| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Tuve, Jeanette E. |
| Title: | Cleveland Families Oral History Project Interviews |
| Dates: | 1982-1985 |
| Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of 39 oral history interviews conducted by Jeanette Tuve with individuals and representatives of long-established Cleveland, Ohio, families who have played significant roles in the city's growth and development and with several Cleveland philanthropic foundation administrators. The interviews focused on the philanthropic involvement of these families and reveal the continuity of philanthropic motivation between generations of a particular family and the shared interest between related families and social peers in specific areas of charitable activity. The project was sponsored by the Western Reserve Historical Society and funded by the William Bingham Foundation. |
| MS Number | MS 4345 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Cleveland Families Oral History Project (1982-1985) was a three year endeavor to conduct and transcribe a series of oral history interviews with individuals and representatives of long-established Cleveland, Ohio, families which have played significant roles in the city's growth and development. The main purpose was to record the perceptions of these individuals toward government, business, charity and culture in the Greater Cleveland area. Funded by a grant from the William Bingham Foundation, the Western Reserve Historical Society hired Dr. Jeannette Tuve, professor of history at Cleveland State University, to conduct the interviews. During the project, thirty-nine interviews were conducted and transcribed.
The Cleveland Families Oral History Project Interviews, l982-1985, consist of transcripts of interviews conducted with individuals and representatives of long-established families which have played significant roles in Cleveland, Ohio's growth and development and with several Cleveland philanthropic foundation administrators.
The interviews conducted through the project provide a unique source for the historian by revealing the motives behind actions taken by individuals and agencies. They particularly reveal the continuity of philanthropic motivation between several generations of a particular family and the shared interest between related families and social peers in specific areas of philanthropic activity. Together with the records of social service agencies, foundations, and other philanthropically related organizations and families, these interviews provide an almost unparalleled and complete record of philanthropy in an American city, specifically Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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Separated MaterialArchival master tapes of each interview are maintained in the Western Reserve Historical Society's audio/visual collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4345 Cleveland Families Oral History Project Interviews, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Western Reserve Historical Society, l985.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1989.
Cleveland Families Oral History Project Interviews 1982-1985 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Interview with Walter K. Bailey September 19, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Interview with Ralph M. Besse October 10, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Interview with Mary Peters Bolton (Mrs. Kenyon C.) May 29, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Interview with Frederick C. Crawford February 3, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Interview with James H. Dempsey, Jr. May 10, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Interview with Elizabeth Cobb Stewart Eastwood (Mrs. Robert L.) October 23, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Interview with Adele Corning Chisholm Eells (Mrs. Howard P.) January 5, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Interview with Morris Everett January 18, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Interview with Ann Garretson Ford (Mrs. David K.) January 30, 1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Interview with Robert D. Gries September 13, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Interview with Elaine Grasselli Hadden (Mrs. John A., Jr.) January 17, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Interview with Marianne Milliken Hadden (Mrs. John A., Sr.) October 14, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Interview with Henry R. Hatch, III November 23, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Interview with Louise Ireland Humphrey (Mrs. Gilbert W.) December 7, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Interview with Dorothy Humel Hovorka (Mrs. Frank) October 26, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Interview with David S. Ingalls, Jr. January 24, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Interview with James D. Ireland May 22, 1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Interview with Frank E. and Martha Joseph February 27, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Interview with Mary Hartman McBride (Mrs. Donald) September 20, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Interview with Mrs. Severance Milliken October 31, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Interview with Helen Milliken Nash (Mrs. Richard P.) March 27, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Interview with James A. Norton January 27, 1984 March 3, 1984 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Interview with R. Henry Norweb, Jr. March 6, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Interview with Phyllis Peckham November 11, 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Interview with Theodora Owens Pennington (Mrs. Heaton) April 12, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Interview with Alfred M. Rankin July 12, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Interview with Barbara Haas Rawson (Mrs. Robert H.) September 13, 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Interview with Dorothy Prentiss Schmitt (Mrs. Ralph S.) March 15, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Interview with Leland and Helen Dwan Schubert August 2, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Interview with John Sherwin September 11, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Interview with Curtis Lee Smith September 20, 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Interview with Mary Louise Frackelton Vail (Mrs. Herman) November 9, 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Interview with Homer C. Wadsworth April 12, 1984 May 2, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Interview with Paul Walters April 22, 1985 May 10, 12985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Interview with Fred R. White, Jr. February 9, 1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Interview with Cheryle Anderson Wills March 28, 1985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Interview with Justin G. Zverina September 27, 1984 | |||||||||