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Subject | • | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- United States. |
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| | • | African American legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- to 1964. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources. |
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| | • | Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. |
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| | • | Congress of Racial Equality |
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| | • | Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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| | • | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Freedom Fighters of Ohio |
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| | • | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. |
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| | • | Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography. |
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| | • | Generals -- United States -- Biography. |
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| | • | Green family. |
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| | • | Green, John Patterson, 1845-1940. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
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| | • | Johnson Island Prison. |
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| | • | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. |
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| | • | Liberty Party. |
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| | • | McKinley, William, 1843-1901. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. |
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| | • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Plantations -- Florida -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- United States. |
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| | • | Presidents -- United States -- Election. |
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| | • | Race discrimination -- United States. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Temperance. |
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| | • | United Freedom Movement |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1809-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party. | | | | Call #: | MS 3666 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ford family. | White family. | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. | Liberty Party. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Abolitionists -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Temperance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Congress of Racial Equality, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Congress of Racial Equality, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1960-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was chartered in March 1963. As a chapter of the national organization founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1942, the Cleveland Chapter of CORE has used direct action to bring about dignity, freedom, justice, and equality for the oppressed and dispossessed people of Cleveland. While primarily working in the African American community, CORE has worked for the political, economic, and social changes necessary to improve the conditions that cause racial inequality and poverty. The collection consists of agendas, brochures, budgets, constitutions, correspondence, event notices, fact sheets, financial statements, flyers, guides, histories, lists, membership cards, minutes, news releases, newspaper clippings, notes, outlines, policy statements, programs, proposals, publications, reports, speeches, and tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5174 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. | Congress of Racial Equality | Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter | Freedom Fighters of Ohio | United Freedom Movement
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | John Patterson Green Papers
| | | | Creator: | Green, John Patterson | | | | Dates: | 1869-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Patterson Green (1845-1940) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, justice of the peace (1873-1882), Ohio state congressman (1882-1892), state senator (1892-1896), and United States Postage Stamp Agent. He was a powerful Republican campaign orator and was influential in William McKinley's 1896 presidential campaign. He was the first African American to be elected to public office in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, speeches, financial accounts, receipts, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3379 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Green, John Patterson, 1845-1940. | Green family. | McKinley, William, 1843-1901. | Wilberforce University. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | African American legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- to 1964. | Race discrimination -- United States. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Presidents -- United States -- Election. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | William P. Palmer Collection of Civil War Manuscripts
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1761-1977 | | | | Abstract: | William Pendleton Palmer (1861-1927) was the President of American Steel and Wire Company, a director of U.S. Steel Corporation, and President of the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, Ohio) from 1913-1927. Palmer had an intense interest in the American Civil War and acquired an extensive collection of manuscript material related to the war, the memories of that conflict, and slavery. This collection is one of several Palmer collections from the Civil War era owned by the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of dozens of different types of documents in three distinct categories: civilian, governmental, and military. The document types created by civilians are: academic records, autographs, bills of lading, bills of sale, biographical sketches, circulars, diaries, dissertations, envelopes, essays, financials, funeral records, invitations, letters, manifests, memoirs, minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, petitions, plantation records, obituaries, poetry, postcards, prayers, reminiscences, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, ship's papers, slave rolls, song lyrics, speaker's notes, speech texts, unpublished books, and yearbooks. Governmental documents types are: affidavits, certificates, contracts, coroner's reports, court documents, depositions, diplomatic documents, financials, indentures, legislation, letters, licenses, notes, pardons, probate records, proclamations, resolutions, subpoenas, telegrams, and warrants. Military documents types are: battlefield dispatches, charts, code books, commissions, courts martial documents, discharges, drawings, furloughs, inventories, letters, maps, manuals, muster rolls, notes, orders, passes, payroll records, pension records, materials by and related to prisoners of war, reports, service records, shipping documents, telegrams, and vouchers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3947 | | | | Extent: | 18.40 linear feet (46 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Sources. | Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography. | Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography. | Generals -- United States -- Biography. | Johnson Island Prison. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | Plantations -- Florida -- History -- Sources. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- History -- Sources. | Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States. Army -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | 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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