Guide to the Finding aid for the Alfred and Clara Rankin Family Papers


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Alfred and Clara Rankin
Title: Finding aid for the Alfred and Clara Rankin Family Papers
Dates: 1812-2015
Extent: 23 linear feet
Abstract: The Alfred and Clara Rankin papers focus on the history of the Rankin and Taplin families and their ancestors. It relates primarily to Alfred and Clara Rankin's ancestors. Clara's ancestors are the Smith and Taplin family. The earliest documents are from the early 1800s going through 2010s. The collection includes awards, bank books, brochures, books, booklets, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondences, diaries, drawings, financial records, magazines, maps, minutes, negatives, newspapers, notes, pamphlets, passports, photo albums, photocopied papers, photos, postcards, scrapbook pages, and telegraphs.
MS Number MS 5441
Language: The records are in English

Biography of Alfred and Clara Rankin Family

Alfred M. Rankin (July 19, 1913 - January 23, 1994) and Clara T. Rankin (born 1917) are recognized as significant figures in northeastern Ohio's philanthropic history. They contributed their time, talents and financial support to a number of foundations and not-for-profit agencies in the Greater Cleveland Community. A corporate and estate lawyer by profession, Alfred was best known for his extensive commitments to community service, and especially for his work on behalf of the Cleveland Orchestra. Son of Henry P. and Anne Marshall Rankin, Alfred was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. When he was a child, the family moved to Cleveland where he attended University School. He then earned his baccalaureate and professional degrees from Yale College and Yale Law School. After law school, he joined the firm of Thompson, Hine & Flory in Cleveland, eventually becoming senior partner. Clara, after raising her five sons, spent much of her time pursuing philanthropic endeavors, particularly at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Born in Cleveland, Clara is the only daughter of Edith Smith Taplin and coal mining and railroad executive Frank E. Taplin. As a child, Clara explored the arts, taking voice lessons at the Cleveland Institute of Music and art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After graduating from Hathaway Brown, Clara pursued a history degree at Smith College. On March 30, 1940, she married Alfred M. Rankin. They raised five sons: Alfred M., Jr., Thomas, Clairborne, Roger, and Bruce. During World War II, Alfred served as a naval intelligence officer aboard the carrier USS Tripoli. Returning to Cleveland, both Rankins began distinguished careers of service to Cleveland institutions. Their commitments included: Western Reserve Historical Society, University Circle, Inc., the YMCA, Cleveland Zoological Society, the Cleveland Museum of art, the Cleveland Orchestra, Hopewell, the Shaker Lakes Nature Center, Hawken School, the Boy Scouts, and the Cleveland Society for the Blind. Alfred also served as president of Cleveland's Musicarnival and trustee of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Alfred M. Rankin is buried in Lake View Cemetery.


Scope and Content

The Clara and Alfred Rankin Family Papers, 1815-2015 and undated, consist of awards, bank books, brochures, books, booklets, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondence, diaries, drawings, financial records, magazines, maps, minutes, negatives, newspapers, notes, pamphlets, passports, photo albums, photocopied papers, photos, postcards, scrapbook pages, and telegraphs.

Alfred and Clara Rankin papers are a collection of papers covering the family history of Clara Rankin. The most recent papers are in multiple boxes covering Clara, Alfred, and their children. These papers of Clara and Alfred cover a period from 1921 to 2015. Alfred's papers show a significant involvement in a number of organizations such as Yale University, Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS), and the Hawken School. Both Clara and Alfred showed interest in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Orchestra. Many other organizations are included as well. The collection also hold many of their correspondences throughout much of their life. Clara's brother, Frank Taplin Jr., also appears in the collection. He was active in the music community of Cleveland and New York City. Finally, the other significant portion of the collection are the papers of multiple generations before Clara. Clara's mother, Edith Smith Taplin, correspondences cover a long time frame and her papers begin the earlier era of the collection. There are also many of her pictures and other documents. Edith Taplin's papers cover from the late 1885 to 1961. Further the collection holds documents and journals of Edith Taplin's parents, the Smith family, and other relatives of the Taplin family as well. The Smith and other ancestor papers cover a period dating back to 1823 and leading up to the 1930s. This collection will be of interest to researchers in the field of Cleveland organizations during the mid to late 20th century, especially organizations such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Orchestra, Hawken School, Smith College, Winous Point, Western Reserve Historical Society, and Yale University. In addition, there are some correspondences and documents involving Alfred Rankin's involvement in World War II. For researchers interested in the Civil War, there are correspondences, paper, and journals covering the period of that war.


