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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 81 | Title: | Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Federal Knitting Mills Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5051 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Federation of Labor. | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. | United States. National Labor Relations Board. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 82 | Title: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company | | | | Dates: | 1906-1956 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company was a manufacturer of overhead material handling cranes located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was organized in 1899 by Edward I. Leighton, George A. Armington, Albert L. Assmus, and Charles E. Thomas as the Cleveland Crane & Car Company. The collection consists of blueprints, drawings, and plans, company newsletters, correspondence, marketing literature and sales notes, photographs (approximately 125), project proposals, and specifications. | | | | Call #: | MS 5395 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 83 | Title: | Lees-Bradner Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Lees-Bradner Company | | | | Dates: | 1905-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, a company history, agreements, stock certificates, financial reports, ledgers, correspondence, administrative reports, memoranda, catalogs, product detail sheets, advertisements, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4653 | | | | Extent: | 1.41 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lees, Ernest J. d.1937. | Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963. | Bradner, George T., 1916- | Lees-Bradner Company. | White Consolidated Industries. | Grant-Lees Machine Company. | Machine-tool industry -- United States. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gearing -- Manufacture. | Gear-cutting machines. | Automobiles -- Transmission devices.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | McLeod Company of Painesville, Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | McLeod Company of Painesville, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1921-1928 | | | | Abstract: | The McLeod Company was a tailor shop located at 333 Main Street in Painesville, Ohio. The company was founded in 1891 by George K. McLeod. During the 1920s it was managed by Daniel McLeod. George McLeod served as a member of Painesville city council in the 1910s The collection consists of one ledger book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5276 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | Painesville (Ohio) -- History. | Tailoring. | Business -- Painesville (OH).
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 85 | Title: | C.C. Carlton and Company Ledger Book
| | | | Creator: | C.C. Carlton and Company | | | | Dates: | 1835-1837 | | | | Abstract: | C. C. Carlton and Company was a dry-goods business established by Christopher C. Carlton ca. 1832 and located on Superior Street in Cleveland, Ohio. Its customers included many notable Clevelanders, such as Leonard Cass, Ahaz Merchant, and Charles Whittlesey. The collection consists of a ledger book detailing daily transactions with customers, including names of customers, description of goods, and cost. | | | | Call #: | MS 4042 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | C.C. Carlton & Company. | Dry-goods -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 86 | Title: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company | | | | Dates: | 1834-1902 | | | | Abstract: | The Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company produced furnace engines, hydraulic presses, boilers, mill gearing, castings, railroad construction equipment, locomotives, plows, screw propellers, and cannons for the United States Government. The collection consists primarily of commercial and legal documents and record books. Includes newspaper clippings, abstracts of titles, stock certificates, promissory notes, legal briefs, contracts, land deeds, tax forms, letters patent, receipts, bills of sale, insurance policies, memoranda, and some business correspondence. Persons represented include major shareholders Josiah Barber, Charles Hoyt, Richard Lord, and Luke Risley, and presidents William Bainbridge Castle, J.F. Holloway, and Elisha Sterling. | | | | Call #: | MS 2525 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 linear feet (5 containers and 15 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Locomotives -- United States. | Steam locomotives -- United States. | Marine engines.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 87 | Title: | Leisy Brewing Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Leisy Brewing Company | | | | Dates: | 1838-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Leisy Brewing Company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. It began as Isaac Leisy & Co. in 1873. Once Cleveland's largest independent brewery, it had branch agencies in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and gained a reputation for its Premium Lager and Budweiser beers, before that became a brand name. Production in 1890 was over 90,000 barrels, and rose to 355,000 barrels by 1917. When the company closed in 1959, (Ohio instituted a $.36-a-case tax) it was the oldest brewery in Cleveland and one of the longest surviving family-operated breweries in America. The collection consists of incorporation papers, patent and trademark papers, clippings, a company history prepared by Bruce R. Leisy, papers relating to Otto Leisy's early life, scrapbooks, bottle labels, advertising posters, pamphlets, and a monthly sales record book. | | | | Call #: | MS 4143 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Leisy Brewing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Brewing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | German-Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 89 | Title: | Hupp Motor Car Corporation Account Book
