http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f71-subject%3DGardens%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f71-subject=Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5313.xml The Irish Cultural Garden was dedicated in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in 1939. The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 to develop and maintain landscaped gardens and statuary honoring various ethnic groups in Cleveland. The gardens are located in Rockefeller Park along East Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The collection consists of one 16mm color film and DVD reproduction of the dedication of the Irish Cultural Garden. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5313.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, correspondence, histories, speeches, financial records, proclamations, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material including membership lists, resolutions, press releases, certificates, programs, and invitations. The minutes and correspondence contain information on the role of t... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5063.xml Richard J. Konisiewicz was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as president of the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation and the Polish Cultural Garden Association. He also served as Liaison for Ethnic and International Affairs for Cleveland Mayor Michael White. In that capacity, he was the mayor's liaison for Rockefeller Park, the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, and the individual ethnic garden associations. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, awards, brochures, by-laws, constitutions, correspondence, lists, maps, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, and reports. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5063.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5236.xml The German Cultural Garden was officially opened on June 2, 1929 as part of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, landscaped gardens with statuary honoring various ethnic groups in Cleveland, Ohio, situated along East Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The German garden was the second garden to be constructed, following the Hebrew Cultural Garden in 1926. The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The collection consists of budgets, membership lists, correspondence, ledgers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and event programs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5236.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5080.xml Alexander L. "Sonny" DeMaioribus (1898-1968) was born in the Little Italy neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, and lived there on Coltman Rd. until the late 1930s. He was a bachelor who had four sisters and one brother. DeMaioribus attended Murray Hill School and East High School in Cleveland. In 1917, he became a messenger for the Cleveland Home Brewing Company. By the time the company closed in 1953, he had become its president and chief owner. DeMaioribus' interest in politics prompted him to run for city council in 1925. Despite a loss in that election, support from his fellow Italians in the 19th Ward (Little Italy), got him elected as their councilman in 1927. This made DeMaioribus the first Italian American elected to serve on the city council. DeMaioribus held many positions throughout his career in politics, including Ward Leader (1932-1960), Council President (1934-1942), Chairman of the National Committee (1945), and County Chairman of the Board of Elections (1960). He was a major leader in the Republi... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5080.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT