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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 3401 | Title: | Channel Islands Genealogical Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Turk, Marion G. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Marion G. Turk was a Parma, Ohio, genealogist whose research on Channel Island families culminated in the 1983 publication of The Quiet Adventurers in North America. The collection consists of various subjects related to the genealogy of Channel Islands families. Included are views of Guernsey County, Ohio, Ohio Cemetery tombstones; the Machon family home on the Island of Jersey, the Sarchet family home, Cambridge, Ohio; and various tombstone photographs of Machon, Dore, Franklin, Sarchet, Thompson, Legallais, and Lecarn family members. | | | | Call #: | PG 392 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Turk, Marion G., 1914- -- Photograph collections. | Channel Islands -- History -- Photographs. | Channel Islands -- Genealogy -- Photographs. | Guernsey County (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Photographs. | Guernsey County (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3402 | Title: | Frank Cesen Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cesen, Frank | | | | Dates: | 1910-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Cesen (1890-1983) was active in the Slovenian-American community of Cleveland, Ohio. He was a founder of the Ivan Cankar Dramatic Society, president of the Slovenian American National Council, wrote articles on Slovenian history and culture for newspapers and magazines, including the column "Stric Matic" in Prosveta, and was active in various Slovenian-American performing arts associations. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the Slovenian-American community in Cleveland, Ohio. Also includes views of the Slovenian Auditorium, the Slovene Home for the Aged, Richmond Heights General Hospital, Slovene National Home, the home of Frank Cesen (all located in Cleveland, Ohio); and the Austrian Army. | | | | Call #: | PG 393 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cesen, Frank, 1890-1983 -- Photograph collections. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3403 | Title: | Birth of Modern Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Birth of Modern Cleveland | | | | Dates: | ca. 1987 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of copy photographs for illustrations used in the book The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930, edited by Thomas F. Campbell and Edward M. Miggins and published by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1988. Portraits include Garrett Morgan, Charles Brush, Alexander Winton, Tom L. Johnson, Joseph Edwards, Nellie Santo Lanese, and Frederick Kohler. Subjects and views include Tremont, residence of D.S. Brainard, various views of Cleveland, Grasselli Chemical Company, Cleveland Rolling Mills, G.A. Tinnerman Hardware, the Flats, incorporation papers for Standard Oil Company, Case School of Applied Science, ads for Theodor Kundtz, the Italian Cultural Garden, Call and Post newspaper boys, various buildings including St. Vincent Orphanage, Bethel Union, Cleveland Museum of Art, First Methodist Church of Akron, Woman Suffrage headquarters, a suffrage parade, Hiram House Social Settlement, St. Theodosius Cathedral, garment workers, and other photographs depicting a wide range of subjects concerning the history of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 394 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3405 | Title: | William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Scarborough Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scarborough, William Sanders and Sarah Cordelia Bierce Family | | | | Dates: | 1850-1920 | | | | Abstract: | William and Sarah Scarborough were educators and writers in Greene County, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Scarborough migrated to Ohio from Georgia, graduating from Oberlin College in 1875. He spent a year at the Oberlin Theological Seminary before joining the classical department at Wilberforce University in Greene County. In 1878 he received a Master of Arts degree. Sarah Cordelia Bierce was an 1875 graduate of the State Normal School at Oswego, New York. She served as principal of the Normal Department of Wilberforce University from 1877-1887, and for the next twenty-seven years, as principal of the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce. William Scarborough moved up through the ranks of faculty and administration at Wilberforce, eventually becoming president of the University in 1908. During their career as educators, both wrote frequently, Sarah focusing on fiction for women's and Christian magazines, and William on scholarly topics. William joined a variety of professional and race-related organizations, including the Afro-American State League and the American Negro Academy, while his wife pursued her family's genealogy, collecting correspondence and documents for the Abbey and Bierce families. The collection consists of individual photographs of Scarborough, Bierce, Abbey, and Grant family members and other family members, friends and associates. Also included is an album of views of Tretton Place, home of the Scarboroughs. | | | | Call #: | PG 396 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926. | Scarborough, Sarah Cordelia Bierce, b. 1851. | Scarborough family. | Bierce family. | Abbey family. | Kistler family. | Wilberforce University. | African Americans -- Ohio. | African American teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Greene County. | African American authors -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Genealogy. | Authors as teachers. | Education, Higher -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Social life and customs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3407 | Title: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony | | | | Dates: | 1931-1954 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants (f. 1930) was organized by Mrs. Walter D. Meals as a colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio. The activities of the colony include genealogical research on descendants of Mayflower passengers and distributing copies of the Mayflower Compact in schools. Membership is open to any proven descendant of a Mayflower passenger. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members, including Mary Sanford Hunt, Frederick A. Van Fleet, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Allerton, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patton, Edward Smith, and Michael Gray. Also includes views of the Mayflower Barn, Winslow House, and the headquarters of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, Massachusetts. | | | | Call #: | PG 402 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Society of Mayflower Descendants. Cleveland Colony -- Photograph collections. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Genealogy. | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3410 | Title: | George H. Acker Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Acker, George H. Family | | | | Dates: | 1849-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Acker family descended from Peter Acker, Sr. (1730-1815), a German immigrant who, with his wife Jane Sutherland (born ca. 1752), settled in New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary War and then moved into South Carolina late in the 18th century. Family members later moved into Alabama, New York, and then Ohio where they settled in the Cleveland area prior to 1928. The collection consists of photographs, a silhouette, a postcard, and a photographic greeting card depicting individuals of the Acker family, and views of their homes. | | | | Call #: | PG 406 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Acker, George H. (George Haigh) -- Photograph collections. | Acker family -- Photograph collections. | Daguerreotype. | Tintype. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3412 | Title: | Chester Castle Bolton Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Bolton, Chester Castle | | | | Dates: | 1917 | | | | Abstract: | Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 22nd Congressional district from 1928-1939. Bolton served previously in the Ohio State Senate from 1922-1928. During World War I, Bolton served in the Ordnance Department and the War Industries Board, and became aide to Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war. As a United States Congressman, Bolton was esteemed representative of the Great Lakes states on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee and numerous other committees. Bolton was chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 1934 and 1936, and helped to bring the Republican National Convention to Cleveland, Ohio in 1936. His widow, Frances Payne Bolton, succeeded him in Congress following his death in 1939. The collection consists of photographs of the Ohio state Republican convention held in Columbus, Ohio July 1917 and the American Legion welcome party at that convention. Individuals depicted, in addition to Bolton, include John D. M. Hamilton, John W. Bricker, Herbert Hoover, Maurice Mashke, George Bender, and Bert Snell. | | | | Call #: | PG 408 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bolton, Chester Castle, 1882-1939 -- Photograph collections. | Republican Party (Ohio). Convention -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3414 | Title: | Mervin B. France Photographs
| | | | Creator: | France, Mervin B. | | | | Dates: | 1950s | | | | Abstract: | Mervin B. France (1901-1970) was a banker and civic leader in Cleveland, Ohio. As president of the Society for Savings, France oversaw its transformation from a savings and loan into parent holding company Society Corp, and its banking subsidiary, Society National Bank. The collection consists of personal and career photographs, including individual and group portraits of Mervin France and other France family members, and business and social associates of France. Also included are views of the 106th anniversary of the Society for Savings, a Democratic National Convention, and the Terminal Tower. | | | | Call #: | PG 410 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | France, Mervin B., 1901-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland -- Photographs. | Society National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3415 | Title: | Darnell Family Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Darnell Family | | | | Dates: | 1880-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of one photograph album depicting individuals and groups of individuals of Darnell family members and friends of Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. Also included are views of various locations around the northeastern Ohio area, including First Baptist Church, Epiphany Church Camp, Central High School, Case Institute of Technology, strikebreaking on the lakes, Clifton Club, University Club, Portage Lakes, Akron, and Rockefeller Park. Out-of-town scenes from vacations are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 413 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Darnell family -- Photograph collections. | Cabinet photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3417 | Title: | Robert Elmer Ward Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ward, Robert Elmer | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Robert Elmer Ward was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and college professor who was active in German-American and genealogical organizations. The collection consists of photographs of the Ward family, views of plays produced at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio, individuals prominent in the German-American community, and travel postcards, primarily from Germany. | | | | Call #: | PG 415 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ward, Robert Elmer -- Photograph collections. | Immanuel Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3419 | Title: | Thomas Saxton Ireland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton | | | | Dates: | 1910-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Saxton Ireland (1895-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, politician, lawyer and writer who ran as a conservative Republican candidate for the office of mayor of Cleveland, 1959, as well as numerous other political offices. He was a correspondent for the Plain Dealer and several other newspapers and authored a number of books, including several on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and one on the Sam Sheppard murder case. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of friends and family members. Subjects portrayed include Irish tourist attractions, Great Lakes ships and shipping, and originals of illustrations from Ireland's books. | | | | Call #: | PG 418 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton, 1895-1969 -- Photograph collections. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Shipping -- Great Lakes -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3420 | Title: | Society Corporation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Society Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1849-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Society Corporation was Ohio's first registered bank holding company, formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958 when the Society for Savings (founded in 1849 as a mutual savings bank) was merged into Society National Bank (a stock bank organized in 1956 to provide commercial banking services as a subsidiary of Society for Savings). Myron T. Herrick was president of Society for Savings from 1894-1905 and 1908-1921. A pioneer in issuing term and capital loans during the Depression, Society was also a leader in marketing and promotional methods for attracting new depositors. The unprecedented unification of Society for Savings and Society National Bank in 1958 was orchestrated by president Mervin B. France. Litigation regarding the merger was not settled until 1962. By 1989, Society Corporation had affiliates in four regions of Ohio and controlled assets of over $9 billion. Its most formidable acquisition was that of Centran Corporation in 1985, itself a regional multi-bank holding company. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the board of directors, trustees, officers, and employees. The majority of photographs consist of exterior and interior views of Society Corporation's affiliate bank acquisitions and numerous branch offices, in particular those of Central National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. Views also depict outdoor signs, open houses, events, presentations, displays, and programs. Photographic views of the city of Cleveland, including Public Square, the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland State University, aerial views, demolition of the Cuyahoga and Williamson buildings and construction of the BP building, and miscellaneous Cleveland landmarks are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 419 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (8 containers and 6 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Society Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Society National Bank -- Photograph collections. | Society for Savings -- Photograph collections. | Central National Bank (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Centran Corporation -- Photograph collections. | Financial services industry -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank holding companies -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School savings banks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bank marketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public relations -- Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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