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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1461 | Title: | Kniola Travel Bureau Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Kniola Travel Bureau | | | | Dates: | 1883-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Kniola Travel Bureau was established in 1890 by Michael P. Kniola, a Polish immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio. He turned the business over to his son, Raymond, during the 1920s. Michael Kniola was also active in church and community affairs and organizations such as the Polish Falcons Alliance of America, Nest 141, and local Republican party politics. He also served as agent and executor for Cleveland Poles and their relatives in Poland. The collection consists of correspondence, steamship ticket stubs, daily slips, receipts, legal documents, real estate records, estate records relating to Kniola's travel bureau, legal and civic activities, personal activities, and his involvement with Polish organizations, and material on Raymond Kniola's political and real estate activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3868 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Kniola family. | Kniola Travel Bureau (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Travel agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1462 | Title: | Paul Alden Younger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Younger, Paul Alden | | | | Dates: | 1951-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Paul Alden Younger (1928-1969) was an American Baptist minister and social activist who worked with his wife, Betty Jean Nichols Younger, to organize the poor in neglected communities. The Youngers worked with numerous welfare rights, civil rights, church, community and educational organizations throughout the United States. They lived and worked in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1955-1967. The collection consists of notes, speeches, reports, correspondence, clippings and organizational records relating to Paul and Betty Younger and their work with numerous religious, welfare, and civil rights organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 3869 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Younger, Paul Alden, 1928-1969. | Clergy -- United States. | City clergy -- United States. | City churches -- United States. | Social action -- United States. | Clergymen's wives -- United States. | Women social workers -- United States. | Social workers -- United States. | Welfare rights movement -- United States. | Civil rights workers -- United States. | Civil rights movements -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1463 | Title: | Printz-Biederman Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Printz-Biederman Company | | | | Dates: | 1914-1957 | | | | Abstract: | The Printz-Biederman Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, coat manufacturing company established in 1893 by Moritz Printz, his sons Michael and Alexander, and his son-in-law Joseph Biederman. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union tried to organize its employees in the 1930s. It closed in the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, reports, agreements, correspondence, historical sketches, and publications relating to employee representative bodies which operated in the plant, and letters, telegrams and other writings to and from Abraham Katovsky and David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Also includes catalogs and advertisements of the company's clothing. | | | | Call #: | MS 3870 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Catalogs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catalogs. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1465 | Title: | Ohio Townsend Plan, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Townsend Plan, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1935-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Townsend Plan was a branch of the Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc., formerly known as the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, which was established by Dr. Francis E. Townsend of California in 1934. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, organizational material, correspondence, programs, newsletters, song books, rosters, financial records, speech transcripts, news clippings, and miscellaneous material. Included is correspondence of Francis E. Townsend and Charles Wetterman. | | | | Call #: | MS 3872 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Townsend Plan, Inc. | Old age pensions -- United States. | Pensions -- United States. | Income maintenance programs -- United States. | Retirement income -- United States. | Pension trusts -- United States. | Aged -- United States -- Political activity.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1466 | Title: | St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church Records
| | | | Creator: | St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church | | | | Dates: | 1862-1951 | | | | Abstract: | St. Paul's United Church of Christ was established in 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Second German Evangelical Church. In 1858 it changed to St. Paul's Evangelical Church. The church was located at the intersection of Scovill Avenue and Greenwood Street. With the merger of the German Evangelical and German Reformed denominations the church became St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Since the 1961 merger with the Congregational Christian Church the denomination has been known as St. Paul's United Church of Christ. The collection consists of constitutions, registers of baptisms, confirmations, communions, weddings and funerals, minutes of annual congregational meetings, minutes of the church council, minutes of the Ladies' Aid Society, constitution of the St. Paul's Women's Guild, records of the Young People's Society, records of an unidentified adult group within the church, pledge records, finance reports, building committee records, specifications for the 1915 church, and typed reports by pastors. | | | | Call #: | MS 3873 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Parma, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Parma. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Parma. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Parma. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Parma.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1467 | Title: | Laura Demsey Andrews Diary
