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1	Title:	Philip O'Brien Family Papers
	Creator:	O'Brien, Philip Family
	Dates:	1835-2003
	Abstract:	The O'Brien family originally came from county Galway, Ireland, and members of this family immigrated from Ireland to the United States from 1848 to 1897. Philip O'Brien completed the family genealogy and traced his roots back to 1835. O'Brien's great grandparents, Dennis and Alice Callaghan, were born in Ireland and immigrated during the Great Famine (1845-1850) first to England, and then to the United States in 1848. They settled in the Irish neighborhood known as the Angle, on West 25th Street and Washington Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. Three generations of his family fought in the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The collection consists of death records, genealogies, baptisms, cemetery records, necrology records, essays, pedigree chart and United States Federal Census records.
	Call #:	MS 4918
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Boyle family -- History -- Sources \| Callaghan family -- History -- Sources \| Eagan family -- History -- Sources \| Egan family -- History -- Sources \| Finnigan family -- History -- Sources \| Flannery family -- History -- Sources \| Furey family -- History -- Sources \| Joyce family -- History -- Sources \| O'Brien family -- History -- Sources \| Sommerly family -- History -- Sources \| Irish Americans -- Archives \| Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Participation, Irish Americans \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish Americans \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Irish Americans \| Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Irish Americans \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century
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2	Title:	Thomas and Anna Gallagher Family Papers
	Creator:	Gallagher, Thomas and Anna, Family
	Dates:	1914-1935
	Abstract:	The Thomas and Anna Gallagher family originated in County Mayo, Ireland. Members of this family immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1870 and settled in the west side of Cleveland, where they and their descendants maintained strong connections with the Irish parishes and communities of St. Malachi on Washington Street and St. Patrick's Church on Bridge Street. Their son, Father Daniel Gallagher, participated in World War I. He traveled to Europe with the Knights of Columbus, offering his services to the troops. Father Gallagher and his mother traveled extensively in Ireland visiting relations and relaying stories in their family in Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, an invitation, special orders from the United States Army, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, programs, and a telegram.
	Call #:	MS 4921
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gallagher, Anna \| Gallagher, Daniel Fr. \| Gallagher, Thomas \| Knights of Columbus \| Irish Americans -- Archives \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish Americans \| Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century
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3	Title:	Michael Corcoran Papers
	Creator:	Corcoran, Michael
	Dates:	2001
	Abstract:	Michael Corcoran (1848-1919) was born in County Cork, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States with his family as a young boy. A soldier in the 8th United States Cavalry in the Indian Wars, Corcoran served in 1869 in the Mojave Desert, then part of the Arizona territory. Corcoran was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in an action that took place on August 25, 1869. After leaving the army, Corcoran lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and later settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked on the railroad. He married Johanna Culliton, and together they raised four children. All three of his grandsons served in the military. The collection consists of a 2001 Veterans Day Memorial Day Service, biographical information, newspaper clippings, and a photograph (photocopy).
	Call #:	MS 4916
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Culliton, Johanna \| United States. Army. -- History -- 19th century \| Irish Americans -- Archives \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Medal of Honor \| Apache Indians -- Wars \| United States Army -- 8th Cavalry \| Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century
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4	Title:	Martin McFadden Papers
	Creator:	McFadden, Martin
	Dates:	1925-2003
	Abstract:	Martin McFadden (1901-1981) was a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer for thirty-eight years. His family claim ancestry to Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. His father, also named Martin, immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1800s when he was twelve years old. The younger McFadden was a well-respected police officer and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department requested his help as a bodyguard for four presidential inaugurations. McFadden was the arresting officer in the case of John W. Terry, Richard D. Chilton, and Carl Katz that led to the United States Supreme Court case of Terry v. Ohio (1968). The result of this case gave police officers the authority to stop and search citizens on the street. The collection consists of applications, appointments, assignments, citations, correspondence, drafts, fingerprints, handwritten notes, memoranda, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, police records, programs, reports, a telegram, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 4920
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Chilton, Richard D \| Katz, Carl \| Stokes, Carl \| Stokes, Louis, 1925- \| Terry, John W. \| Irish Americans -- Archives \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Law enforcement -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources \| Civil rights -- United States \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century
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