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| | • | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 81 | Title: | John Franklin Rust Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rust, John Franklin | | | | Dates: | 1849-1888 | | | | Abstract: | John Franklin Rust (1835-1899) was businessman, of Saginaw, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. Rust's lumber firm in Cleveland was known as Rust, King & Company and later became Rust, King & Clint. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, and other papers, relating to Rust's activities in the lumber and shipping businesses on the Great Lakes and to the activities of the companies with which he was associated. Includes invoices, receipts, trip accounts for lake vessels, tax records, insurance policies, agreements, deeds, contracts, bills of sale, mortgages, patents, redemption certificates, wills, land plots, township and range charts, circulars, and financial and statistical data. The bulk of the collection consists of accounts of the many trips made by the companies' vessels and receipts and disbursements (1866-1884) for each vessel. | | | | Call #: | MS 2710 | | | | Extent: | 11.30 linear feet (25 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rust, John Franklin, 1835-1899. | Lumber trade -- United States. | Inland water transportation -- United States. | Inland waterway vessels -- United States. | Shipping -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 82 | Title: | Devereux Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Devereux Family | | | | Dates: | 1808-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Mass. John H. Devereux was an American Civil War general, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, business, financial, and legal documents, genealogical data, ship's logs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, of John Devereux, John H. Devereux, and Henry K. Devereux. Bulk of the collection relates to railroad construction and John H. Devereux's career with several railroads. Includes records (1895-1916) of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and material relating to Henry K. Devereux's interest in trotting horses and harness racing and his activities as an official of several businesses. The collection also documents the role played by the railroad for the Union during the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 2415 | | | | Extent: | 25.0 linear feet (54 containers and 28 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Devereux family. | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Railroads -- United States -- Construction. | Railroads -- United States -- Management. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Harness racing -- United States. | Harness racehorses -- United States. | Horse-racing -- United States. | Horses -- United States -- Breeding. | Race horses -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | Perkins Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perkins Family | | | | Dates: | 1823-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph and Jacob Perkins were sons of Simon Perkins, general land agent in the Western Reserve. They came from Warren, Ohio, to Cleveland in the 1850s to engage in banking, railroad building, real estate and various businesses. Together they organized and operated the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad. Joseph was president of the Bank of Commerce (1852-1872), a leading benefactor of Cleveland charities, the first president of Cleveland City Hospital, and a trustee for Western Reserve College (1846-1885). Jacob, also a businessman and president of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, was a prominent Ohio politician as well, serving as a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. His son, Jacob Bishop Perkins, was a large real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Joseph Perkins' papers include business correspondence, building construction contracts, land, tenement, and office leases, financial statements and business records, maps and surveys, cancelled land contracts and cancelled checks. Jacob Perkins' papers include voluminous correspondence, and accounts and receipts of business affairs. Jacob Bishop Perkins' papers include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, deeds, leases, maps, and surveys, all pertaining primarily to his affairs as a real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Other family papers include school books, letter books, estate papers, genealogical information, a scrapbook on the early settlement of the Western Reserve, business papers of Joseph's son Douglas and a Civil War diary by another son Charles. Also included are photographs, diaries, trip journals, correspondence from Simon and Nancy Perkins, financial journals, ledgers and account books of Stephen E. Brooks, as well as material relating to the Cleveland, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad, the Cleveland Female Seminary, the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners, the Hill Clutch Company and the Walker Manufacturing Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3107 | | | | Extent: | 22.00 linear feet (46 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Perkins family. | Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885 -- Archives. | Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859 -- Archives. | Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936 -- Archives. | Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921 -- Archives. | Perkins, Charles, -- Diaries. | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Fitch family. | Cleveland Female Seminary. | Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company. | Hill Clutch Company. | Walker Manufacturing Company. | Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Park Commissioners. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Building leases -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Middletown -- History -- Sources. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Warren (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 85 | Title: | Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers
