http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 XTF Search Results (freeformQuery=government;expand=subject;f1-format=Manuscript Collection) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dgovernment;expand%3Dsubject;f1-format%3DManuscript%20Collection Results for your query: freeformQuery=government;expand=subject;f1-format=Manuscript Collection Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT Abba Hillel Silver Papers. Silver, Abba Hillel http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4787.xml Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was the rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, sermons, writings, speaking engagements files, scrapbooks and miscellaneous personal material. The bulk of the material is in the correspondence series and includes minutes, publications, reports, financial statements and confidential notes relating to Rabbi Silver's participation in numerous local and national organizations, especially Zionist groups. Important material relating to the American Zionist Emergency Council, the Zionist Organization of America, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the United Jewish Appeal, United Palestine Appeal and the American Zionist Policy Committee is found in the collection. Also included is significant material relating to Cleveland Jewish organizations and other civic groups, such as The Temple (Temple-Tifereth Israel), Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education,... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4787.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abba Hillel Silver papers, 1909-1989, (bulk 1914-1963). Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II. Silver, Abba Hillel http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4842.xml Abba Hillel Silver was the Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4842.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series III. Silver, Abba Hillel http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4928.xml Abba Hillel Silver was the rabbi of Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and an international leader of the Zionist movement. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, press releases, publications, mainly related to Silver's work with the American Zionist Emergency Council, 1943-1945 and the United Palestine Appeal, 1934-1945. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence with Emanuel Newmann, Cyrus Sulzberger, and Sumner Welles, from the early 1940s; Zionist correspondence and memoranda related to the Zionist Organization of America, 1917-1934; correspondence and memoranda related to unemployment insurance, 1921-1937; and general correspondence, 1916-1937. The documents contain some notes in Hebrew, presumably written by Dr. Noach Orian, an Israeli researcher. The collection includes material related to the response of American Jewish leadership to the rise of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust and the rescue of European Jewry, Jewish settlement in ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4928.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abe M. Luntz Papers, Series II. Luntz, Abe M. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varie... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abe Silverstein Papers. Silverstein, Abe http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4985.xml Abe Silverstein (1908-2001) a giant in the field of aerospace engineering and development, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, in 1929, and a Mechanical Engineering professional degree, in 1934, at Rose Polytechnic Institute. Silverstein began his professional career with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), in 1929, at the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. There, he helped design and, later, was placed in charge of the full-scale wind tunnel. In this facility he directed important research that led to increased high-speed performance for most of the United States combat aircraft of World War II. In 1943, he was transferred to the NACA Aircraft and Engine Research Laboratory (later named, NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory) at Cleveland, Ohio. As chief of the Wind Tunnel and Flight Division, Silverstein directed research in propulsion aerodynamics in the Altitude Wind Tunnel. These investigations led to significant im... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4985.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abraham Lincoln Collection. Lincoln, Abraham http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3031.xml The collection consists of letters and documents, written or signed by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), and numerous petitions, primarily concerning patronage, addressed to Lincoln and arranged by state. Also includes 50 letters in which Lincoln is mentioned or discussed, including letters to or from Edward Bates, Andrew Boyd, Salmon P. Chase, William Pitt Fessenden, Andrew Johnson, and Edwin M. Stanton. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3031.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Abraham Skinner Papers. Skinner, Abraham http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1270.xml Abraham Skinner (1755-1826) was a merchant, lawyer and land agent of East Hartford, Connecticut, and of New Market, Ohio; and co-founder of Grandon (now Fairport), Ohio. The collection consists of business and legal correspondence, as well as land deeds, financial accounts, estate, and other legal papers relating primarily to land transactions in and around Painesville, Ohio, especially involving Skinner's service as counsel to Henry Champion. Includes material on road surveying, horse breeding and tavern keeping. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1270.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Abraham Tappan Papers. Tappan, Abraham http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0259.xml Abraham Tappan (1779-1855) was a surveyor and postmaster of Unionville, Ohio, during the nineteenth century. The collection includes correspondence relating to land transactions, surveys and politics in the Western Reserve; and field notes made by Tappan while surveying Henry Champion's land in Concord Township, the road from the Muskingum River to Lake Erie, the road from the mouth of the Grand River to Warren, Ohio, and areas west of the Cuyahoga River and north of the Tuscarawas River. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0259.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records. Acme-Cleveland Corporation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4507.xml 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. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills and pioneered the development of steels made of molybdenum as a substitute for tungsten. 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 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 Co... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4507.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT Adella Prentiss Hughes Autograph Album. Hughes, Adella Prentiss http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3879.xml Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was the founder of the Musical Arts Association and co-organizer and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a leather bound album containing autographs of many famous musicians and other persons whom Mrs. Hughes entertained in her home, including Igor Stravinsky, Nikolai Sokoloff, and Serge Prokofieff. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3879.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Adella Prentiss Hughes Family Papers. Hughes, Adella Prentiss Family http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2980.xml Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, land deeds, genealogical data, poems, music programs, religious tracts, circulars, broadsides, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, legal documents, journal, diary, account books, and other papers, relating to the activities of Mrs. Hughes, her parents, Loren and Ellen Prentiss, and her maternal grandparents, Benjamin and Rebecca Rouse. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2980.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT AHS Foundation Records. AHS Foundation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3971.xml The AHS foundation was established in 1968, by Leland and Helen Schubert, to provide financial aid to educational, religious and health organizations, primarily in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. The collection consists of correspondence and business records of 263 organizations which received foundation money, and AHS Foundation annual reports, ten-year report, grant rejection and moratorium letters, and an alphabetical list of grantees. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3971.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland Records. AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5173.xml The AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland is a non-profit organization that strives to provide a compassionate and collaborative response to the needs of people infected, affected, and at risk of HIV/AIDS. It provides direct services, education, and advocacy training to consumers, funders, social service professionals, volunteers, and government agencies throughout Cleveland and northeast Ohio. The collection consists primarily of advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, articles, articles of incorporation, brochures, budgets, bylaws, charts, contracts, correspondence, educational literature, financial records, flyers, forms, grant files, ledgers, licenses, lists, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, play scripts, press releases, programs, publicity material, reports, research, resource materials, rosters, and statistics, and tax records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5173.