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21	Title:	James F. Lincoln Papers
	Creator:	Lincoln, James F.
	Dates:	1903-1965
	Abstract:	James Finney Lincoln (1883-1965) was the Executive Director of the Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a pioneer in the areas of arc welding and profit sharing. He established the James Finney Lincoln Welding Foundation. The collection consists of articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, book manuscripts, court transcripts, patents, certificates and miscellaneous printed items.
	Call #:	MS 3569
	Extent:	5.00 linear feet (8 containers, 6 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Lincoln, James Finney, 1883-1965. \| Welding. \| Electric welding. \| Renegotiation of government contracts -- United States. \| Defense contracts -- United States. \| Industrial relations -- United States. \| Incentives in industry -- United States. \| Employee motivation -- United States. \| Profit-sharing -- United States. \| Bonus system -- United States.
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22	Title:	Joseph William Briggs Family Papers
	Creator:	Briggs, Joseph William Family
	Dates:	1862-1948
	Abstract:	Joseph William Briggs (1813 or 1814-1872) was a United States Post Office employee who served as special agent to the Cleveland, Ohio, branch and traveled throughout the United States to direct the installation of city free delivery service. His daughter Mary Harmony Briggs (1837-1913) was married to Edwin Beard Mastick, Jr. (1844-1918). The collection consists of a patent application, one photograph, and one script.
	Call #:	MS 5284
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Postal service -- United States -- History.
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23	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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24	Title:	Salmon B. Axtell Family Papers
	Creator:	Axtell, Salmon B. Family
	Dates:	1829-1890
	Abstract:	Salmon B. Axtell was an attorney who handled cases in Ashtabula, Lake, and Cuyahoga Counties in Ohio. His wife, Laura Kerr Axtell, was the daughter of Daniel Kerr and the cousin of Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist Leonard Case. The collection consists of correspondence, court documents, a diary, financial agreements, and legal files.
	Call #:	MS 4115
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Axtell family. \| Kerr family. \| Axtell, Salmon B. \| Railroads -- Ohio. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. \| Court records -- Ohio.
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25	Title:	Brierley Machine Company Records
	Creator:	Brierley Machine Company
	Dates:	1915-1932
	Abstract:	The Brierley Machine Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by William E. Brierley (1879-1933). Located at 1736 East 22nd Street, the company designed and built special automatic machinery, jigs, tools, and dies. The company was officially incorporated as a for-profit entity in Ohio in 1918 although it was founded sometime earlier. The collection consists of an appraisal, blank letterhead, a cash receipts ledger, a certificate, correspondence, license agreements, mechanical drawings, mortgages, a payroll ledger, patent applications, photographs, receipts, a tax return, and a trial balance ledger.
	Call #:	MS 5303
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Tool and die industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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26	Title:	Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free Family Papers
	Creator:	Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice Family
	Dates:	1712-1983
	Abstract:	Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free, daughter of Joseph and Juliet Boalt Rice of Ohio, spent most of her life gathering materials related to her family's history. She was descended from prominent families in the Western Reserve and New England. The collection consists of correspondence between members of the Free, Rice, Hulburt, Boalt and Griswold families, diaries, journals, financial and legal materials, genealogical materials, memorabilia, published and unpublished writings, newspaper clippings and materials from relatives in the Butler, Caldwell, Fisk, Hall, Hubbard, Lane, Moss and Warner families.
	Call #:	MS 4028
	Extent:	15.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Free family. \| Rice family. \| Griswold family. \| Boalt family. \| Hulburt family. \| Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice, 1900-1985. \| Students -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscenses, etc. \| Family -- Ohio. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Women -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Ashtabula (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. \| Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Description and travel.
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27	Title:	Leisy Brewing Company Records
	Creator:	Leisy Brewing Company
	Dates:	1838-1975
	Abstract:	The Leisy Brewing Company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. It began as Isaac Leisy & Co. in 1873. Once Cleveland's largest independent brewery, it had branch agencies in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and gained a reputation for its Premium Lager and Budweiser beers, before that became a brand name. Production in 1890 was over 90,000 barrels, and rose to 355,000 barrels by 1917. When the company closed in 1959, (Ohio instituted a $.36-a-case tax) it was the oldest brewery in Cleveland and one of the longest surviving family-operated breweries in America. The collection consists of incorporation papers, patent and trademark papers, clippings, a company history prepared by Bruce R. Leisy, papers relating to Otto Leisy's early life, scrapbooks, bottle labels, advertising posters, pamphlets, and a monthly sales record book.
	Call #:	MS 4143
	Extent:	0.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Leisy Brewing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| Brewing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| German-Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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28	Title:	Orrel A. Parker Papers
	Creator:	Parker, Orrel A.
