Finding aid for the Charles Asa Post Papers


Title:
Charles Asa Post Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Post, Charles Asa
Dates:
1916-1941
Quantity:
2.40 linear feet (6 containers)
Abstract:
Charles Asa Post (1848-1943) was a businessman and historian, of Cleveland, Ohio. His works on local history include Doans Corners and the City Four Miles West (Cleveland: The Caxton Company, 1930); "The Cuyahoga, the Crooked River that Made a City Great," 1941; and Those Were the Days (Cleveland: The Caxton Company, 1935). The collection consists of correspondence (1927-1941), research notes, and preliminary and final copies of an unpublished ms. on social clubs in Cleveland; personal papers, including correspondence (1917-1918), journal (1930-1935), and letters (1930-1931) received by Post from recipients of his book on Doan's Corners Ohio.
Identification:
MS 2803
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Charles Asa Post Papers, 1916-1941 and undated, consist of correspondence (1927-1941), research notes, and preliminary and final copies of an unpublished ms. on social clubs in Cleveland; personal papers, including correspondence (1917-1918), journal (1930-1935), and letters (1930-1931) received by Post from recipients of his book on Doan's Corners Ohio.

This collection will be useful to researcher studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland social clubs, the Doan's Corners area of Ohio, and the activities of Charles Asa Post.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Post, Charles Asa, 1848-1943.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2803 Charles Asa Post Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection



Charles Asa Post Papers, 1916-1941; undated

Box 1
Notes on Cleveland Clubs, early Cleveland history, Wade Park, and Mill Stones; drafts and completed carbons on Wade Park, Arizona, and New Mexico; journa (1933)l; and clipping on New York during War Time (1916-1918), 1916-1941




Box 2
Research and notes on Shakers, Shaker Heights, village annals, and village material, 1916-1941




Box 3
List of Cleveland club titles, quotations, draft club history, and correspondence (1929-1931), 1916-1941




Box 4
Miscellaneous Cleveland club material, including notes, 1916-1941




Box 5
Wade Park history (original), individual Cleveland club histories, Village Annals original and carbon, and miscellaneous Cleveland club materials, 1916-1941




Box 6
Tennis - Nilloo originals; Cleveland club originals; Cleveland club research on Windsor and Vampire Union; county seat research; Cuyahoga River completed originals; dog research; and possible references, 1916-1941