Format • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(6)
| • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(5)
| • | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. |
(5)
| • | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
(4)
| • | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Celeste, Richard F. |
(3)
| • | Consumer protection -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Democratic Party (U.S.) |
(3)
| • | Employee rights -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Energy policy -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. |
(3)
| • | Environmental protection -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Glenn, John, 1921- |
(3)
| • | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. |
(3)
| • | Gun control -- United States. |
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| • | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- |
(3)
| • | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Legislators -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Metzenbaum, Howard M. |
(3)
| • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- |
(3)
| • | Political campaigns -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Political campaigns -- United States. |
(3)
| • | Public works -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. |
(3)
| • | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. |
(3)
| • | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. |
(3)
| • | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. |
(3)
| • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. |
(3)
| • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. |
(3)
| • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- |
(3)
| • | United States. Congress. Senate. |
(3)
| • | Voinovich, George V., 1936- |
(3)
| • | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. |
(3)
| • | Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. |
(2)
| • | Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. |
(2)
| • | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | International Council of Jewish Women. |
(2)
| • | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| • | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). |
(2)
| • | National Conference of Christians and Jews. |
(2)
| • | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. |
(2)
| • | Ohio. Dept. of Aging. |
(2)
| • | Reform Judaism. |
(2)
| • | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| • | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(2)
| • | Tremco Manufacturing Company. |
(2)
| • | United Jewish Appeal. |
(2)
| • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Zionism. |
(2)
| • | Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | African Americans -- Civil rights |
(1)
| • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. |
(1)
| • | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. |
(1)
| • | American Greetings Corporation. |
(1)
| • | American Jewish Congress. |
(1)
| • | American Management Association. |
(1)
| • | American Zionist Council. |
(1)
| • | American Zionist Emergency Council. |
(1)
| • | American Zionist Policy Committee. |
(1)
| • | Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. |
(1)
| • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Anti-Nazi movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Aub, Abraham, 1813-1879. |
(1)
| • | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. |
(1)
| • | Baer family. |
(1)
| • | Baldwin-Wallace College. |
(1)
| • | Bentleyville (Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) |
(1)
| • | Blumberg, Rena. |
(1)
| • | Breast -- Cancer. |
(1)
| • | Brudno family. |
(1)
| • | Central Conference of American Rabbis. |
(1)
| • | Charities -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Cities and towns -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. |
(1)
| • | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Foundation. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Zionist Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Commission on Jewish Education in North America. |
(1)
| • | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Community development, Urban -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Community organization -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. |
(1)
| • | David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | David and Inez Myers Foundation. |
(1)
| • | Diamond family. |
(1)
| • | Diamond, Herbert., d. 1996. |
(1)
| • | Diamond, Norman. |
(1)
| • | Dyke College. |
(1)
| • | Einstein family. |
(1)
| • | Einstein, Jacob L., d. 1919. |
(1)
| • | Einstein, Leopold. |
(1)
| • | Einstein, Ruth Wiener, 1882-1977. |
(1)
| • | Ethiopian National Project. |
(1)
| • | Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Fatman family. |
(1)
| • | Fatman, Joseph. |
(1)
| • | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. |
(1)
| • | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Gerson family. |
(1)
| • | Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. |
(1)
| • | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 |
(1)
| • | Goldhamer family. |
(1)
| • | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. |
(1)
| • | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. |
(1)
| • | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. |
(1)
| • | Goodman, Max P., 1872-1934. |
(1)
| • | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. |
(1)
| • | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | HOPE VI (Program) |
(1)
| • | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. |
(1)
| • | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Human services -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio. |
