Finding aid for the Seville, Ohio, Collection
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Seville, Ohio
Title: Seville, Ohio, Collection
Dates: 1854-1949
Extent: 1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume)
Abstract: Seville is a Medina County, Ohio, town founded in 1816 by Henry Hosmer but not incorporated until 1950. Its main businesses are agriculture and fabricated metals. Its 1974 population was 1,402. The collection consists of the journal of the Board of Education, the Mayor's Criminal Dockets, the City Council records, an unidentified daybook of dry goods and grocery accounts, and miscellaneous notes which include affidavits for cases from the Mayor's Criminal Dockets, and memos about legislation and other matters from the City Council records.
MS Number MS 3826
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Seville, Ohio, Collection, 1854-1949, consists of the journal of the Board of Education, the Mayor's Criminal Dockets, the City Council records, an unidentified daybook of dry goods and grocery accounts, and miscellaneous notes which include affidavits for cases from the Mayor's Criminal Dockets, and memos about legislation and other matters from the City Council records.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

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:

Seville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3826 Seville, Ohio, Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

Seville, Ohio, Collection 1854-1949

Box Folder
1 1 Council records 1869-1885
1 2 Council records 1886-1902
1 3 Council records 1913-1921
Box Folder
2 1 Journal of the Board of Education 1854-1915
2 2 Mayor's criminal docket 1878-1900
2 3 Day book of unidentified dry goods and grocery accounts 1899
2 4 Miscellaneous notes, including affidavits for cases from the Mayor's Criminal Dockets and memoranda about legislation and other matters from the City Council records 1869-1949
Volume
1 Oversize Volume 1: Mayor's criminal docket 1927-1949