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Albert Gallatin Riddle Papers. Riddle, Albert Gallatin http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1827.xml Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) was an author, lawyer, State representative, United States Representative from Ohio (1861-1863), and U.S. Consul to Cuba. the collection consists of correspondence, a manuscript of autobiographical writings, romances, historical novels, accounts of life in Cuba, personal papers and certificates, files of law cases, newspaper clippings, souvenirs of official occasions in Washington, D.C., and other miscellaneous papers. Consists chiefly of letters from well-known politicians, lawyers, and prominent Ohioans, referring to matters of legal and political importance and to Riddle's books. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1827.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Albina Rose Cermak Papers. Cermak, Albina Rose http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3975.xml Albina Cermak was active in Republican Party politics. She was vice-chairman and secretary of the Cuyahoga County Republican Central and Executive Committees, chairman of the Republican Women's Organization of Cuyahoga County, member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, a Cleveland precinct committeewoman, and a member of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Clubs. She was a United States Customs Collector before running unsuccessfully for Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, state senator and Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, minutes, rosters, reports and printed matter, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, appointment books and personal correspondence. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3975.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Alcinus Ward Fenton Papers. Fenton, Alcinus Ward http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1318.xml Alcinus Ward Fenton (1839-1923) was a soldier in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, which was stationed in Virginia during most of the American Civil War. He later served as a customs broker, customs inspector, and chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Civil Service Customs House in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of Civil War letters written by Fenton while serving with the 6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry; 2 scrapbooks of reunion records (ca. 1884) of the 6th Ohio Cavalry Veterans Association; and scrapbooks of letters and newspaper clippings relating to Fenton's career in customs administration, his relations with Charles F. Leach (customs collector and Republican political leader), political patronage, and Fenton's fitness for office. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1318.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Alexander Harper Family Papers. Harper, Alexander Family http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Alexander Harper, a Revolutionary War officer, brought his family to settle in Ashtabula County, Ohio (then a part of the Western Reserve) in 1798. The settlement was named Harpersfield by the family after their hometown in New York. After Alexander Harper's death in September 1798, his widow Elizabeth Harper was joined in 1799 by Alexander's brother Joseph and by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Aaron Wheeler. Elizabeth's children; William, Elizabeth, John A., James A., Alexander, and Robert, all became prominent members of the community. In 1814, the Harpers were among those who organized the Harpersfield Commercial Company. Most prominent of the Harper brothers was Robert, who married Polly Hendry in 1815 and began construction of the family homestead, Shandy Hall. Robert was a lawyer, farmer, businessman, Superintendent of the Public Works at Cunningham Creek, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His nephew, Rice Harper, was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, and was involved ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Alexander Martin Family Papers. Martin, Alexander Family http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5210.xml The Alexander Martin family was a prominent African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. Alexander H. Martin Sr. graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1897, one of the first African Americans to do so. Martin had a long career as an attorney and was active in Cleveland city politics. His wife, Mary Brown Martin, was a teacher and the first African American to serve on the Cleveland Public School Board. Their son, Alexander H. Martin, Jr. was an attorney and the first African American to run for mayor of Cleveland. Their daughter, Lydia, was a librarian at Western Reserve University. Sarah Martin Pereira, another daughter, was noted for her scholarship and her commitment to education. The collection consists of awards, biographies, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a funeral book, histories, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and publications. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5210.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Allen Trimble Papers. Trimble, Allen http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3205.xml Allen Trimble (1783-1870) was the Governor of Ohio (1822, 1826-1830) who had served as a colonel in the War of 1812, an Ohio state congressman and senator (1816-1819), and a commissioner of the Canal Fund. His brother, William A., was a United States Senator The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, bonds, wills, receipts, army discharges, surveys, land warrants, petitions, account records and newspaper clippings relating to Governor Trimble and his family. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3205.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Alvin Krenzler Papers. Krenzler, Alvin http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5164.xml Alvin Irving "Buddy" Krenzler (1921-2010) was a federal judge and real estate developer. Krenzler was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1911 and served as a Navy flight instructor during World War II. After the war he received his law degrees from Western Reserve University. He became Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge in 1968, after which he became Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Krenzler United States District Court Judge for Northern Ohio, a position he held until his retirement in 1992. Judge Krenzler was involved in a number of high profile real estate development projects in downtown Cleveland and was involved in the larger Cleveland community, supporting the rights of the mentally challenged and funding for Cuyahoga County Community College. After retiring as a judge, Krenzler kept active as an influential developer, overseeing various projects such as the opposition to the proposed parking tax and the participation in Downtown Development Coordinators, a n... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5164.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland Chapter Records. American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland Chapter http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5047.xml The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920 by Roger Baldwin and a group of associates formerly of the National Civil Liberties Bureau. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the union was founded in 1922 and remained active throughout the 1920s and 1930s focusing on cases concerning unionization, Communism, and religious freedom. The chapter closed during World War II, but was revived in 1950 with the advent of McCarthyism. In 1954, the national ACLU recognized the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio as the official affiliate responsible for helping local Ohio chapters coordinate more easily on larger statewide cases and issues. The Cleveland chapter continued to struggle with budget woes and lack of membership following its revival. In the 1950s and 1960s the chapter focused its efforts on political rights; in the 1960s and 1970s the group became concerned with the rights of educators, students, prisoners, the mentally ill, and women. Among other initiatives, the Cleveland chapter completed an extens... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5047.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Ameritrust Corporation Records. Ameritrust Corporation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4750.xml Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTr... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4750.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions Records. Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5096.xml The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions (f. 1871) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide social gatherings, cultural events, and charitable opportunities for the Irish American community in northeast Ohio. The Ancient Order of Hibernians began in 1520 in Ireland as a reaction to the efforts of Henry VIII to become head of the church in Ireland. The group's main purpose was to protect the Catholic Church and priests especially during the 17th century in Ireland when the existence of Roman Catholic priests was illegal according to Oliver Cromwell's legislation. According to the 1949 Ancient Order of Hibernians program, the Cleveland group was dedicated to the ideals of "Friendship, Unity, and True Christian Charity". The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) was established in the United States in the 1830s in reaction to the mounting wave of religious bigotry, discrimination, mob action, and violence against Irish immigrants. The organization was started in New York City on May 4, 1836. The ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5096.