| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 101 | Title: | Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies Search Books
| | | | Creator: | Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies | | | | Dates: | 1870-1900 | | | | Abstract: | The Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies were two land title search companies owned, respectively, by Jay Odell and Justus L. Cozad, and which operated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late nineteenth century. Merged for the period 1870-1875, these companies were usually competitors in the business of supplying summaries, or abstracts, of the public records pertaining to land titles in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The collection consists of 269 bound volumes pertaining to the process of abstracting land titles in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They consist specifically of 163 volumes of Odell search books and 98 volumes of Cozad search books; two indexes; four subdivision books, in which the conveyances of numbered lots in recorded subdivisions are listed; an Odell copy book, which includes a collection of formal abstracts written for clients; and a Cozad foundation book, in which are copied the founding documents of the Connecticut Land Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4598 | | | | Extent: | 50.00 linear feet (269 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Odell Abstract Company. | Cozad Abstract Company. | Connecticut Land Company. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Abstracts of title -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 103 | Title: | Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee | | | | Dates: | 1911-1915 | | | | Abstract: | The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholder's Protective Committee was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 1, 1911, by Clevelanders George Bishop, John Garfield, William Mather, J.R. Nutt, and John W. Platten, to devise a plan to end the receivership of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. The collection consists of correspondence and publications (bound in one volume), pertaining to the Committee's efforts to gain shares of stock, and to court cases against the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4075 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee | Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company | Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company | Railroads -- United States
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 105 | Title: | Ewing Bolt and Screw Company Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Ewing Bolt and Screw Company | | | | Dates: | 1920-1922 | | | | Abstract: | The Ewing Bolt and Screw Company was a manufacturer and distributor of bolts, screws, nuts, rivets, tacks, nails, washers, wire staples, and the machinery that made them. It was incorporated in 1920, in Delaware, and dissolved in 1922. The collection consists of a record book containing incorporation papers, by-laws, minutes, and stock certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4127 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ewing Bolt and Screw Company. | Fasteners industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 106 | 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* | | 107 | 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* | | 108 | 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* | | 109 | 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* | | 110 | 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* | | 111 | 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* | | 112 | 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* | | 114 | 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* | | 115 | 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* | | 116 | 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* | | 117 | 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* | | 118 | 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* | | 119 | 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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