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1	Title:	Horatio Ford Railroad Records
	Creator:	Ford, Horatio
	Dates:	1896-1926
	Abstract:	The Eastern Ohio Traction Company, a Cleveland interurban railroad, was formed by the 1902 merger of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, and the Chagrin Falls and Eastern Railway Company. In 1910, the company was reorganized into two affiliated, yet separate companies, the Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, which was abandoned in 1925, and the Cleveland, Youngstown and Eastern Railway Company, which became the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway in 1915 and was then abandoned in 1925. Horatio Ford (1881-1952) served on the board of several of these lines. Ohio was the heartland of the electric interurban railway early in the 20th century, with a 2,798 mile network. The electric carriers offered the public clean and convenient service, operating at greater frequency and dramatically lower costs vs. the steam railroad. The electric interurban was also an exceedingly attractive business venture. The collection consists of minutes of meetings, articles of incorporation, agreements, deeds, reports, resolutions, franchises, and other records, of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway Company, Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company, Eastern Ohio Traction Company, Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway Company, and Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern Railway Company.
	Call #:	MS 2797
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. \| Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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2	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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