Made in Cleveland
A pathfinder to Cleveland Memory web exhibits and eBooks as well as archival collections that explore the manufacturing sector in Cleveland and northeast Ohio.
Web Exhibits
- The Browning Engineering Co.: Designers and Builders of Locomotive Cranes - Photos of a variety of the company's locomotive cranes, showcasing their use during early twentieth-century building projects, including the construction of the Panama Canal. The collection also features the company's early patents, dating from 1905 and 1908.
- ASM International - Photos selected from the ASM International archives that span much of its 100-year history.
- Clark Cable Corporation - 61 photos offering a look into the growth and transformation of this Cleveland automotive accessories manufacturer.
- Cleveland Breweries Remembered - Documents the history of the Cleveland brewing industry through the 19th and 20th centuries. A part of Feeding Cleveland.
- Industrial Rayon Coporation: Celebrating a Special Workplace - Photographs and newspaper articles chronicling this manufacturer of rayon yarn, the world's first synthetic fiber.
- Parrish and Bingham Company - Founded in 1894 as a trolley and bicycle frame manufacturer, the Parrish and Bingham Co. quickly grew to become an important part of Cleveland's expanding industrial economy.
- Patterson-Sargent Paint Company - Although not founded in Cleveland, the Patterson-Sargent Paint Company, manufacturer of BPS paints, was headquartered here for many years.
- State Chemical Manufacturing Co. and Patterson-Sargent Paint Company - Founded in 1911, the State Chemical Manufacturing Co. has been producing industrial cleaning products as part of Cleveland's industrial landscape for over a century.
- Also of Interest:
- The Great Lakes Exposition (1937 & 1937)- Many Cleveland/Northeast Ohio industries were represented at this centennial celebration of the corporation of the city of Cleveland.
- Great Lakes Industrial History Center - A collection of digital resources highlighting the history and development of the Great Lakes as a vital transportation network and an important component in the production and shipping of much of North America's industrial output.
- Railroad History Holdings in Cleveland Memory - A pathfinder to our railroad history collections and digital resources.
eBooks
- Cleveland: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Site / edited by Daniel M. Bluestone, 1970
Includes chapters on iron and steel, automobile, machine tool, textile, electrical, and oil, chemical, paint and varnish manufacture in Cleveland. - Cleveland the Cradle of Invention / Chaper 7 of Cleveland's Golden Story by James Wallen
Cleveland : MSL Academic Endeavors, 1920
Archival Collections*
- The Viktor Schreckengost Collection at the Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections
Includes job folders with correspondence, sketches, blueprints, and contracts from the archives of Cleveland artist, teacher and industrial designer, Viktor Schreckengost.
*At the Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections Cleveland State University.
