Brief video of Samuel “Golden Rule” Jones, mayor of Toledo from 1897-1904
Category: Video
African-Americans in Cleveland Documentary
Cleveland Economic History Documentary
Cleveland Economic History -The First 200 Years
Documentary produced in 1996 about Cleveland’s economic history
James A Garfield Documentary
John D. Rockefeller Documentaries
Documentary #1
The History of Oil
Decent overview of the History of Oil which offers context for the world of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company. Parts 1, 2 and 3 covers and pre Standard Oil period, the creation of Standard Oil and the period of greatest dominance. Parts 4 and 5 involve more recent periods, after the break up of the Standard Oil Trust
Flora Stone Mather Documentaries
1. Documentary about Flora Stone Mather written and produced by Gladys Haddad for Case Western Reserve University, College of Arts and Sciences.
2. Speech given by Gladys Haddad in 2007 author of “Flora Stone Mather: Daughter of Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue and Ohio’s Western Reserve”
Howard Metzenbaum Courthouse Documentary
Documentary about Howard M. Metzenbaum US Courthouse, one of the cornerstones of “The Group Plan”
Includes a nice history of the origins of “The Group Plan”
From the video: “Opened 1910, this historical building housed the U.S. Post Office, District Court, and Circuit Court. The building was originally known as the Old Federal Building and Post Office.”
1948 Cleveland Indians Documentaries
- Bill Veeck Documentary
Exerpt from “Veeck – A Man for Any Season” produced in 1985
2. Satchel Paige – a Short Video
Promotional video for “Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend” a book by Larry Tye
A short overview of Satchel Paige, one of the heroes of the 1948 Cleveland Indians
3. Alone in the Shadows: The Triumph of Larry Doby
A National History Day documentary by Gabe Pincus, Jacob Hutt, and Adam Ratner about the struggles Larry Doby overcame as the second African-American Major League Baseball player. Placed 1st in Ohio and 14th at Nationals.
Rock and Roll Cleveland Documentaries
“A History of Roman Catholicism in Cleveland, Ohio”, a Lecture by Dr. John J. Grabowski (Video)
“A History of Roman Catholicism in Cleveland, Ohio”, a Lecture by Dr. John J. Grabowski (Video)
“Diverse But Catholic-Immigration and Roman Catholicism in Cleveland”
A lecture by Dr. John J. Grabowski,
Thursday October 30, 2014 at 7:30pm at John Carroll University
Dr. John Grabowski takes us through the creation of Roman Catholic Cleveland during the tumultuous 19th Century as the various ethnic communities of Northeast Ohio were created. It’s the foundation upon which today’s Cleveland was built. A must see for anyone who wants to understand 20th Century Cleveland.
Dr. John J. Grabowski is the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor in Applied History at Case Western Reserve University
Cosponsored by John Carroll Institute of Catholic Studies and Teaching Cleveland Digital