| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | United Torch Services Records
| | | | Creator: | United Torch Services | | | | Dates: | 1913-1974 | | | | Abstract: | United Torch Services was organized in 1957, as the United Appeal, to coordinate fund-raising for Cleveland, Ohio, social service agencies and charities. It was the successor to the Cleveland Community Fund (est. 1919). In 1971 it changed its name to United Torch Services. It became United Way Services in 1978. The collection consists of legal documents, minutes, annual reports, financial records, personnel rosters and service records, correspondence, studies, surveys, clippings, brochures, pamphlets, yearbooks, scrapbooks, posters, and radio scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 3646 | | | | Extent: | 37.01 linear feet (23 containers, 34 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | United Torch Services. | Charity organization. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service). | Social service exchanges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United Way Services (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John A. Greene Papers
| | | | Creator: | Greene, John A. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1961 | | | | Abstract: | John A. Greene (b. 1893) was a Cleveland, Ohio, business executive who was heavily involved in social service and philanthropic activities. He was a Trustee of the Cleveland Community Fund and President of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and of the United Community Funds and Councils of America. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, letter copies, correspondence, minutes of meetings, proposals, speeches, pamphlets, and brochures pertaining to a variety of organizations. Also included are some personal and family correspondence, insurance policies, and related material. | | | | Call #: | MS 3787 | | | | Extent: | 8.60 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Greene, John A., 1893- | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charity organization. | Social service exchanges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Family Service Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Family Service Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1867-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Family Service Association of Cleveland was founded in 1867 as the Cleveland Bethel Union in Cleveland, Ohio. It extended its services to all the city's poor, transients and unemployed in 1873 and renamed itself the Bethel Relief Association. It merged in 1884 with the Charity Organization Society (founded 1881) and was renamed Bethel Associated Charities, with the added function of investigation and registration of all cases. In 1900 it changed its name to Cleveland Associated Charities and began an era of modern social casework. In 1945 it adopted a new name, Family Service Association, and changed its focus from relief to professional casework services. It merged in 1976 with the Travelers Aid Society and various day care centers to form the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, case books, reports, letters to staff, statistical reports, annual reports, newsletters, pamphlets, agency operational manuals, payroll records, membership lists, speech notes, and scrapbooks relating to the association's history and operation and to James F. Jackson's leadership. | | | | Call #: | MS 3920 | | | | Extent: | 18.20 linear feet (18 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Family Service Association of Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Food relief -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Relief stations for the poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service exchanges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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