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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 101 | Title: | Columbia Match Company Records, 1900-1985 and undated
| | | | Creator: | Columbia Match Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Columbia Match Company (1938-1979) manufactured advertising paper stick book matches and book match machinery. As the most economical form of advertising, book matches became "the most widely read book in the world" and were also functional. The machinery was designed and manufactured in Mentor, Ohio, with Columbia being the exclusive manufacturer and supplier to over 26 countries worldwide. The Columbia Match Company Records, 1900-1985 and undated, consists of blueprints and drawings, brochures, correspondence, certificates, cover samples, financial statements, lists, manuals, microfilms, reports, newsreels, newspaper clippings, photographs, and eight millimeter film, and VHS recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5435 | | | | Extent: | 4.6 linear feet (7 containers, including three oversized boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Columbia Match Company (Mentor, Ohio) | Match industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Matchcovers -- United States | Advertising -- United States | Weaver, James H., Sr. | Weaver, James H., Jr. | Weaver, Carl E.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 103 | Title: | Cleveland Tractor Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Tractor Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-1945 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac, Inc.), was a manufacturer of tractors for military and civilian use in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized by Rollin H. White (1872-1962) as the Cleveland Motor Plow Company in 1916. The company was sold to the Oliver Corporation in 1944 and renamed Cletrac, Inc. in 1959. The collection consists of a contract, correspondence, instruction books, photographs, and a price list. | | | | Call #: | MS 5320 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Farm tractors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vehicles, Military -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 106 | Title: | Lakewood Business and Professional Women's Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Lakewood Business and Professional Women's club | | | | Dates: | 1927-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Lakewood Business and Professional Women's Club was chartered in 1927 in Lakewood, Ohio, as a member organization of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The organization seeks to elevate the standards for women in business and the professions; promote the interests of its members; bring about a spirit of cooperation; and extend opportunities to business and professional women. The collection consists of bylaws, constitutions, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, policies, press releases, procedures, programs, reports, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5278 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers and 9 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Professional employees -- Women -- Societies, etc. | Business -- Women -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Women -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Societies and clubs. | Philanthropy -- Ohio -- Lakewood.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 107 | Title: | Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike Road Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike Road Company | | | | Dates: | 1824-1851 | | | | Abstract: | The Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike was the second toll road after the Wooster Turnpike along what is now Pearl Road (Rt. 42) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It ceased operations ca. 1852, when a railroad built a depot in Berea, which diverted the traffic to it. Toll roads were once common in the county as a means of advancing transportation for commodity goods and services to the large market centers. The collection consists of lists of subscribers, their addresses, and number of shares bought (1824), and accounts of tolls collected and receipts (1829-1851). | | | | Call #: | MS 0831 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike Road Company. | Roads -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Toll roads -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 108 | Title: | White Motor Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | White Motor Company | | | | Dates: | 1901-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The White Motor Company was an automobile, truck, and bus manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900-1980. The company was founded and developed by Rollin, Walter, and Windsor White, sons of sewing machine manufacturer Thomas H. White. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, ballots, bylaws, catalogs, conference materials, constitutions, correspondence, data books, decals, deeds, engineering and design drawings, film cartridges, financial documents, handbooks, histories, identification cards, invitations, legal documents, manuals, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, parts lists, patents, photographs, press releases, price lists, programs, reports, sales brochures, scrapbooks, slide rulers, specifications, tally sheets, transcripts, truck change orders, and a uniform patch. | | | | Call #: | MS 5319 | | | | Extent: | 19.14 linear feet (22 containers, 1 oversize volume, and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | White trucks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | White tractors -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Buses -- Ohio -- Cleveland --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 109 | Title: | Cowell and Hubbard Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cowell and Hubbard Company | | | | Dates: | 1887-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Cowell and Hubbard was a Cleveland, Ohio, jewelry company which began as H. Cowell and Company in 1861, became Cowell Brothers Jewelry Company in 1875, and Cowell and Hubbard Company in 1879, Cleveland's largest and best known jeweler. The collection consists of ledgers, journals and registers concerning the sale of merchandise. The collection pertains to the jewelry and retail business in Cleveland and the registers detail names of purchasers and types of purchases. | | | | Call #: | MS 4239 | | | | Extent: | 2.70 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cowell and Hubbard Company. | Jewelers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewelry trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 110 | Title: | Taylor Chair Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Taylor Chair Company | | | | Dates: | 1824-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The