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1	Title:	John Walsh Papers
	Creator:	Walsh, John
	Dates:	1880-2000
	Abstract:	John Walsh was born in England of Irish-born parents. Along with his wife, Anna Markey, he immigrated to the United States in 1880, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in a weaving business. He later taught at Immaculate Conception School in Cleveland, and worked for 18 years at the United States Post Office. After leaving the post office, he became the assistant to the Cuyahoga County Treasurer and in 1911 was appointed a bailiff at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, a position he held until 1949. During the 1890s, he organized and was first president of the Cleveland branch of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. In 1895, he became a member of the Parnell Branch of the Irish Land League. He also served as president of the MacNeven Club, organized in 1867 chiefly by Irish American veterans of the Civil War. Walsh served as the county president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and secretary of the John Mitchell Council of the Irish National Association. The collection consists of a biography, a booklet with copies of Walsh's marriage certificate and newspaper articles about him, correspondence, program books of the MacNeven Club and Ancient Order of Hibernians honoring John Walsh, miscellaneous newspaper articles, and four copies of Irish Heritage Magazine. Genealogical information about John Walsh is also included.
	Call #:	MS 4841
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Walsh, John, 1856-1951. \| Ancient Order of Hibernians. \| MacNeven Club (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Catholic Knights of Cleveland. \| Land League (Ireland) \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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2	Title:	John J. O'Boyle Family Papers
	Creator:	O'Boyle, John J. Family
	Dates:	1872-2000
	Abstract:	John J. O'Boyle is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, of Irish descent. His mother, Mary Gaughan, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in the 1920s, eventually settling in Cleveland. John J. O'Boyle's father, John O'Boyle, worked as a mailman in Cleveland. The O'Boyle family participates in Irish American organizations and events in Cleveland. The collection consists of a series of five lectures by British historian James Anthony Froude, answers to these lectures by Reverend Thomas N. Burke, a rebuttal by James A. Froude, an essay, memoirs, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4872
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	O'Boyle, John J. \| O'Boyle family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees. \| Ireland -- History.
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3	Title:	Knights of Equity Records
	Creator:	Knights of Equity
	Dates:	1896-1998
	Abstract:	The Knights of Equity is a Roman Catholic Irish social group first established in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Knights of Equity Supreme Council. It then grew into a national organization. The Cleveland group was active from 1895 to 1905. Three courts were founded in Cleveland, one of which eventually had 5,000 members. After 1905, the group disintegrated in Cleveland, but continued to grow in other cities. In 1954, bylaws first included women in the organization. In 1960, the National Daughters of Erin were officially accepted by the Knights as an auxiliary. The collection consists of copies of the articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, ritual and installation ceremony program, an anniversary booklet, and miscellaneous newsletter copies.
	Call #:	MS 4834
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Knights of Equity. \| National Daughters of Erin. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Irish Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Sean C. Gallagher Family Papers
	Creator:	Gallagher, Sean C. Family
	Dates:	1937-1984
	Abstract:	Sean C. Gallagher is a judge in the Cleveland (Ohio) Municipal Court. He is a descendant of the Gallagher family that traces its history to Achillbeg Island, County Mayo, Ireland, and the Casey family of County Kerry, Ireland. The Gallagher family immigrated to the United States in 1930, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, and are very active in the Irish American community there, particularly the West Side and East Side Irish American Clubs. The collection consists of Gallagher family history, Casey family history, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4858
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gallagher, Sean C. \| Gallagher family. \| Casey family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mayo (Ireland : County) -- History. \| Kerry (Ireland) -- History.
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5	Title:	Kathleen Niehaus Family Papers
	Creator:	Niehaus, Kathleen Family
	Dates:	1837-2002
	Abstract:	Kathleen Niehaus (nee O'Gorman) is a resident of Westlake, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. Her mother, Ellen (Nellie) Reynolds immigrated to the United States in 1910, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. She and her husband, Julius, later owned a trucking business. Kathleen Niehaus is an avid volunteer, and the Niehaus family participates in social and cultural clubs and events of the Irish American community in northeast Ohio. the collection consists of photocopies of death certificates, genealogies, marriage certificates, a photocopy of the newspaper Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, passenger information for Ellen Reynolds from Ireland to the United States, postcards, and topographical information regarding Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland.
