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1	Title:	Beeman Chemical Company Records
	Creator:	Beeman Chemical Company
	Dates:	1891-1899
	Abstract:	The Beeman Chemical Company was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1888 by Edwin E. Beeman, a druggist and medical practitioner specializing in digestive disorders. Beeman discovered that pepsin, an extract from the stomach of hogs, relieved indigestion. Beeman added pepsin to chewing gum in 1890. The company manufactured and sold pepsin, "Beeman's Pepsin Gum," and other confections, and was sold to American Chicle Co. in 1899. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes of meetings, treasurer's reports, and other documents.
	Call #:	MS 2752
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Beeman Chemical Company. \| Confectioners -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Chewing gum. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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2	Title:	Frank A. Scott Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Scott, Frank A.
	Dates:	1894-1950
	Abstract:	Frank A. Scott (1873-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who was chairman of the Munitions Standards Board of the Council of National Defense and first chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I, as well as chairman of the board of Warner & Swasey Company. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical materials, diaries, personal mementos, speech texts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and the diaries of his second wife, Faith Alice Fraser Scott, and her sister, Grace Fraser Waugh. The collection is useful for understanding Scott's personal and business life, including his activities at Warner and Swasey and his work as an administrator at the War Dept. during World War I. Included among the correspondents are Samuel Mather, Theodore Burton, Newton D. Baker, Francis F. Prentiss, and Ambrose Swasey.
	Call #:	MS 4307
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- United States. \| Optical industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Optical industry -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States. \| Industrial mobilization -- United States. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Diaries. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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3	Title:	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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4	Title:	International Association of Machinists, District #54 Records
	Creator:	International Association of Machinists, District #54
	Dates:	1903-1965
	Abstract:	The International Association of Machinists, District 54, is the district lodge founded in 1913 to coordinate the interests and activities of various Cleveland, Ohio, IAM locals. It was led by President Matthew DeMore, 1939-1961. District 54 was known for its progressive social philosophy and it set the standards on issues of medical insurance, pension plans and other benefits which were models for other unions. District 54 also initiated several cooperative programs for its members, including the Cleveland Homes Committee to provide low cost quality housing, the Co-op of Cleveland, a consumers' cooperative, and the Union Eye Care Center. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, reports, contracts, financial records, membership rosters, business agents' weekly reports, grievance and arbitration proceedings, organizing files, scrapbooks, newspapers and periodicals relating to the day-to-day activities of a major Cleveland union and its relationship to the International headquarters, subordinate locals and the Cleveland industrial community, particularly during and after World War II.
	Call #:	MS 4466
	Extent:	117.10 linear feet (126 containers)
	Subjects:	DeMore, Matthew. \| Reed, Marie J. \| International Association of Machinists. District 54 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| International Association of Machinists. \| Jack & Heintz, Inc. \| Warner & Swasey. \| Picker X-Ray Corporation. \| Machinists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Electric industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Juristictional disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective labor agreements -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Grievance procedures -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Electric machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Wages -- Machinery industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions and communism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Open and closed shop -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Machine-tool industry -- Prices -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Wage-price policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fawick Airflex Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1949. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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