| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 121 | 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 | | 123 | 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 | | 124 | 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 | | 126 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 127 | 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 | Save | | 129 | 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 | Save | | 131 | 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 | Save | | 132 | 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 | Save | | 133 | 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 | Save | | 134 | 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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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 135 | Title: | Warner and Swasey Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Warner and Swasey Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1978 | | | | 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 Corporation 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 portraits of Ambrose Swasey, Worchester Reed Warner, the Warner and Swasey Company, its personnel, plants, and products. Products depicted include telescopes, scientific instruments, textile machines, and machine tools. Also included are views of the residences and personal observatory of Ambrose Swasey and Worchester Reed Warner. The collection was originally compiled as a reference source for use by company personnel and for publicity purposes. Included in this collection is written descriptive material that corresponds to the photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 270 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Swasey, Ambrose, 1846-1937 -- Photograph collections. | Warner, Worcester Reed, 1846-1929 -- Photograph collections. | Warner & Swasey -- Photograph collections. | Optical instruments -- Design and construction -- Photographs. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Telescopes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Optical industry -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 136 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1914-1950 | | | | 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 photographs of various operations, functions, facilities, events, and staff of the Joseph and Feiss Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are exterior and interior views of the factory; individual and group portraits of the founders of the company, other executives, and employees; views of employees at work and at various recreational activities; views of medical and sanitary facilities, the nursery, lunchrooms, and language and other classes for employees; views of machinery used in clothing manufacturing at the plant; and views of production and employees during World War II. | | | | Call #: | PG 175 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph & Feiss Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 137 | Title: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company of Cleveland Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company | | | | Dates: | 1903-1906 | | | | 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 one photograph album kept as a record book by the Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club of Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs show still and action coaching scenes, picnics, and groups of members. Also included are clippings, schedule sheets, and autographs of members. | | | | Call #: | PG 046 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Four-In-Hand and Tandem Club Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Coaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Driving of horse-drawn vehicles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 138 | 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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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 140 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1955-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (f. 1950s) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. In order to hold down costs, Thomas Boddie created all his recording equipment by hand, rather than purchasing pre-made machines. He owned the company with his wife, Louise Boddie. Their 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. The collection consists of 28 negatives and 36 black and white photographs of artists and the recording studio. | | | | Call #: | PG 563 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 -- Photographs. | Boddie, Louise -- Photographs. | Games, Allen -- Photographs. | Mayes, Patricia -- Photographs. | Hawkins, Bill. -- Photographs. | North, Penny -- Photographs. | Smitty Al -- Photographs. | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | A.C. Jones and the Atomic Aces (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Bright Stars (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Golden Harmonizers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Gospel Tones Quartet (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Jubilee Specials (Musical group) -- Photographs. | King James Version (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Little Anthony and the Soul Detergents (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Magnificent Soul Touchers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Natural Born Soul (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Premiers (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Victory Five (Musical group) -- Photographs. | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music -- Photographs. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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