| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | West Side Community House Records
| | | | Creator: | West Side Community House | | | | Dates: | 1890-1973 | | | | Abstract: | West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3938 | | | | Extent: | 32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Luis Martinez Papers
| | | | Creator: | Martinez, Luis | | | | Dates: | 1975-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Luis Martinez, a native of Puerto Rico, Martinez lived in Lorain, Ohio, for much of his youth. In 1981, Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich appointed him as Hispanic Liaison for the city of Cleveland. He served in that capacity until 1986. The collection consists of minutes and a history of the Spanish American Committee of Cleveland, correspondence, news releases, mailing lists, and clippings. This collection pertains largely to the Hispanic Community and includes material on bilingual education in Cleveland Public Schools, San Juan Bautista Church, Jose Feliciano and various social issues in Cleveland during the years 1975-1986. | | | | Call #: | MS 4176 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Martinez, Luis, 1948- | Feliciano, Jose. | Spanish American Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | San Juan Bautista Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Bilingual -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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