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Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (9)
Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (9)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (7)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. (6)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (4)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (3)
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. (3)
Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Ancient Order of Hibernians. (2)
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. (2)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. (2)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. (2)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (2)
Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Dance -- Ireland. (2)
Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. (2)
Gallagher family. (2)
Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. (2)
Irish Americans -- Archives. (2)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. (2)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. (2)
Irish Civic Association. (2)
Knights of Equity. (2)
Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (2)
Land League (Ireland) (2)
Mayo (Ireland : County) -- History. (2)
McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. (2)
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. (2)
Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. (2)
Achill (Ireland) -- Description and travel. (1)
Achill (Ireland) -- Relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
American Friends Service Committee. (1)
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. (1)
Anson, Robert Sam, 1945- (1)
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. (1)
Burke School of Irish Dance. (1)
Butler, Edward T., III. (1)
Campbell, Thomas F. (1)
Case Western Reserve University. Dept. of History. (1)
Casey family. (1)
Catholic Charities Corporation of Cleveland. (1)
Catholic Church -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Customs and practices. (1)
Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (1)
Catholic Knights of Cleveland. (1)
Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- 20th century. (1)
Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
City Club of Cleveland. (1)
City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Fire fighters. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Relations -- Ireland -- Achill. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Relations -- Ireland -- Mayo (County) (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Fire. (1)
Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Cleveland Public Library (1)
Cleveland Restoration Society. (1)
Cleveland State Univeristy. (1)
Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. (1)
Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. (1)
Cleveland-Achill Twinning Committee (1)
College administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Connell, James C. (1)
Connelly family. (1)
Connelly, James. (1)
Connelly, Lawrence. (1)
Connelly, Thomas J., Captain. (1)
Corrigan family. (1)
Corrigan, John V. (1)
Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979. (1)
Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. (1)
D.W. Kelly Moving Company. (1)
Davitt, Michael, 1846-1906. (1)
DeBinder family. (1)
Dempsey family. (1)
Dempsey, William F. (1)
Dunbar family. (1)
Fenian Brotherhood. (1)
Fire fighters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. (1)
Friends of Howe Mansion. (1)
Friends of Shaker Square. (1)
Gallagher, Sean C. (1)
Gallagher, Tom L., 1888-1939. (1)
Gallagher, Tom, 1827-? (1)
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. (1)
Great Lakes -- Commerce (1)
Great Lakes -- History. (1)
Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Hopkins, William Rowland, 1869-1961. (1)
Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence. (1)
Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration. (1)
Ireland -- History -- 19th century. (1)
Ireland -- History. (1)
Ireland -- Poetry. (1)
Irish -- Canada. (1)
Irish American Archives Society (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Irish American families -- Ohio -- Newburgh. (1)
Irish American wit and humor. (1)
Irish American women. (1)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 19th century (1)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Newburgh. (1)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. (1)
Irish Americans -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. (1)
Irish Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc. (1)
Irish Americans. (1)
Irish Emigrant Aid Society of Ohio. (1)
Irish Goodfellowship Club. (1)
Irish Music Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Irish Parliamentary Party. (1)
Irish-American Club Company of Cleveland. (1)
Irish-American Partnership. (1)
Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Kelly family. (1)
Kelly, Anna Melia. (1)
Kelly, Dawson, 1895-1977. (1)
Kerry (Ireland) -- History. (1)
Kilrush (Ireland) -- Maps, Topographic. (1)
Koch family. (1)
Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century (1)
Lavelle, John J., ca. 1908-1994. (1)
Legislators -- United States -- Miscellanea. (1)
Lemke, William, 1878-1950. (1)
Leneghan Academy of Traditional Irish Dance. (1)
Leneghan, Catherine, 1964- (1)
Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
MacNeven Club (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Manning, Mary Devine, d. 1905. (1)
Manning, William Andrew, 1847-1937. (1)
Mansell family. (1)
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. (1)
Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Description and travel. (1)
Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Politics and government. (1)
Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography (1)
McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. (1)
McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. (1)
McGorray, James W., d. 1919. (1)
McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. (1)
McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. (1)
McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- (1)
McLaughlin family. (1)
McLaughlin, Michael 1927- (1)
McLaughlin, Sara 1928- (1)
McMonagle, George J. (1)
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. (1)
Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Monaghan family. (1)
Morrow family. (1)
Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. (1)
Mulcahy, Michael, 1839-1908. (1)
Municiapl home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Murphy family (1)
Murphy, William Joseph, 1876-1942 (1)
National Daughters of Erin. (1)
National Union for Social Justice. (1)
Neighborhood planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Newburgh (Ohio) -- History. (1)
Niehaus family. (1)
Niehaus, Kathleen. (1)
Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. (1)
O'Boyle family. (1)
O'Boyle, John J. (1)
O'Gorman family. (1)
O'Neill, Mary Walsh, 1905-2001. (1)
O'Neill, Michael, 1901-1961. (1)
O'Rourke family. (1)
O'Rourke, Lawrence, 1915-1986. (1)
Ohio State University. Dept. of History. (1)
Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Cuyahoga County) (1)
Oral histories. (1)
Philosophical Club of Cleveland. (1)
Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees. (1)
Ranney family. (1)
Reid family. (1)
Reid, Isaac, 1798-1886. (1)
Reynolds family. (1)
Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Schade family. (1)
Schade, Robert E. (1)
Schools -- Ohio -- Newburgh. (1)
Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Shaker Square (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Shehan family. (1)
Shehan, Daniel T. (1)
Shipping -- Great Lakes (1)
Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
Social Welfare History Group (1)
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. (1)
St. Patrick's Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Sullivan, William. (1)
Sweeney, Martin Leonard, 1885-1960. (1)
Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Tuesday Study Club. (1)
Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
United Irish Societies. (1)
United States -- Emigration and immigration. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953. (1)
Walker family. (1)
Walsh, John, 1856-1951. (1)
Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photographs. (1)
Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. (1)
Western Union Telegraph Co. (1)
Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864. (1)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Women immigrants. (1)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. (1)
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21Title:  Daniel T. Shehan Family Papers     
 Creator:  Shehan, Daniel T. Family 
 Dates:  1841-1939 
 Abstract:  Daniel T. Shehan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and married Margerett Melagott there in 1838. They emigrated to Quebec, Canada, in 1841. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1847. The collection consists of correspondence, medical instructions, a recipe book, poems, a contract, a partial will, photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of newspaper articles, an autograph book, a commencement book, and a souvenir menu. Included are letters written home by Daniel Shehan to his family in Ireland. 
 Call #:  MS 4817 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Shehan, Daniel T. | Gallagher, Tom, 1827-? | Gallagher, Tom L., 1888-1939. | Shehan family. | Gallagher family. | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish -- Canada. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence. | Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. | Ireland -- Emigration and immigration.
 
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22Title:  Lawrence Connelly Family Papers     
 Creator:  Connelly, Lawrence Family 
 Dates:  1883-1989 
 Abstract:  Lawrence Connelly emigrated from Newry, County Down, Ireland, to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852. He was later joined in Cleveland by his wife, Ann, and their children. The family owned a farm in the vicinity of Ansel Rd. in Cleveland. Their son, James Connelly, served 2 terms on Cleveland City Council, 1885-1889, and was a successful public contractor and president of the Connelly Construction Co. A great-grandson of Lawrence Connelly, Thomas J. Connelly, became captain of the Bethlehem Steel vessel, Stewart J. Cort. Another descendant, Edward T. Butler III, was active in the leadership of Catholic Charities, the Cleveland Bar Association, and on the boards of St. Anthony's Home for Boys and the United Appeal Campaign. Another descendant is the author Robert Sam Anson. The collection consists of a six-generation genealogical chart, reminiscences given by women of the family throughout the century, a playscript re-creation of "The Tuesday Study Club," and copies of newspaper clippings about various members of the family and miscellaneous articles of Irish interest. 
 Call #:  MS 4822 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Connelly, Lawrence. | Connelly family. | Connelly, James. | Connelly, Thomas J., Captain. | Butler, Edward T., III. | Anson, Robert Sam, 1945- | Tuesday Study Club. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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23Title:  Michael Mulcahy Papers     
 Creator:  Mulcahy, Michael 
 Dates:  1862-1908 
 Abstract:  Michael Mulcahy (1839-1908) was enrolled as a private in the 6th United States Calvary in 1862 and was later promoted to sergeant, serving in the United States Civil War. Mulcahy received acclaim for his involvement in the famous Winchester Ride where he fought with General Sheridan in the Battle of Winchester. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army on January 13, 1865. Mulcahy was born in County Cork, Ireland. After his soldier days, he came to Cleveland, Ohio, worked as a carpenter, and joined the volunteer fire department. He married Elizabeth Brennan on February 27, 1865 in St. Patrick's Church, Cleveland, Ohio. He later joined the first paid fire department organized in Cleveland. The collection consists of Civil War records pertaining to Michael Mulcahy's service, including register of enlistment, affidavits, and pension documents; a death certificate; newspaper clippings; and a letter. 
 Call #:  MS 4857 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Mulcahy, Michael, 1839-1908. | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Fire. | Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864. | Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fire fighters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Fire fighters.
 
