| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 81 | Title: | 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company E Ledgers
| | | | Creator: | 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company E | | | | Dates: | 1864 | | | | Abstract: | The 171st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, was an American Civil War regiment mustered in May 7, 1864 and mustered out Aug. 20, 1864. The regiment fought at Kelly's Bridge against General Morgan. The collection consists of four volumes of military ledgers, listing names, descriptions, and rank of the company's men, official and special orders, activities engaged in, and clothing issued during their service. | | | | Call #: | MS 4250 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 171st (1864). Company E. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Infantry -- 171st -- Company E. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 82 | Title: | Van Sweringen Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Van Sweingen Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Van Sweringen Company (f. 1905) was a joint venture in Cleveland, Ohio, of brothers M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen. The company's focus was primarily land development, as well as investments in the railroad industry. The company developed land that had been part of the North Union Shaker Community in the nineteenth century, creating Shaker Village, which eventually became Shaker Heights, Ohio. The Van Sweringens were the driving force in the construction of Cleveland's Terminal Tower building and Union Station. They developed the rapid transit line that connects much of the greater Cleveland area to downtown for ease of access for Shaker Village residents to travel from their homes to downtown. Shaker Heights was one of the very few planned suburbs of its time. There were strict building and construction guidelines, and the land was not developed on a grid, but with winding roads and other sophisticated flourishes that made it an appealing place of residence, especially those who owned automobiles. The Van Sweringens started by developing transportation lines throughout Shaker and what is now Cleveland Heights before extending their reach to downtown. They bought 51% interest in a 523 mile stretch of railroad track from the New York Central Railroad in 1915. From this point on, they extended their reach in the railroad industry and continued to invest in other companies, eventually controlling 30,000 miles of track. After they had successfully taken control of rights to build track through downtown Cleveland, they then began construction on Union Station and Terminal Tower. The Tower was originally intended as a new space for offices and businesses. Before the Depression, the value of the brothers' holdings was estimated to be $3 billion. After the Depression, the value plummeted drastically. M. J. died in 1934, and O. P. never quite recovered from the loss. He died just two years later. The collection consists of a drawing, a scrapbook, and photographic prints of varying sizes. All together, the collection consists of approximately 268 photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 565 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen Company. -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | House construction -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Interior architecture -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Suburban homes -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 83 | Title: | L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | L. N. Gross Company | | | | Dates: | 1898-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4711 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gross, Louis N. | Gross family. | L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | Cleveland Shopping News Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Shopping News Company | | | | Dates: | 1922-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Shopping News Company was a newspaper company founded in 1921, by a group of downtown department stores, to secure lower advertising rates by competing with the daily newspapers. It ceased operations in 1972. The collection consists of two bound volumes containing A General Management Survey of the Cleveland Shopping News Company, dated Dec. 6, 1950, prepared by Cresap, McCormick and Paget, management engineers, to determine the feasibility of continued publication of the Cleveland Shopping News, and financial records, consisting of incomplete accounts of the company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3556 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Shopping News Company. | Advertising, Newspaper -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 85 | Title: | Dalton Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Dalton Company | | | | Dates: | 1972-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Dalton Company was a garment manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded as the Fine Gauge Knitwear Company in 1949 by Arthur Dery and Maurice Saltzman, the company produced women's cashmere and woolen garments. In 1956 the company changed its name to Dalton of America and diversified its product lines to include knitted and woven outerwear. In 1957, Dery bought out Saltzman. The company was moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1962, where it continued under the name Dalton Apparel until its closure in 1986. The collection consists of advertisements, sales books, order forms, and a poster. | | | | Call #: | MS 5052 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Dery, Arthur, 1908-2003. | Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. | Fine Gauge Knitwear Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dalton of America (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dalton Apparel (Willoughby, Ohio) | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 86 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1955-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (f. 1950s) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. In order to hold down costs, Thomas Boddie created all his recording equipment by hand, rather than purchasing pre-made machines. He owned the company with his wife, Louise Boddie. Their 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. The collection consists of 28 negatives and 36 black and white photographs of artists and the recording studio. | | | | Call #: | PG 563 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 -- Photographs. | Boddie, Louise -- Photographs. | Games, Allen -- Photographs. | Mayes, Patricia -- Photographs. | Hawkins, Bill. -- Photographs. | North, Penny -- Photographs. | Smitty Al -- Photographs. | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | A.C. Jones and the Atomic Aces (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Bright Stars (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Golden Harmonizers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Gospel Tones Quartet (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Jubilee Specials (Musical group) -- Photographs. | King James Version (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Little Anthony and the Soul Detergents (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Magnificent Soul Touchers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Natural Born Soul (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Premiers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Victory Five (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music -- Photographs. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 87 | Title: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1910 | | | | Abstract: | The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company was a pioneer manufacturer of steel plant equipment with an international reputation for engineering some of the largest material-handling projects ever built. The firm started in 1896 as the Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by the inventor of the first open-hearth furnace in the U.S., Samuel T. Wellman, his brother, Charles H. Wellman, and John W. Seaver, to engineer and design steel mills and industrial plant equipment. One of the company's executives, George Huelett, invented the Hulett unloader, which revolutionized the Great Lakes ore industry. The collection consists of one album containing forty-two photographs of ship and railroad unloading machinery, eight loose photographs of ship unloaders and coke dumpers, and one blueprint of a railroad car dumper. | | | | Call #: | PG 018 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Loading and unloading -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Railroads -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Loaders (Machines) -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Ore handling -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Cargo ships -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. | Great Lakes -- Commerce -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 88 | Title: | E. P. Lambert Company Records
