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The CLEVELAND COMPOSERS' GUILD, one of the oldest continuously operating composers' groups in the U.S., evolved from the activities of the Manuscript ...

SPANGENBERG, CRAIG (18 Feb. 1914-17 March 1998), nationally known as a premier trial lawyer, founded and served as the first president of the Internat...

The PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB OF CLEVELAND is an exclusive organization whose members convene biweekly for dinner and the reading and discussion of papers on...

The CUYAHOGA BUILDING was one of 3 office buildings in Cleveland (the others being the Society for Savings Bldg. and the WESTERN RESERVE BLDG.) design...

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The CLEVELAND ROLLING MILL STRIKES occurred during the summer of 1882 and 1885 and involved skilled workers who were largely of British origin, as wel...

The BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, founded as the Brotherhood of the Footboard by Michigan Central Railroad engineers in 1863, is the oldest lab...

"A History of Western Political Thought traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from ancient Greece through to the...

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for...

BUCK, REV. FLORENCE (19 July 1860 -12 Oct. 1925) served with MARION E.,

The STAGE DOOR CANTEEN provided American servicemen stationed or passing through Cleveland during WORLD WAR II with refreshment, entertainment, and hospitality...

The BREWSTER & STROUD FINE FURNITURE COMPANY in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was founded as a joint furniture and undertaking business in 1870 by A.J. Cole. In 1887,...

Karli Florisson is an author and historian based in Western Australia. Her book, East of 121: Five Minute Histories from Esperance, details the fascinating...

The CLEVELAND FOLK ARTS ASSN. was formed in 1950 by the 24 nationality groups that organized the first annual Cleveland Folk Arts Festival on 28 Jan. ...

HORVATH, IAN (ERNIE) (3 June 1943-5 Jan. 1990), a dancer and choreographer of national repute, was a co-founder of CLEVELAND BALLET. Born in LAKEWOOD,...

The CLEVELAND BIG DATA MEETUP was founded in 2010 by Doug Meil. Doug was the founding engineer at EXPLORYS in 2009. As Explorys heavily leveraged big ...

FOREST HILL PARK, located west of Lee Rd. and south of Euclid Ave. on Cleveland's east side, was originally part of the estate of JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ...

PUCKETT, NEWBELL NILES (8 July 1898-21 Feb. 1967), educator, sociologist, and folklorist, was born in Columbus, Miss., to Willis Newbell and Matilda (...

QUINCY SAVINGS & LOAN. See CLEVELAND COMMUNITY SAVINGS CO. ,

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EDUCATIONAL TRUST was founded in Cleveland in 1952 by the RELIANCE ELECTRIC CO.,

IRISH NATIONALISM IN CLEVELAND. Support for the cause of Irish nationhood has flourished in Cleveland, Ohio, for as long as IRISH immigrants have settled in...

CLEVELAND TWIST DRILL. See ACME-CLEVELAND. ,

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH was established by the Reverend Alexander Moore in January 1893 as Cleveland's second Baptist church for AFRICAN AMERICANS.,

WARRENSVILLE TWP. See HIGHLAND HILLS VILLAGE. ,

SOUTH BROADWAY is a southeast Cleveland neighborhood and Statistical Planning Area (SPA). An exceptionally irregular shape, it extends nearly to I-490 on the...

SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' RELIEF COMMISSION. See CUYAHOGA COUNTY SOLDIERS' RELIEF COMMISSION. ,

FOLSOM'S MERCANTILE COLLEGE was the first college founded in Cleveland. R. C. Bacon opened the college on W. 3rd St. in 1848, and Ezekiel G. Folsom, w...

The 84TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH, in May and June 1862, contained 2 companies from Cleveland during its 3...

The HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY in Cleveland began operation in 1936 as a WPA relief project for white-collar workers. The program operated through the ...

WHITE, ROLLIN HENRY (11 July 1872-10 Sept. 1962), a founder of WHITE MOTOR CORP. and Cleveland Tractor Co., was born in Cleveland to Almira Greenleaf ...

