| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 181 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 182 | Title: | William Anderson Haven Papers
| | | | Creator: | Haven, William Anderson | | | | Dates: | 1916-1972 | | | | Abstract: | William Anderson Haven (1888-1973) was a chemical engineer who worked at U.S. Steel, New York Steel, Carnegie Steel, Marting Iron Company, and Republic Steel. After management differences with Cyrus Eaton at Republic Steel in 1929, he left to become vice-president of Arthur G. McKee and Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Before his retirement in 1953 he had planned or supervised the construction of numerous steel plants and oil refineries in the United States and throughout the world. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous non-correspondence, and reports on the iron and steel industry in the United States and abroad. | | | | Call #: | MS 3613 | | | | Extent: | 3.90 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Haven, William Anderson, 1888-1973. | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979. | Steel industry and trade.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 183 | Title: | TRW Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | TRW Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1900-1969 | | | | Abstract: | TRW, Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corp. to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of minute books, correspondence, memoranda, financial records, newsletters, histories, and publications, the bulk of which relate to Thompson Products, Inc. and its subsidiaries during the 1930s and 1940s and bear largely upon labor management relations. Detailed information on interactions with the CIO, the National Labor Relations Board and the National War Labor Board is included. | | | | Call #: | MS 3942 | | | | Extent: | 84.80 linear feet (184 containers and 86 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | TRW Inc. | National Air Races (Cleveland, Ohio) | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft industry -- United States. | Aerospace industries -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Automobile industry workers -- United States. | Aircraft industry workers -- United States. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 184 | Title: | Nordson Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Nordson Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1952-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Nordson Foundation (1952-1988) was originally created by Walter G. and Virginia Nord. Walter Nord was the president of U. S. Automatic Corporation (f. 1909) of Amherst, Ohio, a company which manufactured screw machine parts for the automotive industry. Walter Nord and his sons, Evan and Eric Nord, organized the Nordson Corporation in 1954 as a subsidiary of U. S. Automatic Corporation. The Nordson Corporation, headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, is a multinational company that designs, manufactures, and markets systems that apply adhesives, sealants, and coatings to a broad range of consumer and industrial products during the manufacturing process. The Nordson Foundation was a philanthropic organization which provided financial support primarily in the areas of public service, social problems, family services, and education. The Nord family, including Walter's sons Eric and Evan Nord, and Cleveland lawyer William Ginn, guided the foundation through 1980. In 1988 the foundation was reorganized to create the Nord Family Foundation and the Nordson Corporation Foundation. Since its inception, the Nord Family Foundation has primarily served Lorain County, Ohio, and has been based in the Lorain-Elyria area. As of 1993, the foundation was headquartered in Elyria, Ohio. Its charitable activities, however, have sometimes reached into neighboring locales, particularly Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, and touched other areas of Ohio and the nation. In addition to the foundation, the Nord family is also noted for its involvement in the development of inventions, including innovations in areas as diverse as spray painters and robotics. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes of the board of trustees, policies and procedures, a mission statement, resolutions, correspondence, financial reports, contract bids and specifications, newspaper clippings, memoranda, pamphlets, publications, accounting journals, budgets, tax returns, affidavits, and materials related to projects and activities of the foundation, with grant proposals (1980-1984) compromising the bulk of the materials. The files include the minutes, cases, photographs, and organizational materials of the Neighborhood Concepts Company (1984-1986), a Lorain-Elyria housing rehabilitation program initiated through the funding of the Nordson Foundation. The records of the Nord Family Foundation and the Nordson Corporation Foundation are not part of this collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 4641 | | | | Extent: | 16.20 linear feet (18 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Nordson Foundation. | Nordson Corporation. | Neighborhood Concepts Company. | Charities -- Ohio -- Lorain County. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Lorain County. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Lorain County. | Social service -- Ohio -- Lorain County. | Human services -- Ohio -- Lorain County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 185 | Title: | Alva Bradley Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bradley, Alva Family | | | | Dates: | 1871-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Alva Bradley Family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family active in shipbuilding and the real estate business. Alva Bradley was a partner in the shipbuilding company of Bradley & Cobb, which eventually became Bradley Transportation Company, a prominent member of the Lake Carriers' Association. Alva's son, M.A. (Morris A.) and grandson Alva were part of the company. In 1910, they started the Bradley Realty Company which became the largest holder of real estate in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of accounting journals, ledgers, letter copy books, and other volumes documenting the financial interests of the Bradley family and their business concerns, especially the Bradley Realty Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4496 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (1 container and 23 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Bradley family. | Bradley, Alva, 1814-1885. | Bradley, M.A. (Morris A.), 1860-1926. | Bradley, Alva, 1884-1953. | Bradley Realty Company. | Bradley Transportation Company. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 186 | Title: | E.F. Hauserman Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1910-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The E.F. Hauserman Company was a leading producer of of movable interior walls for offices, factories, and schools, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was founded by Earl F. Hauserman (1885-1943) who bought out part of the building supplies dealer for whom he worked and organized the E.F. Hauserman Co. in 1913. The company became a leading manufacturer of interior steel partitions and was a major defense contractor during World War II. Following the war, E.F. Hauserman's sons, Fred M. Hauserman (1909-1972) and William F. Hauserman (1920-2012) led the company, including expansion into Canada and Europe. In the mid 1970s, E.F. Hauserman Company consolidated with its principle subsidiaries to become Hauserman, Inc., In 1978 the company acquired Sunar, a Canadian office furniture manufacturer and in 1983 became Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. The company closed in 1989 due to changing economic conditions. The collection consists of correspondence, financial reports, project and patent files, product literature, and organizational materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5382 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wall panels. | Steel plate deck bridges -- United States. | Prefabricated interior architecture. | Pontoon bridges. | Landing mats. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 187 | Title: | D. James Pritchard Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pritchard, D. James | | | | Dates: | 1922-1991 | | | | Abstract: | D. James Pritchard (1908-1998) was a bank executive and public relations director at Society Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a local philanthropist who supported its cultural institutions, namely the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The collection consists of annual reports, awards, biographies, charters, correspondence, financial records, histories, notices, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5332 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charity organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropy -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 188 | Title: | William J. Corrigan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Corrigan, William J. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1965 | | | | Abstract: | William J. Corrigan (1886-1961) was a prominent defense and labor lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, known as "organized labor's attorney." Corrigan was defense counsel in several highly publicized murder cases in Cleveland, most notably the trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, charged with the murder of his wife Marilyn Reese Sheppard in 1954. The collection consists of files concerning the legal cases he and his partners handled, as well as a few personal items concerning him and his family. | | | | Call #: | MS 4464 | | | | Extent: | 19.10 linear feet (20 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Corrigan, William J., 1886-1961. | Matowitz, George J. -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Gogan, Joseph, b. 1887 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Kaber, Eva Catherine, b. 1881 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Miller, Otto, Jr. -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Sheppard, Sam -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Sheppard, Marilyn Reese, d. 1954. | Bender, George Harrison, 1896-1961. | Cleveland Federation of Labor -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Building Trades Council -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council -- Trials, litigation, etc. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Fire Fighters Union. Local 93 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Milk and Ice Cream Drivers and Dairy Employees Union. Local 336 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 5 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers' International Union. Local 2 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. | Actions and defenses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Trade-unions -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Grievance procedures -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Labor contract -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Collective labor agreements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Free press and fair trial -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 189 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 191 | Title: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 Records
