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Primary Documents
Colonial and territorial (1600-1803)
Literary
Native American
- Chief Logan's Lament, 1774
- Treaty at Fort Pitt With the Delaware Nation on September 17, 1778
- Treaty With the Wyandot, 1785
- Treaty at the Mouth of the Great Miami on the Northwestern Bank of the Ohio With the Shawnee on January 31, 1786
- Treaty of the Harmar on the Muskigum with the Wyandot (Huron), Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Sauk, January 9, 1789
- Proclamation of General Anthony Wayne preceding the Treaty of Greenville, 1795
- Treaty of Greenville, 1795
- Treaty of Greenville minutes, 1795
Northwest Territory
- An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western Territory, 1774-1789
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- Northwest Ordinance, 1787
- The Executive Journal of the Northwest Territory, 1788-1803
Political Documents
Early Statehood (1803-1865)
African American
- Constitution of Oberlin Anti-slavery society, founded June, 1835
- Ripley Ohio Anti slavery Society Minute Book, 1838-1848
- "Ain't I A Woman?" by Sojourner Truth 1851
- Darling Nelly Gray, an anti-slavery song by Benjamin Hanby, 1856
- John Brown's Speech Before the Court, 1859
- John Brown's Last Prophecy, 1859
- Letters of John A. Copeland from Charleston Jail, 1859
- Jacob Bruner Letters, 1861-1863
Literary
- Description of the Antiquities Found in the State of Ohio and Other Western States by Caleb Atwater, 1820
- Letters about Traveling to Oberlin in the 1830s
- History of the Backwoods, or the Region of the Ohio by A. W. Patterson, 1843
- Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe, 1851
- History of the Shawnee, From the Year 1681 to 1854, Inclusive by Henry Harvey, 1855
Military
- Anecdotes of the Lake Erie Area War of 1812
- Civil War Letters of Colonel James Perry Fyffe, 1861-1863
- Civil War Documents, 1861-1865
- Civil War Diary of William H. Clough. 8th Ohio Infantry. Pvt. Co. H., 1864
Native American
- Treaty of Fort Wayne on the Miami of the Lake with the Delawares, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Miami, Eel River, Wea Kickapoo, Piankashew, and Kaskaskia, June 7, 1803
- Treaty of Vincennes with the Eel River, Wyandot, Piankashaw and Kaskaskia on August 7, 1803
- Treaty of St. Mary's, Ohio with the Wyandot on September 20, 1818
- Treaty of St. Mary's, Ohio with the Wea on October 2, 1818
- Treaty of St. Mary's, Ohio with the Delawares on October 3, 1818
- Treaty of St. Mary's, Ohio with the Miami on October 6, 1818
- Treaty of St. Louis, Missouri with the Shawnee on November 7, 1825
- Treaty of the Sandusky River, Ohio with the Delawares on August 3, 1829
- Treaty of Pleasant Plains, Near Lewiston, Ohio with the Seneca, and Shawnee on July 20, 1831
- Treaty of Wapaghkonnetta, Ohio with the Shawnee on August 8, 1831
- Treaty of the Indian Reserve on the Miami Bay, Lake Erie with the Ottawa on August 30, 1831
- Treaty of Mccutcheonville, Ohio with the Wyandot on January 19, 1832
- Treaty of Castor Hill, Missouri with the Shawnee and the Delaware on October 26, 1832
- Treaty of Maumee with the Ottawa of February 18, 1833
- Treaty of the Wyandot of Ohio on April 23, 1836
- Treaty of the Council House in Upper Sandusky, Ohio with the Wyandot on March 1, 1842
- Treaty of Washington D. C. with the Wyandot on April 1, 1850
- Treaty of Washington D. C. with the Delawares on May 6, 1854
- Treaty of Washington D. C. with the Shawnee on May 10, 1854
- Treaty of Washington D.C. with the Wyandot on January 31, 1855
- History of the Shawnee, From the Year 1681 to 1854, Inclusive by Henry Harvey, 1855
- Treaty of Leavenworth City, Kansas with the Delawares on July 2, 1861
Political Documents
- Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1802
- Rush-Bagot Agreement, 1817
- Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison, 1841
- Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851
Religion
Church of the Latter-Day Saints Doctrine & Covenants, 1835
Transportation
Women
- "Student Compositions of Mary Sheldon," 1842-1848
- "Our Duty to the Oppressed" by Mary Sheldon, May 28 1850
- "Ain't I A Woman?" by Sojourner Truth 1851
- "Young Women" by Frances Hazen, May 1859
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1865-1929)
African American
- The Cleveland Gazette, Published 1883-1945
- George A. Myers Papers, 1890-1929
- Colonel Charles Young Collections, 1897-1931
- The Cleveland Journal, Published 1903-1913
- The Cleveland Advocate, Published 1914-1924
Labor
Literary
- History of Ashtabula County, Ohio by William W. Williams, 1878
- Excerpts from History of the Western Reserve by Harriet Taylor Upton, 1910
- Poems by Vachel Lindsay, 1915-1916
Military
- World War I letter from Private John Logan Nelson to his sister Allie Nelson, 1918
- Cleveland as a Naval Depot, 1865
Native American
Political Documents
- First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869
- Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant, 1873
- Inaugural Address of Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877
- Diary and letters of Rutherford B. Hayes, 1834-1881
- Inaugural Address of James Garfield, 1881
- Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison, 1889
- Inaugural Address of William McKinley, 1897
- Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft, 1909
- Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding, 1921
Science and Technology
Women
- Why Farmers' Wives and All Other Women Should Have the Ballot," Frances Jennings Casement, ca. 1880s
- Frances Jennings Casement Suffrage Diary, 1883-1885
- Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention Broadside, 1891
Modern Ohio (1929-Present)
African American
Native American
Political Documents
Science and Technology
Maps
- Map of the Northwest Territory, 1787
- Plan of the City of Cleveland, 1796
- Map of Ohio, 1812
- John Melish Map of Ohio, 1812
- Village of Cleveland, 1814
- Atlas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio ca. 1874
- Original Canal Plat Maps, by county, 1890-1915
- Ohio Railroad Map, 1903
- Engineering the Cuyahoga River Maps, 1917-1949
- Great Lakes Exposition Souvenir Map, 1936
Historical Agencies
- African American Museum
- Ashtabula County Historical Society
- Aurora Historical Society
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society
- Cascade Locks Park Association
- Case Western Reserve University Library
- Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Cleveland Police Historical Society, Inc.
- Cleveland Public Library
- Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
- Dittrick Medical History Museum
- Dunham Tavern Museum
- Edison Birthplace Museum
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse
- Great Lakes Historical Society
- Hale Farm and Village
- Hudson Library & Historical Society
- Lake County Historical Sociey
- Lawnfield, James A. Garfield National Historic Site
- Loghurst Farm Museum
- Lorain County Historical Society
- Madison Historical Society
- Mahoning Valley Historical Society
- McKinley Memorial Library and Museum
- Ohio Academy of History
- Ohio and Erie Canal Corridor Coalition
- Ohio Archeological Council
- Ohio Genealogical Society
- Ohio Historical Society
- Ohio Museum of Transportation
- Ohio Museums Association
- Portage County Historical Society
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
- Shaker Historical Society and Musuem
- Shandy Hall
- Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
- Steamship William G. Mather Museum
- Summit County Historical Society
- USS Cod Home Port
- Wayne County Historical Society
- Western Reserve Historical Society