| | | | Creator: | Andrews, Laura Demsey | | | | Dates: | 1884 | | | | Abstract: | Laura Demsey Andrews (ca. 1875-1952) was the daughter of Doctors John N. and Tabitha Duncan Demsey, who moved from Huron County, Ohio to Decatur, Illinois ca. 1884 and then settled on a farm near Warrensburg, Illinois. Laura took a teaching job in Decatur in 1884. That October she married Horace Andrews and moved to Norwalk, Ohio. Shortly before 1900 they moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Horace practiced law. The collection consists of a copy of a handwritten diary with typed transcripts inserted following their corresponding pages. Topics include Andrews' life on the family farm and as a teacher in Decatur, Illinois. | | | | Call #: | MS 3875 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Andrews, Laura Demsey, ca. 1857-1952. | Demsey family. | Andrews family. | Farm life -- Illinois. | Teachers -- Illinois -- Decatur. | Women -- United States -- Diaries.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1468 | Title: | Regional Church Planning Office Records
| | | | Creator: | Regional Church Planning Office | | | | Dates: | 1945-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Regional Church Planning Office was organized in 1960 by Protestant denominational leaders and research and planning departments of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio church federations, for the purpose of providing research data for participating denominations and local churches, designing and implementing cooperative church planning strategy, and serving as a resource for existing ecumenical structures. The collection consists of reports, subject files, minutes, correspondence, mailings, brochures, and minutes and other materials relating to the Consultation on Ecumenical Strategy for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the Interfaith Advisory Committee on Community Funding, and the United Protestant Development Foundation of Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 3876 | | | | Extent: | 3.41 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Regional Church Planning Office (Cleveland, Ohio) | Protestant churches -- Ohio -- Relations. | Church facilities -- Planning. | Church consultation -- Ohio. | Local church councils. | Ecumenical movement. | Interdenominational cooperation. | Church fund raising. | Church finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1469 | Title: | United Czechoslovak Legion of America Minutes and Financial Records
| | | | Creator: | United Czechoslovak Legion of America | | | | Dates: | 1917-1943 | | | | Abstract: | The United Czechoslovak Legion of America was a national organization formed by veterans who volunteered to fight with the Czechoslovak Legions during World War I. After the war, the Legion cared for its physically disabled veterans. The National Invalid Collection was a local organization affiliated with the Legion whose purpose was to care for wounded and disabled soldiers in Cleveland, Ohio. Reverend Oldrich Zlamal was a prominent member. The collection consists of minutes, special minutes from a 1929 meeting in Detroit, a volunteer ledger from the campaign of 1917, an annual report (1926), financial ledgers, cashiers books, account books, copies of the official newspaper Czechoslovensky Legionar, correspondence, and other materials. Also included are minutes and financial records of the National Invalid Collection (1923-1933). | | | | Call #: | MS 3877 | | | | Extent: | 2.30 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Czechoslovak Legion of America. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Veterans, Disabled -- Rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1470 | Title: | Hermann Krebs Apothecary Prescriptions
| | | | Creator: | Hermann Krebs Apothecary | | | | Dates: | 1867-1868 | | | | Abstract: | The Hermann Krebs Apothecary was founded in 1868 in Brooklyn, Ohio. The name was later changed to Hermann Krebs Pharmacy Company. The company moved several times before it closed in 1958. Its last location was at 2740 West 25th Street, SW, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 500 prescriptions for medication, each signed by a physician, numbered, and marked "paid." Some also have the patient's name and others, particularly those from Dr. Henry Muller, are in German. Most are on pharmaceutical notepads with Kreb's letterhead, dated 1867 and 1868. | | | | Call #: | MS 3878 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hermann Krebs Apothecary (Cleveland, Ohio) | Drugstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1473 | Title: | William Foster Papers
| | | | Creator: | Foster, William | | | | Dates: | 1862-1866 | | | | Abstract: | William Foster (1840-1907) was a medical student from Scio (New Market), in Harrison County, Ohio who became a sergeant and hospital steward in the 126th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was involved in numerous battles before he mustered out in July, 1865. He married Katherine Humphrey that September. The collection consists of photocopies of Civil War correspondence, mainly to Katherine Humphrey. | | | | Call #: | MS 3881 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Foster, William, 1840-1907. | Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872. | Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876. | United States. Army. -- Military life. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 126th. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | Camps (Military) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | Wilderness, Battle of the, 1864. | Spotsylvania, Battle of, 1864. | Petersburg Crater, Battle of, 1864. | Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1474 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1475 | Title: | Samuel Kinsey Maguire Letters
