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1	Title:	John Walsh Papers
	Creator:	Walsh, John
	Dates:	1880-2000
	Abstract:	John Walsh was born in England of Irish-born parents. Along with his wife, Anna Markey, he immigrated to the United States in 1880, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in a weaving business. He later taught at Immaculate Conception School in Cleveland, and worked for 18 years at the United States Post Office. After leaving the post office, he became the assistant to the Cuyahoga County Treasurer and in 1911 was appointed a bailiff at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, a position he held until 1949. During the 1890s, he organized and was first president of the Cleveland branch of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. In 1895, he became a member of the Parnell Branch of the Irish Land League. He also served as president of the MacNeven Club, organized in 1867 chiefly by Irish American veterans of the Civil War. Walsh served as the county president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and secretary of the John Mitchell Council of the Irish National Association. The collection consists of a biography, a booklet with copies of Walsh's marriage certificate and newspaper articles about him, correspondence, program books of the MacNeven Club and Ancient Order of Hibernians honoring John Walsh, miscellaneous newspaper articles, and four copies of Irish Heritage Magazine. Genealogical information about John Walsh is also included.
	Call #:	MS 4841
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Walsh, John, 1856-1951. \| Ancient Order of Hibernians. \| MacNeven Club (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Catholic Knights of Cleveland. \| Land League (Ireland) \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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2	Title:	Cleveland Irish Musicians Club Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Irish Musicians Club
	Dates:	1976-2000
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Irish Musicians Club was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1976. It is dedicated to the promotion of traditional Irish music and musical instruments and the study of Irish culture, folklore, and history. The collection consists of a constitution, a brochure advertising the Irish Cultural Festival of Cleveland, correspondence, a list of scholarship winners, a magazine, miscellaneous articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a transcript.
	Call #:	MS 4859
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Irish Musicians Club. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	John V. Corrigan Papers
	Creator:	Corrigan, John V.
	Dates:	1938-1999
	Abstract:	John V. Corrigan was a Cleveland, Ohio, Irish American lawyer and judge who served in the Ohio House of Representatives, as a judge on the Cleveland Municipal Court, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, as chief justice of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, and on the Ohio Court of Appeals. He was active in several philanthropic and cultural organizations, including the Children's Council and the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. The collection consists of articles of incorporation of the Irish Cultural Garden, a biographical sketch of John V. Corrigan, a book, a bulletin, conference papers, correspondence, historical data regarding the Irish cultural Garden, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 4860
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Corrigan, John V. \| Corrigan family. \| Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio)
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4	Title:	John J. Lavelle Scrapbook
	Creator:	Lavelle, John J.
	Dates:	1937-1994
	Abstract:	John J. Lavelle (ca. 1908-1994), "considered a national pioneer in the field of court administrators" according to his obituary in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1994, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1925. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from John Carroll University in 1929 and graduated from Cleveland Marshall School of Law in 1933. Lavelle worked for the Cuyahoga County Court System, starting as a deputy clerk in 1933. By 1938 he was a clerk in Domestic Relations court for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in 1940 was transferred to Common Pleas Court to be the first divorce assignment commissioner. He became Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court's first administrator in 1957. He worked for 18 years as business manager of the Common Pleas Court responsible for personnel, purchasing and the budget. As the court's first administrator, he was responsible for all non-judicial matters of the court including personnel, purchasing and budget. He also played an important role in the planning of the Justice Center which houses the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland Municipal Courts, Cleveland Police headquarters, and the Correction Center and was completed in 1976. Mr. Lavelle retired in 1974. Lavelle was also active in the community outside of his employment with the court. He was a trustee of the board of Catholic Charities Corporation of Greater Cleveland, a member of the alumni board of trustees of Cleveland Marshall School of Law, an honorary member of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, and a member of the Cleveland Council of the Knights of Columbus. Besides these activities he was also active in Irish associations in Cleveland, mainly the Irish Civic Association, serving as president in 1939 and attending the International Irish Congress in Chicago as a delegate. In 1940 he was chairman of the Cleveland St. Patrick's Day Parade. He died in 1994. The collection consists of certificates, letters, newspaper articles, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5118
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Lavelle, John J., ca. 1908-1994. \| Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Cuyahoga County) \| Irish Civic Association. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Irish Americans -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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5	Title:	William Andrew Manning Papers
	Creator:	Manning, William Andrew
	Dates:	1867-1873
	Abstract:	The collection consists of six holograph diaries, typescripts of the diaries, miscellaneous documents, and a portion of the history of St. Patrick's Church (Bridge Avenue), written by Manning, which describes life in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1850 when the parish was founded. The diaries offer detailed descriptions of activities at Western Union, Catholic religious practices, and Irish groups in Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 3936
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Manning, William Andrew, 1847-1937. \| Manning, Mary Devine, d. 1905. \| Western Union Telegraph Co. \| St. Patrick's Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Irish American wit and humor. \| Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Customs and practices. \| Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
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6	Title:	Knights of Equity Records
	Creator:	Knights of Equity
	Dates:	1896-1998
	Abstract:	The Knights of Equity is a Roman Catholic Irish social group first established in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Knights of Equity Supreme Council. It then grew into a national organization. The Cleveland group was active from 1895 to 1905. Three courts were founded in Cleveland, one of which eventually had 5,000 members. After 1905, the group disintegrated in Cleveland, but continued to grow in other cities. In 1954, bylaws first included women in the organization. In 1960, the National Daughters of Erin were officially accepted by the Knights as an auxiliary. The collection consists of copies of the articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, ritual and installation ceremony program, an anniversary booklet, and miscellaneous newsletter copies.
	Call #:	MS 4834
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Knights of Equity. \| National Daughters of Erin. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Irish Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	George J. McMonagle Papers
	Creator:	McMonagle, George J.
	Dates:	1910-1989
	Abstract:	George J. McMonagle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1906 of Irish descent. A graduate of Cleveland Marshall Law School in 1930, he practiced law for 34 years. In 1964, he was appointed a judge in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, winning election to that office in 1966. He retired in 1997. McMonagle has been active in Irish organizations in Cleveland, including as a charter member of the Irish Civic Association, founded in 1942, and as a member of the Irish Goodfellowship Club. An annual activity of the Irish Civic Association was the organization of the St. Patrick's Day parade and banquet. The two groups maintain a close relationship; the Civic Association's banquet also serves to honor the Goodfellowship Club's "Man of the Year." the collection consists of personal papers of George J. McMonagle and also records of the Irish Civic Association, which he served as secretary and president. Included is general correspondence concerning the Irish Civic Association, specific correspondence concerning that group's articles of incorporation, a statement of continued existence, eleven issues of the newspaper The Irish-American covering the years 1939-1944, a membership list (1942) of the Irish Civic Association, articles of incorporation for the Irish Goodfellowship Club (1910), a compilation of Irish nicknames, speeches by George J. McMonagle, and newspaper clippings concerning Judge James C. Connell.
	Call #:	MS 4811
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McMonagle, George J. \| Connell, James C. \| Irish Civic Association. \| Irish Goodfellowship Club. \| Knights of Equity. \| United Irish Societies. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	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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