16th President of the United States. Original Lincoln Union Presidential Ticket dated November 8, 1864. A Morgan County, Ohio, Union Presidential Ticket for the 1864 election listing Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President together with state electors and local candidates, 3 "x 7". Patriotic motif depicts.....
Unidentified photographers, two photographs of African American adult education settings, circa 1940s, documenting literacy training and continuing education among Black adults in both Southern and Northern urban contexts. The material provides primary visual evidence of adult education initiatives addressing limited formal schooling opportunities, supporting research into African American educational access.....
IBPOEW travel photographs of Cleveland, Ohio African American Elks members and women auxiliaries en route to Denver and Detroit, circa 1910s, documenting Black fraternal community and the public demonstrations of lodge life well before the Civil Rights Act. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World was.....
[African American] [Mug Shots] [Prison] Photo archive of 4 African American Men mug shots. Three date from the 1940s, all from the Cleveland, Ohio Police Department, and one from the 1960s from the Detroit Police Department. 4 Silver gelatin photographs. All 3 from Cleveland measure 2.75" x 4.5." The one.....
Akron Transportation Company streetcar photographs recording the operation of Akron’s electric urban transit system in the period when Ohio cities were moving from street railways toward buses and trolley coaches. The boards are captioned “A.T.C., Akron, Ohio,” identifying the cars with the company that assumed management of Akron transit around.....
Christy, David (1802–1868). Signed receipts (1832). These documents originate from the early career of David Christy, an Ohio journalist who later became known for his contributions to pro-slavery political writing and colonization advocacy in the United States. Dated 1832, the receipts predate his publication of Cotton Is King and related.....
Wright, Orville. Archive of aeronautical speed record trials, 1923, a documentary record of early aviation competition and the formalization of international standards for measuring and certifying flight performance. Centered on trials conducted at McCook Field and Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, the material documents world record attempts over one.....
Unknown photographer, Wright hydroaeroplane and early biplane models photo archive, circa 1912 to 1913, documents early American seaplane experimentation during the period when the Wright Company adapted its pusher aircraft technology for water takeoff, alighting, and military use. The photographs capture a hydroaeroplane on or near water, a dramatic water-impact.....
African American family photo album documenting Black education, childhood, and family life, likely Cleveland, Ohio, from 1930 through the early 1940s. During the 1930s, Cleveland’s Black population grew with families who had come north through the Great Migration, seeking industrial work, schools, churches, and opportunities unavailable or highly restricted in.....
[African American] [Mug Shots] [Women] Photo archive of 4 African American Women mug shots. Two date from the 1960s in Miami and two date from the 1940s in Cleveland. 4 Silver gelatin photographs. The two from the 1960s measure 4" x 5." while the two from the 1940s measure 2.75".....
Bowling Green HS Memory album with photographs, newspaper clippings, and rare mementos from a high school girl in 1930 in Ohio. 23 original gelatin print photos, approximately 4.5 x 2.75 in. Signatures and handwritten inscriptions from over 100 classmates, teachers, and friends. “The Girl Graduate Her Own Book,” Designed and.....
Cleveland Female Seminary Catalog , 1856-1857 Cleveland, OH. Founded by Rev. Eli N. Sawtell. Sawtell, the seminary opened on 3 May 1854 (an earlier enterprise by the same name had been established in April 1837). Located in a new $50,000 building, the school commanded a hefty $300 annual tuition. The.....
Cleveland Female Seminary Catalog: 1866-1867. Cleveland, OH founded by Rev. Eli N. Sawtell, the seminary opened on 3 May 1854 (an earlier enterprise by the same name had been established in Apr.1837). Located in a new $50,000 building, the school commanded a hefty $300 annual tuition. The seminary had 2.....
Issue of Women Speak Out! 1970. Women’s Liberation Newspaper local to Clevaland, Ohio Feminists. Measures 8.5 x 14 inches. 6 pages. Title in blue print with illustration of encircled dove. Paper highlights the efforts of a small group of women part of a network of similar communities within the broader.....
[Women in Medicine] [Women's Employment] Photo archive documenting women’s participation in medicine, nursing, surgery, laboratory science, and public health from approximately 1900 through 1946, providing primary-source evidence of women working within institutional medicine during the decades in which their access to formal medical training and professional authority remained limited and.....
East Ohio Gas explosion photographs recording the October 20, 1944 liquefied natural gas disaster in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the deadliest industrial catastrophes in city history. The unidentified photographer assembled photos of collapsed gas tanks, burned automobiles, leveled brick buildings, ash fields, and rescue activity after the blast and fire.....
Erie Railroad accident recovery photo archive depicting a freight train derailment at Newburg Yard on August 10, 1959, most likely in the Cleveland, Ohio, Newburg or Newburgh industrial district. Newburg was an old industrial section of southeast Cleveland tied to railroads, steel works, and freight switching, with the former Atlantic.....
Archive of 7 letters totaling 18 pages spanning the years 1845-1900. The letters detail the administration of women's seminaries during a time when these institutes were being created to offer educational opportunities for female students as they prepared to become teachers. One admissions letter addressed to the father of two.....
Ford Lima Engine Plant photo archive documenting one Ford's Ohio engine factory from steel-frame construction through twenty years of production and UAW strike activity. Ford opened the Lima plant in 1957 on farmland north of Lima, Ohio, producing six-cylinder engines for its postwar lineup and reaching its five millionth six-cylinder.....
Bert Cooper fraternal archive documents participation in the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World between 1952 and 1982, establishing a continuous record of Black civic leadership, social organization, and institutional life within a segregated and post-segregation United States. Materials tied to Cooper’s role within the P.G.E.R......
Motorcycle racing and touring culture in the United States documented in photographs created during the 1930s, centered around riders and events connected to Cleveland, Ohio. The images record dirt track and hill climb motorcycle competitions along with long distance road travel undertaken by riders during a formative period in American.....
Ball, James Presley. Carte de visite portraits, circa 1854–1870, document the studio practice of one of the most prominent African American photographers of the nineteenth century and situate portrait photography within both commercial and abolitionist contexts in mid-century Cincinnati. Ball, an established daguerreotypist and later photographic entrepreneur, operated multiple studios.....
35th president of the United States. Original press release issued by the Office of the White House Press Secretary. One page, 8.5" x 11." Dated August 23, 1961. This press release is an announcement of JFK's intention to appoint Merle M. McCurdy as United States Attorney for the Northern District.....
Sherman, John. Speech by Hon. John Sherman of Ohio on Emancipation as a Compensation for Military Service Rendered by Slaves, 1864, advances a legislative argument linking Black military service in the Union Army to claims for freedom during the Civil War. Delivered in the United States Senate on February 2.....
Unidentified compiler, photograph album, 1916 to 1917, documenting women’s education and teacher training at Kent State Normal College during a period of expanding access to professional instruction for women in the United States. The album provides primary visual and material evidence of student life within a Normal School environment, including.....