Statement of Arrangement

This collection is arranged into six series with multiple sub-series. It is arranged differently depending on the sub-series. Some sub-series are in original order. Others have been arranged by document type or subject type then by alphabetical and finally by chronological order.

Restrictions on Access

None

Related Material

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Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Preferred Citation

[Container __, Folder __ ] MS 5541 Alfred and Clara Rankin Family Papers, series _, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clara Rankin, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017

Processing Information

Processed by Jacob Taylor in 2017-2018

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Alfred M. Rankin Papers 1924-2006

Sub-Series 1:Correspondence 1924-1994 Undated

Box Folder
1 1 Correspondence 1924 1929-1930
1 2 Correspondence 1934
1 3 Correspondence 1935
1 4 Correspondence 1936
1 5 Correspondence 1937
1 6 Correspondence 1938
1 7 Correspondence 1939
1 8 Correspondence Circa 1930s
1 9 Correspondence 1940
1 10 Correspondence 1943
1 11 Correspondence 1944
1 12 Correspondence 1945
1 13 Business Correspondence 1946
1 14 Personal Correspondence 1946
1 15 Correspondence 1948-1950
1 16 Correspondence 1951-1952
1 17 Correspondence 1953
1 18 Vacation Correspondence 1951-1953
1 19 Correspondence 1954
1 20 Correspondence 1955
1 21 Correspondence 1956-1957
1 22 Correspondence 1958
1 23 Correspondence 1959
1 24 Correspondence 1960
1 25 Correspondence 1961
1 26 Correspondence 1962
1 27 Correspondence 1963
1 28 Correspondence January-July 1964
1 29 Correspondence August-December 1964
1 30 Correspondence January-July 1965
Box Folder
2 1 Correspondence July-December 1965
2 2 Correspondence January-June 1966
2 3 Correspondence July-December 1966
2 4 Correspondence January-June 1967
2 5 Correspondence July-December 1967
2 6 Correspondence January-May 1968
2 7 Correspondence June-December 1968
2 8 Correspondence 1969
2 9 Correspondence 1970
2 10 Correspondence 1971
2 11 Correspondence 1972
2 12 Personal Correspondence 1972
2 13 Correspondence 1973
2 14 Correspondence 1974
2 15 Correspondence 1975
2 16 Correspondence 1975
2 17 Correspondence 1976
2 18 Correspondence 1976
2 19 Correspondence 1977
2 20 Correspondence 1978
2 21 Correspondence 1979
2 22 Correspondence 1980
2 23 Correspondence 1981-1982
2 24 Correspondence 1983
2 25 Correspondence 1984
2 26 Correspondence 1986-1988
2 27 Correspondence 1989-1990
2 28 Correspondence 1992
2 29 Correspondence 1993
2 30 Correspondence 1993
2 31 Correspondence 1994
2 32 Correspondence Undated

Sub-Series 2: Rankin Family Financial Information 1928-1987

Box Folder
3 1 Alfred Marshall Rankin Bainbridge Farm Bills 1942-1943
3 2 Appraisal 1959
3 3 Confirmations 1966-1967
3 4 Correspondence National City Bank 1958-1968
3 5 Correspondence National City Bank 1960-1963
3 6 Correspondence National City Bank 1955-1959
3 7 Memorandums 1928 1974 1977
3 8 Miscellaneous 1972 1981 1987
3 10 Statements 1972-1982
3 9 Rankin Trust 1975
3 11 Stocks Ball, Burge, & Kraus 1960-1965
3 12 Stocks Ball, Burge, & Kraus 1950-1959
3 13 Stocks National City Bank 1952-1965
3 14 Taxable Intangible Property 1950-1967
3 15 Taxes Circa 1974
3 16 Taxes Circa 1975

