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1	Title:	David M. Miller Papers
	Creator:	Miller, David M.
	Dates:	1918-1976
	Abstract:	David M. Miller (1908-1977) was Soldier in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and in the United States Army during World War II. He later worked for the Veterans Administration in Cleveland, Ohio and taught at Kent State University. Miller was a novelist and an author of autobiographical reminiscences, and wrote articles published in the Cleveland Jewish News. The collection consists of letters from Spain, drafts af articles relating his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings and essays on the Miller family and on issues of Jewish concern. Also included are photocopies of the records of the Independent Mendelsohn Lodge of Elyria, Ohio, with a translation from the Yiddish by David Miller (1918-1919), including bylaws, lists, and minutes.
	Call #:	MS 3882
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Miller, David M., 1908-1977. \| Miller family. \| Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. Brigada Internacional, XV. \| Independent Mendelsohn Lodge (Elyria, Ohio) \| Soldiers -- Ohio. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, American. \| Spain. -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, Foreign.
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2	Title:	Amelia Marx Strauss Family Papers
	Creator:	Straus, Amelia Marx Family
	Dates:	1858-1910
	Abstract:	Amelia Marx (1849-1900) was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jew, the daughter of Feist Marx and the wife of Joseph Strauss. Her three brothers, Charles, Edward and Moses, all served in the Civil War. The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence and miscellaneous documents, including naturalization papers, report cards, business agreements and recipes, all relating to the Marx, Strauss and Hawkins families. The collection is relevant to the study of 19th century American Jews, with special attention to their participation in the Civil War. Included is a letter to Edward Marx that refers to Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination. Another letter, dated 1865, comments on the oil boom near Meadville, Pennsylvania.
	Call #:	MS 4368
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Strauss, Amelia Marx, 1849-1900. \| Strauss family. \| Marx family. \| Hawkins family. \| Strauss, Joseph. \| Jews -- United States. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Petroleum industry and trade -- Pennsylvania. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish.
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3	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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4	Title:	Cleveland Jewish Miscellany
	Creator:	Nebel, Abraham Lincoln
	Dates:	1831-1971
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish Miscellany consists of material relating to the history of the Jewish community in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, collected by Abraham Lincoln Nebel (1891-1973). The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, biographies, Mr. Nebel's notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies collected by Nebel of documents related to Cleveland Jewish history.
	Call #:	MS 3669
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Nebel, Abraham Lincoln, 1891-1973. \| Jews -- 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:	Marcus Rosenwasser Papers
	Creator:	Rosenwasser, Marcus
	Dates:	1863-1911
	Abstract:	Marcus Rosenwasser (1846-1910) was a Bohemian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, as a child and returned to establish his medical practice there in 1868, after studying abroad. His specialties were abdominal surgery and gynecology. His positions included president of the Cleveland Board of Health, vice-president of the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and fellow of the Association of Obstetrics. The collection consists of tributes to Dr. Rosenwasser upon his death, biographical materials about Rosenwasser and his family, correspondence, notes, and a notebook detailing many of his medical cases.
	Call #:	MS 3816
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenwasser, Marcus, 1846-1910. \| Rosenwasser family. \| Jewish physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Gynecologists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Rosenwasser (Rosewater) Family Papers
	Creator:	Rosenwasser (Rosewater) Family
	Dates:	1862-2004
	Abstract:	Herman and Rosalia Rosenwasser settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 with six children, including Marcus Rosenwasser and Edward Rosewater (who anglicized his name upon arriving in America). Marcus Rosenwasser was a prominent surgeon and obstetrician who served at St. Ann's Maternity Hospital, and taught at Cleveland College for Physicians and Surgeons. Edward Rosewater became a telegrapher who served the Union army during the Civil War. Following the war, Rosewater moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he became a prominent member of the Republican party and helped found the Omaha Bee, a local newspaper. The collection consists of birth certificates, correspondence, essays, genealogical charts and notes, journals, newspaper clippings, and notebooks.
