| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1822-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3577 | | | | Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Necrologies. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | St. Paul's United Church of Christ Records
| | | | Creator: | St. Paul's United Church of Christ | | | | Dates: | 1856-1970 | | | | Abstract: | St. Paul's United Church of Christ was established in 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Second German Evangelical Church. In 1858 it changed to St. Paul's Evangelical Church. The church was located at the intersection of Scovill Avenue and Greenwood Street. With the merger of the German Evangelical and German Reformed denominations the church became St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Since the 1961 merger with the Congregational Christian Church the denomination has been known as St. Paul's United Church of Christ. The collection consists of three bound volumes containing the registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths in the church, a bound volume of memorials of members, and additional, unbound memorials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3851 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (1 container and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | St. Paul's United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Shubert Spero Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spero, Shubert | | | | Dates: | 1942-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Shubert Spero (b. 1923) was the Rabbi of Young Israel of Cleveland, Ohio, Co-Chairman of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, and trustee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He and his wife, Iris, emigrated to Israel in 1983. The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, minutes, reports, publications, a scrapbook, and newsletters from Young Israel of Cleveland, the Rabbi's Record from Berkowitz-Kumin Funeral Home, and records from the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, its Rabbinical Court (Beth Din), and the Jewish Community Federation's Kashruth Board. | | | | Call #: | MS 3988 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Spero, Shubert. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbinical courts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish councils and synods. | Jewish law. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Fidelity Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1892-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892 it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In answer to changing social conditions in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, programs, membership records, constitutions, agreements, Sunday School records, legal records, baptism and death records (1892-1912), miscellaneous files, and records documenting the church's work with community welfare organizations, including records of the Cleveland Area Church Council and the Inner City Protestant Parish. | | | | Call #: | MS 3648 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fidelity Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies. | Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local church councils. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1851-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3583 | | | | Extent: | 8.30 linear feet (20 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist Church. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodists, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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