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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 82 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 83 | Title: | Austin Company Records and Audiovisual Materials, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Austin Company | | | | Dates: | 1927-2000 | | | | 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 2017, the Austin Company continued to maintain its headquarters in the Cleveland suburb of Mayfield Heights. The collection consists of acquisition records, Board of Directors minutes, correspondence, stock plans, division reports, business plans and reports, presentations, stock ownership materials, as well as 16mm film, and audio and video tapes documenting various projects, company meetings, and oral history. | | | | Call #: | MS 5419 | | | | Extent: | 12.51 linear feet (19 containers and 8 oversize items) | | | | 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.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 84 | 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 | Save | | 86 | 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 | Save | | 87 | Title: | Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Federal Knitting Mills Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5051 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Federation of Labor. | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. | United States. National Labor Relations Board. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 88 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1847-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3886 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 89 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 91 | 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 | Save | | 92 | Title: | Peerless Motor Car Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Peerless Motor Car Company | | | | Dates: | 1911-1943 | | | | Abstract: | The Peerless Motor Car Company was founded as the Peerless Wringer and Manufacturing Company. in 1889 on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. The company produced washing machine wringers into the late 1890's until it began bicycle production. In 1903, The Peerless Manufacturing Company. was renamed The Peerless Motor Car Company to reflect its new focus on automobile parts and construction. The company specialized in luxury car manufacturing and thrived for two decades. Peerless also profited from truck manufacture and sales, particularly during World War I. New marketing strategies, however, could not offset the economic decline of the Great Depression; the company dissolved in 1931 and its last president arranged to have the Carling Brewing Company use the factory to produce beer. The collection consists of appraisals, catalogs, correspondence, memoranda, and minutes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5333 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 93 | Title: | Cleveland, Ohio, Fire Department, Engine Company No. 13 Journal
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland, Ohio, Fire Department, Engine Company No. 13 | | | | Dates: | 1903 | | | | Abstract: | Engine Company No. 13 of the Cleveland Fire Deparmtnet served the Independence Road area of Cleveland, Ohio, under the direction of Chief George Wallace. The collection consists of duty logs, roll call lists, pay roll records, and notations containing equipment inspection and alarms received in 1903. | | | | Call #: | MS 4461 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). Fire Dept. Engine Company No. 13 -- Archives. | Fire departments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fire stations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fire fighters -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 94 | 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 | Save | | 95 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5238 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 97 | Title: | Tiffin Manufacturing Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Tiffin Manufacturing Company | | | | Dates: | 1875-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The Tiffin Manufacturing Company was a church furniture manufacturing company located in Tiffin, Ohio, and founded in 1874 by Alsatian emigrant Jacob Scheiber. The company first made a range of wood products but by the early 1890s devoted itself entirely to the manufacture of church furniture and church interiors. The company became a national leader in the field of church furniture and established trends in the design of church furnishings and interiors. Tiffin Manufacturing was in business until the 1960s. The collection consists of letter books, other correspondence, financial records (including ledgers, journals, day books, cash books, inventories, order books, invoices, and wage books), catalogs, and drawings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4482 | | | | Extent: | 26.40 linear feet (24 containers, 19 oversize volumes, and 10 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Tiffin Manufacturing Company -- Archives. | Furniture industry and trade -- Ohio -- Tiffin. | Church furniture -- Catalogs. | Church furniture -- Drawings. | Church decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. | Church decoration and ornament -- Drawings. | Tiffin (Ohio) -- Industries -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 98 | Title: | Reliance Electric Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Reliance Electric Company | | | | Dates: | 1905-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Reliance Electric Company was founded in 1905 as the Lincoln Electric Motor Works by Reuben and Charles Hitchcock in Cleveland, Ohio. The company, eventually renamed Reliance Electric & Engineering Company, produced electric motors, drives, controls, and telecommunication systems. The collection consists of correspondence, advertising, marketing materials, financial reports, photographic negatives, photographs, and 35mm slides. | | | | Call #: | MS 5341 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Electric motors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric motors -- Electronic control. | Women electronic industry workers -- United States. | Business records -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 100 | 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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