	Call #:	MS 5010
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenwasser, Marcus, 1846-1910. \| Rosewater, Edward, 1841-1906. \| Rosenwasser family. \| Rosewater family. \| Surgeons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Obstetricians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Telegraphers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Newspaper editors -- Nebraska -- Omaha. \| Jews -- Nebraska -- Omaha.
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8	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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9	Title:	Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Jacob Family
	Dates:	1868-1988
	Abstract:	Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history.
	Call #:	MS 4678
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. \| Goldsmith family. \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers
	Creator:	Abrams, Beatrice Yarus family
	Dates:	1896-2002
	Abstract:	Beatrice Yarus Abrams and her husband, Harry Abrams, owned Caxton Printers Supply Company. She was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area Jewish community, served as a board member of Cleveland Club of Litho and Printing House Craftsmen and president of Memorial School PTA.. The collection consists of correspondence, a diary, contracts, newspaper articles, newsletters, program booklets, diplomas, greeting cards, and World War II memorabilia.
	Call #:	MS 4941
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Abrams, Beatrice Yarus, b. 1910. \| Abrams, Harry, d. 1973. \| Yarus, Irving. \| Abrams, Joe. \| Abrams, Pearl. \| Abrams, Ronald. \| Abrams, Sylvia. \| Abrams, Ruth. \| Abrams, Sharon. \| Abrams, Rita. \| Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. \| Abrams family. \| Yarus family. \| Caxton Printers Supply Company. \| Cleveland Club of Litho and Printing House Craftsmen. \| Craftsmen House. \| Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. \| South Euclid (Ohio). Civil Service Commission. \| Printing supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businesswomen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Canteens (Establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
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11	Title:	Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association Records
	Creator:	Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association
	Dates:	1929-2008
	Abstract:	The Jewish Orphan Asylum (also known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home) was founded in 1868 with the mission to care for orphaned or abandoned children. The organization grew with community need, and was relocated to a campus in University Heights in 1938. The name of the organization changed to Orthodox Jewish Children's Home and merged with Bellefaire to become Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association (JOHAA) was founded in July, 1888 with open membership to all who had resided at the Orphan Home. The records, beginning in 1938, are a history of the founding and activities of the JOHAA. The collection consists of booklets, brochures, bulletins, a constitution, correspondence, a directory, Haggadah, a photo album, two black and white photographs, a program, a scrapbook, song sheets, and yearbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5418
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. \| Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	Albert A. Woldman Papers
	Creator:	Woldman, Albert A.
	Dates:	1918-1969
	Abstract:	Albert A. Woldman was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, author, teacher, speechwriter, administrator and judge who served in various state and local governmental positions during his professional career. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, his family emigrated from there in 1901 to Cleveland. After graduation from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1919, Woldman began a private law practice and taught at John Marshall Law School. In 1941, he was appointed assistant law director for the city of Cleveland. He also was a speech writer for Mayor Frank Lausche. After Lausche was elected governor of Ohio in 1944, he appointed Woldman to chair the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. In 1949 Lausche appointed him director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In 1953, he was appointed to fill an unexpired term as judge of the Juvenile Court of Cuyahoga County. He remained a judge until his retirement in 1968. Woldman was also active in several Jewish community organizations. He was founder and first president of the Cleveland Hebrew Young Men's and Women's Association in the 1920s. In the 1940s he served as president of B'nai B'rith District No. 2 in Cleveland. He also authored two books on Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer Lincoln and Lincoln and the Russians. He married Lydia Levin of Cleveland in 1921, and had three children; Dr. Robert, Stuart, and Phyllis Woldman Klein. The collection consists of correspondence, drafts of writings, addresses on the subjects of juvenile delinquency and Abraham Lincoln, articles concerning the Constitution of the United States, correspondence, minutes and reports concerning the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.
	Call #:	MS 4732
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Woldman, Albert A. (Albert Alexander), 1897-1971. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. \| Lausche, Frank John, b. 1895 \| Burke, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1898-1971. \| Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Juvenile Court. \| Cleveland Hebrew Young Men's and Women's Association. \| Ohio. Dept. of Industrial Relations. \| Welfare Federation of Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Juvenile courts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Courts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	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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