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1	Title:	University Circle United Methodist Church Records
	Creator:	University Circle United Methodist Church
	Dates:	1839-2010
	Abstract:	The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, appraisals, attendance records, audits, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, certificates, charters, church histories, committee records, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, drawings, estates and bequests, financial records and statements, floor plans, guest books, handbooks, inventories, ledgers, legal records, magazine articles, manuals, membership records, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, orders of worship/service, pamphlets, programs, publicity records, recipe books, reports, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, Sunday School records, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5172
	Extent:	51.65 linear feet (58 containers, 3 oversize folders and 114 volumes)
	Subjects:	Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Epworth League (U.S.) \| Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Religion \| Genealogy
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2	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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3	Title:	Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter Records
	Creator:	Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter
	Dates:	1891-1917
	Abstract:	Local chapter of the national patriotic society. The Western Reserve Chapter was founded in 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of women led by Catherine Hitchcock Tilden Avery. In addition to planning and implementing some of the earliest Americanization programs, the DAR was also involved in providing nursing care and emergency relief to victims of wars and floods. The collection consists of minutes, reports of delegations to the Continental Congress of the DAR, resolutions in memory of deceased members, notices of events, correspondence, addresses given to the DAR and other groups, reports of events of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and committee reports.
	Call #:	MS 0910
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Daughters of the American Revolution. Western Reserve Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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4	Title:	Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records, Series II
	Creator:	Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve
	Dates:	1838-2009
	Abstract:	The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of addresses, advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, applications, articles of incorporation, bibliographies, board of trustees minutes, book manuscripts, brochures, by-laws, certificates, constitutions, correspondence, diary entries, dues payments, family trees, financial records, flyers, forms, genealogies, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, journals, lectures, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, maps, meeting announcements, membership cards, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, publications, records of proceedings, reports, research, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, song lyrics, speeches, and surveys.
	Call #:	MS 5181
	Extent:	21.00 linear feet (22 containers and 5 volumes)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History \| Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. \| Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. \| Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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5	Title:	Thorman Family Papers
	Creator:	Thorman Family
	Dates:	1873-1961
	Abstract:	Simson Thorman was one of the first Jews to settle in Cleveland, Ohio, coming in 1837, and was responsible for the migration of 19 other Jews from Unsleben, Bavaria, known as the Alsbacher Party, the first major settlement of Jews in Cleveland. His grandson, Harold Thorman, the principal family member represented in the collection, was founder of H.M. Thorman, a women's coat-making firm, and was also associated with the brokerage firm of Joseph Mellen & Miller, Inc. The collection consists of genealogical notes, clippings, correspondence, certificates, wills, and record books. Includes wills of Simson and Regina Thorman, as well as a land title, correspondence regarding property, and record books relating to Simson Thorman; clippings, a memorial tribute to Abba Hillel Silver, and birth, marriage, army discharge and death certificates for Harold Thorman. The collection has value for the study of the origins and development of the Jewish community in Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4228
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Thorman family. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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6	Title:	David Morrow, Sr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Morrow, David Sr. Family
	Dates:	1818-1938
	Abstract:	David Morrow Sr. was the son of John Morrow and brother of John Morrow Jr. and William Morrow. The family originated in Knock, parish of Castlenagh, County Down, Ireland. William Morrow emigrated to Virginia, and with family friend Alexander J. Stewart, who had settled in New York City, corresponded with the remaining Morrow family members in Ireland. The David Morrow Sr. family, including David Sr., his wife Abigail, and their children, David Jr., William, and Abigail, emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1832, and were settled in Euclid, Ohio, by 1833, where they farmed. David Morrow Jr. and his brother William, continued to farm after the death of their father in 1836, eventually acquiring their own land in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio. David Morrow Jr. married Eliza Shade, and they had three children; David Wilson, Abigail, and Eliza Lillie. David Wilson Morrow attended Shaw Academy in East Cleveland, and graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in 1890. He went into practice in Cleveland as a civil and architectural engineer, establishing the firm of Morrow and Cross. He was an active member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and the Cleveland Automobile Club. He married Ruby Jessamine Adams in 1905, and they had four children, two of whom survived, Ruth and David. The collection consists of genealogical and biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment books, tax returns and other financial papers, probate record journals, wills, deeds, trust and estate agreements, land plats and other real estate papers, minutes, transcripts, and other legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4803
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. \| Morrow family. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women immigrants. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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7	Title:	Joseph Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Joseph Family
	Dates:	1883-2000
	Abstract:	The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1852 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacture of men's clothing. The Joseph and Feiss Company was incorporated in 1907, and was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph's son Emil became a lawyer, and Emil's son, Frank, was partner at the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. Frank E. Joseph and his wife, Martha, were also active philanthropists. The couple's son, William R. Joseph, Sr. continues to be active in the community. The collection consists of awards, correspondence, diaries, diplomas, genealogies, guest lists, inventories, news clippings, newsletters, legal records, notebooks, programs, scrapbooks, and assorted writings.
	Call #:	MS 5055
	Extent:	4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. \| Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. \| Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. \| Joseph, William R., 1946- \| Joseph family. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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8	Title:	Severance Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Severance Family
	Dates:	1826-1989
	Abstract:	The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of his novel "The Innocents Abroad".
	Call #:	MS 4558
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Severance family. \| Allen family. \| Long family. \| Millikin family. \| Nash family. \| Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. \| Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. \| Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 \| Long, David, 1787-1851. \| Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. \| Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. \| Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. \| Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. \| Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. \| Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. \| Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. \| Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. \| Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 \| Wells College. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women college graduates -- Correspondence. \| Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Voyages and travels. \| Voyages around the world. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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9	Title:	Donald McBride Family Papers
	Creator:	McBride, Donald Family
	Dates:	1857-1989
	Abstract:	Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4585
	Extent:	10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. \| McBride family. \| Harmon family. \| Kenyon family. \| Fleming family. \| Wade family -- Periodicals. \| Root & McBride Company. \| Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. \| Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. \| University of Free Europe in Exile. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. \| Winous Point Shooting Club. \| Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Shipping -- Great Lakes. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Hungary -- History.
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10	Title:	Ratner Family Papers
	Creator:	Ratner Family
	Dates:	1891-2007
	Abstract:	The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5044
	Extent:	9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. \| Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. \| Ratner, Albert B., 1927- \| Ratner family. \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc. \| Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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