	Dates:	1899-1941
	Abstract:	Orrel A. Parker (1873-1965) was the President of the Parker Wheel Company in Cleveland, Ohio, who also served as an Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer in charge of technical records for the Air Service during World War I. He was largely responsible for the War Department's investigation of irregularities between the Lubrication Department and the Air Division of the Signal Corps. The collection consists of fiscal material, memoranda, official reports, technical material and correspondence relating to Parker's involvement in the wheel industry and air service.
	Call #:	MS 3927
	Extent:	3.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Parker, Orrel A., 1873-1965. \| Wheels. \| Automobiles -- Wheels. \| Aeronautics, Military -- United States. \| Airplanes -- Lubrication.
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29	Title:	Charles Whittlesey Papers
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Charles
	Dates:	1769-1889
	Abstract:	Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was a soldier, lawyer, geologist, and historian who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, insurance and legal papers, financial papers, account books, diaries, memoranda, reports, invoices, orders, papers relating to his service as Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; manuscript notes and writings on historic, scientific and religious topics, field notes and memoranda books from geological expeditions, and papers concerning his activities as agent for the Humboldt and Eagle River mining companies (1853-1859).
	Call #:	MS 3196
	Extent:	7.25 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886. \| Indians of North America. \| Geology -- United States -- Surveys. \| Copper mines and mining -- United States. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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30	Title:	Matthew Luckiesh Photographs
	Creator:	Luckiesh, Matthew
	Dates:	1909-1991
	Abstract:	Matthew Luckiesh (1883-1967) was an authority and pioneer in the research of light, lighting, color, vision, and seeing. Known as "the father of the Science of Seeing," he was a physicist at the Incandescent Lamp Department of the General Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 422 black and white photographs, 21 color photographs, and 101 black and white negatives.
	Call #:	PG 592
	Extent:	0.62 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Photographs. \| Electric lighting -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Electric lighting -- Photographs \| General Electric Company -- Photographs \| General Electric Company. Lamp Division (Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs \| Luckiesh family -- Photographs \| Luckiesh, Matthew, 1883-1967 \| Pitts family -- Photographs \| Tobin family -- Photographs
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31	Title:	Frank Lyons Papers
	Creator:	Lyons, Frank
	Dates:	1912-1961
	Abstract:	Frank Lyons (1894-1974) was a lawyer, politician and civic leader active in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community. The collection consists of correspondence dealing with Lyons' law career, political involvement, and personal life, as well as organizational records, political campaign files, appointment books and journals, and legal case materials, including discrimination suits Lyons handled for the Future Outlook League and Robert Woodall. The collection pertains to Lyons' political aspirations and activities in various ward clubs, his community service in such organizations as the Urban League, St. Marks Presbyterian Church, and the Woodland Center Neighborhood House, and his discrimination cases.
	Call #:	MS 4249
	Extent:	2.40 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. \| Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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32	Title:	Lees-Bradner Company Photographs
	Creator:	Lees-Bradner Company
	Dates:	1915-1965
	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 individual portraits of Hosea Townsend Bradner, George Townsend Bradner, and John Bradner; group portraits of employees, including production workers, managers and sales personnel; and views of products, facilities, and activities.
	Call #:	PG 462
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bradner, Hosea Townsend, 1872-1963 -- Photograph collections. \| Bradner, George T., 1916- -- Photograph collections. \| Lees-Bradner Company -- Photograph collections. \| White Consolidated Industries -- Photograph collections. \| Grant-Lees Machine Company -- Photograph collections. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States -- Photographs. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Gear industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Gear-cutting machines -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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33	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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34	Title:	Joseph and Feiss Company Records
	Creator:	Joseph and Feiss Company
	Dates:	1847-1960
	Abstract:	The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3886
	Extent:	5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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35	Title:	Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs
	Creator:	Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company
	Dates:	1900-1910
	Abstract:	The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company was a pioneer manufacturer of steel plant equipment with an international reputation for engineering some of the largest material-handling projects ever built. The firm started in 1896 as the Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by the inventor of the first open-hearth furnace in the U.S., Samuel T. Wellman, his brother, Charles H. Wellman, and John W. Seaver, to engineer and design steel mills and industrial plant equipment. One of the company's executives, George Huelett, invented the Hulett unloader, which revolutionized the Great Lakes ore industry. The collection consists of one album containing forty-two photographs of ship and railroad unloading machinery, eight loose photographs of ship unloaders and coke dumpers, and one blueprint of a railroad car dumper.
	Call #:	PG 018
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. \| Loading and unloading -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. \| Railroads -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. \| Loaders (Machines) -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. \| Ore handling -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. \| Cargo ships -- Great Lakes -- Photographs. \| Great Lakes -- Commerce -- Photographs.
