| | Book | Save | | 41 | Title: | The American: which contains notes on a journey from the Ohio valley to Wales, a look at the state of Ohio; history of Welsh settlements in America, instructions for inquirers before the journey, on the journey, and after its completion
| | | | Creator: | Chidlaw, Benjamin Williams, 1811-1892 | | | | | Williams, R. Gwilym | | | | Publication: | County Press, Bala [Wales],1978. | | | | Notes: | Translation of Yr American published in Llanrwst [Wales] by Argraffwyd, gan J. Jones in 1840. Cover title. | | | | Call #: | Pam. C726 | | | | Extent: | 52 p. ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Welsh -- Ohio | Welsh -- United States | Ohio -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 46 | Title: | Peaceful journey: a day-by-day account of a buggy trip from St. Louis, Missouri, to Milford, New Hampshire made by George Thompson Mills and his wife, Josephine Taylor Mills, in the spring of the year 1880
| | | | Creator: | Mills, Josephine Taylor. | | | | | Mills, George Thompson, 1839- | | | | Publication: | n.p,n.d.] | | | | Notes: | The Mills lived in Cleveland 1868-1872. | | | | Call #: | Pam. M351 | | | | Extent: | 39 p. 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | United States -- Description and travel | Ohio -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 48 | Title: | Western life in the stirrups: a sketch of a journey to the West in the spring & summer of 1832
| | | | Creator: | Rich, Virtulon, b. 1809 | | | | | Smith, Dwight La Vern, 1918- | | | | Publication: | Caxton Club, Chicago,1965. | | | | Call #: | E165 R499 | | | | Extent: | xix, 81 p. illus., facsims., maps, port. 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848 | Ohio -- Description and travel
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 54 | Title: | Christopher Cowan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cowan, Christopher | | | | Dates: | 1784-1826 | | | | Abstract: | Christopher Cowan (1780-1835) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, industrialist who built the city's first rolling mill. He was the son-in-law of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick, Revolutionary War soldier and one of Pittsburgh's early pioneers. The collection consists of correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, concerning the estate of Abraham Kirkpatrick and the disposal of land in Ohio's Virginia Military District. Includes an unsigned letter to Col. John Neville, Woodville, Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania 1784, containing entries made while the writer traveled through the area of southern Ohio, with a sketch showing rivers, names of settlements, and Indian camps. | | | | Call #: | MS 1328 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cowan, Christopher, 1780-1835. | Kirkpatrick, Abraham, 1749-1817 -- Estate. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 55 | Title: | Bartholomew Brown Notebook
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Bartholomew | | | | Dates: | 1820-1854 | | | | Abstract: | Bartholomew Brown's (1772-1854) family records consist of an account of Brown's visit to his daughter, Harriett, and his travels through the Western Reserve, including visits to Cleveland, Chagrin Falls, Warren, and Ravenna, Ohio, undated; and copies of sermons delivered by Rev. James Flint in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1820-1821. | | | | Call #: | MS 1576 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Bartholomew, 1772-1854. | Brown family. | Sermons, American. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 58 | Title: | Asa Emerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Emerson, Asa Family | | | | Dates: | 1831-1955 | | | | Abstract: | In 1821 Asa Emerson and his family settled in the area that is now Parma Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Family members have included a post master, a President of Cleveland City Council, and many teachers, ministers, and businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence (1831-1939), genealogies and histories of the Emerson and Gale families, clippings on early Cleveland history, a travel diary of Leslie Emerson, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 3767 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Emerson family. | Gale family. | Parma Heights (Ohio) -- History. | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 59 | Title: | Travel Journal
| | | | Creator: | Anonymous | | | | Dates: | 1829 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a travel journal detailing a trip made by an anonymous young man from Boston, Massachusetts, to Zanesville, Ohio, September 1-29, 1829. The traveler stopped for commencement at Brown University, then proceeded through New York state, visiting prisons at Sing Sing and Auburn, staying with Cyrus Howard, a farmer in Morrisville, New York, and visiting Niagra Falls. He continued on to visit Cleveland, Canton, Zoar and Zanesville, Ohio, providing a detailed description of the communal settlement at Zoar. | | | | Call #: | MS 3918 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Society of Separatists of Zoar. | Prisons -- New York (State) | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 60 | Title: | Grace Goulder Izant Papers
| | | | Creator: | Izant, Grace Goulder | | | | Dates: | 1938-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Grace Goulder Izant (d. 1984) was a Cleveland, Ohio, journalist, writer and local historian. Izant's series, "Ohio scenes and citizens", appeared weekly in the Sunday Plain Dealer, 1944-1969, and led to her book of the same title. She also wrote "This is Ohio", a collection of anecdotes for each of Ohio's counties, "John D. Rockefeller: the Cleveland years", and "Hudson's heritage", a history of Hudson, Ohio. The collection consists of research files used in her writings, including correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings relating to places, people and events in Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4283 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Izant, Grace Goulder, d. 1984. | Women historians -- Ohio. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- History, Local. | Ohio -- Biography. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
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