| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1918-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919). | | | | Call #: | MS 3565 | | | | Extent: | 4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers) | | | | Subjects: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Matthew Scott Cook Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cook, Matthew Scott | | | | Dates: | 1807-1887 | | | | Abstract: | Matthew Scott Cook (1803-1882) was a surveyor, farmer, businessman and Ohio State legislator, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements and deeds, survey and field notes, financial receipts, legal briefs, travel journals, memoranda and account books relating to Cook's farm; meteorological data; and American Civil War correspondence. Includes 17 diaries of Amos Wheeler, Jr. | | | | Call #: | MS 2129 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cook, Matthew Scott, 1803-1882. | Cook family. | Agriculture -- Ohio -- Finance. | Meteorology -- United States -- Observations. | River life -- United States. | Ohio River. | Mississippi River. | Chillicothe (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ross County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Massachusetts -- Description and travel. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Quebec (Province) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel. | United States -- Politics and government. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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