| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1885-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Montefiore Home is a home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, which was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. The collection consists of trustee minutes, directors' reports, social service and financial reports, building and expansion plans, studies of Jewish aged, a newsletter written by the residents, and a guest book. The collection is valuable to the study of the institutional care of the aged and the contributions of Julius and Helen Weil to the Home. Also included is a letter written by Moses Montefiore to the Home in 1885. Montefiore (1784-1885) was a famed Anglo-Jewish philanthropist and advocate of civil rights for Jews in England and a precursor of modern Zionism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4455 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1942-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Montefiore Home is a Jewish nursing home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. In the 1940s, Montefiore converted from providing residential care to social and psychological rehabilitation, including day care, social workers, a psychiatric unit, and sheltered workshop. An Auxiliary was formed in 1956-57 to help support Montefiore. In 1991 Montefiore, now a skilled nursing facility, moved to a new $22 million, 240-bed complex in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of annual meeting materials, trustee minutes, building expansion plans, new building materials, publications, reports, and journal reprints. | | | | Call #: | MS 4662 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weil, Julius and Helen K. | | | | Dates: | 1942-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of published and unpublished articles, presentations, teaching materials, correspondence, and memoirs of Julius and Helen K. Weil. | | | | Call #: | MS 4499 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. | Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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