Sub-Series 3: Organizations 1932-2006

Box Folder
3 17 American Museum of Natural History January 1965-November 1968
3 18 Boy Scouts of America 1987-1988
3 19 Cleveland Junior League 1937-1984
3 20 Cleveland Museum of Art 1961 1967-2006
3 21 Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1930-1989
3 22 Cleveland Orchestra 1956-2006
Box Folder
4 1 Cleveland Orchestra 1958-1976
4 2 Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Music Center 1975-1976
4 3 Cleveland Orchestra Memorabilia 1994
4 4 Cleveland Zoological Society 1985-1987
4 5 Clubs 1939-1948
4 6 Hawken School Memorial Service 1981
4 7 Hawken School Board of Trustees Minutes 1977-1981
4 8 Hawken School Board of Trustees Minutes 1981-1984
4 9 Hawken School Board of Trustees Minutes 1984-1986
4 10 Hawken School Board of Trustees Minutes 1986-1987
4 11 Hawken School Correspondence 1966-1975
4 12 Hawken School Correspondence 1975-1984
4 13 Hawken School Development Committee 1963-1976
4 14 Hawken School Education Committee 1958 1965-1974
4 15 Hawken School Executive Committee 1980-1984
4 16 Hawken School Financials 1980 1982
4 17 Hawken School Miscellaneous 1959-1984
4 18 Hawken School Miscellaneous 1960-1972
4 19 Hawken School Standing Committees 1969-1972
4 20 Hunting Valley Village/University College/Hathaway Brown 1932-2006
4 21 Military 1941-1944
4 22 Military 1943-1951
4 23 Miscellaneous May-December 1976
Box Folder
5 1 Miscellaneous January 1976-January 1978
5 2 Miscellaneous February 1966-June 2000
5 3 Nisi Prius 1946-1962
5 4 Nisi Prius 1952-1975
5 5 Nisi Prius 1980-1985
5 6 Nisi Prius 1986-1988
5 7 Navy 1942-1945
5 8 North American Coal Corporation (NACCO) 1943-1946
5 9 Playhouse Square Associates December 1975-July 1976
5 10 Playhouse Square May 1979-December 1986
5 11 Politics June 1953-April 1990
5 12 Politics 1953
5 13 Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center 1969 1984-1987
5 14 Smith College Board of Counselors July 1957-October 1961
5 15 Smith College Board of Counselors October 1956-April 1961
5 16 Smith College February 1978-January 2007
5 17 Winous Point Correspondence 1960-1986
5 18 Winous Point Correspondence 1960-1968
Box Folder
6 1 Winous Point Shooting Club 1957-1983
6 2 Winous Point Shooting Club 1956-1984
6 3 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees 1979-1980
6 4 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees 1980-1982
6 5 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees 1982-1986
6 6 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees Memos and Meetings November 1984-February 1988
6 7 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees Minutes October 1977-February 1981
6 8 Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees Minutes March 1981-September 1986
6 9 Western Reserve Historical Society Code of Regulations 1979-1984
6 10 Western Reserve Historical Society Correspondence 1958-1984
6 11 Western Reserve Historical Society Correspondence 1975-1984
6 12 Western Reserve Historical Society Finance and Legal 1958-1980
6 13 Western Reserve Historical Society Finance 1958-1969
6 14 Western Reserve Historical Society Guidelines Committee 1970-1982
6 15 Western Reserve Historical Society Hale Farm & Village 1982-1983
6 16 Western Reserve Historical Society Library August 1981-July 1983
6 17 Western Reserve Historical Society Newspaper Reports 1980
6 18 Western Reserve Historical Society Pooled Income Fund 1977
Box Folder
7 1 Western Reserve Historical Society Planning Committee 1981-1982
7 2 Western Reserve Historical Society Search Committee 1979-1980
7 3 Western Reserve Historical Society Search Committee 1980-1981
7 4 Yale University October 1976-May 1983
7 5 Yale University Alumni Fund November 1958-October 1959
7 6 Yale UniversityAlumni Fund November 1960-October 1961
7 7 Yale University Council 1978
7 8 Yale University Council 1978-1979
7 9 Yale University Council 1979-1981
7 10 Yale University Council 1980
7 11 Yale University Council 1980
7 12 Yale University Council 1981-1982
7 13 Yale University Council 1981-1982
7 14 Yale University Council 1982-1984
7 15 Yale University Development Board 1957 1963-1976
7 16 Yale University Development Board 1963-1970
7 17 Yale University Development Board 1964-1967
7 18 Yale University Development Board 1967-1969
7 19 Yale University Development Board 1969-1971
7 20 Yale University Development Board 1971 1973-1974
7 21 Yale University Development Board 1971-1976
7 22 Yale University Endowment Fund October 1973
7 23 Yale University Fundraising 1960-2001
7 24 Yale University Law School Association 1963-1970
7 25 Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) 1960-1961 1976-1986