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers. Celebrezze, Anthony J. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3884.xml Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was the son of Italian immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio, who had a long career in law and government, serving as an Ohio state senator, Mayor of Cleveland, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and a federal judge. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, legal briefs and opinions, financial documents, speeches, ordinances, resolutions, lists, charts, maps and miscellaneous printed matter relating to the administration of Cleveland's municipal government during Celebrezze's five terms as Mayor (1953-1962). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3884.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers, Series II. Celebrezze, Anthony J. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4046.xml Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4046.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Anton L. Maresh Papers. Maresh, Anton L. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4444.xml Anton L. maresh was a Cleveland, Ohio, musician, piano store owner, Republican politician, and collector of Abraham Lincoln material, who was also known as Anthony L. Maresh. His piano store on East 55th Street became the Republican political headquarters for Cleveland's southeast side, and in 1913, Maresh and his associates helped launch the political candidacy of Harry L. Davis for mayor. Maresh retired from the piano business in 1937, but actively pursued his hobby of collecting Lincoln memorabilia, building one of the largest private collections of Lincoln documents and lecturing on Lincoln lore to various groups. He served as long-time president of the local branch of the Lincoln Association of Ohio. The collection consists of personal correspondence, files on Cleveland politics and the music business, clippings, and financial and legal documents. Included is a collection of Lincoln material, consisting of copies of documents and facsimiles, addresses and writings about Lincoln by Maresh, writings on Li... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4444.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Armond E. Cohen Papers, Series II. Cohen, Armond E. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5145.xml Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was a Rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, notes, programs, reports, sermon outlines, sermons and writings. The collection is of value to researchers studying rabbis, Conservative Judaism, and religious institutions between the 1930s and 1990s in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States in general. Those interested in the activities of Rabbi Armond Cohen and the history of Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, will find this collection useful. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5145.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT Aurelia Hayden Correspondence. Hayden Aurelia http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3454.xml Aurelia Hayden was a resident of Harwinton, Connecticut. Her brother, C. Hayden, was a teacher in Dayton, Ohio, and a whiskey inspector for Madison County. The collection consists of letters from her brother, C. Hayden, concerning Harwinton, Connecticut, Universalism, and Dayton, Ohio politics, architecture and business. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3454.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Austin Company Records. Austin Company http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5040.xml The Austin Company, a carpentry and contracting business, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878 by Samuel Austin. Austin became known for his quality work, and by 1904 incorporated his business as the Samuel Austin & Son Company. Wilbert J. Austin, Samuel's son, devised "The Austin Method," a unique bundling of engineering, construction, and design services intended to streamline the building process, as well as a model for a "controlled conditions" plant, a major improvement over the hot, stifling factory environment of the day. The Austin Company grew rapidly during World War I and was able to stay solvent following the stock market crash of 1929, mostly due to the firm's major contract to build the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky, Russia. Business saw another increase during World War II and again during the post-war years as the Company branched out beyond industrial construction to build department stores and retail shopping centers, including the Severance Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Overseas o... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5040.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Bainbridge Township, Ohio, Records. Bainbridge Township, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3405.xml Bainbridge Township is located in Geauga County, Ohio. The collection consists of township trustee record book (1822-1894), bonds of township officials (1838-1924), teacher's quarterly reports (1842-1875), justice dockets (1847-1929), land and road tax lists (1851-1871), township clerk's account book (1862-1873), records of donations to purchase substitutes to fill Bainbridge's draft quota (1863-1865), poll books, tally sheets, minutes of trustee meetings, school board reports (1894-1912), petitions, reports of superintendent of schools (1900-1909), and treasurer's account book (1905-1923). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3405.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Barnett R. Brickner Papers. Brickner, Barnett R. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3957.xml Barnett R. Brickner (1892-1958) was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958) in Cleveland, Ohio. He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected preside... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3957.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Barnett R. Brickner Papers, Series II. Brickner, Barnett R. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4538.xml Barnett R. Brickner was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Cleveland, Ohio's Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958). He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected president of the Cen... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4538.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Benedict Crowell Papers. Crowell, Benedict http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3612.xml Benedict Crowell (1869-1952) was a Cleveland, Ohio, engineer, builder and bank president who became Assistant Secretary of War and Director of Munitions during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, military and personal documents and clippings relating to Gen. Crowell and his career (1902-1952); and deeds, contracts and clippings relating to his wife's families (1794-1886). Prominent correspondents include Woodrow Wilson and John J. Pershing. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3612.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin F. Sells Papers. Sells, Benjamin F. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2712.xml Benjamin F. Sells (b. 1824) was a Coshocton, Ohio, soldier who served with the 122nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, ordnance returns, military orders, autobiographical sketch, and papers relating to the court-martial of Sells, who was dismissed from the service for criticizing the war and the President and for vigorously supporting the candidacy of Clement L. Vallandigham for Governor of Ohio in 1863. Also includes an essay on the Mexican War. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2712.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Franklin Stickney Papers. Stickney, Benjamin Franklin http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3450.xml Benjamin Franklin Stickney (1775-1857) was a resident of New Hampshire, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio, and postmaster and agent for Indian affairs Northwest of the Ohio River, Port Lawrence, Michigan Territory. The collection consists of primarily correspondence of Stickney. Includes letters from Lewis Bond, J.L. Comstock, Paul Hamilton (U.S. Secretary of the Navy), Henry Hart, Samuel Mitchill, Anthony Shane, Amos Spafford, Caleb Stark, and Two Stickney, and a declaration to the Delaware Tribe (1812) by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3450.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Benjamin Summers Papers. Summers, Benjamin http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3409.xml Benjamin Summers (b. 1801) was a farmer, of Vermilion Township, Ohio. He was active in Erie County politics, and traveled throughout the state of Ohio. The collection consists of journals (1838-1867, 1875) reflecting Summers' activities as a farmer and in Erie County, Ohio politics, and his travels throughout Ohio; and memoranda (1850-1870) relating to his trusteeship of various estates. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3409.