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24Title:  Sara McLaughlin Papers     
 Creator:  McLaughlin, Sara 
 Dates:  1928-2001 
 Abstract:  Sara McLaughlin was born in 1928 in River, Achill Island, Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. She met her husband, Michael McLaughlin (also an Irish immigrant), in Cleveland, where they were married in 1958. Both have been extremely active in Irish American cultural and social affairs and clubs in Cleveland. In addition to her many volunteer activities with the Irish American community of Cleveland, Sara was named the 2001 Mother of the Year by the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and the 2000 Woman of the Year by the West Side Irish American Club. The McLaughlins established the Maureen McLaughlin Scholarship for Music, awarded annually at the Cleveland Feis cultural competition, in memory of their daughter Maureen. The collection consists of car banners, brochures from the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish Music Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a naturalization certificate, various congressional recognitions and resolutions, correspondence, a liturgy from the 2001 St. Patrick's Day mass, newspaper clippings, and two photographs. 
 Call #:  MS 4870 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McLaughlin, Sara 1928- | McLaughlin, Michael 1927- | McLaughlin family. | Ancient Order of Hibernians. | Irish Music Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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25Title:  Robert E. Schade Family Papers     
 Creator:  Schade, Robert E. Family 
 Dates:  1820-1994 
 Abstract:  Robert E. Schade was born and reared in Cleveland, Ohio. A descendant of the Dempsey family, he was active in the Irish American community of Cleveland. Robert E. Schade was a vice president of Willard F. Schade and Associates. His great grandfather, James Dempsey, was one of the founding members of St. Malachi's Church, Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather, William F. Dempsey, was a merchant seaman on the Great Lakes, and also worked for the Cleveland Fire Department. The collection consists of a book chapter; cemetery records; certificates of birth, baptism, marriage and death; correspondence; a descendant chart; family histories; a family crest; a family tree; genealogical information; last will and testament; memoirs; newspaper clippings; obituaries; passenger arrival records; photographs; and a poem. 
 Call #:  MS 4871 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Schade, Robert E. | Schade family. | Dempsey, William F. | Dempsey family. | Monaghan family. | Ranney family. | Walker family. | DeBinder family. | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Great Lakes -- History.
 