Series II: Clara T. Rankin Papers 1922-2016

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence 1922-2016

Box Folder
7 26 Correspondence 1922 1924 1926-1927
7 27 Correspondence 1929
7 28 Correspondence 1931
7 29 Correspondence 1933-1934
7 30 Correspondence 1935
7 31 Correspondence 1936
Box Folder
8 1 Correspondence 1937
8 2 Correspondence 1938
8 3 Correspondence 1939
8 4 Correspondence 1940
8 5 Correspondence 1941
8 6 Correspondence 1942
8 7 Correspondence 1943
8 8 Correspondence 1944
8 9 Correspondence 1945
8 10 Correspondence 1947
8 11 Correspondence 1948
8 12 Correspondence 1949-1950
8 13 Correspondence 1952
8 14 Correspondence 1953
8 15 Correspondence 1954
8 16 Correspondence 1955
8 17 Correspondence 1956
8 18 Correspondence 1957
8 19 Correspondence 1959
8 20 Correspondence 1961
8 21 Correspondence 1962
8 22 Correspondence 1963
8 23 Correspondence 1964
8 24 Correspondence 1965
8 25 Correspondence 1966
8 26 Correspondence 1967
8 27 Correspondence 1968
8 28 Correspondence 1969
8 29 Correspondence 1970
8 30 Correspondence 1971
8 31 Correspondence 1972
8 32 Correspondence 1973
8 33 Correspondence 1974
8 34 Correspondence 1975
8 35 Correspondence 1976
8 36 Correspondence 1977
8 37 Correspondence 1978
8 38 Correspondence 1979
8 39 Correspondence 1980
8 40 Correspondence 1981
8 41 Correspondence 1982
8 42 Correspondence 1983
8 43 Correspondence 1984
8 44 Correspondence 1985
8 45 Correspondence 1986
8 46 Correspondence 1987
8 47 Correspondence 1988
8 48 Correspondence 1989
8 49 Correspondence 1990
8 50 Correspondence 1991
8 51 Correspondence 1992
8 52 Correspondence 1993
8 53 Correspondence 1994
8 54 Correspondence 1995
8 55 Correspondence 1996
8 56 Correspondence 1997
8 57 Correspondence 1998
8 58 Correspondence 1999
8 59 Correspondence 2000
8 60 Correspondence 2001
8 61 Correspondence 2002
8 62 Correspondence 2003
8 63 Correspondence 2004
8 64 Correspondence 2005
8 65 Correspondence 2006
8 66 Correspondence 2007
8 67 Correspondence 2008-2010
8 68 Correspondence 2011-2013
8 69 Correspondence 2014-2016
8 70 Correspondence circa 2000
8 71 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence 1937-1938
8 72 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence January-April 1939
8 73 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence May-December 1939
Box Folder
9 1 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence 1940-1943
9 2 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence January-March 1944
9 3 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence March-May 1944
9 4 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence Circa 1935-1955
9 5 Clara Taplin Rankin to Alfred Marshall Rankin Correspondence Undated
9 6 Correspondence Undated
9 7 Correspondence Undated

