BURKE, EDMUND STEVENSON JR. (February 1, 1879-April 7, 1962) wealthy banker and sportsman, was born in Cleveland, the son of Edmund S. and Julia Fritz Burke. He graduated from UNIVERSITY SCHOOL in 1896 and attended Princeton University for four years, where he played baseball and football.
BURKE, LILLIAN W. (2 August 1915 – 27 March 2012) was a pioneer, the first black woman judge in Ohio and the first to sit on the Ohio Industrial Commission, the highest state position ever held by a black woman at that time. She was born in Thomaston, Georgia; her parents were George P. and Ozella (Davidson) Walker. Her family moved to Pittsburgh where she was educated in its public schools.
BURKE, STEVENSON (26 Nov. 1826-24 Apr. 1904), noted jurist and expert railroad litigator, was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, son of David and Isabella Burke. He was 8 years old when his family moved to North Ridgeville in Lorain County, Ohio were he received his early education. After attending Ohio Wesleyan University, he studied law with Horace D. Clark in Elyria and was admitted to the bar in 1848.
BURKE, THOMAS A. (ALOYSIUS) (30 Oct. 1898-5 Dec. 1971) served as Cleveland law director and mayor. Born in Cleveland to Thomas A. and Lillian McNeil Burke, he received his B.A. from Holy Cross College (1920), and his LL.B. from Western Reserve University School of Law (1923). He was assistant county prosecutor from 1930-36; and in 1937, the state attorney general appointed him special counsel to prosecute vote fraud.
BURKETT, JESSE CAIL "CRAB" (12 Feb. 1870-27 May 1953), a left-handed outfielder for the CLEVELAND SPIDERS from 1891-98, holds the record with Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby for hitting .400 or over during 3 seasons. Born in Wheeling, W.Va.
BURNHAM, THOMAS (18 June 1808-7 Apr. 1898), a founder of the malleable iron business west of the Allegheny Mts and mayor of OHIO CITY from 1849-50, was born in Moreau, N.Y., son of James and Miriam Burnham. He was master of a freight boat on the Champlain Canal before settling in Brooklyn Twp., Ohio, in 1833.
BURROUGHS, NELSON MARIGOLD (12 July 1899-19 December 1998), was bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio (1949-52) and bishop of Ohio (1952-68). As both bishop coadjutor and bishop, he based his operation at Cleveland's TRINITY CATHEDRAL and was a prominent member of the city's clergy. Born in Bridgeport, Conn.
BURROWS, a leading book, stationery, and office-supply firm in Ohio, was founded by Chas. W. and Harris B. Burrows, who opened the Burrows Bros. book and stationery store at 310 EUCLID AVE. 8 Nov. 1873. Within a year it was almost bankrupt when Chas. Burrows introduced a circulating library—a move which proved to be both popular and profitable by 1875.
BURROWS GEORGE HOWARD (25 Aug. 1893-11 Aug. 1970) was an architect who designed nearly 1,000 homes in SHAKER HEIGHTS, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, and other eastern suburbs in various sizes and styles, and also designed numerous commercial structures.
BURTEN, LONNIE L. JR. (20 Oct. 1944-29 Nov. 1984) was a Cleveland city councilman and community activist who worked towards revitalizing the inner-city. Outspoken, unconventional, and determined to provide decent housing, Burten created the Central Area Development Corporation to finance construction of single-family homes in the Central-Woodland area.
BURTON, BEATRICE (13 May 1894 - 13 April 1983) was an author, film writer, and actress during the early 20th century. Burton wrote extensively about romance and coming-of-age themes in her novels. Burton is best known for her creative writing style and use of pop-culture references and 1920s slang in her literature.
BURTON, COURTNEY, JR. (29 Oct. 1912-19 Aug. 1992), chairman of OGLEBAY NORTON CO. for 35 years and active in national Republican Party affairs, was born in Cleveland, the son of Courtney Burton, Sr. and Sarita Oglebay Burton. He attended Hawken School and from 1932-34 studied at the Michigan College of Mining and Engineering in Houghton, Michigan.
BURTON, HAROLD HITZ (22 June 1888-29 Oct. 1964), mayor of Cleveland, U.S. senator, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in Jamaica Plains, Mass., to Dr. Alfred Edgar and Gertrude Hitz Burton. He graduated from Bowdoin College (1909), and received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1912) after which he came to Cleveland to work for two years.
BURTON, LEWIS (3 July 1815-9 Oct. 1894), was a prominent Episcopal rector in the Cleveland area for 47 years, where he founded or managed a number of parishes. Born just south of Erie, Pa., the son of John and Hannah (Miller) Burton, he followed his brother into the Episcopal priesthood, graduating from Allegheny College in 1837. He married Jane Wallace in 1841; they had 3 children: Amelia, Eliza, and Lewis.
