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- The Mather family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family related to the early New England Mather family and descended through Samuel Livingston Mather (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland from Connecticut in 1843. Family members were prominent in all areas of Cleveland's development, including business and industry, education, philanthropy, the arts, medicine, literature, and politics. Many became nationally and internationally noted in their fields. The Mather family is related by marriage to the Bishop, Stone, Woolson, Benedict and Hay families. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel Livingston Mather, his family, friends, descendants, and related families, including Amasa Stone, John Hay, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and Dr. Robert H Bishop. Also included are views of Mather residences on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, and in Bratenahl, Ohio. Views of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company are included.
- Mt. Zion Congregational Church was founded on September 11, 1864, when nineteen men and women formally gathered in Plymouth Church on Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The predominantly African American congregation has moved many times throughout its history, including locations downtown, in the Central and Fairfax neighborhoods, and its current location (2014) in University Circle. Mt. Zion's congregation played a significant role in the settlement of freed slaves in Cleveland after the Civil War, the founding of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), and the founding of Eliza Bryant Village. The collection consists of approximately 300 black and white and color photographs depicting church activities.
- The Nickel Plate Railroad was founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. The collection consists of two photograph albums and loose photographs pertaining to the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, including pictures of railroad bridges, locomotives, trains, track, depots, towns, wrecks, railroad officials, and work scenes. Also included are photographs of advertisements for railroads.
- Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families , including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. The collection consists of 4 albums and 9 loose photographs belonging to the Norton family of Cleveland, Ohio. Watterson and Harper family members are also included in the collection. Nine loose photographs of a trip to London, 1894, including two group portraits of John A. Norton, Harry Burnett, and Charlie Burnett are included. Each album contains copies of content inventories.
- The Otis-Sanders Mansion was located at 3133 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. It was built by Charles Augustus Otis, Sr., with construction beginning in 1868. The mansion was occupied continuously by the Otis and Sanders families until the death of Mr. Otis' daughter, Annie Otis Sanders, in 1933. At one time, the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute was located at the mansion. Like most of the homes on "Millionaires' Row," the Otis-Sanders Mansion was torn down. The collection consists of one photograph album containing interior and exterior views of the Otis-Sanders Mansion on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Most of the photographs were taken in 1933, after the death of Annie Otis Sanders.
- Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of unmounted photographs relating to Paul W. Walter's work as campaign manager for U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft. Includes individual portraits of Robert A. Taft campaign staff members and group portraits with either Robert Taft or Paul Walter posed with campaign workers or officials. Includes photographs relating to the Taft presidential campaigns of 1948 and 1952.
- Saint Luke's Hospital began operations as Cleveland General Hospital in 1894 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Its facilities were moved to Carnegie Avenue in 1908, and to its present site on Shaker Boulevard in 1927. After a brief merger with MetroHealth Medical Center in the early 1990s, it was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its Ohio partner, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1997. The non-profit proceeds of the sale were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The hospital is currently owned by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Health System and the University Hospitals Health System. The collection consists of approximately 33,000 images, including prints, glass lantern slides, offset prints, photo-lithography, negatives, postcards, and 35 mm transparency slides.
- Samuel A. Cooley, a resident of Beaufort, South Carolina, was an entrepreneur, photographer, and merchant. The collection consists of views taken by Samuel A. Cooley in the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina, and in Jacksonville, Florida, during the American Civil War. The photographs depict daily life in the region during Federal occupation of the Sea Islands and the commercial blockade and siege of Charleston and Savannah. Cooley worked with stereographic cameras, but the negatives were later separated and processed as individual prints. Included are views of institutions, churches, residences, landscapes, hospitals, and military personnel and equipment.
- Members of the Severance family were prominent bankers and industrialists in Cleveland, Ohio. The Severance family was also known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland ophthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Severance family members; allied families including the Allen, Hadden, Long, Millikin, Nash, Prentiss, Robbins, and Tryon families; and unrelated individuals, including Jacob D. Cox, Charles Gleason, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Also included are views of various family residences and trips.