| | | | Creator: | Hupp Motor Car Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1920 | | | | Abstract: | The Hupp Corporation began as an automobile manufacturer in Detroit, Michigan, and was revitalized as an appliance and heating system manufacturer. In 1928 the Hupp Motor Car Corporation purchased the Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, in order to expand its manufacturing facilities for a low price version of the Hupmobile. The collection consists of one general ledger for 1920. | | | | Call #: | MS 5327 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | Account books -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 90 | Title: | Austin Company Records and Audiovisual Materials, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Austin Company | | | | Dates: | 1927-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Austin Company, a carpentry and contracting business, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878 by Samuel Austin. Austin became known for his quality work, and by 1904 incorporated his business as the Samuel Austin & Son Company. Wilbert J. Austin, Samuel's son, devised "The Austin Method," a unique bundling of engineering, construction, and design services intended to streamline the building process, as well as a model for a "controlled conditions" plant, a major improvement over the hot, stifling factory environment of the day. The Austin Company grew rapidly during World War I and was able to stay solvent following the stock market crash of 1929, mostly due to the firm's major contract to build the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky, Russia. Business saw another increase during World War II and again during the post-war years as the company branched out beyond industrial construction to build department stores and retail shopping centers, including the Severance Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Overseas operations flourished in western Europe, Australia, and Argentina. Throughout the 1970's and into the 1990's, the Austin Company faced a decline in business. In 1984, the Company was purchased by the National Gypsum Company. Following National Gypsum's bankruptcy, the Austin Company was purchased by the Kajima USA Group. As of 2017, the Austin Company continued to maintain its headquarters in the Cleveland suburb of Mayfield Heights. The collection consists of acquisition records, Board of Directors minutes, correspondence, stock plans, division reports, business plans and reports, presentations, stock ownership materials, as well as 16mm film, and audio and video tapes documenting various projects, company meetings, and oral history. | | | | Call #: | MS 5419 | | | | Extent: | 12.51 linear feet (19 containers and 8 oversize items) | | | | Subjects: | Austin, Samuel, 1850-1936. | Austin, Wilbert J., 1876-1940. | Austin Company. | Gorʹkovskiĭ avtomobilʹnyĭ zavod. | Severance Center (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Contractors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Construction projects -- United States. | Construction projects -- Soviet Union. | Construction contracts. | Industrial buildings -- Design and construction. | Commercial buildings -- Design and construction. | Industrial engineering. | Research, Industrial. | Advertising -- Construction industry. | Construction industry -- Marketing. | Construction industry -- Public relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 91 | Title: | Van Sweringen Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Van Sweringen Company | | | | Dates: | 1923-1934 | | | | Abstract: | The Van Sweringen Company was a real estate development firm formed by Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, two brothers who, in 1905, began purchasing land in what is now Shaker Heights, Ohio, 8 miles southeast of Cleveland. The land, originally part of Warrensville Twp., was settled in 1822 by the celibate North Union Shaker community, which disbanded in 1889. The Van Sweringen idea was the development of a comprehensively planned "garden city" suburb which included the maintenance of natural topography and lakes, curving roads, and specific locations for apartments, commercial areas, public schools, churches and private secondary schools. The plan was achieved in the 1920s and 1930s, with the company managing and enforcing strict zoning and building restrictions, deed (including ethnic and racial) restrictions, and architectural design guidelines. The suburb grew to a population of nearly 18,000 by 1930, in large part due to the construction by the Van Sweringens of the Shaker Rapid Transit, a high-speed, convenient railway link to downtown Cleveland with a traffic-free right-of-way. The Van Sweringens were very private men, and most of their personal and company records have been destroyed. The collection consists of correspondence; sales prospectuses and brochures; lot valuations and reports; newspaper and periodical clippings; development maps, graphs, miscellaneous demographic information and photographs re: Shaker Village, Shaker Heights and Shaker Country Estates; plat maps, plans, restrictions and opinions re: development along, and the extension of, Shaker Blvd.; and maps of triangles and strips deeded to the municipalities of Shaker Hts., Beachwood and Pepper Pike. The collection pertains primarily to the development of the company's Shaker Country Estates, and is a good source for local history and the history of planned communities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4527 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen Company -- Public relations. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Maps. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Real estate management -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | City planning -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Planned communities -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Land use -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Shaker Country Estates. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Maps.