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1	Title:	Ignatz Koenig Papers
	Creator:	Koenig, Ignatz
	Dates:	1888-1911
	Abstract:	Ignatz Koenig (1866-1925) was an Hungarian soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army. He came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1898 and married Molly Rice in 1900. He was a member of the garment cutters union and briefly participated in the strike of 1911. The collection consists of correspondence (primarily in German with typed English transcriptions), detailing the Cleveland garment industry strike of 1911. Except for one letter from Molly Koenig, the letters were written by Ignatz Koenig to his wife and children. Also included are two military identification books documenting his service in the Austro-Hungarian army.
	Call #:	MS 3836
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Koenig, Ignatz, 1866-1925. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Beryl Peppercorn Papers
	Creator:	Peppercorn, Beryl
	Dates:	1924-1969
	Abstract:	Beryl Peppercorn (1892-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, labor leader who served as manager of the Cleveland Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1922-1958). He was a co-founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with Frank Rosenblum in 1914. By 1935, the ACWA had negotiated contracts at most of the men's clothing stores in Cleveland, making it one of the largest labor unions in the area. He also co-founded the Cleveland Industrial Union Council, the local affiliate of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The collection consists of loose papers, pamphlets, and scrapbooks containing broadsides, pamphlets, programs, letters, newspaper clippings and telegrams relating to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and its activities in Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 3388
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Peppercorn, Beryl, 1892-1969. \| Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Cleveland Joint Board. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Joseph and Feiss Company Records
	Creator:	Joseph and Feiss Company
	Dates:	1847-1960
	Abstract:	The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3886
	Extent:	5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Richman Brothers Company Records
	Creator:	Richman Brothers Company
	Dates:	1924-1992
	Abstract:	The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4664
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Richman Brothers Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Printz-Biederman Company Records
	Creator:	Printz-Biederman Company
	Dates:	1914-1957
	Abstract:	The Printz-Biederman Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, coat manufacturing company established in 1893 by Moritz Printz, his sons Michael and Alexander, and his son-in-law Joseph Biederman. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union tried to organize its employees in the 1930s. It closed in the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, reports, agreements, correspondence, historical sketches, and publications relating to employee representative bodies which operated in the plant, and letters, telegrams and other writings to and from Abraham Katovsky and David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Also includes catalogs and advertisements of the company's clothing.
	Call #:	MS 3870
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Catalogs. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catalogs. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Stanley Garfinkel Oral History Collection
	Creator:	Garfinkel, Stanley
	Dates:	1981-1983
	Abstract:	Stanley Garfinkel (1930-1997) was an oral historian, documentarian, and history professor at Kent State University. After college, Garfinkel worked in his family's seven-store chain Garfinkel Shoes. He was appointed office manager of the company in the early 1960s, but was encouraged by his father to pursue his dream of teaching. He obtained a position at Kent State University in 1963 and taught there until his retirement in 1996. Garfinkel had a special interest in oral history. One of Garfinkel's oral history projects was on the garment industry in Cleveland, Ohio. He interviewed several people who worked in or helped shape the garment industry. He then used those interviews to produce a slide show entitled "Rags: 100 Years of the Apparel Industry in Northeast Ohio," and a television documentary entitled "Rags." The collection consists of interview transcripts and scripts.
	Call #:	MS 5106
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Dery, Arthur. \| Gross, Louis N. \| Joseph, Frank E. \| Reinthal, David. \| Saltzman, Maurice. \| Rubinstein, Judah. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Clothing trade -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Oral history -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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7	Title:	Joseph and Feiss Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	Joseph and Feiss Company
	Dates:	1858-1988
	Abstract:	The Joseph and Feiss Company was founded in 1841 as Koch and Loeb, a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The store moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1845, and when Samuel Loeb left shortly after the move, Kaufman Koch expanded the enterprise to three locations. Other partners joined the company, including Jacob Goldsmith and Julius Feiss in 1865 and Moritz Joseph in 1873. As Goldsmith, Joseph, Feiss & Company, an internal factory was opened in 1897 to begin the production of ready-made men's clothing under the Clothcraft label. After changing its name to the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907, the company became fully incorporated as The Joseph and Feiss Company in 1920 when it moved into its new factory on W. 53rd Street in Cleveland. The company had originally balanced scientific management with benevolent corporate paternalism in order to keep workers happy as well as healthy. In 1934, the company was unionized by the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union of America and these paternalistic programs were ended. During World War II, Joseph and Feiss became an important manufacturer of uniforms for the United States army and navy. After the war, the company continued to expand its line of products, purchasing Samuel Spitz Company and its Cricketeer label in 1957 and Windbreaker-Danville in 1962. Joseph and Feiss also owned and operated several subsidiaries, including the Naval Uniform Service, Inc. In 1966, Joseph and Feiss merged with Phillips Van-Heusen Corporation and continued to operate under its own name. In 1989, it was acquired by the German clothing firm Hugo Boss. The Cricketeer label was discontinued in 1995 and in 1997 its Cleveland operations were moved to the Tiedeman Road facility in Brooklyn, Ohio. In 2010, the planned closure of that plant was averted after union negotiations. The plant continues to produce 150,000 suits a year. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, news clippings, inventories, audit reports, tax records, contracts, legal deeds, blueprints, ledger books, personnel records, and booklets.
	Call #:	MS 5054
	Extent:	17.20 linear feet (11 containers and 15 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. \| United States. Army -- Uniforms. \| United States. Navy -- Uniforms. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. \| Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Design and construction.
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