Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
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| | • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Delgado family. |
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| | • | Delgado, Felix, d. 1955. |
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| | • | Education, Bilingual -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Feliciano, Jose. |
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| | • | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Martinez, Luis, 1948- |
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| | • | Mexican Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | San Juan Bautista Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Social case work. |
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| | • | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Spanish American Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Women in charitable work. |
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| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Felix Delgado Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Delgado, Felix Family | | | | Dates: | 1918-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Felix Delgado was born in La Laborsita, Mexico, ca. 1878. He married Luisa Aguado in La Loza, Mexico, in 1902, and they emigrated to the United States in 1913. After living twelve years in Texas, the family moved to Michigan. Around 1925, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Felix Delgado worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He and his wife had eleven children. He died in 1955.This collection is of value to researchers interested in ethnicity, migration, and the establishment of the Mexican community in Cleveland, Ohio. A family history written by Victor Delgado includes an oral history account narrating the difficulties the family encountered in emigrating to and establishing themselves in the United States. An issue of the newspaper Un Nuevo Grito illustrates the sense of pride and unity that the Mexican community shared, and depicts ethnic prejudice they encountered. Included in this collection is an employment book, containing both financial information and brief biographical and genealogical notes concerning Felix Delgado and his family. Materials are written in English and Spanish. The collection consists of correspondence, a family history, a genealogy, identification papers, newspaper clippings, and an employment book, all of which are photocopies of the originals. These family papers document the emigration of a Mexican family to the United States in the early twentieth century. A family history includes an oral history transcription narrating the difficulties the family encountered as immigrants. The employment book contains both financial information and brief biographical and genealogical notes concerning Felix Delgado and his family. | | | | Call #: | MS 4740 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Delgado, Felix, d. 1955. | Delgado family. | Mexican Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Luis Martinez Papers
| | | | Creator: | Martinez, Luis | | | | Dates: | 1975-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Luis Martinez, a native of Puerto Rico, Martinez lived in Lorain, Ohio, for much of his youth. In 1981, Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich appointed him as Hispanic Liaison for the city of Cleveland. He served in that capacity until 1986. The collection consists of minutes and a history of the Spanish American Committee of Cleveland, correspondence, news releases, mailing lists, and clippings. This collection pertains largely to the Hispanic Community and includes material on bilingual education in Cleveland Public Schools, San Juan Bautista Church, Jose Feliciano and various social issues in Cleveland during the years 1975-1986. | | | | Call #: | MS 4176 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Martinez, Luis, 1948- | Feliciano, Jose. | Spanish American Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | San Juan Bautista Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Bilingual -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | 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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