| | | | Creator: | E. P. Lambert Company | | | | Dates: | 1961-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Opened in June 1945 by E.P. "Ted" Lambert in Akron, Ohio, the E.P. Lambert Company was the only business outside of New York that traded natural rubber. The automobile and tire industries in Akron enabled the Company to maintain its place in a market prone to extreme fluctuation through the mid-1990's. E.P. Lambert retired as the head of the company in 1963, passing leadership to his son, Donald M. Lambert. Donald Lambert closed the company in 1997. The company has been assimilated by Centrobank of Vienna under the name Centrotrade Rubber USA. The collection consists of contracts, correspondence, financial statements, inventories, journals, ledgers, legal files, lists, manuals, office files, reports, and statistics. | | | | Call #: | MS 5029 | | | | Extent: | 36.00 linear feet (38 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lambert, E. P. | Lambert, Donald M. | E. P. Lambert Company. | Rubber industry and trade -- Ohio -- Akron. | Rubber industry and trade -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 94 | Title: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company | | | | Dates: | 1869-1874 | | | | Abstract: | The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company is one of the oldest railroads in America, the Chesapeake and Ohio was created by an act of the Virginia legislature in 1826. Known as the Louisa Railroad prior to 1868, a major source of the C & O's income was for many years hauling coal from the coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia to ports along the Potomac River and to industries in the midwest. During the 1920s, the C & O was owned by the Van Sweringen brothers, with corporate offices in Cleveland's Terminal Tower. Cyrus Eaton served as chairman of the board for nearly 20 years beginning in 1954. In 1962, the C & O was merged with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to create the Chessie System, which, along with Seaboard Coastline Industries, make up the CSX Corporation. The collection consists of business letters received by H.D. Whitcomb, chief engineer, Richmond, Virginia, 1869-1871; and letters received by A.H. Perry, general superintendent, C.P. Huntington, president, and J.J. Tracy, treasurer, 1872-1874. | | | | Call #: | MS 1089 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Railroads -- United States -- Management.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 95 | Title: | L.N. Gross Company Records
| | | | Creator: | L.N. Gross Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. During the Depression the company was troubled by strikes as well as the general business slump. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of a history of the company, an autobiography, passport and visa of Louis Gross, correspondence, reports, applications for patents, contracts, account books, and miscellaneous materials, including scrapbooks containing advertisements for garments made by the company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3823 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gross, Louis N. | Gross family. | L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 96 | Title: | E.C. Blackman & Company Records
| | | | Creator: | E.C. Blackman & Company | | | | Dates: | 1858-1900 | | | | Abstract: | The E. C. Blackman & Company was a cheese factory and warehouse, organized in 1861 under the name of Robbins & Blackman Company by Edwin C. Blackman and A.D. Robbins. It was located in Solon, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, journals, invoice books, and cashbooks, of E.C. Blackman & Company. Includes newspaper clippings (1868-87), from the New York Bulletin containing the dairy-products market quotations; score book (1867) of "The Republic" baseball club of Solon; 2 record books (1876-1900) of the Solon Presbyterian Church; daily record book (1875-78) for Solon's Primary School; and daily record book (1880-1886) for Solon High School. | | | | Call #: | MS 3003 | | | | Extent: | 13.20 linear feet (6 containers and 54 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | E.C. Blackman & Company (Solon, Ohio) | Cheese factories -- Ohio -- Solon. | Dairy products industry -- United States. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Records | Solon (Ohio) -- Schools.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 98 | Title: | Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Worsted Mills Company | | | | Dates: | 1890-1946 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Worsted Mills Company was founded as the Turner Worsted Mill in 1878 by Joseph Turner, and, after a period of restructuring beginning in 1893 led by Kaufman Hays, became the Cleveland Worsted Mills in 1902. The mill was able to handle all steps of the production of various types of woolen cloth. Besides its Cleveland, Ohio, facility, the company also operated eleven other plants in Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Rhode Island. Many Czech, Polish, and Lithuanian immigrants were employed by Cleveland Worsted Mills. During the Depression, employees became dissatisfied with working conditions and organized as part of the United Textile Workers. Two strikes in the 1930s were unsuccessful. The company was forcibly closed by the federal government during World War II for refusal to produce cloth for uniforms. It opened again only after agreeing to the government's terms. Following another strike in 1955, company president Louis O. Poss closed the company for good. The empty building was destroyed by fire in 1993. The collection consists of appraisal inventories, blueprints, and a pamphlet. | | | | Call #: | MS 5050 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Worsted Mills Company. | United Textile Workers of America. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Woolen goods industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 99 | Title: | Connecticut Land Company Miscellaneous Records
| | | | Creator: | Connecticut Land Company | | | | Dates: | 1765-1835 | | | | Abstract: | The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States government. Settlers were slow to purchase Reserve lands, and many of the original proprietors did not make any profits due to company mismanagement. The collection consists of correspondence of Elias Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Oliver Phelps and various other interested people as well as an historical sketch of the Western Reserve lands, land records of New Lisbon, Ohio, and will and estate records. This collection pertains primarily to the efforts of company members to sell the land and settle the frontier known as Connecticut's Western Reserve. | | | | Call #: | MS 4240 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Connecticut Land Company. | Real property -- Ohio -- New Lisbon. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Decedents' estates -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | New Lisbon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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