The forward to the second edition of “My Story” Tom Johnson’s autobiography
Chapter about Frederic Howe and the Democratic Public
Chapter about Frederic Howe in “Creating a Democratic Public: the struggle for urban participatory democracy” by Kevin Mattson
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Here Comes the Mather! from “The Cuyahoga” by William Donohue Ellis
Chapter about Samuel Mather from The Cuyahoga a book written by William Donohue Ellis
Courtesy of Cleveland State University Special Collections
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Bohn’s Palisades from “The Cuyahoga” by William Donohue Ellis
Chapter about Ernest Bohn from The Cuyahoga a book written by William Donohue Ellis
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Survival-Man and Boy from “The Cuyahoga” by William Donohue Ellis
Chapter about Lorenzo Carter the first permanent white settler of Cleveland Ohio from The Cuyahoga a book written by William Donohue Ellis
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Kelley’s Canal from “The Cuyahoga” by William Donohue Ellis
Chapter about Alfred Kelley known as the father of the Ohio canal system from The Cuyahoga a book written by William Donohue Ellis
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Debate Between Carl Stokes and Seth Taft Cleveland City Club Nov 4, 1967 (Audio)
A Classic Debate Between Cleveland mayoral candidates Carl Stokes and Seth Taft Cleveland City Club Nov 4, 1967 (Audio)
Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House edited by James Taranto, Leonard Leo
Interesting chapter on James A. Garfield’s brief presidency. Chapter written by Allan Peskin, Professor, Emeritus Nineteenth Century American History, Cleveland State University
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Notable Blacks of Cleveland from Cleveland Memory
Notable Blacks of Cleveland contains approximately 2000 images of 500 individuals selected from the photographs in the Cleveland Press Collection. This collection was donated to the Cleveland State University Library when that newspaper ceased publication in 1982. The photographs in the collection generally date from the 1920’s on, with most of them from 1960 to 1982. The collection is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the individuals. Links have been provided to biographies that are available in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
From Cleveland State University Special Collections
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Eliot Ness in Cleveland from Cleveland Memory
An assortment of articles and images from Cleveland State University Special Collections