| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 22 | Title: | Bennett Yanowitz Papers and Photographs
| | | Creator: | Yanowitz, Bennett | | | Dates: | 1979-1999 | | | Abstract: | Bennett Yanowitz (1923-2011), a native of the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was an influential lawyer and leader in the national Jewish community, co-founding a law firm and leading several national Jewish organizations. Yanowitz was very involved in the cause of supporting Soviet and Ethiopian Jewry (also known as Falashas and Beta Israel). His papers document his work on behalf of the Jews of Ethiopia and the Soviet Union. The collection consists of background papers, correspondence, currency exchange receipts, flyers, guidelines, itineraries, lists, maps, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, proclamations, reports, resolutions, speeches, theses, tickets, and transcripts | | | Call #: | MS 5370 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet. | Jews, Ethiopian. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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Book | Requires cookie* | 23 | Title: | Jewish genealogy beginner's guide
| | | Creator: | Goldstein, Irene Saunders. | | | | Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington | | | Publication: | The Society, Vienna, VA (P.O.B. 412, Vienna 22183-0412),1991. | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. | | | Call #: | CS21 J591 | | | Extent: | 1 v. (various pagings) : facsims., forms ; 28 cm. | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Jews -- United States -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Jews -- United States -- Genealogy -- Library resources -- Directories
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 26 | Title: | Bea Stadtler Papers
| | | Creator: | Bea Stadtler | | | Dates: | 1954-1995 | | | Abstract: | Bea Horwitz Stadtler (1921-2000) was a prominent author who lived and worked in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area for her entire life. Graduating from Glenville High School, she attended Case Western Reserve University and the College of Jewish Studies, obtaining the first Bachelor of Judaica Studies degree awarded by the College of Jewish Studies in 1971. Stadtler served as an educator at B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Beth Sholom, the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, and the Temple-Tifereth Israel. Stadtler served as registrar at the College of Jewish Studies from 1960-1983 and as assistant editor of the Israel Philatelist. She was active in the Cleveland Holocaust Center. The author of six books and articles, stories and poems that appeared in more that twenty different publications, she also co-wrote a rock opera and created an award-winning filmstrip. Her book The Holocaust: A History of Courage and Resistance received the National Book Council prize for the outstanding juvenile book of 1974-1975. She worked with Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver as he prepared the manuscript for his book Where Judaism Differed. She married Oscar Stadtler in 1943 and was the mother of three children and nine grandchildren. The collection consists of publications, scripts, correspondence, unpublished children's stories, curriculum guides, a libretto, and working drafts for published books. | | | Call #: | MS 4905 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Stadtler, Bea, 1921-2000. -- Archives | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives | Jews -- History | Jews -- United States -- Historiography | American literature -- Jewish authors | American literature -- Women authors | Children's literature, American -- Jewish authors | Children's literature, American -- Women authors | Jewish women authors | Stamp collecting -- Israel | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 27 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1916-2004 | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, membership lists, minutes, and programs. | | | Call #: | MS 5088 | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 28 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Photographs, Series III
| | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1930-1995 | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland, Ohio, and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of approximately 850 images of the activities of the Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio, particularly Branch 671E and the I.L. Peretz School. | | | Call #: | PG 560 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Photographs. | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 29 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1899-1992 | | | 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, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. | | | Call #: | MS 4696 | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (11 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 31 | Title: | Judah Rubinstein Papers
| | | Creator: | Judah Rubinstein | | | Dates: | 1825-2003 | | | Abstract: | Judah Rubinstein was an archivist, historian, author, and research associate for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, 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 correspondence, research notes, lectures and slide presentation scripts, newspaper clippings, reports and oral history transcripts. Nineteenth century materials are photocopies. | | | Call #: | MS 4907 | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Rubinstein, Judah | Rubinstein, Sonia, 1900-1982 -- Correspondence | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). Archives and History Committee | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- History | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 32 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1948-1998 | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, 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 scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 4927 | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 33 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II
