Finding aid for the Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council
Title: Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council
Dates: ca. 1892
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
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.
MS Number MS 1125
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Cleveland Citizen's Petition to City Council, ca. 1892, consists of a signed petition.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the development of its park system and that of Cuyahoga County in the late nineteenth century. Genealogists might find the signatures and list of names useful.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1125 Cleveland Citizen's Petition to the City Council, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of L. P. Beman.