The CHESHIRE CHEESE CLUB OF CLEVELAND, 3443 Euclid Ave., an invitational club of men, meets weekly to hear guest speakers, review books, and discuss "...

NEGRO BUSINESS ALLIANCE. See CLEVELAND BUSINESS LEAGUE. ,

RAINEY, SHERLIE HEREFORD (3 Feb. 1939-7 Aug. 1992), mayor of WOODMERE (1985-89), was the first African-American woman to hold a mayoral position in Cu...

The CLEVELAND HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL (May 1856-1917), founded by Dr. Seth R. Beckwith, was the first privately owned hospital in Cleveland. Beckwith too...

THE STORY OF WID The roots of the Western Irrigation District began before Alberta was a province, with a far-fetched plan of substantial labour and risk that...

LANGUAGE BANK. See INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CENTER. ,

STEWART, N. COE (1838-28 Feb. 1921), conductor, composer, and instructor, as director of music in the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, was responsible for im...

POLITICS. For most of its history, Cleveland has been governed much like other American cities. A mayor elected at large and a council chosen by wards...

BUHRER, STEPHEN (25 Dec. 1825-8 Dec. 1907), Democratic mayor of Cleveland from 1867-71 and 4-term city councilman (1855-57, 1863-67, 1874-76), was bor...

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SANITATION. Progress in Cleveland sanitation followed the classical patterns of those cities in the U.S. that experienced rapid industrial and urban g...

CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Attitudes toward children and youth in Cleveland and the Western Reserve have varied over time, affected by local factors and nati...

CROGHAN, GEORGE (1720-31 Aug. 1782) was a frontiersman, trader, and Indian agent who was born in Ireland and came to Pennsylvania in 1741. He served a...

The COLLEGE CLUB OF CLEVELAND, located at 2348 Overlook Road in CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, was founded in 1898 as a social, civic, educational, and philanthro...

The SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET was an early Cleveland chamber music group, part of a growing late-19th-century interest in forms other than choral music....

The ELISABETH SEVERANCE PRENTISS FOUNDATION was founded in Jan. 1939 in Cleveland by ELISABETH SEVERANCE ALLEN PRENTISS, Luther L. Miller, and Kate W....

The EXAMINER was a weekly Republican tabloid devoted to the principle of a protective tariff. Begun around 1885, it was taken over in 1892 by Thomas J...

The CLEVELAND SUNDAY TIMES served as the name for 3 different publications in the 1870s. First came the Cleveland Sunday Times of 17 Sept. 1871, the f...

HARVEY, KATE BENEDICT HANNA (26 Dec. 1871-15 May 1936), a philanthropist and member of one of Cleveland's most distinguished families, took a special interest...

TERMINAL TOWER. See CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL and TOWER CITY CENTER. ,

Stampede Tack & Western Wear is Canada's Finest Saddlery. We have been in business serving the West and the World since 1966 and have not only become a...

OHIO SAVINGS BANK (inc. 1889), is one of Cleveland's oldest savings and loans. In its first 9 years of existence, Ohio Savings operated as the Ohio Sa...

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. See CONGREGATIONALISTS. ,

The CLEVELAND WOMAN'S CLUB provided Cleveland women with a place to hold meetings, entertain guests, and attend lectures and musical entertainments fo...

CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM, constructed on reclaimed land on the city's lakefront, was completed in 1931; at that time it boasted the largest individ...

HOTELS. For nearly 200 years, the inns and hotels of Cleveland, from the oldest roadside taverns to early mercantile hotels, and from the modern conve...

BLEE, ROBERT E. (31 Jan. 1839-26 Feb. 1898), a railroad superintendent, was mayor of Cleveland from 1893-95. Born in Glenville, Ohio, to Bridget and H...

CORLETT, SELENE (13 Oct. 1864-8 Feb.1943) was a milliner and dressmaker who organized a training school which prepared 260 women to work in hospitals,...