Sub-Series 2: Organizations 1921-2016

Box Folder
9 8 Casadesus Competition 1981-1983 1985 1988-1991 1993-1995
9 9 Children's Fresh Air Camp and Hospital 1921 1924-1926 1928-1933 1942 1945 1948-1949 1954-1963
9 10 Cleveland Bicentennial 1995-1996
9 11 Cleveland Council on World Affairs & Cleveland Athletic Club 1962 1974
9 12 Cleveland Foundation 1999-2007
9 13 Cleveland Institute of Music 1951 1978-2005
9 14 Cleveland Museum of Art 1946 1980 1987-1988 1992 1995 2003-2006
9 15 Cleveland Museum of Art, continued 1967-1968 1974-1975 1978 1980 1982-1986 1989 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004-2006 2009 2011
9 16 Cleveland Museum of Art: Notes on Chairmanship 1982-1986 1988-1989
9 17 Cleveland Music School 1953-1956
9 18 Cleveland Orchestra 2007 2010 2012-2013
9 19 Cleveland Orchestra 1961 1965 1967-1972 1975 1978-1979 1980 1982-1983 1985-1986 1988-1992 1994 2002 2006
9 20 Cleveland Orchestra Committee 1969 1971 1977 1984-1985 1991-1993
9 21 Garden Organizations 1954 1958 1980-1982 1995-1996 1998 2003
9 22 Hangar Recreation Association 1960 1964
9 23 Hathaway Brown School 1924-1925 1930-1934 1938 1967 1970-1973 1992 1996 1998-1999
9 24 Hathaway Brown School, continued 1963 1982 1998-1999 2001 2007 2016
9 25 Hathaway Brown School, continued 1978-1979 1981-1986 1988 1991-1994 1997 2004-2005
Box Folder
10 1 Hawken School Parent's Meeting 1957 1978-1981
10 2 Health Hill Children's Hospital 1986 1988-1989
10 3 Intown Club 1954-1955 1961-1962 1987 1990 1992 1994 2001 2006-2007 2013
10 4 Junior League of Cleveland 1964 1992 1995
10 5 Lake Erie Opera 1964-1967
10 6 Mental Health Involvement 2003 2004-2009 2015
10 7 Metropolitan Opera 1937 1961-1963 1978 1980 1985 2007
10 8 Miscellaneous 1957 1967 1973 1983-1984 1986 1989 1992 1995-1996 1999-2000 2006 2010 2015
10 9 Miscellaneous 1931 1945 1961 1972 1975 1986-1990
10 10 Mount Vernon 1984 1986
10 11 North American Coal Corporation 1988 1995 2000 2013
10 12 Northern Ohio Opera Association 1959 1963 1965 1983-1991
10 13 Recreation League of Cleveland 1955-1957 1960 1963-1966 1968-1969 1971 1974-1975 1982-1985
10 14 Shaker Lakes Garden Club 1965-1966 1974 1983 1995 1999 2006
10 15 Smith College 1933-1938 1981-1982 1988 1991 2008
10 16 Smith College 1938 1953 1980 1988 1991 2008
10 17 Smith College Yearbook 1938
10 18 Tea & Curiosity: A Chinese Experience Undated
10 19 United Kingdom Pamphlets and Itinerary 1939 1962-1963 1987
10 20 Woodrow Wilson Taplin Award 2005-2008
10 21 Women's Centennial Commission 1971-1974 1987-1996
10 22 Young Woman's Christian Association 2013

Series III: Rankin Family Papers 1923-2013

Sub-Series 1: Subject Files 1812 1932-2010

Box Folder
10 23 Alfred Marshall Rankin Death 1993-1994
10 24 Alfred Marshall Rankin Early Personal Life 1930-1932 1935-1937
10 25 Alfred Marshall Rankin Personal Life After College 1932 1939-1940 1946 1948-1950 1961 1981 1984
Box Folder
11 1 Alfred Marshall Rankin Jr. 1994-2007
11 2 Arthur Friedman Eulogies 1981
11 3 Arundells Correspondence 2002
11 4 Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper Trip August 1951
11 5 Clara Taplin Rankin Bank Book 1932-1954 1958
11 6 Clara Taplin Rankin Child Diary & Bible Undated
11 7 Clara Taplin Rankin Diary 1929
11 8 Clara Taplin Rankin Diary 1931
11 9 Clara Taplin Rankin Diary 1932
11 10 Clara Taplin Rankin Diary 1934
11 11 Clara Taplin Rankin Diary 1937
11 12 Clara Taplin Rankin Family History Notes 1812 1937 1963-1964 1972 1978 1984-1985 1987 1992-1996 1998
11 13 Clara Taplin Rankin Hand-Me-Down Book Undated
11 14 Clara Taplin Rankin Music 1937 1947 1954 2004 2010
11 15 Clara Taplin Rankin Music Christian Science Hymnal 1910
11 16 Clara Taplin Rankin Personal Life 1936-1937 1939-1940
11 17 Clara Taplin Rankin Research on Oliver Wendell Holmes 1960 1981 1987
11 18 Clara Taplin Rankin's Travel Notes and Letters 1972-1974
11 19 Funeral and Funeral Pamphlets 1984 1989-1990
11 20 Grandson Matthew Undated
11 21 Kenyon Bolton 1983
11 22 Mary Bolton's Account of Scotland September 1984
11 23 Musicarnival March 1954-June 1954
11 24 Passports 1936 1939 1954 1960-1970 1995
11 25 Rankin Bank Books Children 1947-1963
11 26 Rankin Genealogy 1992 1999
11 27 Sir John Addis February 1983-October 1983
Box Folder
12 1 Wedding Planner 1939
12 2 Wedding Planner, continued 1939

