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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Austin Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Austin Company | | | | Dates: | 1866-2000 | | | | 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 2009, the Austin Company continued to maintain an office in suburban Cleveland. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, blueprints, books, brochures, certificates, charts, contracts, correspondence, film reels, financial statements, indexes, journal articles, leases, ledgers, legal documents, magazine articles, manuals, maps, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photograph captions, photographs, presentations, press releases, proposals, reports, resolutions, sales literature, sales letters, scrapbooks, slides, speech texts, and videotapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5040 | | | | Extent: | 159.26 linear feet (169 containers, 15 oversize volumes, and 28 oversize folders) | | | | 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. | Architectural models -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | LTV Steel Company Records
| | | | Creator: | LTV Steel Company | | | | Dates: | 1899-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The LTV Steel Company was formed in 1984 by the LTV Corporation through a merger of Jones & Laughlin Steel, Inc. (itself a merger of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company) and Republic Steel Corporation, with its headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. The company declared bankruptcy and its assets were purchased by W.L. Ross and Company in 2002 and became known as the International Steel Group (ISG). The collection consists of administrative records, agendas, agreements, architectural drawings, award programs, biographies, budgets, contracts, correspondence, deeds, dockets, drafts, financial records, forms, handbooks, histories, indexes, job descriptions, journals, ledgers, legal records, lists, manuals, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, notes, personnel records, photographs, plans, policies, presentations, press releases, publications, reports, speech texts, scrapbooks, surveys, tax records, and transcripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4950 | | | | Extent: | 230.00 linear feet (258 containers and 7 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Ling, James J. | LTV Steel Company. | LTV Corporation | Republic Steel Corporation | Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation | Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company | United Steelworkers of America | LTV Steel Tubular Products Company | LTV Energy Products Company | LTV Steel Mining | Tri-State Mining Company. | United States. Securities and Exchange Commission | United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | United States. National Labor Relations Board | United States. Environmental Protection Agency | United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration | African American iron and steel workers. | Arbitration, Industrial -- United States | Collective labor agreements -- Steel industry -- United States | Collective bargaining -- Steel industry -- United States | Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States | Corporate reorganization -- United States | Corporations -- Finance | Discrimination in employment -- United States | Employee fringe benefits -- United States | Industrial relations -- United States | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Iron and steel workers -- United States | Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- United States | Labor disputes -- United States | Labor union locals -- United States | Labor unions and education -- United States | Minorities -- Employment -- United States | Plant shutdowns -- United States | Steel industry and trade -- United States | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Steel industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Steel industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Steel industry and trade -- Mergers -- United States. | Steel-works -- United States | Steel-works -- Ohio | Steel-works -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Wages -- Iron and steel workers -- United States | Women -- Employment -- United States | Women iron and steel workers -- United States
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Republic Steel Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Republic Steel Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1895-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The Republic Steel Corporation was formed in April 1930 from several smaller iron and steel companies, including Republic Iron and Steel, Central Alloy Corporation, Bourne-Fuller Company and Donner Steel Company. Corrigan McKinney Steel Company, Truscon Steel Company, and Gulf States Steel were acquired 1935-1937, and the company headquarters was moved from Youngstown, Ohio, to Cleveland, Ohio. The company included basic steel operations in Ohio, Buffalo, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Gadsden, Alabama, and elsewhere, as well as rolling mills, speciality steel operations, iron ore and coal mines, maritime operations, and research laboratories. During the 1980s, economic losses became severe, and in 1984 Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation merged with Republic Steel, creating LTV Steel Company, a subsidiary of LTV Corporation. The collection consists of administrative records, advertisements, agendas, agreements, analyses, applications, architectural drawings, article sheets, audits, biographies, birth certificates, booklets, brochures, budgets, certificates, charts, citations, compliance reviews, computer printouts, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, determinations on imports, diagrams, dockets, drawings, earnings records, employment applications, financial records, forms, formulas, genealogy charts, goals and timetables, graphs, grievance sheets, handbooks, hazardous waste manifests, histories, indices, inspections, inventories, job classifications, job descriptions, journals, ledgers, legal briefs, legal