Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Alliance of Poles of America. |
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| | • | Alliance of Poles of America. Group 87 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. |
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| | • | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith Balfour Lodge. |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland. |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith. |
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| | • | Baldwin-Wallace College. |
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| | • | Barber's Benevolent Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Barbers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) |
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| | • | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. |
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| | • | Black, David, 1819-1880. |
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| | • | Black, Morris, d. 1864. |
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| | • | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Case Western Reserve University. |
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| | • | Chabad House of Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. |
(1)
| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Connell, James C. |
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| | • | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. |
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| | • | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Czechoslovak Society of America. |
(1)
| | • | Czechs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Demographic surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Federation for Community Planning. |
(1)
| | • | Federations, Financial (Social Service) |
(3)
| | • | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Freedom Civic Association. |
(1)
| | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Friendly societies -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Gustavus Adolphus Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
(2)
| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Independent Mezricher Association -- Archives. |
(1)
| | • | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Insurance, Fraternal -- United States. |
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| | • | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Irish American women. |
(1)
| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Irish Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Irish Civic Association. |
(1)
| | • | Irish Goodfellowship Club. |
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| | • | Israel-Arab War, 1967. |
(1)
| | • | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(4)
| | • | Jewish Community Housing, Inc. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(2)
| | • | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Vocational Service. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(2)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Human services. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. |
(2)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Knights of Equity. |
(2)
| | • | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Liberty Aid Society. |
(1)
| | • | McMonagle, George J. |
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| | • | Mediation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Menorah Park Center for the Aging (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| | • | National Daughters of Erin. |
(1)
| | • | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Poles -- Canada. |
(1)
| | • | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(4)
| | • | Polish Americans -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Polish Library Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 1938 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 229 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Scottish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lodge 28. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20. |
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| | • | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Social welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. |
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| | • | St. Andrews Scottish Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Swedish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Swiss Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Swiss Ladies Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Swiss Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | United Irish Societies. |
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| | • | United Jewish Appeal. |
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| | • | Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. -- Archives. |
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| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. |
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| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. |
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| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1904-1959 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of minute books, general account books, loan listing books, loan records books, membership record books, correspondence, reports, memorials, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3640 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (6 containers and 5 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Czechoslovak Society of America Records
| | | | Creator: | Czechoslovak Society of America | | | | Dates: | 1898-1936 | | | | Abstract: | The Czechoslovak Society of America Records consist of financial records (1932-1936), including quarterly reports of various Cleveland, Ohio area lodges, bank statements, checks, receipts, check stubs, a copy of a constitution (1934) written in Czech and English, two copies of the CSBS Rules of Order (1898) in Czech, and a copy of a funeral address, also in Czech. | | | | Call #: | MS 3761 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Czechoslovak Society of America. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czechs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America Records
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America | | | | Dates: | 1895-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Alliance of Poles of America is a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895, over the issue of membership for non-Roman Catholic Poles. Originally a Cleveland, Ohio, organization, it now includes groups throughout Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has opened its membership to men and women with other than Polish or Catholic backgrounds. In 1917 it changed its name from the Alliance of Poles in Ohio to the Alliance of Poles of America. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, publications, lists, and drafts of articles. A major topic of the correspondence is the Polish Armed Forces in Canada during World War II. A major correspondent is Konstanty Zielecki. | | | | Call #: | MS 3930 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America. | Poles -- Canada. | Polish Americans -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association | | | | Dates: | 1928-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association was founded in 1906, by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish immigrants from Slobodka, Byelorussia, and originally called the Slobodker Ferein. The name was changed to the Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1928. The Association's aims were the improvement of Jewish cultural and educational life, contributing to charitable organizations, and providing aid to Jewish educational institutions and members of the association. It is one of the few benevolent associations that still provides sick and death benefits to members and their families. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, an initiation book, and a 40th anniversary program. | | | | Call #: | MS 3937 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society | | | | Dates: | 1916-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society was established in 1907 by immigrants from Bresk and Grodno, Lithuania, to provide fellowship and financial assistance to landsmen settling in Cleveland, Ohio. The Society has since become a primarily social club, sponsoring monthly meetings with entertainment programs and an annual banquet. It has also opened its membership to the entire Jewish community. The collection consists of minutes (1938-1960), constitutions, membership lists (1960 and 1976), receipts, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings and miscellany. | | | | Call #: | MS 3955 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 | | | | Dates: | 1906-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Group 1938 was one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, chapters of the Polish National Alliance, a national fraternal insurance society founded in 1879, with its first Cleveland chapter established in 1886. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, financial records, constitution booklets, correspondence, membership applications and statements, and grades from the lodge's Polish school. | | | | Call #: | MS 3961 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 1938 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America, Group 87 Records