| | | Creator: | Herman, Shoshana | | | Dates: | 1953-1958 | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II includes materials related to the support of a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. The research for that volume was conducted between 1954 and 1956 and was supported by the American Jewish History Center (AJHC) of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The planned volume materialized in 1978 with the publication of Lloyd P. Gartner's History of the Jews of Cleveland (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society and Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, 1978, 1987). MS. 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources consists of over 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economic Life; Education; Political Affairs; Population; Sermons and Lectures; Social Life; Synagogues; Synagogue Related; Umbrella Organizations, and Zionism. Sources for this information, which cover the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, were researched by one team at the AJHC in New York City and another in Cleveland. AJHC researchers culled Cleveland related information from the national Anglo Jewish press; Cleveland researchers Jack Herman (Rabbi, Community Temple) and Judah Rubinstein (subsequently, Research Director, Cleveland Jewish Federation), extracted information from local sources, including the general press, the Anglo Jewish press and Jewish communal records. While MS 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources functions as a partial index to the local Jewish press, MS 5111, Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection, Series II includes background materials for the planned publication project such as correspondence and interviews. In addition, the unpublished papers on aspects of Cleveland Jewish history offer the researcher different perspectives and ideas for other sources. | | | Call #: | MS 5111 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Fischer, Mabel. | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. | Weidenthal, Leo. | Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Journalism -- Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 34 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, 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 includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | 35 | Title: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Photographs, Series II
| | | Creator: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism | | | Dates: | 1975-1980 | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism (CCSA) was a volunteer organization whose goals were to assist Soviet Jews to emigrate, to inform the American public about Jewish activities in the Soviet Union, and to monitor anti-Semitism in the USSR. The CCSA, the first organization of its kind in the world, was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1963 through the efforts of NASA scientists Louis Rosenblum and Abe Silverstein, Veterans Administration Hospital psychologist Herbert Caron, and Rabbi Daniel Litt. The four men, members of Beth Israel The West Temple, were supported by the congregation which provided volunteer workers and office space for the CCSA. The CCSA sought to educate the public regarding the plight of Soviet Jews at a time when the problem was not generally recognized. The Council organized letter writing campaigns to government officials, sponsored rallies and protests, corresponded with Soviet Jews, and lobbied Congress and the President in an effort to link economic aid to the Soviet Union to the issue of human rights. Between 1964 and 1969 the CCSA produced a handbook for community activity, created a motion picture and slide show depicting the problem of Soviet Jewry, and published Spotlight, the nation's first newsletter on Soviet Jews. By 1965, the CCSA counted 600 members. Its success was recognized nationally and it became a model for other local groups. By 1969, five other councils had been established and in February 1970 the six organizations joined to create the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) to share information and to strengthen the movement nationally. In 1966, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland became the first Federation in the U.S. to allocate funds for this issue by providing funds for the CCSA's educational activities. The collection consists of approximately 150 black and white and color photographs depicting CCSA members, Soviet Jews, CCSA events, and views of the Soviet Union. | | | Call #: | PG 577 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism -- Photograph collections | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration -- Photographs | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- Photographs | Refuseniks -- Photographs | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union -- Photographs | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration -- Photographs
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 36 | Title: | Jewish Heritage Exhibit Photographs, Series II
| | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1857-1977 | | | Abstract: | The exhibit, "Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland, 1839-1978," commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, and was mounted at the Cleveland Arcade and the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1978. It was organized by Judah Rubinstein. The collection consists of 213 exhibit photographs copied from originals held by private individuals, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and other repositories. Most photographs are mounted, some are loose, and many are identified. Many of the photographs are reproduced in the book Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland, by Sidney Vincent and Judah Rubinstein. Other photographs from this exhibit were processed as PG 186 Jewish Heritage Exhibit Photographs. | | | Call #: | MS 5465 | | | Extent: | 0.8 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 37 | Title: | Hungarian Aid Society Records
| | | Creator: | Hungarian Aid Society | | | Dates: | 1926-1962 | | | Abstract: | The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. | | | Call #: | MS 4792 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Black, Morris, d. 1864. | Black, David, 1819-1880. | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 38 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series IV
| | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | Dates: | 1899-2006 | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The collection consists of primarily of application data, Board minutes, financial data, and loan and repayment records. | | | Call #: | MS 4971 | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 39 | Title: | Lloyd P. Gartner Papers
| | | Creator: | Gartner, Lloyd P. | | | Dates: | 1939-1971 | | | Abstract: | Lloyd P. Gartner was a history professor who specialized in Jewish history. He taught at Tel-Aviv University, the City University of New York, Hebrew University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Yale University. Gartner wrote History of the Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, among other works on Jewish history in America and Europe. The collection consists of book manuscripts, correspondence, essays, lectures, magazines, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, and reports. | | | Call #: | MS 5013 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Gartner, Lloyd P., 1927- | Jewish college teachers -- United States. | Jews -- United States -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. | Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 40 | Title: | Chaim Landy Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Landy, Chaim Family | | | Dates: | 1888-2009 | | | Abstract: | The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of an account book, constitution, correspondence, genealogical charts, newsletters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and official documents. | | | Call #: | MS 5102 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Lithuanian.
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