records, legislation, lines of progression, lists, magazine articles, manuals, manuscript proofs, maps, memoirs, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspapers clippings, notebooks, notes, notices, pamphlets and promotional materials, permits, petitions, photographs, plans, policies and procedures, presentations, press releases, proposals, proxy statements, publications, questionnaires, real estate records including abstracts of titles, bills of sale, closing papers, conveyances, deeds, easements, indentures, leases, and rights of way, receipts, registers, remarks, reports, resolutions, rosters, rules and regulations, schedules, scrapbooks, scripts, separation notices, speech texts, statements, statistics, studies, subpoenas, summaries, surveys, tax records, telegrams, testimonies, time books, time lines, time sheets, trade adjustment assistance determinations, transcripts, typescripts, wage scale changes, wage rate records and cases, and work papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 4949 | | | | Extent: | 386.30 linear feet (391 containers and 40 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979. | Girdler, T. M. (Tom Mercer), 1877-1965. | Patton, Thomas F., b. 1903. | White, Charles McElroy, 1891-1977. | Republic Steel Corporation. | Republic Iron & Steel Company. | Central Alloy Steel Corporation. | Corrigan McKinney Steel Company. | Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) | United Steelworkers of America. | Ohio EPA. | United States. Environmental Protection Agency. | United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. | United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. | Arbitration, Industrial -- United States. | Collective bargaining -- Steel industry -- United States. | Collective labor agreements -- Steel industry -- United States. | Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States. | Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Canada. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Employee fringe benefits -- United States. | Grievance procedures -- United States. | Import quotas -- United States. | Incentives in industry -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron and steel workers -- United States. | Iron and steel workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States. | Iron and steel workers -- Job descriptions -- United States. | Iron and steel workers -- Pensions -- United States. | Labor disputes -- United States. | Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937 | Merchant mariners -- Great Lakes (North America) | Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America) | Steel. | Steel -- Marketing. | Steel -- Transportation -- Great Lakes (North America) | Steel industry and trade -- Employees | Steel industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Steel industry and trade -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Mergers -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Prices -- United States. | Steel-works -- United States. | Steel-works -- Ohio. | Steel-works -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- United States. | Wages -- Iron and steel workers -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Society Corporation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Society Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1860-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. In 1990, Society Corporation acquired Trustcorp, the parent holding company of Toledo Trustcorp, Inc. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, codes of regulations, minutes, legal and financial documents, correspondence, histories, annual reports, newspapers, notes, and transcriptions of audiotapes. The majority of the material consists of bound volumes of minutes of board of directors, stockholders, and other committees of Society Corporation's affiliated, acquired, and merged banking institutions. Included are the records of Centran Corporation, which include its predecessor Central National Bank, and banks and other institutions which merged with them or were aquired. Also included is Toledo Trustcorp, Inc. (formerly Northwest Ohio Bancshares Inc), which contains records of Toledo Trustcorp, its affliliate Toledo Trust Company, and banks and other institutions which merged with or were acquired by Toledo Trustcorp. | | | | Call #: | MS 4689 | | | | Extent: | 22.80 linear feet (25 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Society Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Centran Corporation. | Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio). | Society National Bank. | Society for Savings. | Bank management -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Toledo. | Banks and banking -- Ohio. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Toledo. | Bank mergers -- Ohio. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Centerior Energy Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Centerior Energy Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1881-1996 | | | | Abstract: | The Centerior Energy Corporation was founded in 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland General Electric Company, with a franchise from the General Electric Company of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1893, assets of the Brush Electric Light and Power Company and of the Cleveland Electric Light Company were transferred to the Cleveland General Electric Company, forming the nucleus of a new organization. On July 21, 1894, the name of the company was changed to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). In 1926, the company purchased the Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company and its subsidiary, The United Light and Power Company. Other power companies in the northeastern Ohio region were purchased during this time. In 1947 control of the company returned to the hands of public investors, and new power plants continued to be added to the system. The company's first nuclear power plant, the Davis-Besse facility, became fully operational in 1978. A second nuclear power facility, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, was subsequently added. In 1986 Centerior Energy Corporation, an affiliation between CEI and the Toledo Edison Company, was formed to become one of the largest electric systems in the United States. In 1996, Centerior Energy Corporation and the Ohio Edison Company merged into a new holding company, First Energy Corporation. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, annual reports, bylaws, histories, correspondence, legal briefs, financial records, handbooks, speeches, pamphlets, publications, oral history transcriptions, organizational charts, rate schedules, magazine and newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Includes the correspondence of various presidents of the corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4791 | | | | Extent: | 31.40 linear feet (45 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. | Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio). | Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio) | Centerior Energy Corporation. | Cleveland General Electric Company. | Toledo Edison Company. | Ohio Edison Company. | Brush Electric Light and Power Company. | Cleveland Electric Light Company. | First Energy Corporation. | Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power distribution -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power transmission -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power-plants -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Strikes and lockouts -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Nuclear energy. | Nuclear power plants -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Ameritrust Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ameritrust Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1871-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTrust Corporation, a bank holding company, was formed, with Cleveland Trust as the lead bank. Cleveland Trust was one of six local banks holding short-term notes of the City of Cleveland when financial difficulties in 1978 lead to the city's default on these loans. In 1979, The Cleveland Trust Company's name was changed to AmeriTrust Corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Ameritrust Corporation. In 1991, Ameritrust merged with Society Corporation, and in 1992, went out of existence as a corporate entity. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, codes of regulation, annual reports, minutes, histories, newspaper and magazine clippings, financial documents, directories, handbooks, correspondence, press releases, biographical sketches, signage, marketing material, speeches, in-house publications, scrapbooks, and original advertising art work. The collection includes records of banks and other institutions merged into and acquired by The Cleveland Trust Company. Operating records of The Cleveland Trust Company are included, as are records created by the Publicity Department of Cleveland Trust and in-house publications. Also included are records documenting Cleveland Trust's leadership in the fields of branch banking, publicity, and marketing. Documents pertaining to the construction of the Ninth Street Tower and parking garage are part of these records. Materials concerned with Frederick H. Goff's involvement with the Cleveland Foundation are included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4750 | | | | Extent: | 173.70 linear feet (215 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ameritrust Corporation. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank loans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Banks and banking. | Banks and banking -- Public relations. | Branch banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Default (Finance) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | Cleveland Insurance Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Insurance Company | | | | Dates: | 1831-1865 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Insurance Company was an insurance company in Cleveland, Ohio, which was originally directed by Peter M. Waddell, Leonard Case, Horace Perry, John M. Sterling, Edmund Clark, and James S. Clarke. The collection consists of a book of subscriptions for capital stock in the company, minutes of directors' meetings, and poll books of elections for directors. | | | | Call #: | MS 0157 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Insurance Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Management. | Insurance companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Cyrus S. Eaton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Eaton, Cyrus S. | | | | Dates: | 1901-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Cyrus Stephen Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better U.S.-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, annual reports, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, notes, office memoranda, speeches, writings, appointment diaries and calendars, scrapbooks, documents, publications, cartoons, honorary degrees, certificates, maps, and surveys, relating to Eaton's business, political, and personal affairs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3913 | | | | Extent: | 422.50 linear feet (424 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979. | Eaton family. | United Nations. | United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. | Banks and banking -- United States. | East-West trade (1945- ). | Industrial relations -- United States. | Railroads -- United States. | Nuclear disarmament. | International relations. | Industry and state -- United States. | Iron mines and mining -- United States. | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Hough Area Development Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Hough Area Development Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1967-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown to aid in bringing economic prosperity to Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of board minutes, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, financial records, reports, and the working papers of the corporation's offices. | | | | Call #: | MS 4222 | | | | Extent: | 27.30 linear feet (28 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Hough Area Development Corporation. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 10 | Title: | Day-Glo Color Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Day-Glo Color Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1930-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Day-Glo Color Corporation was founded in 1946 by Robert and Joseph Switzer, who developed ways to make photoluminescent paints and dyes.These paints and dyes were used by the military to mark airplanes as well as uniforms, and to detect flaws in airplane engines and other parts. They were also used extensively in the graphic arts industry, for product advertising and packaging.The company, which began as the Conti-Glo Division of Continental Lithograph Corporation, became Switzer Brothers, Inc., and later, Day-Glo Corporation, and was sold in 1986 to Nalco Chemical Corporation. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, articles of incorporation, blueprints, brochures, budgets, bylaws, color guides, contracts, correspondence, fabric samples, financial statements, handbooks, histories, interview transcripts, legal documents, lists, magazine clippings, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, outlines, photographs, press releases, publications, questionnaires, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, stock certificates, and tax returns. | | | | Call #: | MS 4878 | | | | Extent: | 6.04 linear feet (8 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997. | Switzer, Joseph L., 1915-1973. | Day-Glo Color Corp. | Switzer Brothers, Inc. | Continental Lithograph Corpation. Conti-Glo Division. | Nalco Chemical Company. | Day-Glo Investment Corporation. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pigments industry -- United States. | Pigments industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Paint industry and trade -- United States. | Paint industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dye industry -- United States. | Dye industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fluorescence. | Luminescence. | Photoluminescence. | Airplanes, Military -- Markings. | Airplanes, Military -- Painting. | Color in the textile industries. | Coloring matter. | Color in advertising. | Color in marketing. | Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Acme-Cleveland Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1869-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Acme-Cleveland Corporation was formed In Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger in 1968 of Cleveland Twist Drill Company, a manufacturer of high-speed drills and metal cutting tools, and the National Acme Company, a manufacturer of automatic multiple-spindle lathes and screw machines. Cleveland Twist Drill was founded in 1876 by Jacob D. Cox II, son of a Civil War general and former governor of Ohio. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills and pioneered the development of steels made of molybdenum as a substitute for tungsten. By 1936 it was the world's largest maker of high-speed drills and reamers, flourishing under Jacob D. Cox, Jr., who pioneered profit-sharing and authored two books on wage theory. National Acme originated as the Acme Screw Machine Company in 1895, makers of the first commercially successful automatic multiple-spindle screw manufacturing machine. Acme Screw merged with National Manufacturing Co. in 1901 to become National Acme Manufacturing Company, which purchased the Windsor Machine Company to become National Acme Company in 1916. The collection consists of histories, correspondence, writings by company executives, especially J.D. Cox, Jr., articles of incorporation, annual reports, ledger books, publications, such as catalogs, brochures and company newsletters, records of acquisitions and subsidiary firms, and newspaper clippings, pertaining to the Cleveland Twist Drill Co., National Acme Co., and Acme-Cleveland Corp., and to their predecessor firms. The collection traces the development of a major Cleveland machine-tool corporation, as well as developments within the metal-cutting and machine-tool industries in Cleveland and the U.S. during their formative years, and, in particular, to the very important decade of 1942-52. The collection also details the lives of Jacob D. Cox II and his son Jacob D. Cox, Jr., particularly his economic and political views. | | | | Call #: | MS 4507 | | | | Extent: | 5.81 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1852-1930. | Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1881-1953. | Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. | Prentiss, Francis Fleury, 1858-1937. | Cleveland Twist Drill Company -- Archives. | National Acme Company -- Archives. | Acme-Cleveland Corporation -- Archives. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine-tool industry -- United States. | Metal-cutting tools industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron-molybdenum alloys. | Machine-tools -- Catalogs. | Metal-cutting tools -- Catalogs. | Screw-cutting machines -- Catalogs. | Profit-sharing. | Wages. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | American Greetings Corporation Collection
| | | | Creator: | American Greetings Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1965-1967 | | | | Abstract: | American Greetings was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jacob Sapirstein in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he later expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Joseph Oster was the Vice President of American Greetings in the 1960s. American Greetings printed the official White House Christmas cards for President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965-1967. In gratitude, the White House sent Oster oversize prints of the Christmas cards from those years. The collection consists of three oversize prints of White House Christmas cards. | | | | Call #: | MS 5155 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | American Greetings Corporation | Christmas -- United States -- History | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | White House (Washington, D.C.)