http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f1-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;freeformQuery%3Darts%20OR%20culture Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f1-format=Photograph Collection;freeformQuery=arts OR culture Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG193.xml The Graphic Arts International Union, Local No. 24-P, was founded in 1900 as part of the International Typographical Union but transferred to the jurisdiction of the International Photoengravers Union of North America in 1903. The union merged with the Amalgamated Lithographers of America in 1964 to form the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Also in 1964, Akron Local No. 51 was merged into Cleveland Local No. 24-P. The union merged with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders in 1972 to form the Graphic Arts International Union. In 1966 the Cleveland local absorbed Youngstown Local No. 63 and in 1976 it took in the Photo-Industrial Local No 24-A. The collection consists of views of union activities, including a strike, graphic arts processes, and group and individual portraits of union members. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG193.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG474.xml The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition was presented in 1984 by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. It featured folk artists Peggy Davenport, Reverend Albert Wagner, Ruby Hall, Helen Dobbins, Jim Moss, Mickey Towns, Benjamin Collins, Perkine Lard, Marcella Welch, Nick Biggins, and J.D. Harmon. The collection consists of images depicting the exhibit in the Mather Gallery, its visitors, participants, and organizers. Included in the collection are photographs of Dr. Zelma George, Ishmael Reed, and other visitors of the exhibition. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG474.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG557.xml "The Dinner Party" Site Project (DPSP) first formed as the Ohio-Chicago Arts Project, Inc., (O-CAP) as an endeavor to display Judy Chicago's (b. 1939) controversial magnum opus, The Dinner Party, 1979, in northeast Ohio. The collection consists of 2 black and white photographs, 181 color photographs, 8 negatives, and 131 slides. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG557.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG403.xml The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund in 1952. It supports education and projects of community organizations located in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. The institution's central goal is the advancement of human welfare. The collection consists of 207 black and white and 134 color images, including prints and slides, that were removed from an earlier collection of records from the foundation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG403.xml Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG552.xml Laszlo Krausz (1903-1979) and Susan Krausz (1914-2008) were a Jewish couple from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who were accomplished musicians. Laszlo Krausz was born in Pecs, Hungary in 1903. From an early age he studied violin, travelling to Budapest, Vienna, and Paris to continue his education, until settling in Switzerland in 1929 to study viola. Susan Strauss Krausz was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1914. She completed piano studies at the Musikhochschule of Stuttgart and then moved to Switzerland in 1933. Following their 1935 marriage, Laszlo and Susan performed a series of viola-piano sonatas for Radio Geneva before immigrating to the United States in 1947. The Krausz family initially settled in New York where Laszlo accepted a position at the New York College of Music and played with the Carnegie Hall Pops Orchestra. Laszlo was then offered a position with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the fall of 1947. While a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, Laszlo also fou... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG552.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG443.xml Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Euge... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG443.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG251.xml William Mathewson Milliken (1889-1978) was the director of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1930-1958. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of William M. Milliken, and the Milliken, Mathewson and related families of Cleveland, Ohio; Stamford, Connecticut; and Scotland and Northern Ireland. Also included are views of art objects from Milliken's personal collection and of the opening of an addition to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1958. Photographs that were to be used in the unpublished "Greece : Many-Blossomed Spring" are also included. An album containing views of William M. Milliken's activities at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey is part of the collection. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG251.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG612.xml The Cleveland Picture File I is a collection of black and white and color photographs that depict scenes in Cleveland, Ohio, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The photographs include views of amusement parks, banquets, bridges, buildings, businesses, celebrations, cemeteries, churches and synagogues, clubs, colleges and universities, conventions, convents and seminaries, court proceedings, disasters, fairs and exhibitions, fire departments, the Flats, hospitals, hotels and inns, housing developments, immigrants and naturalization, industry, labor unions, lakefront and the harbor, libraries, life cycle events, lighthouses, markethouses and malls, the military and military units, monuments, museums, music and musicians, parades, parks, the police department, political campaigns and elections, Public Square, radio and television, recreation, residences, riots/demonstrations/strikes, rivers/streams/brooks, schools (both public and private), social service agencies/charities, sports, streets, taverns, th... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG612.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG554.xml Ezekiel and Ida Warshawsky, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland who originally lived in Sharon, Pennsylvania, before settling in Cleveland, Ohio, had nine children. Two, Abel (1883 1962) and Alexander (1887 1945), were especially accomplished artists. Samuel (1888-1977) was a playwright and fiction writer. David (1893-1989) was an insurance agent and writer. David's wife, Florence Haber Warshawsky (1903-1998), was a child psychologist and active Jewish community leader. Abel Warshawsky was the first head leader of boys at Camp Wise in 1908. His brother David attended the camp under Abel's supervision and became a lifelong advocate for Camp Wise and the activities of the Council Education Alliance and its successor, the Jewish Community Center. The collection consists of 165 black and white photographs of varying sizes, 2 color photographs, and one photograph album. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG554.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG222.xml Paul Bough Travis (1891-1975) was an artist and art educator in Cleveland, Ohio, who taught at the Cleveland School of Art (later the Cleveland Institute of Art). His wife, Marjorie Penfield Travis, collected materials on her family history. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Paul Travis, his family and friends, and his activities with the U.S. Army during World War I. Also included is a photograph of an art class, ca. 1920, probably at the Cleveland School of Art. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG222.