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Search: Manuscript Collection in format [X] Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration in subject [X]	Results: 6 Items
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1	Title:	Yetta Haskin Guzik Family Papers
	Creator:	Guzik, Yetta Haskin family
	Dates:	1910-1941
	Abstract:	Yetta Haskin Guzik was the daughter of Harry (Morris) and Fanny (Feige) (Mietzner) Haskin, immigrants from Russia in the 1910s. The family settled in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. The collection consists of passports, a marriage license, a ketuba, family memorial records, naturalization papers, lists, a book, a manual, and army induction and discharge papers.
	Call #:	MS 4960
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Haskins family \| Mietzner family \| Jews -- Russia \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration
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2	Title:	Cuyahoga Community College Greater Cleveland Community Studies and Oral History Center Records
	Creator:	Cuyahoga Community College
	Dates:	1980-2005
	Abstract:	The Cuyahoga Community College Greater Cleveland Community Studies and Oral History Center was established in the late 1980s to study and preserve the history of Cleveland, Ohio. The Center formed under the leadership of Edward Miggins, a history professor at Tri-C who was previously involved in the Cleveland Public Library's Cleveland Heritage Program and the Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum. Under Miggins' leadership, the Center conducted two oral history projects and produced a film. The collection consists of audio recordings, interview transcripts, and video recordings.
	Call #:	MS 5177
	Extent:	11.00 linear feet (11 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Cuyahoga Community College. Greater Cleveland Community Studies and Oral History Center \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| Older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| Oral histories.
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3	Title:	Melvin Drimmer Family History Research Papers
	Creator:	Drimmer, Melvin
	Dates:	1977-1998
	Abstract:	Dr. Melvin Drimmer (1935-1992) was a professor of Black and African History at Cleveland State University (CSU) from 1972-1992. Drimmer was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of City College of New York and earned his doctorate in history from the University of Rochester. As a history professor at CSU, Drimmer assigned all of his students a family history paper, which was intended to provide not only a family tree, but also a socio-economic history of each family. The collection consists of correspondence, syllabi, classroom materials, and student-written essays.
	Call #:	MS 5230
	Extent:	17.40 linear feet (19 containers)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Genealogy. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy \| Cleveland State University. Dept. of History.
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4	Title:	Cleveland Heritage Program Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Heritage Program
	Dates:	1975-1984
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Public Library's Cleveland Heritage Program was a public education project which aimed to help residents of Cleveland, Ohio, understand how neighborhoods have contributed to the growth and development of the city. The program, which ran from 1981-1983, allowed Clevelanders to take part in a number of educational activities that helped reveal Cleveland's past. The Cleveland Heritage Program was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Cleveland Foundation, and the Gund Foundation. The collection consists of notes, correspondence, pamphlets, interview transcripts, and video recordings.
	Call #:	MS 5176
	Extent:	3.20 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Cleveland Heritage Program \| Cleveland Public Library \| Ethnic neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio)
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5	Title:	Western Reserve Ethnic History Pamphlet Collection
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1885-1991
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Ethnic History Pamphlet Collection is a collection of pamphlets from twenty-five distinct ethnic groups in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Most of the groups stem from Central and Eastern Europe, with a majority of the pamphlets focusing on Polish culture. The collection reflects the history of immigrants to the region and documents their social, cultural, and religious activities. The pamphlets were generally removed from their original collections due to lack of relevance to the collection, but retained and grouped together in a separate collection because of their historic value.
	Call #:	MS 5148
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Periodicals \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Manx -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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6	Title:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Records
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum
	Dates:	1971-1990
	Abstract:	The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of audio recordings, video recordings, interview transcripts, ledgers, financial documents, membership lists, board meeting minutes, correspondence, presentation materials, notes, catalog cards, exhibit materials, and museum holdings.
	Call #:	MS 5175
	Extent:	19.42 linear feet (21 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 film canister)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. \| Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum \| Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Oral histories. \| Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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