Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Landing mats. |
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| | • | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. |
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| | • | Pontoon bridges. |
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| | • | Prefabricated interior architecture. |
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| | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Steel plate deck bridges -- United States. |
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| | • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Wall panels. |
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| | • | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History |
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| | • | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. |
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| | • | Ajax Manufacturing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | American Federation of Labor. |
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| | • | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Beilstein-Young Company. |
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| | • | Blakeslee, John Rollin, 1843-1906 |
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| | • | Blinds -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Boddie, Louise |
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| | • | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company | | | | Dates: | 1906-1956 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company was a manufacturer of overhead material handling cranes located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was organized in 1899 by Edward I. Leighton, George A. Armington, Albert L. Assmus, and Charles E. Thomas as the Cleveland Crane & Car Company. The collection consists of blueprints, drawings, and plans, company newsletters, correspondence, marketing literature and sales notes, photographs (approximately 125), project proposals, and specifications. | | | | Call #: | MS 5395 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Raymond Q. Armington Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Armington, Raymond Q. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Raymond Q. Armington (1907-1993) was an engineer and executive with the Euclid Road Machinery Company, a founder and chairman of the Webb-Triax Company, and headed numerous business, educational, and civic organizations. The collection consists of corporate records, correspondence, reports, marketing literature, journal and newspaper articles, and photographs | | | | Call #: | MS 5401 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry Collection
| | | | Creator: | Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | 1919-2015 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland, Ohio, played a prominent role in the garment industry in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the industry's decline a century later. Most of the owners of garment manufacturing firms in Cleveland, as throughout the United States, were owned by Jewish immigrants. The garment industry in Cleveland declined as a whole in the late twentieth century. In the early 2010s, the Western Reserve Historical Society began making efforts toward compiling the stories of the Cleveland garment industry through research and oral history interviews, culminating in a book and exhibition project titled A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, drafts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, operating agreements, oral histories, orders, photographs, proposals, questionnaires, scrapbooks, and sketches pertaining to the planning, research, and implementation of the "Stitch in Time" project by the Western Reserve Historical Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 5425 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | E.F. Hauserman Company Records, Photographs, and Audio Materials
| | | | Creator: | Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1856-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The E.F. Hauserman Company was a leading producer of of movable interior walls for offices, factories, and schools, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was founded by Earl F. Hauserman (1885-1943) who bought out part of the building supplies dealer for whom he worked and organized the E.F. Hauserman Co. in 1913. The company became a leading manufacturer of interior steel partitions and was a major defense contractor during World War II. Following the war, E.F. Hauerman's sons, Fred M. Hauserman (1909-1972) and William F. Hauserman (1920-2012) led the company, including expansion into Canada and Europe. In the mid 1970s, E.F. Hauserman Company consolidated with its principle subsidiaries to become Hauserman, Inc., In 1978 the company acquired Sunar, a Canadian office furniture manufacturer and in 1983 became Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. The company closed in 1989 due to changing economic conditions. The collection consists of correspondence, financial reports, project and patent files, product literature, organizational materials, photographs, and audio recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5361 | | | | Extent: | 30.02 linear feet (27 containers, 8 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Prefabricated interior architecture. | Wall panels. | Landing mats. | Pontoon bridges. | Steel plate deck bridges -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Ohio Knitting Mills Collection