Taylor Chair Company was founded in Bedford, Ohio. It was established in 1816 by Benjamin Franklin Fitch and William O. Taylor. The company began by manufacturing sitting chairs and rockers and eventually expanded into office furniture. By the 1980s, the company had expanded to include additional factories in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Los Angeles, California. At one time, the company was the oldest continually-operating business in Northeast Ohio. In 2012, the company announced its closing and in September of that year, the Gasser Chair Company, of Youngstown, Ohio, purchased the rights to continue using the Taylor brand name and customer list. The collection consists of corporate records, correspondence, reports, marketing literature, a large number of early accounting ledgers, scrapbooks, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5402 | | | | Extent: | 17.40 linear feet (15 containers and 45 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Chair industry -- Ohio -- Bedford. | Furniture industry and trade -- Ohio -- Bedford. | Industries -- Ohio -- Bedford.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 111 | Title: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 Records
| | | | Creator: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 | | | | Dates: | 1920-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1, was a Cleveland, Ohio, automobile plant opened in 1921 as part of the Fisher Body Company, producing automobile bodies. In 1926 it became part of General Motors Corporation. During World War II the plant produced tank and gun parts and engine parts for airplanes, wartime employment totaling 14,000, including a large number of women. After the war the plant produced large stamping dies and upholstery and trim sets rather than auto bodies. GM closed the plant in 1983. The plant was involved in several bitter strikes during the 1930s, including the 1936-1937 sit-down strike to gain union recognition by GM, which began at the plant. The plant was also known as the Coit Road Plant. The collection consists of correspondence and notices, building permits and floor plans, in-house newspapers, union correspondence and notices, and union publications. There is also a large collection of newspaper clippings relating to General Motors products, labor activities, and the closing of the plant. | | | | Call #: | MS 4310 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division. Plant No. 1 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 45 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile industry and trade -- United States. | General Motors automobiles. | Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Automobile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Plant shutdowns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 112 | Title: | Ohio Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K | | | | Dates: | 1861-1864 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 51st Regiment, Company K Records, 1861-1864, consist of morning reports of this company that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 51st regiment was recruited in Coshocton, Darke, Madison, and Tuscarawas counties. | | | | Call #: | MS 2650 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 51st (1861-1865). Company K. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry, 51st, Co. K. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 116 | Title: | Cleveland, Ohio, Fire Department, Engine Company No. 13 Journal
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland, Ohio, Fire Department, Engine Company No. 13 | | | | Dates: | 1903 | | | | Abstract: | Engine Company No. 13 of the Cleveland Fire Deparmtnet served the Independence Road area of Cleveland, Ohio, under the direction of Chief George Wallace. The collection consists of duty logs, roll call lists, pay roll records, and notations containing equipment inspection and alarms received in 1903. | | | | Call #: | MS 4461 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). Fire Dept. Engine Company No. 13 -- Archives. | Fire departments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fire stations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fire fighters -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 117 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1858-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was founded in 1841 as Koch and Loeb, a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The store moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1845, and when Samuel Loeb left shortly after the move, Kaufman Koch expanded the enterprise to three locations. Other partners joined the company, including Jacob Goldsmith and Julius Feiss in 1865 and Moritz Joseph in 1873. As Goldsmith, Joseph, Feiss & Company, an internal factory was opened in 1897 to begin the production of ready-made men's clothing under the Clothcraft label. After changing its name to the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907, the company became fully incorporated as The Joseph and Feiss Company in 1920 when it moved into its new factory on W. 53rd Street in Cleveland. The company had originally balanced scientific management with benevolent corporate paternalism in order to keep workers happy as well as healthy. In 1934, the company was unionized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union of America and these paternalistic programs were ended. During World War II, Joseph and Feiss became an important manufacturer of uniforms for the United States army and navy. After the war, the company continued to expand its line of products, purchasing Samuel Spitz Company and its Cricketeer label in 1957 and Windbreaker-Danville in 1962. Joseph and Feiss also owned and operated several subsidiaries, including the Naval Uniform Service, Inc. In 1966, Joseph and Feiss merged with Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation and continued to operate under its own name. In 1989, it was acquired by the German clothing firm Hugo Boss. The Cricketeer label was discontinued in 1995 and in 1997 its Cleveland operations were moved to the Tiedeman Road facility in Brooklyn, Ohio. In 2010, the planned closure of that plant was averted after union negotiations. The plant continues to produce 150,000 suits a year. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, news clippings, inventories, audit reports, tax records, contracts, legal deeds, blueprints, ledger books, personnel records, and booklets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5054 | | | | Extent: | 17.20 linear feet (11 containers and 15 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. | United States. Army -- Uniforms. | United States. Navy -- Uniforms. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. | Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction.
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