| | | | Creator: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 | | | | Dates: | 1937-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union was chartered in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, as District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. It merged with the Retail Clerks International Association in 1979 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District 427 established the Community Health Foundation in 1964, with the cooperation of the Retail Clerks Local 880. The Foundation merged with Kaiser in 1969. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, convention proceedings, reports, contracts, clippings, financial and membership records, subject files, papers of presidents Sam Pollock and Frank Cimino, and records of or material pertaining to affiliated locals and unions, including Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 500, Cleveland Fur Workers Local 86, The Canton Federation of Labor and the Cleveland AFL-CIO. | | | | Call #: | MS 3892 | | | | Extent: | 63.60 linear feet (65 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 427 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Butchers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Food industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements. | Civil rights -- United States. | Health maintenance organizations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 193 | Title: | Harvey Huntington Brown Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Harvey Huntington | | | | Dates: | 1840-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Harvey Huntington Brown (1848-1923) was a Cleveland, Ohio, shipper, manufacturer and financier who was involved in the iron ore and lake shipping businesses. He owned Harvey H. Brown & Co. The collection consists of letters to Brown from shippers, bankers and manufacturers throughout the Midwest concerning his lake shipping and iron ore businesses and his civic, charitable and club activities, and letters from Brown, announcements, forms, bills, paid invoices, newspaper clippings and warranty deeds. | | | | Call #: | MS 3342 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Harvey Huntington, 1848-1923. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Superior, Lake.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 194 | Title: | Joseph Ceruti Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ceruti, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1923-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Ceruti (1912-1993) was a prominent architect and member of the Italian-American community in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School in 1929, and earned a degree in architecture at Western Reserve University in 1934. After working for Warner & Swasey during World War II, he went into private practice in 1947. Some of his clients included Case Institute of Technology (later Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), Fenn College (later Cleveland State University), Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland Board of Education (Adlai Stevenson School), Warner & Swasey, and Motch & Merryweather. He was active in the American Institute of Architects, and was a member of many organizations including the board of directors of Alta Social Settlement House and the Fine Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Cleveland. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications, clippings, contracts, correspondence, general office files, photographs, and slides. | | | | Call #: | MS 5391 | | | | Extent: | 186.01 linear feet (77 containers, 456 rolled architectural drawings, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Warner & Swasey. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Designs and plans.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 195 | Title: | Marvin Clinton Harrison Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton | | | | Dates: | 1930-1950 | | | | 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 portraits and views of individuals, places, or items connected with labor unions, industrial accident, and other court cases in which Harrison was involved. Included are photographs used in the Solanics vs. Republic Steel court case, views of locations of strike activities in Cleveland and Youngstown during the Little Steel strike of 1937, and photographs of women on the picket line. | | | | Call #: | PG 205 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton, 1890-1954 -- Photograph collections. | Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Accident law -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937 -- Photographs. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- Photographs. | Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Photographs. | East Ohio Gas Company Explosion, 1944 -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 196 | Title: | Thomas H. White Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | White, Thomas H. Family | | | | Dates: | 1850-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Howard White (1836-1914) was the founder of the White Sewing Machine Company, the While Motor Company, and the Thomas H. White Foundation, all of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Massachusetts, part of the White family which had immigrated from England ca. 1638. He moved to Cleveland in 1867. In 1876 he, his half-brother Howard W. White, and Rollin C. White (no relation) incorporated the White Sewing Machine Company. In 1899, his son Rollin Henry White invented the White steam car, put into production by the White Sewing Machine Company in 1900. In 1906, The automobile division was separated from the Sewing Machine Company as the White Company, later the White Motor Company. He and his wife, Almira Greenleaf White, had eight children; Mabel Almira Harris (wife of James Armstrong Harris), Alice Maud Hammer (wife of William Joseph Hammer), Windsor Thomas White, Clarence Greenleaf White, Rollin Henry White, Walter Charles White, and Ella Almira Ford (wife of Horatio Ford). The collection consists of individual and group portraits depicting the ancestors and descendants of Thomas H. White. These photographs were collected by Betty King and her mother, Elizabeth White King, as they were compiling data for the White family genealogy, Descendants of Thomas White, Volume II, published in 1992. | | | | Call #: | PG 471 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | King, Betty, -- Photograph collections. | White family -- Photograph collections. | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914 -- Photograph collections. | White Sewing Machine Company -- Photograph collections. | White Motor Company -- Photograph collections. | Automobiles, Steam -- Photographs. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Sewing-machine industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Sewing machines -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 197 | Title: | C. O. Bartlett & Snow Co. Records
