Joseph Doherty Papers 1921-1944

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Joseph Doherty Papers 1921-1944

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Joseph Doherty (1889-1965) was a public relations officer for Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, developers of the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights, and Cleveland's Terminal Tower and Union Terminal complex. The Van Sweringen brothers established a railroad empire in the 1920s which collapsed during the Depression. Doherty wrote a history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad entitled, Smooth is the road. The collection consists of correspondence, press releases, official statements of the Van Sweringens, promotional materials for the Van Sweringen projects, including Shaker Village, Ohio, magazine articles about the Van Sweringens, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript by Doherty concerning the Van Sweringen brothers. The collection contains information relative to the Chesapeake and Ohio, Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette railroads.

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Doherty, Joseph

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Joseph Doherty (1889-1965) was a public relations officer for O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, the real estate and railroad barons who built Shaker Heights, Ohio, and the Cleveland Union Terminal. Doherty began his career with the Philadelphia Press in 1909. He later worked for the Philadelphia Evening Times and the New York Telegraph, as well working in public relations for the Red Cross, before the Van Sweringen brothers hired him in 1922. He wrote a history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, ...