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Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (231)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (123)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. (114)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (87)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (85)
Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (81)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (64)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (62)
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Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. (55)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (52)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (50)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. (44)
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (41)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (39)
Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (37)
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (37)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (35)
Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (34)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (33)
Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (33)
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (31)
Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (30)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (29)
Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (28)
Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (28)
Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (27)
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (26)
Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (25)
Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (25)
Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. (24)
Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (24)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. (24)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland (23)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (22)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (22)
Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (22)
Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (21)
Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (21)
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Connecticut Land Company. (20)
Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (20)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. (20)
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1121Title:  William Mack Papers     
 Creator:  Mack, William 
 Dates:  1965-1970 
 Abstract:  William Mack (born 1928) was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 21st District in 1970. He was also a candidate for Ohio state representative in 1968. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletter and printed publications of the Republican Congressional Committee, throwaways, posters, speeches, press releases, and printed source materials on campaign issues, relating principally to William Mack's congressional campaign, and tally sheets of votes cast in the 21st Congressional District (Cuyahoga County) elections of 1966 and 1968. 
 Call #:  MS 3524 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Mack, William, 1928- | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Campaign literature -- 1970 -- Republican Party. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
 
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1122Title:  Lethia Cousins Fleming Papers     
 Creator:  Fleming, Lethia Cousins 
 Dates:  1903-1963 
 Abstract:  Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963) was a teacher from West Virginia who became a social worker for the Division of Child Welfare in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1931-1951). She and her husband, Cleveland city councilman Thomas W. Fleming, were active in local civic and charitable organizations. The collection consists of teaching certificates, certificates of recognition, testimonials, curriculum vitae, real estate account books, travel souvenirs, and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Fleming, and records of the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People, its Men's Auxiliary, the Phillis Wheatley Association, and other charitable organizations. 
 Call #:  MS 3525 
 Extent:  0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Fleming, Lethia Cousins, 1876-1963. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
 
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1123Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1875-1968 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, settlement house founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of minutes, financial statements, reports, evaluations, club journals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, expense accounts, and records of the Women's Philanthropic Union. 
 Call #:  MS 3526 
 Extent:  5.90 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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1124Title:  Phillis Wheatley Association Records     
 Creator:  Phillis Wheatley Association 
 Dates:  1911-1960 
 Abstract:  The Phillis Wheatley Association is a Cleveland, Ohio, self-help organization designed to help young African American women adjust to city life. It was organized in 1911 by Jane Edna Hunter and originally called the Working Girls Home Association. Services included a boarding house, homemaking classes, and recreational, literary and social activities. The collection consists of financial and committee reports, minutes, financial statements, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, printed brochures, speeches, and correspondence. 
 Call #:  MS 3527 
 Extent:  13.60 linear feet (36 containers) 
 Subjects:  Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Working class women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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1125Title:  Walter L. Brown Scrapbook     
 Creator:  Brown, Walter L. 
 Dates:  1905-1940 
 Abstract:  Walter L. Brown (1871-1950) was one of the first African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio, to be active in the Democratic Party. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, letters, and mementos pertaining to Brown's involvement with the Democratic Party. Included is correspondence from Harris R. Cooley, Thomas Fleming, Tom L. Johnson, and Robert J. Bulkley. 
 Call #:  MS 3528 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Brown, Walter L, 1871-1950. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government.
 
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1126Title:  Samuel C. Greene Papers     
 Creator:  Greene, Samuel C. 
 Dates:  1830-1856 
 Abstract:  Samuel C. Greene was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman who ran a local dry goods business and acted as purchasing agent for Greene Bros., brick manufacturers in Lima, Ohio. The collection consists of letters and financial documents from business associates in New York, Hartford, Lima, and Massillon. 
 Call #:  MS 3529 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Greene, Samuel C. | Commerce. | Dry-goods -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- Commerce.
 
