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1	Title:	David K. Ford Family Papers
	Creator:	Ford, David K. Family
	Dates:	1791-1993
	Abstract:	The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks.
	Call #:	MS 4730
	Extent:	36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Thorpe family. \| Ford, David K., 1894-1993. \| Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. \| Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. \| Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. \| Ford family. \| Brooks family. \| Gill family. \| Dunn family. \| Shyrock family. \| Keith family. \| Reynolds family. \| Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. \| Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). \| Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. \| New Amsterdam Company. \| One Euclid Company. \| Williamson Company. \| Ford-McCaslin Company. \| Lubrizol Corporation. \| Lubrizol Foundation. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Garfield Savings Bank. \| Western Reserve Trust Company. \| Metropolitan National Savings Bank. \| East End Savings and Trust Company. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Marvin Clinton Harrison Papers
	Creator:	Harrison, Marvin Clinton
	Dates:	1915-1954
	Abstract:	Marvin Clinton Harrison (1890-1954) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and Ohio state senator who specialized in the areas of accident and labor law. The collection consists of briefs, depositions, medical reports, exhibits, case notes, precedents, authorizations, correspondence, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, newspaper clippings, settlement notices, receipts, personal papers, and letters from Harrison to his father.
	Call #:	MS 3799
	Extent:	24.40 linear feet (25 containers)
	Subjects:	Harrison, Marvin Clinton, 1890-1954. \| Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) \| Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. \| Accident law -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Judson Paul Lamb Papers
	Creator:	Lamb, Judson Paul
	Dates:	1911-1936
	Abstract:	Judson Paul Lamb was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who served as Law Director of the city of Cleveland during the administration of Mayor Fred Kohler, 1922-1923. He also served as chairman of a statewide committee that drafted the first uniform traffic code for Ohio. In his private law practice, he was involved in several important litigations, including the Cleveland Clinic fire disaster of 1929, in which he represented the victim's families. The collection consists of six scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and correspondence. Most of the clippings relate to litigation against the East Ohio Gas Company rate increases, a recall effort against Mayor Fred Kohler, and the resignation of Lamb and other cabinet officials. Also included are clippings regarding Lamb's private law cases, especially suits regarding the 1929 Cleveland Clinic disaster.
	Call #:	MS 4535
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Lamb, Judson Paul, 1885-1965. \| Kohler, Fred, 1864-1934. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Law Dept. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| East Ohio Gas Company. \| Cleveland Clinic Foundation. \| Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gas companies -- Rates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Actions and defenses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. \| Political corruption -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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4	Title:	George Barnes Harris Papers
	Creator:	Harris, George Bares
	Dates:	1881-1967
	Abstract:	George Barnes Harris (1881-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and judge. He helped organize the American Judicature Society, the Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice, and the Ohio Judicial Council, and drafted the Ohio Judicial Council Bill. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, brochures, printed matter, organizational lists and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3570
	Extent:	6.00 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Harris, George Barnes, 1881-1970. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Court congestion and delay -- Ohio. \| Court administration -- Ohio. \| Legal ethics.
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5	Title:	Edward Bushnell Papers
	Creator:	Bushnell, Edward
	Dates:	1888-1926
	Abstract:	Edward Bushnell (1865-1944) was the son of Ebenezer and Cornelia K (Woodruff) Bushnell. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1880s and Edward became a lawyer. His specialty was estate administration. He was involved in many social and civic activities, including the Cleveland School Board, where he served as president from 1915 to 1917. He was married to Maude Kidder Sherwin. The collection consists of correspondence and financial and legal documents relating to Bushnell's non-legal interests and to several estates which he handled.
	Call #:	MS 3733
	Extent:	1.21 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bushnell, Edward, 1865-1944. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Records of the Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Creator:	Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Dates:	1977-1989
	Abstract:	George Victor Voinovich was born in 1936 and grew up on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Ohio University for his undergraduate studies and received his law degree from Ohio State University in 1961. Following his marriage to Janet Allan in 1962, he established a law practice in his Collinwood neighborhood. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1966, became Cuyahoga County Auditor in 1971, and was elected a Cuyahoga County commissioner in 1976. He also served one term as Lieutenant Governor under James A. Rhodes. Voinovich was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland in 1979 and served for ten years, restructuring the city's finances, promoting neighborhood revitalization, and supporting development of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other achievements. The National Civic League awarded the city of Cleveland the "All American City Award" three times during Voinovich's tenure. He was elected Governor of Ohio in 1990. From 1999-2011, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate. The collection consists of the mayor's office files transferred in 1989 to the Western Reserve Historical Society as an agent of the Ohio State Archives under the Ohio Public Records Law. These include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, publications, speeches, invitations, regrets, press releases, photographs, and videotapes, with newspaper clippings comprising more than half the volume of the collection.
