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21	Title:	John H. King Papers
	Creator:	King, John H.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	John H. King was a Tuscarawas County, Ohio, resident who served in Company C, 80th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of photostatic copies of correspondence between King and his sister Catherine detailing King's Civil War experience. The collection pertains primarily to a soldier's life and military experiences during the Civil War, with respect to forced marches, battle accounts and living conditions, as well as King's ambitions for an Army career.
	Call #:	MS 4472
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	King, John H., 1840-1897 -- Correspondence. \| King, Catherine -- Correspondence. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 80th (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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22	Title:	Worthy McClintock and Family Papers
	Creator:	McClintock, Worthy
	Dates:	1862-1864
	Abstract:	Worthy McClintock was a soldier from Solon, Ohi,o who served in Company H of the 18th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during the Civil War. He was stationed at Camp Thomas, Columbus, Ohio and saw duty in Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky from June 1862 through the summer of 1864. He fought in the Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga and apparently died while in service sometime before November 1, 1864. The collection consists of approximately twenty-five pieces of correspondence primarily between Worthy and his parents (Joshua and Lucy), but also includes a few letters from family friends and other correspondents.
	Call #:	MS 4975
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McClintock, Worthy, d. 1864 -- Correspondence. \| McClintock family -- Correspondence. \| United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 18th. Company H. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Solon -- Correspondence. \| Farm life -- Ohio -- Solon. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Solon (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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23	Title:	George E. Dunbar Diary
	Creator:	Dunbar, George E.
	Dates:	1862-1864
	Abstract:	George E. Dunbar, a farm laborer from Newburgh, Ohio, enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Wade in Cleveland, Ohio, in August 1861. Trained at Camp Dennison, Ohio, his company left for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in January 1862, Dunbar having been appointed sergeant and later quartermaster sergeant. While the regiment was defending the Kansas and Missouri borders during the Civil War, Dunbar became ill and was discharged on October 2, 1862, returning after a lengthy journey home via wagon and train to Newburgh. The collection consists of a single volume containing a chronicle of Dunbar's service in Company B, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, from January to October 1862, and an anonymous entry, dated February 29, 1864, concerning a business trip to Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4601
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Dunbar, George E., ca. 1833-1902. \| United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) -- Personal narratives. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. \| Middle West -- Description and travel. \| Newburgh (Ohio) -- Biography.
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24	Title:	John W. McClure Family Papers
	Creator:	McClure, John W. Family
	Dates:	1855-1896
	Abstract:	John W. McClure was a businessman and writer in New York City, served in the American Civil War, and later became United States consul in France from 1867-early 1870s. He maintained an active correspondence with his brothers and sisters living in various sections of the country. Included are letters from Marcus A. Hanna and Chester C. Bolton regarding politics. The collection consists of a diary, travel journal, newspaper clippings, and family correspondence written and received by John W. McClure, his sister Belle McClure Wilson, brothers David T. McClure and William H. McClure, and John McClure's friends and business associates in the United States and France, as well as invitations, menus, theater programs, and printed poems.
	Call #:	MS 4549
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McClure, John Wilson, 1831-1877. \| McClure family. \| Diplomatic and consular service, American -- France. \| New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| Southern States -- Description and travel. \| Middle West -- Description and travel.
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25	Title:	Kelley Family Papers
	Creator:	Kelley Family
	Dates:	1798-1884
	Abstract:	The Kelly Family owned and developed Kelley's Island, Ohio, in Lake Erie. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, land contracts, deeds and other previous hit papers of the Kelley family next hit. Includes diaries kept by Alfred S. Kelley while residing on Kelley's Island, concerning local events and the Civil War; diary kept by Hermon A. Kelley while attending school on the island; criminal-docket book of Addison Kelley, justice of the peace; and statements on the condition of Kelley's Island Wine Company. Other persons represented include Datus, Hannah and Sara Kelley.
	Call #:	MS 1723
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kelly family. \| Court calendars -- Ohio -- Kelley's Island. \| Children's writings, American. \| Kelleys Island (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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26	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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27	Title:	Alexander Bunts Family Papers
	Creator:	Bunts, Alexander Family
	Dates:	1770-1968
	Abstract:	Alexander Bunts was a Cleveland, Ohio, neurosurgeon, amateur historian, and Trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society. He traced his descent from Virgil C. Taylor, an American Civil War soldier and Cleveland realtor, and from Levi Johnson, an early settler of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, genealogies, autograph books and scrapbooks of Bunts family members, and several monographs collected by Dr. Bunts.
