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1	Title:	Herman Friedman Family Papers
	Creator:	Friedman, Herman Family
	Dates:	1911-1992
	Abstract:	Herman Friedman was born in Hungary in 1855 and immigrated to the United States as a young man, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio in 1882. He founded Friedman-Blau-Farber in 1883, which was Cleveland's only fully-integrated knitting mill. The Company developed its own dye house, box factory, and knitting machines. It supplied knitted outerwear for men and women. The Company closed in 1939. The collection consists of a scrapbook about the 50th anniversary celebration of the Company in 1933, and photographs of various members of the Friedman family, as well as a scrapbook of condolences that were received by the Friedman family, following Herman's death at age 85 in December, 1935. There also are three compact discs, by Robert Friedman, of the Friedman family history. Robert was a grandson of Herman Friedman.
	Call #:	MS 5423
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (one container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Friedman family \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Jacob Family
	Dates:	1868-1988
	Abstract:	Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history.
	Call #:	MS 4678
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. \| Goldsmith family. \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Joseph Hays Family Papers
	Creator:	Hays, Joseph Family
	Dates:	1857-1987
	Abstract:	Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, Abraham and Joseph arriving in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Company, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece and adopted daughter of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, an autobiography, a family history, speeches, genealogies, and miscellaneous materials.
	Call #:	MS 4595
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916. \| Hays family. \| Feiss family. \| Richman family. \| Lehman family. \| Eisenman family. \| Feiss, Paul Louis, 1875-1952. \| Hays, Louis Henry, 1874-1918. \| Eisenman, Charles, 1865-1923. \| Kastriner and Eisenman Company. \| Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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4	Title:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Records, Series II
	Creator:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc.
	Dates:	1960-1982
	Abstract:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. was founded in 1939 as Ritmore Sportswear in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founders were Maurice Saltzman and Max Reiter. In 1953, Saltzman bought out Reiter's share of the company. The name was changed to Bobbie Brooks in 1960. Bobbie Brooks produced and sold stylish clothes for teenage and junior-miss girls, coordinating the styling, colors, and fabrics. Eventually, the company expanded its line to include apparel for women aged 25 to 44. The company merged with Pubco Corporation in 1985 after encountering serious financial difficulties. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, articles, booklets, catalogues, notices, reports, and workbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5157
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1919-2015
	Abstract:	Cleveland, Ohio, played a prominent role in the garment industry in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the industry's decline a century later. Most of the owners of garment manufacturing firms in Cleveland, as throughout the United States, were owned by Jewish immigrants. The garment industry in Cleveland declined as a whole in the late twentieth century. In the early 2010s, the Western Reserve Historical Society began making efforts toward compiling the stories of the Cleveland garment industry through research and oral history interviews, culminating in a book and exhibition project titled A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, drafts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, operating agreements, oral histories, orders, photographs, proposals, questionnaires, scrapbooks, and sketches pertaining to the planning, research, and implementation of the "Stitch in Time" project by the Western Reserve Historical Society.
	Call #:	MS 5425
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 volume)
	Subjects:	Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Richman Brothers Company Records
	Creator:	Richman Brothers Company
	Dates:	1924-1992
	Abstract:	The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4664
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Richman Brothers Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	S. Korach Company Records
	Creator:	S. Korach Company
	Dates:	1898-1987
	Abstract:	The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies.
	Call #:	MS 4694
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. \| Korach family. \| S. Korach Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc.
	Dates:	1939-1992
	Abstract:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. was founded in 1939 as Ritmore Sportswear in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founders were Maurice Saltzman and Max Reiter. In 1953, Saltzman bought out Reiter's share of the company. The name was changed to Bobbie Brooks in 1960. The company merged with Pubco Corporation in 1985. The collection consists of annual reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, company newsletters, awards, and a payroll ledger. The newsletters provide contemporaneous descriptions of pioneering use of computers to track and coordinate production, sales, shipping, and accounting.
	Call #:	MS 4764
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. \| Bobbie Brooks, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc., Records
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1961-1986
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures.
	Call #:	MS 4765
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Dorothy and Ralph A. Colbert Family Papers
	Creator:	Colbert, Dorothy and Ralph A. Family
	Dates:	1917-1987
	Abstract:	Dorothy and Ralph Colbert were active Jewish community leaders in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid to late twentieth century. Dorothy Katz Meister Koblitz Colbert (1923-2004) volunteered with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, the Cleveland Rehabilitation Center, and the National Council of Jewish Women. She was also a co-founder of Mt. Sinai Hospital's Junior Auxiliary. She was the daughter of Samuel Meister, who, along with his brothers Eugene and Edward and his brother-in-lawStuart Halle (husband of Zara Meister), founded Meister Brothers, later known as Meistergram, Inc., in 1933. She married Maurice J. Koblitz in 1947, and, before divorcing, the couple had two children, Michael A. Koblitz and Jan K. Blum. In 1974 she married Ralph A. Colbert (1908-1987), an attorney with the firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Ralph A. Colbert served on the boards of Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Cleveland Play House, and the local chapter of the American Jewish Committee. The collection consists of an article, certificates, a manual, a memorandum, newspaper clippings, notices, a poster, a program, reports, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5161
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Colbert family \| Hall family \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Koblitz family \| Meister family \| Meistergram, Inc.