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | Society Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Society Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1836-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. The collection consists of records of the Society for Savings, Society National Bank, and Society Corporation, including acts of incorporation, charters and bylaws, histories, passbooks, personal papers of past presidents (especially Samuel H. Mather), minutes of trustees' and annual meetings from 1849, annual financial reports and quarterly statements, ledger books, administrative and secretarial files, bank newsletters, news and publicity releases, and scrapbooks. Included are files on bank "runs", World War I Liberty Loan drives, 1955 legislative activity regarding the formation of Society National Bank, the merger of Society for Savings into Society National Bank and the creation of Society Corporation. The collection also contains branch acquisition files and files of affiliate acquisitions, i.e. Centran Corporation and Central National Bank of Cleveland. Of particular note are reports on attracting new depositors, public relations and advertising files, and material on the construction and renovation of Society's headquarters. Also included are records of the law firm of Mather & Strong, the Cleveland Mutual Insurance Co, and Levi Sartwell, general agent of the Neil Stageline. | | | | Call #: | MS 4319 | | | | Extent: | 75.20 linear feet (89 containers, 26 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Society Corporation. | Society National Bank -- Archives. | Society for Savings -- Archives. | Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio). | Centran Corporation. | Financial services industry -- Ohio. | Banks and banking -- Ohio. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio. | Bank mergers -- Ohio. | Bank mergers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank accounts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank loans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank management -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public relations -- Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Biography. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Towmotor Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Towmotor Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1915-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Towmotor Corporation was a Cleveland, Ohio-based company founded by Lester M. Sears in 1919 which produced industrial tractors and fork lifts. His father, F.W. Sears, became co-partner, retaining that position until his death in 1934. The first Towmotor plant was located on Bliss Road in Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland. The plant later moved to 1226 East 152nd Street and then to 16100 Euclid Avenue. Small tractors were produced for the first 14 years, and in 1933, Lester Sears produced the first gasoline-powered fork lift. Towmotor continued to grow during World War II and during the 1950s and 1960s, acquiring Gerlinger Company of Dallas, Oregon in 1956, and began international distribution. In 1963, the company acquired Ohio Gear. Also in 1963, Towmotor merged with Caterpillar Tractor Company of Peoria, Ill. By the 1970s, the Towmotor name was dropped from vehicles. After a 1983 strike over cheaper labor costs in Korea, the Towmotor plant was closed in 1985. The collection consists of administrative, legal and financial records, correspondence, manuals, publications, advertisements, memorabilia and newspaper clippings relating largely to the formation, organization, and functioning of Towmotor Corporation, particularly during the 1920s and 1940s. In addition to the business records of the company, the collection includes valuable information pertaining to technological advancements in the material handling industry and personal material relating to Lester M. Sears, Mary Ann Swetland, and other Sears family members. | | | | Call #: | MS 4593 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sears, Lester M., 1888-1967. | Sears family. | Swetland, Mary Ann. | Towmotor Corporation. | Caterpillar Tractor Company. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Materials handling equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fork lift trucks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial power trucks -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | W.S. Tyler Company Records
| | | | Creator: | W.S. Tyler Company | | | | Dates: | 1866-1971 | | | | Abstract: | W. S. Tyler Company was an international wire mesh manufacturing concern founded in 1872, in Cleveland, Ohio, by Washington S. Tyler. It absorbed the Standard Company, another wire producer, in 1918. It became a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc. in 1970. Its products were used primarily in elevator construction and mining machinery. The collection consists of a general ledger, an inventory, a catalog of elevator parts, a newspaper clipping, and a facsimile of the company crest; and an account ledger from the Standard Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3747 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | W.S. Tyler Company. | Wire netting industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wire products industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elevators (Automatic)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 20 | Title: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company Correspondence
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company | | | | Dates: | 1852-1886 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Iron Mining Company was organized in 1863, in Cleveland, Ohio, to mine iron ore in the Great Lakes area. Its founders included Samuel Mather and other prominent Cleveland businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence between various officers of the company, including Samuel L. Mather, with mine superintendents in Marquette and Ishpeming, Michigan, relating to mining operations in the Lake Superior region. | | | | Call #: | MS 3136 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Iron Mining Company. | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron mines and mining -- Superior, Lake.
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