http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f19-subject%3DSlovak%20Americans%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f19-subject=Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3813.xml Anna M. Sotak (ca. 1893-1976) was an Officer of State Savings and Loan in Cleveland, Ohio, which was instrumental in assisting area Slovaks acquire real estate. She was also active in local Slovak fraternal organizations. The collection consists of correspondences, speeches, and financial records relating to Slovak fraternal organizations and activities, and to Sotak family business and personal transactions, including minutes of the Slovak Catholic Federation of America, reports to conventions, radio talks from the Slovak Hour, and articles for "Zornicka." http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3813.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4553.xml The Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol was a national organization with at least three lodges in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. It encouraged physical fitness, singing, dancing and other cultural activities. With the large number of Slovak immigrants settling in Cleveland between 1870 and the early 1900s, cultural groups such as the gymnastic Sokol Union formed in Slovak neighborhoods. By the 1920s, at least three branches of the Sokol existed in Cleveland. By the 1960s, all the Cleveland lodges had merged into Lodge 260. CThe cllection consists of minutes, account and dues records, membership rolls, and miscellaneous club correspondence. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4553.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3568.xml East End Neighborhood House was founded in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907 by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in the predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Buckeye-Woodland. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Great Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of organizational proceedings, membership records, correspondence, program reports, group worker reports, announcements, scrapbooks, and printed materials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3568.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4231.xml Margurite Mihok (1920-1974) was a prominent leader in Slovak cultural affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Cleveland College of Western Reserve University and Fenn College, she worked in the fields of personnel, office management, public relations, and transportation for a variety of Cleveland area firms, particularly the Lewis Research Center for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. Her activities included the Stefanik Dramatics Club, Lutheran Society, Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol, Slovak Evangelical Union, Dr. Martin Luther Church, Cleveland Folk Arts Association, and Czech and Slovak Cotillion Ball, Inc. The collection consists of biographical materials, clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia. Also included are her following writings: Cleveland Slovak landmarks and accomplishments, Cleveland Slovak personages and personalities--their influences and accomplishments, and The climate of the Cleveland Slovak community. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4231.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4554.xml The Krivan Slovak Singing Society was a choral society organized in Cleveland, Ohio's Slovak community in 1906. Dr. M. Francisci served as its director for some years. Members of the Krivan dissolved the organization between 1941-1955. The collection consists of minute books, membership rosters and addresses, dues payments, purchase orders, expense records, and a history of the club from 1906 to 1932. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4554.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5355.xml Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s by Gustav Buesch (1844-1931). Located in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland's West Side, the funeral home primarily served the German immigrant community. The collection consists of funeral ledger books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5355.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5356.xml The Wischmeier-Buesch Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 through the merger of the Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home and the Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home. Its predecessor funeral homes primarily provided funeral services to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The collection consists of funeral ledger books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5356.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT