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| Manuscript Collection | Save | 1 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Records
| | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | | | Dates: | 1971-1990 | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of audio recordings, video recordings, interview transcripts, ledgers, financial documents, membership lists, board meeting minutes, correspondence, presentation materials, notes, catalog cards, exhibit materials, and museum holdings. | | | Call #: | MS 5175 | | | Extent: | 19.42 linear feet (21 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 film canister) | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. | Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Oral histories. | Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 3 | Title: | Andrew A. Ryan Cleveland Detective Notebooks
| | | Creator: | Ryan, Andrew A. | | | Dates: | 1899-1922 | | | Abstract: | Andrew A. Ryan, a police detective for the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1872. He moved his family to Cleveland around 1897 and joined the Cleveland Police Department in 1899. As a detective, Ryan investigated crimes ranging from petty larceny to murder. His regular beat was in and around the west side immigrant neighborhoods of Cudell, Detroit Shoreway, Ohio City, Tremont, and downtown. Ryan spent over twenty years with the Cleveland Police Department. He died on August 21, 1930. The collection consists of bulletins, drawings, field notebooks, a ledger, memoranda of arrests, newspaper clippings, a photograph, a postal receipt, reports, statements, and statistics. | | | Call #: | MS 5042 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Ryan, Andrew A., 1872-1930 | Cleveland (Ohio). Police Dept. | Detectives -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Law enforcement -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Criminal investigation -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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