Sub-Series 2: Media Files 1923-2013

Box Folder
12 3 Alfred Marshall Rankin Pictures Circa 1930-1975
12 4 Alfred Marshall Rankin and Clara Taplin Rankin Pictures 1943-1945 1948 1954 1958-1960 1964 1967 1975-1976 1979 1981 1984
12 5 Alfred Marshall Rankin and Clara Taplin Rankin Tokyo Trip 1970
12 6 Clara Taplin Rankin High School Yearbook 1930-1936
12 7 Clara Taplin Rankin Pictures 1923-1991
12 8 Clara Taplin Rankin Pictures, continued 1917 1922 1925 1928-1930 1932-1933 1935 1937-1938 1944 1947-1949 1956 1964-1966 1975
12 9 Clara Taplin Rankin Pictures, continued 1921 1929 1935 1937 1940 1950 circa. 1951 1960 1962 1969 circa 1970 circa 1973 1986 1992 1996 2008 2013
12 10 Clara Taplin Rankin Singing CDs 1947 Undated
12 11 College Ski Trip Before 1943
12 12 Henry Rankin Undated
12 13 Identified People 1938 1941 1993 1996 2009 2011 Undated
12 14 Locations 1929 1939 1947 Undated
12 15 Photo Album 1928-1934
12 16 Photo Album 1935
12 17 Photo Album 1936
12 18 Photo Album 1937
Box Folder
13 1 Photo Album 1937-1939
13 2 Rankin Children: Alfred Jr., Clay, Bruce, Tom, Roger 1948 circa 1937-1943 1955
13 3 Scenes 1959 1960 circa 1993-1994
13 4 Politics Scrapbook 1987-1993
13 5 Scrapbook Miscellaneous 1 1990-1992
Box Folder
14 1 Scrapbook Miscellaneous 2 1940 1991-1993
14 2 Unknown 1936-1937 1947
14 3 Wedding Photo Album 1940
Box Folder
23 1 Award for Alfred Marshall Rankin 1984
23 2 Awards for Clara Taplin Rankin 1999-2013
23 3 Group Portrait of 8th Grade Spring Vacation Trip to Washington, D. C. undated
23 4 Group Portraits of Alfred and Clara Rankin's Family circa 1950s
23 5 Halfred Farms Photographs undated
23 6 Portraits of Alfred Marshall Rankin and Clara Taplin Rankin undated
23 7 Portraits of Clara Taplin Rankin 1930
23 8 Portraits of Clara Taplin Rankin 1936
23 9 Portrait of Clara Taplin Rankin 1939
23 10 Smith College Diploma 1938
23 11 Smith Family Legal Documents circa 1830
23 12 Unidentified Drawn Portrait from Paris 1934
23 13 Wedding Photographs of Alfred Marshall Rankin and Clara Taplin Rankin 1941
Volume
1 Oversized Scrapbook of Halfred Farms 1916-1922

Series IV: Edith S. Taplin and Frank Taplin, Sr. Papers 1905-1962

Box Folder
15 1 Children's Fresh Air Camp and Hospital 1939 1941
15 2 Christian Science Church 1956 1959 1962 Undated
15 3 Death circa 1963
15 4 Death continued circa 1963
15 5 Edith Smith Taplin Papers 1921
15 6 Erie Street Cemetery 1955
15 7 Frank E. Taplin Papers 1957
15 8 Gardening Prices Undated
15 9 Taplin Travel Journal 1912
15 10 Taplin Travel Journal 1912
15 11 Trip Abroad 1906 circa 1911, 1930, 1934
15 12 Yearbook for 10 Year Reunion 1915

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence 1905-1961

Box Folder
15 13 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1905-1908
15 14 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1909
15 15 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1911
15 16 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1912
15 17 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1913
15 18 Condolence Letters to Edith Smith Taplin on Loss of Newborn December 1913-January 1914
15 19 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1914
15 20 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1915
15 21 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1916
15 22 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1917
15 23 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1918
15 24 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1919
15 25 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1920
15 26 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1921
15 27 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1922
15 28 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1923
15 29 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1924
15 30 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1925
15 31 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1926
15 32 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1927
15 33 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1928
15 34 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1929
15 35 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1930
Box Folder
16 1 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1931
16 2 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1932
16 3 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1933
16 4 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1934
16 5 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1935
16 6 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1936
16 7 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1937
16 8 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1937
16 9 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence June 1938
16 10 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence June 1938
16 11 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence circa June 1938
16 12 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1938
16 13 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1939
16 14 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1939
16 15 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1940
16 16 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1941
16 17 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1942
16 18 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1943
16 19 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1944
16 20 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1945
16 21 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1946
16 22 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence 1956-1961
16 23 Edith Smith Taplin Correspondence Undated
16 24 Frank Taplin, Sr. Correspondence 1913-1914 1917 1934 1938 Undated