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11	Title:	Diamond Family Papers
	Creator:	Diamond Family
	Dates:	1949-2006
	Abstract:	The Diamond family was a Cleveland, Ohio, family of three brothers who owned and operated the men's clothing chain, Diamond's Men Stores, and was prominent in civic and social activities within the Jewish community of Cleveland. Herbert Diamond was councilman and mayor of Bentleyville, Ohio, 1977 to 1996. Norman Diamond was involved in the Jewish Welfare Fund. Their sons were also involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including funding the Diamond Fitness Center and Diamond Scholarship at the Cleveland Jewish Community Center. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, awards and certificates, magazine and newspaper articles, Diamond Scholarship records, and photographs, especially of various Diamond's stores from 1952 to 1996, as well as family members.
	Call #:	MS 4987
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Diamond, Herbert., d. 1996. \| Diamond, Norman. \| Diamond family. \| Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Scholarships -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bentleyville (Ohio)
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12	Title:	L.N. Gross Company Records
	Creator:	L.N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1907-1967
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. During the Depression the company was troubled by strikes as well as the general business slump. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of a history of the company, an autobiography, passport and visa of Louis Gross, correspondence, reports, applications for patents, contracts, account books, and miscellaneous materials, including scrapbooks containing advertisements for garments made by the company.
	Call #:	MS 3823
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	Title:	Julius Klein Papers
	Creator:	Klein, Julius
	Dates:	1900-1993
	Abstract:	Julius Klein was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish businessman born in Slovakia. He emigrated to the United States in 1885, and settled in Cleveland in 1900. In 1900, he and his future mother-in-law, Rebecca Korach, purchased a skirt manufacturing company formerly known as Goodman and Korach Co. The new company, known as Julius Klein and Co., closed within a few years. In 1906, Klein was employed by Korach Sonnenfield Co., a cloak manufacturing company which in 1907 became the Korach-Ecker Co. In 1913, Klein opened Klein's Economy Store on Woodland Ave., selling women's ready-to-wear apparel. Following Julius Klein's death, his son, Alwyn Klein, continued the business. Following his death, his wife Beatrice operated the business until its liquidation in 1959. The collection consists of financial records, including a Klein's Economy Store ledger and stock book, a Korach-Ecker account book and specifications book, miscellaneous business and genealogical documents, and a photograph.
	Call #:	MS 4702
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Klein, Julius, 1869-1928. \| Klein family. \| Klein's Economy Store (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Korach-Ecker Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	L. N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1898-1990
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included.
	Call #:	MS 4711
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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15	Title:	Dalton Company Records
	Creator:	Dalton Company
	Dates:	1972-1983
	Abstract:	The Dalton Company was a garment manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded as the Fine Gauge Knitwear Company in 1949 by Arthur Dery and Maurice Saltzman, the company produced women's cashmere and woolen garments. In 1956 the company changed its name to Dalton of America and diversified its product lines to include knitted and woven outerwear. In 1957, Dery bought out Saltzman. The company was moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1962, where it continued under the name Dalton Apparel until its closure in 1986. The collection consists of advertisements, sales books, order forms, and a poster.
	Call #:	MS 5052
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Dery, Arthur, 1908-2003. \| Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. \| Fine Gauge Knitwear Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dalton of America (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dalton Apparel (Willoughby, Ohio) \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	Printz-Biederman Company Records
	Creator:	Printz-Biederman Company
	Dates:	1914-1957
	Abstract:	The Printz-Biederman Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, coat manufacturing company established in 1893 by Moritz Printz, his sons Michael and Alexander, and his son-in-law Joseph Biederman. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union tried to organize its employees in the 1930s. It closed in the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, reports, agreements, correspondence, historical sketches, and publications relating to employee representative bodies which operated in the plant, and letters, telegrams and other writings to and from Abraham Katovsky and David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Also includes catalogs and advertisements of the company's clothing.
	Call #:	MS 3870
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Catalogs. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catalogs. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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17	Title:	Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
	Creator:	Federal Knitting Mills Company
	Dates:	1907-1939
	Abstract:	The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5051
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| American Federation of Labor. \| American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. \| International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. \| United States. National Labor Relations Board. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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18	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Records, Series II
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1940-1996
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, financial statements, deeds, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures and catalogs, speech texts, and award certificates.
	Call #:	MS 5094
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Rosenthal family. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- United States. \| Uniforms industry -- Japan. \| Uniforms industry -- Belgium. \| Uniforms industry -- Canada. \| Uniforms industry -- France. \| Uniforms industry -- Great Britain. \| Uniforms industry -- Germany. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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