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Subject | • | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. |
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| | • | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cedar-Central Housing Project (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Children -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel -- Views. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions |
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| | • | Cleveland Arts Prize |
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| | • | Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cleveland Metroparks System. |
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| | • | Cleveland Museum of Art. |
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| | • | Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation |
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| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | DeMaioribus, Alexander L., 1898-1968. |
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| | • | Doan Brook (Ohio) |
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| | • | Dunham Tavern. |
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| | • | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design. |
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| | • | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Design. |
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| | • | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Specifications. |
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| | • | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. |
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| | • | Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Anniversaries, etc., 1938. |
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| | • | Highway Planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen Participation. |
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| | • | Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. |
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| | • | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). |
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| | • | Horticultural service industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council | | | | Dates: | ca. 1892 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a petition urging the Cleveland, Ohio, City Council "to at once take proper action to provide for the purchases of sufficient suitable land for park purposes," signed by hundreds of Cleveland residents. | | | | Call #: | MS 1125 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus Papers
| | | | Creator: | DeMaioribus, Alexander L. | | | | Dates: | 1939-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus (1898-1968) was born in the Little Italy neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, and lived there on Coltman Rd. until the late 1930s. He was a bachelor who had four sisters and one brother. DeMaioribus attended Murray Hill School and East High School in Cleveland. In 1917, he became a messenger for the Cleveland Home Brewing Company. By the time the company closed in 1953, he had become its president and chief owner. DeMaioribus' interest in politics prompted him to run for city council in 1925. Despite a loss in that election, support from his fellow Italians in the 19th Ward (Little Italy), got him elected as their councilman in 1927. This made DeMaioribus the first Italian American elected to serve on the city council. DeMaioribus held many positions throughout his career in politics, including Ward Leader (1932-1960), Council President (1934-1942), Chairman of the National Committee (1945), and County Chairman of the Board of Elections (1960). He was a major leader in the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to the Republican National Convention and chairman of the local GOP executive committee. DeMaioribus worked to honor and emphasize Italian culture in the city of Cleveland through a number of different organizations and initiatives. One of his initiatives included the establishment and dedication of the Italian Cultural Garden. The Italian Cultural Garden was established in 1930, but was not completed. In 1939, DeMaioribus became president of the Italian Cultural Garden Association and the Italian Cultural Garden Sponsors Committee. He initiated fundraising campaigns for the garden as well as directed and oversaw its construction. His efforts came to fruition with the formal dedication of the garden on September 14, 1941. The collection consists of materials related to Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus' work with the Italian Cultural Garden Association, including correspondence, contracts, newspaper clippings, financial statements, purchase orders, reports, blueprints, speeches, member lists, histories, and invoices. | | | | Call #: | MS 5080 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | DeMaioribus, Alexander L., 1898-1968. | Italian Cultural Garden Association. | Italian Cultural Garden Committee. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) | Italian Cultural Garden (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Collection of Papers, Photographs and Audiovisual Materials
| | | | Creator: | Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | | | | Dates: | 1880-2015 | | | | Abstract: | The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, established in 1966 on part of the site of the original North Union Shaker Community, was the result of a grassroots effort to prevent the construction of two interstate highways which would have bisected major sections of Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights and caused property loss and damage to the Doan Brook watershed. The collection consists of administrative documents, architectural drawings, audiovisual materials, clippings, correspondence, financial documents, flyers, legal documents, maps, minutes, negatives, photographs, publications, reports, scrapbooks, signs, and studies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5367 | | | | Extent: | 29.88 linear feet (39 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Nature Center at Shaker Lakes -- History. | Shaker Lakes Region (Ohio) | Highway Planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen Participation. | Doan Brook (Ohio) | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History | Shaker Lakes Region (Ohio) -- Environmental Aspects. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Nature centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Harold T. Clark Papers