BURTON, THEODORE ELIJAH (20 Dec. 1851-28 Oct. 1929) served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives (1889-91, 1895-1909, 1921-28) and U.S. Senate (1909-15, 1928-29). Born in Jefferson, Ohio, to Rev. Wm. and Elizabeth Grant Burton, he attended Grinnell Academy & College in Iowa 2 years before returning to Ohio, earning an A.B.
The BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB OF GREATER CLEVELAND (BPW), established in 1919 as the Business Women's Club of Cleveland, has fostered the expansion of educational and business opportunities for WOMEN. Different from study or social clubs, BPW offered women active in careers outside the home a place to dine and discuss professional concerns.
BUSINESS, RETAIL. The segment of the economy that sells directly to the consumer diverse goods such as food, clothing, furniture, appliances, medicines, cosmetics, building materials, and automobiles and supplies, has employed annually 13-16% of the Cleveland area's workers during the 20th century.
The BUSINESSMEN'S INTERRACIAL COMMITTEE, or Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, was established in April 1964, shortly after the death of Rev. BRUCE W. KLUNDER, who was killed during a civil-rights protest in Cleveland. The organization was formed to deal with racial problems in the city and improve community relations.
BUTKIN, NOAH L. (26 June 1918-11 Feb. 1980) was an internationally known chemical engineer and metals executive. Born in New York City to Louis and Edith Butkin, Noah Butkin grew up in Oklahoma and was educated at the University of Oklahoma (BS, 1941), where he played violin with the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra. After a brief U. S.
BUTLER, MARGARET MANOR (1 Mar. 1898-2 Oct. 1971) turned her curiosity about the history of her adopted community of LAKEWOOD into a major avocation. A native of Cleveland and graduate of Smith College, she married Clyde H. Butler and moved to Lakewood in the 1920s. Her husband was an aerial photographer, a profession he pursued in the armed forces in both world wars.
BYERS, EDGAR S. (10 Apr. 1876-21 Feb. 1963), an attorney and outspoken liberal, was born in Sharpsville, Pa.to Orsamus and Elizabeth Mitchell Byers. He came to Cleveland at 10, graduated from Western Reserve University Law School, and in 1901 formed a law partnership with CARL D. FRIEBOLIN which lasted until 1947.
The BYSTANDER began publication as the Country Club News, probably ca. Jan. 1921. Strictly social in orientation, the monthly magazine seems to have been run largely by the efforts of female volunteers, among them GRACE GOULDER-IZANT. It became the Town & Country Club News in Dec. 1926, with Chas. T. Henderson as editor.
BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. A new institution was preferable to direct absorption into Roman Catholicism, unacceptable to many from EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES.
The CADILLAC LOUNGE was one of Cleveland’s first gay-friendly bars. It was opened in 1946 by Gloria Lenihan, who owned a number of other night clubs in the city with her husband, Charlie Lenihan. The bar was housed at the corner of East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue at the Schofield Building in a space that was formerly a shoe repair shop.
CADWALLADER, STARR (11 June 1869-2 June 1926), a prominent social worker during the Progressive Era, was born in Howard, N.Y. and graduated from Hamilton College (1893) and Union Theological Seminary (1897) before coming to Cleveland as the first head resident of the newly established Goodrich Social Settlement, serving until 1905. He worked there with NEWTON D.
CADWELL, DARIUS (13 Apr. 1821-26 Nov. 1905), an attorney, state legislator, Union Army officer, and judge, was born in Andover, Ohio, in Ashtabula County, son of Roger and Caroline Darius. He attended county and select schools, and completed 1 year at Allegheny College in 1841. After teaching county schools for several years, he studied law under Benjamin Wade (later U.S.
CAFARELLI, CARMELA (1889-1 Sept. 1979) kept the flame of grand opera burning in Cleveland as impresario of the Cafarelli Opera Co. Born in Cleveland, she was the daughter of Rocco G. Cafarelli, an Italian who immigrated to Cleveland ca. 1887 to become the city's first harpist. She studied the instrument under her father and Henry B.
CAHILL, VAUGHN DABNEY (29 December 1889-29 July 1973) drew upon his musical training and accounting experience to head the Federal Music Project in Cleveland during the Depression. A native of Fairfield, Ohio, he was the son of Reverend Issac J. Cahill and Lillian Skidmore Cahill. He studied music at Hiram College, his instruments being violin and viola.
