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1	Title:	Joseph A. Artl Papers and Photographs, Series II
	Creator:	Artl, Joseph A.
	Dates:	1941-1971
	Abstract:	Joseph A. Artl (1893-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, judge who served in the municipal, common pleas, and appeals courts. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community. The collection consists of biographical material, campaign posters, certificates. correspondence, legal opinions, newspaper clippings, photographs, a request for a blessing, resolutions, a scrapbook, and speech transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5326
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea.
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2	Title:	Joseph A. Artl Papers
	Creator:	Artl, Joseph A.
	Dates:	1940-1970
	Abstract:	Joseph A. Artl (1893-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, judge who served in the municipal, common pleas, and appeals courts. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, transcripts, law school notes, certificates, and clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3538
	Extent:	0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Artl, Joseph A., 1893-1970. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea.
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3	Title:	Frank C. Manak Papers
	Creator:	Manak, Frank C.
	Dates:	1880-1971
	Abstract:	Frank C. Manak (1872-1938) was a banker and leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, Czech community. His son, Frank Jr., was general counsel of U.S. Steel, an official of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, president of the Czech Cultural Garden Association, trustee of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association, and county Republican committeeman. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, a poster, and testimonials relating to Frank C. Manak, Sr. Includes material relating to his son, Frank C. Manak, Jr. Correspondents include Harold H. Burton, Wendell L. Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, and Ohio government officials
	Call #:	MS 3554
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Manak, Frank C., 1872-1938. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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4	Title:	Bohemian National Hall Records
	Creator:	Bohemian National Hall
	Dates:	1889-1975
	Abstract:	The Bohemian National Hall was dedicated in 1897 as a community building for the use of Cleveland, Ohio, Czech societies. The Hall was purchased by the Northeastern District of the American Organization of Sokols in 1976 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The collection consists of minute books, account books, financial records, commemorative anniversary books, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3750
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Bohemian National Hall (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Halls -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Bohemian Mission Board Records
	Creator:	Bohemian Mission Board
	Dates:	1884-1913
	Abstract:	The Bohemian Mission Board was formed as part of the work of the Reverend Henry Albert Schauffler in the Bohemian community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a bound volume containing minutes of board meetings. Correspondence and memoranda have been attached throughout the volume where they were introduced in the meetings. Attached at the end of the volume are copies of the original articles of incorporation, amendments to the articles, and a certification of name change.
	Call #:	MS 3846
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bohemian Mission Board (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Czech Freethinker School Association of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Czech Freethinker School Association of Cleveland
	Dates:	1913-1957
	Abstract:	The Czech Freethinker School Association of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1913. It operated a series of weekend and evening schools dedicated to the instruction of Czech-American children in rationalist philosophy. The collection consists of minutes of the governing board, minutes of the Association, financial ledgers, minutes of the teachers association, and miscellaneous clippings and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 3861
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Czech Freethinker School Association of Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rationalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	John F. Kratky Scrapbooks
	Creator:	Kratky, John F.
	Dates:	1940-1950
	Abstract:	John F. Kratky was the editor of Novy Svet, a Czech language newspaper published in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a close friend of Cleveland cartoonist J.H. Donahey. The collection consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper cartoons, biographical articles, and correspondence about J.H. "Hal" Donahey, material on Kratky's involvement in Czechoslovak affairs, and an autobiographical sketch by Kratky.
	Call #:	MS 3543
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Kratky, John F. \| Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Donahey, James Harrison.
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8	Title:	Maria Tuma Papers
	Creator:	Tuma, Maria
	Dates:	1918-1973
	Abstract:	Maria Tuma (born 1895) was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia who was active in many Cleveland, Ohio, Czech organizations, including the Czech-American National Alliance. She also lobbied for old age pensions and unemployment insurance. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, receipts, programs, pamphlets, broadsides, newspaper clippings and other materials relating to Mrs. Tuma's activities in various Czech organizations and in support of old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Also included is a composition book of her son, Charles Tuma.
	Call #:	MS 3579
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Tuma, Maria, 1895- \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Old age pensions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Frank Joseph Bardoun Papers
	Creator:	Bardoun, Frank Joseph
	Dates:	1870-1975
	Abstract:	Frank Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of the Cleveland, Ohio, Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (Delnicke Telecvicne Jednoty, or DTJ). The collection consists of the records of the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ) and of other Czech organizations, and personal papers of Frank Bardoun.
	Call #:	MS 3634
	Extent:	10.31 linear feet (11 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bardoun, Frank Joseph, 1905- \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Socialism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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10	Title:	Frank Sindelar Papers
	Creator:	Sindelar, Frank
	Dates:	1901-1937
	Abstract:	Frank Sindelar (1861-1929) was a Czech immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I he worked with the National Union of Czech Catholics in Chicago for the freedom of Czechoslovakia and corresponded with Fr. Oldrich Zlamal concerning efforts to unite Cleveland Czechs behind the movement. After the war he edited a Cleveland daily Czech paper, the American, and resumed his church work at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The collection consists of correspondence, postcards, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 3643
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Sindelar, Frank, 1861-1929. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men in church work. \| Bohemia -- Politics and government -- 1848-1918.
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11	Title:	Vaclav Snajdr Papers
	Creator:	Snajdr, Vaclav
	Dates:	1867-1954
	Abstract:	Vaclav Snajdr (1847-1920) was a Czech writer and journalist who moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1869 to edit the newspaper Slavie. He later moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began his own paper, Pokrok, in 1873. When it failed in 1876 Snajdr remained in Cleveland and started a weekly, rationalist newspaper, Dennice Novoveku, in 1877. Later he also published a Sunday paper, Jednota. From 1883 to 1886 Snajdr published Osvobozenych, and from 1891 to 1896 he published Organ Bratsoi of the Cesko-Slovanska Podporyici Spolecnost. Snajdr sold his newspaper and publishing business to Svet Publishing Company in 1910 but remained active in local politics and business. He retired in 1919 and moved to California. The collection consists of correspondence, notes taken for Snajdr's newspaper Dennice Novoveku, legal papers, checks, receipts, tax forms, biographical material on the Snajdr family, a memorial booklet, notes on the Snajdr estate, and miscellaneous materials, including obituaries, a xeroxed copy of Pokrok, articles, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3706
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920. \| Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	Amiel Bolek Papers
	Creator:	Bolek, Amiel
	Dates:	1937-1976
	Abstract:	Amiel Bolek (b. 1890) son of Czech immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of two articles: "The Economic Wheel of Life" (1937 -- 66 pp.) and "The Ethnic Peoples Contribution to the Life of Cleveland" (1976 -- 16 pp.).
	Call #:	MS 3708
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bolek, Amiel, 1890- \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Economics -- Addresses, essays, lectures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population.
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13	Title:	Czechoslovak Society of America Records
	Creator:	Czechoslovak Society of America
	Dates:	1898-1936
	Abstract:	The Czechoslovak Society of America Records consist of financial records (1932-1936), including quarterly reports of various Cleveland, Ohio area lodges, bank statements, checks, receipts, check stubs, a copy of a constitution (1934) written in Czech and English, two copies of the CSBS Rules of Order (1898) in Czech, and a copy of a funeral address, also in Czech.
	Call #:	MS 3761
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Czechoslovak Society of America. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czechs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	Bohemian-American Club Records
	Creator:	Bohemian-American Club
	Dates:	1912-1933
	Abstract:	The Bohemian-American Club was established in 1912 as a social club for people in Cleveland, Ohio, of Bohemian ancestry. The Club's purpose was the promotion of Bohemian culture in America by encouraging the use of the Bohemian language and art forms such as literature, song, and dance. The Club was an active supporter of the American Red Cross during World War I. It was dissolved in the 1930s due to declining membership. The collection consists of constitutions (1927-1928), general minutes (1912-1928), Executive Committee minutes (1929), correspondence (1927-1932 and undated), membership information (1926-1932), financial material (1930-1933), and miscellaneous documents including song lyrics and club stationery. A prominent topic of the records is World War I.
	Call #:	MS 3785
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bohemian-American Club (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| World War, 1914-1918. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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15	Title:	Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated Minutes and Financial Records
	Creator:	Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated
	Dates:	1908-1945
	Abstract:	The Bohemian Socialist Printing and Publishing Company was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911 and operated under that name until 1941 when it was reincorporated as the Czech-American Labor News, Inc. The collection consists of articles of incorporation of the Bohemian Socialist Printing and Publishing Company, and minutes of the boards of directors and financial and operational ledgers of both companies.
