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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | American Greetings Corporation Collection
| | | | Creator: | American Greetings Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1965-1967 | | | | Abstract: | American Greetings was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jacob Sapirstein in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he later expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Joseph Oster was the Vice President of American Greetings in the 1960s. American Greetings printed the official White House Christmas cards for President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965-1967. In gratitude, the White House sent Oster oversize prints of the Christmas cards from those years. The collection consists of three oversize prints of White House Christmas cards. | | | | Call #: | MS 5155 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | American Greetings Corporation | Christmas -- United States -- History | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | White House (Washington, D.C.)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club | | | | Dates: | 1922-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club was founded in 1919 under the authority of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Since its beginning it has placed an emphasis on education as the basis for professional women's progress in Cleveland, Ohio. It supports laws affecting women's wages and advancement opportunities, vocational training of women, scholarship funds, and public education on national women's issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, annual reports, scrapbooks, membership records, newsletters, national and state convention programs, histories of local and state federations, clippings, and printed materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3946 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club. | Cleveland Women's Exposition, 1926. | Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. | Businesswomen. | Women in the professions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1940-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, financial statements, deeds, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures and catalogs, speech texts, and award certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 5094 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. | Rosenthal family. | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Uniforms industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Uniforms industry -- United States. | Uniforms industry -- Japan. | Uniforms industry -- Belgium. | Uniforms industry -- Canada. | Uniforms industry -- France. | Uniforms industry -- Great Britain. | Uniforms industry -- Germany. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (1958-1993) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. Thomas Boddie (d. 2006) created all his recording equipment by hand rather than purchasing pre-made machines, and he pressed his own vinyl records. This allowed him to hold down costs, thus attracting a wide range of clientele in need of demonstration records and small runs of 45 rpm records. His clientele included musicians of various styles, including gospel, country, bluegrass, rock, soul, and rhythm and blues, earning the studio the nickname of "Little Nashville". Records were made for national distribution as well as for independent groups and artists who only wished to have their music recorded for personal use or local distribution, such as recordings of sermons for church groups, with Boddie creating small, independent record labels for the purpose. Thomas Boddie began his interest in sound systems and recordings as a teenager in his home on Kinsman Ave. in Cleveland in the 1940s. Though talented and educated in the fields of sound and electrical engineering, he had difficulty finding work due to his race. He first found employment as an organ repairman, then at Wright-Patterson Air Base. After serving in the army during World War II, Boddie returned to Cleveland and began building the pieces of what would eventually become a full-fledged recording studio, designing and modifying equipment while working as a repairman. The studio survived through small business loans, Thomas's ability to save money through hard work and perseverance, and the consistent assistance of his wife Louise. He and his wife laid the concrete themselves for an addition to their house to form a record pressing plant, and he built an 8-track recording machine for about 15% of the cost of a new one. The Boddies traveled to various locations with their equipment to record groups and individuals on-site, quickly making multiple cassette recordings to sell after the event. When he discovered true potential talent, he would send recordings to Motown, where the artist had a better chance of becoming known, as the Boddie Recording Company did not have the sponsorship of large advertisers that Motown had. Thomas Boddie died in 2006. In 2009, the Numero Group purchased the large number of recordings made at the Boddie Recording Company, with many of the recordings scheduled to be released in late 2011. The collection consists of advertisements, booklets, business cards, contracts, correspondence, flyers, legal documents, miscellaneous notes, newspaper clippings, programs, receipts, sample 45rpm record designs, schematics, and transparencies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5090 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 | Boddie, Louise | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | W.S. Tyler Company Records
| | | | Creator: | W.S. Tyler Company | | | | Dates: | 1866-1971 | | | | Abstract: | W. S. Tyler Company was an international wire mesh manufacturing concern founded in 1872, in Cleveland, Ohio, by Washington S. Tyler. It absorbed the Standard Company, another wire producer, in 1918. It became a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc. in 1970. Its products were used primarily in elevator construction and mining machinery. The collection consists of a general ledger, an inventory, a catalog of elevator parts, a newspaper clipping, and a facsimile of the company crest; and an account ledger from the Standard Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3747 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | W.S. Tyler Company. | Wire netting industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wire products industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elevators (Automatic)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company | | | | Dates: | 1852-1886 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Iron Mining Company was organized in 1863, in Cleveland, Ohio, to mine iron ore in the Great Lakes area. Its founders included Samuel Mather and other prominent Cleveland businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence between various officers of the company, including Samuel L. Mather, with mine superintendents in Marquette and Ishpeming, Michigan, relating to mining operations in the Lake Superior region. | | | | Call #: | MS 3136 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company. | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron mines and mining -- Superior, Lake.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Richman Brothers Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Richman Brothers Company | | | | Dates: | 1924-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4664 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Richman Brothers Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 33 | Title: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc., Records
| | | | Creator: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1961-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures. | | | | Call #: | MS 4765 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. | Work Wear Corporation, Inc. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 34 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5238 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | Pickands, Mather and Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Pickands, Mather and Company | | | | Dates: | 1889-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Pickands, Mather and Company was a Cleveland, Ohio-based mining and shipping firm; a major supplier of iron ore and coal to the steel industry, with one of the largest fleets of freight carriers on the Great Lakes. It originated with founders Samuel Mather, Jay Morse, and James S. Pickands in 1883. To meet its ore transport demands, the firm formed the Interlake Steamship Company in 1913, which became the second largest fleet on the Great Lakes. By the 1920s, the company was the one of the largest producers of iron ore in the U.S. In 1929 a subsidiary, the Interlake Iron Corporation, was formed. Pickands, Mather also had heavy investments in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. In 1973, Pickands, Mather and Company became part of Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. Moore McCormack sold its Pickands, Mather stock to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 1986. The collection consists of bound annual statements, annual statements of the mining department, individual cost statements, and a bound commemorative book which was presented to Samuel Mather, one of the founders. | | | | Call #: | MS 4590 | | | | Extent: | 17.30 linear feet (21 containers and 72 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Mather, Samuel, 1851-1931. | Pickands, James S., 1839-1896. | Morse, Jay. | Pickands, Mather and Company. | Interlake Steamship Company. | Ashtabula & Buffalo Dock Company. | Erie Mining Company. | Wabush Mines. | Syracuse Mining Company. | Ontario Iron Company. | Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. | Interlake Iron Corporation. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron mines and mining -- United States. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Iron industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Coal mines and mining -- United States. | Shipping -- Great Lakes.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | S. Korach Company Records
| | | | Creator: | S. Korach Company | | | | Dates: | 1898-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4694 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. | Korach family. | S. Korach Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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