Subject | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Abington Foundation. |
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| | • | Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Aeronautics -- History. |
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| | • | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Aerospace industries -- United States. |
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| | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. |
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| | • | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
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| | • | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. |
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| | • | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Bruening, Eva L. |
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| | • | Bruening, Joseph M. |
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| | • | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Case Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Child abuse -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Crawford family. |
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| | • | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 |
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| | • | David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | David and Inez Myers Foundation. |
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| | • | Dyke College. |
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| | • | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. |
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| | • | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. |
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| | • | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Family violence -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. |
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| | • | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Florida Institute of Technology. |
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| | • | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. |
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| | • | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. |
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| | • | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. |
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| | • | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. |
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| | • | Goldhamer family. |
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| | • | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. |
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| | • | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. |
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| | • | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. |
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| | • | Hunger -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Industrial relations -- United States. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | International Aeronautic Federation |
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| | • | International relations. |
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| | • | Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
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| | • | Lubrizol Foundation. |
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| | • | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. |
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| | • | Mentally ill -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. |
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| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Myers, David N., 1900-1999. |
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| | • | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Nursing home care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | People with social disabilities -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Ratner family. |
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| | • | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- |
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| | • | Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. |
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| | • | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. |
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| | • | Steel Products Co. |
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| | • | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | TRW Inc. |
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| | • | Thompson Products, inc. |
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| | • | Thompson family. |
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| | • | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. |
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| | • | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1945-1953. |
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| | • | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Historical Society |
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| | • | Youth -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Samuel Goldhamer Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Samuel Goldhamer Family | | | | Dates: | 1925-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Cleveland, Ohio, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, a genealogical chart, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5000 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. | Goldhamer family. | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | David N. Meyers Papers
| | | | Creator: | Myers, David N. | | | | Dates: | 1932-2001 | | | | Abstract: | David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5039 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Myers, David N., 1900-1999. | David and Inez Myers Foundation. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dyke College. | David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) | Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Abington Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Abington Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1983-2004 | | | | Abstract: | The Abington Foundation (f. 1983) was created by David Knight Ford (1894-1993) and Elizabeth Kingsley Ford (1896-1990) to support organizations, generally in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, dedicated to promoting education, health care, economic independence, and cultural activities. The foundation's grant-making philosophy was devised by Mr. Ford and his four sons who comprised the original board of trustees. Each funding area had a particular focus. The educational focus is pre-primary through higher education, and thus the foundation has supported a vast array of educational institutions and programs such as Early Childhood Options of University City, museums (e.g. Cleveland Museum of Natural History), historical societies (e.g. Moreland Hills Historical Society, and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad) and universities, including Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University Foundation, Inc. The foundation's healthcare focus is on geriatrics and nursing with grants going to the Eliza Bryant Center, Senior Citizen Resources, Inc., The Center for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, American Red Cross, and many others. Economic independence with a focus on the promotion or sustaining of individual and family self-sufficiency has led the foundation to give grants to organizations such as the Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland, Ohio Hunger Task Force, People's Emergency Shelter, and Habitat for Humanity. In promoting local culture with an emphasis on arts education and historic preservation, the Abington Foundation has made grants to artistic enterprises and groups such as Art House, Inc., Beck Center for the Arts, The Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Public Theater, and Musical Arts Association. The Fords wished to serve their country and community, and dedicated their lives to doing so. David Knight Ford was a captain in the United States armed forces during World War I, joining shortly after graduating from Yale University. After the war, he returned to school and earned a law degree from Western Reserve University. His wife, Elizabeth, volunteered with the Red Cross as a nurse during the First World War, as well as a volunteer nurse's aide during the Second World War, and founded the Ohio League for Nursing (originally the Cleveland Area League for Nursing). Elizabeth earned the Margaret Ireland Award for Civic Achievement in 1973 from the Women's City Club for her works. They married in 1920 and remained so for 70 years until Elizabeth's death in 1990. David's business acumen led to the founding of the Lubrizol Corporation, and later the Lubrizol Foundation. He donated the family farm (originally settled by his great grandfather) situated on land now part of University Circle to help develop Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals. Parts of the farm became the sites of the Case School of Applied Sciences, Western Reserve College, and University Hospitals. Named for the area of New England where David Ford's ancestors settled, the Abington Foundation has continued after the deaths of its founders, providing assistance through 2012. Though both the elder Fords have died, family members continue to serve on the Board of Directors. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, grant proposals, minutes, newspaper clippings, and receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5137 | | | | Extent: | 17.00 linear feet (19 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. | Abington Foundation. | Lubrizol Foundation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1992-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was established in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, through the estate donations of Joseph M. Bruening and his wife Eva L. Bruening. It is an independent foundation which provides grants to agencies in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The foundation's focus areas are education and social services, with an emphasis on care for the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged. Proposals funded include those in the fields of early childhood education, primary and secondary education, higher education, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, human services, and children and youth services. Special consideration is given to Roman Catholic organizations and institutions that provide these types of programs and services. Joseph M. Bruening founded the Ohio Ball Bearing Company in Cleveland in 1923, later known as Bearings Inc. The collection consists of applications, budgets, correspondence, grant proposals (including: audit reports, budgets, correspondence, fact sheets, financial statements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, rosters, summaries, and testimonial letters), invoices, memoranda, photographs, reports, rosters, and workshop packets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5089 | | | | Extent: | 20.00 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bruening, Joseph M. | Bruening, Eva L. | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing home care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Family violence -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Child abuse -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Youth -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | People with social disabilities -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Mentally ill -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Hunger -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Ratner Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ratner Family | | | | Dates: | 1891-2007 | | | | Abstract: | The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5044 | | | | Extent: | 9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,) | | | | Subjects: | Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | 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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