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Benno Frank Papers. Frank, Benno http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5098.xml Born in Mannheim, Germany, Benno Frank (1908-1980) lived and worked in Germany, pre-World War II Palestine, and the United States. In the early 1930s, he directed the Schiller Opera at the Hamburg State Theater. Frank immigrated to Palestine and lived there from 1933 to 1938. While in Palestine, he served as general manager and director of Palestine Opera Company. Moving to the United States in 1938, Dr. Frank assumed positions in New York at the American League for Opera and the New York College of Music before moving to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts. Frank served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, after which he was Chief of Theatre and Music for the United States military government in Germany until 1948. In that year, Frank became Director of the Cleveland Playhouse and Director of Musical Productions at Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in these positions until 1968, when he became Consultant on the Arts of the Atlanta University Center Corporation. Frank settled permanently in ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5098.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Bernard Rich Hollander Papers. Hollander, Bernard Rich http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3979.xml Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3979.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Beth Am Congregation Records. Beth Am Congregation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4895.xml Beth Am Congregation, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was founded in 1933 as the Community Temple by Rabbi Abraham Nowak and a group who belonged to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (then known as Temple on the Heights). The founders wanted their new synagogue to be more welcoming to all Jews, regardless of their wealth or status. The congregation established administrative offices at 241 Euclid Avenue; services and school classes were held at Coventry School in Cleveland Heights. After meeting at several rented locations, the congregation purchased a large house on Washington Boulevard. By 1940, however, the need was seen for a permanent structure, and a building fund was established. In 1947 Beth Am purchased the Trinity Congregational Church at 3557 Washington Boulevard. The new rabbi, Jack J. Herman, was named the same year. The congregation continued to grow, and by 1956 had 600 families with 500 students in the religious school. A fire in 1957 destroyed much of the lower level ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4895.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Black River, Ohio, Records. Black River, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1083.xml Black River is a township located in Lorain County, Ohio. The collection consists of election results, financial reports, minutes of trustee meetings, school district reports, and tax list extracted from the duplicate of 1823. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1083.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Bohemian National Hall Records. Bohemian National Hall http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3750.xml The Bohemian National Hall was dedicated in 1897 as a community building for the use of Cleveland, Ohio, Czech societies. The Hall was purchased by the Northeastern District of the American Organization of Sokols in 1976 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The collection consists of minute books, account books, financial records, commemorative anniversary books, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3750.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Braxton Bragg Papers. Bragg, Braxton http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2000.xml Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War, planter, and engineer. The collection consists of letter books, official and personal communications, reports, orders, and memoranda relating to Bragg's Confederate Army campaigns and to his service as adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. A few of the papers relate to the Mexican War, to Bragg's post-Civil War career as a civil and railroad engineer, and to Bragg's funeral. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2000.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Brooklyn Township, Ohio, Records. Brooklyn Township, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1294.xml Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, was organized in 1818, and included territory west of the Cuyahoga River that later became Ohio City, West Cleveland, Old Brooklyn, and Brighton, all of which eventually were annexed by the city of Cleveland; and Linndale, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, and portions of Lakewood, which became independent municipalities. Early settlers of Brooklyn Township included the Brainard, Fish, Clark, Young, Barber, and Foote families. The collection consists of a registration book of cattle earmarks, 1818-1824; voter poll books, 1818 and 1826-1828; list of owners and descriptions of their taxable property, April 1822; stray book, list of stray horses and bulls, 1823 and 1825; minutes of annual meeting of township trustees, dividing the township into districts and including a description of each district, March 1827; summons of township officers to take oaths of office, April 8, 1828. Many of the documents contain lists of names of early residents, and will be of use to genealogi... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1294.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Brooklyn Township, Ohio, Records, Series II. Brooklyn Township, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3130.xml Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was organized in 1818, and included territory west of the Cuyahoga River that later became Ohio City, West Cleveland, Old Brooklyn, and Brighton, all of which eventually were annexed by the city of Cleveland; and Linndale, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, and portions of Lakewood, which became independent municipalities. Early settlers of Brooklyn Township included the Brainard, Fish, Clark, Young, Barber, and Foote families. The collection consists of Township trustees' minutes (1861-1922), township fund, school fund, and poor fund accounts (1855-1924), Board of Education proceedings (1891-1911), criminal case dockets (1856-1905), civil case dockets (1867-1905), and two record books of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (1832-1834 and 1851-1871). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3130.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress Records. Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4284.xml The Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress was a neighborhood advocacy group which served as an umbrella organization for over 200 smaller groups in the Buckeye-Woodland area of Cleveland, Ohio, an east side Hungarian community established after 1880 which once held the largest concentration of Hungarians in the United States. By 1972, 43% of the population was African American, with 1/3rd of the Hungarian population over the age of 55. Founded to fight redlining, foreclosures, dishonest real-estate tactics, and insurance cancellations, the group sought also to ease racial tensions while promoting neighborly cooperation and civic improvement. From its founding in 1974 through the 1970s the group assisted citizens with neighborhood problems, but became inactive in the early 1980s and finally disbanded in 1988. The collection consists of minutes, articles of incorporation, constitutions, membership lists, newspaper clippings, financial papers, annual reports, agendas, correspondence, and a subject file. The co... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4284.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Burke Aaron Hinsdale Papers. Hinsdale, Burke Aaron http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1772.xml Burke Aaron Hinsdale (1837-1900) was an educator who served as President of Hiram College, Superintendent of the Cleveland Public Schools, and professor at the University of Michigan. The collection consists of correspondence, student essays, notes, receipts, articles, clippings, biographical material, and other papers concerning Hinsdale's student days, his positions at Hiram College, the Cleveland Public Schools, and the University of Michigan, his association with James A. Garfield, and his writing of The Works of James Abram Garfield (1882-83), containing information on Garfield's early life and the Republican convention of 1880. Includes letters of condolence to Mrs. Hinsdale on her husband's death. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1772.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Butler Aerial Surveys, Inc. Records. Butler Aerial Surveys, Inc. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4454.xml Butler Aerial Surveys, Inc., was a Cleveland, Ohio, company which conducted aerial surveys throughout Ohio, during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection consists of client accounts and business files, including financial records, flight reports, correspondence, and a photograph index notebook. The collection pertains largely to the operation of an aerial survey company, whose clients included many Ohio coal and mining companies. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4454.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Canfield Township, Ohio, Records. Canfield Township, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1250.xml Canfield, Ohio is a township located seven miles southwest of Youngstown, in Mahoning County. It was surveyed in 1798. The collection consists of quarterly reports of accounts with the general post office, 1802-1804, minutes of trustee and elector meetings, record of earmarks (cattle), financial accounts, 1805-1809, tax lists, 1807-1809, resolutions and agreements, 1909-1915. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1250.