(1)
| • | Israel -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Israel and the diaspora. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Agency for Palestine. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Agency for Palestine. American Section. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Big Sisters. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish National Fund. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ethiopia. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Migrations. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- New York City. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Palestine. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- United States -- Charities. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews, Russian -- History. |
(1)
| • | Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers. |
(1)
| • | Judaism. |
(1)
| • | Juvenile courts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. |
(1)
| • | Keren Hayesod. |
(1)
| • | Labor movement -- United States. |
(1)
| • | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. |
(1)
| • | Levin, Albert Arthur, 1899-1969. |
(1)
| • | Levin, Maxine Goodman. |
(1)
| • | Liquor industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Liquors. |
(1)
| • | Luntz family -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. |
(1)
| • | Luntz, Fanny. |
(1)
| • | Luntz, Idarose. |
(1)
| • | Luntz, Theodore M., 1926- |
(1)
| • | Mandel Foundation (Jerusalem) |
(1)
| • | Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University) |
(1)
| • | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. |
(1)
| • | Memorial books (Holocaust) |
(1)
| • | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Mississippi Freedom Project. |
(1)
| • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Music theater -- Ohio -- Berea. |
(1)
| • | Myers, David N., 1900-1999. |
(1)
| • | Naparstek, Arthur. |
(1)
| • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. |
(1)
| • | National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. |
(1)
| • | National Community-Building Network. |
(1)
| • | National Council of Jewish Women. |
(1)
| • | Neighborhood Progress Inc. |
(1)
| • | Ohio Commission on Unemployment Insurance. |
(1)
| • | Ohio. Juvenile Court (Cuyahoga County) |
(1)
| • | Older people -- Ohio. |
(1)
| • | Olshansky, Bernard. |
(1)
| • | Open and closed shop -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. |
(1)
| • | Palestine -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Purdue University. Urban Development Institute. |
(1)
| • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Ratner Schools. |
(1)
| • | Ratner family. |
(1)
| • | Ratner, Max, 1907-1995. |
(1)
| • | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Refugees, Jewish. |
(1)
| • | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld family. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld, Bertha, 1881-1959. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1817-1891. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1875-1947. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld, Frederica Fatman. |
(1)
| • | Rosenfeld, Louis, 1848-1901. |
(1)
| • | Sapirstein family. |
(1)
| • | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. |
(1)
| • | Scholarships -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Shapiro family. |
(1)
| • | Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. |
(1)
| • | Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. |
(1)
| • | Soldiers -- Ohio. |
(1)
| • | Stokes family |
(1)
| • | Stokes, Carl |
(1)
| • | Stokes, Louis |
(1)
| • | Stone family. |
(1)
| • | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. |
(1)
| • | Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Synagogue Council of America. |
(1)
| • | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Ullman family. |
(1)
| • | Ullman, Einstein Company. |
(1)
| • | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. |
(1)
| • | United Jewish Communities. |
(1)
| • | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | United States -- Ethnic relations. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews. |
(1)
| • | United States. Army. Dept. of the Tennessee. |
(1)
| • | University of Southern California. Washington Public Affairs Center. |
(1)
| • | Urban policy -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Urban poor -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Urban renewal -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Wiener family. |
(1)
| • | Wiener, Abraham, 1839-1921. |
(1)
| • | Wiener, Bella Aub, d. 1923. |
(1)
| • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| • | Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Zionism -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Zionist Organization of America. |
(1)
| • | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 1 | Title: | Albert and Maxine Levin Papers