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1127Title:  Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company Journal     
 Creator:  Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company 
 Dates:  1851-1853 
 Abstract:  The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company formed in 1851 by the merger of the Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad and the Franklin and Ohio River Railroad. Its route was surveyed by a crew under the direction of resident engineer C.T. Arms. The collection consists of a bound volume containing daily reports of the party which surveyed the railroad's route. Includes monthly payroll statements listing names, occupations and wages of crew members. 
 Call #:  MS 3530 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys.
 
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1128Title:  Boyd's Funeral Home Records     
 Creator:  Boyd's Funeral Home 
 Dates:  1906-1944 
 Abstract:  Boyd's Funeral Home served a predominantly African American neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was owned by Elmer F. Boyd. The collection consists of funeral records (1906-1944), financial records (ca. 1919-1944), and newspaper clippings relating to Elmer F. Boyd. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection 
 Call #:  MS 3531 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Boyd, Elmer F. | Boyd's Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Mortality. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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1129Title:  Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged 
 Dates:  1898-1968 
 Abstract:  The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged was the first retirement home for elderly African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1896, by Eliza Bryant, and called the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People. In 1960 it was renamed the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged. The collection consists of records of patients, guests, and membership, Board of Trustees' minutes, Secretary's record of correspondence, Board of Lady Managers' financial records, constitutions, by-laws, receipts, cancelled checks, and a history of the Home by Helen Smith. 
 Call #:  MS 3532 
 Extent:  4.20 linear feet (10 containers) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Older people -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Benevolent and moral institutions and societies. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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1130Title:  L. Pearl Mitchell Papers     
 Creator:  Mitchell, L. Pearl 
 Dates:  1875-1970 
 Abstract:  L. Pearl Mitchell (1883-1974) was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights activist. She served as national Vice-President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1936-1937). The collection consists of correspondence; Dr. Samuel Mitchell's license, sermons, and speeches; editions of The Wilberforce Graduate, 2 copies of The Ohio Book for the Lincoln Jubilee, pamphlets and printed material from the NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority pamphlets, Mt. Zion Congregational Church Building Fund records, F.E.P.C. financial reports, a copy of The Long Moment by Jo Sinclair, Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home financial records and trustees' minutes, Women's Council reports to the Cleveland Mental Health Association, Cleveland Job Corps for Women materials, biographical material on Mrs. Mitchell, news clippings, awards, pamphlets, brochures, and a copy of A Half Century of Freedom of the Negro in Ohio by W.A. Joiner. 
 Call #:  MS 3533 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American -- African American authors.
 
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1131Title:  Garrett A. Morgan Papers     
 Creator:  Morgan, Garrett A. 
 Dates:  1894-1970 
 Abstract:  Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included the electric traffic signal and the gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Co. to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and business papers, drawings of the traffic signal, a hair straightening device and an automatic cooker, maps, blueprints and floorplans of Morgan's properties, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and material relating to Morgan's role in the waterworks crib explosion, the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., the National Safety Device Co., and the Wakeman Country Club. 
 Call #:  MS 3534 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. | Traffic signs and signals.
 
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1132Title:  Women's City Club of Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  Women's City Club of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1916-1965 
 Abstract:  The Women's City Club is a women's forum for the discussion of topics of civic and public interest. It was founded in 1916, by Cleveland, Ohio, suffragettes and society leaders, in response to the establishment of an all-male City Club in 1912. The collection consists of minute books, histories, committee files, publications, clippings and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 3535 
 Extent:  5.75 linear feet (8 containers and 16 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Women's City Club of Cleveland. | Forums (Discussion and debate) | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Social conditions.
 
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1133Title:  Fiore D'Isidoro Papers     
 Creator:  D'Isidoro, Fiore 
 Dates:  1906-1970 
 Abstract:  Fiore D'Isidoro was a Presbyterian minister who served Second Presbyterian Church in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, Olivet Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey, and St. John's Beckwith Memorial Presbyterian Church and Forestdale Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Ohio. St. John's served Italian Protestants in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood. The collection consists of sermons delivered and publications gathered by Rev. D'Isidoro, including early records of St. John's Beckwith Memorial Presbyterian Church and a 1959 survey of neighborhood use of the church. 
 Call #:  MS 3536 
 Extent:  2.40 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  D'Isidoro, Fiore. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American. | Presbyterian Church -- Sermons. | Churches, Presbyterian -- United States.
 
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1134Title:  Kenneth J. Sims Papers     
 Creator:  Sims, Kenneth J. 
 Dates:  1930-1970 
 Abstract:  Kenneth J. Sims (1902-1975) was the mayor of Euclid, Ohio, 1938-1946. The collection consists of a biography, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous pamphlets and flyers, and material relating to the redevelopment plan for Lakeshore Village (1967), the International Municipal Congress (1953), and other municipal and mayoral conferences. 
 Call #:  MS 3537 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Sims, Kenneth J., 1902-1975.
 
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1135Title:  Joseph A. Artl Papers     
 Creator:  Artl, Joseph A. 
 Dates:  1940-1970 
 Abstract:  Joseph A. Artl (1893-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, judge who served in the municipal, common pleas, and appeals courts. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, transcripts, law school notes, certificates, and clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 3538 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Artl, Joseph A., 1893-1970. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea.
 
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1136Title:  North Presbyterian Church Records     
 Creator:  North Presbyterian Church 
 Dates:  1862-1970 
 Abstract:  North Presbyterian Church was founded in 1870, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of historical sketches, correspondence, building and property records, Sunday school and church attendance records, membership rosters, religious surveys, anniversary materials, miscellaneous printed and mission material, and material on the 100th and 125th anniversaries of the First Presbyterian (Old Stone) Church. 
 Call #:  MS 3539 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  North Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches, Presbyterian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Churches. | First Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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1137Title:  Henry Eldridge Bourne Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Bourne, Henry Eldridge 
 Dates:  1889-1947 
 Abstract:  Henry Eldridge Bourne (1862-1946) was a professor of History at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was also active in local civic affairs. the collection consists of autobiographical and biographical material, an honorary law degree, correspondence, books and pamphlets by Professor Bourne, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous material, certificates concerning the International Congress of Historical Sciences (1902), and material relating to Bourne's work at the Library of Congress. 
 Call #:  MS 3540 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Bourne, Henry Eldridge, 1862-1946. | Western Reserve University -- Officials and employees. | College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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1138Title:  Elisha S. Loomis Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Loomis, Elisha S. 
 Dates:  1880-1940 
 Abstract:  Elisha Scott Loomis (1852-1940) was a mathematics professor at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. The collection consists of 61 diaries, memoranda, cash accounts, excerpts from a destroyed booklet (1879), newspaper clippings, memorabilia, year-end summaries of goals and events, and financial accounts. 
 Call #:  MS 3541 
 Extent:  1.60 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Loomis, Elisha S. (Elisha Scott), 1852-1940. | Baldwin-Wallace College. | College teachers -- Ohio -- Berea. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Berea.
 
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1139Title:  Max Sandin Papers     
 Creator:  Sandin, Max 
 Dates:  1918-1967 
 Abstract:  Max Sandin was a Russian-Jewish conscientious objector who emigrated to the United States in 1910. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became active in several anti-war organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, clippings, reprints, annotated calendars, publications, and an autobiography, entitled "I Was Sentenced to Be Shot," which details Sandin's life and anti-war activities. 
 Call #:  MS 3542 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Pacifists -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors.
 
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1140Title:  John F. Kratky Scrapbooks     
 Creator:  Kratky, John F. 
 Dates:  1940-1950 
 Abstract:  John F. Kratky was the editor of Novy Svet, a Czech language newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a close friend of Cleveland cartoonist J.H. Donahey. The collection consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper cartoons, biographical articles, and correspondence about J.H. "Hal" Donahey, material on Kratky's involvement in Czechoslovak affairs, and an autobiographical sketch by Kratky. 
 Call #:  MS 3543 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Kratky, John F. | Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Donahey, James Harrison.
 
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