| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ray Thomas Miller Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Miller, Ray Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1924-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Ray Thomas Miller (1893-1966) was a prominent lawyer, businessman and Democratic political leader in Cleveland, Ohio, who served as assistant law director (1922-1923), city prosecutor (1928), and Mayor (1932-1935). A major accomplishment of his administration was the relief of the city's homeless and unemployed through the acquisition of federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds and the establishment of such programs as the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority, the Wayfarer's Lodge, and municipal kitchens. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, legal documents, ordinances, resolutions, newspaper clippings, and proclamations. The majority of the material consists of departmental files containing constituent and interoffice correspondence, resolutions, and resignations. Major topics include welfare programs and Communist political activity. | | | | Call #: | MS 3739 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Miller, Ray T. (Ray Thomas), 1893-1966. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Harold H. Burton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Harold H. | | | | Dates: | 1911-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Harold Hitz Buron (1888-1964) was a lawyer, World War I soldier, law professor, Ohio state congressman, law director of Cleveland, Acting City Manager, Acting Mayor, Mayor, United States Senator from Ohio, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, campaign literature, broadsides, reports, schedules, inventories, lists and newspaper clippings relating to Burton's personal life, his activities in various organizations, and his political activities, including his administration of Cleveland's municipal government, 1935-1940. | | | | Call #: | MS 3584 | | | | Extent: | 35.00 linear feet (34 containers and 14 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | Burton family. | Legislators -- United States. | Judges -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | National socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lakeshore development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | St. Lawrence Seaway. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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