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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 101 | Title: | Swiss Hall Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Swiss Hall Company | | | | Dates: | 1917-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Swiss Hall Company, located in Cleveland, Ohio, incorporated in 1919. In 1917, members of various Swiss immigrant groups, including the Schweizer Maennerchor (later the Swiss Singing Society), the Schweizer Verien (Swiss Society), Schwiezer Turn Verein (Swiss Turner), and the Schweizerischen Frauen Verien (Swiss Ladies Aid Society) established the Vereinigte Schweizer Vereine (United Swiss Societies) for the purpose of finding a permanent home for the various Swiss Societies. The Swiss Hall Company purchased the old Tuxedo Hall, 2710 Walton Avenue, which became the focal point of Swiss community life in Cleveland. Eventually, the Schwiezer Damenchor (Swiss Women's Chorus), the Dramatic Club, and the Ladies Sewing Circle joined the four founding organizations as stockholding members of the Swiss Hall Company. The Company was responsible for the management and maintenance of the Hall, and eventually for screening and admitting applicants for the individual social societies. Sometime between 1928-1933, the Swiss Hall Company purchased land on Brecksville Road as a summer recreation ground referred to as Swiss Grove or Swiss Farm. The Farm was sold in 1948. In 1993, the Hall was sold and the Swiss Hall Company was disbanded. The collection consists of minute books, account books, financial reports, membership records, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4682 | | | | Extent: | 1.85 linear feet (3 containers, 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Swiss Hall Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Swiss Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 103 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1858-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was founded in 1841 as Koch and Loeb, a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The store moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1845, and when Samuel Loeb left shortly after the move, Kaufman Koch expanded the enterprise to three locations. Other partners joined the company, including Jacob Goldsmith and Julius Feiss in 1865 and Moritz Joseph in 1873. As Goldsmith, Joseph, Feiss & Company, an internal factory was opened in 1897 to begin the production of ready-made men's clothing under the Clothcraft label. After changing its name to the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907, the company became fully incorporated as The Joseph and Feiss Company in 1920 when it moved into its new factory on W. 53rd Street in Cleveland. The company had originally balanced scientific management with benevolent corporate paternalism in order to keep workers happy as well as healthy. In 1934, the company was unionized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union of America and these paternalistic programs were ended. During World War II, Joseph and Feiss became an important manufacturer of uniforms for the United States army and navy. After the war, the company continued to expand its line of products, purchasing Samuel Spitz Company and its Cricketeer label in 1957 and Windbreaker-Danville in 1962. Joseph and Feiss also owned and operated several subsidiaries, including the Naval Uniform Service, Inc. In 1966, Joseph and Feiss merged with Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation and continued to operate under its own name. In 1989, it was acquired by the German clothing firm Hugo Boss. The Cricketeer label was discontinued in 1995 and in 1997 its Cleveland operations were moved to the Tiedeman Road facility in Brooklyn, Ohio. In 2010, the planned closure of that plant was averted after union negotiations. The plant continues to produce 150,000 suits a year. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, news clippings, inventories, audit reports, tax records, contracts, legal deeds, blueprints, ledger books, personnel records, and booklets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5054 | | | | Extent: | 17.20 linear feet (11 containers and 15 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. | United States. Army -- Uniforms. | United States. Navy -- Uniforms. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. | Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 105 | Title: | Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company | | | | Dates: | 1987-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company (f. 1986) was established in Illinois by Robert and Diane O'Connor, and in later years moved to northeast Ohio. Robert (b. 1939) was born in Dublin, Ireland, growing up during a time of much strife in Northern Ireland. His childhood experience left him with an impression that has remained with him all his life. To help ease the suffering of the children in Northern Ireland, he and his wife, Diane (nee Baron) decided to set up a fund to allow Protestant and Catholic children from the most derelict areas of Belfast and Derry, Northern Ireland, to come to the United States and spend a few weeks with a host family. The goal is to foster positive relations between the two groups, and is followed with various outings, events, and retreats back in Northern Ireland. The O'Connor's established Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company, which is based in Streetsboro, Ohio. The company provides a variety of products made in Ireland, through their catalog. Creative Irish Gifts Catalog functions as a fundraising effort to sustain the Irish Children's Fund, Inc. (f. 1982). The latter is an organization dedicated to creating lasting peace in Northern Ireland. All profits from the catalog directly support The Irish Children's Fund, and those working for the catalog originally did so in a volunteer capacity. The Irish Children's Fund, Inc. is the largest youth organization in Northern Ireland, and has received recognition by the government and civic and social service groups in the United States and Ireland. Today, it is used as a model for other international organizations that are now assisting children in troubled areas. The collection consists of a brochure, a catalog, a history of the company, leaflets, a newspaper clipping, a paper published at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4882 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | O'Connor, Robert, 1939- | Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company. -- Archives. | Irish Children's Fund | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Irish Americans -- Archives. | Peace movements -- United States -- 20th century. | Peace movements -- Northern Ireland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration. | Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994. | Northern Ireland -- History -- 1994-
