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1Title:  Gilchrist Transportation Company Records     
 Creator:  Gilchrist Transportation Company 
 Dates:  1892-1914 
 Abstract:  The Gilchrist Transportation Company was a Cleveland, Ohio-based shipping firm which dealt primarily with the transportation of coal and ore on the Great Lakes during the early 1900s. The collection consists of daily reports, agreements, account records, and miscellaneous reports and papers. 
 Call #:  MS 3392 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Gilchrist Transportation Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes.
 
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2Title:  Lake Erie Regional Transportation Authority Records     
 Creator:  Lake Erie Regional Transportation Authority 
 Dates:  1968-1978 
 Abstract:  The Lake Erie Regional Transportation Authority was created by the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Board of Commissioners in 1972 to study the need, feasibility, and location for a new international airport for the Cleveland service area. Urged on by the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, LERTA proposed the construction of a 13-mile stone-and-sand dike in Lake Erie as the site for the new airport. Despite an extensive public relations campaign, public opposition to the project was immediate and continuous. In 1977, the FAA determined that Cleveland did not need a new airport and in 1978 discontinued its support for the jetport-in-the-lake project. The collection consists of administrative records (i.e. LERTA formation and dissolution records, minutes of the Board of Trustees, initial planning grant proposals, citizen participation records, intergovernmental and departmental relations activity, etc.), consultant selection records, airport feasibility studies, and publicity and public relations records. The collection contains detailed engineering proposals for large-scale off-shore airport construction, and public opposition to such a project. Also included are weather studies of Lake Erie and the Cleveland area. 
 Call #:  MS 4497 
 Extent:  15.13 linear feet (16 containers and 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Lake Erie Regional Transportation Authority -- Archives. | Airports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning. | Airports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Location. | Airports -- Erie, Lake. | Regional planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen participation. | Transportation engineering -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hydraulic engineering -- Erie, Lake. | Offshore structures -- Erie, Lake -- Hydrodynamics. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Climate. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Erie, Lake. | Erie, Lake -- Climate.
 
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3Title:  Lake Shore Crude Oil Transportation Company Records     
 Creator:  Lake Shore Crude Oil Transportation Company 
 Dates:  1870-1871 
 Abstract:  The Lake Shore Crude Oil Transportation Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, shipping company which specialized in the transportation of crude oil. The collection consists of a bound volume containing a statistical account of the number of railroad cars engaged and the number of gallons of oil transported in each shipment. 
 Call #:  MS 3494 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Lake Shore Crude Oil Transportation Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Petroleum -- United States -- Transportation. | Tank-cars. | Shipment of goods -- United States.
 
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4Title:  Frank Jardine Papers     
 Creator:  Jardine, Frank 
 Dates:  1921-1963 
 Abstract:  Frank Jardine was a pioneer in the development of aluminum as a material for automotive parts, especially the automobile piston. Jardine was manager of Alcoa's Cleveland Developmental Division, 1940-1953, and held numerous patents for automobile parts manufactured from aluminum. In the late 1920s, Jardine helped to develop the Peerless V-16, a luxury automobile made from aluminum components, but the car never went into production. The collection consists of testimonial letters upon Jardine's retirement in 1955, but also includes speeches, technical articles, and news clippings relating to Jardine's career, the aluminum industry and its role in automobile manufacturing, technological developments in the industry, and Cleveland's contributions to that industry. 
 Call #:  MS 4510 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jardine, Frank, 1888-1963. | Aluminum Company of America. | Aluminum industry and trade -- United States. | Aluminum industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile industry and trade -- United States. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobiles -- Parts. | Automobiles -- Parts -- Patents. | Automobiles -- Technological innovations. | Automobiles -- Motors -- Pistons and piston rings. | Automobiles -- Motors -- Technological innovations.
 
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5Title:  General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 Records     
 Creator:  General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 
 Dates:  1920-1983 
 Abstract:  The Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1, was a Cleveland, Ohio, automobile plant opened in 1921 as part of the Fisher Body Company, producing automobile bodies. In 1926 it became part of General Motors Corporation. During World War II the plant produced tank and gun parts and engine parts for airplanes, wartime employment totaling 14,000, including a large number of women. After the war the plant produced large stamping dies and upholstery and trim sets rather than auto bodies. GM closed the plant in 1983. The plant was involved in several bitter strikes during the 1930s, including the 1936-1937 sit-down strike to gain union recognition by GM, which began at the plant. The plant was also known as the Coit Road Plant. The collection consists of correspondence and notices, building permits and floor plans, in-house newspapers, union correspondence and notices, and union publications. There is also a large collection of newspaper clippings relating to General Motors products, labor activities, and the closing of the plant. 
 Call #:  MS 4310 
 Extent:  1.10 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division. Plant No. 1 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 45 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile industry and trade -- United States. | General Motors automobiles. | Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Automobile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Plant shutdowns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
 
