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61	Title:	Clara Belle Ritchie Family Photographs
	Creator:	Ritchie, Clara Belle Family
	Dates:	1880-1955
	Abstract:	The Ritchie and Hale families were prominent in civic and philanthropic activities in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. Clara Belle Ritchie, daughter of Samuel J. and Sophronia Hale Ritchie, inherited the Hale farm from her uncle, Charles Oviatt Hale, and bequeathed it to the Western Reserve Historical Society when she died in the 1950s. The collection consists of photographs and photograph albums of family members and friends of the Ritchie and Hale families.
	Call #:	PG 181
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Ritchie, Clara Belle, 1869-1956 -- Photograph collections. \| Ritchie family -- Photograph collections. \| Hale family -- Photograph collections. \| Cozad family -- Photograph collections.
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62	Title:	Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers
	Creator:	Lelyveld, Arthur J.
	Dates:	1901-1993
	Abstract:	Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-46 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Chapter, and the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. Lelyveld was also the author of Atheism is Dead and of numerous monographs and articles. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, participating with other Cleveland clergy in voter registration efforts in Mississippi and serving as a minister-counselor to the Council of Federated Organizations under the auspices of the Commission on Race and Religion of the National Council of Churches. While serving in this capacity, Lelyveld was severely beaten. He also delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in 1964. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, sermons, writings, minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, appointment books, and certificates.
	Call #:	MS 4639
	Extent:	23.10 linear feet (26 containers)
	Subjects:	Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. \| Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. \| Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| American Jewish Congress. \| Central Conference of American Rabbis. \| Synagogue Council of America. \| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) \| Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) \| Mississippi Freedom Project. \| B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| America-Israel Cultural Foundation. \| Union of American Hebrew Congregations. \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Reform Judaism. \| Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. \| Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. \| Zionism. \| Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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63	Title:	Kappa Kappa Gamma Cleveland East Alumnae Association Records, Series II
	Creator:	Kappa Kappa Gamma Cleveland East Alumnae Association
	Dates:	1966-2008
	Abstract:	The Kappa Kappa Gamma Cleveland Alumnae Association (1901-present) was founded in 1901 as the Cleveland Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma in Cleveland, Ohio. The early goal was to demonstrate women's ability of intellectual advancement equal to that of men. In 1938 a Cleveland West Shore Alumnae Association was chartered, causing the name of the Cleveland Alumnae Association to be changed to the Cleveland East Alumnae Association. Around 2003, the Cleveland chapters merged, changing the name back to the Cleveland Alumnae Association. The Cleveland Alumnae Association follows a path set by the parent organization of first supporting its sisters, then participating in local service projects and finally, supporting the greater good. With these goals in mind, they act in a support and advisory role for the undergraduate chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at John Carroll University, Eta Zeta. They also participate in several philanthropic activities. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, financial reports, histories, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5306
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Greek letter societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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64	Title:	Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club
	Dates:	1922-1976
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club was founded in 1919 under the authority of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Since its beginning it has placed an emphasis on education as the basis for professional women's progress in Cleveland, Ohio. It supports laws affecting women's wages and advancement opportunities, vocational training of women, scholarship funds, and public education on national women's issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, annual reports, scrapbooks, membership records, newsletters, national and state convention programs, histories of local and state federations, clippings, and printed materials.
	Call #:	MS 3946
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club. \| Cleveland Women's Exposition, 1926. \| Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. \| Businesswomen. \| Women in the professions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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65	Title:	Bedford Female Benevolent Sewing Society Records
	Creator:	Bedford Female Benevolent Sewing Society
	Dates:	1848-1851
	Abstract:	The Bedford Female Benevolent Sewing Society was a sewing society in Bedford, Ohio, whose proceeds went to charity. It was founded by a group of women in 1848. Men were allowed to join soon after the society was founded. The collection consists of a constitution, membership lists, dues records, and results of elections of officers.
	Call #:	MS 0389
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Bedford Female Benevolent Sewing Society (Bedford, Ohio). \| Charities -- Ohio -- Bedford. \| Women -- Ohio -- Bedford -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Bedford.
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66	Title:	Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Records
	Creator:	Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society (Port Clinton, Ohio)
	Dates:	1905-1910
	Abstract:	The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society was founded by the women of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Clinton, Ohio, to support the missionary work of the church. The collection consists of minutes of meetings and members' attendance records.
	Call #:	MS 1707
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society (Port Clinton, Ohio). \| Missions -- Societies, etc. \| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Missions. \| Women in church work. \| Port Clinton (Ohio) -- Religious life and customs.
