Overview of the Collection
Western Reserve Historical Society
Abrams, Beatrice Yarus
Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers, Series II
1.01 linear feet (1 box, including one oversize folder)
Beatrice Yarus Abrams and her husband, Harry Abrams, owned Caxton Printers Supply Company. She was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area Jewish community, served as a board member of Cleveland Club of Litho and Printing House Craftsmen, and president of Memorial School PTA. She died on February 8, 2005, in Cleveland at age 95. The collection consists of account books, an advertisement, agreements, articles, an appraisal, booklets, budget books, bulletins, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondence, a daily planner, a family tree, a floor plan, an invitation, a ledger book, loan receipts, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, programs, speeches, a textbook, tickets, and yearbooks.
MS 5491
The records are in English
1890-2001
Biography of Beatrice Yarus AbramsBeatrice Yarus Abrams was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 and lived in Cleveland for all of her ninety-five years. Her family, Yarus, immigrated to the United States from the Austro-Hungarian empire prior to the 1890s. She graduated from Glenville High School in 1927 and married Harry Abrams in 1932 in the first wedding held at the newly constructed B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue. She was active in Hadassah and The Temple-Tifereth Israel and served as president of Memorial School PTA. With her husband, Harry, she founded the Caxton Printers Supply Company in 1945 and for 55 years served as the treasurer and office manager. Their son, Ronald, became president of the company upon the death of his father, Harry, in 1973. She was an active board member of the Cleveland Club of Litho and Printing House Craftsmen. When the international convention of this organization was held in Cleveland, in 1972, she planned portions of the program. On February 8, 2005, Beatrice died in Cleveland at age 95.
Scope and ContentThe collection consists of account books, an advertisement, agreements, articles, an appraisal, booklets, budget books, bulletins, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondence, a daily planner, a family tree, a floor plan, an invitation, a ledger book, loan receipts, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, programs, speeches, a textbook, tickets, and yearbooks. The collection includes approximately one hundred photographs.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the Yarus and Abrams families; the history of the printing industry, especially in Northeast Ohio; and the history of family owned businesses and entrepreneurship. The collection will be of interest to those studying the role of women in business in the late twentieth century in Northeast Ohio. Those interested in the history of Jewish education in the mid-twentieth century will also find the collection helpful.
Statement of ArrangementThe collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers is arranged alphabetically by document type, then alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically. Series II: Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Photographs is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4941 Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers.
Processing InformationProcessed by Sean Martin and Jeffrey Zuckerman.
Restrictions on AccessNone.
Restrictions on UseNone.
Preferred Citation[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS___ Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers, Series II, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Acquisition InformationGift of Ronald and Sylvia Abrams in 2004, 2020.
Indexing TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:Printing supplies industry -- Ohio -- ClevelandJews -- Ohio -- ClevelandJewish women -- Ohio -- ClevelandJewish families -- Ohio -- ClevelandBusinesswomen -- Ohio -- ClevelandJewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- PhotographsPersons:Abrams, Beatrice Yarus, b. 1910Abrams, Harry, d. 1973Abrams, RonaldYarus, IrwinAbrams, Sylvia F. (Sylvia Fleck)Organizations/Corporations:Caxton Printers Supply CompanyCraftsmen HouseTemple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)Family Names:Abrams familyYarus familyDetailed Description of The CollectionBeatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papersca. 