| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Grace Doering and John W. "Jack" McCord Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doering, Grace and McCord, John W. | | | | Dates: | 1900-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Grace Doering McCord (1890-1983)was a Cleveland, Ohio-born teacher, journalist, lawyer, and law professor who became Assistant Director of Law for the City of Cleveland. She was active in many legal, business, and women's organizations. In 1957 she married John W. McCord (1883-1967), an Iowa native who moved to Alaska and spent his life prospecting for gold, speculating in oil, exploring for the Army Air Force, running a ranch and lobbying for Alaskan interests in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of personal correspondence, biographical materials, class notes, newspaper clippings, papers from Mrs. McCord's tenure as Assistant Director of Law for the city of Cleveland, minutes, correspondence and reports from many of Mrs. McCord's professional organizations, and a copy of McCord of Alaska by Jack Long. | | | | Call #: | MS 3959 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | McCord, Grace Doering, 1890-1983. | McCord, John W., 1883-1967. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Marie Remington Wing Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wing, Marie Remington Family | | | | Dates: | 1846-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Marie Remington Wing was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served on the Cleveland City Council (1923-1927), as Solicitor for the Village of Mentor, Ohio (1929-1936), and as Regional Attorney for the Social Security Board (1936-1953). She was also involved in numerous professional, civic, and health organizations in Cleveland and in Mentor. Wing came from a distinguished Cleveland family, which included her uncle, George Clary Wing, an author and attorney who served in several United States government departments. Marie's father, Francis Joseph Wing, was a judge in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and in the United States District Court for Northern Ohio. Her older sister, Virginia Remington Wing, was, like Marie, a social activist, working for the Red Cross, the Cleveland Anti-Tuberculosis League, and the Cleveland Health Council's Health Education Department. She was also the secretary of both the Brush Foundation and the Sight Saving Council. Marie's longtime companion, Dorothy Smith, worked with the YWCA, founded an insurance business, and was an executive for the East End Neighborhood House. Marie Wing's niece, Stephanie Ralph, was a school psychologist, and her husband, Paul Ralph, was also prominent in the academic world. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, financial and legal papers, and records of Marie Wing and her family, and those of the organizations they served. Included are the diaries of Wing's grandfather, Stephen Remington, who served in the Civil War as a private in the 19th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 4655 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (5 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Wing, Marie Remington, 1885-1982. | Wing family. | Remington family. | Ralph family. | Consumers League of Ohio. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | Democratic Party (Mentor, Ohio). | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cuyahoga County Relief Administration. | United States. Federal Security Agency. | Lake County Committee on Aging. | Legal Services Association of Lake County (Ohio). | Lake County Bar Association. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Mentor (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Grace Doering and John W. "Jack" McCord Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | McCord, Grace Doering and John W. | | | | Dates: | 1925-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Grace Doering McCord (1890-1983) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who served as Assistant City Law Director, 1935-1942. Her husband, John W. (Jack) McCord (1883-1967) was involved in the exploration and development of the Alaskan frontier and was instrumental in the move for Alaskan statehood. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical materials, speeches, writings, legal materials, and reminiscences. The collection mainly relates to Grace McCord's early law career and tenure as Cleveland's Assistant Law Director, as well as Jack McCord's involvement in the development of the Alaskan frontier. | | | | Call #: | MS 4119 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McCord, Grace Doering, 1890-1983. | McCord, John W., 1883-1967. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
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