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	Title:	Jordan C. Band Papers
	Creator:	Band, Jordan C.
	Dates:	1921-2003
	Abstract:	Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5103
	Extent:	3.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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	Title:	David K. Ford Family Papers
	Creator:	Ford, David K. Family
	Dates:	1791-1993
	Abstract:	The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks.
	Call #:	MS 4730
	Extent:	36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Thorpe family. \| Ford, David K., 1894-1993. \| Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. \| Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. \| Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. \| Ford family. \| Brooks family. \| Gill family. \| Dunn family. \| Shyrock family. \| Keith family. \| Reynolds family. \| Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. \| Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). \| Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. \| New Amsterdam Company. \| One Euclid Company. \| Williamson Company. \| Ford-McCaslin Company. \| Lubrizol Corporation. \| Lubrizol Foundation. \| Cleveland Trust Company. \| Garfield Savings Bank. \| Western Reserve Trust Company. \| Metropolitan National Savings Bank. \| East End Savings and Trust Company. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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	Title:	Records of the Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Creator:	Mayor of the City of Cleveland, George V. Voinovich
	Dates:	1977-1989
	Abstract:	George Victor Voinovich was born in 1936 and grew up on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Ohio University for his undergraduate studies and received his law degree from Ohio State University in 1961. Following his marriage to Janet Allan in 1962, he established a law practice in his Collinwood neighborhood. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1966, became Cuyahoga County Auditor in 1971, and was elected a Cuyahoga County commissioner in 1976. He also served one term as Lieutenant Governor under James A. Rhodes. Voinovich was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland in 1979 and served for ten years, restructuring the city's finances, promoting neighborhood revitalization, and supporting development of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other achievements. The National Civic League awarded the city of Cleveland the "All American City Award" three times during Voinovich's tenure. He was elected Governor of Ohio in 1990. From 1999-2011, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate. The collection consists of the mayor's office files transferred in 1989 to the Western Reserve Historical Society as an agent of the Ohio State Archives under the Ohio Public Records Law. These include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, publications, speeches, invitations, regrets, press releases, photographs, and videotapes, with newspaper clippings comprising more than half the volume of the collection.
	Call #:	MS 5048
	Extent:	127.00 linear feet (123 containers)
	Subjects:	Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. \| National Civic League (U.S.) \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| North Coast Harbor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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	Title:	Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Spalding, Rufus Day Jr. Family
	Dates:	1790-1983
	Abstract:	Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. A partner of the law firm Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, he was also an assistant attorney general for Ohio, and was active in many legal and other organizations. He was descended from a family which included several noted lawyers and judges. His father, Rufus S. Day Sr., and his uncle, Luther Day, were founders of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Another uncle, William Day, was a federal judge, and a great uncle, Robert H. Day, served on the Ohio Supreme Court. His grandfather, William Rufus Day, was a justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rufus Day was born in Ravenna, Ohio, attended the University of Michigan, was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, and practiced law in Canton, Ohio. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1886-1890 and was appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1897. As Secretary of State in the cabinet of President William A. McKinley, he negotiated the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1903-1922. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, a diary, an account book, a scrapbook, biographical sketches, a notebook, articles, writings, addresses, obituaries, publications, and certificates. Most of the material relates to William Rufus Day.
	Call #:	MS 4672
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. \| Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. \| Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. \| Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. \| Day family. \| United States. Supreme Court. \| Lawyers -- Ohio. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- United States. \| Cabinet officers -- United States.
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	Title:	Myron S. Stanford Papers
	Creator:	Stanford, Myron S.
	Dates:	1919-1982
	Abstract:	Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish organizations and in the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. When he immigrated in 1920 from Poland to the United States, his name was Meier Spokojny. By 1921 his name was Meyer Spocony, and by 1929 his name had been changed to Myron Spocony Stanford. From 1941 to 1945, he served as an assistant police prosecutor for the City of Cleveland. He ran unsuccessfully for several political positions. At various times he served as president of the United Jewish Religious Schools, Fairmount Temple Men's Club, B'nai B'rith Mid-Day Lodge, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and Masada Chapter, Zionist Organization of America. He chaired the performing arts committee of the Jewish Community Center and was active in Yiddish theater productions there. The collection consists of programs and correspondence relating to Jewish organizations with which Stanford was involved; briefs, book reviews, and scripts written by Stanford; newspaper clippings, diaries, diplomas, awards; and a scrapbook. The collection is particularly strong in materials relating to the Men's Club of Fairmount Temple and the travel diaries detailing Israeli life in the 1950s and Jewish life in Russia, especially Moscow and Leningrad, in the late 1950s and early 1970s.
	Call #:	MS 4530
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Stanford, Myron S., 1907-1979. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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	Title:	Myron S. Stanford Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Stanford, Myron S.
	Dates:	1921-1991
	Abstract:	Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish communal organizations and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, directories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes and writings reflecting Stanford's interest in the law and the Jewish community.
	Call #:	MS 4777
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Stanford, Myron S., 1907-1979. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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	Title:	Seth and Frances Taft Papers
	Creator:	Taft, Seth and Frances
	Dates:	1951-2006
	Abstract:	Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922-April 14, 2013) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Charles P. and Eleanor Chase Taft. He is the grandson of American president William Howard Taft. He married Frances Prindle (December 12, 1921-May 14, 2017) on June 19, 1943 and they had four children: Frederick I. (Rick) (b. June 26, 1945), Thomas P. (b. July 19, 1948), Cynthia B. (b. May 24, 1950), and Seth Tucker (Tucker) (b. March 4, 1953). They were active members of the greater Cleveland, Ohio, cultural, civic, and political community. The collection consists of 31 scrapbooks which include agendas, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, building permits, campaign literature, certificates, children's artwork and letters, Christmas cards and newsletters, contracts, correspondence, currency, flyers, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, lecture paperwork, legal briefs, licenses, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, menus, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, passports, photographs, plane tickets, playbills, poems, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, registration cards, report cards, reports, resolutions, scorecards, scripts, sketches, song lyrics, telegrams, tickets, and travel documents.
	Call #:	MS 5127
	Extent:	8.00 linear feet (31 volumes)
	Subjects:	Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- \| Taft, Frances Prindle, 1921- \| Taft family. \| Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) \| Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. \| Cleveland Development Foundation. \| Citizens League of Greater Cleveland. \| Government Research Institute of Cleveland. \| Federation for Community Planning. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Board of Commissioners. \| Laurel School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hawken School. \| Vassar College. \| University Circle Inc. \| City Club of Cleveland. \| Cleveland Council on World Affairs. \| Cleveland International Program. \| Cleveland Institute of Art. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Karamu House. \| League of Women Voters (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Pepper Pike (Ohio) -- History.
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