1890s-2001 and undated11Account book, untitled1935-194312Account book, untitled1943-194513Account book, Cash Receipts, otherwise unidentified1947-194914Advertisement, Morgan, with photograph of The Caxton Building (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)1976 and undated15Agreements, appraisal, and correspondence regarding the purchase of sale of 3940 Colony Road, South Euclid, Ohio (home of Harry and Beatrice Yarus Abrams)1949-1980 and undated16Booklet, The Cleveland Craftsman, Cleveland Club of Printing House Craftsmen197117Booklet, Evening Service for the Sabbath, Bloch Publishing Company192618Booklet, One Hundredth Year, The Temple-Tifereth Israel192619Budgets, household1933-1934110Bulletin, Cleveland Council of Parent-Teacher Associations1977111Bulletin, Litho Club of Cleveland1977112Certificate, Beatrice Yarus Abrams, The Cleveland Litho-Craftsmen Club and Club of Printing House Craftsmen, Beatrice Yarus Abrams1989 and 1994113Certificate, penmanship, Norman Abrams, Memorial Schoolundated114Certificate, Irwin Yarus, Religious School of B'nai Jeshurun1915115Certificate, Irwin Yarus, Bachelor of Arts, Western Reserve University (original material moved to Oversized Folder 1)1928116Certificate, Irwin Yarus, Bachelor of Laws, Western Reserve University (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)1931117Certificate, Irwin Yarus, upon being appointed attorney of the Supreme Court of the United States (original material removed to oversize folder 1)1953118Correspondence, The M. L. Abrams Co.1937119Correspondence, Caxton Printers Supply Company1947-1953120Correspondence, personal1940-2001 and undated121Daily planner1945122Family tree, descendants of Beryl YaruslovskyJanuary 10, 1987123Invitation to Beatrice Abrams, induction of Harry J. Abrams into the Cleveland Graphic Arts Council Hall of DistinctionJanuary 16, 1978124Loan receipts, original loan to start Caxton Printers Supply Company1946-1956125Magazine, Printing Production, with article by Ron Abrams, "Future of the Printing Plate Industry"October 1959126Newspaper clippings, Rita Abrams1970, 1977, 1984127Newspaper clippings, Caxton Building1977128Newspaper clippings, Printing Week1973129Obituaries, Harry J. Abrams1973 and undated130Obituaries, Fred Orloff, Florence Weiss1988131Program, The Chanukah Service, The Temple-Tifereth Israelundated132Program, Choral Club, Esther (title of program), Glenville High School1927133Program, Confirmation Service, Congregation Tifereth Israel, and other materials related to Jewish education of Ron Abrams, including certificates (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)1951 and undated134Program, Farewell Prom, Glenville High SchoolJune 1927135Program, Thirty-Ninth Annual Dinner Dance, The Printing Industry of Cleveland, Inc.January 16, 1960136Resolution, In Memorium to Harry J. Abrams, Council of the City of South Euclid, Ohio1973137Schedule, Women's Program, Craftsmen's Club, and related documents related to featured speaker Dorothy Fuldheim1972 and undated138Speech, Fifth District Craftsman of the Year Award, Harry Abrams, recipient1978139Textbook, Palestine Today, by Esther Saginor and Charles E. Simon, used by Ron Abramsundated140Tickets, address by President Eisenhower at Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OhioNovember 26, 1957141Yearbook, The Olympiad, Glenville High School1926142Yearbook, The Olympiad, Glenville High School1927Series II: Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Photographs1903-2000 and undated21Abrams, Bea, individual and group portraits (oversized material removed to Oversized Folder 1)1910, 1932, 1970s-2000s and undated22Abrams, Harry, individual and group portraits1970s and undated23Abrams, Joe, individual portrait196924Abrams, M. L., individual portrait (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)undated25Abrams, Pearl, individual portrait and group portrait, 25th wedding anniversary1905, 193326Abrams, Ron, individual and group portraits, including dancing class of Florence Shapiro, December 23, 1951 (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)1951, 1990s and undated27Abrams, Ron and Sylvia Fleck Abrams, family portrait with Sharon Abrams and Ruth Abrams and Abraham Fleck and Jo Fleckca. 1988 and undated28Abrams, Ruby, individual portrait (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)undated29Carr, Horace, typographer and founder of The Caxton Company, individual portraitundated210Caxton Printers Supply Company1940s-1970s and undated211Craftsmen's Club1950s, 1990s212House, 3940 Colony, South Euclid, Ohioundated213Jackman, Sally Irene and Robert Andrew Freeman, printing industry colleagues, wedding photographsMay 18, 1952214Kaplan, Betty Wasserman, cousin of Harry Abrams, in uniformundated215Stock, D. W. (Bill), business associate and family friend, individual and group portraits, including the reception of Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, at City Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 11, 1957, and judges from the South Euclid Homeday Beauty Contest1950s and undated216Unidentified, family and friendsundated217Yarus, George and Josephine Yarus family, group portraitca. 1903218Yarus, Irwin, individual and group portraits (original material removed to Oversized Folder 1)undated219Yarus, Josephineundated220Yarus, Leonard, Tumbling and Apparatus Team1915