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1	Title:	United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 Records
	Creator:	United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427
	Dates:	1937-1979
	Abstract:	Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union was chartered in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, as District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. It merged with the Retail Clerks International Association in 1979 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District 427 established the Community Health Foundation in 1964, with the cooperation of the Retail Clerks Local 880. The Foundation merged with Kaiser in 1969. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, convention proceedings, reports, contracts, clippings, financial and membership records, subject files, papers of presidents Sam Pollock and Frank Cimino, and records of or material pertaining to affiliated locals and unions, including Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 500, Cleveland Fur Workers Local 86, The Canton Federation of Labor and the Cleveland AFL-CIO.
	Call #:	MS 3892
	Extent:	63.60 linear feet (65 containers)
	Subjects:	United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 427 (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clerks (Retail trade) -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Butchers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Food industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| Health maintenance organizations -- United States.
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2	Title:	Rudolph M. Rosenthal Papers
	Creator:	Rosenthal, Rudolph M.
	Dates:	1925-1980
	Abstract:	Rudolph M. Rosenthal (1906-1979) was the Rabbi of the Temple on the Heights (B'nai Jeshurun Congregation) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1933 to 1976. Rabbi Rosenthal was active in civic and educational organizations, and in civil rights and Zionist organizations such as the Wilberforce University Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Zionist Organization of America. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript drafts, addresses and sermons, memorabilia, and synagogue records. Correspondents include the Wilberforce University Foundation and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, on the topics of civil rights and Zionism.
	Call #:	MS 3940
	Extent:	3.70 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Rudolph M., (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979. \| B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| Zionism -- United States.
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3	Title:	Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs
	Creator:	George, Dr. Zelma Watson
	Dates:	1881-1994
	Abstract:	Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born in Texas in 1903. As an African American woman coming of age in the early twentieth century, she and her family endured discrimination in many situations. She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, went on to college at the University of Chicago, and eventually earned her Ph.D. from New York University. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and became renown for her musical talents and research, diplomatic career, her contributions to the civil rights movement locally, and her career as an administrator and educator/lecturer. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5415
	Extent:	55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes)
	Subjects:	George, Zelma Watson \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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4	Title:	Henry Thomas Tanaka Papers
	Creator:	Tanaka, Henry Thomas
	Dates:	1942-1976
	Abstract:	Henry Thomas Tanaka (b. 1922) was the national president of the Japanese American Citizens' League. A second generation Japanese American, Tanaka was born in Oregon, placed in an internment camp during World War II, and subsequently resettled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he became a leader in Japanese American affairs. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, memoranda, financial records, membership lists, histories, news releases, publications and other records of the Japanese American Citizens' League, and records collected by Henry Tanaka and Rev. Katsuichi Satow on issues of Japanese interest.
	Call #:	MS 3680
	Extent:	11.90 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Tanaka, Henry Thomas, 1922- \| Japanese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Japanese Americans -- Social conditions. \| Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. \| Concentration camps -- United States. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States. \| Race discrimination -- United States. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| United States -- Race relations.
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5	Title:	Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Papers
	Creator:	Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks
	Dates:	1948-2010
	Abstract:	Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1904. Orphaned at age four, she was raised by the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and Fisk University before applying to the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. Johnson graduated in 1928 with a master's degree in social work. As a social worker, Johnson was first employed by Associated Charities of Cleveland, Ohio. Later, she worked for the Cuyahoga County Department of Welfare in conjunction with the federal program Aid to Dependent Children. She retired in 1961. Johnson married Elmer Cheeks in 1929. They had two sons. Cheeks died in 1941, and Johnson married Raymond Johnson in 1957. He died in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was an active member of Mt. Zion Congregational Church, an avid reader and traveler, and a supporter of a variety of charities. At age 105, she attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Soon after, with the assistance of a freelance writer, she wrote her autobiography. It was published shortly after her death in 2010. The collection consists of annual reports, booklets, book manuscripts, book proofs, brochures, catalogues, certificates, church directories, citations, correspondence, forms, a guest book, an inauguration ticket, lists, magazine articles, newsletter articles, newspaper articles, notes, passports, proclamations, programs, remarks, speeches, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 5068
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. \| Case Western Reserve University. \| Fisk University. \| Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Daniel Jeremy Silver Papers
	Creator:	Daniel Jeremy Silver
	Dates:	1907-1993
	Abstract:	Daniel Jeremy Silver was a Reform rabbi at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, who preceded and served with him at The Temple. Prior to his years at The Temple, Daniel Jeremy Silver was rabbi at Congregation Beth Torah of Chicago Heights, Illinois. He became senior Rabbi of The Temple in 1963, serving until his death. He was active in local Cleveland Jewish and secular affairs, particularly with Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Jewish Community Federation's Public Welfare Committee. He was also active in the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the Zionist Organization of America. Silver was the author of four books and many popular and scholarly articles, and also edited books and journals. The collection consists of appointment books, correspondence, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, programs, sermons, notes, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4850
	Extent:	23.20 linear feet (24 containers)
	Subjects:	Silver, Daniel Jeremy. \| Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. \| Silver, Adele Z. \| Silver, Virginia. \| Moses (Biblical leader). \| Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. \| Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Case Western Reserve University. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Central Conference of American Rabbis. \| National Foundation for Jewish Culture (U.S.). \| Zionist Organization of America. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Zionism. \| Arab-Israeli conflict. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| Jews -- History. \| Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. \| Biblical scholars -- United States.
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