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67	Title:	David K. Ford Family Photographs
	Creator:	Ford, David K. Family
	Dates:	1868-1992
	Abstract:	Members of the Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Ford and allied families, including the Brooks, Gill, Reynolds, and Shyrock families. Individuals pictured include Oliver Kingsley Brooks, Horatio Clark Ford, David K. Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks Ford, and other family members and associates. Also included are photographs of Frederick Goff, Charles Lindbergh, and Richard Nixon. Views contained in the collection include buildings, churches, and residences associated with the family, such as the Cuyahoga and Williamson Buildings and the New Amsterdam Hotel in Cleveland, and Schauffler Hall at Defiance College. Other views include events, monuments, ships, statuary, and trips. Of special interest is a photograph taken ca. 1900 at the completion of the Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company's line through to Chardon, Ohio.
	Call #:	PG 477
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Ford, David K., 1894-1993 -- Photograph collections. \| Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915 -- Photograph collections. \| Brooks, Oliver Kingsley, 1845-1914 -- Photograph collections. \| Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990 -- Photograph collections. \| Ford family -- Photograph collections. \| Brooks family -- Photograph collections. \| Gill family -- Photograph collections. \| Dunn family -- Photograph collections. \| Shyrock family -- Photograph collections. \| Keith family -- Photograph collections. \| Reynolds family -- Photograph collections. \| Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. \| New Amsterdam Company -- Photograph collections. \| One Euclid Company -- Photograph collections. \| Williamson Company -- Photograph collections. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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68	Title:	Harold T. Clark Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Clark, Harold T.
	Dates:	1912-1971
	Abstract:	Harold T. Clark (1882-1965) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and philanthropist. The colllection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, legal documents, and programs pertaining to Clark's philanthropic interest in tennis, particularly the East End Tennis Club Company, the Davis Cup, and Robert Malaga, a leading Cleveland promoter and ehthusiast of tennis who was a friend of Clark's.
	Call #:	MS 4485
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. \| Malaga, Robert, 1926- \| East End Tennis Club Company. \| Davis Cup. \| Tennis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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69	Title:	Montefiore Home Records
	Creator:	Montefiore Home
	Dates:	1880-1976
	Abstract:	The Montefiore Home was established in 1882 in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Kesher Shel Barzel Order (Band of Iron), District Grand Lodge No. 4, and called the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home. In 1884 it was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites. In 1923 it became simply the Montefiore Home. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, administrative reports and records, staff memos and lists, departmental reports, records of auxiliary organizations, residents files, audits, ledgers and other financial records, and subject files relating to the Home's interaction with other agencies such as the Association of Ohio Philanthropic Homes for Aged, Inc., the Jewish Community Federation, the Jewish Family Service Association, United Appeal of Greater Cleveland, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the White House Conference on Aging, and Julius and Helen Weil.
	Call #:	MS 3835
	Extent:	17.10 linear feet (13 containers, 12 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Social work with older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Older people -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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70	Title:	Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation Records
	Creator:	Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation
	Dates:	1991-1998
	Abstract:	The Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation was established in 1986 by Katherine H. Chilcote (1911-1987), and the four Chilcote children: Ronald Chilcote (b.1935), Lee Chilcote (b.1942), Katherine [Chilcote] Pender (b.1937), and Patricia [Chilcote] Elledge (b.1952) as a funding source for areas of interest to each, including arts and culture, sustainable development, economic and social redevelopment, and for children with special needs and their families. The collection consists of grant files, administrative files, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 5400
	Extent:	4.20 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Culture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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71	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1974-2012
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations.
	Call #:	MS 5296
	Extent:	70.80 linear feet (75 containers)
	Subjects:	Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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72	Title:	Gerson-Margolis Foundation Records
	Creator:	Gerson-Margolis Foundation
	Dates:	1997-2000
	Abstract:	The Gerson-Margolis Foundation was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1996 by Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson (1915-2000) and her daughter, Margaret Gerson Margolis with part of the assets of the Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation. Upon the death of Eleanor Gerson, the name of the foundation was changed to the Ellie Fund. The Ellie Fund terminated in 2012. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, financial reports, and grant proposals.
	Call #:	MS 5272
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 \| Gerson family. \| Philanthropy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations \| Margolis, Margaret Gerson.
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73	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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74	Title:	Leila and Clayton Emig Papers
	Creator:	Emig, Leila and Clayton
	Dates:	1911-1957
	Abstract:	Leila Dromgold Emig (b. 1872) was a genealogist active in several patriotic societies, including the National Society of the Children of the Revolution, which she founded in 1909. Her husband, Clayton Ely Emig, was an attorney who served in World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, military intelligence reports, and memorabilia. The collection relates to Leila Emig's work with the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution and to Clayton Emig's military involvement in 1918.
