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1Title:  World Publishing Company Records     
 Creator:  World Publishing Company 
 Dates:  1954-1979 
 Abstract:  The World Publishing Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1905 by Alfred H. Cahen, an immigrant from Poland. The company was a major publisher of trade books, bibles, dictionaries, and children's books. This collection consists primarily of catalogs, annual reports, and bulletins from the World Publishing Company dating from the 1950s to the 1970s. It also includes employee benefit manuals and company-issued books detailing pension and retirement plans. 
 Call #:  MS 5357 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pensions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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2Title:  Vaclav Snajdr Papers     
 Creator:  Snajdr, Vaclav 
 Dates:  1867-1954 
 Abstract:  Vaclav Snajdr (1847-1920) was a Czech writer and journalist who moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1869 to edit the newspaper Slavie. He later moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began his own paper, Pokrok, in 1873. When it failed in 1876 Snajdr remained in Cleveland and started a weekly, rationalist newspaper, Dennice Novoveku, in 1877. Later he also published a Sunday paper, Jednota. From 1883 to 1886 Snajdr published Osvobozenych, and from 1891 to 1896 he published Organ Bratsoi of the Cesko-Slovanska Podporyici Spolecnost. Snajdr sold his newspaper and publishing business to Svet Publishing Company in 1910 but remained active in local politics and business. He retired in 1919 and moved to California. The collection consists of correspondence, notes taken for Snajdr's newspaper Dennice Novoveku, legal papers, checks, receipts, tax forms, biographical material on the Snajdr family, a memorial booklet, notes on the Snajdr estate, and miscellaneous materials, including obituaries, a xeroxed copy of Pokrok, articles, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 3706 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920. | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated Minutes and Financial Records     
 Creator:  Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated 
 Dates:  1908-1945 
 Abstract:  The Bohemian Socialist Printing and Publishing Company was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911 and operated under that name until 1941 when it was reincorporated as the Czech-American Labor News, Inc. The collection consists of articles of incorporation of the Bohemian Socialist Printing and Publishing Company, and minutes of the boards of directors and financial and operational ledgers of both companies. 
 Call #:  MS 3859 
 Extent:  4.40 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated (Cleveland, Ohio) | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Press, Socialist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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