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Bibliography of Cleveland

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Bookshelf at the Cleveland Public Library's John G. White Special Collection

The following is a bibliography of Cleveland, Ohio. It includes selected publications specifically about the city, Cuyahoga County, and the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area.

Nonfiction

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History

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List of works, arranged chronologically

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Published in the 19th century
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  • Directory Cleveland and Ohio City for the years 1837-38, Cleveland: Sanford & Lott, 1837, OCLC 889007, OL 24143535M
  • Whittlesey, Charles (1867). Early History of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co.
  • J.J. Clark (1872), Cleveland city guide, Cleveland: Clark & Lawler, OL 23288908M
  • "Cleveland", Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Cities, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876
  • Kennedy, James Harrison (1896). History of the City of Cleveland. Cleveland: Imperial Press.
  • Urann, Clara A. (1896). Centennial history of Cleveland. Cleveland: J.B. Savage.
Published in the 20th century
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Published in the 21st century
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  • Grabowski, John J.; Grabowski, Diane Ewart (2000). Cleveland: A History in Motion. Carlsbad, CA: Heritage Media. ISBN 1-886483-38-8.
  • Jenkins, William D. "Before Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and Urban Renewal, 1949-1958." Journal of Urban History 27.4 (2001): 471–496.
  • Tuennerman-Kaplan, Laura. Helping others, helping ourselves: Power, giving, and community identity in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1930 (Kent State University Press, 2001).
  • Morton, Marian J. (2002). Cleveland Heights: The Making of An Urban Suburb. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738523844.
  • Gallo Becker, Thea (2003). Lakewood. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 073852333X.
  • Gallo Becker, Thea (2004). Cleveland, 1796–1929. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738532673.
  • Gallo Becker, Thea (2005). Cleveland, 1930–2000. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738533769.
  • Lamoreaux, Naomi R., Margaret Levenstein, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. "Financing invention during the second industrial revolution: Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-1920." (No. w10923. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004). online
  • Pfingsten, Ralph A. (2004). From Rockport to West Park. Cleveland: John Marshall High School Alumni Association. ISBN 0-9759618-0-2.
  • Spangler, James R.; Toman, James A. (2005). Cleveland and Its Streetcars. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738539676.
  • Keating, Dennis, Norman Krumholz, and Ann Marie Wieland. "Cleveland's Lakefront: Its Development and Planning." Journal of Planning History 4#2 (2005): 129–154.
  • Condon, George E. (2006). West of the Cuyahoga. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-854-2.
  • Gregor, Sharon E. (2010). Rockefeller's Cleveland. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
  • Cetina, Judith G. (2011). Cuyahoga County: The First 200 Years. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738583464.
  • Ruminski, Dan; Dutka, Alan F. (2012). Cleveland in the Gilded Age: A Stroll Down Millionaires' Row. Charleston: The History Press. ISBN 978-1609498788.
  • Albrecht, Brian; Banks, James (2015). Cleveland in World War II. Charleston: The History Press. ISBN 978-1626198821.
  • Grabowski, John J. (2019). Cleveland A to Z: An Essential Compendium for Visitors and Residents Alike. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-1606353905.
  • Crissman, Dan; Tachovsky, Evan; Wilson, David (2019). Cleveland in 50 Maps. Cleveland: Belt Publishing. ISBN 978-1948742559.

Landmarks

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  • Campen, Richard N. (1971). Architecture of the Western Reserve, 1800–1900. Cleveland and London: The Press of Case Western Reserve University. ISBN 978-0829501964.
  • Cigliano, Jan (1991). Showplace of America: Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, 1850–1910. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-445-8.
  • Deegan, Gregory G.; Toman, James A. (1999). The Heart of Cleveland: Public Square in the 20th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 978-0936760124.
  • DeMarco, Laura (2017). Lost Cleveland. London: Pavilion. ISBN 9781911595151.
  • DeNobel Love, Jeannine (2020). Cleveland Architecture 1890–1930: Building the City Beautiful. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-1611863499.
  • Ellis, Lloyd R. (2012). A Guide to Greater Cleveland's Sacred Landmarks. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-1606351215.
  • Harwood, Jr., Herbert H. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34163-9.
  • Herrick, Claydate (1987). Cleveland Landmarks. Cleveland: Cleveland Restoration Society. ISBN 9789996188725.
  • Johannesen, Eric (1979). Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical. ISBN 9780911704211.
  • Johannesen, Eric (1999). A Cleveland Legacy: The Architecture of Walker and Weeks. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-589-6.
  • Karberg, Richard E.; Toman, James A. (2002). Euclid Avenue: Cleveland's Sophisticated Lady. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0936760192.
  • Lawrence, Michael (1980). Make No Little Plans. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN 0-911704-24-8.
  • Pacini, Lauren R. (2019). Honoring Their Memory: Levi T. Scofield, Cleveland's Monumental Architect and Sculptor. Cleveland: Artography Press. ISBN 978-0-578-48036-7.
  • Rarick, Holly M. (1986). Progressive Vision: The Planning of Downtown Cleveland 1903-1930. Cleveland and Bloomington: The Cleveland Museum of Art and Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780910386869.
  • Toman, Jim; Cook, Dan (1981). Cleveland Landmarks Series, Vol. I: The Terminal Tower Complex, 1930-1980. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0-936760-01-X.
  • Toman, Jim; Cook, Dan (1981). Cleveland Landmarks Series, Vol. II: Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0-936760-02-8.
  • Toman, Jim; Cook, Dan (1984). Cleveland Landmarks Series, Vol. III: Cleveland's Changing Skyline. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0-936760-03-6.
  • Toman, James A.; Cook, Daniel J. (2005). Cleveland's Towering Treasure: A Landmark Turns 75. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN 0-936760-20-6.

