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Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1882-1960. Samuel Livingston Mather family papers, series IX: ledgers, 1906-1959 [microform].

Title: Samuel Livingston Mather family papers, series IX: ledgers, 1906-1959 [microform].

Consists of business ledgers of S. Livingston Mather.

ArchivalResource: 7 rolls of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909258 View

Newton Diehl Baker Papers, 1896-1962, (bulk 1916-1937)

Title: Newton Diehl Baker Papers 1896-1962 (bulk 1916-1937)

U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services.

ArchivalResource: 100,000 items; 276 containers; 110.4 linear feet; 31 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009070 View

McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. Donald McBride family papers, 1857-1989.

Title: Donald McBride family papers, 1857-1989.

Consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland. Genealogical charts compiled by Mary Helen McBride are included in the register.

ArchivalResource: 10.8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43592795 View

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954. Papers concerning The Johnson Company and related firms, 1883-1923.

Title: Papers concerning The Johnson Company and related firms, 1883-1923.

These papers document Pierre S. and T. Coleman du Pont's involvement with The Johnson Company and other companies set up by Tom Johnson. Included are minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings, lists of stockholders, and financial records for the Johnson Company. Also included are operating records of The Johnson Company and the Lorain Street Railway Company. These records include construction and maintenance reports, as well as documentation on rolling stock, labor relations, earnings, acquisition of real estate, and street lighting contracts. Records of the Manaos Railway Co. describe the problems that were involved in constructing a railway in northern Brazil during the early twentieth century.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516045 View

AmeriTrust Corporation. Ameritrust Corporation records, 1871-1991 1893-1991.

Title: Ameritrust Corporation records, 1871-1991 1893-1991.

Consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, codes of regulation, annual reports, minutes, histories, newspaper and magazine clippings, financial documents, directories, handbooks, correspondence, press releases, biographical sketches, signage, marketing material, speeches, in-house publications, scrapbooks, and original advertising art work. The collection includes records of banks and other institutions merged into and acquired by The Cleveland Trust Company. Operating records of The Cleveland Trust Company are included, as are records created by the Publicity Department of Cleveland Trust and in-house publications. Also included are records documenting Cleveland Trust's leadership in the fields of branch banking, publicity, and marketing. Documents pertaining to the construction of the Ninth Street Tower and parking garage are part of these records. Materials concerned with Frederick H. Goff's involvement with the Cleveland Foundation are included.

ArchivalResource: 173.7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41541763 View

Cleveland Art Association (1915- ). Records, 1932-1945.

Title: Records, 1932-1945.

Correspondence from the Cleveland Trust Company regarding scholarship funds and investments, correspondence between donor Newell C. Bolton and the association regarding endowed scholarships, and other financial records.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22569521 View

Fox and Wisconsin Improvement Company. Trade catalogs of banking and investments, 1892-1923.

Title: Trade catalogs of banking and investments, 1892-1923.

Chiefly periodical issues and newsletters dealing with business, stocks, stock prices, and investments. Includes the following issues of Investing for profit: v. 6, no. 1-2 (Oct.-Nov. 1909), v. 8, no. 1 (Dec. 1910) v. 10, no. 1-3, 5 (Dec. 1911-May 1912); and scattered issues of the Investor's pocket manual from 1912-1922.

ArchivalResource: 99 items (1 box) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122353748 View

Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1882-1960. Samuel Livingston Mather family papers, 1850-1960.

Title: Samuel Livingston Mather family papers, 1850-1960.

Consists of financial records, business records, records of farm operations, records of contracts with Yale University and Holden Arboretum, estate records, genealogical notes, and ledgers. The collection pertains primarily to the business activities of Samuel Livingston Mather and the operations of his farm in Geauga County. Also included are estate records of his father, Samuel Mather, and other relatives. Some of the material illuminates the early history of the iron ore industry in Cleveland, Ohio. Other business files reflect upon smaller, Geauga and Lake County enterprises, including the Mentro Harbor Yacht Club, the Mentor Harbor Company, the Mentor Marsh Company, and the Mentone Company. Also included are materials concerning Samuel Livingston Mather's philanthropic activities, particularly for Yale University and the Holden Arboretum.

ArchivalResource: 8.01 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43721157 View

A.N. Chandler & Co. Trade catalogs of banking and investments, 1886-1939.

Title: Trade catalogs of banking and investments, 1886-1939.

Brochures and pamphlets on bonds, stocks, investments, investment companies, saving, savings banks, banking by mail, and other aspects of finance.

ArchivalResource: 83 items (1 box) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122439888 View

Ford family papers, 1820-1993.

Title: Ford family papers, 1820-1993.

Consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks.

ArchivalResource: 36.91 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41527619 View