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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2101 | Title: | Clifford E. Minton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Minton, Clifford E. | | | | Dates: | 1947-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford E. Minton was the director of the Industrial Relations Department of the Urban League of Cleveland, Ohio, following World War II. Minton helped to integrate the white collar work force at such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, as well as department stores, bakeries and delivery services. Minton left Cleveland in 1949 and became executive director of the Urban League of Gary, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, and news clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Minton's work with the Urban League of Cleveland and its efforts to eliminate job discrimination and promote black employment after World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4513 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Minton, Clifford E., 1911- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2102 | Title: | John W. Barkley Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Barkley, John W. Family | | | | Dates: | 1880-1919 | | | | Abstract: | John W. Barkley was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who worked for Alta House and Goodrich House social settlements and the Cleveland Board of Education and also served as an assistant to the Law Director for the city of Cleveland in matters relating to the Board of Education. He later joined the firm of Squire, Saunders and Dempsey, served as mayor of Shaker Heights, 1950-55, and was a trustee of Hiram House. Barkley attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., and was involved in many college debates. He later married Margaret Megrit. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and a scrapbook relating chiefly to Barkley's college life at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Also includes a farm journal, 1880-1886 kept by William B. Goodrich of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and two household ledgers belonging to Josephine Kreitler of Warren, Ohio, 1889-1898. | | | | Call #: | MS 4514 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Barkley, John W., 1889-1986. | Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.) -- Students -- Archives. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | College students -- Pennsylvania -- Meadville -- Archives. | Debates and debating -- Pennsylvania -- Meadville. | Farm life -- Pennsylvania -- Erie County. | Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Erie County. | Home economics -- Ohio -- Warren -- Accounting. | Farmers -- Pennsylvania -- Erie County -- Diaries. | Erie County (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2103 | Title: | Herman Lansing Vail Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vail, Herman Lansing Family | | | | Dates: | 1882-1928 | | | | Abstract: | Herman Lansing Vail was a prominent lawyer, newspaper publisher and Cleveland, Ohio, civic leader who served two terms as a state representative and in various local positions. His father, Harry Lorenzo Vail, was a prominent Cleveland journalist, lawyer and politician who served as Cuyahoga County Commissioner and Clerk of Courts. The collection consists of diaries of Herman Vail, 1909-1922, correspondence of Herman and his father, Harry Vail, announcements for gatherings, certificates of membership, and telegrams. The collection pertains largely to Herman Vail's early life and touches upon his experiences at University School in Cleveland, Princeton University and Harvard Law School, his World War I experiences and his European travels. Harry Vail's correspondence is useful for the study of Cuyahoga County politics and dealings within the local Republican Party, with correspondence of Warren G. Harding, Theodore E. Burton, Mayor Harry L. Davis and Marcus Hanna. | | | | Call #: | MS 4515 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Vail, Herman L. (Herman Lansing), 1895-1981 -- Diaries. | Vail, Harry L. (Harry Lorenzo), 1860-1935 -- Correspondence. | University School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Students -- Diaries. | Princeton University -- Students -- Diaries. | Harvard Law School -- Students -- Diaries. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1919-1944.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2104 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2105 | Title: | John Hicks Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hicks, John | | | | Dates: | 1868-1914 | | | | Abstract: | John Hicks was a newspaper editor and publisher of the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern who served as United States Minister to Peru, 1889-1893, and then United States Minister to Chile, 1905-1909. The collection consists of correspondence, publications, a scrapbook and newspaper clippings primarily relating to Hicks' diplomatic career as minister to Peru and Chile. Most of the correspondence is in Spanish and reflects the social aspects of Hicks' position. Included in the collection are texts of telegrams between Hicks and the State Dept. concerning a potential crisis in Chile, 1906-1907, and 1868 correspondence regarding silver mining in New Mexico Territory. | | | | Call #: | MS 4517 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hicks, John, 1847-1917. | United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Peru. | United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Chile. | Chile -- Foreign relations -- United States. | United States -- Foreign relations -- Chile.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2106 | Title: | Samuel Smart Family Business Records