	Call #:	MS 3859
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Czech-American Labor News, Incorporated (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Press, Socialist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	United Czechoslovak Legion of America Minutes and Financial Records
	Creator:	United Czechoslovak Legion of America
	Dates:	1917-1943
	Abstract:	The United Czechoslovak Legion of America was a national organization formed by veterans who volunteered to fight with the Czechoslovak Legions during World War I. After the war, the Legion cared for its physically disabled veterans. The National Invalid Collection was a local organization affiliated with the Legion whose purpose was to care for wounded and disabled soldiers in Cleveland, Ohio. Reverend Oldrich Zlamal was a prominent member. The collection consists of minutes, special minutes from a 1929 meeting in Detroit, a volunteer ledger from the campaign of 1917, an annual report (1926), financial ledgers, cashiers books, account books, copies of the official newspaper Czechoslovensky Legionar, correspondence, and other materials. Also included are minutes and financial records of the National Invalid Collection (1923-1933).
	Call #:	MS 3877
	Extent:	2.30 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	United Czechoslovak Legion of America. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Veterans, Disabled -- Rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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17	Title:	Cleveland Czech Socialist Organizations' Records
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1904-1950
	Abstract:	The collection consists of the records of several Czech socialist organizations in Cleveland, Ohio, including the Czech Socialist Organization; several branch records; the Socialist Men's Organization for wards 13, 16, 17, and 18; the Worker's Council (Delnicky Rad); the Workers' Home (Delnicky Dom); the Workers' Gymnastic Association; the Czech National Council; and the Czechoslovak Army. The collection includes minutes, membership books, and ledgers.
	Call #:	MS 3889
	Extent:	1.80 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Gymnastics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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18	Title:	Harry Franklin Payer Papers
	Creator:	Payer, Harry Franklin
	Dates:	1893-1948
	Abstract:	Harry Franklin Payer (1875-1952) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, trial lawyer who entered Democratic Party politics. He attained the positions of assistant city solicitor under Newton D. Baker, president of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, and Assistant Secretary of State of the United States under President Franklin Roosevelt. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community and in the Alumni Association of Western Reserve University. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, programs, drawings, speeches, articles, lists and school records.
	Call #:	MS 3950
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Payer, Harry Franklin, 1875-1952. \| Western Reserve University -- Alumni and alumnae. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Democratic Party. Ohio.
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19	Title:	Anton F. Machan Family Papers
	Creator:	Machan, Anton F. Family
	Dates:	1887-1945
	Abstract:	Anton Machan was a Czech immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who became a leader in the Czech community, music director of the Hlahol, La Salle and Krivan Singing societies, and a successful proprietor of his own music school. His son Leon was a pianist with the Cleveland Orchestra and a cellist with the Bohemian and Cleveland String Quartets. His other son, Benjamin, was a pianist with the Chicago Opera and the Chautauqua Circuit. His daughters Berthe and Antoinette were music instructors. The collection consists of music written by Machan, his copy books and address book, and material relating to other family members, including handwritten manuscripts, printed music, copy books, an address book, a scrapbook, a family genealogy and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 3983
	Extent:	1.50 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Machan, Anton F., 1859-1935. \| Machan family. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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20	Title:	Jan Amos Komensky Hall Records
	Creator:	Jan Amos Komensky Hall
	Dates:	1920-1976
	Abstract:	The Jan Amos Komensky Hall was a meeting hall located at 3613 East 131st Street, in Cleveland, Ohio. It was built in 1915 to provide meeting facilities for the Czech population of the Corlett Avenue area of Cleveland, and was named after the Bohemian educator, Jan Amos Komensky. It was sold in 1976. The collection consists of minutes (1966-1976), ledgers (1921-1976), and anniversary correspondence (1965) of the Hall's Patronat (representative governing board); bylaws (1921 and 1928), minutes (1927-1941 and 1956-1968), and ledgers (1921-1962) of the Czech Freethinkers' School Association, or Sdruzeni Ceskych Svobodomyslnych Skol; and miscellaneous records (1941-1952) of the Freethinker School Parents Association, or Rodicovskeho Sdruzeni Skoly Jan Amos Komensky.
	Call #:	MS 3896
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Sdruzeni Ceskych Svobodomyslnych Skol v Clevelandu, Ohio -- Archives. \| Rodicovskeho Sdruzeni Skoly Jan Amos Komensky -- Archives. \| Jan Amos Komensky Hall (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| Halls -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rationalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Ethnic schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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