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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records
| | | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged | | | | Dates: | 1898-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged was the first retirement home for elderly African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1896, by Eliza Bryant, and called the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People. In 1960 it was renamed the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged. The collection consists of records of patients, guests, and membership, Board of Trustees' minutes, Secretary's record of correspondence, Board of Lady Managers' financial records, constitutions, by-laws, receipts, cancelled checks, and a history of the Home by Helen Smith. | | | | Call #: | MS 3532 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Older people -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Benevolent and moral institutions and societies. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged | | | | Dates: | 1969-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged is a Cleveland, Ohio retirement home, founded in 1896 as the first non-religious institution sponsored by African Americans in Cleveland. It was first named the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People and became the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged in 1960, the Eliza Bryant Center in the 1980s, and is today known as the Eliza Bryant Multipurpose Senior Center, located on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, promotional brochures, and reports pertaining to the activities of the home, including consideration of funding sources, property purchase and the possibility of a new facility by the board of trustees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4421 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged -- Archives. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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