http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DCleveland%20(Ohio)%20--%20Foreign%20population.;smode%3Dsimple;subject%3DCleveland%20(Ohio)%20--%20Foreign%20population;subject-join%3Dexact Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-subject=Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population.;smode=simple;subject=Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population;subject-join=exact Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4024.xml Theodore Andrica was a journalist, war correspondent, and founder of the Cleveland Folk Arts Association. He wrote histories and directories of Cleveland, Ohio, ethnic groups and their institutions. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings and publications. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4024.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3708.xml Amiel Bolek (b. 1890) son of Czech immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of two articles: "The Economic Wheel of Life" (1937 -- 66 pp.) and "The Ethnic Peoples Contribution to the Life of Cleveland" (1976 -- 16 pp.). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3708.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, correspondence, histories, speeches, financial records, proclamations, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material including membership lists, resolutions, press releases, certificates, programs, and invitations. The minutes and correspondence contain information on the role of t... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3700.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4008.xml The Cleveland Council for American Unity was founded in 1939 by members of the Cleveland Press staff to facilitate the Americanization of second generation immigrants while preserving cultural heritage and fostering understanding between ethnic groups and native Americans in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a constitution, Articles of Incorporation, minutes of meetings, membership rosters, financial records, and miscellaneous materials. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4008.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4468.xml The collection consists of an essay entitled "Journey from futility to hope : the immigrant's road to American assimilation" written by Joseph A. Eszterhas while he was a student at Ohio University in the 1960s who was an editorial intern at radio station WZAK in Cleveland, Ohio. The essay is a typewritten manuscript prepared for his Journalism 370 course at Ohio University and based on his WZAK internship. The paper examines the assimilation process of Cleveland's Hungarian American community of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an example of the Central European immigrant experience. Includes a discussion of the historical development of assimilation, a nationality calendar, and consulates in Cleveland in 1965. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4468.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3611.xml The Nationalities Services Center is a Cleveland, Ohio, social service agency for immigrants. It was formed in 1953 by the merger of the International Institute of the Cleveland Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA, est. 1916) and the Citizens Bureau of Cleveland (est. 1924). Services include employment services, immigration counseling, nationality clubs, language and citizenship classes, and translation services. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, bills, resolutions, dossiers, publications, notes, certificates, case files, and miscellaneous materials relating to the NSC and its predecessor agencies. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3611.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4231.xml Margurite Mihok (1920-1974) was a prominent leader in Slovak cultural affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Cleveland College of Western Reserve University and Fenn College, she worked in the fields of personnel, office management, public relations, and transportation for a variety of Cleveland area firms, particularly the Lewis Research Center for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. Her activities included the Stefanik Dramatics Club, Lutheran Society, Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol, Slovak Evangelical Union, Dr. Martin Luther Church, Cleveland Folk Arts Association, and Czech and Slovak Cotillion Ball, Inc. The collection consists of biographical materials, clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia. Also included are her following writings: Cleveland Slovak landmarks and accomplishments, Cleveland Slovak personages and personalities--their influences and accomplishments, and The climate of the Cleveland Slovak community. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4231.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4259.xml The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates. The collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and printed materials. The collection is primarily concerned with the Junior Board and includes material relating to its fund raising activities, the 75th anniversary celebration, and other activities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4259.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4325.xml George P. Bauer (1899-1988) was a social worker at Hiram House, Cleveland's first settlement house established in 1896. Cleveland, Ohio, was one of the centers of the settlement-house movement in America, one of the major and most enduring reform movements of the late 19th century. They were a response to the overcrowding, impoverishment, corruption, and disease caused by the rapid industrialization and growth of many cities during the latter half of the century. They are closely identified with the various reforms of the Progressive Era in America. Unique to the movement was the attempt to produce change by working from within those areas of the city and the segments of its population affected by urban problems. By World War I, a variety of settlements in addition to Hiram House existed, each serving a distinct neighborhood. Hiram House initially served the Jewish (later Italian and then Black) community along lower Woodland Avenue in Cleveland. The settlements generally enjoyed autonomy prior to World War I... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4325.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4483.xml Frank J. Vlcek was a Czech immigrant who came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1888. He founded the Vlchek Tool Company, one of the largest drop forged tool manufacturing companies, with 69 branches in various cities, and the Vlchek Plastics Company which produces molded plastic articles. The collection consists of the published reminiscences of Vlcek's life, written in Czech, and the English translation by Fern Long; also, commemorative scrapbooks of Vlcek's accomplishments and the 50th anniversary of the Vlchek Tool Company, and clippings. The collection pertains to Vlcek's life in Europe, as an immigrant in Cleveland, and his rise as an industrialist through the growth of his tool company. His autobiography is a rich source of immigrant history. It chronicles his childhood, with details of everyday life in his village, tells of his courtship and marriage, travels through Europe seeking work as a smithy, his decision to immigrate and the trip to America. He also details his impressions of Cleveland and experiences a... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4483.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT