Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional papers, 1928-1995, 1974-1994.

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Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional papers, 1928-1995, 1974-1994.

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Consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. This collection is of value to researchers studying the life and work of Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum. Some issues that he focused on in the Senate were consumer rights, food safety and labeling, workers' rights, and gun control. The collection is also valuable to those researching the American political process with a focus on the legislative branch. Several issues relevant to politics in the United States currently, such as energy policy, economic crisis, abortion, and health care, can be researched through this collection as well as prominent events in American history like Watergate. In addition to researchers studying the Senator's life and work, the Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers are also of value to researchers who wish to study a variety of topics related to Northeast Ohio, in particular the decline of the steel and automobile manufacturing industries in the Cuyahoga River Valley and the Mahoning River Valley. There is significant material regarding Ohio politics and notable Ohio politicians of the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, including Richard Celeste, John Glenn, Dennis Kucinich, and George Voinovich. In addition to a large number of newspaper clippings, this material includes correspondence between Howard Metzenbaum and various Ohio politicians, correspondence between Howard Metzenbaum and his staff regarding Ohio politics and politicians, and related documents. Researchers looking for information on Dennis Kucinich's mayoral term, refusal to sell Cleveland Municipal Light, and subsequent recall election will find a number of useful newspaper clippings and related documents. Researchers looking for information on issues affecting the greater Cleveland region, such as urban redevelopment efforts, including Tower City and urban development action grants (UDAGs), and the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will find a significant amount of material in Dick Woodruff's files, in the Legislative Assistant Files subseries. In the Constituent Services subseries, researchers will find documents related to Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union who emigrated, with the assistance of Senator Metzenbaum, to Northeast Ohio. There are also documents describing various infrastructure projects, social programs, and public works in the state of Ohio (including the development of Whiskey Island and the Ohio and Erie Canal into public parks), as well as environmental issues regarding Lake Erie. Most of these documents fall in the Legislative Assistant Files and in the Ohio Community Files subseries of Series I (Appointed Term).

539 containers, 3 oversize folders, 103 oversize volumes (460.3 linear feet)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Metzenbaum, Howard M. (Howard Morton), 1917-2008

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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917 – March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio from January to December 1974 and from December 1976 to January 1995. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he attended Glenville High School there before earning B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Ohio State University. Adter earning his law degree, Metzenbaum found his Jewish faith prevented potential law firms from hiring him. Facing bitte...

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Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946-....

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Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1977 to 1979. From the description of [Oral interview] / Dennis J. Kucinich ; interview conducted by R. Gary Hasek, 1989. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 21204392 ...

Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

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Taft, Robert, 1917-1993

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Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative and senator from Ohio; grandson of President William Howard Taft and son of U.S. senator Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953); full name: Robert Alphonso Taft, Jr.; d. 1993. From the description of Papers, 1897-1993 (bulk 1963-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34576613 Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative and senator from Ohio. Grandson of President William Howard Taft and son of U.S. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft...

Voinovich, George V., 1936-

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George Victor Voinovich was born in 1936 and grew up on Cleveland's east side. He attended Ohio University for his undergraduate studies and received his law degree from Ohio State University in 1961. Following his marriage to Janet Allan in 1962, he established a law practice in his Collinwood neighborhood. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1966, became Cuyahoga County Auditor in 1971, and was elected a Cuyahoga County commissioner in 1976. He also served one term as Lieute...

Celeste, Richard F., 1937-

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Richard F. "Dick" Celeste (b. Nov. 11, 1937, Cleveland, OH) was governor of Ohio, diplomat, and politician. He graduated from Yale University (1959) and received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Exeter College, Oxford University. After, he served as staff liaison in Peace Corps as assistant to Chester Bowles. He was elected to Ohio House of Representatives (1970) and later Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1974). Celeste was appointed director of Peace Corps by Pres. Jimmy Carter (1979-1981). Later, ...