| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America | | | | Dates: | 1917-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Alliance of Poles of America is a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895, over the issue of membership for non-Roman Catholic Poles. Originally a Cleveland, Ohio, organization, it now includes groups throughout Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has opened its membership to men and women with other than Polish or Catholic backgrounds. In 1917 it changed its name from the Alliance of Poles in Ohio to the Alliance of Poles of America. The collection consists of portraits and views of businesses, clubs, athletes, musicians, and events associated with or relating to the Alliance of Poles of America, a fraternal-insurance organization established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895. Included are views of the Alliance of Poles of America General Office at Broadway and Forman Avenue and portraits of members of its Central Governing Board during the 1930s and 1940s. Also included are World War II military portraits of members of Cleveland's Polish American community. | | | | Call #: | PG 269 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America -- Photograph collections. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | University Settlement Photographs
| | | | Creator: | University Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1935-1970 | | | | Abstract: | University Settlement is a social settlement founded in 1926 in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of unmounted photographs and negatives relating to activities sponsored by and facilities of University Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Included are views of parades, dances, plays, playgrounds, teen canteens, senior activities, games, nursery school, clubs, and general interior views of the Settlement. Also included are views of the groundbreaking for the Fleet Avenue building, Ottawa Lodge Camp, and various trips. Group and individual portraits include those of neighborhood residents, Eleanor Grimes, and several group portraits which include Mayor Ralph J. Perk. Photographs of the East 55th Street and Broadway Avenue area are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 049 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social group work -- Photographs. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. | Broadway (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
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