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1	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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2	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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3	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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4	Title:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials, Series II
	Creator:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation
	Dates:	1825-1996
	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, and Francis F. Prentiss. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills. 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 in Hartford, Connecticut, 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 financial reports, ledgers, shareholder meetings, company newsletters, marketing material, and correspondence, particularly those of Francis F. Prentiss, who was president of Cleveland Twist Drill between 1904 and 1911. There is also a large collection of photographs and glass plate negatives, approximately 1000 images, related to both Cleveland Twist Drill Company and National Acme Company and a 16mm film.
	Call #:	MS 5378
	Extent:	38.00 linear feet (54 containers and 5 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	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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6	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc., Records
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1961-1986
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures.
	Call #:	MS 4765
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Pickands, Mather and Company Records
	Creator:	Pickands, Mather and Company
	Dates:	1889-1969
	Abstract:	Pickands, Mather and Company was a Cleveland, Ohio-based mining and shipping firm; a major supplier of iron ore and coal to the steel industry, with one of the largest fleets of freight carriers on the Great Lakes. It originated with founders Samuel Mather, Jay Morse, and James S. Pickands in 1883. To meet its ore transport demands, the firm formed the Interlake Steamship Company in 1913, which became the second largest fleet on the Great Lakes. By the 1920s, the company was the one of the largest producers of iron ore in the U.S. In 1929 a subsidiary, the Interlake Iron Corporation, was formed. Pickands, Mather also had heavy investments in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. In 1973, Pickands, Mather and Company became part of Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. Moore McCormack sold its Pickands, Mather stock to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 1986. The collection consists of bound annual statements, annual statements of the mining department, individual cost statements, and a bound commemorative book which was presented to Samuel Mather, one of the founders.
	Call #:	MS 4590
	Extent:	17.30 linear feet (21 containers and 72 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Mather, Samuel, 1851-1931. \| Pickands, James S., 1839-1896. \| Morse, Jay. \| Pickands, Mather and Company. \| Interlake Steamship Company. \| Ashtabula & Buffalo Dock Company. \| Erie Mining Company. \| Wabush Mines. \| Syracuse Mining Company. \| Ontario Iron Company. \| Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. \| Interlake Iron Corporation. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Iron mines and mining -- United States. \| Iron industry and trade -- United States. \| Iron industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Coal mines and mining -- United States. \| Shipping -- Great Lakes.
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8	Title:	S. Korach Company Records
	Creator:	S. Korach Company
	Dates:	1898-1987
	Abstract:	The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies.
	Call #:	MS 4694
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. \| Korach family. \| S. Korach Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	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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10	Title:	Towmotor Corporation Photographs
	Creator:	Towmotor Corporation
	Dates:	1920-1945
	Abstract:	Towmotor Corporation was a Cleveland, Ohio, company founded by Lester M. Sears in 1919, which produced industrial tractors and fork lifts. The company merged with Caterpillar Tractor Company of Peoria, Illlinois, in 1963 but operated under its own name until the 1970s. The Towmotor plant was closed in 1985. The collection consists of 112 photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5396
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Fork lift trucks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial power trucks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Materials handling equipment industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Lees-Bradner Company Records
	Creator:	Lees-Bradner Company
	Dates:	1905-1992
	Abstract:	The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, a company history, agreements, stock certificates, financial reports, ledgers, correspondence, administrative reports, memoranda, catalogs, product detail sheets, advertisements, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4653
	Extent:	1.41 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Lees, Ernest J. d.1937. \| Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963. \| Bradner, George T., 1916- \| Lees-Bradner Company. \| White Consolidated Industries. \| Grant-Lees Machine Company. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gearing -- Manufacture. \| Gear-cutting machines. \| Automobiles -- Transmission devices.
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12	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Records, Series II
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1940-1996
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, financial statements, deeds, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures and catalogs, speech texts, and award certificates.
