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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2281 | Title: | S. Korach Company Records
| | | | Creator: | S. Korach Company | | | | Dates: | 1898-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4694 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. | Korach family. | S. Korach Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2282 | Title: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Family Service Association | | | | Dates: | 1980-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It merged with the Hebrew Relief Organization in 1883 to form the Hebrew Relief Association. It was renamed the Jewish Social Service Bureau in 1922. The Bureau affiliated with the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences and helped train students for field placement. In 1943, the Bureau changed its name to the Jewish Family Service Association. The organization played a large role in the resettlement of Soviet Jews who came to Cleveland during the 1970s-1990s. Between 1989-1992, the Jewish Family Service Association assisted in the resettlement of 2,000 Soviet Jewish immigrants. The collection consists of materials relating to the organization's Soviet Jewish resettlement efforts. Included are Board of Trustee minutes, correspondence with other agencies and organizations involved in the resettlement process, newsletters, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4695 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2283 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1899-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4696 | | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2284 | Title: | Cleveland Theater Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Theater | | | | Dates: | 1909-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Theater was located at the northwest corner of St. Clair Avenue along the West 2nd Street alley in Cleveland, Ohio. Known as the city's melodrama theater, it operated under the management of Frank M. Drew in its first season, 1885. In 1886, H.R. Jacobs purchased the theater and changed the name to H.R. Jacobs Theater, but gave up the concern in the 1890s. It was then taken over by the Brady & Stair syndicate which restored the name Cleveland Theater and operated it as a variety show house. In 1910, the theater re-opened as a vaudeville and moving picture house. The theater was closed a few months later, and was then used for commercial purposes until it burned down in 1912. The collection consists of sketches, autographs, newspaper clippings, and programs assembled by members of the cast and crew of productions staged in the Cleveland Theater in 1909-1910; and programs, autographs, and newspaper clippings related to productions at other local theaters, 1910-1939. | | | | Call #: | MS 4697 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Theater. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vaudeville -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2285 | Title: | Jewish Chronic Relief Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Chronic Relief Society | | | | Dates: | 1935-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Chronic Relief Society was established in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Ladies Consumptive Aid Society, to provide assistance and care to indigent Jews afflicted with tuberculosis or other chronic conditions. In 1923 the group incorporated as the Cleveland Denver Consumptive Ladies Aid Society and, in 1935, as the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Cleveland. Together with the Bikur Cholim Sick Relief Society and with the cooperation of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland and Mt. Sinai Hospital, the society helped raise the funds to build the Jewish Convalescent Hospital for tuberculosis patients. By the 1940s, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society included a Junior Auxiliary, the Daughters of the Consumptive Relief Aid Society; a men's group; and a Cleveland Heights group. With the decrease in tuberculosis, the organization changed it's name in 1958 to the Jewish Chronic Relief Society. The organization disbanded in 1988. The collection consists of constitutions, correspondence, donor ads, donor ledgers, donor programs, financial reports, membership cards and lists, minutes, a memorial book, publications, treasurer's accounts, histories, programs, and newspaper articles. | | | | Call #: | MS 4698 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Chronic Relief Society. | Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Hospitals, Convalescent -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rehabilitation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chronically ill -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2286 | Title: | Jewish Painters Social Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Painters Social Club | | | | Dates: | 1963-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Painters Social Club was an organization of Jewish house painters, all of whom were members of Painters Union, Local 867, District Council 6, Cleveland, Ohio. A large number of the club's early members were immigrants, and a number of members were active in the labor movement. Some of the club's membership played active roles in Local 867. Among the club's leaders were Sam Bossin, Ben Weinstein, Hyman Weinberg, Ed Likover, Al Horowitz, and Jack Newman. During the late 1960s-early 1970s, many club members retired, and few Jewish youth entered the painting trade. Members voted to dissolve the organization in 1978. The collection consists of financial ledgers, programs, and a roll book. | | | | Call #: | MS 4699 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Painters Social Club. | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America. Local 867 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | House painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | House painters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2287 | Title: | Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1918-1980 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1935 through the leadership of Abraham Saslaw. It's goals were to promote literary activities and to provide social events and religious services to deaf members of the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. The organization's first officers were Joseph Adelson, Abraham Saslaw, Lillian Saslaw, Max Ellis, Issac Bialosky, Esther Zimmerman, and Abraham Mansky. The organization has been affiliated with the National Congress of Jewish Deaf. Rabbi William Seligman served as the spiritual leader of the organization from the 1950s-1980. Isidor Reisman, a principal and teacher, taught Hebrew to Jewish deaf students. The group has met at the Jewish Community Center since the 1960s. The collection consists of reprints of newspaper clippings and two guides for religious observance by the Jewish deaf written by Isidor Reisman. | | | | Call #: | MS 4700 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Deaf -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaf -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2288 | Title: | Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives | | | | Dates: | 1971-1994 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives is a Cleveland, Ohio-based professional organization concerned with professionalism and competency for all its members. The members of the organization are salaried, administrative fundraising executives for non-profit organizations, institutions, and societies. Prior to 1972 the organization was the Northern Ohio chapter of the National Society of Fund Raisers. In 1972, the group disassociated from the national group, and reorganized as a local group, calling itself the Northern Ohio Association of Fund Raisers. The name was modified to the Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives in 1975. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programs, membership applications, newsletters, membership rosters, publications, and financial statements. | | | | Call #: | MS 4701 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raisers (Persons) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raisers (Persons) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2289 | Title: | Julius Klein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Klein, Julius | | | | Dates: | 1900-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Julius Klein was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish businessman born in Slovakia. He emigrated to the United States in 1885, and settled in Cleveland in 1900. In 1900, he and his future mother-in-law, Rebecca Korach, purchased a skirt manufacturing company formerly known as Goodman and Korach Co. The new company, known as Julius Klein and Co., closed within a few years. In 1906, Klein was employed by Korach Sonnenfield Co., a cloak manufacturing company which in 1907 became the Korach-Ecker Co. In 1913, Klein opened Klein's Economy Store on Woodland Ave., selling women's ready-to-wear apparel. Following Julius Klein's death, his son, Alwyn Klein, continued the business. Following his death, his wife Beatrice operated the business until its liquidation in 1959. The collection consists of financial records, including a Klein's Economy Store ledger and stock book, a Korach-Ecker account book and specifications book, miscellaneous business and genealogical documents, and a photograph. | | | | Call #: | MS 4702 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Klein, Julius, 1869-1928. | Klein family. | Klein's Economy Store (Cleveland, Ohio). | Korach-Ecker Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2290 | Title: | Bellefaire Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Bellefaire | | | | Dates: | 1868-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Bellfaire was organized in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Jewish Orphan Asylum. By 1942 it changed its name to Bellefaire and began specializing in the treatment of emotionally disturbed children. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, an annual report, programs, legal documents, manuals, newsletters, brochures, booklets, conference proceedings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4703 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- University Heights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2291 | Title: | Isaac Reid Papers
| | | | Creator: | Reid, Isaac | | | | Dates: | 1829-1862 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Reid of Dromore Parish, County Down, Ireland, emigrated with his wife, Agnes, and his children to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1832. After living for several years in Cleveland, where he worked in a small business and boarded immigrants, the family purchased eighty acres in Newburgh, where they farmed and raised cattle, hogs, and sheep. Reid and his family were members of the First Presbyterian Society of Newburgh, he serving as both trustee and treasurer for several terms throughout the 1840s-1850s. His daughters were married in Newburgh; Mary Ann to Alvah Ruggles, and Elizabeth to George Dunbar, both in 1857. George Dunbar was employed by Reid as a laborer on his farm. Both Reid, his son-in-law George Dunbar, and his grandchildren remained in Newburgh after it became a part of Cleveland. Dunbar and his eldest sons were employed in the iron industry and in local businesses, while Reid lived on Harvard Street and was employed as a laborer. Isaac Reid died in 1886. The collection consists of a ledger/letterbook; receipts, a family register, and notes removed from that volume; notes and transcripts of the contents of the volume; and a Newburgh, Ohio, school register. | | | | Call #: | MS 4704 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Reid, Isaac, 1798-1886. | Reid family. | Dunbar family. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Newburgh. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Newburgh. | Schools -- Ohio -- Newburgh. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newburgh (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2292 | Title: | Zachariah Regan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Regan, Zachariah | | | | Dates: | 1808-1828 | | | | Abstract: | Zachariah Regan and his family settled in Little Beaver Creek, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in the early nineteenth century. His daughter Mary married John McLeish, who served in the 9th Ohio Independent Battery during the American Civil War. Mary and John McLeish settled in the the 18th ward of Cleveland, Ohio, by 1880, and their daughter Nannie married William Reid Dunbar at the South Presbyterian Church in 1881. The collection consists of land surveys, court records, deeds, contracts, and estate papers, which primarily concern Zachariah Regan's land holdings in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | MS 4705 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Regan, Zachariah, d. 1827. | Regan family. | McLeish family. | Dunbar family. | Reid family. | Court records -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Irish Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Irish American families -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Deeds -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Beaver County. | Beaver County (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2293 | Title: | Bascom Little Fund Records
| | | | Creator: | Bascom Little Fund | | | | Dates: | 1965-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Bascom Little Fund was created in 1966 to promote new music composed and performed in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, through the granting of funds to individual composers. The Bascom Little Fund also helps support the Cleveland Composers Guild of the Fortnightly Musical Club in the performance of new works by Guild members. The Fund began as a memorial to Bascom Little, a local architect and composer, by his wife Sue Lohmiller Little. The three original trustees were A. Dean Perry, H. Chapman Rose, and Dixon Morgan. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, grant requests, authorizations, minutes, reviews, newspaper clippings, tax returns, financial statements, and contracts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4706 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bascom Little Fund. | Cleveland Composers Guild. | Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composition (Music). | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2294 | Title: | William Bingham Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | William Bingham Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1968-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham 2nd. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. The foundation also contributed to the establishment and development of Blossom Music Center. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the environment, the arts, education, health, and welfare. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation in the 1980s, with several significant grants being made to the Environmental Defense Fund. The collection consists of correspondence, grant proposals, reports, financial, legal, and administrative records, minutes, exhibit scripts, newspaper clippings, publications, magazine articles, newsletters, and notes. | | | | Call #: | MS 4707 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955. | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. | Bingham family. | Blossom family. | William Bingham Foundation. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2295 | Title: | Lincoln Boulevard Street Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Lincoln Boulevard Street Club | | | | Dates: | 1917-1994 | | | | Abstract: | The Lincoln Boulevard Street Club originated as the Lincoln Boulevard Division of the Red Cross, a group of seventeen women living on Lincoln Boulevard in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who met weekly during World War I to roll bandages for the war effort. After the war, they continued to meet for monthly programs consisting of book reviews, sketches, or speakers. During World War II, the club met weekly to sew for British Relief and the Humane Society, and to provide service to the Red Cross. Social events, eventually including entire families, became important. Through the 1940s and the 1950s, the club instituted annual potluck dinners and Halloween parties. Men became more actively involved in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in support of community issues. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, histories, directories, newspaper clippings, publicity flyers, programs, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4708 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lincoln Boulevard Street Club. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Societies and clubs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. | Cleveland Heights (Ohio).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2296 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chesed Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1905-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Anshe Chesed is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, reports, bulletins, correspondence, programming records, and publicity materials. Included are the Jordan Band papers, an attorney who served Anshe Chesed as a vice president, member of the Board of Trustees, and in other leadership capacities. Records of the Men's Club and the Sisterhood are also included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4709 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2297 | Title: | Sarah Marcus Papers
| | | | Creator: | Marcus, Sarah | | | | Dates: | 1932-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Sarah Marcus was a physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology in Cleveland, Ohio. The daughter of Aaron and Etta Marcus, Sarah graduated from Central High School in 1912, and from Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. She graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1920, and completed an internship at Akron (Ohio) City Hospital in 1923. Returning to Cleveland in 1923, she established a medical practice on the city's South Side. In 1924, she began practicing at Women's Hospital, where she later served as Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1933-1970. In 1928, she began work as a voluntary clinician with the Maternal Health Association, forerunner of Planned Parenthood. In the 1950s, she was instrumental in the establishment of a marriage counseling and fertility clinic at Planned Parenthood. She married Dr. Samuel Cowan, with whom she had one child, Joseph Marcus. The collection consists of tributes, newspaper clippings, and an oral history. | | | | Call #: | MS 4710 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Marcus, Sarah, 1894-1985. | Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Birth control clinics -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2298 | Title: | L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | L. N. Gross Company | | | | Dates: | 1898-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4711 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gross, Louis N. | Gross family. | L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2299 | Title: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Records | | | | Dates: | 1937-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938, by three musicians, Irving Klein, Alfred Zetzer, and Robert Zupnick. They envisioned the orchestra as a training ground for young musicians seeking orchestral experience towards future professional careers and as an outlet for talented amateur musicians. F. Karl Grossman, professor of music at Western Reserve University, was the first conductor and music director of the group, serving for 25 years. Affiliated with Western Reserve University in its early years, the orchestra performed at various locations. Later conductors included Zoltan Rozsnyai, Jose Serebrier, Robert Marcellus, John Ross, and William Slocum. In 1973, the orchestra first sponsored the Young Person's Concerto Competition, later renamed the Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. The orchestra also extended its outreach into the community, playing concerts for specific ethnic groups at the Bohemian National Hall, for the Polish-American Congress and the Lithuanian community, and at annual Martin Luther King Day concerts held at Cuyahoga Community College. Beginning in 1976, the orchestra performed under the name Cleveland Civic Orchestra, changing its name back to the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra in 1981. Throughout its history, the orchestra performed new works by local composers, including F. Karl Grossman, Leslie Adams, Ernest Miller, Robert Rollin, Daniel Shell, and Peter Ware. It featured soloists such as Josef Gingold, Daniel Majeske, Phil Myers, Eunice Podis, Linda Cerone, Jean Kraft, Richard Weiss, John Mack, Roman Rudnytsky, and many others. The collection consists of histories, articles of incorporation and constitutions, minutes, correspondence, notes, manuals and notebooks, articles, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, financial materials, grant applications, membership lists, reports, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4712 | | | | Extent: | 6.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Grossman, F. Karl. | Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. | Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orchestra. | Musical groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2300 | Title: | Alvin J. Sutton, Jr. Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sutton, Alvin J., Jr. | | | | Dates: | 1933-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Alvin J. Sutton Jr. was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Between 1940-1947 he worked as as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), primarily in the Pittsburgh and Cleveland offices. In 1947, he was appointed Assistant Safety Director for the City of Cleveland. In 1949, he became Safety Director, a position he held until 1952. Following his retirement as Safety Director, he was employed in the transportation industry. NOTE: Researcher access to this collection is restricted. Consult Curator of Manuscripts for details. | | | | Call #: | MS 4713 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sutton, Alvin J., Jr., 1918- | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. | Cleveland (Ohio). Police Dept. | Law enforcement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Criminal courts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Criminal investigation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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