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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1221 | Title: | David Agnew Papers
| | | | Creator: | Agnew, David | | | | Dates: | 1772-1959 | | | | Abstract: | David Agnew was co-owner and operator of several steel and iron mills and furnaces in Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. The collection consists of a history of the man; correspondence of Agnew and his brother John, 1847-1895; material related to financial and business matters; and parts of two scrap books. Also included are ledger sheets given to Charles Agnew, the donor, from the Cornwall Furnace of Cornwall, Pennsylvania, as well as a newspaper clipping concerning the furnace. | | | | Call #: | MS 3626 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Agnew, David, 1805-1882. | Agnew family. | Iron industry and trade -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1222 | Title: | Cleveland Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1891-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of annual reports, pamphlets and minutes of the Foundation, and grant files of recipient organizations, containing correspondence, surveys, photographs, grant proposals, pamphlets and booklets. Also included are files on individuals who had contact with the Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3627 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Foundation. | Charity organization. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1223 | Title: | Henry Lee Moon Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Moon, Henry Lee Family | | | | Dates: | 1910-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon (1868-1952) was an organizer of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, book reviews, speeches, press releases and reports relating to Henry and Mollie Lewis Moon, and letters, photographs, accounts, receipts, anniversary cards, garden club programs, and clippings relating to the gardening interests of Mr. and Mrs. Roddy K. Moon and to other members of the Moon family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3628 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Moon family. | Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- | Moon, Mollie Lewis. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. | Moon, Leah. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | National Urban League. | African Americans. | African American social workers.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1224 | Title: | Youth Service Records
| | | | Creator: | Youth Services | | | | Dates: | 1916-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Youth Services was a Cleveland, Ohio, social service agency which evolved from a charity organization for women and girls, the Women's Protective Association (est. 1916). In 1930 it changed its name to the Girls' Bureau of Cleveland. In 1943 the Bureau expanded its services to include boys, and became the Youth Bureau of Cleveland - Girls' and Boys' Service. In 1958 it became Youth Service. Its main focus became casework and temporary housing for youths with family problems. In 1972 it merged into the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, reports, financial documents, correspondence, histories of the agency, its constitution, amendments, newspaper clippings, publications, scrapbooks, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3629 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Youth Service (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Group homes for youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1227 | Title: | League for Human Rights Records
| | | | Creator: | League for Human Rights | | | | Dates: | 1930-1949 | | | | Abstract: | The League for Human Rights was organized in 1933, by leaders of the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community, to promote a boycott of Nazi-produced goods and to disseminate accurate information about the Nazi regime. It later began to combat anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi activities in Cleveland and to investigate the individuals and organizations behind such activities. It was dissolved in 1946. The collection consists of correspondence, publications, clippings, minutes, news releases, and investigatory dossiers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3632 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Racism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Anti-Nazi movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1229 | Title: | Frank Joseph Bardoun Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1870-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of the Cleveland, Ohio, Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (Delnicke Telecvicne Jednoty, or DTJ). The collection consists of the records of the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ) and of other Czech organizations, and personal papers of Frank Bardoun. | | | | Call #: | MS 3634 | | | | Extent: | 10.31 linear feet (11 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph, 1905- | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Socialism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Czech American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1232 | Title: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A., Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A., Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 | | | | Dates: | 1902-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 of the Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A. is a Cleveland, Ohio, lodge of a Slovak American fraternal insurance organization. The collection consists of minute books, a cashbook, and membership dues books. The records list the hometown, Cleveland address, occupation, and birth and immigration dates of many members of the lodge. | | | | Call #: | MS 3637 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A. Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1233 | Title: | John Kazimierz Gallka Journals
| | | | Creator: | Gallka, John Kazimierz | | | | Dates: | 1934-1965 | | | | Abstract: | John Kazimierz Gallka (1894-1968) was a Polish immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who joined the Police Department and wrote articles for the Polish language daily newspaper, Wiadomosci Codzienne. He also fought with the Polish Volunteer Army in World War I. The collection consists of journals which contain copies of Gallka's newspaper articles and a long autobiographical sketch with information about Polish American life in Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 3638 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gallka, John Kazimierz, 1894-1968. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1234 | Title: | Michael S. Djakovich Papers
| | | | Creator: | Djakovich, Michael S. | | | | Dates: | 1927-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Michael S. Djakovich (1883-1974) was a Serbian immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who became Deputy Cuyahoga County Treasurer. He also edited the Serbian paper Srbobran and was involved in the Serbian Orthodox Church. The collection consists of correspondence, including correspondence with Stoyan Pribichevich and correspondence concerning fund raising for a church in Glina, Yugoslavia. Also included are certificates, miscellaneous writings, and listings and publications pertaining to St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3638 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Djakovich, Michael S., 1883-1974. | Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men in church work. | Serbian Orthodox Church -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1235 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1904-1959 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of minute books, general account books, loan listing books, loan records books, membership record books, correspondence, reports, memorials, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3640 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (6 containers and 5 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1237 | Title: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church | | | | Dates: | 1841-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church was established in 1832 as the First Congregational Church of Newburgh, Ohio. It was chartered in 1842 as the First Presbyterian Church of Newburgh. By 1873 Newburgh was annexed to Cleveland and the Church was commonly known as Miles Park Presbyterian Church. It continued to be known by this name, despite a 1925 act to rename it the John M. Davidson Memorial Presbyterian Church Society. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, the constitution, deeds, by-laws, lease agreements, baptism applications, the church register (1842-1955), marriage licenses, certificates of dismission and reception, building fund records, church newspapers, bulletins, and miscellaneous material; and a will and estate papers of John M. Davidson. | | | | Call #: | MS 3642 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches, Presbyterian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Newburgh (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1238 | Title: | Frank Sindelar Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sindelar, Frank | | | | Dates: | 1901-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Sindelar (1861-1929) was a Czech immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I he worked with the National Union of Czech Catholics in Chicago for the freedom of Czechoslovakia and corresponded with Fr. Oldrich Zlamal concerning efforts to unite Cleveland Czechs behind the movement. After the war he edited a Cleveland daily Czech paper, the American, and resumed his church work at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The collection consists of correspondence, postcards, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 3643 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sindelar, Frank, 1861-1929. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men in church work. | Bohemia -- Politics and government -- 1848-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1239 | Title: | Ullman Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ullman Family | | | | Dates: | 1857-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Morris Ullman (1835-1908) was a German Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1849. With his brother Emanuel and his cousin Leopold Einstein, he founded the Ullman, Einstein Company, a liquor business in Cleveland, Ohio. When it was dissolved in 1919, his son Monroe and grandson Rufus founded the Ullman and Einstein Realty Company. Rufus had previously served with the United States Army in World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, distillery formula books, receipts, certificates, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3644 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ullman family. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquors. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1240 | Title: | Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1902-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland was organized in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the City Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1904 it changed its name to the Cleveland Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1930 it became the Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland. Its purpose has always been to coordinate the educational, civic and welfare activities of women's clubs in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of annual reports, financial reports, histories, newspaper clippings, and letters of appreciation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3545 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers and 21 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Federation of Women's Clubs of Greater Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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