	Call #:	MS 4161
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Emig, Leila Dromgold, b. 1872. \| Emig, Clayton Ely. \| National Society, Children of the American Revolution -- History -- Sources. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Military intelligence. \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc.
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75	Title:	Cleveland Art Association Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Art Association
	Dates:	1932-1945
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Art Association was an organization of Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists and art patrons who sought to encourage and support art within the community. The group helped to organize the first May Show, offered vigorous support to the Cleveland Institute of Art, and worked with the Cleveland Museum of Art and other groups to publicize and assist area artists. The collection consists of correspondence from the Cleveland Trust Company regarding scholarship funds and investments, correspondence between donor Newell C. Bolton and the association regarding endowed scholarships, and other financial records.
	Call #:	MS 4257
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Art Association (1915- ) -- Archives. \| Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Art -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Art patronage -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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76	Title:	Frederick C. Crawford Photographs
	Creator:	Crawford, Frederick C.
	Dates:	1891-1978
	Abstract:	Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Frederick C. Crawford, his family, friends, and associates, and views of his activities relating to awards, tours, dinners, business enterprises, clubs, travel, residences, and museums. The collection also contains portraits of Harold T. Clark, General James Doolittle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, the King Sisters, General Curtis LeMay, General Douglas MacArthur, Walter O"Keefe, and Tyrone Power.
	Call #:	PG 357
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- -- Photograph collections. \| Crawford family -- Photograph collections. \| Doolittle, James Harold, 18961993- -- Photograph collections. \| MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Photograph collections. \| Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Photograph collections. \| Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965 -- Photograph collections. \| Godfrey, Arthur, 1903-1983 -- Photograph collections. \| Hope, Bob, 1903- -- Photograph collections. \| LeMay, Curtis E. -- Photograph collections. \| O'Keefe, Walter -- Photograph collections. \| Power, Tyrone, 1914- -- Photograph collections.
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77	Title:	Federation for Community Planning Photographs
	Creator:	Federation for Community Planning
	Dates:	1937-1967
	Abstract:	The Federation for Community Planning was founded in 1913, as the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy, to coordinate funding for the numerous charities in Cleveland, Ohio. It merged with the Welfare Council of Cleveland in 1917 to form the Cleveland Welfare Federation. In 1972 it became the Federation for Community Planning. By 1919 it had given up solicitation of funds and by 1966 their allocation also, evolving into a specialized community planning agency. The collection consists of views of various activities sponsored by the Federation for Community Planning. Some of the activities pictured include the Foster Home Recruiting Center, Mass Blood Testing Program, TB Clinic van, and Golden Age Hobby shows. Also included are individual and group portraits of those associated with the Federation, including Edward D. Lynde, executive secretary, and an album presented to him on his retirement.
	Call #:	PG 308
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Lynde, Edward D. -- Photograph collections. \| Federation for Community Planning -- Photograph collections. \| Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Charity organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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78	Title:	Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation
	Creator:	Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation
	Dates:	1997-2000
	Abstract:	The Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as a charitable fund in 1968 by Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson (1915-2000) and her husband Benjamin S. Gerson (1911-1972). It was converted to a private family foundation in 1973 in memory of Benjamin Gerson. The foundation dissolved in 2004. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, and grant proposals, and project reports.
	Call #:	MS 5271
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. \| Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 \| Gerson family. \| Philanthropy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
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79	Title:	Jacob Sapirstein Papers
	Creator:	Sapirstein, Jacob
	Dates:	1913-1987
	Abstract:	Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 4581
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. \| Sapirstein family. \| American Greetings Corporation. \| Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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80	Title:	Ronald and Isabelle Brown Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Ronald and Isabelle
	Dates:	1914-1996
	Abstract:	Ronald Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928, he founded, along with William C. Treuhaft and Elmer C. Hann, the Tremco Manufacturing Company in Cleveland. Brown was a vice president of Tremco. After retirement from the company in 1960, he became a management consultant. Brown was the author of From Selling to Managing: Guidelines for the First-Time Sales Manager. His volunteer and philanthropic activities included work for the Jewish Big Brothers Association of Cleveland, the Citizen's Advisory Board to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Ohio Department on Aging, and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education. He married Isabelle Gup in 1934. She was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University. Active in the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, she served as president of that organization and was active on the national and international level. She also was first chair of the Women's Organization of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, served on the national executive council of the American Jewish Committee, and was the first chair of the Greater Cleveland Women's Committee for Civil Rights. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and other writings, scrapbooks, newsletters, certificates, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4827
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. \| Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. \| Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. \| Ohio. Dept. of Aging. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. \| Tremco Manufacturing Company. \| American Management Association. \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| International Council of Jewish Women. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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