| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Family Service Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Family Service Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1867-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Family Service Association of Cleveland was founded in 1867 as the Cleveland Bethel Union in Cleveland, Ohio. It extended its services to all the city's poor, transients and unemployed in 1873 and renamed itself the Bethel Relief Association. It merged in 1884 with the Charity Organization Society (founded 1881) and was renamed Bethel Associated Charities, with the added function of investigation and registration of all cases. In 1900 it changed its name to Cleveland Associated Charities and began an era of modern social casework. In 1945 it adopted a new name, Family Service Association, and changed its focus from relief to professional casework services. It merged in 1976 with the Travelers Aid Society and various day care centers to form the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, case books, reports, letters to staff, statistical reports, annual reports, newsletters, pamphlets, agency operational manuals, payroll records, membership lists, speech notes, and scrapbooks relating to the association's history and operation and to James F. Jackson's leadership. | | | | Call #: | MS 3920 | | | | Extent: | 18.20 linear feet (18 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Family Service Association of Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Food relief -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Relief stations for the poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service exchanges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1895-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Cleveland, Ohio. 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 collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, case files, speeches, research papers, and statistics of the Association; minutes, reports, and correspondence of agencies working with the Association; and thirty-eight theses submitted to the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. | | | | Call #: | MS 3716 | | | | Extent: | 16.61 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Case Western Reserve University -- Dissertations. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dissertations, Academic -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- In-service training -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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