| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 43 | Title: | Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1920-1932 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and politician who served as a city councilman, Ohio state senator (1928-1930), Cleveland City Manager (1930-1931), and judge of the Eighth District Court of Appeals (1939-1949). The collection consists of correspondence, reports, financial records, proposals, publications and newspaper clippings relating to Morgan's tenure as Cleveland City Manager. | | | | Call #: | MS 3676 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar, 1877-1949. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 44 | Title: | Ray Thomas Miller Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Miller, Ray Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1924-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Ray Thomas Miller (1893-1966) was a prominent lawyer, businessman and Democratic political leader in Cleveland, Ohio, who served as assistant law director (1922-1923), city prosecutor (1928), and Mayor (1932-1935). A major accomplishment of his administration was the relief of the city's homeless and unemployed through the acquisition of federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds and the establishment of such programs as the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority, the Wayfarer's Lodge, and municipal kitchens. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, legal documents, ordinances, resolutions, newspaper clippings, and proclamations. The majority of the material consists of departmental files containing constituent and interoffice correspondence, resolutions, and resignations. Major topics include welfare programs and Communist political activity. | | | | Call #: | MS 3739 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Miller, Ray T. (Ray Thomas), 1893-1966. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 48 | Title: | Daniel J. Marschall Papers
| | | | Creator: | Marschall, Daniel J. | | | | Dates: | 1955-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel J. Marschall was a journalist who specialized in labor and energy issues for the city of Cleveland, Ohio's Division of Economic Development during the Dennis Kucinich administration, 1978-1979. In 1979, he edited the report entitled "The Battle of Cleveland: Public Interest Challenges Corporate Power", which examined the confrontations between Kucinich and the corporate establishment during his administration. The collection consists of reports from various government and public agencies and corporations on Cleveland's economic situation and history, news releases, speeches, editorials, clippings, articles, interviews, theses, and reports collected by Marschall on economic development, default, mayoral recall, municipal light plant, tax abatement, and Dennis Kucinich's career and campaigns, as well as material generated by the Mayor's office including new releases, speeches, reports, and campaign literature, and criticism and commentary from the media. The sources used to compile the report "The Battle of Cleveland" are included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4561 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Marschall, Daniel J. | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Ohio Public Interest Campaign. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 49 | Title: | Thomas Vail Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Vail, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1962-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. On a national level, he served on the boards of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Consists of 130 black and white and five color images in various sizes and four 35 mm color negatives. | | | | Call #: | PG 517 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Plain Dealer (Firm). | Presidents -- United States -- Photographs. | Vail, Thomas, 1926- -- Photograph collections.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 50 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association | | | | Dates: | 1881-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Growth Association was founded in 1848 as the Board of Trade in Cleveland, Ohio. It was reorganized and renamed the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce in 1893. It merged with the Greater Cleveland Growth Board in 1968 to form the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. Its goals have always been to provide a forum for business leaders to discuss ideas and problems, to stimulate investments in the local economy, and to make Cleveland a better place to live and work. The organization was active in many areas of progressive reform in the early 1900s, including housing codes, bath houses, and the organization of charitable activities. The collection consists of charters of the Board of Trade, minutes and annual reports of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, files of the Transportation and Industrial Relations departments, records of legislative and other committees, general office files, membership records, newspaper clippings and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3471 | | | | Extent: | 188.80 linear feet (293 containers and 15 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Growth Association. | Boards of trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial promotion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social problems. | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 52 | Title: | Cleveland Business Economists Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Business Economists Club | | | | Dates: | 1927-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Business Economists Club was founded in 1926 representing Cleveland's (and sometimes Akron's and Canton's) leading industrial companies, public utilities, banks, investment firms, merchants, colleges, and governmental statistical staffs. The group met informally for two years before officially incorporating in 1928. In October 1961, the group named itself the Cleveland Business Economists Club. Members met to discuss business matters and to make predictions concerning the economic future of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, economic forecasts, correspondence, histories, meeting announcements, and membership lists for the Club and its predecessor, the Business Statistics Section of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Statistical Association. The collection is useful for understanding a segment of Cleveland's business community, the speakers and issues they were interested in, and the predictions they made for Cleveland's business future. | | | | Call #: | MS 4223 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Business Economists Club -- Archives. | Business forecasting. | Economic forecasting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Economists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Statisticians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 53 | Title: | My Three Careers in Forty Years
| | | | Creator: | Wenneman, William H. | | | | Dates: | 1978 | | | | Abstract: | William H. Wenneman was a Cleveland, Ohio, railroad executive who served with the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Pere Marquette, and the Nickel Plate railroads. He was vice-president of the C&O and the Nickel Plate in 1946, but resigned over conflicts with chairman Robert R. Young. In 1950 he became vice-president of finance for the Nickel Plate after it was separated from Robert Young enterprises. He retired in 1959. The collection consists of autobiographical memoirs describing Wenneman's years with the Nickel Plate (New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad) and the Chesapeake and Ohio, his friendship with the Van Sweringen Brothers, the Cleveland business community, and personalities within the Cleveland transportation industry. | | | | Call #: | MS 4230 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wenneman, William H., 1902- | Young, Robert Ralph, 1897-1958. | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Railroads -- United States -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 54 | Title: | Harold H. Burton-Edward Blythin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Harold H. and Blythin, Edward | | | | Dates: | 1933-1941 | | | | Abstract: | Harold H. Burton (1888-1964) was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1935-1940). When he was elected to the United States Senate in 1940 he chose Edward Blythin (1884-1958) to fill the remainder of his last term as mayor (1941). The collection consists of office files of the mayor of Cleveland containing correspondence, reports, speeches, proclamations, and newspaper clippings, relating to routine administrative matters and topics of special interest. | | | | Call #: | MS 3828 | | | | Extent: | 8.20 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 59 | Title: | Fannie M. Lewis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lewis, Fannie M. | | | | Dates: | 1965-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Fannie M. Lewis (1926-2008) was an African American activist and Cleveland, Ohio, councilwoman. She was involved in a number of Hough neighborhood improvement programs, including Community Action for Youth, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Model Cities Association, and the Citizen's Participation Organization. She became a city councilwoman from Cleveland's Ward 7 in 1982. The collection consists of personal papers and the records and subject files relating to Lewis' work with the Model Cities Association, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and other community organizations. Included are articles of incorporation, bylaws, trustee minutes, monthly reports, financial records, proposals, correspondence, memoranda, residency lists, posters, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland community development programs and Fanny Lewis' efforts with these programs. Some materials relate to racism, politics, and local government in Cleveland during the 1960s and 1970s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4341 | | | | Extent: | 14.00 linear feet (16 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 60 | Title: | Thomas Vail Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vail, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1949-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. On a national level, he served on the boards of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Collection consists of correspondence, certificates, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, publications, speech texts, and inventories. | | | | Call #: | MS 4852 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Newspapers -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Cleveland Convention and Visitors' Bureau. | Cleveland Foundation. | Cleveland Plain Dealer | Cleveland Tomorrow (Organization). | Greater Cleveland Growth Association. | Plain Dealer (Firm).
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