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(439)
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(324)
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(317)
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(250)
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(246)
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(228)
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(225)
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(222)
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(221)
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(213)
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(211)
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1161 | Title: | Elizabeth S. Magee Papers
| | | | Creator: | Magee, Elizabeth S. | | | | Dates: | 1793-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Elizabeth S. Magee was the Secretary of the Consumers' League of Ohio (1925-1945) and general secretary of the National Consumers' League (1943-1958). James and Anna Magee were her brother and sister. The collection consists of correspondence commemorating Miss Magee's 20th anniversary at the Consumers' League of Ohio, her retirement from the National Consumers' League, and her birthday in 1967. Also includes a copy of a speech given by Emily T. Douglas at the retirement luncheon, school yearbooks, a scrapbook of Magee's year at Oberlin College, a temperance pledge, programs, a White House invitation, a register of mourners at Magee's memorial service, family papers, a Dysart family land deed (1793), letters and newspaper clippings concerning the deaths of William A. and James D. Magee, and diaries of Anna M. Magee. | | | | Call #: | MS 3563 | | | | Extent: | 2.50 linear feet (6 containers, 2 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Magee family. | Magee, James D. | Magee, William A.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1162 | Title: | University Settlement Records
| | | | Creator: | University Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1926-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The University Settlement was a social settlement founded in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership cards, statistical reports, correspondence, 65 theses from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, and a subject file containing reports, correspondence, minutes, lists, and pamphlets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3564 | | | | Extent: | 13.00 linear feet (33 containers) | | | | Subjects: | University Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social group work. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1163 | Title: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1918-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919). | | | | Call #: | MS 3565 | | | | Extent: | 4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers) | | | | Subjects: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1165 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Records
| | | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | | Dates: | 1911-1966 | | | | Abstract: | East End Neighborhood House was founded in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907 by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in the predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Buckeye-Woodland. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Great Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of organizational proceedings, membership records, correspondence, program reports, group worker reports, announcements, scrapbooks, and printed materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3568 | | | | Extent: | 11.70 linear feet (30 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1166 | Title: | James F. Lincoln Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lincoln, James F. | | | | Dates: | 1903-1965 | | | | Abstract: | James Finney Lincoln (1883-1965) was the Executive Director of the Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a pioneer in the areas of arc welding and profit sharing. He established the James Finney Lincoln Welding Foundation. The collection consists of articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, book manuscripts, court transcripts, patents, certificates and miscellaneous printed items. | | | | Call #: | MS 3569 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (8 containers, 6 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lincoln, James Finney, 1883-1965. | Welding. | Electric welding. | Renegotiation of government contracts -- United States. | Defense contracts -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Incentives in industry -- United States. | Employee motivation -- United States. | Profit-sharing -- United States. | Bonus system -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1167 | Title: | George Barnes Harris Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harris, George Bares | | | | Dates: | 1881-1967 | | | | Abstract: | George Barnes Harris (1881-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and judge. He helped organize the American Judicature Society, the Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice, and the Ohio Judicial Council, and drafted the Ohio Judicial Council Bill. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, brochures, printed matter, organizational lists and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3570 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harris, George Barnes, 1881-1970. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Court congestion and delay -- Ohio. | Court administration -- Ohio. | Legal ethics.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1168 | Title: | Rowfant Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Rowfant Club | | | | Dates: | 1891-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, bibliophile and book collector's club for men founded in 1892. It also issues limited editions of special interest books, and operated a bindery from 1909-1913. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, committee reports, financial records, membership records, speeches, manuscripts, printed matter, yearbooks, meeting notices, blueprints, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and material on bookmaking and collecting. | | | | Call #: | MS 3571 | | | | Extent: | 29.10 linear feet (70 containers and 1 oversize package) | | | | Subjects: | Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book industries and trade. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1170 | Title: | Urban League of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Urban League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1914-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland. It joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, financial and membership records, and files of Director Ernest Cooper and Deputy-Director Anita Polk. | | | | Call #: | MS 3573 | | | | Extent: | 19.00 linear feet (50 containers and 5 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social work with. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1172 | Title: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. Records
| | | | Creator: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company | | | | Dates: | 1846-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company was founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed, it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, reminiscences, financial records, memoranda, notebooks, ticket stubs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and oversize volumes containing documents and clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3575 | | | | Extent: | 8.90 linear feet (13 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. | Nickel Plate Road. | Railroads -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1173 | Title: | George D. Lockwood Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lockwood, George D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1819-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Stanley G. Lockwood (1789-1860) moved from Connecticut to Painesville, Ohio, where he opened a general store, in 1835. His sons, George D. Lockwood (1830-1874) and John S. Lockwood (born 1834), continued the firm. In 1856 George moved to Davenport, Iowa and opened another store, Livingston and Lockwood. During the American Civil War he was an officer in Companies D and I of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His brother, Stanley B. Lockwood (1840-1884), served in Company G. of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and in Company K of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The collection consists of correspondence, military records, financial records, diaries, and newspaper clippings. A major topic of the correspondence is the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 3576 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (7 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Lockwood family. | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company G. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1174 | Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1822-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3577 | | | | Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Necrologies. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1175 | Title: | Louis Laszlo Balogh Papers
| | | | Creator: | Balogh, Louis Laszlo | | | | Dates: | 1923-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Laszlo Balogh (1898-1971) was a Hungarian composer and music professor who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938. He taught at John Carroll University and Notre Dame College and was organist and choirmaster of the Church of Gesu in University Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, scores and compositions, printed material, speeches and lectures, and drafts of books. Also included are correspondence and other materials relating to the American Liszt Society and Zoltan Kodaly. | | | | Call #: | MS 3578 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Balogh, Louis Laszlo, 1898-1971. | Music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers, Hungarian. | Musicians, Hungarian. | Music -- Dictionaries. | Music -- Collected works. | Choirs (Music) -- Manuals, textbooks, etc. | Organists -- Manuals, textbooks, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1176 | Title: | Maria Tuma Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tuma, Maria | | | | Dates: | 1918-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Maria Tuma (born 1895) was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia who was active in many Cleveland, Ohio, Czech organizations, including the Czech-American National Alliance. She also lobbied for old age pensions and unemployment insurance. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, receipts, programs, pamphlets, broadsides, newspaper clippings and other materials relating to Mrs. Tuma's activities in various Czech organizations and in support of old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Also included is a composition book of her son, Charles Tuma. | | | | Call #: | MS 3579 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tuma, Maria, 1895- | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age pensions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1177 | Title: | Whiting Williams Papers
| | | | Creator: | Williams, Whiting | | | | Dates: | 1899-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Whiting Williams (1878-1975) was a labor relations consultant and writer in Cleveland, Ohio, who also served as secretary of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, material concerning the Williams family, manuscripts or copies of articles, manuscripts of books and lectures, clippings of stories by and about Williams, and miscellaneous material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3580 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (13 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Williams, Whiting, 1878-1975. | Williams family. | Labor unions -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Labor -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1178 | Title: | Perry B. Jackson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jackson, Perry B. | | | | Dates: | 1879-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland, Ohio civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, speeches, financial material, personnel lists, bench notes, judicial election material, and other material relating to Judge Jackson and his judicial, church and civic activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3581 | | | | Extent: | 7.81 linear feet (19 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1180 | Title: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1851-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3583 | | | | Extent: | 8.30 linear feet (20 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist Church. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodists, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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