http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DCzech%20Americans%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland.;freeformQuery%3Darts%20OR%20culture Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-subject=Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.;freeformQuery=arts OR culture Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3785.xml The Bohemian-American Club was established in 1912 as a social club for people in Cleveland, Ohio, of Bohemian ancestry. The Club's purpose was the promotion of Bohemian culture in America by encouraging the use of the Bohemian language and art forms such as literature, song, and dance. The Club was an active supporter of the American Red Cross during World War I. It was dissolved in the 1930s due to declining membership. The collection consists of constitutions (1927-1928), general minutes (1912-1928), Executive Committee minutes (1929), correspondence (1927-1932 and undated), membership information (1926-1932), financial material (1930-1933), and miscellaneous documents including song lyrics and club stationery. A prominent topic of the records is World War I. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3785.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3950.xml Harry Franklin Payer (1875-1952) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, trial lawyer who entered Democratic Party politics. He attained the positions of assistant city solicitor under Newton D. Baker, president of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, and Assistant Secretary of State of the United States under President Franklin Roosevelt. He was also active in Cleveland's Czech community and in the Alumni Association of Western Reserve University. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, programs, drawings, speeches, articles, lists and school records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3950.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3579.xml Maria Tuma (born 1895) was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia who was active in many Cleveland, Ohio, Czech organizations, including the Czech-American National Alliance. She also lobbied for old age pensions and unemployment insurance. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, receipts, programs, pamphlets, broadsides, newspaper clippings and other materials relating to Mrs. Tuma's activities in various Czech organizations and in support of old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Also included is a composition book of her son, Charles Tuma. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3579.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3634.xml Frank Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of the Cleveland, Ohio, Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (Delnicke Telecvicne Jednoty, or DTJ). The collection consists of the records of the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ) and of other Czech organizations, and personal papers of Frank Bardoun. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3634.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT