| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 123 | 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* | | 124 | 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* | | 125 | 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* | | 126 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 127 | 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* | | 129 | 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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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 130 | Title: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 Photographs
| | | | Creator: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 | | | | Dates: | 1926-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Plant No. 1 of the Fisher Body Division of the General Motors Corporation opened in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1921 as part of the Fisher Body Company. Fisher produced automobile bodies, and in 1926 became part of the General Motors Corporation. During World War II the plant produced tank and gun parts and engine parts for airplanes, wartime employment totalling 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. General Motors 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 individual and group portraits of plant managers and supervisors, award dinners and presentations, open houses, visits of General Motors officials and politicians, and World War II-related photographs of award ceremonies, portraits of employees who died in action, and a postwar visit by General Douglas MacArthur. Views include aerial and exterior photographs of the plant and photographs of production and facilities. | | | | Call #: | PG 389 | | | | Extent: | 0.90 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division. Plant No. 1 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 45 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | General Motors automobiles -- Photographs. / Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- Photographs. | Automobile industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Strikes and lockouts -- Automobile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Plant shutdowns -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937 -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 133 | 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* | | 134 | 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* | | 135 | 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* | | 136 | 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* | | 137 | 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* | | 138 | 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* | | 139 | 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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