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6Title:  Frank B. Stearns Diary     
 Creator:  Stearns, Frank B. 
 Dates:  1915 
 Abstract:  Frank B. Stearns (1879-1955) was a Cleveland, Ohio, automobile manufacturer and head of the F.B. Stearns Co., which produced the gasoline-powered Stearns-Knight until 1925. the collection consists of a diary containing comments on the designing, testing, manufacturing, and selling of Stearns-Knight automobiles. 
 Call #:  MS 3481 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Stearns, Frank B., 1879-1955. | F.B. Stearns Company. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Testing.
 
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7Title:  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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8Title:  George Bishop Papers     
 Creator:  Bishop, George 
 Dates:  1917-1926 
 Abstract:  George E. Bishop (ca. 1869-1948) was a Cleveland, Ohio, dentist and inventor who received Canadian patents for automobile side window curtains and enclosures from 1917-1923. Bishop sold the patent rights to General Motors in 1923. The collection consists of patents and patent applications to the government of Canada, correspondence, and a contract with General Motors. The patents pertain to Bishop's innovations in automobile side window valence and curtain rods, and automobile enclosures. The patents include mechanical design drawings. 
 Call #:  MS 4330 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bishop, George E., ca. 1869-1948. | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobiles -- Technological innovations. | Automobiles -- Equipment and supplies -- Patents. | Patents -- Canada.
 
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9Title:  Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1     
 Creator:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. 
 Dates:  1972-1976 
 Abstract:  Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5031 
 Extent:  52.80 linear feet (54 containers) 
 Subjects:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
 
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10Title:  Rollin H. White and Walter C. White Papers     
 Creator:  White, Rollin H. and Walter C. 
 Dates:  1895-1980 
 Abstract:  Rollin H. White and Walter C. White were sons of Thomas H. White, founder of the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Rollin and Walter White, along with their brother Windsor, were involved with the early design and manufacture of automobiles. In 1899, Rollin H. White developed a steam boiler useful for powering automobiles, and in 1900 the White Steamer automobile was introduced. In 1906 the White Company, a firm separate from their father's White Sewing Machine Company, was formed by the brothers to manufacture automobiles and other vehicles. It later became the White Motor Company. The collection consists of correspondence, engineering notes, test data, newspaper clippings, a patent, a memoriam booklet, obituaries, blueprints, and reports. 
 Call #:  MS 4734 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White, Rollin Henry, 1872-1962. | White, Walter Charles, 1876-1929. | White family. | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914. | White, Windsor Thomas, 1866-1958. | White Sewing Machine Company. | White Motor Company. | Automobiles, Steam. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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11Title:  Peerless Motor Car Company Records     
 Creator:  Peerless Motor Car Company 
 Dates:  1911-1943 
 Abstract:  The Peerless Motor Car Company was founded as the Peerless Wringer and Manufacturing Company. in 1889 on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. The company produced washing machine wringers into the late 1890's until it began bicycle production. In 1903, The Peerless Manufacturing Company. was renamed The Peerless Motor Car Company to reflect its new focus on automobile parts and construction. The company specialized in luxury car manufacturing and thrived for two decades. Peerless also profited from truck manufacture and sales, particularly during World War I. New marketing strategies, however, could not offset the economic decline of the Great Depression; the company dissolved in 1931 and its last president arranged to have the Carling Brewing Company use the factory to produce beer. The collection consists of appraisals, catalogs, correspondence, memoranda, and minutes. 
 Call #:  MS 5333 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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12Title:  Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis Records     
 Creator:  Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis 
 Dates:  1981-1993 
 Abstract:  The Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis (DHCAA) study began in January 1984. It was a joint study of the City of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA). It was tasked with the evaluation of different modes of rapid transit between downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and the University Circle area to the east to improve access to the City's two largest employment centers. The collections consists of various reports presented to Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis members for review and consideration. 
 Call #:  MS 5398 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Campus planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning. | Transportation planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban transportation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning.
 