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26Title:  Twinning of Cleveland, Ohio and the Parish of Achill, County Mayo, Ireland Records     
 Creator:  Twinning of Cleveland, Ohio and the Parish of Achill, County Mayo, Ireland 
 Dates:  1996-2004 
 Abstract:  The twinning of Cleveland, Ohio, and Achill in County Mayo, Ireland, was a celebration of the ancestral connection of a large number of Cleveland's Irish American population to that area of Ireland, and afforded an opportunity to nurture business and social relationships between the two regions. The celebration was spearheaded by Stephen L. Mulloy and took several years of planning and organizing before the visit of the Cleveland delegation, which included Mayor Jane Campbell, Stephen L. Mulloy, and other prominent Irish Americans from northeast Ohio, in July 2003. In October 2003, Frank Chambers, Chairman of Mayo County Council and other dignitaries from Mayo visited Cleveland. Their trip included a visit to the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of agendas, booklets, brochures, business cards, calendar, catalog, correspondence, drafts, fact sheets, financial report, flyers, handwritten notes, information packet, invitations, itineraries, lists, menu, minutes, newsletters, newspaper, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, postcards, programs, resolution, summary and typescripts. These items were collected by Judge Sean C. Gallagher, who was involved in planning and organizing this event, and supplemented by Regina Costello. The material documents the celebration of the cultural connection between Irish Americans of Cleveland, Ohio to their roots in Achill, Ireland, with information on the planning, background, research and participants in the event. Included also are promotional materials from Cleveland as well as Achill and County Mayo, Ireland, and information on Mayo politics and history. 
 Call #:  MS 4923 
 Extent:  0.81 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland-Achill Twinning Committee | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photographs. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Relations -- Ireland -- Achill. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Relations -- Ireland -- Mayo (County) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce. | Achill (Ireland) -- Relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Achill (Ireland) -- Description and travel. | Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mayo (Ireland : County) -- History. | Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Description and travel. | Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Politics and government.
 
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27Title:  McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records, Series II     
 Creator:  McGorray Brothers Funeral Home 
 Dates:  1935-1936 
 Abstract:  The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of a funeral account record book. 
 Call #:  MS 5128 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
 
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28Title:  McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records     
 Creator:  McGorray Brothers Funeral Home 
 Dates:  1876-1935 
 Abstract:  The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of funeral account ledgers, funeral record books, inventory records, carriage and coach ledgers, correspondence, death certificates, burial permits, and other receipts. This collection provides the genealogical researcher with much information, particularly those interested in Irish Catholic family history of Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral account ledgers provide the name of the deceased, name the account is being billed to, date of death, and date and location of burial. The majority of these ledgers contain an alphabetized index of names. The funeral record books include the name of the deceased, date of death, age, sex, cause of death, residence of the deceased, place of burial, name the account is being billed to (often next of kin), that person's address, and the attending physician and his address. Also contained in these volumes are receipts, burial permits, and death certificates for individuals. The collection also contains business records, including carriage, coach, and inventory volumes, detailing the funeral home business of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. click here to view the searchable index to the burial records contained in this collection 
 Call #:  MS 4805 
 Extent:  5.40 linear feet (14 containers) 
 Subjects:  McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. | McGorray, James W., d. 1919. | McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. | McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. | McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. | McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
 
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29Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Records     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1971-1990 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of audio recordings, video recordings, interview transcripts, ledgers, financial documents, membership lists, board meeting minutes, correspondence, presentation materials, notes, catalog cards, exhibit materials, and museum holdings. 
 Call #:  MS 5175 
 Extent:  19.42 linear feet (21 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 film canister) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. | Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Oral histories. | Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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30Title:  Thomas F. Campbell Papers     
 Creator:  Campbell, Thomas F. 
 Dates:  1897-2004 
 Abstract:  Thomas Campbell was an author, community leader, and professor and university administrator who co-founded the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University and served as its director. Campbell served as president of the City Club of Cleveland, and was instrumental in opening its doors to women. He directed the Cleveland Heritage Program for Cleveland Public Library. He ran for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977. He founded the Irish American Archives Society and was deeply involved in the Irish American community of Cleveland, as well as numerous other groups in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of agendas, awards, biographical data, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, examination papers, flyers, invitations, magazine articles, memberships, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, plays, poems, programs, recipes, reports, resumes, speeches, workshops and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 4925 
 Extent:  9.43 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Campbell, Thomas F. | Case Western Reserve University. Dept. of History. | Ohio State University. Dept. of History. | Cleveland State Univeristy. | Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. | Cleveland Public Library | City Club of Cleveland. | Irish American Archives Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. | Cleveland Restoration Society. | Friends of Howe Mansion. | Social Welfare History Group | Friends of Shaker Square. | Irish-American Partnership. | American Friends Service Committee. | Philosophical Club of Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans. | College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | College administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Municiapl home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Neighborhood planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Shaker Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government.
 
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