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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 61 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1974-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5296 | | | | Extent: | 70.80 linear feet (75 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 62 | Title: | Consumers League of Ohio Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Consumers League of Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1899-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Consumers League of Ohio was founded in 1900 as part of a social justice movement of the late nineteenth century which resulted in the formation of many consumer leagues. The Consumer's League of Ohio, founded only one year after the National Consumers League, began in April 1900. Bell Sherwin (daughter of one of the men who founded the Sherwin-Williams company) helped set the Ohio league in motion and served as the first president of the organization. The Consumers League of Ohio was initially run out of the Goodrich House and dedicated its efforts to the improvement of working conditions for women and children employed in factories and retail establishments. See finding aid for complete historical note. The collection consists of administrative documents, board lists, bulletins, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4933 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Consumers League of Ohio | Consumers' leagues -- Ohio | Consumer protection -- Ohio | Pressure groups -- Ohio | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio | Labor -- Ohio | Working class women -- Ohio | Work environment -- Ohio | Wages -- Ohio | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio | Child labor -- Law and legislation -- Ohio
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 63 | Title: | Consumers League of Ohio Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Consumers League of Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1925-1994 | | | | Abstract: | The Consumers League of Ohio was founded in 1900 as part of a social justice movement of the late nineteenth century which resulted in the formation of many consumer leagues. The Consumer's League of Ohio, founded only one year after the National Consumers League, began in April 1900. Bell Sherwin (daughter of one of the men who founded the Sherwin-Williams company) helped set the Ohio league in motion and served as the first president of the organization. The Consumers League of Ohio was initially run out of the Goodrich House and dedicated its efforts to the improvement of working conditions for women and children employed in factories and retail establishments. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, brochures, by-laws, charts, constitutions, correspondence, court documents, financial information, flyers, forms, journal articles, legislation, lists, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, programs, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, speeches, statements, and testimony. | | | | Call #: | MS 5129 | | | | Extent: | 22.00 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Consumers League of Ohio | Consumers' leagues -- Ohio | Consumer movements -- Ohio | Consumer protection -- Ohio | Pressure groups -- Ohio | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio | Labor -- Ohio | Working class women -- Ohio | Work environment -- Ohio | Wages -- Ohio | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio | Child labor -- Law and legislation -- Ohio
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 64 | 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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