Papers, 1880-1913 / Ohio Columbus Barber.

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Papers, 1880-1913 / Ohio Columbus Barber.

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Correspondence, statements, stock certificates, mortgage bonds, railroad passes, automobile registrations, proposed constitution and bylaws for the National Match Company; newspaper clippings of Barber's family; single letters from George B. Cortelyou, Marcus A. Hanna, and Booker T. Washington; and statement (1907-08) of the Diamond Match Company.

0.2 linear ft. (103 items)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6970367

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Barber, Ohio Columbus, 1841-1920

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Business executive of Akron, Ohio. He co-founded the Barber Match Company, which was succeeded by the Diamond Match Company. From the description of Papers, 1880-1913 / Ohio Columbus Barber. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19795582 ...

Diamond Match Company

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National Match Company.

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Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904

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Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born on September 24, 1837, in New Lisbon (in 1895 renamed Lisbon), Ohio, to Dr. Leonard and Samantha Hanna. Leonard's father, Benjamin Hanna, a Quaker of Scotch-Irish descent, was a wealthy store owner in New Lisbon. Dr. Hanna practiced in Columbiana County, where New Lisbon was located, until he suffered a spinal injury while riding. After the accident, he joined the family business, B., L., and T. Hanna, by now a major grocery and goods brokering firm. Samantha, née Co...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Cortelyou, George Bruce, 1862-1940

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Cortelyou was born in New York City to Rose (née Seary) and Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. He was part of an old New Netherland family whose immigrant ancestor, Jacques Cortelyou, arrived in 1652. He was educated at public schools in Brooklyn, the Nazareth Hall Military Academy in Pennsylvania, and the Hempstead Institute on Long Island. At 20, Cortelyou received a BA degree from Westfield Normal School, now Westfield State University, a teacher's college in Westfield, Massachusetts. He graduat...

Barber family.

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