H. Edward and Thelma Frazier Winter papers, 1908-1976.

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H. Edward and Thelma Frazier Winter papers, 1908-1976.

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Biographical information, writings, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. The collection pertains to the Winters' art work during the period 1932-76, and the presence of the various writings makes it useful for understanding new methods and techniques of enamel and ceramic art introduced by them. The correspondence is useful for understanding the day-to-day activities of the operation of an arts and crafts business, as well as the personal relationship of the Winters during World War II and the lives of soldiers who remained on the home front. Also included is some material on the Moravian Church in Ohio, the Moravian Music Foundation, Eliot Ness and his alleged wife, Elizabeth Katherine Ness, a Peter family genealogy and Ferro Corporation correspondence, brochures and clippings.

6.21 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7092351

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Ness, Eliot

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Peters family.

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Ferro Enamel Corporation

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Moravian Church

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The Moravians came to the United States in 1735 primarily to preach the gospel to the Indians. Although the Moravians had contacts with many Indian tribes, they did most of their work among the Delawares. They followed this tribe westward from Pennsylvania to Ohio, to Canada, to Indiana,and finally to Kansas. They also worked among the Mahicans in New York and Connecticut, and among the Cherokees in Georgia and Oklahoma. The work lasted until 1900, for a total of over 150 years. From...

Winter, Edward G. A. (Edward George Adlington), 1853-1933

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The Winters were very successful and popular artists in Cleveland, Ohio during the period 1932-76. Edward, whose legal name was H. Edward, was primarily an enamelist, and his wife Thelma was a ceramic sculptor. Edward studied in Vienna, Austria, and introduced many simple sifting techniques he learned there to the U.S. He was the first to use enameling to make large bowls and plates of enamel on copper, and murals on copper and steel. He was associated with the Ferro Corporation in Cleveland for...

Moravian Music Foundation

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Ferro Corporation.

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Winter, Thelma Frazier, 1903-1977

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Cleveland School of Art

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Ness, Elizabeth Katherine.

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