing Machine Company, the While Motor Company, and the Thomas H. White Foundation, all of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Massachusetts, part of the White family which had immigrated from England ca. 1638. He moved to Cleveland in 1867. In 1876 he, his half-brother Howard W. White, and Rollin C. White (no relation) incorporated the White Sewing Machine Company. In 1899, his son Rollin Henry White invented the White steam car, put into production by the White Sewing Machine Company in 1900. In 1906, The automobile division was separated from the Sewing Machine Company as the White Company, later the White Motor Company. He and his wife, Almira Greenleaf White, had eight children; Mabel Almira Harris (wife of James Armstrong Harris), Alice Maud Hammer (wife of William Joseph Hammer), Windsor Thomas White, Clarence Greenleaf White, Rollin Henry White, Walter Charles White, and Ella Almira Ford (wife of Horatio Ford). The collection consists of a copy of the publication, Descendants of Thomas White, Volume II , written for Elizabeth White King by Betty King and Alice Coyle Lunn. The documentation collected during research for this book makes up the rest of the collection. It includes copies of wills, deeds, and patents; original correspondence and transcripts of correspondence of members of the White family; travel scrapbooks and a baby scrapbook; diaries; unpublished manuscripts; book; newspaper clippings; drawings; maps; oral history transcripts and memoirs; reports of Dr. Lunn to Betty King concerning her genealogical and historic research; and genealogical questionnaires filled out by family members. | | | | Call #: | MS 4725 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | King, Betty, collector. | White family. | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914. | White, Rollin Henry, 1872-1962. | White, Walter Charles, 1876-1929. | White, Windsor Thomas, 1866-1958. | King, Elizabeth White. | Harris, Mabel White. | Harris, James Armstrong. | Hammer, William J. | Hammer, Maud White. | White, Katharine Elizabeth King. | Asheton, Mabel White Hammer. | White Sewing Machine Company. | White Motor Company. | Automobiles, Steam. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sewing-machine industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Paul Bough Travis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Travis, Paul Bough | | | | Dates: | 1812-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Paul Bough Travis (1891-1975) was an artist and art educator who taught at the Cleveland School of Art (later the Cleveland Art Institute). His wife, Marjorie Penfield Travis, collected materials on her family history. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, mementos, unpublished short stories and poetry, and other materials relating to the World War I experiences and artistic career of Paul Travis, and to the genealogy of Marjorie Penfield Travis. Includes diaries and correspondence of her grandparents, William L. and Lucy E. Wood. | | | | Call #: | MS 3844 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Travis, Paul Bough, 1891-1975. | Ely family. | Hall family. | Ramsey family. | Rawson family. | White family. | Wood family. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865). Company A. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1865-1900. | Africa -- Description and travel -- 1901-1950.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1809-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party. | | | | Call #: | MS 3666 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ford family. | White family. | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. | Liberty Party. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Abolitionists -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Temperance.
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