| | | Creator: | Levin, Albert and Maxine | | | Dates: | 1928-1992 | | | Abstract: | Albert Arthur Levin was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and developer of commercial and industrial real estate. A native of Pennsylvania, he moved to Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 10. In 1918, he assumed operation of the family clothing store. After graduation from college in 1934, he became active in Democratic Party politics. He moved to Cleveland and established a law practice in 1938. He later became involved in major real estate developments, including the Marshall and Public Square buildings and the Parmatown and Shoreway shoppong centers. Levin was also a leader in fund drives for the United Jewish Appeal and Bonds for Israel, and was involved in various civic affairs, including serving as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury (1962), trustee of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, and co-chair of the national fund drive for Wilberforce University. He married Maxine Goodman in 1945. Maxine Goodman Levin was a civic activist and philanthropist in her own right. Born in Cleveland, she was a descendant of early Cleveland settlers. Her father, Max P. Goodman, was a prominent Cleveland attorney. Maxine Goodman Levin graduated from Ohio State University, where she studied the history of architecture. She was a founder and first president of the Cleveland Restoration Society and was chairperson of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission. She was also active on the Woodruff Hospital Board, the Women's City Club, Hadassah, Cleveland Chapter, and the World Jewish Congress Division of Northeast Ohio. She served on the boards of Dyke College, Cleveland State University, the East End Neighborhood House, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Catholic Social Services of Cuyahoga County. In 1969, she endowed a chair in urban studies and public service at Cleveland State University, and subsequently was instrumental in establishing the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at that school. Maxine Goodman Levin died in 2002. The collection consists of awards, honors, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and brochures. | | | Call #: | MS 4676 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Levin, Albert Arthur, 1899-1969. | Levin, Maxine Goodman. | Goodman, Max P., 1872-1934. | United Jewish Appeal. | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cities and towns -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 2 | Title: | Max Ratner Papers
| | | Creator: | Ratner, Max | | | Dates: | 1959-1985 | | | Abstract: | Max Ratner was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman, philanthropist, and Zionist. He was born Meyer Ratowczer in Bialystok, Belarus, Russia, and immigrated with his family to the United States, arriving in Cleveland in 1921. The family changed its name to Ratner. After graduation from Glenville High School in 1925, he went to work at the family-owned business, Forest City Materials Company, a supplier of lumber and building materials. He became president of Forest City Materials in 1928, and in 1929, directed its merger with Buckeye Material. By the 1950s, Forest City profited from the suburban building boom, and by the end of that decade was one of Ohio's largest retail building materials companies. In 1960, Forest City Materials became Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and began concentrating on real estate development, ending its retail operations in 1987. Since the 1970s it has been involved in large urban developments such as Tower City Center in Cleveland. Max Ratner was active in Zionist activities, was a founder of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, served as president of Park Synagogue, and along with other family members, supported the Ratner Montessori Schools. The collection consists of photostatic copies from business publications and newspapers, an annual report of Forest City Enterprises, art catalogues, a publication by and about former residents of Bialystok, Russia, and a Ratner Schools brochure. | | | Call #: | MS 4623 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Ratner, Max, 1907-1995. | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Ratner Schools. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Russian -- History.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 3 | Title: | Jacob Sapirstein Papers
| | | Creator: | Sapirstein, Jacob | | | Dates: | 1913-1987 | | | Abstract: | Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio. | | | Call #: | MS 4581 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. | Sapirstein family. | American Greetings Corporation. | Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 4 | Title: | Ronald and Isabelle Brown Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Brown, Ronald and Isabelle | | | Dates: | 1911-2003 | | | Abstract: | Ronald Brown and his wife, Isabelle Brown, were community activists in Cleveland, Ohio, involved in local, national, and international social and philanthropic agencies. Ronald Brown was one of the founders and vice president of Tremco Manufacturing Company and a management consultant and author. He was particularly involved with the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Ohio Dept. of Aging, and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education. His wife, Isabelle Brown, was especially involved with the National Council of Jewish Woman and the International Council of Jewish Women. The collection consists of biographical information, miscellaneous correspondence and documents, speeches, brochures, clippings, notes and scrapbooks and photographs. | | | Call #: | MS 4966 | | | Extent: | 1.50 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) | | | Subjects: | Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. | Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. | Tremco Manufacturing Company. | National Council of Jewish Women. | International Council of Jewish Women. | Ohio. Juvenile Court (Cuyahoga County) | Ohio. Dept. of Aging. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile courts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Older people -- Ohio.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 5 | Title: | Samuel Goldhamer Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Samuel Goldhamer Family | | | Dates: | 1925-1988 | | | Abstract: | Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Cleveland, Ohio, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, a genealogical chart, and newspaper clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 5000 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. | Goldhamer family. | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 6 | Title: | Ullman Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Ullman Family | | | Dates: | 1857-1965 | | | Abstract: | Morris Ullman (1835-1908) was a German Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1849. With his brother Emanuel and his cousin Leopold Einstein, he founded the Ullman, Einstein Company, a liquor business in Cleveland, Ohio. When it was dissolved in 1919, his son Monroe and grandson Rufus founded the Ullman and Einstein Realty Company. Rufus had previously served with the United States Army in World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, distillery formula books, receipts, certificates, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | Call #: | MS 3644 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Ullman family. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquors. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 7 | Title: | Ronald and Isabelle Brown Papers
| | | Creator: | Brown, Ronald and Isabelle | | | Dates: | 1914-1996 | | | Abstract: | Ronald Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928, he founded, along with William C. Treuhaft and Elmer C. Hann, the Tremco Manufacturing Company in Cleveland. Brown was a vice president of Tremco. After retirement from the company in 1960, he became a management consultant. Brown was the author of From Selling to Managing: Guidelines for the First-Time Sales Manager. His volunteer and philanthropic activities included work for the Jewish Big Brothers Association of Cleveland, the Citizen's Advisory Board to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Ohio Department on Aging, and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education. He married Isabelle Gup in 1934. She was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University. Active in the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, she served as president of that organization and was active on the national and international level. She also was first chair of the Women's Organization of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, served on the national executive council of the American Jewish Committee, and was the first chair of the Greater Cleveland Women's Committee for Civil Rights. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and other writings, scrapbooks, newsletters, certificates, and newspaper clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 4827 | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. | Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. | Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. | Ohio. Dept. of Aging. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. | Tremco Manufacturing Company. | American Management Association. | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | International Council of Jewish Women. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 8 | Title: | Rena Blumberg Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Blumberg, Rena Family | | | Dates: | 1880-2001 | | | Abstract: | Rena Blumberg, the daughter of Ezra Z. and Sylvia Lamport Shapiro, was a community relations director and radio interviewer for stations in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she won recognition as an author, lecturer, community activist, and business consultant. She was active in Cleveland area civic, cultural, philanthropic, health, Jewish, and women's issues. Blumberg published her book Headstrong in 1982. In 1999, she married third husband Bernard Olshansky of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she now resides. The collection consists of certificates, biographical materials, genealogical materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, oral history transcripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks. | | | Call #: | MS 4866 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Blumberg, Rena. | Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. | Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. | Olshansky, Bernard. | Shapiro family. | Brudno family. | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. | Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). | Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Breast -- Cancer.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 9 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | Dates: | 1916-1987 | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. All of his sons joined in the family business. Luntz was also known for his benevolence to a wide variety of civic, cultural, medical, and religious groups and causes both in Canton and Cleveland. He was president of The Temple in University Circle from 1950-1960. He was active with the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, the Montefiore Home, the Singing Angels, and the Jewish Welfare Fund, among others. He was also a board member of many organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital, the Community Chest, United Appeal, Jewish Community Federation, and the Art Museum. He was especially involved with the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), a human rights organization promoting peace, tolerance, and social justice (now known as the National Conference for Community and Justice). He held both local and national offices and won its highest award, the National Human Relations Award, in 1957. He died on February 24, 1981. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, a deed, an invitation, legislation, lists, magazine articles, maps, a memoir, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, obituaries, press releases, programs, reports, speech texts, and a will. | | | Call #: | MS 5082 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz, Fanny. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 10 | Title: | David N. Meyers Papers
| | | Creator: | Myers, David N. | | | Dates: | 1932-2001 | | | Abstract: | David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts. | | | Call #: | MS 5039 | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Myers, David N., 1900-1999. | David and Inez Myers Foundation. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dyke College. | David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) | Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 11 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers
| | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | Dates: | 1901-1993 | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-46 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Chapter, and the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. Lelyveld was also the author of Atheism is Dead and of numerous monographs and articles. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, participating with other Cleveland clergy in voter registration efforts in Mississippi and serving as a minister-counselor to the Council of Federated Organizations under the auspices of the Commission on Race and Religion of the National Council of Churches. While serving in this capacity, Lelyveld was severely beaten. He also delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in 1964. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, sermons, writings, minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, appointment books, and certificates. | | | Call #: | MS 4639 | | | Extent: | 23.10 linear feet (26 containers) | | | Subjects: | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Jewish Congress. | Central Conference of American Rabbis. | Synagogue Council of America. | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) | Mississippi Freedom Project. | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. | Zionism. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 12 | Title: | Harry Stone Papers
| | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | Dates: | 1943-2006 | | | Abstract: | Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book. | | | Call #: | MS 5099 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. | Stone family. | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Memorial books (Holocaust) | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 13 | Title: | Diamond Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Diamond Family | | | Dates: | 1949-2006 | | | Abstract: | The Diamond family was a Cleveland, Ohio, family of three brothers who owned and operated the men's clothing chain, Diamond's Men Stores, and was prominent in civic and social activities within the Jewish community of Cleveland. Herbert Diamond was councilman and mayor of Bentleyville, Ohio, 1977 to 1996. Norman Diamond was involved in the Jewish Welfare Fund. Their sons were also involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including funding the Diamond Fitness Center and Diamond Scholarship at the Cleveland Jewish Community Center. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, awards and certificates, magazine and newspaper articles, Diamond Scholarship records, and photographs, especially of various Diamond's stores from 1952 to 1996, as well as family members. | | | Call #: | MS 4987 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Diamond, Herbert., d. 1996. | Diamond, Norman. | Diamond family. | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scholarships -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bentleyville (Ohio)
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 14 | Title: | Theodore M. Luntz Papers
| | | Creator: | Luntz, Theodore M. | | | Dates: | 1944-2010 | | | Abstract: | Theodore M. Luntz was born on June 4, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, to Abe M. and Fanny Luntz, a prominent Jewish couple in the Canton community. He was one of five children. He attended University School and Yale University. He graduated from Yale in 1948. He served in the army during the Korean Conflict from 1950-1952. He married Idarose Schock on August 23, 1953. They had four children, Wanda Jean, Pamela, Brian, and Jill. Luntz began his career at Copperweld Steel in Warren, Ohio. After one year he joined his family's business, the Luntz Corporation, one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms. He rose through different positions including treasurer, executive vice president, and eventually became president in 1984. He went on to become chief executive officer and chairman of Luntz Corporation. He also served as president, treasurer, and director of Marquette Steel Company (a division of Luntz) and as vice president of 62 Land Inc. Ted, like his father Abe, was very active in the community, serving on the boards of many of the same organizations as his father. Some of these organizations include the Schnurmann House, Cathedral Latin School, Hawken School, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Montefiore Home, Boy Scouts, The Temple, and the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel. He became a member of the board of trustees of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1979. He and his wife Idarose established both a scholarship fund and the Ted and Idarose Luntz Musical Theatre Fund, an endowment, for the benefit of Baldwin-Wallace students and the Musical Theatre Program. This continued the Luntz Family association with Baldwin Wallace started by Ted's father, Abe, who received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Baldwin-Wallace in 1974. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, applications, biographical information, brochures, bulletins, certificates, charts, correspondence, directories, forms, genealogical charts, invitations, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, position papers, press releases, programs, questionnaires, reports, song lyrics, speech texts, and testimony. | | | Call #: | MS 5084 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Theodore M., 1926- | Luntz, Idarose. | Luntz family -- Genealogy. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Baldwin-Wallace College. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music theater -- Ohio -- Berea.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 15 | Title: | Arthur J. Naparstek Papers
| | | Creator: | Arthur J. Naparstek | | | Dates: | 1962-2004 | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Naparstek (1939-2004) was a faculty member and administrator at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), serving as Dean from 1983 to 1988. He remained on staff until his death in 2004. His interests were varied, but much of his research and activity focused upon the plight of the urban poor and urban revitalization. Among his professional activities prior to his affiliation with CWRU, Naparstek directed the University of Southern California's Washington (D.C.) Public Affairs Center. He also directed policy and research at Catholic University's Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs and was the Associate Director of Purdue University's Urban Development Institute where he was a key advisor to Gary Hatcher, the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana. the collection consists of applications, awards, catalogues, correspondence, curricula vitae, lists, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, proposals, publications, reports, syllabi, transcripts, and writings. | | | Call #: | MS 5075 | | | Extent: | 11.40 linear feet (12 containers) | | | Subjects: | Naparstek, Arthur. | Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Purdue University. Urban Development Institute. | National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. | University of Southern California. Washington Public Affairs Center. | Cleveland Foundation. | Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.) | HOPE VI (Program) | Mandel Foundation (Jerusalem) | National Community-Building Network. | Neighborhood Progress Inc. | Ethiopian National Project. | Commission on Jewish Education in North America. | United Jewish Communities. | Urban policy -- United States. | Urban poor -- United States. | Urban renewal -- United States. | Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States. | Charities -- United States. | Human services -- United States. | Community development, Urban -- United States. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- United States. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Migrations. | Jews -- United States -- Charities. | Jews -- Ethiopia. | Israel and the diaspora. | United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 16 | Title: | Ruth Wiener Einstein Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Einstein, Ruth Wiener Family | | | Dates: | 1860-1977 | | | Abstract: | Ruth Wiener Einstein and her family were involved in numerous Jewish organizations and projects in Cleveland, Ohio. Educated in Cleveland at Central High School and Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Ruth Wiener married Jacob L. Einstein in 1903. His father, Leopold Einstein, along with several cousins, had founded the Ullman Brothers (later the Ullman, Einstein) Company, one of the largest liquor distilleries in the United States. Ruth Wiener Einstein's grandfather, Abraham Aub, was a founder and first president of the Jewish Orphan Asylum (later, Bellefaire). Her father, Abraham Wiener, also served as a president of that organization and was the Director of Charities and Corrections (1889-1901) under Cleveland mayor John Farley. Her mother, Bella Aub Wiener, was one of the founders of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Council Educational Alliance (later the Jewish Community Center). Ruth Wiener Einstein founded Cleveland's Jewish Big Sisters in 1920. She also served as a Board member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Montefiore Home; Bellefaire; Jewish Family Service Association; Jewish Community Center; and the Jewish Community Federation. One of her most notable achievements was the founding of Council Gardens, a housing complex for the elderly. She and Jacob Einstein had three children; Paul (Einstein) Eden, Edith (Mrs. Samuel O. Freedlander), and Jane (Mrs. Eldy S. Gross). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and awards and tributes of various family members. Includes the articles of incorporation and other business materials of the Ullman, Einstein Company. | | | Call #: | MS 4656 | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Einstein, Ruth Wiener, 1882-1977. | Einstein family. | Wiener family. | Baer family. | Aub, Abraham, 1813-1879. | Wiener, Abraham, 1839-1921. | Wiener, Bella Aub, d. 1923. | Einstein, Leopold. | Einstein, Jacob L., d. 1919. | Ullman, Einstein Company. | Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jewish Big Sisters. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquor industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 17 | Title: | Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld Family | | | Dates: | 1817-1993 | | | Abstract: | Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson continued her family's tradition of activism in Jewish and other educational, philanthropic, and social service organizations in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as a trustee and chairperson of the School on Magnolia, an alternative school, from 1973-1982. In 1985 the school was renamed the Eleanor Gerson School. Other organizations she was active in included the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Cleveland, the Women's Community Foundation, the Jewish Family Service Association, the Jewish Community Federation, Mount Sinai Hospital, the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland, the Heights Area Project, and the Cleveland Scholarship Program. Eleanor Rosenfeld married Benjamin Gerson in 1937, and had four children. She was the great-granddaughter of Edward Lazarus and Henrietta Wilmersdorfer Rosenfeld, who had immigrated to New York City from Uhlfeld, Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. Their son, Louis Rosenfeld, married Frederica Fatman, daughter of Joseph Fatman, in 1874. Joseph Fatman and his brother, Aaron, were owners of the firm of Fatman and Company, tobacco dealers. In December 1862, they were among the thirty Jewish merchants ordered out of Paducah, Kentucky, in the Department of the Tennessee by General U.S. Grant's Order Number 11. Eleanor Gerson's parents, Edward Lazarus and Bertha Rosenfeld, moved to Cleveland from New York City in 1925. Edward was an executive in his father-in-law Emanuel Rosenfeld's firm, Grabler Manufacturing Company. He was also active on the boards of many Jewish social service organizations. Bertha Rosenfeld was a founder of the Council of Jewish Women's Jewish Big Sister organization, and was active in other Jewish and women's groups. Bertha's parents, Emanuel and Lena Rosenfeld, came to Cleveland in the 1870s from Germany and were members of Temple Tifereth Israel. Lena Rosenfeld was an active member of the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women and The Temple's Women's Association. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and genealogical documents, diaries, account books, and newspaper and other clippings of the Rosenfeld, Fatman, and Gerson family members. Of particular interest to Civil War historians are contemporaneous documents relating to General Grant's Order Number 11 which expelled Jews from areas in the jurisdiction of the Department of the Tennessee. | | | Call #: | MS 4660 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 | Rosenfeld family. | Gerson family. | Fatman family. | Fatman, Joseph. | Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1817-1891. | Rosenfeld, Louis, 1848-1901. | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1875-1947. | Rosenfeld, Bertha, 1881-1959. | Rosenfeld, Frederica Fatman. | United States. Army. Dept. of the Tennessee. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- New York City. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 18 | Title: | Stokes Oral History Collection
| | | Creator: | Cuyahoga Community College, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland State University | | | Dates: | 2017 | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes, and his brother Louis, were groundbreaking African-American politicians from Cleveland, Ohio. Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city when elected in 1967. Louis Stokes was the first African-American congressman from Ohio when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968, a position he held for 15 consecutive terms. During Carl Stokes' two mayoral terms, city hall jobs were opened to blacks and women, and a number of urban renewal projects initiated. Between 1983 and 1994 Carl Stokes served as municipal judge, and in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles. Louis Stokes began his career as a civil rights attorney and helped challenge the Ohio redistricting in 1965 that fragmented African-American voting strength. In 1967, Louis Stokes argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Terry v. Ohio case, also known as the "stop-and-frisk" case. In the 1970s, Louis Stokes served as chair of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and in the 1980s was a noted member of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. The interviews were conducted during 2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Carl Stokes' election as mayor and the election of Louis Stokes to Congress. The collection includes video recordings of 38 individuals, transcripts, interview release forms, and protocols. | | | Call #: | MS 5416 | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stokes, Carl | Stokes, Louis | Stokes family
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 19 | Title: | Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1
| | | Creator: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | | | Dates: | 1972-1976 | | | Abstract: | Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. | | | Call #: | MS 5031 | | | Extent: | 52.80 linear feet (54 containers) | | | Subjects: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 20 | Title: | Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
| | | Creator: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | | | Dates: | 1928-1995 | | | Abstract: | Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. | | | Call #: | MS 5031 | | | Extent: | 406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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