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1	Title:	Ervin George Bailey Papers
	Creator:	Bailey, Ervin George
	Dates:	1918-1974
	Abstract:	Ervin George Bailey was an industrialist and manufacturer. He founded the Bailey Meter Company, a major manufacturer of industrial meters and controls, in 1916. The company was moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. In 1926, Bailey Meter Company was purchased by The Babcock and Wilcox Company, although it continued production under its own name. Ervin Bailey remained with Babcock and Wilcox, serving as president of the Fuller LeHigh Company division 1926-1936, as chairman of Bailey Meter Company 1944-1956, and as a vice president of Babcock and Wilcox 1931-1951. Bailey was awarded 141 United States patents for his inventions in the fields of fluid and combustion control. He was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, England. He was also the author of many articles on metering, controls, fuels and combustion, and engineering education. The collection consists of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, historical sketches, speeches, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4743
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bailey, E. G. (Ervin George), 1880-1974. \| Bailey Meter Company. \| Babcock & Wilcox Company. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials, Series II
	Creator:	Acme-Cleveland Corporation
	Dates:	1825-1996
	Abstract:	The Acme-Cleveland Corporation was formed In Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger in 1968 of Cleveland Twist Drill Company, a manufacturer of high-speed drills and metal cutting tools, and the National Acme Company, a manufacturer of automatic multiple-spindle lathes and screw machines. Cleveland Twist Drill was founded in 1876 by Jacob D. Cox II, son of a Civil War general and former governor of Ohio, and Francis F. Prentiss. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills. By 1936 it was the world's largest maker of high-speed drills and reamers, flourishing under Jacob D. Cox, Jr., who pioneered profit-sharing and authored two books on wage theory. National Acme originated in Hartford, Connecticut, as the Acme Screw Machine Company in 1895, makers of the first commercially successful automatic multiple-spindle screw manufacturing machine. Acme Screw merged with National Manufacturing Co. in 1901 to become National Acme Manufacturing Company, which purchased the Windsor Machine Company to become National Acme Company in 1916. The collection consists of financial reports, ledgers, shareholder meetings, company newsletters, marketing material, and correspondence, particularly those of Francis F. Prentiss, who was president of Cleveland Twist Drill between 1904 and 1911. There is also a large collection of photographs and glass plate negatives, approximately 1000 images, related to both Cleveland Twist Drill Company and National Acme Company and a 16mm film.
	Call #:	MS 5378
	Extent:	38.00 linear feet (54 containers and 5 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	L.N. Gross Company Records
	Creator:	L.N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1907-1967
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. During the Depression the company was troubled by strikes as well as the general business slump. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of a history of the company, an autobiography, passport and visa of Louis Gross, correspondence, reports, applications for patents, contracts, account books, and miscellaneous materials, including scrapbooks containing advertisements for garments made by the company.
	Call #:	MS 3823
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	L. N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1898-1990
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included.
	Call #:	MS 4711
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Day-Glo Color Corporation Records
	Creator:	Day-Glo Color Corporation
	Dates:	1930-1991
	Abstract:	The Day-Glo Color Corporation was founded in 1946 by Robert and Joseph Switzer, who developed ways to make photoluminescent paints and dyes.These paints and dyes were used by the military to mark airplanes as well as uniforms, and to detect flaws in airplane engines and other parts. They were also used extensively in the graphic arts industry, for product advertising and packaging.The company, which began as the Conti-Glo Division of Continental Lithograph Corporation, became Switzer Brothers, Inc., and later, Day-Glo Corporation, and was sold in 1986 to Nalco Chemical Corporation. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, articles of incorporation, blueprints, brochures, budgets, bylaws, color guides, contracts, correspondence, fabric samples, financial statements, handbooks, histories, interview transcripts, legal documents, lists, magazine clippings, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, outlines, photographs, press releases, publications, questionnaires, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, stock certificates, and tax returns.
	Call #:	MS 4878
	Extent:	6.04 linear feet (8 containers and 4 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997. \| Switzer, Joseph L., 1915-1973. \| Day-Glo Color Corp. \| Switzer Brothers, Inc. \| Continental Lithograph Corpation. Conti-Glo Division. \| Nalco Chemical Company. \| Day-Glo Investment Corporation. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Pigments industry -- United States. \| Pigments industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Paint industry and trade -- United States. \| Paint industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dye industry -- United States. \| Dye industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fluorescence. \| Luminescence. \| Photoluminescence. \| Airplanes, Military -- Markings. \| Airplanes, Military -- Painting. \| Color in the textile industries. \| Coloring matter. \| Color in advertising. \| Color in marketing. \| Consolidation and merger of corporations -- United States.
