Kermit J. Pike, A Guide to the Manuscripts and Archives of The Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland, 1972).
Resources (13)
American Zionist Federation of Cleveland Records (1969-1980)
3.30 linear feet (4 containers). This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1960s and 1970s, particularly the role of Zionism in the community. The records provide a clear history of the Cleveland Federation's genesis, evolution, and ultimate dissolution. The files address subjects such as Zionism, anti-Semitism, Soviet Jewry, and the United Nations. Much of the material relates to the national office in New York and illustrates the relationship between it and the local chapter. The subject and program files give a complete picture of the Federation's activities and portrays, generally, Zionist activities in Cleveland in the 1970s. The records also show the relationship between the local constituent agencies and the Cleveland Federation. Finding aid available: http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3929.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;brand=default
Austin Company Records (1866-2000, bulk 1930-1990)
159.26 linear feet (169 containers, 15 oversize volumes, and 28 oversize folders). The Austin Company, a carpentry and contracting business, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878 by Samuel Austin. Austin became known for his quality work, and by 1904 incorporated his business as the Samuel Austin & Son Company. The Austin Company grew rapidly during World War I and was able to stay solvent following the stock market crash of 1929, mostly due to the firm's major contract to build the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky, Russia. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, blueprints, books, brochures, certificates, charts, contracts, correspondence, film reels, financial statements, indexes, journal articles, leases, ledgers, legal documents, magazine articles, manuals, maps, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photograph captions, photographs, presentations, press releases, proposals, reports, resolutions, sales literature, sales letters, scrapbooks, slides, speech texts, and videotapes. Finding aid available: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OCLWHi0081
Cyrus S. Eaton Papers (1901-1978)
422.50 linear feet (424 containers and 4 oversize folders). Cyrus Stephen Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better U.S.-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, annual reports, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, notes, office memoranda, speeches, writings, appointment diaries and calendars, scrapbooks, documents, publications, cartoons, honorary degrees, certificates, maps, and surveys, relating to Eaton's business, political, and personal affairs. Finding aid available: http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3913.xml;query=;brand=default
Leon Trotskii (1879-1940)
Revolutionary. Photocopy of a TLS, 22 July 1921, possibly to the editor of the New York Times, concerning establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Soviet Union.
Maria D. Coffinberry (1879-1952)
Family papers, 1767–1930, 3 containers. Includes a copy of an ALS, 20 August 1786, from George Washington to Col. George Morgan concerning the Marquis de La Fayette, who was seeking information on American Indian languages for Catherine II of Russia. Unpublished register.
Max Sandin Papers (1918-1967)
0.60 linear feet (2 containers). Max Sandin was a Russian-Jewish conscientious objector who emigrated to the United States in 1910. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became active in several anti-war organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, clippings, reprints, annotated calendars, publications, and an autobiography, entitled "I Was Sentenced to Be Shot," which details Sandin's life and anti-war activities. The records are in English and Yiddish. Finding aid available: http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3542.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;brand=default
Mrs. T. Ellis Minshall
Collection, 1724–1867 and n.d., 4 items. 3 Russian documents: 1 signed by Peter the Great, 28 December 1724; the second signed by Catherine II, 31 December 1793; the third signed by Alexander II, 4 November 1867, ennobling Peter Moritz, son of Alexis Moritz, who entered Russian service in 1840 and rose to become secretary and treasurer for Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna. Also, a writing album of Alexander II, undated.
Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929)
Papers, ca. 1827–1935, 17 boxes. Financier, industrialist, Ohio governor, and diplomat. Correspondence from the 1920s, when he was ambassador in France, refers to Russia, the Bolshevik government, and the American Food Relief Project. Unpublished register (NUCMC 62–4689).
Newton D. Baker Papers (1891-1937)
1.00 linear feet (3 containers). Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) was a Cleveland, Ohio, city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916), and United States Secretary of War (1916-1921). The collection consists of letters and typescript copies of letters from Newton D. Baker to his relatives and political associates, including 211 letters to his wife Elizabeth Baker (1902-1937), 44 letters to his brother, Frank Baker, and sister-in-law, Harriet Baker (1915-1936), three bound volumes of typescript copies of letters to his children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Newton III (1918-1937), and 32 letters from notable political figures. Finding aid available: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OCLWHi2089
Philander H. Standish (1835-1918)
Papers, 1861–1948, 5 containers. Mechanical engineer and inventor. Includes letters of patent Russia issued to him for, among other things, his invention of a chain-making machine, a sewing machine treadle mechanism, and a steam cultivator. A patent grant of 19 August 1869 is for improvements in the chain-making machine. Unpublished register.
Selma Weiss (d. 1974).
Papers, 1926–46, 1 box. Social worker in the Red Cross, World War II. Ca. 18 letters, notes, and many photos relate to her visit to the USSR in 1936. They concern Leningrad, the Central Park of Culture, the Prophylactorium for Prostitutes in the USSR, Soviet social insurance, trade unions, communes, collective farms, and marriage and abortion laws. Finding aid available: http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3655.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;brand=default;query=selma%20h.%20weiss
Shaker Collection
Ca. 1723–1939, ca. 122 ft. Contains copies of 4 letters, 1889–91, from Leo Tolstoi [Tolstoy] to Alonzo G. Hollister of Mt. Lebanon, New York, in which Tolstoi discusses Shaker beliefs. Also, copies of 8 letters written by Hollister to Tolstoi [Tolstoy] in 1889–92 (originals in the Tolstoi [Tolstoy] State Museum, Moscow). A Guide to Shaker Manuscripts, ed. by Kermit Pike (Cleveland, 1974). (NUCMC 75–1717)
William Haven (1888-1973)
Papers, 1916–72, 3 containers. Cleveland engineer and businessman. In 1930 he supervised the planning of the Magnitogorsk steel plant, largest in the USSR. In 1931 Haven traveled to the Soviet Union and remained there for a year. Autobiography, data about plant construction, clippings, and pamphlets. Unpublished register.
