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The Ritchie and Hale families were prominent in civic and philanthropic activities in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. Clara
Belle Ritchie, daughter of Samuel J. and Sophronia Hale Ritchie, inherited the Hale farm from her uncle, Charles Oviatt Hale,
and bequeathed it to the Western Reserve Historical Society when she died in the 1950s. The collection consists of Ritchie
and Hale family correspondence, diaries, recollections, clippings, legal files, financial materials, and guest registers of
the Hale farm.
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