| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ohio B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Ohio B'nai B'rith Youth Organization | | | | Dates: | 1938-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), a youth service club, was introduced into Ohio in 1932, when a chapter was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. As more chapters were founded the state was organized into two regions, Greater Ohio and Southern Ohio-Kentucky. The collection consists of membership records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reunion programs, scrapbooks, mounted photographs, and program descriptions. A small portion of the collection consists of records collected by Emanuel Stern, a BBYO founder in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. The material includes chapters in Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Mansfield, Toledo, Warren, and Youngstown. | | | | Call #: | MS 4873 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. Greater Ohio Region. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish youth -- Ohio. | Boys -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs. | Girls -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Philip Nashkin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nashkin, Philip | | | | Dates: | 1943-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Philip (Fishel) Nashkin (1888-1981) was successful businessman and a popular Yiddish-speaking actor and monologist in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. In the early 1920s, Philip Nashkin founded the Nashkin Cloak Co., located on Superior Avenue in Cleveland. He closed the business when he retired in 1958. Nashkin began performing plays, monologues, and comedy routines in 1912. He became much sought-after for performances, both in Florida and in Cleveland. Most of his performances were in Yiddish. Nashkin was devoted to the Yiddish language, and he helped found the Yiddish Kultur Geselschaft (Yiddish Cultural Society) of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5133 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nashkin, Philip, 1888-1981. | Guralnik family. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio. | Theater, Yiddish -- Florida. | Yiddish language. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio. | Jews -- Florida.
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