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 92 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company | | | | Dates: | 1964-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son. | | | | Call #: | MS 4532 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. | Cleveland Jewish News. | Jewish Independent. | Jewish Review and Observer. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 93 | Title: | Peerless Motor Car Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Peerless Motor Car Company | | | | Dates: | 1911-1943 | | | | Abstract: | The Peerless Motor Car Company was founded as the Peerless Wringer and Manufacturing Company. in 1889 on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. The company produced washing machine wringers into the late 1890's until it began bicycle production. In 1903, The Peerless Manufacturing Company. was renamed The Peerless Motor Car Company to reflect its new focus on automobile parts and construction. The company specialized in luxury car manufacturing and thrived for two decades. Peerless also profited from truck manufacture and sales, particularly during World War I. New marketing strategies, however, could not offset the economic decline of the Great Depression; the company dissolved in 1931 and its last president arranged to have the Carling Brewing Company use the factory to produce beer. The collection consists of appraisals, catalogs, correspondence, memoranda, and minutes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5333 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 94 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1847-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3886 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 97 | Title: | Harvey Huntington Brown Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Harvey Huntington | | | | Dates: | 1840-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Harvey Huntington Brown (1848-1923) was a Cleveland, Ohio, shipper, manufacturer and financier who was involved in the iron ore and lake shipping businesses. He owned Harvey H. Brown & Co. The collection consists of letters to Brown from shippers, bankers and manufacturers throughout the Midwest concerning his lake shipping and iron ore businesses and his civic, charitable and club activities, and letters from Brown, announcements, forms, bills, paid invoices, newspaper clippings and warranty deeds. | | | | Call #: | MS 3342 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Harvey Huntington, 1848-1923. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Superior, Lake.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 98 | Title: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women,
Cleveland Club Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Cleveland Club | | | | Dates: | 1956-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women (f. 1935) is a national nonprofit organization founded in New York City whose mission is to "promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship." It contains six districts in the United States and one international division. The Cleveland Club is a part of the North Central District of the national organization which was founded in 1965. The Cleveland Club provides leadership development and networking opportunities to professional working women in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. It also awards college scholarships to youth and increases awareness of economic, educational, and other social issues facing the Black community through community service. The organization's most popular event, the Annual Founder's Day Breakfast, attracts local and national speakers to discuss a variety of domestic and international topics, as well as honoring women's occupational achievements and commitment to volunteerism with professional and student awards, and the prestigious Sojourner Truth Award. The collection consists of articles, certificates, correspondence, event programs, invitations, lists, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5107 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 99 | Title: | Alburn Realty Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Alburn Realty Company | | | | Dates: | 1920-1948 | | | | Abstract: | The Alburn Realty Company was created in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1928 by L. E. Alburn to manage the property inherited by the Alburn family. The company owned property in Boardman and Youngstown, Ohio, that was developed for commercial and residential use. The residential developments included Mill Creek Part, Newport Village, and Forest Glen Estates in Mahoning County. The collection consists of account books, correspondence, deeds, invoices, legal documents, memorada, pamphlets, plat maps, and stock certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 5182 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Alburn family | Alburn Realty Company | Housing development -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Boardman | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Mahoning County | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Youngstown | Real property -- Ohio -- Boardman | Real property -- Ohio -- Mahoning County | Real property -- Ohio -- Youngstown
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 100 | Title: | Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company Journal
| | | | Creator: | Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company | | | | Dates: | 1851-1853 | | | | Abstract: | The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company formed in 1851 by the merger of the Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad and the Franklin and Ohio River Railroad. Its route was surveyed by a crew under the direction of resident engineer C.T. Arms. The collection consists of a bound volume containing daily reports of the party which surveyed the railroad's route. Includes monthly payroll statements listing names, occupations and wages of crew members. | | | | Call #: | MS 3530 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys.
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