Raymond F. Blosser research notes, 1940-1946 [microform].

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Raymond F. Blosser research notes, 1940-1946 [microform].

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes made during interviews concerning Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen. The research formed the basis of Blosser's unpublished biography of the Van Sweringens.

1 roll of microfilm.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936

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Blosser, Raymond F., 1913-

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Staff writer/editor and, eventually, bureau chief for the Associated Press in Cleveland, Ohio from 1935-43. In his spare time beginning in 1938, Blosser conducted interviews and extensive research for a biography of Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, developers of the exclusive suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio and builders of Cleveland's Union Terminal, who amassed huge holdings in railroads during the 1920s. Blosser finished his manuscript in 1946, but it remained unpublished. Blosser was publi...

Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935

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