James A. Garfield aggregation

1 The Western Reserve’s Self-Made President By Grant Segall

2 President James A. Garfield: Civil rights activist ahead of his time (with video)

3 James A Garfield Essay from the Miller Center University of Virginia

4 For the briefest time, President Garfield was an inspiration (Washington Post 2/17/13)

5 James A. Garfield: Lifting the Mask

6 The James A Garfield Monument

7 James Garfield Monument from Cleveland Historical

8 James A. Garfield Bio

9 Life Portrait of James Garfield (Video) CSPAN

10 Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House edited by James Taranto, Leonard Leo

11. Presidents and health: How James A. Garfield’s death changed American medicine Cleveland.com 9.14.16

 

John Glenn, Ohio Senator, US Astronaut and War Hero

Material on the life and career of Senator John Glenn from Cleveland.com

American hero John Glenn, astronaut and Ohio senator, dies
John Glenn, the American hero who made a name for himself as the first American to orbit the earth, died Thursday. Glenn was born in New Concord and served as a U.S. senator from Ohio for 24 years. Full story »
Watch John Glenn recall historic orbit

John Glenn’s lifetime of accomplishments

Tributes pour in for Glenn

Obama: ‘ Our nation has lost an icon’

John Glenn’s name lives on

  • President Barack Obama’s statement on the death of Sen. John Glenn
    “When John Glenn blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas rocket in 1962, he lifted the hopes of a nation.  And when his Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down a few hours later, the first American to orbit the Earth reminded us that with courage and a spirit of discovery there’s no limit to the heights we can reach…Full story »
    President Barack Obama's statement on the death of Sen. John Glenn
  • John Glenn says U.S. is losing scientific edge -- Brent Larkin
    John Glenn says U.S. is losing scientific edge — Brent Larkin 
    Larkin was The Plain Dealer’s editorial director from 1991 until his retirement this year. COLUMBUS — Even with his life on the line, John Glenn was never one to worry. Not during 149 combat missions as a Marine fighter pilot in World War II and Korea — missions that saw his plane hit by enemy fire a dozen different…Full story »

 

Feeding Cleveland

From Cleveland Memory/Cleveland State Special Collections. Feeding Cleveland is a portal to a dynamic set of digital collections that explore the vast local food history of the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. As important as Cleveland’s diverse ethnic heritage, its cultural footprint, or its industrial development, an understanding of this city is not complete until we take a look at how Clevelander’s have brought food to their tables over the years.

The link is here

Documentaries

1 Newton D. Baker – The Civil Warrior (documentary)
2 “Cleveland in 1912” Lecture by Dr. John J. Grabowski
3 African-Americans in Cleveland Documentary
4 Cleveland Economic History Documentary
5 Lake Erie Documentaries
6 A History of Roman Catholic Cleveland: Lecture by Dr. John Grabowski
7 Civil War Period News Story
8 James A Garfield Documentary
9 John D. Rockefeller Documentaries
10 Flora and Samuel Mather Documentaries
11 Tom L. Johnson Documentaries
12  Cleveland Politician Interview Series
13 Howard Metzenbaum Courthouse Documentary
14 Garret Morgan Documentary
15 Cleveland Clinic Documentary
16 Francis Payne Bolton Documentary
17 1948 Cleveland Indians Documentaries
18 Rock and Roll Cleveland Documentaries
19 Viktor Schreckengost Documentary
20 1960s in Cleveland Documentary from WVIZ
21 Cuyahoga River Documentaries
22 Hough and Glenville Riots Documentaries
23 Muni Light News Story
24 Louis and Carl Stokes Documentaries
25 Playhouse Square Documentaries

26 Video From The Newton D. Baker Symposium (April 19, 2015)

John D. Rockefeller aggregation

1 Rockefeller and his Oil Empire by Mike Roberts
2 Rockefeller’s Legacy from the Plain Dealer
3 “John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years” by Grace Goulder (4 Chapters)
4 Rockefeller in Cleveland by George E. Condon
5 The Rockefeller Family Dynasty Documentary
6 John D. Rockefeller Documentary History Channel
7 John D. Rockefeller from Citizendium
8 Rockefeller, Religion, and Philanthropy in Gilded Age Cleveland
9 Summary of Titan, The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow

10 John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland WVIZ/Ideastream (video)

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