Morris Morgenstern (1898-1966) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was active in veterans' organizations. Born in New York City, Morgenstern attended Baldwin Wallace College and earned his law degree at Cleveland Law School in 1920. He served in the United States Army during World War I.
As a veteran he helped organize and was president of the Cuyahoga Council of the Jewish War Veterans in Cleveland, Ohio. He was also active in its national affiliates. He was president of the Joint Veterans Commission and involved in the Disabled American Veterans. As an attorney he represented other veterans frequently enough to be known as "Mr. Veterans' Lawyer." Many of his cases involved domestic issue such as marriage and divorce, and they were covered, often sensationally, in the local press.
The Morris Morgenstern Papers (1909-1963), consist of certificates, newspaper clippings, programs and a scrapbook.
The collection is of value to researchers studying veterans' organizations and attorneys in general, and the life of Morris Morgenstern, Jewish veterans, and a colorful legal career in Cleveland, Ohio, in particular. The scrapbook provides an account of Morgenstern's veterans and legal activities.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically.
Photographs have been removed to PG 494 Morris Morgenstern Photographs.
Processed by Jane A. Avner in 1998
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4779 Morris Morgenstern Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Morgenstern, 1994
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