	Call #:	MS 5094
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Rosenthal family. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- United States. \| Uniforms industry -- Japan. \| Uniforms industry -- Belgium. \| Uniforms industry -- Canada. \| Uniforms industry -- France. \| Uniforms industry -- Great Britain. \| Uniforms industry -- Germany. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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13	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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14	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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15	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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16	Title:	Warner and Swasey Company Records
	Creator:	Warner and Swasey Company
	Dates:	1883-1970
	Abstract:	The Warner and Swasey Company was a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the United States. The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881 by Worcester R. Warner, who had a passionate interest in astronomy, and Ambrose Swasey. The company was bought by the Bendix Corp. of Michigan in 1980, which was taken over by Allied in 1983, which, in turn, sold it to Cross and Trecker in 1984. The collection consists of a copy of a pictorial historical reference book, clippings, and miscellaneous articles and lists relating to the company's history.
	Call #:	MS 4486
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Warner & Swasey. \| Optical instruments -- Design and construction. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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17	Title:	Ervin George Bailey Papers
	Creator:	Bailey, Ervin George
	Dates:	1918-1974
	Abstract:	Ervin George Bailey was an industrialist and manufacturer. He founded the Bailey Meter Company, a major manufacturer of industrial meters and controls, in 1916. The company was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. In 1926, Bailey Meter Company was purchased by The Babcock and Wilcox Company, although it continued production under its own name. Ervin Bailey remained with Babcock and Wilcox, serving as president of the Fuller LeHigh Company division 1926-1936, as chairman of Bailey Meter Company 1944-1956, and as a vice president of Babcock and Wilcox 1931-1951. Bailey was awarded 141 United States patents for his inventions in the fields of fluid and combustion control. He was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, England. He was also the author of many articles on metering, controls, fuels and combustion, and engineering education. The collection consists of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, historical sketches, speeches, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4743
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. \| Bailey Meter Company. \| Babcock & Wilcox Company. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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18	Title:	Frank A. Scott Papers
	Creator:	Scott, Frank Augustus
	Dates:	1848-1935
	Abstract:	Frank Augustus Scott (1873-1949) was a businessman, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, relating to Scott's activities in Cleveland's business, civic, cultural, charitable, and educational institutions, especially Western Reserve University, Case Institute of Technology, University Hospitals, and the Municipal Traction Company. Subjects include the iron and steel industry, business and industrial management, industry in Cleveland, the machine tool industry, economic matters, and federal legislation. Correspondents include Theodore E. Burton.
	Call #:	MS 3284
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (8 containers)
	Subjects:	Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949. \| Scott family. \| Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| Cleveland Railway Company. \| Municipal Traction Company. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Metal trade -- United States. \| Iron industry and trade -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- United States. \| Legislation -- United States. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Europe -- Description and travel -- 1919-1944.
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19	Title:	Walter K. Bailey Papers
	Creator:	Bailey, Walter K.
	Dates:	1975-1991
	Abstract:	Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1967. Under Bailey's leadership, Warner & Swasey diversified and acquired several smaller companies, growing into a major international producer of machine tools and related products. Bailey also was active in various philanthropic organizations in Cleveland, and served as a trustee of Oberlin College, the Musical Arts Association, and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. The collection consists of a Warner & Swasey Company history compiled in 1975 by Walter Bailey. Included is an illustrated typescript; followed by supporting documents, reports, illustrations, publications, and newspaper clippings. A corporate history file contains reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications collected after completion of the written history.
	Call #:	MS 4657
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bailey, Walter K. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
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20	Title:	Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 Records, Series II
	Creator:	Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56
	Dates:	1935-1983
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56, was chartered in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 as the Cleveland Printing and Pressmen's Union, No. 56. It became the Cleveland Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union, Local No. 56, in 1929, after merging with the Cleveland Pressmen's Assistants Union, Local No. 45. The present name was adopted after a merger in 1973 with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers International. The collection consists of constitutions, histories, minutes, grievances, agreements, proceedings of conventions, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 4172
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Local No. 56. \| Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective labor agreements -- Printing industry -- United States. \| Industrial relations -- United States. \| Labor -- United States. \| Printing industry -- United States. \| Wages -- Printers -- United States. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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