| | | | Creator: | Anderson, Richard Claugh | | | | Dates: | 1787-1839 | | | | Abstract: | Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was the Surveyor-General of the Virginia Military District, an area located between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The District and other land in Kentucky was granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to settle its claims to the Northwest Territory and reward its veterans of the American Revolution. The collection consists of seven entry books, ca. 4400 to 4800 surveys, and an index to entries, referring to land in the Virginia Military District lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio, which was surveyed under the direction of Anderson, his son-in-law, Allen Latham, and his son, William Marshall Anderson. Includes personal papers of Dr. R.G. Lewis of Madiosonville, Ohio, and miscellaneous papers of Allen Latham. | | | | Call #: | MS 3050 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1826. | Surveying -- Ohio. | Surveyors -- Ohio. | Bounties, Military -- United States. | Land grants -- United States. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Virginia Military District -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 86 | Title: | Mukti Fund Records
| | | | Creator: | Mukti Fund | | | | Dates: | 1980-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Mukti Fund was established in 1983 by Michael A. Dively and Martin Dupuis to help expand individual awareness and improve the quality of life through community projects. From 1985 through 2001, the fund focused its efforts on the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with an emphasis on sustainable development and the preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the islands. The St. Kitts and Nevis Advisory Committee was established in 1988 to allow local leaders input into the grant making decisions. By 2001 the fund began to phase out its Saint Kitts and Nevis projects and concentrate its resources on other areas of interest, including gay and lesbian issues. The collection consists of account statements, correspondence, forms, grant proposals, itineraries, lists, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, press releases, publications, receipts, reports, and stamps. | | | | Call #: | MS 4906 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Mukti Fund | Saint Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce | St. Christopher Heritage Society | Nevis Historical and Conservation Society | Island Resources Foundation (Virgin Islands of the United States) | Atlantic Center for the Environment | Council of Michigan Foundations | Museum Association of the Caribbean | Partners of the Americas (Organization) | National Museum (Saint Kitts and Nevis) | St. Kitts Philatelic Bureau | Nevis Environmental Education Committee | Endowments -- United States | Endowments -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Charities -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Community development -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Conservation of natural resources -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Environmental protection -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Cultural property -- Protection -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Women -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Business enterprises -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Natural resources -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Management | Postage stamps -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Sustainable development -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Investments -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Non-governmental organizations -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Gays -- United States | Gays -- Services for -- United States | Saint Kitts and Nevis
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 87 | 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* | | 89 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 90 | Title: | Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1636-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time. | | | | Call #: | MS 5362 | | | | Extent: | 27.80 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Connecticut Land Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 91 | Title: | Cleveland Commission on Higher Education Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Commission on Higher Education | | | | Dates: | 1952-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Commission on Higher Education is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization of area colleges and universities which focuses on cooperative efforts and common problem solving. The group conducts studies of educational needs, develops long range objectives, and, generally, promotes higher education within the community. The commission was instrumental in the founding of Cuyahoga Community College and the transition of Fenn College to Cleveland State University. It has also been involved in projects to improve the teacher training process for secondary teachers, especially inner-city teachers. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, officers files, project files, subject files, and other material relating to the operation of the organization. Included are the papers of Hugh Calkins, Frank E. Joseph, and Evan A. Lloyd, officers of the commission. The collection is useful for understanding the issues and problems facing higher education in Cuyahoga County and for understanding the development of Cuyahoga Community College, as well as documenting the cooperative efforts among area institutions of higher education in developing joint programs and courses. | | | | Call #: | MS 4300 | | | | Extent: | 39.00 linear feet (39 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Commission on Higher Education -- Archives. | Cuyahoga Community College. | Cleveland State University. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Student teaching -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | University cooperation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 92 | Title: | Taylor Chair Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Taylor Chair Company | | | | Dates: | 1824-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The Taylor Chair Company was founded in Bedford, Ohio. It was established in 1816 by Benjamin Franklin Fitch and William O. Taylor. The company began by manufacturing sitting chairs and rockers and eventually expanded into office furniture. By the 1980s, the company had expanded to include additional factories in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Los Angeles, California. At one time, the company was the oldest continually-operating business in Northeast Ohio. In 2012, the company announced its closing and in September of that year, the Gasser Chair Company, of Youngstown, Ohio, purchased the rights to continue using the Taylor brand name and customer list. The collection consists of corporate records, correspondence, reports, marketing literature, a large number of early accounting ledgers, scrapbooks, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5402 | | | | Extent: | 17.40 linear feet (15 containers and 45 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Chair industry -- Ohio -- Bedford. | Furniture industry and trade -- Ohio -- Bedford. | Industries -- Ohio -- Bedford.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 93 | Title: | Sherwin Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sherwin Family | | | | Dates: | 2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Sherwin family owned and operated the Sherwin Baking Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920 to 1983. Abraham Cherwinsky (later Sherwin, 1880-1954) came to the United States from Grajewo, Poland (Russian Empire), in 1891. He married Katie Goldberg, and the couple had eight children. The location of the first Sherwin Bakery was on East 83rd Street between Cedar and Quincy Avenues in Cleveland. The family later moved to the Glenville neighborhood, where the bakery was located on East 105th Street. The family relocated the bakery at East 105th Street and Carnegie Avenue in 1954. The Sherwin Bakery became known in the Cleveland area for its bakery and, during and after World War II, for its catering expertise, initially catering Jewish holiday celebrations and then expanding to cater all kinds of parties throughout the city and region. Lou Sherwin also developed specialty breads to fight gluten enteropathy, or celiac disease. The collection consists of four scrapbooks compiled for the 90th birthday celebration of Sol Sherwin. | | | | Call #: | MS 5160 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baked products industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Baked products industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bakeries -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bakers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Sherwin Baking Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sherwin family | Sherwin, Solomon, 1920- | Business/Industry / Genealogy / Jewish History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 94 | Title: | Austin Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Austin Company | | | | Dates: | 1866-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Austin Company, a carpentry and contracting business, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878 by Samuel Austin. Austin became known for his quality work, and by 1904 incorporated his business as the Samuel Austin & Son Company. Wilbert J. Austin, Samuel's son, devised "The Austin Method," a unique bundling of engineering, construction, and design services intended to streamline the building process, as well as a model for a "controlled conditions" plant, a major improvement over the hot, stifling factory environment of the day. The Austin Company grew rapidly during World War I and was able to stay solvent following the stock market crash of 1929, mostly due to the firm's major contract to build the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky, Russia. Business saw another increase during World War II and again during the post-war years as the Company branched out beyond industrial construction to build department stores and retail shopping centers, including the Severance Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Overseas operations flourished in western Europe, Australia, and Argentina. Throughout the 1970's and into the 1990's, the Austin Company faced a decline in business. In 1984, the Company was purchased by the National Gypsum Company. Following National Gypsum's bankruptcy, the Austin Company was purchased by the Kajima USA Group. As of 2009, the Austin Company continued to maintain an office in suburban Cleveland. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, blueprints, books, brochures, certificates, charts, contracts, correspondence, film reels, financial statements, indexes, journal articles, leases, ledgers, legal documents, magazine articles, manuals, maps, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photograph captions, photographs, presentations, press releases, proposals, reports, resolutions, sales literature, sales letters, scrapbooks, slides, speech texts, and videotapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5040 | | | | Extent: | 159.26 linear feet (169 containers, 15 oversize volumes, and 28 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Austin, Samuel, 1850-1936. | Austin, Wilbert J., 1876-1940. | Austin Company. | Gorʹkovskiĭ avtomobilʹnyĭ zavod. | Severance Center (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Contractors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Construction projects -- United States. | Construction projects -- Soviet Union. | Construction contracts. | Industrial buildings -- Design and construction. | Commercial buildings -- Design and construction. | Industrial engineering. | Research, Industrial. | Advertising -- Construction industry. | Construction industry -- Marketing. | Construction industry -- Public relations. | Architectural models -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 95 | Title: | Elmer Van Sickle Papers