	Call #:	MS 4868
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Niehaus, Kathleen. \| Niehaus family. \| O'Gorman family. \| Koch family. \| Reynolds family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Kilrush (Ireland) -- Maps, Topographic.
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6	Title:	Daniel T. Shehan Family Papers
	Creator:	Shehan, Daniel T. Family
	Dates:	1841-1939
	Abstract:	Daniel T. Shehan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and married Margerett Melagott there in 1838. They emigrated to Quebec, Canada, in 1841. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1847. The collection consists of correspondence, medical instructions, a recipe book, poems, a contract, a partial will, photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of newspaper articles, an autograph book, a commencement book, and a souvenir menu. Included are letters written home by Daniel Shehan to his family in Ireland.
	Call #:	MS 4817
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Shehan, Daniel T. \| Gallagher, Tom, 1827-? \| Gallagher, Tom L., 1888-1939. \| Shehan family. \| Gallagher family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish -- Canada. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration.
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7	Title:	Lawrence Connelly Family Papers
	Creator:	Connelly, Lawrence Family
	Dates:	1883-1989
	Abstract:	Lawrence Connelly emigrated from Newry, County Down, Ireland, to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852. He was later joined in Cleveland by his wife, Ann, and their children. The family owned a farm in the vicinity of Ansel Rd. in Cleveland. Their son, James Connelly, served 2 terms on Cleveland City Council, 1885-1889, and was a successful public contractor and president of the Connelly Construction Co. A great-grandson of Lawrence Connelly, Thomas J. Connelly, became captain of the Bethlehem Steel vessel, Stewart J. Cort. Another descendant, Edward T. Butler III, was active in the leadership of Catholic Charities, the Cleveland Bar Association, and on the boards of St. Anthony's Home for Boys and the United Appeal Campaign. Another descendant is the author Robert Sam Anson. The collection consists of a six-generation genealogical chart, reminiscences given by women of the family throughout the century, a playscript re-creation of "The Tuesday Study Club," and copies of newspaper clippings about various members of the family and miscellaneous articles of Irish interest.
	Call #:	MS 4822
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Connelly, Lawrence. \| Connelly family. \| Connelly, James. \| Connelly, Thomas J., Captain. \| Butler, Edward T., III. \| Anson, Robert Sam, 1945- \| Tuesday Study Club. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Sara McLaughlin Papers
	Creator:	McLaughlin, Sara
	Dates:	1928-2001
	Abstract:	Sara McLaughlin was born in 1928 in River, Achill Island, Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. She met her husband, Michael McLaughlin (also an Irish immigrant), in Cleveland, where they were married in 1958. Both have been extremely active in Irish American cultural and social affairs and clubs in Cleveland. In addition to her many volunteer activities with the Irish American community of Cleveland, Sara was named the 2001 Mother of the Year by the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and the 2000 Woman of the Year by the West Side Irish American Club. The McLaughlins established the Maureen McLaughlin Scholarship for Music, awarded annually at the Cleveland Feis cultural competition, in memory of their daughter Maureen. The collection consists of car banners, brochures from the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish Music Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a naturalization certificate, various congressional recognitions and resolutions, correspondence, a liturgy from the 2001 St. Patrick's Day mass, newspaper clippings, and two photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4870
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McLaughlin, Sara 1928- \| McLaughlin, Michael 1927- \| McLaughlin family. \| Ancient Order of Hibernians. \| Irish Music Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Robert E. Schade Family Papers
	Creator:	Schade, Robert E. Family
	Dates:	1820-1994
	Abstract:	Robert E. Schade was born and reared in Cleveland, Ohio. A descendant of the Dempsey family, he was active in the Irish American community of Cleveland. Robert E. Schade was a vice president of Willard F. Schade and Associates. His great grandfather, James Dempsey, was one of the founding members of St. Malachi's Church, Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather, William F. Dempsey, was a merchant seaman on the Great Lakes, and also worked for the Cleveland Fire Department. The collection consists of a book chapter; cemetery records; certificates of birth, baptism, marriage and death; correspondence; a descendant chart; family histories; a family crest; a family tree; genealogical information; last will and testament; memoirs; newspaper clippings; obituaries; passenger arrival records; photographs; and a poem.
	Call #:	MS 4871
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Schade, Robert E. \| Schade family. \| Dempsey, William F. \| Dempsey family. \| Monaghan family. \| Ranney family. \| Walker family. \| DeBinder family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Great Lakes -- History.
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