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1	Title:	Asian Indian Community of Cleveland, Ohio, Oral History Project Records
	Creator:	Asian Indian Community of Cleveland, Ohio
	Dates:	2013-2014
	Abstract:	In 2013, the Asian Indian Heritage Project and the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) launched an oral history project with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's Young Historians Living Histories Program (part of the Youth Access Grants Program). High school and middle school students under the direction of Dr. John Grabowski and Ms. Jane Mason of WRHS conducted interviews with ten Asian Indians who had settled in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. The interviews document the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. The collection consists of seven oral history recordings, biographies of the interviewees, and release statements signed by the interviewees.
	Call #:	MS 5314
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	East Indian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Soviet Jewish Oral History Collection
	Creator:	Cleveland Jewish Archives Advisory Committee, Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1954-2016
	Abstract:	Cleveland's Jewish community played an active role helping Soviet Jews emigrate from the Soviet Union and resettle in the United States, and especially in Cleveland, from the 1960s to the 1990s. Approximately 12,000 Soviet Jews came to Cleveland during these years. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the emigration continued, though at a slower pace. This collection, a project of the WRHS Cleveland Jewish Archives Advisory Committee, includes oral histories with Soviet Jews from the Greater Cleveland area and related materials. The collection consists primarily of abstracts, article drafts, correspondence, descriptions of the project, a dissertation, information sheets, interview protocols, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, oral history user agreements, procedures, programs, progress reports, reports, a script, a student paper, and transcripts of interviews.
	Call #:	MS 5389
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Felix Delgado Family Papers
	Creator:	Delgado, Felix Family
	Dates:	1918-1973
	Abstract:	Felix Delgado was born in La Laborsita, Mexico, ca. 1878. He married Luisa Aguado in La Loza, Mexico, in 1902, and they emigrated to the United States in 1913. After living twelve years in Texas, the family moved to Michigan. Around 1925, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Felix Delgado worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He and his wife had eleven children. He died in 1955.This collection is of value to researchers interested in ethnicity, migration, and the establishment of the Mexican community in Cleveland, Ohio. A family history written by Victor Delgado includes an oral history account narrating the difficulties the family encountered in emigrating to and establishing themselves in the United States. An issue of the newspaper Un Nuevo Grito illustrates the sense of pride and unity that the Mexican community shared, and depicts ethnic prejudice they encountered. Included in this collection is an employment book, containing both financial information and brief biographical and genealogical notes concerning Felix Delgado and his family. Materials are written in English and Spanish. The collection consists of correspondence, a family history, a genealogy, identification papers, newspaper clippings, and an employment book, all of which are photocopies of the originals. These family papers document the emigration of a Mexican family to the United States in the early twentieth century. A family history includes an oral history transcription narrating the difficulties the family encountered as immigrants. The employment book contains both financial information and brief biographical and genealogical notes concerning Felix Delgado and his family.
	Call #:	MS 4740
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Delgado, Felix, d. 1955. \| Delgado family. \| Mexican Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Wau Lee Account Book
	Creator:	Lee, Wau
	Dates:	1873-1875
	Abstract:	Wau Lee was the proprietor of Cleveland, Ohio's first Chinese laundry. It was located at 67 Ontario Street. The collection consists of an account book for the laundry business.
	Call #:	MS 0522
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Wau, Lee. \| Chinese -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Chinese American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Laundry industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database
	Creator:	Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database
	Dates:	1989-1990
	Abstract:	The Ante-bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database Collection was assembled as part of a research project sponsored by the Cleveland Jewish Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project, organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community, resulted in the traveling exhibit "Founders: Cleveland's Jewish Community Before the Civil War," which opened at the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum in 1990. The collection consists of computer printout data sheets of 850 (primarily German) Jews known to have emigrated from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio between the 1830s and 1861. Each data sheet includes an individual's earliest known name and variant spellings. Categories of additional potential information include sex, country, region, and village of origin; arrival date and arrival age in America and in Cleveland; birth date, death date, and cemetery name; marital status, name of spouse(s), marriage date(s), and number of children; home and business address(es); occupations(s); institutional affiliation(s); and extant visual images(s). Data sheets are followed by the original work sheets on which data was entered by hand. Sources for the information on individuals is indicated on the worksheets.