	Call #:	MS 5048
	Extent:	127.00 linear feet (123 containers)
	Subjects:	Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. \| National Civic League (U.S.) \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| North Coast Harbor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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7	Title:	Frank E. Joseph, Jr. Papers
	Creator:	Joseph, Frank E. Jr.
	Dates:	1927-2006
	Abstract:	Frank E. Joseph, Jr. was a descendant of the Joseph family that arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1872 and later founded the Joseph and Feiss Company. He was an attorney for Hahn, Loeser, Freedheim, Dean & Wellman and president of Bellefaire JCB. He also served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Temple-Tifereth Israel, and the Oakwood Club. The collection consists of twenty-one scrapbooks and correspondence. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, correspondence, and ticket stubs.
	Call #:	MS 5015
	Extent:	8.02 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Joseph, Frank E., 1928-2008. \| Joseph, Maddy, 1937- \| Joseph family. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Cleveland Bar Association Records, Series II
	Creator:	Cleveland Bar Association
	Dates:	1937-1983
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Bar Assocaition (f. 1873) is an organization of of Cleveland, Ohio, lawyers whose purpose is to maintain the honor and dignity of the law profession and promote legal and judicial reform. Operating via a series of committees, the association over the years has investigated misconduct by lawyers, judges, sheriffs, and police, which has resulted in resignations and/or disbarment. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, financial materials, correspondence, memoranda, directories, records of the Court Management Project, a subject file, scrapbooks and issues of the Cleveland Bar Association journal. The collection is useful for understanding the activities and interests of the association, including the Court Management Project, 1970-76, which explored judicial reform in Cuyahoga County courts, and illuminates some of the controversy which surrounded the "deregulation" of the profession, such as the advertising of legal services.
	Call #:	MS 4332
	Extent:	25.20 linear feet (36 containers and 11 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Bar Association -- Archives. \| Court administration -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Harry Franklin Payer Papers
	Creator:	Payer, Harry Franklin
	Dates:	1893-1948
	Abstract:	Harry Franklin Payer (1875-1952) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, trial lawyer who entered Democratic Party politics. He attained the positions of assistant city solicitor under Newton D. Baker, president of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, and Assistant Secretary of State of the United States under President Franklin Roosevelt. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community and in the Alumni Association of Western Reserve University. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, programs, drawings, speeches, articles, lists and school records.
	Call #:	MS 3950
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Payer, Harry Franklin, 1875-1952. \| Western Reserve University -- Alumni and alumnae. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Democratic Party. Ohio.
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10	Title:	Jordan C. Band Papers
	Creator:	Band, Jordan C.
	Dates:	1921-2003
	Abstract:	Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5103
	Extent:	3.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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11	Title:	Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Spalding, Rufus Day Jr. Family
	Dates:	1790-1983
	Abstract:	Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. A partner of the law firm Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, he was also an assistant attorney general for Ohio, and was active in many legal and other organizations. He was descended from a family which included several noted lawyers and judges. His father, Rufus S. Day Sr., and his uncle, Luther Day, were founders of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Another uncle, William Day, was a federal judge, and a great uncle, Robert H. Day, served on the Ohio Supreme Court. His grandfather, William Rufus Day, was a justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rufus Day was born in Ravenna, Ohio, attended the University of Michigan, was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, and practiced law in Canton, Ohio. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1886-1890 and was appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1897. As Secretary of State in the cabinet of President William A. McKinley, he negotiated the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1903-1922. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, a diary, an account book, a scrapbook, biographical sketches, a notebook, articles, writings, addresses, obituaries, publications, and certificates. Most of the material relates to William Rufus Day.
	Call #:	MS 4672
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. \| Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. \| Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. \| Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. \| Day family. \| United States. Supreme Court. \| Lawyers -- Ohio. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- United States. \| Cabinet officers -- United States.
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12	Title:	Martin R. Hoke Congressional Papers
	Creator:	Hoke, Martin R.
	Dates:	1976-1996
	Abstract:	Martin R. Hoke is an Ohio Republican who served in the United States House of Representatives for two consecutive terms from 1992-1996. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, he attended Western Reserve Academy and Amherst College. He earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1980. Hoke won Congressional office in Ohio's 10th District in 1992. During his terms as representative, Hoke was a strong supporter of term limits on representatives and advocated a balanced budget. He sponsored or co-sponsored several bills, including the Fan Freedom and Protection Act, the Balanced Budget Act, and Contingent Fee Amendment. Hoke was defeated by Dennis Kucinich in his 1996 re-election campaign. The collection consists of bill information, campaign records, correspondence, expense reports, legislative activity guides, legislative profiles, newspaper clippings, press releases, speeches, volunteer information, and voting records.
	Call #:	MS 5056
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Hoke, Martin R. \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| Legislators -- United States. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Budget deficits -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Term limits (Public office) -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Ohio -- Law and legislation.
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