| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. | | | | Dates: | 1795-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) was a land agent, bank and railroad executive, and politician in Cleveland, Ohio. His sons, Leonard Jr., a noted philanthropist, and William, a politician, were active in local civic and business affairs. His brother Zophar was a lawyer and politician in Clinton County, Illinois. His nephew Eckstein was a lawyer and Secretary-Treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science. The collection consists of maps, plats, surveys, and deeds to land in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, three account books of the Connecticut School Fund, memoirs of Leonard Case Sr., ca. 200 federal land grants to U.S. veterans (1848-1857), histories of the Western Reserve and Trumbull County, reminiscences of Benjamin Lane, a diary and correspondence of William Case, a field book of Zophar Case, and letters from Cleveland businessmen to Eckstein Case. | | | | Call #: | MS 2871 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (5 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Case family. | Eckstein family. | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Michigan. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Michigan. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Maps. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Clinton County (Ill.) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 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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