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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Judah Rubinstein Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Rubinstein, Judah | | | | Dates: | 1839-2002 | | | | Abstract: | Judah Rubinstein was an archivist, historian, author and research associate for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, and a well-known authority on Cleveland Jewish history. He helped to establish the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. He provided research for a number of books on Cleveland Jewish history and co-authored the book "Merging traditions: Jewish life in Cleveland." The collection consists of 4000 black and white images presented as prints, slides, contact sheets, and negatives, all relating to Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish history. Of note are businesses, public and religious schools, synagogues, theaters, and communal activities in the 19th and first half of the 20th century, particularly in the Woodland, Glenville, and Kinsman neighborhoods. Images of Jewish holiday and life cycle celebrations are also found here. Also of note are portraits of prominent individuals and families, including Moses Alsbacher, Alfred A. Benesch, Aaron and Moses Halle, Maurice Maschke, David N. Myers, Samuel Rocker, Dr. Marcus Rosenwasser, Sigmund Schlesinger, Rose Pastor Stokes, Simson Thorman, Leo Weidenthal, Leon Wiesenthal, and Martha Wolfenstein. Rabbis and cantors represented in this collection include Gustavos Cohen, Jacob Frommer, Benjamin Gittelsohn, Samuel Goldman, Isadore Kalisch, Arthur J. Lelyveld, David Leby, Abba Hillel Silver, Daniel Jeremy Silver, and Samuel Wohl. While some of the photographs here can also be found in PG. 186, Jewish Heritage Exhibit photographs, and in "Merging traditions : Jewish life in Cleveland" (1978 ed.), the contact sheets and negatives contain many images that are new. | | | | Call #: | PG 528 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rubinstein, Judah -- Photograph collection. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Jews -- United States -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Portraits, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Kinsman (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Karamu House Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Karamu House | | | | Dates: | 1915-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Karamu House founders Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, administrators and staff, actors and performers, and community figures. Group portraits and views depict activities at Karamu, including classes, art exhibits, meetings, ceremonies, choral groups, clubs, and sports teams. Views of Karamu House facilities, buildings, and grounds, including photographs of the original buildings of the Playhouse Settlement, are included, as are views of plays performed. Notable individuals depicted include Garrett E. Morgan, Charles Gilpin, Al Fann, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Ida B. Wells, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Harry E. Davis, James Weldon Johnson, Perry Como, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ruby Dee, Raymond St. Jacques, Archibald MacLeish, Judge Charles White, Rev. Earl Preston, Charles Sallee, Carl Stokes, Louis Stokes, Jane Addams, Emily Laster, Wilhelmina Roberson, Dakota Staton, Harriet Tubman, and Julian Mayfield. Groups depicted include the Keystone Club, Golden Age Club, Cheerio Circle, the Karamu Dancers, Camp Karamu, and the Karamu Nursery School. | | | | Call #: | PG 443 | | | | Extent: | 1.81 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. | Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actresses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dancers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Phillis Wheatley Association Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Phillis Wheatley Association | | | | Dates: | 1930-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Phillis Wheatley Association was a Cleveland, Ohio, self-help organization designed to help young African American women adjust to city life. It was organized in 1911 by Jane Edna Hunter and originally called the Working Girls Home Association. Services included a boarding house, homemaking classes, and recreational, literary and social activities. The collection consists of photographs relating to the activities carried on by this Cleveland, Ohio African American social service agency. Includes photographs, ca. 1930-1960, of unidentified individuals, various children's groups, and camping scenes. | | | | Call #: | PG 074 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Eugene Bailey Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Eugene | | | | Dates: | 1910-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Eugene Bailey (1913-1942) was an African American from Cleveland, Ohio, who attended Virginia State College for Negroes, excelling in athletics. Bailey became physical education director at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Va. and then enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II. In 1942, he was killed in an explosion at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Eugene Bailey, his family and friends; and views of life at college, athletic events, and campuses, including Hampton College in Virginia. | | | | Call #: | PG 437 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942 -- Photograph collections. | Virginia State College for Negroes -- Photograph collections. | Hampton University (Va.) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Virginia -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | Lolette and George Hanserd Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hanserd, Lolette and George | | | | Dates: | 1910-1980 | | | | Abstract: | George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first African American to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of individual portraits of George Hanserd and his wife Lolette Hanserd and group portraits including them and others such as Jesse Owens, at athletic events, classmates of the Ohio College of Chiropody, and at a dinner of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. | | | | Call #: | PG 369 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. | Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. | Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass slides relating to the various functions, activities, and facilities of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its members. Included are indoor events, such as dances, parties, and plays; outdoor activities including camp houses, recreation houses, and other buildings; photographs of the 50th anniversary party of the Jewish Community Center; and photographs of people, activities, and facilities at Camp Wise. | | | | Call #: | PG 149 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | Clifford W. Henderson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Henderson, Clifford W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1939 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford W. Henderson (1895-1984) was the director of the National Air Races, 1928-1939, as well as other air races and expositions. Henderson managed and promoted sporting and cultural events, expositions, and conventions in the Los Angeles area after resigning from the National Air Races. He served with honor in North Africa during World War II, and founded the community of Palm Desert, California. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Clifford W. Henderson and his associates, including studio portraits and candid site photographs, often autographed; views of the National Air Races, including air race events and individual planes; and panoramic and oversize photographs. Individuals pictured include Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, James Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Harvey Firestone, Jr., Charles A. Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, Eddie Rickenbacker, Will Rogers, Alexander de Seversky, Roscoe Turner, Rudy Vallee, and Chuck Yeager. | | | | Call #: | PG 385 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Henderson, Clifford W. (Clifford William), 1895-1984 -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | National Air Races Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1929-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The 1928 race of the National Air Races was held in Los Angeles, California, but from 1929 to 1939 most of the races were held in Cleveland, Ohio. They featured cross country races, short races, army and navy maneuvers, stunt flying, parachute jumping, gliders, dirigibles, balloons and model planes and were considered a working laboratory for the aviation industry where new developments could be tested and refined. The collection consists of individual portraits, group portraits, and views pertaining to the National Air Races, National Aircraft Shows, and Thompson Trophy Races. Individuals pictured include Clifford W. Henderson, Jimmy Doolittle, Pancho Barnes, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Mary Pickford, Alexander de Seversky, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, and Bill Odom. Included are views of the 1949 crash site and debris. | | | | Call #: | PG 386 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Henderson, Clifford W. (Clifford William), 1895-1984 -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. Family | | | | Dates: | 1870-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Luntz Family came to prominence in Canton, Ohio, through the scrap metal industry. Samuel and Rebecca (Wolf) Luntz were Polish Jewish immigrants. Samuel founded the Canton Iron and Metal Company in 1898. Two of his sons, Darwin and Abe, founded their own scrap metal firm in 1916, The Luntz Iron and Steel Company, due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. Both Darwin and Abe were very involved in civic and community activities. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916 in Canton, Ohio. They had five children. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. The majority of the photographs included here pertain to Abe M. Luntz, his wife Fanny (Teplansky), their children, Robert, Richard, Joan, William, and Theodore, and their ancestors, both Luntz and Teplansky. The collection consists of 297 black and white/sepia photographs, 57 color photographs, and one color transparency. | | | | Call #: | PG 559 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. -- Photographs. | Luntz family. -- Photographs. | Teplansky family -- Photographs. | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. -- Photographs. | National Conference of Christians and Jews. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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