Culture

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Ethnicity

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  • Peoples of Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. 2001. ISBN 9780911704532.
  • Barton, Josef J. (1975). Peasants and Strangers: Italians, Rumanians, and Slovaks in an American City, 1890-1950. Harvard Studies in Urban History. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674659309.
  • Dutka, Alan F. (2014). AsiaTown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum. Charleston: The History Press.
  • Dutka, Alan F. (2017). Slovenians in Cleveland: A History. Charleston: The History Press.
  • Gartner, Lloyd P. (1987). History of the Jews of Cleveland (2nd ed.). Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN 0911704396.
  • Hammack, David C.; Grabowski, Diane L.; Grabowski, John J. (2002). Identity, Conflict, & Cooperation: Central Europeans in Cleveland, 1850–1930. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN 978-0911704556.
  • Kukral, Michael A. "Czech Settlements in 19th Century Cleveland, Ohio." East European Quarterly 38.4 (2004): 473.
  • Kusmer, Kenneth L. (1978). A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252006906.
  • Lederer, Clara (1954). Their Paths are Peace: The Story of Cleveland's Cultural Gardens. Cleveland: Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation.
  • Lewis, Joanne M.; Szilagyi, John (1981). From Market to Market, An Old Fashioned Family Story: The West Side Market. Cleveland Heights, OH: Elandon Books. ISBN 0-937424-12-9.
  • Michney, Todd M. (2017). Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900–1980. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1469631943.
  • Myers, John; Cetina, Judith G. (2015). Irish Cleveland. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
  • Papp, Susan M. Hungarian Americans and Their Communities in Cleveland (1981) Complete text online
  • Sabol, John T.; Alzo, Lisa A. (2009). Cleveland Czechs. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
  • Sabol, John T.; Alzo, Lisa A. (2009). Cleveland Slovaks. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
  • Veronesi, Gene P. Italian-Americans & Their Communities of Cleveland (1977) Complete text online

Politics

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  • Seven Making History: A Mayoral Retrospective. Cleveland: The League of Women Voters of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society. 1990.
  • Cunningham, Randy. Democratizing Cleveland : the rise and fall of community organizing in Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-1985 (2007) online
  • Gleisser, Marcus (1965). The World of Cyrus Eaton. New York and London: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc. and Thomas Yoseloff Ltd.
  • Holli, Melvin G., and Jones, Peter d'A., eds. Biographical Dictionary of American Mayors, 1820-1980 (Greenwood Press, 1981) short scholarly biographies each of the city's mayors 1820 to 1980. online; see index at p. 408 for list.
  • Horner, William T. (2010). Ohio's Kingmaker: Mark Hanna, Man and Myth. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1894-9.
  • Kucinich, Dennis (2021). The Division of Light and Power. Cleveland: Finney Avenue Books. ISBN 978-1638772347.
  • Moore, Leonard N. (2003). Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252071638.
  • Odenkirk, James E. (2005). Frank J. Lausche: Ohio's Great Political Maverick. Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press.
  • Miggins, Edward M. "A City of Uplifting Influences: From Sweet Charity to Modern Social Welfare and Philanthropy." In The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930, edited by Thomas F. Campbell and Edward M. Miggins, (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1988) pp 141-71.

Mayor Tom Johnson

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  • Bremner, Robert H. "The Civic Revival in Ohio: Reformed Businessman: Tom L. Johnson." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 8.3 (1949): 299-309.
  • DeMatteo, Arthur E. "The Downfall of a Progressive: Mayor Tom L. Johnson and the Cleveland Streetcar Strike of 1908." Ohio History 104 (1995): 24-41.
  • Johnson, Tom L.. My Story. B. W. Huebsch, 1911; reprint Kent State University Press 1993. Text also online at the Cleveland Memory Project.
  • Lough, Alexandra W. "Tom L. Johnson and Cleveland Traction Wars, 1901–1909." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 75.1 (2016): 149-192.
  • Megery, Michael. "Ideological Origins of a Radical Democrat: The Early Political Thought of Tom L. Johnson, 1888–1895." Middle West Review 6.1 (2019): 37-61.
  • Murdock, Eugene C. Tom Johnson of Cleveland (Wright State University Press, 1994), a standard scholarly biography.
  • Suit, William Wilson. "Tom Loftin Johnson, businessman reformer' (PhD dissertation, Kent State University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1988. 8827177).
  • Warner, Hoyt Landon. Progressivism in Ohio, 1897-1917 (Ohio State University Press, 1964).
  • Whitehair, Andrew L., "Tom L. Johnson’s Tax School: the Fight For Democracy And Control of Cleveland’s Tax Machinery" (2020). (ETD Archive. 1190. online

Fiction

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See also

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