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1	Title:	Peter Witt Papers
	Creator:	Witt, Peter
	Dates:	1888-1948
	Abstract:	Peter Witt (1869-1948) was the Cleveland, Ohio traction commissioner (1912-1915) under Mayor Newton D. Baker and city councilman (1924-1927) who served as a transit consultant for several major United States cities. He was a close friend and ally of Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, campaign literature, interview notes made by Louis Plost, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, relating chiefly to Witt's political activities and especially to his association with Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. Some of the papers relate to Witt's work as a transit consultant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey, in the 1920s. Correspondents include Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Tom L. Johnson, P.J. Mitten, and Brand Whitlock.
	Call #:	MS 3281
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize packages)
	Subjects:	Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. \| Lincoln Memorial Garden Commission. \| Cleveland Railway Company. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local transit -- New Jersey -- Newark. \| Local transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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2	Title:	Charles A. Otis Papers
	Creator:	Otis, Charles A.
	Dates:	1878-1953
	Abstract:	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.
	Call #:	MS 2867
	Extent:	1.30 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Otis, Charles Augustus, 1868-1953. \| Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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3	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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4	Title:	Cleveland Mayoral Papers
	Creator:	City of Cleveland, Office of the Mayor
	Dates:	1937-1953
	Abstract:	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.
	Call #:	MS 4276
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Transit strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943-1944. \| Veterans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bingo -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Water -- Fluoridation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Freedom Train. \| World series (Baseball) \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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