CAHOON, JOSEPH (28 Aug. 1762-16 Mar. 1839), the first settler of Dover Twp. (BAY VILLAGE), was the son of Reynolds and Rebecca Cahoon. He was born in Rhode Island and settled in Vergennes, Vt. before emigrating to the Western Reserve.
CAIN PARK THEATER was the first municipally owned and operated outdoor theater in the U.S. Its genesis occurred in 1934, when Dr. DINA REES EVANS (1891-1989), a dramatics instructor at Cleveland Heights High School, began putting on student productions in a natural amphitheater in Cain Park, a wide ravine extending from Taylor Rd. along Superior Rd. to Lee Rd.
CAIN, FRANK C. (6 May 1877-7 Nov. 1967) placed his stamp upon the suburb of CLEVELAND HTS. during a record 32-year tenure as mayor. Born in Springfield, O., he came to Cleveland in 1895 and went into business as a grain broker. He moved to Cleveland Hts. on 1 Aug. 1900, the day of his marriage to Alma Lambert.
CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD, a law firm which dates to the formation of Calfee & Fogg in Cleveland in 1908, has specialized in corporate and securities, commercial and municipal law and financing, civil litigation, taxation, labor relations, banking, real estate, health-care law, antitrust law, probate, and estate planning.
CALLAHAN, DR. KENNETH R. (November 7, 1928 - June 12, 2011) was an oral surgeon, alumni fundraiser, and amateur historian. One of three siblings, he was born to Nelson J. Callahan and Mary Mulholland. His brother, REV. NELSON J.
CALLAHAN, REV NELSON J. (1927-January 15, 2013) was a priest for 60 years; a pastor, archivist, historian who wrote about ethnicity and the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, and author of Irish Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland (1978), the first book-length study of the Irish in Cleveland. He was one of three children born to Nelson J. and Mary (Mulholland) Callahan.
CALVARY CEMETERY, which straddles the Cleveland-GARFIELD HTS. border, was established in the 1890s due to the growing need for a new and extensive burial ground for Catholics in the Cleveland area. For many years it was the largest Catholic cemetery in Ohio. The original purchase, of approx. 105 acres, was in Oct.
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH began before 1880 as a mission of FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (OLD STONE). Calvary Mission (also called Calvary Chapel) was established by Old Stone's pastor, HIRAM C. HAYDN.
CALVARY REFORMED CHURCH, 1920 W. 65th St., developed from the Second Reformed Church, which was established to permit the Dutch-speaking members to hold services in their own neighborhood. The church was officially organized in 1890, and the first pastor, Rev. A. Westveer, was installed. Services were conducted in a chapel on College Ave. and W. 61st St. for the next 20 years.
CALVIN AND HOBBES was a comic strip published by Universal Syndicate from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. Created by Bill Watterson (1958-present), the strip follows six-year-old Calvin and his best friend, a tiger named Hobbes.
CAMLS (the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System), a consortium of libraries established in 1975, fosters increased access to area library collections and coordinates services among its members. It was created under the provisions of a federal Library Services & Construction Act (LSCA) grant secured by its predecessor, the Library Council of Greater Cleveland, an informal group organized in the early 1960s.
CAMP CHEERFUL. See ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN.
CAMP CLEVELAND was one of a number of CIVIL WAR CAMPS operated in the Cleveland area, but the only one to remain in operation throughout the conflict.
CAMP WISE had its beginnings in 1907 when the Council of Educational Alliance and the Council of Jewish Women sent 25 boys and 25 girls for a summer outing on the SAMUEL D. WISE property in Euclid, OH.
CAMP ZEKE provided a place for relaxation and a medium for reminiscence for Cleveland-area veterans of the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. The camp existed from the late 1890s until the late 1950s.
CAMPANARO, DOROTHY (19 Feb. 1915-23 Sept. 1993) was an industrial editor on the public relations staff of the Ohio Rubber Division of Eagle Picher Co. and co-founder of the Willoughby Printing Co.
Born in Cleveland to Alex and Mary (Pietriacovo) Campanaro, Dorothy received her B.A. from Notre Dame University in 1937, and her teaching certificate from Western Reserve University in 1940.
CAMPBELL, MARION WINTON STRONGHEART (c. 1897-1944) was a composer of operas, a crusader for Native American rights, and the 3rd wife of ALEXANDER WINTON.
CAMPEN, RICHARD NEWMAN (1 Aug. 1912 - 24 Oct. 1997) was an architectural historian and author who wrote extensively on architecture and outdoor sculpture in his native state. He was born in Cleveland to Otille (Newman), a school teacher and housewife, and Mort J. Campen, of Campen Bros. dress manufacturers. He graduated Cleveland Heights High School in 1930 and earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1934.