| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5238 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Garrett A. Morgan Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Garrett A. | | | | Dates: | 1913-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an African American entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included an electric traffic signal and gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Company to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company, The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of a scrapbook that contains mostly newspaper articles and clippings, but also includes letters detailing the success of his products, magazine clippings, pamphlets, photocopied autobiography samples, photographs, product order requests, and a subscription and induction notice to the National Geographic Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 5201 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Fire prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 | Traffic signs and signals. | Water tunnels -- Accidents -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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