| | | | Creator: | C. O. Bartlett & Snow Company | | | | Dates: | 1915-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The C. O. Bartlett & Co. was a Cleveland, Ohio, company which sold heavy machinery and manufactured power transmission equipment, boilers, conveying and elevating equipment, and special products, including machinery to process oatmeal. In 1961 the company was sold to Pacific Foundry and Metallurgy, becoming Bartlett-Snow Pacific, Inc., and was later merged into Bangor Punta of Greenwich, Conn. The collection consists of two company histories, a detailed order record book, 1915-1927, and a daily order book, 1917-1927. The collection is useful for the study of the heavy machinery business in Cleveland and their customers' orders, which included sales to such firms as Chevrolet Motor Company, Goodyear, U.S. Aluminum, M.A. Hanna Company, Proctor and Gamble, General Electric, Penzoil, Standard Oil of Ohio and others. | | | | Call #: | MS 4297 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | C. O. Bartlett & Snow Co. -- Archives. | Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Machine parts industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 198 | Title: | Raymond F. Blosser Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Blosser, Raymond F. | | | | Dates: | 1918-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Raymond F. Blosser was a staff writer/editor and, eventually, bureau chief for the Associated Press in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935-1943. In his spare time beginning in 1938, Blosser conducted interviews and extensive research for a biography of Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, developers of the exclusive suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio and builders of Cleveland's Union Terminal, who amassed huge holdings in railroads during the 1920s. Blosser finished his manuscript in 1946, but it remained unpublished. Blosser was public relations director for the New York Central Railroad until 1956, and vice president in charge of public relations and advertising at Union Commerce Bank in Cleveland from 1956 to 1973. The collection consists of a typescript second draft of Blosser's "Untitled biography of the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland," a carbon copy of the same containing additions, comments and corrections by William H. Wenneman, William Barrett and William Wyer (all top officers and aides to the Van Sweringens), miscellaneous correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings pertaining to the biography, and a privately published biography of the Van Sweringens by Louise Davidson Jenks. The collection pertains to the lives of the Van Sweringen brothers, in particular to their business careers and especially in regards to the consolidation of their railroad holdings, with valuable information re: the Nickel Plate Railroad, the Alleghany Corporation and other Van Sweringen-controlled holding companies, as well as the Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on railroads in the 1930s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4543 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Blosser, Raymond F., 1913- | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. | Alleghany Corporation. | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad. | Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad. | Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. | Hocking Valley Railway Company. | Pere Marquette Railway. | Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. | Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. | Cleveland Terminals Building Company. | Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio) | Capitalists and financiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Railroads -- United States -- Management. | Railroad terminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 199 | Title: | George D. Lockwood Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lockwood, George D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1819-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Stanley G. Lockwood (1789-1860) moved from Connecticut to Painesville, Ohio, where he opened a general store, in 1835. His sons, George D. Lockwood (1830-1874) and John S. Lockwood (born 1834), continued the firm. In 1856 George moved to Davenport, Iowa and opened another store, Livingston and Lockwood. During the American Civil War he was an officer in Companies D and I of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His brother, Stanley B. Lockwood (1840-1884), served in Company G. of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and in Company K of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The collection consists of correspondence, military records, financial records, diaries, and newspaper clippings. A major topic of the correspondence is the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 3576 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (7 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Lockwood family. | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company G. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 200 | Title: | Moses Cleaveland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cleaveland, Moses | | | | Dates: | 1780-1805 | | | | Abstract: | Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company and agent for the Erie Land Company. He led its first surveying and exploring party into the Western Reserve in 1795 and founded the City of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1796. The collection consists of correspondence, land memorandums, journal abstracts, and military, financial and legal papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3233 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Connecticut Land Company. | Erie Land Company. | Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Exploring expeditions. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- Sources.
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