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History of Cleveland & Northeast Ohio: Business History

Resources about the history of greater Cleveland and northeast Ohio.

Resources on General Business Themes

Generalized topics from BUS101 list:

Sustainability
- Feeding Cleveland: Urban Agriculture
Entreprenneurship
Healthcare
- Cleveland: Pioneers Cardiac Care
Public Transportation
- Gerald E. Brookins Collection ("Trolleyville")
City Planning, Architecture & Design + Redevelopment & Historic Preservation
- Planning & Preservation tab in this guide
Lakefront, Flats & Port
- Great Lakes Industrial History Center
Public Square & The Mall
- Public Square
- The Mall ("The Group Plan of Public Buildings")
Neighborhoods
- (See "Our Town" section of this page)

General Sources

Much of this is found from searching or browsing the Cleveland Memory Project

Remember to explore the various blue tabbed selections of local history resources arranged by type of material, especially the "Key Resources" one. It is found here.

Here are some resources more specifically targeted on business history resrouces:

* The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: "Business, Industry and Technology" subjects

* The City Club of Cleveland Finding Aids -- list of lectures given by notable people, 1960-1982

* Northeast Ohio TV Memories. -- "a site for photos and memories of the people who worked in front and behind the cameras in Cleveland Area television since 1947."