Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(24)
| | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(12)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(12)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(12)
| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(8)
| | • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(8)
| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(8)
| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(7)
| | • | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(6)
| | • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Administration. |
(4)
| | • | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| | • | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. |
(4)
| | • | Nursing schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| | • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(4)
| | • | B'nai B'rith. |
(3)
| | • | Charitable uses, trusts and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(3)
| | • | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. |
(3)
| | • | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Federations, Financial (Social Service) |
(3)
| | • | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
(3)
| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Jewish Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Medical care |
(3)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(3)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(3)
| | • | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. |
(3)
| | • | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). |
(3)
| | • | National Conference of Christians and Jews. |
(3)
| | • | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(3)
| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(3)
| | • | Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Baldwin-Wallace College. |
(2)
| | • | Case Western Reserve University. School of Medicine |
(2)
| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(2)
| | • | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| | • | Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. |
(2)
| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| | • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. |
(2)
| | • | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. |
(2)
| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| | • | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. |
(2)
| | • | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(2)
| | • | United Jewish Appeal. |
(2)
| | • | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- |
(2)
| | • | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. |
(1)
| | • | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. |
(1)
| | • | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Aub, Abraham, 1813-1879. |
(1)
| | • | B'nai B'rith Balfour Lodge. |
(1)
| | • | Baer family. |
(1)
| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. |
(1)
| | • | Bentleyville (Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Blossom Music Center. |
(1)
| | • | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. |
(1)
| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Case Western Reserve University -- Dissertations. |
(1)
| | • | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
(1)
| | • | Case Western Reserve University. |
(1)
| | • | Case Western Reserve University. School of Medicine. |
(1)
| | • | Chabad House of Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Cities and towns -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Bar Association. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Law Library Association. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. |
(1)
| | • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Community Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Demographic surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Diamond family. |
(1)
| | • | Diamond, Herbert., d. 1996. |
(1)
| | • | Diamond, Norman. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Dissertations, Academic -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Distilleries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Einstein family. |
(1)
| | • | Einstein, Jacob L., d. 1919. |
(1)
| | • | Einstein, Leopold. |
(1)
| | • | Einstein, Ruth Wiener, 1882-1977. |
(1)
| | • | Fatman family. |
(1)
| | • | Fatman, Joseph. |
(1)
| | • | Federation for Community Planning. |
(1)
| | • | Food relief -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Gerson family. |
(1)
| | • | Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. |
(1)
| | • | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 |
(1)
| | • | Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. |
(1)
| | • | Goodman, Max P., 1872-1934. |
(1)
| | • | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Institute for Jewish Life (U.S.) |
(1)
| | • | Israel-Arab War, 1967. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Big Sisters. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Community Housing, Inc. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Relief Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Vocational Service. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Women International (Organization) Cleveland Chapter. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- New York City. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Human services. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
(1)
| | • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph family -- Archives. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Fanny Dryfoos, 1866-1930. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Moritz, 1834-1917. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Ralph S., 1888-1958. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, Ray K. Hahn, 1888-1937. |
(1)
| | • | Joseph, William R., 1946- |
(1)
| | • | Kutash, Henry X., 1907-1996. |
(1)
| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Levin, Albert Arthur, 1899-1969. |
(1)
| | • | Levin, Maxine Goodman. |
(1)
| | • | Liquor industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Luntz family -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Luntz, Fanny. |
(1)
| | • | Luntz, Idarose. |
(1)
| | • | Luntz, Theodore M., 1926- |
(1)
| | • | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. |
(1)
| | • | Mediation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Medical personnel -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Memorial books (Holocaust) |
(1)
| | • | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Menorah Park Center for the Aging (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Mentor Harbor Yachting Club. |
(1)
| | • | Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. |
(1)
| | • | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Music theater -- Ohio -- Berea. |
(1)
| | • | Musical Arts Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| | • | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Medical care. |
(1)
| | • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld family. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld, Bertha, 1881-1959. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1817-1891. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld, Edward Lazarus, 1875-1947. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld, Frederica Fatman. |
(1)
| | • | Rosenfeld, Louis, 1848-1901. |
(1)
| | • | Sailing clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Scholarships -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social workers -- In-service training -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. |
(1)
| | • | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. |
(1)
| | • | Stein, Herman D., 1917-2009. |
(1)
| | • | Stone family. |
(1)
| | • | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. |
(1)
| | • | Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Ullman, Einstein Company. |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews. |
(1)
| | • | United States. Army. Dept. of the Tennessee. |
(1)
| | • | Vincent, Sidney Z. |
(1)
| | • | Wiener family. |
(1)
| | • | Wiener, Abraham, 1839-1921. |
(1)
| | • | Wiener, Bella Aub, d. 1923. |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. |
(1)
| | • | Yelson, Adele Joseph, 1944-1977. |
(1)
| | • | Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society | | | | Dates: | 1916-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society was established in 1907 by immigrants from Bresk and Grodno, Lithuania, to provide fellowship and financial assistance to landsmen settling in Cleveland, Ohio. The Society has since become a primarily social club, sponsoring monthly meetings with entertainment programs and an annual banquet. It has also opened its membership to the entire Jewish community. The collection consists of minutes (1938-1960), constitutions, membership lists (1960 and 1976), receipts, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings and miscellany. | | | | Call #: | MS 3955 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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 | | 3 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1883-1981 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, programs, historical material and newspaper clippings about individual members, biographical material on Judge Joseph Block, a reminiscence of a meeting with presidential candidate William McKinley, biographies of past HBSU presidents, and lists of officers and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary (1953-1960). | | | | Call #: | MS 3951 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1927-1984 | | | | 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 loan accounts, applications, and membership files, bank passbooks, tax forms, memorial bequest records, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4551 | | | | Extent: | 10.20 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union was organized in 1881 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union, serving Hungarian Jewish immigrants. By 1969 its name had been changed to the Heights Benevolent and Social Union, reflecting open membership to those not of Hungarian background. The collection consists of bylaws and amendments to the bylaws, a membership card and fact sheet, and a dues statement and envelope. | | | | Call #: | MS 4755 | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1881-2003 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of booklets, bulletins, bylaws, flyers, ledger, lists, proclamations, programs and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5115 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Sidney Z. Vincent Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vincent, Sidney Z. | | | | Dates: | 1940-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Z. Vincent (1912-1982) served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 1965 and as Executive Director from 1965 until his retirement in 1975. Throughout his career, he worked in tandem with Executive Vice-President Henry L. Zucker, making the Federation the primary organizing instrument for the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. Vincent led major studies of Jewish education, Federation-synagogue relations, cultural life, and Jewish community histories, and coordinated programs linking Cleveland and Israel. In 1969, Vincent served as the American Director of the World Conference on Human Needs in Israel. He also served as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service and as Chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Communal Service in 1971. Before beginning his career in Jewish community service, Vincent taught English at Glenville High School, his alma mater. Throughout his career, Vincent also wrote poems, stories, and scripts for various occasions. Vincent wrote some scripts for WBOE, the radio station of the Cleveland Board of Education, in the late 1940s. Vincent's autobiography Personal and Professional tells the story of his life and his involvement in the Jewish community. The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial book, a retirement tribute, scripts, and short stories. | | | | Call #: | MS 5095 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Vincent, Sidney Z. | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- | Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1908-1992 | | | | 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 articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4782 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | | Dates: | 1916-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. All of his sons joined in the family business. Luntz was also known for his benevolence to a wide variety of civic, cultural, medical, and religious groups and causes both in Canton and Cleveland. He was president of The Temple in University Circle from 1950-1960. He was active with the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, the Montefiore Home, the Singing Angels, and the Jewish Welfare Fund, among others. He was also a board member of many organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital, the Community Chest, United Appeal, Jewish Community Federation, and the Art Museum. He was especially involved with the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), a human rights organization promoting peace, tolerance, and social justice (now known as the National Conference for Community and Justice). He held both local and national offices and won its highest award, the National Human Relations Award, in 1957. He died on February 24, 1981. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, a deed, an invitation, legislation, lists, magazine articles, maps, a memoir, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, obituaries, press releases, programs, reports, speech texts, and a will. | | | | Call #: | MS 5082 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz, Fanny. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | Henry L. Zucker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Zucker, Henry L. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Henry L. Zucker was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a social worker. In 1946, he became the Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. He was Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. Under his leadership, it became one of the most successful community federations in the United States. Zucker also served as a consultant to other Jewish federations and local and national social organizations. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, newsletter and newspaper clippings, and writings which document Zucker's career in social service. | | | | Call #: | MS 4761 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 16 | Title: | Harry Stone Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1943-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5099 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. | Stone family. | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Memorial books (Holocaust) | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 17 | 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 | | 18 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | | Dates: | 1886-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. | | | | Call #: | MS 4548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 19 | Title: | Herman D. Stein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Herman D. Stein | | | | Dates: | 1951-1999 | | | | Abstract: | Born in New York City, Herman D. Stein (1917-2009) was an educator, scholar, university administrator, and leader in a variety of professional associations. He studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary for four years, and then received a bachelor's degree in social science from the College of the City of New York in 1939. After earning both his master's and doctoral degrees at Columbia University, Stein taught at the Columbia University School of Social Work for fourteen years. He later was a professor at Smith College School of Social Work, Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Hawaii, and several other universities in the United States and around the world. Stein moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1964 to become Dean of School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. He was named university provost in 1969 and vice president in 1970. Stein published extensively in his field. He was the author of several books and more than a hundred journal articles mainly in the fields of social work practice, social administration, international social work, and social work education. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, studies, and other documents relating to Herman Stein's participation in a variety of professional organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5092 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stein, Herman D., 1917-2009. | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. | Institute for Jewish Life (U.S.) | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 20 | Title: | Joseph Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1866-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1853 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany, during the nineteenth-century German-Jewish immigration period. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacturing ofmen's clothing incorporating that operation as the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907. The company, formed out of previously operating businesses, was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph married Jette Selig in 1853; the marriage produced four sons. Three of them, Isaac, Fred, and Siegmund, and Siegmund's son Ralph, worked all or part of their careers with the Joseph and Feiss Company. The foruth son, Emil, Emil's son Frank E., and Frank E.'s son William R., became lawyers after graduating from Columbia University Law School. Frank E. Joseph was a promient lawyer and a partner at the Jones, Day, Cockley, & Reavis law firm. The family has been very active in both leadership and philanthropy in Cleveland in institutions such as the Musical Arts Associaton (The Cleveland Orchestra), the Kulas Foundation, and the Warner and Swasey Foundation, and in Jewish communal institutions such as Bellefaire and The Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of scrapbooks chronicling the lives of Martha J. Joseph Joseph, Adele Joseph Yelson and Edmil, Frank E. and William R. Joseph. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings. The Joseph Family Papers also include the diaries of Emil Joseph from 1877 to 1938 and Ralph S. Joseph from 1903 to 1948, and extensive correspondence of Emil Joseph to Fanny Dryfoos Joseph between 1886 and 1909, and his son, Frank, between 1922 and 1928. | | | | Call #: | MS 4894 | | | | Extent: | 40.02 linear feet (37 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph family -- Archives. | Joseph, Moritz, 1834-1917. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. | Joseph, Ray K. Hahn, 1888-1937. | Yelson, Adele Joseph, 1944-1977. | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. | Joseph, Fanny Dryfoos, 1866-1930. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. | Joseph, Ralph S., 1888-1958. | Joseph, William R., 1946- | Blossom Music Center. | Musical Arts Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Sources.
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