	Call #:	MS 3590
	Extent:	1.21 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bunts family. \| Taylor family. \| Johnson family. \| Sackett family. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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28	Title:	Peter Hitchcock Family Papers
	Creator:	Hitchcock, Peter Family
	Dates:	1788-1898
	Abstract:	Peter Hitchcock, Sr. (1781-1853) was an early settler of Burton, Ohio, who became an Ohio and United States legislator and Chief Justice of Ohio. His sons, Reuben, Henry, and Peter Jr., entered the judiciary, ministry and politics respectively and were affiliated with Burton Academy, Western Reserve College and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. the collection consists of correspondence of family members and miscellaneous papers relating to Western Reserve College, Burton Academy, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway and the early history of Burton, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 3325
	Extent:	19.80 linear feet (49 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Hitchcock, Peter, 1781-1853. \| Hitchcock family. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Railroads -- United States. \| Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Law -- Ohio. \| Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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29	Title:	Herman Meyers Civil War Diary
	Creator:	Meyers, Herman
	Dates:	1864
	Abstract:	Herman Meyers was a soldier in Company A of the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. He fought in the battles of Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsville Court House, Shady Grove Church, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. The collection consists of a diary dated 1864 and a photocopy of the same. The entries usually name the place of encampment and comment on the day's weather and events.
	Call #:	MS 3802
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Meyers, Herman. \| Soldiers -- Pennsylvania. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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30	Title:	Alfred Mewett Papers
	Creator:	Mewett, Alfred
	Dates:	1736-1955
	Abstract:	Alfred Mewett was the registrar of the Cleveland School of Art (1925-1943) and dean of the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute of Cleveland, Ohio (1930-1953). The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, deeds, newspaper clippings, and other papers reflecting Mewett's interest in the local history and early settlements of the area around Gates Mills, Ohio, in the Western Reserve. The bulk of the collection consists of notes and articles written by Mewett on many historical subjects, including genealogical notes and accounts of interviews with and recollections of old settlers.
	Call #:	MS 3124
	Extent:	9.20 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Allen family. \| Gates family. \| Greenwalt family. \| Lockemer family. \| Rudd family. \| Sharp family. \| Sorter family. \| Talbot family. \| Kirtland, J. P. (Jared Potter), 1793-1877. \| Gates Mills Milling Company. \| St. John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Presbyterian Church (Mayfield, Ohio) \| Gates Mills (Ohio) -- History. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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31	Title:	Charles H. Anderton Papers
	Creator:	Anderton, Charles H.
	Dates:	1863-1865
	Abstract:	Charles H. Anderton (b. 1844) of Bedford, Ohio, was soldier in Company D, the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was wounded and captured on May 27, 1864 near Altoona, Georgia. His whereabouts were reported as unknown at the end of the war. He participated in the battles of Tullahoma, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga, and, later, served with Sherman in Georgia. The collection consists of a Civil War diary, communication from the War Department to Anderton's father, receipt for money wired home, and a scrap claimed to be from Anderton's brigade flag.
	Call #:	MS 4013
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Anderton, Charles H., b. 1844. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864). \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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32	Title:	James M. Nash Papers
	Creator:	Nash, James M.
	Dates:	1861-1866
	Abstract:	James M. Nash (1832 or 1833-1866) was an officer in Company B, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865. The collection consists of letters, muster-out rolls, notices of promotions, and part of a diary for the fall of 1863 kept by Nash.
	Call #:	MS 2571
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Nash, James M., 1832 or 3-1866. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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33	Title:	John Quincy Adams Campbell Diaries
	Creator:	Campbell, John Quincy Adams
	Dates:	1861-1864
	Abstract:	John Quincy Adams Campbell was a member of the 5th Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of three Civil War diaries. Volume 1 contains daily entries from July 9, 1861 to December 31, 1862. Volume 2 continues with January 1, 1863 to May 4, 1864, and also contains some later observations about his regiment written after 1905. Volume 3 contains entries from May 5, 1864 to November 24, 1864.
	Call #:	MS 3560
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Campbell, John Quincy Adams. \| United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864) \| Soldiers -- Iowa -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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34	Title:	William Bascom-Hiram Little Family Papers
	Creator:	The William Bascom-Hiram Little Family Papers
	Dates:	1837-1929
	Abstract:	William Tully Bascom was an Ohio journalist and editor. His daughter Laura L., a music teacher and soloist, married Dr. Hiram H. Little. Their son, Tully Bascom Little, was a Cleveland businessman who became chairman of the National Defense Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. W.T. Bascom's son, Gustavus, fought in the Civil War and became a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and genealogical and autobiographical material.
