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1	Title:	Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers
	Creator:	Morgan, Daniel Edgar
	Dates:	1917-1949
	Abstract:	Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was an Ohio State senator (1929-30), Cleveland city manager (1930-32), politician, and jurist. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, legal papers and documents, reports and memoranda on civic, municipal, and national affairs, scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and other material on social and international questions, the Republican Party in Cleveland and Ohio, Morgan's interest in civic organizations, his term in the Ohio State Senate, the city managership of Cleveland, political campaigns for himself and Harold H. Burton, his law practice and activities in wartime agencies, and his service on the Ohio Court of Appeals.
	Call #:	MS 3069
	Extent:	19.60 linear feet (37 containers and 17 scrapbooks)
	Subjects:	Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Elections -- Ohio. \| Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Elections -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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2	Title:	Robert Johns Bulkley Papers
	Creator:	Bulkley, Robert Johns
	Dates:	1886-1967
	Abstract:	Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and businessman who served as a United States Congressman (1910-1914) and Senator (1930-1939). While in congress he was involved in legislation concerning Prohibition and currency reform. He was president of the Morris Plan Bank of Cleveland (1914-1952). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, certificates, personal and miscellaneous printed items relating to Bulkley's personal, political and business activities.
	Call #:	MS 3310
	Extent:	19.50 linear feet (44 containers, 4 oversize packages, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bulkley, Robert Johns, 1880-1965. \| Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Prohibition -- United States. \| Currency question -- United States. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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3	Title:	Newton D. Baker Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Baker, Newton D.
	Dates:	1896-1917
	Abstract:	Newton D. Baker (1871-1937) was the Cleveland, Ohio, city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor of Cleveland (1912-1916), and United States Secretary of War (1916-1921). The collection consists of private and public letters.
	Call #:	MS 3867
	Extent:	10.00 linear feet (12 containers)
	Subjects:	Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| League of Nations. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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4	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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5	Title:	Martin Leonard Sweeney Papers
	Creator:	Sweeney, Martin Leonard
	Dates:	1931-1940
	Abstract:	Martin L. Sweeney (1885-1960) was a United States Representative from Cleveland, Ohio (1931-1943). He represented Ohio's 20th District. The collection consists of speeches, campaign literature, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, relating to Sweeney's political activities. Includes material on his campaign for Mayor of Cleveland (1933), his relations with Reverend Charles E. Coughlin and the National Union for Social Justice, and his support of William Lemke for President of the United States in 1936.
	Call #:	MS 3297
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (1 container and 5 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Sweeney, Martin Leonard, 1885-1960. \| Lemke, William, 1878-1950. \| Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979. \| National Union for Social Justice. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Legislators -- United States -- Miscellanea. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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6	Title:	Newton D. Baker Letters
	Creator:	Baker, Newton Diehl
	Dates:	1891-1937
	Abstract:	Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) was a Cleveland, Ohio, city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916), and United States Secretary of War (1916-1921). The collection consists of letters and typescript copies of letters from Newton D. Baker to his relatives and political associates, including 211 letters to his wife Elizabeth Baker (1902-1937), 44 letters to his brother, Frank Baker, and sister-in-law, Harriet Baker (1915-1936), three bound volumes of typescript copies of letters to his children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Newton III (1918-1937), and 32 letters from notable political figures.
	Call #:	MS 3491
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911. \| Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. \| Baker family. \| World War, 1914-1918. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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7	Title:	Robert Johns Bulkley Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Bulkley, Robert Johns
	Dates:	1890-1941
	Abstract:	Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) was a pprominent Cleveland, Ohio, banker, businessman, and lawyer who served as a Democratic congressman (1910-1914) and United States Senator (1930-1939) from Ohio. As a member of the Banking and Currency Committee, he helped frame the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. During World War I he served in the legal departments of the General Munitions Board, the War Industries Board, and the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. Bulkley was a loyal and staunch supporter of progressivism and the New Deal, and advocated the repeal of prohibition. He served as president and chairman of the board of the Morris Plan Bank of Ohio for over 30 years. The collection consists of biographical information on Bulkley, writings by Bulkley, correspondence, notes on correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings and releases, and miscellaneous material dealing primarily with the early period of Bulkley's Senate career and the early considerations of him as a candidate for the 1932 Democratic nomination for president. The material also deals with his service as chief legal officer for the General Munitions Board during World War I. Included is a scrapbook for the Hasty Pudding Club and a history of Society Bank, "Three score years and ten."
	Call #:	MS 4290
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bulkley, Robert Johns, 1880-1965. \| United States. General Munitions Board. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland -- History. \| Hasty Pudding Club. \| Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Prohibition -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. \| Presidential candidates -- United States. \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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