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6	Title:	Lees-Bradner Company Records
	Creator:	Lees-Bradner Company
	Dates:	1905-1992
	Abstract:	The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, a company history, agreements, stock certificates, financial reports, ledgers, correspondence, administrative reports, memoranda, catalogs, product detail sheets, advertisements, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4653
	Extent:	1.41 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Lees, Ernest J. d.1937. \| Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963. \| Bradner, George T., 1916- \| Lees-Bradner Company. \| White Consolidated Industries. \| Grant-Lees Machine Company. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gearing -- Manufacture. \| Gear-cutting machines. \| Automobiles -- Transmission devices.
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7	Title:	Frank A. Scott Papers
	Creator:	Scott, Frank Augustus
	Dates:	1848-1935
	Abstract:	Frank Augustus Scott (1873-1949) was a businessman, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, relating to Scott's activities in Cleveland's business, civic, cultural, charitable, and educational institutions, especially Western Reserve University, Case Institute of Technology, University Hospitals, and the Municipal Traction Company. Subjects include the iron and steel industry, business and industrial management, industry in Cleveland, the machine tool industry, economic matters, and federal legislation. Correspondents include Theodore E. Burton.
	Call #:	MS 3284
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (8 containers)
	Subjects:	Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949. \| Scott family. \| Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| Cleveland Railway Company. \| Municipal Traction Company. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Metal trade -- United States. \| Iron industry and trade -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- United States. \| Legislation -- United States. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Europe -- Description and travel -- 1919-1944.
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8	Title:	Centerior Energy Corporation Records
	Creator:	Centerior Energy Corporation
	Dates:	1881-1996
	Abstract:	The Centerior Energy Corporation was founded in 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland General Electric Company, with a franchise from the General Electric Company of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1893, assets of the Brush Electric Light and Power Company and of the Cleveland Electric Light Company were transferred to the Cleveland General Electric Company, forming the nucleus of a new organization. On July 21, 1894, the name of the company was changed to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). In 1926, the company purchased the Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company and its subsidiary, The United Light and Power Company. Other power companies in the northeastern Ohio region were purchased during this time. In 1947 control of the company returned to the hands of public investors, and new power plants continued to be added to the system. The company's first nuclear power plant, the Davis-Besse facility, became fully operational in 1978. A second nuclear power facility, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, was subsequently added. In 1986 Centerior Energy Corporation, an affiliation between CEI and the Toledo Edison Company, was formed to become one of the largest electric systems in the United States. In 1996, Centerior Energy Corporation and the Ohio Edison Company merged into a new holding company, First Energy Corporation. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, annual reports, bylaws, histories, correspondence, legal briefs, financial records, handbooks, speeches, pamphlets, publications, oral history transcriptions, organizational charts, rate schedules, magazine and newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Includes the correspondence of various presidents of the corporation.
	Call #:	MS 4791
	Extent:	31.40 linear feet (45 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. \| Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio). \| Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio) \| Centerior Energy Corporation. \| Cleveland General Electric Company. \| Toledo Edison Company. \| Ohio Edison Company. \| Brush Electric Light and Power Company. \| Cleveland Electric Light Company. \| First Energy Corporation. \| Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Electric power distribution -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Electric power transmission -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Electric power-plants -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Public utilities -- Ohio. \| Collective bargaining -- Public utilities -- Ohio. \| Nuclear energy. \| Nuclear power plants -- Ohio.
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9	Title:	Frederick C. Crawford Family Papers
	Creator:	Crawford, Frederick C. Family
	Dates:	1727-1996
	Abstract:	Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment diaries and calendars, ledgers, annual financial summaries, bank statements, trust deeds, tax assessments, returns and other financial documents, stock certificates, wills, real estate inventories, diplomas, award certificates, military discharge papers, corporate annual reports, speeches and broadcast transcripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, articles of incorporation, minutes, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 4856
	Extent:	76.84 linear feet (77 containers and 4 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 \| Crawford family. \| Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. \| Thompson, Edwin deGroot. \| Thompson family. \| TRW Inc. \| Steel Products Co. \| Thompson Products, inc. \| Western Reserve Historical Society \| Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. \| Case Institute of Technology. \| Florida Institute of Technology. \| American School of Classical Studies at Athens. \| International Aeronautic Federation \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Automobile supplies industry -- United States. \| Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. \| Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. \| Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. \| International relations. \| Aeronautics -- History. \| Industrial relations -- United States. \| Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aerospace industries -- United States. \| United States -- History -- 1933-1945. \| United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
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