	Call #:	MS 3618
	Extent:	0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bascom family. \| Little family. \| Soldiers -- Ohio. \| Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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35	Title:	Fayette Brown Family Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Fayette Family
	Dates:	1831-1891
	Abstract:	Fayette Brown (1823-1910) was a banker and industrialist who resided in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Cornelia, and children, Alexander, William, and Mary. The collection consists of personal correspondence of members of the Brown family, poetry, grade reports, a cash sheet detailing school expenses, a Union Army payroll sheet, and notices and memoranda from the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair (1864).
	Call #:	MS 3150
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Brown family. \| Brown, Fayette, 1823-1910. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- United States -- Social life and customs. \| Upper classes -- United States -- Social life and customs. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Yellowstone National Park.
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36	Title:	John Healy Papers
	Creator:	Healy, John
	Dates:	1838-1932
	Abstract:	John Healy (b. 1805) was a pioneer of Newburgh, Ohio, who operated the town's only general store and was a deacon and clerk of the Miles Avenue Church of Christ, where James A. Garfield was pastor. During the American Civil War Healy's son, John Sullivan (1842-1908), fought in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, while his other son, Edson E. (1844-1932), worked with the United States Commissary Department. They were both captured at New Creek, West Virginia in 1864 and imprisoned at Castle Thunder in Richmond. They were released in 1865, on exchange, through the efforts of Julia Wheeler who later married John S. Healy. Edson E. Healy married Esther Taylor in 1869. Their three children were John Egbert (Bert), Bruce Zarah, and Cecil Taylor. The Healys remained in the family business until their retirement at the beginning of the twentieth century. The collection consists of family correspondence, seven letters from James A. Garfield to deacon John Healy, Civil War documents, deeds, records from the Miles Avenue Church of Christ, an oversize account book from the Healy store, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and printed materials.
	Call #:	MS 4019
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Healy family. \| General stores -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Newburgh (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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37	Title:	Sohl Family Papers
	Creator:	Sohl Family
	Dates:	1840-1979
	Abstract:	The Sohl Family is a Cleveland, Ohio, family of German-Americans, descended from Johann Georg Sohl (anglicized to George Sohl) who settled in Cleveland in 1840. His son, Gustav, married Mary Goodrich, whose father, George Elliott Goodrich, served in the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War and was one of the soldiers assigned to escort the body of President Lincoln from Washington to Illinois. His grandson, Ralph William Sohl, was an engineer for a tire and rubber company. The collection consists of George Sohl's passport and related papers, his will, Sohl family correspondence, deeds and other records relating to property in Egg Harbor, N.J., cemetery lot purchase records, birth and death certificates for Ralph William Sohl, and Goodrich family papers, including a marriage certificate, civil war correspondence, and a copy of the order for troops to accompany Lincoln's body to Illinois. Included in the correspondence is a letter from George Goodrich expressing his feelings about the assassination of Lincoln.
	Call #:	MS 4380
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Sohl family. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Funeral journey to Springfield. \| Goodrich family. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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38	Title:	Daniel D. Hopper Papers
	Creator:	Hopper, Daniel D.
	Dates:	1853-1883
	Abstract:	Daniel D. Hopper was a lieutenant in Company F, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, during the American Civil War. The collection consists primarily of personal letters to Hopper from his wife, Delina Woodrow Hopper, and from other relatives living in Youngstown, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 3413
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hopper, Daniel D. \| Hopper family. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Family relationships. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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39	Title:	James H. Eastburn Diary
	Creator:	Eastburn, James H.
	Dates:	1862-1865
	Abstract:	James H. Eastburn, of Sheldon, Illinois, was a soldier in Company E, 76th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War. the collection consists of a diary containing 33 photographs of members of the 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and Eastburn's comments on daily activities, camp life and military engagements.
	Call #:	MS 3331
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Eastburn, James H. \| United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 76th (1862-1865) \| United States. Army -- Military life. \| Soldiers -- Illinois -- Miscellanea. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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40	Title:	Matthew Scott Cook Papers
	Creator:	Cook, Matthew Scott
	Dates:	1807-1887
	Abstract:	Matthew Scott Cook (1803-1882) was a surveyor, farmer, businessman and Ohio State legislator, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements and deeds, survey and field notes, financial receipts, legal briefs, travel journals, memoranda and account books relating to Cook's farm; meteorological data; and American Civil War correspondence. Includes 17 diaries of Amos Wheeler, Jr.
	Call #:	MS 2129
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Cook, Matthew Scott, 1803-1882. \| Cook family. \| Agriculture -- Ohio -- Finance. \| Meteorology -- United States -- Observations. \| River life -- United States. \| Ohio River. \| Mississippi River. \| Chillicothe (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ross County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Massachusetts -- Description and travel. \| New York (State) -- Description and travel. \| Quebec (Province) -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Politics and government. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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