Series V: Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Papers 1932-2014

Box Folder
16 25 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Journal 1937-1938
16 26 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Magazine Appearances 1980 1984 1987 1990
16 27 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Magazine Appearances continued 1996
16 28 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Organizations 1977-1979 1983-1986 1989 1993-1994 1996-1997 1999-2000 2003
16 29 Frank E. Taplin, Jr Post Mortem 1984 1988 1995 2003-2005 2007 2014
16 30 Frank E. Taplin, Jr Speeches 1964 1983-1984 1986 1995
16 31 Frank E. Taplin, Jr Songs and Poems 1994 1998 2000 2003

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence 1924-2000s

Box Folder
17 1 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin 1935
17 2 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin 1936
17 3 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin 1937
17 4 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin 1938
17 5 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin circa 1938
17 6 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. to Thomas Taplin 1939
17 7 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1924 1926
17 8 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1928
17 9 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1929
17 10 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1930
17 11 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1932-1933
17 12 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1934
17 13 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1935
17 14 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1936
17 15 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1937
17 16 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1938
17 17 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1938
17 18 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1939
17 19 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1939
17 20 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1939
17 21 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence circa 1938-1939
17 22 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1940
17 23 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1941
17 24 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1942
17 25 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1943
17 26 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1944
17 27 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1945
17 28 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1960-1979
17 29 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1980-1989
17 30 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 1990-1999
17 31 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence 2000-2009
17 32 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Correspondence Undated
17 33 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Miscellaneous Correspondence 1979 1986 1988

Series VI: Taplin Ancestors' Papers 1823-1998

Box Folder
18 1 Autograph Book 1878
18 2 Award from Franklin Delano Roosevelt circa 1913-1920
18 3 Charles H. Smith Diary 1861-1878
18 4 Charles H. Smith and Louisa J. Smith Documents circa 1874
18 5 Charles H. Smith Journal circa 1823-1871
18 6 Charles H. Smith Scrapbook circa 1876-1900
18 7 Joseph Smith's Travel Diary 1847
18 8 Eli Ely Documents 1861-1862 1875 1877-1878 1882 1884-1885 1891 1898 1900-1902
18 9 Deeds 1863 1866-1867 187-1878 1883 1886 1889 1890 1893
18 10 Deeds of Johnson and Smith Families 1861 1864 1869 1872-1873 1875-1882 1884
18 11 Family History Ancestor Papers 1977 1937 1928 1922 1888 1870
18 12 Joseph Smith Chronicle 1838
18 13 Louise Coulton Diary 1909
18 14 Louisa J. Smith Diary 1928-1929
18 15 Louisa J. Smith and Charles Smith Neighbourhood Illustrated Book circa 1891
18 16 Louisa J. Smith and Charles Smith Miscellaneous Documents 1848 1836 1887 1889-1892 1915 1927
18 17 Louisa J. Smith Dictionary and Writing Case 1927-1928 1932
18 18 Mildred Smith-Coulton Dolls 1942 1998
18 19 Mrs. Smith Daughters of the American Revolution 1893-1896 1898 1912
18 20 Negatives of the Bound Volume of Mrs. Louisa Johnson Smith Genealogical Manuscript Part 1 1933
18 21 Negatives of the Bound Volume of Mrs. Louisa Johnson Smith Genealogical Manuscript Part 2 1933
18 22 Orville A. Ross Journal circa 1887-1899
18 23 Taplin Family Documents Miscellaneous Undated
18 24 Taplin Genealogy 1944
18 25 Taplin Genealogy Research 1988 1995