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Knitting Mills | | | | Dates: | 1926-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Knitting Mills was founded as Stone Knitting Mills in Cleveland, Ohio, by Harry Stone and Walker Woodworth in 1927. The company manufactured sweaters, caps, capes, vests, dresses, pants, and shirts. The collection consists of material from Ohio Knitting Mills (Stone Knitting Mills before 1946) and other material related to the knitwear industry. The bulk of the collection consists of fabric samples, production cards, and advertising samples. Other material includes handbooks, catalogs, product boards for design purposes, and manuals for knitting and other design. | | | | Call #: | MS 5368 | | | | Extent: | 45.80 linear feet (53 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Knitwear -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | E.F. Hauserman Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1910-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The E.F. Hauserman Company was a leading producer of of movable interior walls for offices, factories, and schools, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was founded by Earl F. Hauserman (1885-1943) who bought out part of the building supplies dealer for whom he worked and organized the E.F. Hauserman Co. in 1913. The company became a leading manufacturer of interior steel partitions and was a major defense contractor during World War II. Following the war, E.F. Hauserman's sons, Fred M. Hauserman (1909-1972) and William F. Hauserman (1920-2012) led the company, including expansion into Canada and Europe. In the mid 1970s, E.F. Hauserman Company consolidated with its principle subsidiaries to become Hauserman, Inc., In 1978 the company acquired Sunar, a Canadian office furniture manufacturer and in 1983 became Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. The company closed in 1989 due to changing economic conditions. The collection consists of correspondence, financial reports, project and patent files, product literature, and organizational materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5382 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wall panels. | Steel plate deck bridges -- United States. | Prefabricated interior architecture. | Pontoon bridges. | Landing mats. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Forbes Chocolate Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Forbes Chocolate Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Forbes Chocolate Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901 as a manufacturer of chocolate products. The company filed for bankruptcy after World War I, and was reborn as a manufacturer of powered chocolate for milk and ice cream. The collection consists of company magazines, correspondence, declaration of trust, financial records, party guest lists, industry histories, newspaper clippings, Ohio Historical Society Archives inventories, product labels and stock holders information. | | | | Call #: | MS 5239 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Periodicals | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Chocolate industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes Chocolate Company | Forbes, Benjamin P. | Business/Industry
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1908-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887 by William Wischmeier (1866-1922). The company initially provided undertaking services and furniture sales to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The funeral home merged with Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home in 1972, but continued providing independent funeral home services until 1988. The collection consists primarily of funeral ledgers but includes correspondence, death certificates, invoices, notes, obituaries, photographs, receipts, transit permits, and other documents related to funerals and burials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5354 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Beilstein-Young Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Beilstein-Young Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Beilstein-Young Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was a funeral home firm. Fred Beilstein operated as an undertaker at 3311 Prospect Avenue as early as 1907, and in 1913 the Beilstein-Young Company was incorporated. The funeral home was located at 7508 Carnegie Avenue from 1918-1921. The firm moved to 1795 Crawford Road in 1921. Fred Beilstein died in 1926, and his partner William W. Young became president and treasurer, with W. E. Beilstein as vice president. The collection consists of bound funeral registers. The registers list details about the deceased including name, date of birth, occupation, marital status, religion, place and cause of death, certifying physician, and name and birthplace of parents. The details of the funeral service include location, resider, place of burial, style of casket, and a diagram of the cemetery lot. The name and address of the party paying for the funeral is also listed, with an itemized list of services and expenses, and payment schedule. An introduction to each register describes the duties and ethics of the funeral director. | | | | Call #: | MS 4557 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Beilstein-Young Company. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5238 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 20 | Title: | Ajax Manufacturing Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ajax Manufacturing Company | | | | Dates: | 1897-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Ajax Manufacturing Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1875 by John Rollin Blakeslee (1843-1906). Ajax manufactured forging equipment and cold drawing equipment for the cold-heading industry. Ajax forging machines were used in the railroad, agricultural, and automotive industries. In 1925, Ajax moved to Euclid, Ohio. The company was family-owned and operated until 1987 when it was sold to the Crawford Group. In 1996, Ajax was again sold, this time to Park-Ohio Industries. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, biographies, bulletins, catalogs, correspondence, histories, lists, manuals, photographs, purchase orders, reprints, and a term paper. | | | | Call #: | MS 5187 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ajax Manufacturing Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Blakeslee, John Rollin, 1843-1906 | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Euclid | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Machine-tool industry -- Ohio -- Euclid | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Manufacturing industries -- Ohio -- Euclid
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