	Call #:	MS 4516
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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6	Title:	Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Worsted Mills Company
	Dates:	1890-1946
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Worsted Mills Company was founded as the Turner Worsted Mill in 1878 by Joseph Turner, and, after a period of restructuring beginning in 1893 led by Kaufman Hays, became the Cleveland Worsted Mills in 1902. The mill was able to handle all steps of the production of various types of woolen cloth. Besides its Cleveland, Ohio, facility, the company also operated eleven other plants in Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Rhode Island. Many Czech, Polish, and Lithuanian immigrants were employed by Cleveland Worsted Mills. During the Depression, employees became dissatisfied with working conditions and organized as part of the United Textile Workers. Two strikes in the 1930s were unsuccessful. The company was forcibly closed by the federal government during World War II for refusal to produce cloth for uniforms. It opened again only after agreeing to the government's terms. Following another strike in 1955, company president Louis O. Poss closed the company for good. The empty building was destroyed by fire in 1993. The collection consists of appraisal inventories, blueprints, and a pamphlet.
	Call #:	MS 5050
	Extent:	0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Worsted Mills Company. \| United Textile Workers of America. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Woolen goods industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Herman and Lory Schiff Family Papers
	Creator:	Schiff, Herman and Lory
	Dates:	1910-2007
	Abstract:	Herman Sziffnagel (1912-2004) and Lory Klaper (1921- ) survived the Holocaust and resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. In October of 1946 the two married in Vienna, and in January of 1948 they immigrated to the United States, taking the name Schiff. The collection consists of an audio tape, correspondence, newspaper articles, passports and immigration documents, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5375
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schiff family. \| Klaper family.
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8	Title:	Isaac Reid Papers
	Creator:	Reid, Isaac
	Dates:	1829-1862
	Abstract:	Isaac Reid of Dromore Parish, County Down, Ireland, emigrated with his wife, Agnes, and his children to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1832. After living for several years in Cleveland, where he worked in a small business and boarded immigrants, the family purchased eighty acres in Newburgh, where they farmed and raised cattle, hogs, and sheep. Reid and his family were members of the First Presbyterian Society of Newburgh, he serving as both trustee and treasurer for several terms throughout the 1840s-1850s. His daughters were married in Newburgh; Mary Ann to Alvah Ruggles, and Elizabeth to George Dunbar, both in 1857. George Dunbar was employed by Reid as a laborer on his farm. Both Reid, his son-in-law George Dunbar, and his grandchildren remained in Newburgh after it became a part of Cleveland. Dunbar and his eldest sons were employed in the iron industry and in local businesses, while Reid lived on Harvard Street and was employed as a laborer. Isaac Reid died in 1886. The collection consists of a ledger/letterbook; receipts, a family register, and notes removed from that volume; notes and transcripts of the contents of the volume; and a Newburgh, Ohio, school register.
	Call #:	MS 4704
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Reid, Isaac, 1798-1886. \| Reid family. \| Dunbar family. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Newburgh (Ohio) -- History.
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9	Title:	David Morrow, Sr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Morrow, David Sr. Family
	Dates:	1818-1938
	Abstract:	David Morrow Sr. was the son of John Morrow and brother of John Morrow Jr. and William Morrow. The family originated in Knock, parish of Castlenagh, County Down, Ireland. William Morrow emigrated to Virginia, and with family friend Alexander J. Stewart, who had settled in New York City, corresponded with the remaining Morrow family members in Ireland. The David Morrow Sr. family, including David Sr., his wife Abigail, and their children, David Jr., William, and Abigail, emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1832, and were settled in Euclid, Ohio, by 1833, where they farmed. David Morrow Jr. and his brother William, continued to farm after the death of their father in 1836, eventually acquiring their own land in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio. David Morrow Jr. married Eliza Shade, and they had three children; David Wilson, Abigail, and Eliza Lillie. David Wilson Morrow attended Shaw Academy in East Cleveland, and graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in 1890. He went into practice in Cleveland as a civil and architectural engineer, establishing the firm of Morrow and Cross. He was an active member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and the Cleveland Automobile Club. He married Ruby Jessamine Adams in 1905, and they had four children, two of whom survived, Ruth and David. The collection consists of genealogical and biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment books, tax returns and other financial papers, probate record journals, wills, deeds, trust and estate agreements, land plats and other real estate papers, minutes, transcripts, and other legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4803
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. \| Morrow family. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women immigrants. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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10	Title:	Kazdin-Levine Papers
	Creator:	Kazdin-Levine Family
	Dates:	1910-1975
	Abstract:	Nathan Levine immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Russia ca. 1900. He and his wife Leah Levine founded two Cleveland, Ohio companies, U.S. Wallpaper Company, and Levin Brothers, Inc. Their daughter, Betty, married Sol Kazdin, also a Russian immigrant. Sol's brother, Max Kazdin (born Max Gothelf) was a horse trainer and Talmudic student who came to Cleveland, Ohio from Russia, ca. 1911. the collection consists of an English-Yiddish study guide belonging to Max Kazdin, newspaper clippings relating to Nathan and Leah Levine and Betty and Sol Kazdin, a citizenship guide, and a poem and correspondence of Nathan Levine.