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence 1830s-1930s

Box Folder
19 1 Smith Family Correspondence 1839
19 2 Smith Family Correspondence circa 1830-1840s
19 3 Smith Family Correspondence 1850-1860
19 4 Smith Family Correspondence 1860
19 5 Smith Family Correspondence 1861
19 6 Smith Family Correspondence 1862
19 7 Smith Family Correspondence 1863
19 8 Smith Family Correspondence 1864
19 9 Smith Family Correspondence 1865
19 10 Smith Family Correspondence 1866
19 11 Smith Family Correspondence 1868
19 12 Smith Family Correspondence 1869
19 13 Smith Family Correspondence 1870
19 14 Smith Family Correspondence 1872
19 15 Smith Family Correspondence 1873
19 16 Smith Family Correspondence 1874
19 17 Smith Family Correspondence 1875
19 18 Smith Family Correspondence 1876
19 19 Smith Family Correspondence 1877
19 20 Smith Family Correspondence 1878
19 21 Smith Family Correspondence 1879
19 22 Smith Family Correspondence 1880
19 23 Smith Family Correspondence 1881
19 24 Smith Family Correspondence 1882
19 25 Smith Family Correspondence 1883
19 26 Smith Family Correspondence 1884
19 27 Smith Family Correspondence 1885
19 28 Smith Family Correspondence 1886
19 29 Smith Family Correspondence 1890
19 30 Smith Family Correspondence 1891
19 31 Smith Family Correspondence 1893
19 32 Smith Family Correspondence 1895
19 33 Smith Family Correspondence 1896
19 34 Smith Family Correspondence 1898
19 35 Smith Family Correspondence 1899
19 36 Smith Family Correspondence 1900
19 37 Smith Family Correspondence 1902
19 38 Smith Family Correspondence 1903
19 39 Smith Family Correspondence 1904
19 40 Smith Family Correspondence 1905
19 41 Smith Family Correspondence 1906
19 42 Smith Family Correspondence 1909
19 43 Smith Family Correspondence 1910
19 44 Smith Family Correspondence 1911
19 45 Smith Family Correspondence 1912
19 46 Smith Family Correspondence 1913
19 47 Smith Family Correspondence 1914
19 48 Smith Family Correspondence 1915
19 49 Smith Family Correspondence 1916
19 50 Smith Family Correspondence 1917
19 51 Smith Family Correspondence 1918
19 52 Smith Family Correspondence 1919
19 53 Smith Family Correspondence 1921
19 54 Smith Family Correspondence 1922
19 55 Smith Family Correspondence 1923
19 56 Smith Family Correspondence 1924
19 57 Smith Family Correspondence 1925
19 58 Smith Family Correspondence 1928-1929
19 59 Smith Family Correspondence 1930-1939
19 60 Smith Family Correspondence circa 1903-1905
19 61 Smith Family Correspondence Undated
19 62 Miscellaneous Correspondence Undated

Sub-Series 2: Photographs 1883-1958

Box Folder
20 1 Charles H. Smith and Louisa J. Smith 1905 1908 Undated
20 2 Charles Grandy Taplin and Wife 1914 Undated
20 3 Clara Louse Taplin I 1889 Undated
20 4 Ely Family Undated
20 5 Edith Smith Taplin 1885 1894 1898-1899 1904 1905 1910 1925 1942 1949 1955-1958
20 6 Edith Smith Taplin Negatives 1909-1921
20 7 Edith Smith Taplin Negatives, continued 1909-1921
20 8 Edith Smith Taplin Images 1900-1901
20 9 Edith Smith Taplin Images, continued 1899
20 10 Edith Smith Taplin Postcards 1924 1926 1934
20 11 Postcards 1930-1931 1934 Undated
20 12 Postcards continued Undated
20 13 Postcards continued Undated
20 14 Frank E. Taplin, Sr. 1883 1893 1902
20 15 Johnson Family Undated
20 16 Miscellaneous Photographs Undated
20 17 Miscellaneous Photographs, continued Undated
20 18 Miscellaneous Photographs, continued Undated
20 19 Nina Smith 1898-1899
20 20 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1902-1903
20 21 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Europe 1906
Box Folder
21 1 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Europe 1906
21 2 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Europe with Louise Coulton 1909
21 3 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Europe with Louise Coulton 1909
21 4 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin circa 1910
21 5 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Europe 1912
21 6 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Travel 1912-1914
21 7 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Children 1916
Box Folder
22 1 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin Cape Cod 1919-1920
22 2 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1921
22 3 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1923
22 4 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1925 1927-1929
22 5 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1930
22 6 Photo Album Edith Smith Taplin 1934
22 7 Smith Family Undated
22 8 Smith Family Continued Undated
22 9 Mrs. Smith and Friends Undated
22 10 Taplin & Bourne 1914 Undated