| | | | Creator: | Clark, Harold T. | | | | Dates: | 1876-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Harold T. Clark was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and philanthropist. Clark was a partner in the law firm of Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, 1913-38, before opening his own law office in 1938. He served with the American Committee to Negotiate Peace after World War I. In addition, he was active in numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Educational Museum of the Cleveland Public Schools, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Metroparks. He received many honorary degrees and civic awards, including the Migel Medal from the American Foundation for the Blind for work on the William Terry Touch Alphabet. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, scrapbooks, and resolutions concerning Clark, the organizations he was involved in, and the committees he served on. | | | | Call #: | MS 4443 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. | Squire, Andrew, 1850-1934. | Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Anniversaries, etc., 1938. | Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. | Mather, William Gwinn, 1857-1951. | Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967. | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1874-1960. | Rockefeller family. | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | Cleveland Metroparks System. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1948-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation was established in 1948 by the Women's City Club of Cleveland, Ohio. It supported projects related to women, education, public affairs and effective government, civic beautification and restoration, health and social service initiatives, and the arts and culture of the community. In 1961 it established the Cleveland Arts Prize to recognize local talent, and in the 1990s it became involved with the Betty Ott Garden for the Blind at the City Greenhouse. The collection consists of account passbooks, agendas, articles of incorporation, brochures, budgets, by-laws, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, financial statements, invitations, leases, legal documents, maps, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and negatives, press releases, proclamations, proposals, publications, questionnaires, reports, rosters, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 4973 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation | Women's City Club of Cleveland | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Community foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions | Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Arts Prize | Children -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | A. Donald Gray Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gray, A. Donald | | | | Dates: | 1917-1943 | | | | Abstract: | A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a notable landscape architect and designer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1920-1939. Gray worked briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in Brookline, Massachusetts, before establishing a landscape architecture practice in Cleveland. He designed many private gardens and estates for some of the most elite families of Cleveland and its outlying suburbs, including the noted private development of Fairhill Road houses in 1931. Gray was also the landscape designer for several public projects, including the Cedar-Central apartments, the first federal public-housing project in the nation, and many of Cleveland's public parks. Perhaps his most notable achievemant was the creation of the WPA-funded Horticultural Gardens for the Great Lakes Exposition, 1936-1937, some of which remain on the site north of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The gardens were named for Gray as a memorial after his death. Gray took several trips to England, South America, Mexico and elsewhere throughout his career to study the landscaping of great houses and public places. He also contributed a regular gardening column to the Cleveland Press during the mid-1930s. The collection consists of some personal records, but largely records pertaining to Gray's numerous landscape design projects, including projects for William S. Halle, Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna, Edwin C. Higbee, Fred and Robert Lazarus of Columbus, Ohio, Crispen Oglebay, John Sherwin, and the Van Sweringen brothers. The records consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, drawings, plans, photographs, blueprint designs, financial records, etc. The collection contains significant material regarding the Fairhill Road houses of the Fairmount Road Group Development Association, the Cedar-Central Housing Project, Cleveland city park projects, and, in particular, the Horticultural Gardens of the Great Lakes Exposition. Included are articles and clippings from Gray's gardening column in the Cleveland Press, lectures, travel reports, personal and financial papers and papers regarding Gray's personal residence, material pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Dunham Tavern on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, and photograph albums and photograph scrapbooks of Gray's trips and design projects, some by the noted photographer Margaret Bourke-White. | | | | Call #: | MS 3470 | | | | Extent: | 16.30 linear feet (28 containers, 9 oversize folders, and 21 rolled blueprints) | | | | Subjects: | Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939 -- Archives. | Dunham Tavern. | Cedar-Central Housing Project (Cleveland, Ohio) | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Landscape architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Landscape architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape gardening -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape contracting -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Landscape architectural drawing -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Horticultural service industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Design. | Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Specifications. | Urban beautification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel -- Views. | South America -- Description and travel -- Views. | Mexico -- Description and travel -- Views. | Nassau (Bahamas) -- Description and travel -- Views.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Works Progress Administration | | | | Dates: | 1800-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls. | | | | Call #: | MS 3675 | | | | Extent: | 204.40 linear feet (511 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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