MARSHALL, JOHN D. (14 Mar. 1885-17 May 1961), city councilman for 12 years and, as president of council, mayor of Cleveland under the CITY MANAGER PLA...

The WESTERN RESERVE CHILD WELFARE COUNCIL (1911-17) represented the first organizational effort to regulate services for CHILDREN AND YOUTH in Clevela...

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS ASSN. acts as a clearing house for discussion, study, and action on issues of municipal governance affect...

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY BAR ASSN. (CCBA) was organized in 1927 as the Cleveland Law Assn. The association was founded by 64 former members of the CLEVELAN...

GWINN is a private lakeside residence located at 12407 Lake Shore Blvd. in BRATENAHL. Industrialist, WILLIAM GWINN MATHER consulted with architect Charles A.,

CAIN, FRANK C. (6 May 1877-7 Nov. 1967) placed his stamp upon the suburb of CLEVELAND HTS. during a record 32-year tenure as mayor. Born in Springfiel...

This is a history of the small "gyppo" sawmill (defined as producing less than 50,000 board feet of lumber per day) in the Douglas fir region. It relies on...

The GARFIELD MONUMENT, located on a sloping hill near Mayfield Rd. in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY, was built as a tomb and memorial to Pres. JAMES A. GARFIELD....

WHITTLESEY, ELISHA (19 Oct. 1783-7 Jan. 1863), lawyer and politician, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., son of John and Mary Beale Whittlesey.,

MCGREGOR HOME. See A.M. MCGREGOR HOME. ,

FLEMING, LETHIA COUSINS (7 Nov. 1876-22 Sept. 1963) directed national campaign efforts among African American WOMEN for three Republican presidential ...

BURKE, STEVENSON (26 Nov. 1826-24 Apr. 1904), noted jurist and expert railroad litigator, was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, son of David and ...

The COLONIAL THEATER opened on 16 Mar. 1903. It was located at Superior Ave. near E. 9th St. (until 1905 known as Erie St.) Built by the McMillans of ...

ARCHITECTURE. Cleveland's innovations in certain areas of architectural planning have displayed a progressiveness and vision matched by few other citi...

SHAKER SQUARE is an early suburban shopping center in Cleveland built in 1927-29 in conjunction with the development of neighboring SHAKER HTS. Origin...

MADONNA HALL, a non-sectarian home for the elderly, opened in 1926 as a Catholic-sponsored boarding house for working girls and women. Madonna Hall op...

HIGHWAYS. Roads in Cleveland and other cities have served 2 main purposes. First, roads were built for commerce, including traffic movement and econom...

Jan 12, 2023 - Ludwig Finscher (*1930 – †2020) is one of the most important musicologists in the world and an outstanding expert on the history of western music....

JOYCE, TERRY (February 12, 1929 - October 28, 2009) was a prominent Cleveland labor leader and Irish community leader who was a driving force behind t...

THWING, CHARLES FRANKLIN (9 Nov. 1853-29 Aug. 1937), author, educator, and clergyman, was born in New Sharon, Maine, to Joseph Perkins and Hanna Morse...

Learn more about Music History (BMus) 48 months Undergraduate Program By Western University including the program fees, scholarships, scores and further course...

ASHMUN, GEORGE COATES (31 Jan. 1841-25 June 1929) became a distinguished medical professor and civic official while remaining one of Cleveland's most ...

THE PIMLICO HISTORY significantly broadens the scope of Western philosophy to reveal the influence of Middle Eastern and Asian thought, the vital contributions...

HAUSERMAN, INC. See SUNAR-HAUSERMAN, INC. ,

The CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT STATE PARK, with administrative headquarters at 8701 Lake Shore Blvd. in GORDON PARK, was established in 1978 by the Ohio Dept...

The History of the Department of Modern Languages at WKU

FARMER, MERIBAH BUTLER (14 July 1805-4 April 1898) was a Quaker minister and philanthropist who, together with her husband, JAMES FARMER, helped found...

PALESTINIANS. See ARAB-AMERICANS. ,

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WRESTLING. See BOXING AND WRESTLING. ,