| | | | Creator: | Van Sickle, Elmer | | | | Dates: | 1931-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Elmer Van Sickle was a professional pilot and businessman. He became a professional pilot in 1929, flying amphibian aircraft from Cleveland, Ohio, to Detroit, Michigan, for Thompson Aeronautical Corporation. He later flew the Cleveland to Nashville, Tennessee run for American Airlines. Van Sickle began a small machine shop, called Cleveland Aircraft Products Company (CAPCO), in his home in Rocky River, Ohio. By 1945, office headquarters had moved to Ontario Street in downtown Cleveland. The company produced wheel and brake mechanisms for aircraft. Van Sickle married Edith Newman of Cleveland in 1931. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, Cleveland Aircraft Products Company newsletters, mechanical drawings, memorabilia, and Van Sickle's 1931 wedding announcement. | | | | Call #: | MS 4597 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sickle, Elmer. | Cleveland Aircraft Products Company. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 96 | Title: | Jane Edna Hunter Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Hunter, Jane Edna | | | | Dates: | 1909-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Jane Edna Hunter was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, invoices, bylaws, checks, correspondence, a datebook, financial records, leases, a medical journal, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, poetry, press releases, receipts, reports, and a scrapbook. The collection primarily contains documents related to the personal business and financial activities of Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4867 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 97 | Title: | David Agnew Papers
| | | | Creator: | Agnew, David | | | | Dates: | 1772-1959 | | | | Abstract: | David Agnew was co-owner and operator of several steel and iron mills and furnaces in Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. The collection consists of a history of the man; correspondence of Agnew and his brother John, 1847-1895; material related to financial and business matters; and parts of two scrap books. Also included are ledger sheets given to Charles Agnew, the donor, from the Cornwall Furnace of Cornwall, Pennsylvania, as well as a newspaper clipping concerning the furnace. | | | | Call #: | MS 3626 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Agnew, David, 1805-1882. | Agnew family. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 98 | Title: | Curtis Industries, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Curtis Industries, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1944-1975 | | | | 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. Morris Abrams was president of the company, with Howard Abrams serving as vice president and chairman of the board. Following Morris's death in 1963, Howard was named president. Morris's heirs sold their portion of Curtis stock to the Ohio Forge and Machine Corporation, who then made a bid to buy all of Curtis's stock. This resulted in a months-long feud between Howard Abrams and his supporters and Ohio Forge and their supporters, some of whom were on the board at Curtis. Eventually, Howard agreed to sell his controlling shares of Curtis stock. Curtis Industries officially became a part of Ohio Forge and Machine Corp. in 1964. Curtis became known as the Curtis Noll Corporation, under the new president Sanford B. Noll. Howard Abrams was retained in a consulting capacity for five years. The collection consists of advertisements, press releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, blueprints, and product sheets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5120 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Curtis Industries, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Eastlake. | Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Locks and keys -- Ohio -- Eastlake. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Factories -- Ohio -- Eastlake. | 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.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 99 | Title: | Brush Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Brush Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1928-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Brush Foundation was created in 1928 by Cleveland, Ohio, inventor Charles F. Brush to promote research in the fields of eugenics, population and birth control. Early projects funded included the Maternal Health Association and the Brush Inquiry, a research project on the growth and development of children. From the late 1940s-1960s, intensive research on human fertility and infertility, as well as on viral infection, was funded. The Foundation played a crucial role in the establishment of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Since the mid 1960s, the Foundation has focused on adolescent sexuality and pregnancy, defense of abortion rights, and public policy directed at limiting population growth. Local organizations and institutions that received grants from the Brush Foundation included Black Focus on the West Side; Cleveland Health Education Museum; Federation for Community Planning's Coalition for Adolescent Reproduction, Sexuality, and Health; Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland; and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection. The collection consists of board minutes, correspondence, financial statements and income tax returns, newspaper clippings, reprints and photocopied journal articles, and various publications. The bulk of the collection dates from after 1965. | | | | Call #: | MS 4736 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. | Brush Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. | International Planned Parenthood Federation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Birth control. | Eugenics. | Population research. | Fertility, Human. | Sex instruction. | Maternal health services. | Pro-choice movement. | Teenage pregnancy.
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