The City Mission of Cleveland is a nonprofit organization founded in 1910 that provides assistance and opportunities to disadvantaged people in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded by Mel Trotter (a missionary who had been helped by Pacific Mission in Chicago), The City Mission was originally housed in a former saloon at 1135 Superior Avenue. After a few location changes, the Mission moved to its current location at 5310 Carnegie Avenue in December of 1991.
The goal of The City Mission is to help those in need to recover from their individual crises and improve their lives through the Christian church. The City Mission provides physical assistance (such as hot meals and shelter) and opportunities to break the bonds of poverty and dependency by helping clients meet their spiritual, emotional and intellectual needs. Assistance from the Mission is individualized, and the organization partners with other community programs to ensure that participants have as many opportunities as possible.
The City Mission of Cleveland Records, 1906-2006 and undated, consist of newspaper clippings, correspondences, financial reports, flyers, interview texts, legal documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, notes, programs, reports, and scrapbooks.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and issues related to homelessness and poverty. Researchers interested in nonprofit organizations and the programs of The City Mission in Cleveland will find this collection useful. Those interested in Christian organizations operating charitable organizations in the twentieth century will also find this collection to be of great value. Topics such as the acquisition of new City Mission location in Grand Valley Ranch, fundraising, Laura's Home, various Mission events, and the financial state of The City Mission are documented in this collection. The youth ministry work of Harry Banfield is also documented in this collection.
The collection is arranged in seven series.
All photographs have been removed to PG 546 The City Mission of Cleveland Photographs
Processed by Jenna Ogden and Alicia Pavelecky in 2008.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5009 The City Mission of Cleveland Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of the City Mission of Cleveland in 1996 and 2007.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.