| | | | Creator: | Smart, Samuel Family | | | | Dates: | 1842-1903 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Smart owned a general store in Willoughby, Ohio, 1836-1854, and served as mayor of the village, 1857-1858. His son, Samuel W. Smart, ran the store, 1854-1904, but also owned an insurance agency and the Bank of Willoughby. Samuel W. Smart's son, James H. Smart, continued the insurance business, dealt in real estate and served as mayor of Willoughby, 1926-1934. Samuel W. Smart's son-in-law, Sidney V. Wilson, took over the general store in 1904 and made it one of the largest country stores in the eastern United States. The collection consists account books, ledgers, cash books, savings deposit ledgers, real estate records, receipt books, tax books, voucher and remittance ledgers, dealers' cash books, insurance policy ledgers, and correspondence relating to the operation of the Smarts' general store, insurance business and bank. The collection provides insights into business management of the 19th century, including labor practices of the times. Of particular interest are the bank records for the 1894 depression period, with monthly statements of assets and liabilities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4518 | | | | Extent: | 6.40 linear feet (5 containers and 29 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Smart family. | Bank of Willoughby -- Finance. | General stores -- Ohio -- Willoughby -- Finance. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Willoughby -- Finance. | Independent insurance agents -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Insurance -- Ohio -- Willoughby -- Finance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2107 | Title: | Rheuben Courtright Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Courtright, Rheuben Family | | | | Dates: | 1985-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Gregory Courtright Thompson collected material relating to the Courtright family, which originated in the Basque region of Spain, probably as the Cortes family, but moved to the Netherlands in the 16th century to avoid religious persecution. Over time the spelling of the name has included Courtright, Kortright, Cutrite, Cortright and Cartwright. The collection consists of reports, genealogical notes by Thompson, and family correspondence. The collection pertains to the Courtright family genealogy, especially the Rheuben Courtright branch. Included in the collection is correspondence between the American, Mexican and Canadian branches and an article tracing the Basque origins of the family. Some of the material was compiled by Hugh Kortright. | | | | Call #: | MS 4519 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Courtright, Rheuben, 1790-1875 -- Family. | Cartwright family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2108 | Title: | Teamsters For A Democratic Union Records
| | | | Creator: | Teamsters For A Democratic Union | | | | Dates: | 1976-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Teamsters for A Democratic Union was an organization of rank and file members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America who sought to reform the structures and practices of the union leadership, especially in relation to the handling of union pension funds. The TDU supports candidates for local union offices and also works to prevent sweetheart deals with employers that could be detrimental to the rank and file membership. Originally organized in Cleveland, Ohio, much of the early leadership of the TDU came from Cleveland Local 407. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and publications. The collection contains records of the TDU and the Cleveland Chapter TDU and pertains to the struggle between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America and the leaders of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union, especially those of Local 407 who attempted to organize chapters in Cleveland. Included are grievance reports, financial and election materials, local and national newsletters, and material relating to Cleveland TDU officials such as Garold Lazarowski and Michael Friedman and the Cleveland Chapter TDU. | | | | Call #: | MS 4520 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lazarowski, Garold. | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Truck Drivers Union Local 407. | Teamsters for a Democratic Union -- Archives. | Teamsters for a Democratic Union. Cleveland Chapter -- Archives. | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- United States. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Elections. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organizing. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Corrupt practices. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Officials and employees. | Labor unions and communism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2109 | Title: | Country Club Ledger
| | | | Creator: | Country Club | | | | Dates: | 1899-1901 | | | | Abstract: | The Country Club was founded in 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a private club for the wealthy, as an extension of the Bit and Bridle Club. The first clubhouse was located at Eddy Road and Lake Shore Boulevard. Members included Samuel Mather and Tom L. Johnson. In 1895, the Cleveland Golf Club opened as a subsidiary of the Country Club. The original clubhouse was destroyed in 1898, as was the second clubhouse in 1906. The Country Club remained on Lakeshore Boulevard until the late 1920s, when it moved to Lander Road in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The collection consists of one ledger book, containing membership lists and financial records, including expenses, employee wages, and operating expenses for the restaurant. | | | | Call #: | MS 4521 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Country Club Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2110 | Title: | Rabbi Myron Silverman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Silverman, Myron | | | | Dates: | 1943-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Myron Silverman was rabbi of the Suburban Temple, Beachwood, Ohio, a Reform Jewish congregation, from 1949-1975. After his ordination at Hebrew Union College in 1936, he held various pulpits around the country, and served as an Army chaplain during World War II. He came to Suburban Temple in 1949, one year after its founding. He was active in a number of groups, including the Citizens League of Cleveland, the American Jewish Committee, Fairhill Psychiatric Hospital, and the World Union of Progressive Judaism. He was national chairman of the Union of American Hebrew Congregation's Israel Commission, and president of the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. The collection consists of correspondence, sermons, prayers for special occasions, and talks relating to Silverman's roles at Suburban Temple, as well as materials relating to his participation in local and national organizations, particularly the Union of American Hebrew Congregation's Israel Commission. | | | | Call #: | MS 4522 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Silverman, Myron, 1911-1981. | Suburban Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Organization and administration. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Beachwood.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2111 | Title: | S. Sterling McMillan Papers
| | | | Creator: | McMillan, S. Sterling | | | | Dates: | 1962-1970 | | | | Abstract: | S. Sterling McMillan was an economist, professor at Western Reserve University, and founder of Predicasts. McMillan authored several books and was involved with numerous philanthropic and social welfare organizations in Cleveland, Ohio, serving as a trustee and financial consultant. The collection consists of meeting agendas, annual reports, correspondence, financial statements, minutes, newsletters and reports of various social agencies in which McMillan had an interest. The bulk of the material pertains to the Cleveland Welfare Federation, but the collection also includes material of the Cleveland Homemaker Service Association, Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Golden Age Center of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, Health Fund of Greater Cleveland, and Sagamore Hills Children's Psychiatric Hospital Citizens' Advisory Committee. | | | | Call #: | MS 4523 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Welfare Federation of Cleveland -- Archives. | Cleveland Homemaker Service -- Archives. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs -- Archives. | Golden Age Center of Cleveland -- Archives. | Health Fund of Greater Cleveland -- Archives. | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation -- Archives. | Sagamore Hills Children's Psychiatric Hospital. Citizens' Advisory Committee -- Archives. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2112 | Title: | Service Employees International Union, Natural Gas Workers Union Local 555
| | | | Creator: | Natural Gas Workers' Union, Local 555 | | | | Dates: | 1963-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Local 555 of the Service Employees International Union, Natural Gas Workers' Union, was a trade-union organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937 to represent employees of East Ohio Gas Company and led initially by Francis O'Rourke, and later, by John Nagle and William J. McCarthy. It became affiliated with the Building Service Employees' International Union in 1962, now known as the Service Employees International Union. In 1990 the local had a membership of 1,850. The collection consists of correspondence, constitutions, labor agreements, annual reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and publications. The collection primarily relates to the East Ohio Gas Company, including Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearings on rate increase requests and service cutbacks during the 1970s energy crisis. There is minimal material dealing directly with union business, but the collection does include some items on organizing tactics and strike procedures issued by the international union. | | | | Call #: | MS 4524 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Service Employees International Union. Natural Gas Workers Union Local 555 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | East Ohio Gas Company. | Consolidated Natural Gas Company. | Gas industry -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio. | Gas companies -- Ohio. | Gas companies -- Ohio -- Rates. | Gas companies -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Collective labor agreements -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Energy policy -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2113 | Title: | Jean Y. Tussey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tussey, Jean Y. | | | | Dates: | 1932-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Jean Y. Tussey, labor union activist, was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. After graduation from Rutgers University in 1938, she worked as a newspaper reporter, machine shop worker, and as a member of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). She became a member of Local 53 of the International Typographical Union when she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951 and joined the staff of the Plain Dealer newspaper as a proofreader. In 1973, she became a full time organizer for Local 53, concentrating on organizing newspaper employees in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties. Tussey was involved in several women's labor groups, including the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and in general women's groups, including the National Organization for Women, serving as vice president of the Cleveland chapter in 1972. Tussey also edited a collection of writing and speeches by Eugene V. Debs, entitled Eugene V. Debs Speaks (1970), and authored numerous articles on labor history. In 1982, Tussey was a founding member of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society, serving as president and executive committee member of that organization. The collection consists of reports, minutes, financial statements, agendas, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4525 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tussey, Jean Y., 1918- | International Typographical Union. Local No. 53 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- United States. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Pro-choice movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Equal rights amendments.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2114 | Title: | Rabbi Israel Porath Papers