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America, Group 87 | | | | Dates: | 1895-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Group 87 of the Alliance of Poles of America was established in 1916 as one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, lodges of the Alliance of Poles of America, a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, constitution booklets, correspondence, financial statements, bank pass books, insurance membership materials, and group activity tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3962 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America. Group 87 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1921-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle (Arbeter Ring) is a fraternal organization designed to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, seek social reform, and provide support and protection for immigrants. The first Cleveland, Ohio, branch, No. 79, was organized in 1904. The Cleveland branch provides insurance, operates a cemetery, teaches Yiddish classes, and has supported such issues as unionizing the Cleveland garment industry, child labor laws, social security, civil rights, and fighting Soviet anti-semitism. In 1975, there were six branches in Cleveland, with a school, the Workmen's Circle Educational Center, located on South Green Road. The collection consists of minutes, notes and related material of the Great Lakes Regional Board, minutes of the National Executive Board, correspondence, reports of the Ohio District Conference, 1978, and the national convention, 1980, receipt book, newsletters of Cleveland branches and the Great Lakes Region, programs, invitations, branch leader manuals, photocopies of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and miscellany. | | | | Call #: | MS 4026 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Polish Library Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish Library Home | | | | Dates: | 1891-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Polish Library Home was located on Kenilworth Avenue in the Cleveland, Ohio, Tremont neighborhood. It housed a large collection of Polish literature and served as a meeting place for Polish groups, including several lodges of the Polish National Alliance, a fraternal insurance organization which sought to preserve Polish culture and worked for the re-establishment of a free Poland. The home closed in 1984. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, and an account book of the home. Also included are minute books, ledger books, dues books, and insurance rolls of the Polish National Alliance, Groups 171, 229, 861 and 2584. | | | | Call #: | MS 4133 | | | | Extent: | 3.60 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Library Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1911-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Podporne Zveze) were two socialist-oriented fraternal insurance societies. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20, a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the SSPZ, merged with Lodge 28 of the SNPJ in 1941. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and correspondence of three Slovenian fraternal lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4134 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20. | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lodge 28. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija | | | | Dates: | 1895-1937 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija is an independent Slovene-American benefit society formed ca. 1895 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a splinter group from Marijn Spolek, the first Slovenian lodge in the city. It provided insurance and organized both the first Slovenian men's chorus (Zora) and a gymnastics group which developed into the Slovenian Sokol (Slovenski Sokol). The collection consists of bylaws, minute books, account books, membership books, a ledger book, and a dues book. | | | | Call #: | MS 4173 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 16 | Title: | Independent Mezricher Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Independent Mezricher Association | | | | Dates: | 1917-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Independent Mezricher Association is an organization of Cleveland, Ohio-area Jews whose origins were in Mezrich (Miedzyrzec), Poland. The association maintains cemetery plots for members, sponsors social events, maintains contact with other Mezricher groups, and contributes to projects in Israel. The collection consists of minutes, 1964-1986, correspondence, financial statements, a cemetery account book, membership lists, newspaper clippings, commemorative booklets, a constitution, and a map. | | | | Call #: | MS 4234 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Independent Mezricher Association -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 17 | Title: | Freedom Civic Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Freedom Civic Association | | | | Dates: | 1917-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Freedom Civic Association, also known as Societa Gildonese of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded on May 15, 1917. Guiseppe Perrotti and others established the Society as a fraternal, social, and patriotic association for the benefit of fellow immigrants from the town of Gildone, Italy. The organization offered the Gildone immigrants health and death benefits, taught them English, and helped with employment. Originally meeting at Alta House in Cleveland's "Little Italy", the organization later moved to the Collinwood area. In recent years, the Society met at the Allegro Club until it disbanded in 1992. The collection consists of bound ledger books which record membership lists, minutes, financial information, and secretary's books. The remainder consists of loose materials including bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, membership lists, and financial information. | | | | Call #: | MS 4771 | | | | Extent: | 1.95 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Freedom Civic Association. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 18 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1883-1981 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, programs, historical material and newspaper clippings about individual members, biographical material on Judge Joseph Block, a reminiscence of a meeting with presidential candidate William McKinley, biographies of past HBSU presidents, and lists of officers and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary (1953-1960). | | | | Call #: | MS 3951 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 20 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1904-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) is a socialist-oriented fraternal insurance society. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1904 and has several branches in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1941 it absorbed another fraternal insurance society, the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Zveze). The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, account books, ledger books, membership rolls, dues books, sickness and hospital benefit records, funeral service records, and publications of the national society and four of its lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. Includes minutes of Lodge 120 of the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (1919-1941). | | | | Call #: | MS 4175 | | | | Extent: | 7.60 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. | Slovene Americans -- Societies, etc. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- United States. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- United States. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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