| | | | Creator: | Maguire, Samuel Kinsey | | | | Dates: | 1875-1876 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Kinsey Maguire (d. 1862) was the son of Captain George Maguire of Christine, Delaware. He married Charles Anna (Annie) Smith ca. 1859 and they had two children, Anna Louise and William. In 1861 Samuel joined the 72nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Baxter's Gunners) and served as quartermaster until he died in service at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, on October 9, 1862. The collection consists of letters from Samuel K. Maguire to Annie Smith Maguire (1857-1862). The letters of 1861-1862 contain accounts of army life and of battles, including Sharpsburg and Harpers Ferry. Also included are a letter from "Lulu" (probably Anna Louise Maguire) to "Mama" (1876), and genealogical material on the Maguire family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3883 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Maguire, Samuel Kinsey, d. 1862. | Maguire family. | United States. Army. -- Military life. | Soldiers -- Delaware. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1476 | Title: | Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers
| | | | Creator: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. | | | | Dates: | 1944-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was the son of Italian immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio, who had a long career in law and government, serving as an Ohio state senator, Mayor of Cleveland, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and a federal judge. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, legal briefs and opinions, financial documents, speeches, ordinances, resolutions, lists, charts, maps and miscellaneous printed matter relating to the administration of Cleveland's municipal government during Celebrezze's five terms as Mayor (1953-1962). | | | | Call #: | MS 3884 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Municipal government. | Port districts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public buildings. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1477 | Title: | Lilian Wyckoff Johnson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff | | | | Dates: | 1879-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864-1956) was one of the American South's pioneer women educators. She served as president of the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, founded the West Tennessee Normal School (now Memphis State College), and established a center for social and cooperative work on the Cumberland Plateau at Summerfield, Tennessee which was called KinCo. It later became the Highlander Folk School. The collection consists of autobiographical sketches, obituaries, tributes, genealogical materials, correspondence, writings, notebooks, minutes, speeches, financial papers, newspaper articles, writings and poetry by others, programs, membership lists, certificates, diplomas, diaries, address books, and records from the Cumberland Mountain KinCo and the Highlander Folk School. | | | | Call #: | MS 3885 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff, 1864-1956. | Women educators -- United States. | Women college teachers -- United States. | Women college administrators -- United States. | Women school administrators -- United States. | Women in education -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1478 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1847-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3886 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1479 | Title: | Lecture Recital Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Lecture Recital Club | | | | Dates: | 1908-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Lecture Recital Club was a Cleveland, Ohio, social and cultural club founded in 1908 by Janet Talcott for the purpose of presenting music and literature in lecture-recital. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, reports, correspondence, programs, newsletters, clippings, scrapbooks, club histories, and publicity clippings and souvenirs of prominent club members. | | | | Call #: | MS 3887 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lecture Recital Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Literature -- Societies, etc. | Music and literature. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1480 | Title: | Sarah Evangeline Harvey Johnson Memory Books
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Sarah Evangeline Harvey | | | | Dates: | 1890-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Sarah Evangeline Harvey Johnson (1870-1930) was the daughter of Charles T. Harvey, a New England structural engineer, and Sarah Van Eps Harvey. "Eva" Harvey married William Cumming Johnson in 1897 and settled in Tennessee, where she was a homemaker and mother. The Johnsons had four sons, Harvey B., Richard Selden, William C. Jr. and Burton Hayley. The collection consists of bound volumes (part diary and part scrapbook) belonging to Sarah Evangeline Harvey Johnson and Richard Selden Johnson, containing photographs, postcards, drawings, paintings, notes, stories, poems, and magazine and newspaper clippings. Also sketchbooks, a playschool manual, six stories and essays by Mrs. Johnson, and an incomplete volume belonging to Charles Noel Harvey. | | | | Call #: | MS 3888 | | | | Extent: | 8.70 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson family. | Harvey family.
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