| | | | Creator: | Porath, Israel | | | | Dates: | 1934-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Israel Porath was an Orthodox rabbi who served the Cleveland, Ohio, congregations of Oheb Zedek, Neveh Zedek and Heights Jewish Center. He compiled an eight volume study of the Talmud entitled, Mevo ha-Talmud. The collection consists of personal, professional and business correspondence, handwritten notes for talks, lectures and sermons, and published and unpublished articles by and about Israel Porath. | | | | Call #: | MS 4526 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Porath, Israel, d. 1974. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2115 | Title: | Van Sweringen Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Van Sweringen Company | | | | Dates: | 1923-1934 | | | | Abstract: | The Van Sweringen Company was a real estate development firm formed by Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, two brothers who, in 1905, began purchasing land in what is now Shaker Heights, Ohio, 8 miles southeast of Cleveland. The land, originally part of Warrensville Twp., was settled in 1822 by the celibate North Union Shaker community, which disbanded in 1889. The Van Sweringen idea was the development of a comprehensively planned "garden city" suburb which included the maintenance of natural topography and lakes, curving roads, and specific locations for apartments, commercial areas, public schools, churches and private secondary schools. The plan was achieved in the 1920s and 1930s, with the company managing and enforcing strict zoning and building restrictions, deed (including ethnic and racial) restrictions, and architectural design guidelines. The suburb grew to a population of nearly 18,000 by 1930, in large part due to the construction by the Van Sweringens of the Shaker Rapid Transit, a high-speed, convenient railway link to downtown Cleveland with a traffic-free right-of-way. The Van Sweringens were very private men, and most of their personal and company records have been destroyed. The collection consists of correspondence; sales prospectuses and brochures; lot valuations and reports; newspaper and periodical clippings; development maps, graphs, miscellaneous demographic information and photographs re: Shaker Village, Shaker Heights and Shaker Country Estates; plat maps, plans, restrictions and opinions re: development along, and the extension of, Shaker Blvd.; and maps of triangles and strips deeded to the municipalities of Shaker Hts., Beachwood and Pepper Pike. The collection pertains primarily to the development of the company's Shaker Country Estates, and is a good source for local history and the history of planned communities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4527 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen Company -- Public relations. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Maps. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Real estate management -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | City planning -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Planned communities -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Land use -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Shaker Country Estates. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Maps.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2116 | Title: | Sherith Jacob Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Sherith Jacob Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1905-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Sherith Jacob Congregation is an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded by Hungarian immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1899. Served by Rabbi Julius Klein from its founding until 1917, Sherith Jacob was without a rabbi until 1922, when Ormond Klein served the congregation until 1926. In 1928, Hugo H. Klein, whose maternal grandfather was Rabbi Julius Klein, became rabbi. The congregation was located at various sites in Cleveland until 1944, when it moved into a new building at Eddy Rd. and Arlington Ave. By the early 1960s, the congregation sold the Eddy Rd. building and rented facilities in the Cleveland Heights-South Euclid area. In 1962 it merged with Sherith Israel to become Sherith Jacob Israel. In 1970, it was absorbed into Kehillat Yaakov, Warrensville Center Synagogue. The collection consists of congregational correspondence, a constitution, legal documents, minutes of congregational meetings, financial statements, publications, and correspondence of Rabbi Hugo Klein. Of particular note are letters documenting Rabbi Klein's attempts to aid relatives fleeing Europe in the late 1930s and his involvement in a memorial book for Ungvar, Hungary, Jews killed in World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4528 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Klein, Hugo H., 1903-1974. | Sherith Jacob Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2117 | Title: | Theodore Hall Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hall, Theodore | | | | Dates: | 1941-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore Hall was an information specialist for the Office of Civilian Defense in Cleveland, Ohio, during World War II. He was also a writer for the Cleveland City Planning Commission and a book reviewer for the Washington Post. Hall compiled an unpublished history of the Jack & Heintz Company, Jack & Heintz: the Human Factory, which focused on the company's wartime production. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, speech texts, diaries, and publications. Series I consists mainly of radio scripts written by Hall as information specialist for the Cleveland Office of Civilian Defense during World War II. Series II consists of Hall's research material and several drafts of his unpublished manuscript, Jack & Heintz: The Human Factory, on the Jack & Heintz Company (Jahco) during World War II. It includes biographical data on Ralph Heintz and William S. Jack and interviews with Jack & Heintz employees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4529 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hall, Theodore. | Heintz, Ralph M. | Jack, William S. | Jack & Heintz, Inc. | United States. Office of Civilian Defense. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Radio scripts. | Radio programs, Public service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2118 | Title: | Myron S. Stanford Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stanford, Myron S. | | | | Dates: | 1919-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish organizations and in the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. When he immigrated in 1920 from Poland to the United States, his name was Meier Spokojny. By 1921 his name was Meyer Spocony, and by 1929 his name had been changed to Myron Spocony Stanford. From 1941 to 1945, he served as an assistant police prosecutor for the City of Cleveland. He ran unsuccessfully for several political positions. At various times he served as president of the United Jewish Religious Schools, Fairmount Temple Men's Club, B'nai B'rith Mid-Day Lodge, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and Masada Chapter, Zionist Organization of America. He chaired the performing arts committee of the Jewish Community Center and was active in Yiddish theater productions there. The collection consists of programs and correspondence relating to Jewish organizations with which Stanford was involved; briefs, book reviews, and scripts written by Stanford; newspaper clippings, diaries, diplomas, awards; and a scrapbook. The collection is particularly strong in materials relating to the Men's Club of Fairmount Temple and the travel diaries detailing Israeli life in the 1950s and Jewish life in Russia, especially Moscow and Leningrad, in the late 1950s and early 1970s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4530 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stanford, Myron S., 1907-1979. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2119 | Title: | Morris and Eleanor Stamm Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Stamm, Morris and Eleanor | | | | Dates: | 1937-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Morris and Elanor Stamm were labor, peace, civil rights and political activists from Cleveland, Ohio. Morris Stamm emigrated from Russia and came to Cleveland in 1916, where he was a laborer for 61 years. He joined the Communist Party in 1928 and was a shopfloor organizer for the United Electrical Workers in the Cleveland area. Stamm fought as a foot soldier with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War from 1937-1938. He married Eleanor Ginsberg in 1940. In the 1970s, Morris and Eleanor led the Cleveland Committee for a Democratic Spain, and were highly involved in the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The collection consists of correspondence between Morris Stamm and other members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. Included are letters relating to the Committee for Black Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War and the archives of the American Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy, as well as issues of Volunteer for Liberty, organ of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and The Volunteer, organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Biographical material and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Stamms are also included, together with newsletters of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute and correspondence with film makers re: film projects about the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and radicals in the early labor movements. The collection is a good source of information on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the Spanish Civil War, and also reflects the ongoing involvement of the Stamms in civil rights and socialist activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4531 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stamm, Morris, 1904- | Stamm, Eleanor G. (Eleanor Ginsberg), 1912-1989. | Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. | Socialism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Sources. | Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Periodicals. | Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, American. | Spain -- Politics and government -- 1939-1975. | Spain -- Politics and government -- 1975-
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2120 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company | | | | Dates: | 1964-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son. | | | | Call #: | MS 4532 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. | Cleveland Jewish News. | Jewish Independent. | Jewish Review and Observer. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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