	Call #:	MS 4994
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
	Subjects:	Kazdin, Sol, 1906-1975. \| Kazdin, Betty Levine, 1908-1973. \| Kazdin, Max. \| Levine, Nathan, 1874-1935. \| Levine, Leah, d. 1960. \| Kazdin family. \| Levine family. \| U.S. Wallpaper Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Hiram House Social Settlement Records
	Creator:	Hiram House Social Settlement
	Dates:	1893-1972
	Abstract:	Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement.
	Call #:	MS 3319
	Extent:	38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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12	Title:	City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio, Records
	Creator:	City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio
	Dates:	1867-1876
	Abstract:	The City Infirmary was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1855 to house and assist the poor, aged, mentally ill, and handicapped. The State of Ohio authorized county governments to build and administer poorhouses and infirmaries to provide long-term care for the poor and homeless in 1816. Cuyahoga County was the only county that did not establish a poorhouse, so Cleveland built a combined poorhouse/infirmary in 1827 behind Erie Street Cemetery that accepted referrals from throughout the county. As the population of Cleveland expanded rapidly, its City Council voted in 1849 for a tax levy to pay for a separate workhouse and infirmary. In 1855 the new City Infirmary was built on the site of the current Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. A few years later, Cleveland was experiencing the consequences of a national economic panic which included an influx of "inmates" to the City Infirmary that included newborn babies, the elderly, and the infirm. Immediately after the American Civil War, Ohio changed its infirmary law to require the election of infirmary directors and boards, thus injecting politics into the management of the City Infirmary. Cleveland's population doubled between 1860-1870, its economy rapidly industrialized, and its immigrant population increased dramatically. The City Infirmary cared for the poorest, most vulnerable citizens of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County during this era, including destitute individuals and families, the mentally ill, the aged, children too young to be apprenticed, alcoholics, and those suffering from mental and physical disabilities. During the 1870s, Cleveland was again mired in an economic panic that did not begin to ease until 1878. The City Infirmary again experienced a flood of impoverished and ill individuals and families seeking aid. Increasingly, those seeking help at the City Infirmary were recent immigrants to the United States, including Germans, Irish, and Eastern Europeans. At the turn of the century, the City Infirmary was transformed into Cooley Farms which became a national model for service delivery and rehabilitation. The collection consists of one intake ledger.
	Call #:	MS 5134
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio). City Infirmary. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public health -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Elderly poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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13	Title:	Hayes and McCarthy Family Papers
	Creator:	Hayes and McCarthy
	Dates:	1897-2003
	Abstract:	The Hayes family was originally from Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland. Michael Hayes emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901. Margaret McCarthy was one of seven children of the McCarthy family which originated in Kildimo, County Limerick. These papers were compiled by Jim Hayes, great, great grandson of Michael Hayes, and Patricia Boley, granddaughter of Margaret McCarthy. The collection consists of correspondence, a family directory, family history, genealogical documents, including reports from Ireland, census records, certificates, maps, and passenger records, an in memoriam card, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4952
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hayes, Michael, of Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland. \| McCarthy, Margaret, of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. \| Mahoney, Timothy. \| Hayes family. \| McCarthy family. \| Mahoney family. \| O'Leary family. \| Gormley family. \| Gormelly family. \| Boley family. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cities and towns -- Ireland -- Limerick (County) \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Genealogy. \| Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Maps.
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14	Title:	Goodman Family Papers
	Creator:	Goodman, Morris and Ethel Family
	Dates:	1904-1955
	Abstract:	Morris Goodman immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Austria-Hungary in 1910 and became an insurance agent for Western and Southern Life Insurance Company. He and his wife, Ethel Berkmann, owned the Goodman and Company Furniture Store in Cleveland and were involved with the World Zionist Organization. Their son, Harvey Goodman, served in World War II in the United States Air Force. Their daughter, Alma, married into the Perla family, which operated an embroidery company. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, photographs, postcards, licenses and miscellaneous documents. The collection includes immigration and naturalization materials, as well as military service documents and World War II ration books.
	Call #:	MS 4955
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Goodman, Morris, 1890-1962. \| Goodman, Ethel Berkmann, 1894-1980. \| Goodman, Harvey. \| Perla, Herbert. \| Goodman family. \| Berkmann family. \| Perla family. \| Goodman and Company Furniture Store (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Western and Southern Life Insurance Company. \| Perla Novelty Embroidery Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects. \| Furniture industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Postcards -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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