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 106 | 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* | | 107 | Title: | World Publishing Company Records
| | | | Creator: | World Publishing Company | | | | Dates: | 1954-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The World Publishing Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1905 by Alfred H. Cahen, an immigrant from Poland. The company was a major publisher of trade books, bibles, dictionaries, and children's books. This collection consists primarily of catalogs, annual reports, and bulletins from the World Publishing Company dating from the 1950s to the 1970s. It also includes employee benefit manuals and company-issued books detailing pension and retirement plans. | | | | Call #: | MS 5357 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pensions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 108 | Title: | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company | | | | Dates: | 1849-1909 | | | | Abstract: | The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company was formed in 1869 by the merger of four railroads, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, the Cleveland and Toledo, the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula, and the Buffalo and Erie. In 1914 it was merged into the New York Central system. The collection consists of financial records of predecessor or subsidiary railroads which formed the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern system. | | | | Call #: | MS 3912 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (64 reels of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. | Railroads -- United States -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 109 | Title: | Woodhill Chemical Sales Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Woodhill Chemical Sales Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1958-2013 | | | | Abstract: | Woodhill Chemical Sales Corporation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1921 by Norman Jackson Freeman (1898-1987). Woodhill Chemical was one of the largest manufacturers and packagers of do-it-yourself repair products, including Super Glue. The collection consists of advertisements, an annual report, an award, a biographical statement, an invitation, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, packaging, a product catalog, and a "profit finder". | | | | Call #: | MS 5309 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Chemical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glue -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Paint industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 110 | Title: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, McComb, Ohio Station Records
| | | | Creator: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, McComb, Ohio Station | | | | Dates: | 1894-1895 | | | | Abstract: | The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company was a railroad organized in 1881 to connect Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. The collection consists of a train register maintained by an agent of the railroad at its station in McComb, Ohio. The register serves as both a time book and a transfer table. | | | | Call #: | MS 3468 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company. McComb, Ohio Station. | Railroads -- United States -- Time-books. | Railroads -- United States -- Transfer-tables.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 111 | 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* | | 112 | Title: | Buckeye Brass and Manufacturing Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Buckeye Brass and Manufacturing Company | | | | Dates: | 1912-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Buckeye Brass and Manufacturing was founded in 1900 as Buckeye Brass and Pattern Company in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1912 it incorporated as Buckeye Brass and Manufacturing Company. It moved to the plant located at 6410 Hawthorne on Cleveland's west side in 1917, and in 1921 a foundry was built. It manufactured brass and bronze castings, tools, parts, and fittings. Buckeye was one of the three top brass and bronze companies in the U.S. when it was sold to Don Shook, owner of competitor, Markey Bronze, in 1952. Shook sold out to Eagle-Picher Company in 1967. After 1952, Buckeye Brass operated at various times as Buckeye Brass, Buckeye-Markey, Masten-Buckeye, and as a division of Masten-Bunting. Eagle consolidated all brass and bronze operations in the Toledo Bunting plant in 1982, and the Buckeye Cleveland plant was closed. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, stock certification, minutes for board of directors and stockholder meetings, corporate history, financial records, personnel records, plant operations records, sales and marketing records that includes catalogs, price lists, and inventory/pricing documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4552 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Buckeye Brass and Manufacturing Company. | Brass industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 113 | Title: | Ostendorf-Morris Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ostendorf-Morris Company | | | | Dates: | 1934-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Ostendorf-Morris Company was a commercial real estate firm founded in 1939 by Edgar L. Ostendorf (1889-1977) and Warren L. Morris (1888-1973). The company was established to manage industrial and office space in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, and eventually expanded to offer financial services and property development. The collection consists of correspondence, drawings, project files, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5386 | | | | Extent: | 1.02 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Tower East (Cleveland, Ohio) | Office buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial real estate -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 114 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority records, 1848-1958