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Carabelli Company Records and Photographs. Carabelli Company http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5315.xml Giuseppe (Joseph) Carabelli (1850-1911) founded The Carabelli Company in the late 1880s under the name Lake View Granite & Monumental Works. It was located at 12317 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, directly across from The Lake View Cemetery. The Carabelli Company operated under successive generations of the Carabelli family until the early 1970s when it was sold to the Johns (Iacobucci) family of Mayfair Memorials. The Lake View Cemetery contains a large number of monuments created by The Carabelli Company. Among its most recognized works at Lake View are the Wade Memorial Chapel and the Brush, John Hay, Rockefeller, and Steinbrenner monuments. The company also contributed to the creation of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, and similar monuments in Elyria and Willougbhy, Ohio, and Muskegon, Michigan. The collection consists of agreements, birth records, blue prints, brochures, catalogs, certificates, a constitution, contracts, correspondence, court documents, deeds, di... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5315.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Carl D. Friebolin Papers. Friebolin, Carl D. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3309.xml Carl D. Friebolin (1878-1967) was a United States bankruptcy referee, 1916-1967, and one of the leading civic leaders of Cleveland, Ohio. A supporter of the reforms of the progressive era, Friebolin served as state representative (1911-1913) and senator (1913-1914), and as judge of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Friebolin was president of the City Club of Cleveland, the City Club Forum Foundation, and the Cleveland Law Library, as well as a trustee of Western Reserve University, where he taught bankruptcy law from 1934-1959. He was perhaps best known in Cleveland as the author of the Anvil Revue, a satiric look at the Cleveland scene put on yearly by the City Club of Cleveland. The collection consists of personal and official correspondence; speeches re: bankruptcy, citizenship, politics, education, political and civic leaders (e.g. Newton D. Baker); docketed bankruptcy decisions and orders, including related decisions, affidavits, evidence, expert opinions, debtor's petitions, and related bankruptcy... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3309.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Carl Stokes Papers. Stokes, Carl http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4370.xml Carl Stokes (1927-1996) was the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and ne... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4370.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Carl Stokes Papers, Series II. Stokes, Carl http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4800.xml Carl Stokes was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of speeches, correspondence, datebooks, budgets, lectures, newspaper... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4800.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Casimir Bielen Papers. Bielen, Casimir http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4074.xml Casimir Bielen was a resident of the southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in various political concerns, including smoke abatement, during the 1950s through the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications, from the Ward 13 Democratic Committee, the Southeast Community Council, the Southeast Community Air Pollution Committee, and the Ohio Pure Air Association. Includes personal correspondence and local, state, and national legislation related to air pollution. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4074.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Justice of the Peace Docket Book. Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Justice of the Peace http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0566.xml Center Township was organized in 1803 and named because of its central position in Columbiana County, Ohio. The collection consists of a docket book for various justices of the peace and constables from this township. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0566.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Centerior Energy Corporation Records. Centerior Energy Corporation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4791.xml 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 ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4791.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles A. Otis Papers. Otis, Charles A. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2867.xml Charles A. Otis (1868-1953) was an industrialist, banker, and civic leader of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of general and personal correspondence, primarily 1948-1953, newspaper clippings, and biographical sketches. Includes 6 scrapbooks (ca. 1920-1950) of newspaper clippings, letters, telegrams, and printed matter. Correspondents include Robert A. Taft and many of Cleveland's prominent citizens. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2867.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Auerbach Papers. Auerbach, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3824.xml Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. He was deeply concerned with the state of the legal system, but most of his papers relate to his interest in Jewish Scholarship and Zionist organizations. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and notes on Jewish and legal topics, certificates, bulletins, newspaper clippings, publications, articles and speeches by other individuals, and papers of Hadassah and other Jewish organizations. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3824.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Beard Papers. Beard, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4802.xml Charles Beard was born in Georgia and raised in Newport, Rhode Island. He enlisted in the United States Air Force during World War II, serving as a fighter pilot, after training at Tuskegee Air Force Base. In 1945, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Western Reserve University. In 1946, he served as a junior city planner for the City Planning Commission, and in the 1950s worked for the Cleveland Urban Renewal Agency. In the late 1950s, he was promoted to Chief City Planner for Cleveland, and in the 1960s, became the Director of Plan of Action for Tomorrow's Housing (PATH). From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, he held a position as a government liaison with the Federation for Community Planning. He also was founder of the Friends of Shaker Square and Fair Housing, Inc. He helped organize the North Coast Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., in 1993. The collection consists of reports, speeches, proposals, correspondence, agendas, annual reports, financial statements, newsletters, notes, ordinances, ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4802.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Perry Papers. Perry, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4690.xml Charles Perry, a trained musician from Cleveland, Ohio, wrote and composed "The Kennedy Prayer," a dedicatory to John F. Kennedy upon the occasion of the latter's assassination in 1963. Copies of the song were sent to Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and entertainers, government officials, and heads of state. A copy of the song is also housed in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. The collection consists of letters and cards acknowledging receipt of "The Kennedy Prayer," as well as a proclamation and a photograph. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4690.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Peter Salen Papers. Salen, Charles Peter http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3478.xml Charles Peter Salen (1860-1924) was an associate of Cleveland, Ohio, Mayor Tom L. Johnson. He held several positions in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County government, including Secretary of the Board of Elections, Director of Public Works, and County Clerk. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, campaign and election material, and photographs relating to Salen and his family, and a copy of a record of the Peter Salen branch of the family. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3478.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Roscoe Howland Papers. Howland, Charles Roscoe http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3360.xml Charles Roscoe Howland (1871-1946) was a United States Army officer, lawyer, author, and amateur genealogist. He served as a judge advocate of the United States Army and as commander of the disciplinary barracks at Alcatraz Island, and taught in the Army General Staff School. Among his writings are "The Road to One Man Rule" and a family history. The collection consists of genealogical materials, journals, appointment books, manuscripts of books, and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3360.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Whittlesey Papers. Whittlesey, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3196.xml Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was a soldier, lawyer, geologist, and historian who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, insurance and legal papers, financial papers, account books, diaries, memoranda, reports, invoices, orders, papers relating to his service as Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; manuscript notes and writings on historic, scientific and religious topics, field notes and memoranda books from geological expeditions, and papers concerning his activities as agent for the Humboldt and Eagle River mining companies (1853-1859). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3196.