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36	Title:	Frederick C. Crawford Photographs
	Creator:	Crawford, Frederick C.
	Dates:	1891-1978
	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 Museum of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Frederick C. Crawford, his family, friends, and associates, and views of his activities relating to awards, tours, dinners, business enterprises, clubs, travel, residences, and museums. The collection also contains portraits of Harold T. Clark, General James Doolittle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, the King Sisters, General Curtis LeMay, General Douglas MacArthur, Walter O"Keefe, and Tyrone Power.
	Call #:	PG 357
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. \| Crawford family -- Photograph collections. \| Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. \| MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Photograph collections. \| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. \| Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965 -- Photograph collections. \| Godfrey, Arthur, 1903-1983 -- Photograph collections. \| Hope, Bob, 1903- -- Photograph collections. \| LeMay, Curtis E. -- Photograph collections. \| O'Keefe, Walter -- Photograph collections. \| Power, Tyrone, 1914- -- Photograph collections.
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37	Title:	Charles F. Brush Photographs
	Creator:	Brush, Charles F.
	Dates:	1870-1975
	Abstract:	Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and inventor. His inventions included a dynamo which was the predecessor for the modern generator and the arc light, demonstrated on Cleveland's Public Square in 1879. Brush formed the Brush Electric Co. in 1880, which was subsequently bought by Thomason Houston Electric Co., and then merged with Edison General Electric Co. in 1891, forming the General Electric Co. Brush continued to maintain scientific and business interests throughout his life, and founded the Brush Foundation in 1927. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Charles F. Brush, his friends and associates, and views of his inventions, including the arc lamp and wind powered dynamo. Also included is a view of an arc lamp on Cleveland, Ohio's Public Square, ca. 1896.
	Call #:	PG 201
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929 -- Photograph collections. \| Electric lamps, Arc -- Photographs. \| Electric lighting, Arc -- Photographs. \| Electric generators -- Photographs. \| Inventions -- Photographs.
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38	Title:	Harry Bernstein Photographs
	Creator:	Bernstein, Harry
	Dates:	1900-1908
	Abstract:	Harry "Czar" Bernstein (1856-1920) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and Republican Party political ward boss. He was born in Poland, and emigrated to Cleveland in 1868 with his parents. In addition to various businesses, he owned the Peoples and Perry theaters in Cleveland, which presented entertainment in Yiddish in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood of Woodland. He became involved in Cleveland politics as a ward boss in the 16th (later the 12th) ward of Cleveland, a heavily immigrant neighborhood. He married Sarah Trilling in 1888. The collection consists of one album and loose photographs relating to Harry Bernstein, his family and friends.
	Call #:	PG 195
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bernstein, Harry 1856-1920 -- Photograph collections. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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39	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1974-2012
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations.
	Call #:	MS 5296
	Extent:	70.80 linear feet (75 containers)
	Subjects:	Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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40	Title:	Curtis Industries, Inc. Photographs
	Creator:	Curtis Industries, Inc.
	Dates:	1935-1961
	Abstract:	Curtis Industries, Inc. was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1932 by William Abrams and two of his sons, Morris and Howard, as Clipper Key and Lock Co. The company initially sold several brands of key cutting machines throughout the Cleveland area and the Midwest. In 1934, the Abrams worked together with inventor William Curtis to invent a new key cutting machine that they could manufacture and distribute themselves. The machine was patented, and the company changed its name to Curtis Key Co. The company's focus was on key cutting machines and key blanks, which they both manufactured and sold. However, during World War II, the company concentrated solely on defense work and ceased to manufacture of keys and key machines. Following the war, the company changed its name to Curtis Industries, Inc. and resumed its work on key machines and key blanks. The company also began manufacturing and selling automotive and farm equipment replacement parts. In 1961, Curtis Industries built a large facility in Eastlake, Ohio. Previously, Curtis had operated sites on Carnegie Avenue, Prospect Avenue, and East 222nd Street in Cleveland. The new building in Eastlake consolidated all of Curtis's branches and various operations. The new site was considered state-of-the-art and garnered much publicity. In 1961, the Cleveland Chapter of the American Materials Handling Society recognized Curtis with is award for the best materials handling system in Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of approximately 150 black and white photographs depicting employees, machinery, and buildings at various Curtis Industries sites.
	Call #:	PG 580
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Curtis Industries, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections \| Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs \| Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Eastlake -- Photographs \| Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Eastlake \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs \| Factories -- Ohio -- Eastlake -- Photographs \| Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Eastlake \| Automobiles -- Parts -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Automobiles -- Parts -- Ohio -- Eastlake \| Farm equipment -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Farm equipment -- Ohio -- Eastlake \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Eastlake \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs
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