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911 | | | | | Tayler, Robert W. | | | | | Stanley, John J. | | | | | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936 | | | | | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935 | | | | | Cleveland (Ohio) City Council. | | | | | Cleveland Electric Railway Company | | | | | Cleveland Railway Company | | | | Dates: |
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| | | | Notes: | These records form part of the archives of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, but they predate the creation of the RTA. | | | | Call #: | LR RA 0001 | | | | Extent: | 11.10 linear ft. | | | | Subjects: | Tayler, Robert W | Cleveland Electric Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland City Railway Company -- Archives | Cleveland Interurban Railway Company -- Archives | Shaker Heights Rapid Transit -- Archives | Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad Company -- Archives | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights | Street-railroads -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Grievance arbitration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Municipal ownership -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area | Municipal franchises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Trolley buses -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 116 | Title: | American Fur Company Records
| | | | Creator: | American Fur Company | | | | Dates: | 1795-1842 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of letters (1821-1842) to Robert Stuart, agent of the American Fur Company; papers and letters addressed to Samuel Abbott, notary public in Michilimackinac, Michigan, relating to trade and Indian affairs; shipping bills (1834-1839); and agreements and certificates relating to trade. | | | | Call #: | MS 0371 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fur trade -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 117 | Title: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company | | | | Dates: | 1845-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company was a railroad in receivership with Reuben Hitchcock. The collection consists of letter and receipt books, auditor's letter book, account books, cashbook, journal, register of creditors, and transportation receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 2877 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers and 6 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. | Railroads -- United States -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 118 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (1958-1993) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. Thomas Boddie (d. 2006) created all his recording equipment by hand rather than purchasing pre-made machines, and he pressed his own vinyl records. This allowed him to hold down costs, thus attracting a wide range of clientele in need of demonstration records and small runs of 45 rpm records. His 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. Thomas Boddie began his interest in sound systems and recordings as a teenager in his home on Kinsman Ave. in Cleveland in the 1940s. Though talented and educated in the fields of sound and electrical engineering, he had difficulty finding work due to his race. He first found employment as an organ repairman, then at Wright-Patterson Air Base. After serving in the army during World War II, Boddie returned to Cleveland and began building the pieces of what would eventually become a full-fledged recording studio, designing and modifying equipment while working as a repairman. The studio survived through small business loans, Thomas's ability to save money through hard work and perseverance, and the consistent assistance of his wife Louise. He and his wife laid the concrete themselves for an addition to their house to form a record pressing plant, and he built an 8-track recording machine for about 15% of the cost of a new one. The Boddies traveled to various locations with their equipment to record groups and individuals on-site, quickly making multiple cassette recordings to sell after the event. When he discovered true potential talent, he would send recordings to Motown, where the artist had a better chance of becoming known, as the Boddie Recording Company did not have the sponsorship of large advertisers that Motown had. Thomas Boddie died in 2006. In 2009, the Numero Group purchased the large number of recordings made at the Boddie Recording Company, with many of the recordings scheduled to be released in late 2011. The collection consists of advertisements, booklets, business cards, contracts, correspondence, flyers, legal documents, miscellaneous notes, newspaper clippings, programs, receipts, sample 45rpm record designs, schematics, and transparencies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5090 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 | Boddie, Louise | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 119 | Title: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company | | | | Dates: | 1902-1908 | | | | Abstract: | The Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, "to furnish facilities for and to promote an interest in four-in-hand and tandem driving and other athletic and outdoor exercises for the amusement, recreation, health, and profit of its members, and to acquire and own property convenient therefore." The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and legal papers. Stockholders include Daniel R. Hanna, Howard M. Hanna, A.F. Holden, L. Dean Holden, James M. Hoyt, Edward A. Merritt, Charles A. Otis, James Parmelee, Jacob B. Perkins, William L. Rice, Belden Seymour, and R.H. York. | | | | Call #: | MS 0993 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Coaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Driving of horse-drawn vehicles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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