| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 1 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records
| | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1899-1966 | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise. | | | Call #: | MS 3668 | | | Extent: | 49.60 linear feet (47 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 2 | Title: | University Settlement Records
| | | Creator: | University Settlement | | | Dates: | 1926-1970 | | | Abstract: | The University Settlement was a social settlement founded in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership cards, statistical reports, correspondence, 65 theses from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, and a subject file containing reports, correspondence, minutes, lists, and pamphlets. | | | Call #: | MS 3564 | | | Extent: | 13.00 linear feet (33 containers) | | | Subjects: | University Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social group work. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 3 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | Dates: | 1910-1976 | | | Abstract: | East End Neighborhood House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907. It originally offered domestic skills classes and recreational activities to new immigrants principally from Hungary. The Center is a social settlement/community center serving Cleveland's Buckeye-Woodland-Woodhill community. Hungarian during the first half of the century, this area became largely Black during the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout this period, the center adjusted its activities to meet the needs of the area and also to take advantage of newly available federal funds. The programs reflected increased attention to the needs of senior citizens and also included expanded daycare programs and mental-health programs. The collection consists of minutes of the Board of Trustees, membership lists, corporate documents, personnel and director search records, general correspondence, financial records, and general program descriptions and budget statements. The collection pertains to the center's operation and includes material relating to its financial crisis, 1974-76, its search for a black director, and the changing racial composition of the area served by the center. | | | Call #: | MS 4252 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | East End Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio)
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 4 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Records
| | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | Dates: | 1911-1966 | | | Abstract: | East End Neighborhood House was founded in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907 by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in the predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Buckeye-Woodland. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Great Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of organizational proceedings, membership records, correspondence, program reports, group worker reports, announcements, scrapbooks, and printed materials. | | | Call #: | MS 3568 | | | Extent: | 11.70 linear feet (30 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 5 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Records
| | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | Dates: | 1893-1972 | | | Abstract: | Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. | | | Call #: | MS 3319 | | | Extent: | 38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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