| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Cleveland Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1891-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of annual reports, pamphlets and minutes of the Foundation, and grant files of recipient organizations, containing correspondence, surveys, photographs, grant proposals, pamphlets and booklets. Also included are files on individuals who had contact with the Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3627 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Foundation. | Charity organization. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Thomas Vail Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vail, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1949-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. On a national level, he served on the boards of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Collection consists of correspondence, certificates, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, publications, speech texts, and inventories. | | | | Call #: | MS 4852 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Newspapers -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Cleveland Convention and Visitors' Bureau. | Cleveland Foundation. | Cleveland Plain Dealer | Cleveland Tomorrow (Organization). | Greater Cleveland Growth Association. | Plain Dealer (Firm).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | John Huntington Fund for Education Records
| | | | Creator: | John Huntington Fund for Education | | | | Dates: | 1889-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The John Huntington Fund For Education was created in 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, upon the sale of the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute and from annual grants from the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust. These annual grants terminated in 1971, when the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust gave the John Huntington Fund For Education a one-time grant of 9 million dollars. The John Huntington Fund For Education gave individual scholarship grants to students pursuing scientific and vocational education until 1972, after which they gave grants to educational institutions and scholarship programs. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, financial statements, correspondence, grant proposals and reports, articles of incorporation, legal petitions, newspaper clippings, tax returns, histories, and photocopies of the will and codicil of John Huntington. The majority of the records are concerned with the John Huntington Fund for Education, with a small amount of material from the John Huntington Arts and Polytechnic Trust and the John Huntington Benevolent Trust, as they relate to the John Huntington Fund for Education. | | | | Call #: | MS 4801 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Huntington, John, 1832-1893. | John Huntington Fund for Education. | John Huntington Arts and Polytechnic Trust. | John Huntington Benevolent Trust. | John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. | Cleveland Foundation. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Cleveland Scholarship Services, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Science -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vocational education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Art museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Arthur J. Naparstek Papers
| | | | Creator: | Arthur J. Naparstek | | | | Dates: | 1962-2004 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Naparstek (1939-2004) was a faculty member and administrator at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), serving as Dean from 1983 to 1988. He remained on staff until his death in 2004. His interests were varied, but much of his research and activity focused upon the plight of the urban poor and urban revitalization. Among his professional activities prior to his affiliation with CWRU, Naparstek directed the University of Southern California's Washington (D.C.) Public Affairs Center. He also directed policy and research at Catholic University's Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs and was the Associate Director of Purdue University's Urban Development Institute where he was a key advisor to Gary Hatcher, the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana. the collection consists of applications, awards, catalogues, correspondence, curricula vitae, lists, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, proposals, publications, reports, syllabi, transcripts, and writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5075 | | | | Extent: | 11.40 linear feet (12 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Naparstek, Arthur. | Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Purdue University. Urban Development Institute. | National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. | University of Southern California. Washington Public Affairs Center. | Cleveland Foundation. | Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.) | HOPE VI (Program) | Mandel Foundation (Jerusalem) | National Community-Building Network. | Neighborhood Progress Inc. | Ethiopian National Project. | Commission on Jewish Education in North America. | United Jewish Communities. | Urban policy -- United States. | Urban poor -- United States. | Urban renewal -- United States. | Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States. | Charities -- United States. | Human services -- United States. | Community development, Urban -- United States. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- United States. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Migrations. | Jews -- United States -- Charities. | Jews -- Ethiopia. | Israel and the diaspora. | United States -- Ethnic relations.
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