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13Title:  Automotive Marque File Collection     
 Creator:  Western Reserve Historical Society 
 Dates:  1844-1997 
 Abstract:  A collection of materials depicting automotive history including dealer brochures, owner's manuals, shop service manuals and bulletins, parts lists, customer mailings, and employee publications. 
 Call #:  Marque 
 Extent:  53 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Automobiles -- Design and construction | Automobile industry and trade | Automobiles
 
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14Title:  TRW Inc. Records     
 Creator:  TRW Inc. 
 Dates:  1900-1969 
 Abstract:  TRW, Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corp. to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of minute books, correspondence, memoranda, financial records, newsletters, histories, and publications, the bulk of which relate to Thompson Products, Inc. and its subsidiaries during the 1930s and 1940s and bear largely upon labor management relations. Detailed information on interactions with the CIO, the National Labor Relations Board and the National War Labor Board is included. 
 Call #:  MS 3942 
 Extent:  84.80 linear feet (184 containers and 86 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  TRW Inc. | National Air Races (Cleveland, Ohio) | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft industry -- United States. | Aerospace industries -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Automobile industry workers -- United States. | Aircraft industry workers -- United States. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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15Title:  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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16Title:  Thomas H. White Family Papers Collected by Betty King     
 Creator:  White, Thomas H. Family 
 Dates:  1638-1992 
 Abstract:  Thomas Howard White (1836-1914) was the founder of the White Sewing Machine Company, the While Motor Company, and the Thomas H. White Foundation, all of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Massachusetts, part of the White family which had immigrated from England ca. 1638. He moved to Cleveland in 1867. In 1876 he, his half-brother Howard W. White, and Rollin C. White (no relation) incorporated the White Sewing Machine Company. In 1899, his son Rollin Henry White invented the White steam car, put into production by the White Sewing Machine Company in 1900. In 1906, The automobile division was separated from the Sewing Machine Company as the White Company, later the White Motor Company. He and his wife, Almira Greenleaf White, had eight children; Mabel Almira Harris (wife of James Armstrong Harris), Alice Maud Hammer (wife of William Joseph Hammer), Windsor Thomas White, Clarence Greenleaf White, Rollin Henry White, Walter Charles White, and Ella Almira Ford (wife of Horatio Ford). The collection consists of a copy of the publication, Descendants of Thomas White, Volume II , written for Elizabeth White King by Betty King and Alice Coyle Lunn. The documentation collected during research for this book makes up the rest of the collection. It includes copies of wills, deeds, and patents; original correspondence and transcripts of correspondence of members of the White family; travel scrapbooks and a baby scrapbook; diaries; unpublished manuscripts; book; newspaper clippings; drawings; maps; oral history transcripts and memoirs; reports of Dr. Lunn to Betty King concerning her genealogical and historic research; and genealogical questionnaires filled out by family members. 
 Call #:  MS 4725 
 Extent:  3.20 linear feet (6 containers) 
 Subjects:  King, Betty, collector. | White family. | White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914. | White, Rollin Henry, 1872-1962. | White, Walter Charles, 1876-1929. | White, Windsor Thomas, 1866-1958. | King, Elizabeth White. | Harris, Mabel White. | Harris, James Armstrong. | Hammer, William J. | Hammer, Maud White. | White, Katharine Elizabeth King. | Asheton, Mabel White Hammer. | White Sewing Machine Company. | White Motor Company. | Automobiles, Steam. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sewing-machine industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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17Title:  League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County Records     
 Creator:  League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County 
 Dates:  1956-1977 
 Abstract:  The League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is a coalition of the various community Leagues within the county, designed to promote responsibility through informed and active citizen participation in government. The collection consists of bylaws, minutes, reports, correspondence, programs and subject files relating to its activities. The collection pertains to the activities and concerns of the League, including fund raising, the structures of government, the proposed Cleveland Public Library-Cuyahoga County Library merger, transportation, urban problems, voter services, and water resources. 
 Call #:  MS 4258 
 Extent:  2.20 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County -- Archives. | Women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies and clubs. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Local government -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Transportation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Water resources development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Public libraries -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Community development, urban -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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18Title:  Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2     
 Creator:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. 
 Dates:  1928-1995 
 Abstract:  Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5031 
 Extent:  406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
 
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19Title:  Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2     
 Creator:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. 
 Dates:  1928-1995 
 Abstract:  Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5031 
 Extent:  406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
 
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20Title:  Cleveland Hebrew Schools Records and Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Cleveland Hebrew Schools 
 Dates:  1902-2006 
 Abstract:  Cleveland Hebrew Schools (CHS), officially founded in 1913, having roots back to 1885, provided an educational center for the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community until its closure in 2009. The collection includes school records and related documents from Cleveland Hebrew Schools, documenting changes throughout its history, including announcements, bank records, books, booklets, budgets, calendars, contracts, correspondence, curricula, employee records, enrollment records, financial records, government records, graduation records, journals, minute books, negatives, newsletters, photographs, reports, school records, song books, and tuition records. 
 Call #:  MS 5359 
 Extent:  15.41 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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