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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2761 | Title: | Ruth Dancyger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dancyger, Ruth | | | | Dates: | 1986-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Ruth Dancyger (1918-2013) was an author in Cleveland, Ohio, who published four monographs on Cleveland artists and a book to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The Temple - Tifereth Israel. She was also the historian for Oakwood Country Club. The collection consists of an autobiography, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to Dancyger's research of the lives of Cleveland artists Doris Hall and Kalman Kubinyi. | | | | Call #: | MS 5197 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dancyger, Ruth | Hall, Doris, 1907-2000 | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Kubinyi, Kalman, 1906-1973.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2762 | Title: | Working Theatre Records
| | | | Creator: | Working Theatre | | | | Dates: | 1991-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Working Theatre was established in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1991 by Walter Grodzik, Maryann Nagel-Violand, and Chuck Richie. The theater operated from the parish hall at Pilgrim Congregational Church on West 14th Street. It was an artist-run organization that sought to provide paid work for local theater professionals. Working Theatre presented works that were new to American and Midwest audiences. Due to the resignations of two of the founders and financial issues, Working Theatre closed during its 1994-1995 season. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, blank letterhead, bylaws, correspondence, financial reports, goals statements, information forms, job descriptions, legal documents, lists, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, production posters and flyers, programs, resumes, and strategic planning documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 5198 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Grodzik, Walter | Performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rich, Craig | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Working Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2763 | Title: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley | | | | Dates: | 1931-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon (1916-1991) was a lifelong African American rights activist and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dixon served as secretary at the Antioch Baptist Church, Central High School, and John Hay High School. She served on the boards and committees of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Public Library. In 1963, Dixon took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom for Colored People led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was passionate about the issues of desegregation in schools and racial violence. She volunteered at the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland, the National Council of Churches, Fairhill Mental Health Center, and the Phillis Wheatley Center. The collection includes booklets, brochures, cards, church programs, correspondence, funeral booklets, hymns, letters, letters to the editor of the Plain Dealer, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs and negatives, postcards, schedules of events, scrapbooks, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5199 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (2 containers and 2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Cleveland Public Library | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley, 1916-1991 | Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch | Public schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American History / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2764 | Title: | West Side Savings and Loan Association Records
| | | | Creator: | West Side Savings and Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1902-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The West Side Savings and Loan Association was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1886 by German businessmen to provide a vehicle for savings and home mortgages for its members. It was located on West 25th Street near the West Side Market. The association consolidated its operations with the Second Savings and Loan Association in 1973 and became known as the Cardinal Federal Savings and Loan Association. The collection consists of bylaws, constitutions, financial statements, pamphlets, photographs, and postcards. | | | | Call #: | MS 5200 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cardinal Federal Savings and Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Savings and loan associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | West Side Building Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | West Side Savings and Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Westseite Bauverein Company (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2765 | Title: | Garrett A. Morgan Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Garrett A. | | | | Dates: | 1913-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an African American entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included an electric traffic signal and gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Company to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company, The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of a scrapbook that contains mostly newspaper articles and clippings, but also includes letters detailing the success of his products, magazine clippings, pamphlets, photocopied autobiography samples, photographs, product order requests, and a subscription and induction notice to the National Geographic Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 5201 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Fire prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 | Traffic signs and signals. | Water tunnels -- Accidents -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2766 | Title: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1849-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1807 and was not only the first church, but also the first institution of any kind established in what would become Cuyahoga County. It was originally called the Church of Christ in Euclid, and was comprised of both Presbyterian and Congregationalist settlers from the New England area. The first spiritual leader was Reverend William Wick. The first services were held in the homes of parishioners, and a permanent home for the church, known as the Log Church, was built in 1810. In 1811, the church formally entered the Hartford, Connecticut Presbytery and was then an officially recognized Presbyterian church. The collection consists of bulletins, meeting minutes, administrative papers, historical narratives, event programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 5202 | | | | Extent: | 4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Windermere Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in church work -- Ohio -- East Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2767 | Title: | Cyrus S.Eaton Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Eaton, Cyrus S. | | | | Dates: | 1958-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Cyrus S. Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better United States-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain invitations, letters, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, notices, pamphlets, photographs, programs, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5203 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (34 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Eaton family | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 -- Photograph collections | Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2768 | Title: | Lowell O. Mellen Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mellen, Lowell O. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Lowell O. Mellen (1897-1993) was a business consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, who pioneered the training techniques of Training Within Industry (TWI) as a representative of the War Manpower Commission in the Northern District of Ohio during World War II. After the war, he was recruited by General Douglas MacArthur to train supervisors and workers in Japan in the techniques of Training Within Industry in order to quickly stabilize the Japanese economy by making its industrial base more efficient. Mellen's company, Training Within Industry, Inc., trained over one million supervisors and workers in Japan. Mellen's training programs in job instruction, job methods, job relations, problem solving, and job safety are credited as the foundation for industrial programs that stress continuous improvement and lean management. The collection consists of agreements, budgets, bulletins, certificates, contracts, correspondence, forms, histories, index card files, lists, manuals, notes, program descriptions, proposals, publications, reports, studies, training materials, and vouchers. | | | | Call #: | MS 5204 | | | | Extent: | 6.40 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Employees -- Training of | Industrial efficiency -- Japan | Industrial efficiency | Industrial management -- Japan | Industrial management | Industries -- Japan | Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. | Mellen, Lowell O., 1897-1993 | United States. War Manpower Commission | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2769 | Title: | Albanus K. Moulton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Moulton, Albanus K. | | | | Dates: | 1853-1872 | | | | Abstract: | Albanus K. Moulton (1810-1873) was a Freewill Baptist minister and radical abolitionist who served as a pastor at churches in Lowell, Massachusetts; Russell Township, Ohio; Maple Grove, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Bremer County, Iowa; Portland and Lewiston, Maine; and Manchester and Dover, New Hampshire. He also served as a trustee of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. The collection consists of four diaries. | | | | Call #: | MS 5205 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Abolitionists -- United States. | Baptists -- Massachusetts -- Lowell | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Baptists -- Sermons -- 19th century | Baptists -- United States -- Clergy | Moulton family | Moulton, Albanus K., 1810-1873 | United States Christian Commission.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2772 | Title: | Adolph Wunderlich Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wunderlich, Adolph | | | | Dates: | 1855-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Adolph Wunderlich (ca. 1869-1942) was an inventor, engineer, and businessman who was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, as a child. He held patents for inventions and improvements on electric arc lamps, hoisting and lowering mechanisms, suspension devices for electric arc lamps, winches, lubricating devices, and caulking devices. He lived in England from 1898-1912 where he installed London's first street lights and headed his own electrical firm. He founded the Western Reserve Manufacturing Works in Cleveland in 1914. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, apprenticeship records, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, extracts, financial documents, instructions, legal documents, memoranda, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, patents, a scorecard, and a will. | | | | Call #: | MS 5208 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- England -- London | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric lamps, Arc | Industrialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jandus Arc Lamp and Electric Company (London, England) | Johnson and Phillips (London, England) | London Electric Firm (London, England) | Western Reserve Manufacturing Works (Cleveland, Ohio) | Wunderlich, Adolph, ca. 1869-1942
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2774 | Title: | Alexander Martin Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Martin, Alexander Family | | | | Dates: | 1927-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Alexander Martin family was a prominent African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. Alexander H. Martin Sr. graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1897, one of the first African Americans to do so. Martin had a long career as an attorney and was active in Cleveland city politics. His wife, Mary Brown Martin, was a teacher and the first African American to serve on the Cleveland Public School Board. Their son, Alexander H. Martin, Jr. was an attorney and the first African American to run for mayor of Cleveland. Their daughter, Lydia, was a librarian at Western Reserve University. Sarah Martin Pereira, another daughter, was noted for her scholarship and her commitment to education. The collection consists of awards, biographies, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a funeral book, histories, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 5210 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bahai Faith -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bahai Faith | Bahai women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Martin family | Mary B. Martin Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2775 | Title: | Alexander Cochran Robinson II Papers
| | | | Creator: | Robinson, Alexander Cochran II | | | | Dates: | 1922-1928 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Cochran Robinson II (1864-?) was the father of Cleveland, Ohio, architect Alexander Cochran Robinson III (1891-1985). Robinson II was a banker in his family's banking firm Robinson Bros. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The collection consists of travel diaries in the form of letters written by Robinson II and Charles Brown as they traveled on the R. M. S. Laconia to the Philippines, Japan, Java, China, East Indies, Singapore, Egypt, India, and Ceylon from 1922-1923; and a diary kept by Robinson II for his children while on a trip to Algeria, Tunisia, and Italy in 1928. | | | | Call #: | MS 5211 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Algeria -- Description and travel | China -- Description and travel. | Egypt -- Description and travel. | India -- Description and travel. | Italy -- Description and travel. | Japan -- Description and travel. | Java (Indonesia) -- Description and travel. | Philippines -- Description and travel. | Robinson, Alexander C. (Alexander Cochrane), 1864- | Tunisia -- Description and travel
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2776 | Title: | Albert Yeomans Papers
| | | | Creator: | Yeomans, Albert | | | | Dates: | 1862-1893 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Yeomans (1826-1890) was an attorney and probate judge in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was the Captain of Company B of the 125th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The collection consists of appointment papers, correspondence, election certificates, a journal entry, a list, a muster role, obituaries, pension certificates, reports, speeches, and statements. | | | | Call #: | MS 5212 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Trumbull County | Republican Party (Ohio) | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | Yeomans, Albert, 1826-1890
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2777 | Title: | Samuel Smith Papers
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1831-1874 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Smith lived in Ashtabula, Ohio, in the 1830s and Brooklyn, Ohio City, Dover Township, and Rockport Township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the 1840s-1870s. While little is known about Samuel Smith, it is known that he was born ca. 1794 in New York and he was a farmer and tavern owner in Cuyahoga County. His son James and daughter, Ursula Smith Rich, lived in Barcelona, New York. He had two other daughters, Emily Smith Ritenburgh and Louisa Smith Woodbury. His wife's name was Ursula, and she was born ca. 1798 in Massachusetts. The collection consists of account books, correspondence, land agreements, and receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5213 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Smith family | Smith, Samuel, ca. 1794- | Smith, Ursula, ca. 1798-
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2780 | Title: | Northeast Ohio Jazz Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Northeast Ohio Jazz Society | | | | Dates: | 1984-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Northeast Ohio Jazz Society is one of America's leading organizations devoted to promoting the appreciation of jazz music. It was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in late in 1977 at the instigation of jazz enthusiast Willard Jenkins, who became the group's first president and subsequently was made executive director of the National Jazz Service Organization in Washington. Formally incorporated on March 22,1978, the Northern Ohio Jazz Society by the end of that year had begun presenting concerts and publishing a newsletter, Jazz Central. Working with Cuyahoga Community College, it helped launch the first Tri-C JazzFest in 1980. The collection consists of annual reports, flyers, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5216 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jazz music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jazz music -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Northeast Ohio Jazz Society
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