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Charles Whittlesey Papers, Series II. Whittlesey, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2872.xml Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was an Army officer, lawyer, and geologist, of Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, field note books, articles, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks on geology, archaeology, and meteorology, student writings, papers relating to Whittlesey's Civil War service, and papers and notes on topics in archaeology, ethnography, geography, history, astronomy, meteorology, and geology. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2872.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Charles Yarham Papers. Yarham, Charles http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4405.xml Charles Yarham was affiliated with the Fairmount Tool and Forging Company of Cleveland, Ohio. He was also involved in the local Republican Party. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, memoranda, membership cards, and newspaper clippings dealing with the forge strikes in Cleveland during World War I. The collection relates primarily to the Cleveland forge strikes of 1917, with some additional material on local Republican Party activities during the 1960s. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4405.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Chester Castle Bolton Papers. Bolton, Chester Castle http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4311.xml Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1949) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 22nd Congressional district from 1928-1939. Bolton served previously in the Ohio State Senate from 1922-1928. During World War I, Bolton served in the Ordnance Department and the War Industries Board, and became aide to Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war. As a U.S. Congressman, Bolton was esteemed representative of the Great Lakes states on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee and numerous other committees. Bolton was chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 1934 and 1936, and helped to bring the Republican National Convention to Cleveland, Ohio in 1936. His widow, Frances Payne Bolton, succeeded him in Congress following his death in 1939. The collection consists of Army records pertaining to Bolton's service in the Ordnance Department, the War Industries Board, and attendance at the Army War College during World War I; records rel... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4311.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Christ Child Society of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series II. Christ Child Society of Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5509.xml The Christ Child Society of Cleveland was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916 as the fifth chapter created within the National Christ Child Society movement founded by Mary Virginia Merrick (1866-1955) in Washington, D. C. in 1887. The Cleveland chapter was founded by Mabel Higgins Mattingly (1885-1935), a professor at the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Science and a friend of Mary Merrick. The group is a volunteer organization of Roman Catholic women who raise funds to serve the needs of children in need regardless of race or creed. The collection consists of biographical sketches, brochures, cassettes, CDs, cookbooks, correspondence, DVDs, event files, financial statements, histories, informational tax returns, job descriptions, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, programs, reports, rosters, and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5509.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT Christ Child Society of Greater Cleveland Records. Christ Child Society of Greater Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5093.xml The Christ Child Society of Greater Cleveland was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916 as part of a national Christ Child Society movement founded by Mary Virginia Merrick (1866-1955) in Washington, D. C. in 1887. The Cleveland chapter was founded by Mabel Higgins Mattingly (1885-1935), a professor at the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Science and a friend of Mary Merrick. It is a volunteer organization of Roman Catholic women who raise funds to serve the needs of poor children regardless of race or creed. Its service projects include the distribution of layettes to low-income families and foster children, bags of personal items and clothing for children living in homeless shelters or transitional housing, and cribs and other items to low income families. It has participated in nutrition programs, provided First Communion clothing, and collected books for the libraries of several children's charities. The Christ Child Society of Greater Cleveland was instrumental in the founding of Merri... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5093.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Citizens Committee for County Government Reform Records. Citizens Committee for County Government Reform http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5262.xml The Citizens Committee for County Government Reform was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1995 to educate the public about the functions of county government, provide a public forum to develop ideas to improve county government, to engage in nonpartisan research regarding the operations of county government, and disseminate information regarding county government in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, meeting transcripts, minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, and reports. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5262.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Citizens League of Greater Cleveland Records. Citizens League of Greater Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3385.xml The Citizens League of Greater Cleveland is a Cleveland, Ohio, civic organization founded in 1896 to encourage citizen participation in municipal affairs, disseminate information, promote honest and efficient government, and elect competent public officials. Originally called the Municipal Association and later the Civic League, it was reorganized in 1923 as the Citizens League. The collection consists of candidate information questionnaires, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, memoranda and newspaper clippings relating to political candidates in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3385.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT City Club of Cleveland Records. City Club of Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517.xml The City Club of Cleveland is a men's club formed in 1912 to provide a platform for the discussion of issues of contemporary interest in Cleveland, Ohio. Women were admitted in 1972. A number of noted individuals have addressed the Club's forum. The collection consists of constitutions, articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, addresses, opinion polls, financial records, publications, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT City Club of Cleveland Records, Series II. City Club of Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517A.xml The City Club of Cleveland is a men's club formed in 1912 to provide a platform for the discussion of issues of contemporary interest in Cleveland, Ohio. Women were admitted in 1972. A number of noted individuals have addressed the Club's forum. The collection consists of constitutions, articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, addresses, financial records, publications, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. A number of items relate to prominent political and social leaders who have spoken before the club. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3517A.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio, Records. City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5134.xml The City Infirmary was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1855 to house and assist the poor, aged, mentally ill, and handicapped. The State of Ohio authorized county governments to build and administer poorhouses and infirmaries to provide long-term care for the poor and homeless in 1816. Cuyahoga County was the only county that did not establish a poorhouse, so Cleveland built a combined poorhouse/infirmary in 1827 behind Erie Street Cemetery that accepted referrals from throughout the county. As the population of Cleveland expanded rapidly, its City Council voted in 1849 for a tax levy to pay for a separate workhouse and infirmary. In 1855 the new City Infirmary was built on the site of the current Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. A few years later, Cleveland was experiencing the consequences of a national economic panic which included an influx of "inmates" to the City Infirmary that included newborn babies, the elderly, and the infirm. Immediately after the American Civil War, Ohio changed its i... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5134.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Civil War Miscellany. Palmer, William Pendleton http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3194.xml William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was a steel company executive and collector of Civil War materials. He served as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1913-1927). The collection consists of letters, telegrams, commissions, discharge papers, general and special orders, circulars, broadsides, maps, drawings, naval papers, and scrapbooks, relating to Union and Confederate armed forces and veteran's organizations and Confederate medical services; and newspaper clippings accumulated by Governor Reynolds of Missouri on politics and the American Civil War, a scrapbook including speeches of Mayor Richardson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, registers of 3 Confederate ships, and papers relating to several military units and battles. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3194.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Civil War Miscellany. various sources http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3195.xml The collection consists of letters, notes, memoranda, circulars, orders, broadsides, cartoons, maps, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, patriotic cards, and other papers relating to Union naval affairs, the Army of Mississippi, the Army of Tennessee, and Union and Confederate quartermaster and medical departments; records of the Gambier Council of the National Union League, correspondence and other papers of Ohio State officials, and correspondence from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This collection was collected from various sources by the Western Reserve Historical Society. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3195.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Clara P. Smith Papers. Smith, Clara P. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5264.xml Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of a biography, case studies, certificates, correspondence, a genealogy, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, programs, reports, and song lyrics. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5264.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Clermont County, Ohio, Records. Clermont County, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1086.xml The collection consists of census records (1802, 1819) for townships within Clermont County, Ohio, tax records (1801-1802), treasurer's receipts (1801-1805), papers relating to the Court of Common Pleas, sheriff, and justice of the peace, lists of merchants and their capital (1831), registers of births, deaths, and marriages for the year ending March 1, 1857, and poll books (1863) containing votes of qualified voters of Clermont County who were in the military service of the United States. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1086.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Bar Association Records. Cleveland Bar Association http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3572.xml The Cleveland Bar Association was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873 to establish and enforce standards of conduct for members of the legal profession and to promote legal and judicial reform. The Cleveland Bar Association was instrumental in the formation of the Ohio State and American Bar Associations. The collection consists of minutes, constitution, memorial resolutions, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks of judicial campaigns and an exhibit, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3572.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Records, Series II. Bureau of Jewish Education http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4748.xml The Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education was organized in 1924 as the coordinating agency for the following Jewish educational institutions in the Greater Cleveland , Ohio, area: Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Hebrew Academy, United Jewish Religious Schools, Institute of Jewish Studies, Workmen's Circle School, and Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel. The collection consists of minutes, reports, budgets, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection is from 1960-1970, allowing the researcher to study the effects of rapid secularization and assimilation within the Cleveland, Ohio Jewish community and the efforts by community institutions responding to these forces. Notable documentation on the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, Hebrew Academy, and the Jewish Community Federation is included in these records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4748.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Charter Commission Records. Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0885.xml The collection consists of amendments, calendars, proceedings, proposals, questionnaires, recommendations, and correspondence concerning the activities of the members of the first Cleveland Charter Commission, which included Mayor Newton D. Baker, Edward W. Doty, Mayo Fessler, and Earl H. Wells. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0885.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council. Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1125.xml The collection consists of a petition urging the Cleveland, Ohio, City Council "to at once take proper action to provide for the purchases of sufficient suitable land for park purposes," signed by hundreds of Cleveland residents. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1125.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland City Council Records. Cleveland City Council http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0896.xml The 1909 Cleveland, Ohio, City Council served during the final tenure of Mayor Tom L. Johnson, and prior to Home Rule. At this time, council was embroiled in the controversy over municipal ownership of Cleveland's street railways and the $.03 fare. The controversy was settled with voter approval in 1910 of the compromise "Tayler Grant" which called for "service at cost," a $.03 fare, and city supervision of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, reorganized as the Cleveland Railway Company. The collection consists of papers dealing with railways and the Street Railway Ordinance, including minutes of meetings of the Council of the Whole, January 20 to October 14, 1909; addresses of attorney Homer H. McKeehan, July 19 and 20, 1909; transcript of the arbitration proceedings before U.S. federal judge Robert W. Tayler (arbitrator) concerning differences between the Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland Electric Railway Company over the proposed Street Railway Ordinance, including Judge Tayler's decision, Oct... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0896.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Commission on Higher Education Records. Cleveland Commission on Higher Education http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4300.xml The Cleveland Commission on Higher Education is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization of area colleges and universities which focuses on cooperative efforts and common problem solving. The group conducts studies of educational needs, develops long range objectives, and, generally, promotes higher education within the community. The commission was instrumental in the founding of Cuyahoga Community College and the transition of Fenn College to Cleveland State University. It has also been involved in projects to improve the teacher training process for secondary teachers, especially inner-city teachers. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, officers files, project files, subject files, and other material relating to the operation of the organization. Included are the papers of Hugh Calkins, Frank E. Joseph, and Evan A. Lloyd, officers of the commission. The collection is useful for understanding the issues and problems facing higher education in Cuyahoga County and for und... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4300.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Council of Sociology Records. Cleveland Council of Sociology http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3090.xml The Cleveland Council of Sociology was founded in 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio, at the suggestion of Professors Richard T. Ely and John R. Commons. It was patterned after the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circles. The collection consists of correspondence, annual reports of the secretary and treasurer, lists of lecture topics, speakers, and members, and other records. Persons represented include Newton D. Baker, George A. Bellamy, Starr Cadwallader, John R. Commons, Harris R. Cooley, Richard E. Ely, Rabbi Moses J. Gries, Charles S. Howe, Tom L. Johnson, M.A. Marks, G.K. Shurtleff, D.C. Westenhaver, and Peter Witt. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3090.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records. Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4011.xml The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism was a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, documents, subject and program files and publications of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and correspondence, subject and program files and publications of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4011.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records, Series II. Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5110.xml The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of appeals, correspondence, minutes, letters to the editor, flyers, booklets, pamphlets, and press releases. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5110.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation Records. Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, correspondence, histories, speeches, financial records, proclamations, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material including membership lists, resolutions, press releases, certificates, programs, and invitations. The minutes and correspondence contain information on the role of t... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Development Foundation Records. Cleveland Development Foundation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3514.xml The Cleveland Development Foundation was a Cleveland, Ohio, non-profit corporation founded in 1954 to provide support for community development and renewal projects. The collection consists of financial records, notebooks of clippings, films, maps, and office files containing letter copies, correspondence, minutes, studies, proposals, speeches, contracts, insurance policies, printed brochures, pamphlets and booklets. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3514.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Families Oral History Project Interviews. Tuve, Jeanette E. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4345.xml The collection consists of 39 oral history interviews conducted by Jeanette Tuve with individuals and representatives of long-established Cleveland, Ohio, families who have played significant roles in the city's growth and development and with several Cleveland philanthropic foundation administrators. The interviews focused on the philanthropic involvement of these families and reveal the continuity of philanthropic motivation between generations of a particular family and the shared interest between related families and social peers in specific areas of charitable activity. The project was sponsored by the Western Reserve Historical Society and funded by the William Bingham Foundation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4345.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Foundation Records, Series II. Cleveland Foundation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4092.xml The Cleveland Foundation was first community trust in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of grant proposal files, containing the Foundation's evaluation, correspondence, and progress reports. Also included are administrative records of the Foundation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4092.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Foundation Records, Series III. Cleveland Foundation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5237.xml The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust established in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of grant files, both accepted and declined, which include agreements, award letters, brochures, budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, forms, memoranda, newsletters, notes, press releases, programs, proposals, and reports. All photographs and audio/visual media have been retained in their respective grant files. The Cleveland Foundation Assistance to Other Foundations series contains much the same document types as the grant files. Other document types contained in the collection include annual reports, articles, budgets, correspondence, declaration of trusts, forms, indexes, lists, memoranda, min... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5237.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Hebrew Schools Records and Photographs, Series II. Cleveland Hebrew Schools http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5359.xml Cleveland Hebrew Schools (CHS), officially founded in 1913, having roots back to 1885, provided an educational center for the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community until its closure in 2009. The collection includes school records and related documents from Cleveland Hebrew Schools, documenting changes throughout its history, including announcements, bank records, books, booklets, budgets, calendars, contracts, correspondence, curricula, employee records, enrollment records, financial records, government records, graduation records, journals, minute books, negatives, newsletters, photographs, reports, school records, song books, and tuition records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5359.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Jaycees Records. Cleveland Jaycees http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4316.xml The Cleveland Jaycees is the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of what had originally been known as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, a leadership-training and community service-oriented organization for men and women ages 18-36. The Cleveland chapter was organized in 1938 and began accepting women for full membership in 1984. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, agendas, annual reports, project reports, activity files, financial materials, correspondence, materials relating to the women's auxiliary, newsletters, news releases, clippings, and membership lists. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4316.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Jewish History Sources. Cleveland Jewish History Sources http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4621.xml The Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection is a card file assembled between 1954-1956 by the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, to support a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. This intention was realized with the publication of History of the Jews of Cleveland by Lloyd P. Gartner in 1978. Source material for this card file, which covers the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, includes both the national Anglo-Jewish press and local Cleveland sources, including the general press, the Anglo-Jewish press, and Jewish communal records. Rabbi Jack J. Herman and Judah Rubinstein were the local Cleveland researchers for the project. The collection consists of 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community that was obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economi... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4621.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Mayoral Papers. City of Cleveland, Office of the Mayor http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4276.xml The collection consists of records produced during the administrations of Cleveland, Ohio, mayors Blythin, Lausche and Burke, 1941-1953. The collection includes correspondence, reports, budget statements, blueprints and maps from various projects during the administrations of these three mayors. The collection pertains to the government of Cleveland during this period, and to the relevant political and social issues occurring at the time. Included within the collection are records relating to race relations, water fluoridation, national security, civic improvements, the 1948 World Series, and the Cleveland bingo controversy. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4276.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission Records. Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3395.xml The Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission was a private fact-finding agency organized in 1955 by Cleveland, Ohio, political, business, labor and civic leaders to study local government services and publish the results of its studies. The collection consists of the subject files of the Commission which include financial records and material on conferences and meetings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3395.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Military Units Records. Cleveland Military Units http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3000.xml Troop A was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 as an independent military unit to defend against strikers and unruly mobs. It affiliated with the Ohio National Guard in 1877, formed part of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1898, was absorbed into the 135th Field Artillery in 1918, and reorganized in 1920 as Troop A of the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. It became part of the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1947. The Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery was also founded in 1877 to quell labor violence. It disbanded by 1905. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, invoices, vouchers, financial statements and reports, ledger sheets, legal documents and briefs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and maps of the 1st Cleveland Cavalry (Troop A); constitution, by-laws, minutes, financial accounts, rosters, booklets of memoranda and statistical information, and other materials of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery; and records of the Troop A Armory Company, the Cavalry Riding Academy, and... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3000.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association Records. Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3298.xml The Cleveland Municipal Light Plant Association was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937, by Paul W. Walter, to rekindle interest in the city's deteriorating public electric plant, and to prevent the formation of a monopoly by the area's privately owned company. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, dues records, clippings, publications, and reports, relating to the activities and administration of the Association. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3298.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Research Collection. Cleveland Neighborhood Progress http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5477.xml This research collection is comprised of documents, articles, and reports related to Cleveland Neighborhood Progress compiled by Robert Jaquay in his duties as the Associate Director of the George Gund Foundation. Included with the documents, articles, and reports are an introduction, timeline, and bibliography created by Robert Jaquay. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5477.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Research Collection. Cleveland Neighborhood Progress http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5477.xml This research collection is comprised of documents, articles, and reports related to Cleveland Neighborhood Progress compiled by Robert Jaquay in his duties as the Associate Director of the George Gund Foundation. Included with the documents, articles, and reports are an introduction, timeline, and bibliography created by Robert Jaquay. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5477.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT