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1	Title:	Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland
	Dates:	1902-1974
	Abstract:	The Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland was organized in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the City Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1904 it changed its name to the Cleveland Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1930 it became the Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland. Its purpose has always been to coordinate the educational, civic and welfare activities of women's clubs in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of annual reports, financial reports, histories, newspaper clippings, and letters of appreciation.
	Call #:	MS 3545
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (6 containers and 21 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Hattie Hyman Dettelbach Papers
	Creator:	Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman
	Dates:	1921-1957
	Abstract:	Hattie Hyman Dettelbach (1878-1957) was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident active as a volunteer in many Jewish community organizations, including Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Children's Bureau, Euclid Avenue Temple Sisterhood, and the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations. She organized sabbath services for patients at Sunny Acres Sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, coordinating this program from the 1920s into the 1950s. The collection consists of correspondence, sisterhood uniongrams, reports, speeches, clippings, memorabilia and certificates. The uniongrams date to Feb. 14, 1950, when Hattie Dettelback was honored by the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations. Most of the correspondence consists of letters of congratulations or appreciation for various services and contributions.
	Call #:	MS 4033
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman, 1878-1957. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	L. Pearl Mitchell Papers
	Creator:	Mitchell, L. Pearl
	Dates:	1875-1970
	Abstract:	L. Pearl Mitchell (1883-1974) was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights activist. She served as national Vice-President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1936-1937). The collection consists of correspondence; Dr. Samuel Mitchell's license, sermons, and speeches; editions of The Wilberforce Graduate, 2 copies of The Ohio Book for the Lincoln Jubilee, pamphlets and printed material from the NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority pamphlets, Mt. Zion Congregational Church Building Fund records, F.E.P.C. financial reports, a copy of The Long Moment by Jo Sinclair, Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home financial records and trustees' minutes, Women's Council reports to the Cleveland Mental Health Association, Cleveland Job Corps for Women materials, biographical material on Mrs. Mitchell, news clippings, awards, pamphlets, brochures, and a copy of A Half Century of Freedom of the Negro in Ohio by W.A. Joiner.
	Call #:	MS 3533
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sermons, American -- African American authors.
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4	Title:	Jane Edna Hunter Papers
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna
	Dates:	1930-1969
	Abstract:	Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971) was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, speeches, printed items, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous writings, relating to Mrs. Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association.
	Call #:	MS 3544
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Pauline Steffner Papers
	Creator:	Steffner, pauline
	Dates:	1921-1972
	Abstract:	Pauline Steffner was a member of the American Slovene Club, Community Welfare Club, and Yugoslav Cultural Garden League in Cleveland, Ohio. She was married to Edward B. Steffner. The collection consists of correspondence and general papers of the American Slovene Club, the Community Welfare Club and the Yugoslav Cultural Garden League, and general Slovenian material.
	Call #:	MS 3721
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Steffner, Pauline. \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Community gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Junior League of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Junior League of Cleveland
	Dates:	1912-1973
	Abstract:	The Junior League of Cleveland is a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution states that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to the communities needs. New membership requirements are also explained. The collection consists of by-laws, constitutions, annual reports, committee reports, minutes, brochures, pamphlets, magazines, correspondence, scripts, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and blueprints.
	Call #:	MS 3822
	Extent:	11.10 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Junior League of Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work. \| Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Junior League of Cleveland Records, Series II
	Creator:	Junior League of Cleveland
	Dates:	1924-2014
	Abstract:	The Junior League of Cleveland was a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to community needs. The collection consists of annual reports, directories, event programs, financial documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, publicity materials, and yearbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5248
	Extent:	5.20 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social Services/Charities / Women's History
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8	Title:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio Records
	Creator:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio
	Dates:	1874-1951
	Abstract:	The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cleveland, Ohio, was a temperance organization founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1880 as the Woman's Christian Temperance League. It was an auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio. In 1886 it changed its name to the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1933 it became the Woman's Philanthropic Union. It was also involved in many civic and charitable activities. The collection consists of a constitution, articles of incorporation, minutes of board and committee meetings, letters, and financial records.
	Call #:	MS 3247
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Friendly Inn (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records
	Creator:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section
	Dates:	1894-1967
	Abstract:	The National council of Jewish Women's Cleveland Section is a service organization founded in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio, as a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. Its services to Cleveland's Jewish and general communities include hot meals delivered to the elderly, homes for the elderly and working girls, scholarships, day nurseries and thrift shops. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, and materials on community service projects.
	Call #:	MS 3620
	Extent:	13.30 linear feet (27 containers and 22 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Solomea Nowak Schmidt Papers
	Creator:	Schmidt, Salomea Nowak
	Dates:	1922-1976
	Abstract:	Salomea Nowak Schmidt (1898-1980) was the daughter of Polish immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in many community, church and women's organizations, many of which served the needs and interests of mentally handicapped children. She married Leo W. Schmidt, who founded his own general contracting company and the United Savings and Loan Association. The collection consists of personal correspondence, personal materials, draft of Mrs. Schmidt's autobiography Under Oath, a scrapbook from Mr. Schmidt's savings and loan business, and correspondence, minutes, financial records and reports from Mrs. Schmidt's organizations.
	Call #:	MS 3970
	Extent:	5.51 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Schmidt, Salomea Nowak, 1898-1980. \| Schmidt family. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catholic Church. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Mentally handicapped children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records, Series II
	Creator:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section
	Dates:	1939-1977
	Abstract:	The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, is a women's service organization in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned with local, national, and international issues and projects. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of Board of Trustees and committees, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, materials on community service projects, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 4586
	Extent:	3.20 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records, Series II
	Creator:	National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section
	Dates:	1896-1986
	Abstract:	The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, is a women's service organization in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned with local, national, and international issues and projects. The collection consists of correspondence, lists, minutes, reports, newsletters, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 4783
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	Title:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records
	Creator:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter
	Dates:	1947-1993
	Abstract:	The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women, the original name of Jewish Women International, was founded in 1933. During the 1930s and 1940s, eleven more chapters were created, with one more in the 1950s. Cleveland area chapters assisted in the organization of Women's District Grand Lodge No. 2. The district was headed by Clevelanders Mrs. David Copland in 1936 and Lydia Woldman in 1940. Declining numbers in the 1980s caused a restructuring of the local chapters, combining 12 chapters into one new chapter, #1736. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, programs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 4832
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Jewish Women International (Organization) Cleveland Chapter. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	Jane Edna Hunter Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna
	Dates:	1909-1964
	Abstract:	Jane Edna Hunter was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, invoices, bylaws, checks, correspondence, a datebook, financial records, leases, a medical journal, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, poetry, press releases, receipts, reports, and a scrapbook. The collection primarily contains documents related to the personal business and financial activities of Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation.
	Call #:	MS 4867
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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15	Title:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series II
	Creator:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter
	Dates:	1955-1983
	Abstract:	The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women--the original name of Jewish Women International--was founded in 1933. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. Prominent issues addressed by Jewish Women International include anti-Semitism, reproductive rights, and domestic violence. The collection consists of agendas, applications, brochures, certificates, correspondence, lists, scrapbooks, scripts, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5007
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series III
	Creator:	Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter
	Dates:	1946-1989
	Abstract:	Jewish Women International (f. 1897) began in San Francisco to promote social activities among B'nai B'rith families. The first B'nai B'rith auxiliary was founded in 1909, and auxiliaries grew rapidly in the 1920s and 1930s to 178 groups and over 17,000 members reaching a peak in the 1950s with 600 chapters. In 1963 B'nai B'rith Women became an independent organization. The organization's mission has adapted to changing issues facing women, children, and families, including anti-Semitism, reproductive rights, and domestic violence. In 1995 the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. In Cleveland, Ohio, the first chapter of B'nai B'rith Women was the Heights Chapter #119, founded in 1933, followed one month later by the Cleveland Chapter #121. During the 1930s and 1940s eleven more chapters were created, with one more in the 1950s. In addition, Cleveland chapters assisted in the organization of Women's District Grand Lodge No. 2, which included several midwestern states. The district was headed by Clevelanders Mrs. David Copland in 1936 and Lydia Woldman in 1940. In 1953, Woldman also served as president of the Women's Supreme Council, the national body which coordinated 620 chapters. Declining numbers in the 1980s caused a restructuring of the local chapters, combining twelve chapters into one new chapter, #1736, consisting of 1,500 women. The collection consists of announcements, bulletins, correspondence, budgets, flyers, invitations, lists, minutes, programs, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5141
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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17	Title:	West Side Community House Records
	Creator:	West Side Community House
	Dates:	1890-1973
	Abstract:	West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 3938
	Extent:	32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social case work. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work. \| Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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18	Title:	Ruth Wiener Einstein Family Papers
	Creator:	Einstein, Ruth Wiener Family
	Dates:	1860-1977
	Abstract:	Ruth Wiener Einstein and her family were involved in numerous Jewish organizations and projects in Cleveland, Ohio. Educated in Cleveland at Central High School and Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Ruth Wiener married Jacob L. Einstein in 1903. His father, Leopold Einstein, along with several cousins, had founded the Ullman Brothers (later the Ullman, Einstein) Company, one of the largest liquor distilleries in the United States. Ruth Wiener Einstein's grandfather, Abraham Aub, was a founder and first president of the Jewish Orphan Asylum (later, Bellefaire). Her father, Abraham Wiener, also served as a president of that organization and was the Director of Charities and Corrections (1889-1901) under Cleveland mayor John Farley. Her mother, Bella Aub Wiener, was one of the founders of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Council Educational Alliance (later the Jewish Community Center). Ruth Wiener Einstein founded Cleveland's Jewish Big Sisters in 1920. She also served as a Board member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Montefiore Home; Bellefaire; Jewish Family Service Association; Jewish Community Center; and the Jewish Community Federation. One of her most notable achievements was the founding of Council Gardens, a housing complex for the elderly. She and Jacob Einstein had three children; Paul (Einstein) Eden, Edith (Mrs. Samuel O. Freedlander), and Jane (Mrs. Eldy S. Gross). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and awards and tributes of various family members. Includes the articles of incorporation and other business materials of the Ullman, Einstein Company.
	Call #:	MS 4656
	Extent:	0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Einstein, Ruth Wiener, 1882-1977. \| Einstein family. \| Wiener family. \| Baer family. \| Aub, Abraham, 1813-1879. \| Wiener, Abraham, 1839-1921. \| Wiener, Bella Aub, d. 1923. \| Einstein, Leopold. \| Einstein, Jacob L., d. 1919. \| Ullman, Einstein Company. \| Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Jewish Big Sisters. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Liquor industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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19	Title:	Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson Family Papers
	Creator:	Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld Family
	Dates:	1817-1993
	Abstract:	Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson continued her family's tradition of activism in Jewish and other educational, philanthropic, and social service organizations in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as a trustee and chairperson of the School on Magnolia, an alternative school, from 1973-1982. In 1985 the school was renamed the Eleanor Gerson School. Other organizations she was active in included the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Cleveland, the Women's Community Foundation, the Jewish Family Service Association, the Jewish Community Federation, Mount Sinai Hospital, the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland, the Heights Area Project, and the Cleveland Scholarship Program. Eleanor Rosenfeld married Benjamin Gerson in 1937, and had four children. She was the great-granddaughter of Edward Lazarus and Henrietta Wilmersdorfer Rosenfeld, who had immigrated to New York City from Uhlfeld, Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. Their son, Louis Rosenfeld, married Frederica Fatman, daughter of Joseph Fatman, in 1874. Joseph Fatman and his brother, Aaron, were owners of the firm of Fatman and Company, tobacco dealers. In December 1862, they were among the thirty Jewish merchants ordered out of Paducah, Kentucky, in the Department of the Tennessee by General U.S. Grant's Order Number 11. Eleanor Gerson's parents, Edward Lazarus and Bertha Rosenfeld, moved to Cleveland from New York City in 1925. Edward was an executive in his father-in-law Emanuel Rosenfeld's firm, Grabler Manufacturing Company. He was also active on the boards of many Jewish social service organizations. Bertha Rosenfeld was a founder of the Council of Jewish Women's Jewish Big Sister organization, and was active in other Jewish and women's groups. Bertha's parents, Emanuel and Lena Rosenfeld, came to Cleveland in the 1870s from Germany and were members of Temple Tifereth Israel. Lena Rosenfeld was an active member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women and The Temple's Women's Association. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and genealogical documents, diaries, account books, and newspaper and other clippings of the Rosenfeld, Fatman, and Gerson family members. Of particular interest to Civil War historians are contemporaneous documents relating to General Grant's Order Number 11 which expelled Jews from areas in the jurisdiction of the Department of the Tennessee.
	Call #:	MS 4660
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 \| Rosenfeld family. \| Gerson family. \| Fatman family. \| Fatman, Joseph. \| Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. \| Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1817-1891. \| Rosenfeld, Louis, 1848-1901. \| Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1875-1947. \| Rosenfeld, Bertha, 1881-1959. \| Rosenfeld, Frederica Fatman. \| United States. Army. Dept. of the Tennessee. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- New York City. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews.
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20	Title:	Women's Centennial Commission Records
	Creator:	Women's Centennial Commission
	Dates:	1891-1971
	Abstract:	The Women's Centennial Commission of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1895 as the Women's Auxiliary of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. The group formally became a part of the Cleveland Centennial Commission on September 25, 1895, when its name was changed to the Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. Mary B. Ingham served as the first president, and Catherine Hitchcock Avery was chairman of the executive board. Woman's Day, a part of the centennial celebration, was held July 28, 1896. In December 1896, an aluminum casket time capsule was filled by members and sealed, to be opened one hundred years later in 1996 during the bicentennial of the founding of Cleveland. The casket was given to the Western Reserve Historical Society for safekeeping. In 1898, the executive committee of the Woman's Department became a permanent organization. Each member designated a successor, and yearly meetings were held. In 1921, a second aluminum casket time capsule was prepared, commemorating the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Cleveland. This casket was not sealed until 1927, so that volume five of the Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, a project begun in 1896 by the Woman's Department, and edited by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, could be included. That same year, the name of the group was changed to the Women's Centennial Commission. Continued by the successors of the women of 1896 and 1921, a sealed aluminum casket was placed at the Western Reserve Historical Society during the sesquicentennial celebration of Cleveland in 1946. At the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of Cleveland in 1971, a fourth time capsule was prepared. The group was revived as the bicentennial of 1996 approached, and in 1996, the contents of the time capsules were unpacked by lineal descendants of the original members. The collection consists of the contents of four aluminum casket time capsules from the years 1896, 1921, 1946, and 1971. The contents include letters, constitutions and bylaws, minutes, resolutions, financial statements, programs, lists, certificates, cards, photographs, invitations, addresses, speeches, essays, poems, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, brochures, directories, bulletins, notes, books, pamphlets, annual reports, yearbooks, biographical and genealogical sketches, business cards, medals, ribbons, coins, flags, badges, a gavel, drawings, watercolor prints, maps, calendars, and a poster. Material from philanthropic, social service, cultural, and religious organizations and agencies of the time is included. Documentation on the formation and organization of the Women's Centennial Commission is included, as is a large amount of personal letters and photographs addressed to their descendants by Commission members. The collection also documents how the Cleveland centennial was planned and celebrated in 1896, and how subsequent anniversary years were celebrated. Original manuscripts and copies of the speeches and toasts given during Woman's Day in 1896 were included in the time capsules.
	Call #:	MS 4752
	Extent:	6.80 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Avery, Catherine Hitchcock, 1844-1911. \| Ingham, Mary Bigelow, 1832-1923. \| Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer, 1844-1930. \| Women's Centennial Commission. \| Cleveland Centennial Commission. Woman's Dept. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Time capsules -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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