The Clay Herrick Slide Collection

Clay Herrick (1911-1993) was an historian, a civic leader who worked to preserve Cleveland's historic buildings, and an author whose book Cleveland Landmarks received the Western Reserve Architectural Historians Award.

The Clay Herrick Slide Collection consists of approximately 6,000 slides that he donated to Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University in 1991 along with about 100 pamphlets, brochures, books, and photographs. The slides, all unique shots of various buildings and places in Cleveland, are showcased here.