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG451.xml The collection consists of lithographs depicting World War II American and British warplanes drawn by aviation artist Ed Grohs, and published by the W. P. Fuller and Company of San Francisco, California. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG451.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG484.xml Russell W. (1891-1980) and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe (1892-1992) were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involv... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG484.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG555.xml Odette Valabregue Wurzburger (1909-2006) was a French resistance fighter during World War II, a lawyer and teacher, and an active community leader, especially in the arts. Her husband, Paul Wurzburger (1904-1974), was an entrepreneur, inventor, patron of the arts, and honorary consul of France. Paul's father, Hugo Wurzburger (1887-1952), was a successful industrialist and inventor. Paul's first wife, Margarethe (later Marguerite) Wolf (1900-1976), was born in Germany and died in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of approximately 150 black and white photographs and 50 color photographs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG555.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG248.xml The collection consists of views taken by an unidentified amateur photographer at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. All of the major buildings are represented, including the Art Building and the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. Also depicted are some of the state and foreign nation buildings, including Ohio, Illinois, and Brazil, and some of the midway attractions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG248.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG4919.xml Mount Sinai Hospital had its origins in the Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick, created in 1892 by nine young women in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1900, they changed their name to the Jewish Women's Hospital Association. A 29-bed facility, named Mount Sinai Hospital, opened in 1903 at 2373 E. 37th St. In 1916, a new, larger facility was opened at E. 105th St. and Ansel Rd. Innovations included outpatient clinics for pediatrics and mental hygiene, established in 1915. A nursing school was included. Mount Sinai affiliated with Western Reserve University for the training and education of its nurses in 1930, and its doctors in 1947. Medical research was given a high priority. The Women's and Junior Women's auxiliaries provided important assistance to the medical staff and patients, including a nursery school for children of nurses and volunteers. Mount Sinai served as a major medical resource for Cleveland's east side throughout its history. Expansion included a twelve-story bui... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG4919.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG527.xml John P. Kilroy resides in Avon, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. He is active in the Irish American community, and was one of the founding members of the Padraig Pearse Center located at the Irish American Club, East Side Inc. In addition, he wrote several articles for the Irish American publication The Ohio Irish Bulletin. The collection consists of 71 black and white and 13 color photographs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG527.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG488.xml Park Synagogue, one of the largest Conservative Jewish synagogues in the world, was founded in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Anshe Emeth Congregation by twelve Jewish immigrant families from Poland. In 1904, the congregation engaged its first English speaking rabbi, Samuel Margolies. Anshe Emeth merged with Congregation Beth Tefilo ca. 1916, and a large synagogue was built for the combined congregation on East 105th Street in 1922. That same year, Rabbi Solomon Goldman, a well known scholar, teacher, and activist, was hired. He led the congregation into the ranks of Conservative Judaism. In 1934, the congregation engaged one of its own confirmands, Armond E. Cohen, as rabbi. The synagogue, popularly called the Cleveland Jewish Center, became a focus of Jewish life in the Glenville area, serving the social, intellectual, and recreational needs, as well as the religious, of its members; one of the first synagogues in the United States combining all of these facilities in one structure. Following the eastward move... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG488.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG457.xml Charles H. Hubbell (1898-1971) was a well-known aviation artist and native of Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was a draftsman in the design of naval aircraft. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1922, and became a commercial artist. Hubbell received his private pilots license in 1927 by exchanging aviation art with flight instructors for flying lessons. He was commissioned by Thompson Products of Cleveland to paint the winning aircraft of each year's Thompson Trophy Race. In 1937, the first Thompson Products aviation art calendar by Charles Hubbell was produced. He painted for the yearly calendar until 1969. In 1949, the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) invited Hubbell on an around the world tour. The result was the 1951 calendar featuring the aircraft and operations of MATS. Hubbell was also a consultant to the Thompson Auto-Album and Aviation Museum, and later the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection con... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG457.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG604.xml The Junior League of Cleveland is a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to community needs. The collection consists of approximately 2,700 color and black and white photographs depicting Junior League members and events. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG604.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG455.xml The collection consists of unlimited class and Thompson Trophy racing aircraft from 1920-1958. The photographs in this collection were selected to accompany an unpublished manuscript by Charles G. Mandrake on the history of the Thompson Trophy Race entitled, "The Thompson Trophy Story." A copy of this unpublished manuscript is available in MS 3942 TRW, Inc. Records held at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Included in this picture group collection are images of the famous Gee-Bee and Wedell-Williams aircraft of the 1930s, as well as the World War II fighter and jet aircraft that raced in the 1940s and 1950s. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG455.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG260.xml Maison Francaise de Cleveland was founded in 1918 by Emile B. De Sauze in Cleveland, Ohio. This organization sought to promote cultural relations between Cleveland and France by encouraging the study of French culture, language, art and literature, by publishing information regarding these studies, and by assisting professors, teachers and students in their activities. The collection consists of individual and group portraits and views of members, guests and activities of the Maison Francaise de Cleveland (Ohio). Included in the collection is a portrait of its founder, Emile B. Sauze, and views of the presentation of Bartholdi's clay working model of the Statue of Liberty to the city of Canton, Ohio, in 1970. Also included are copies of newspaper clippings related to the photographs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG260.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG532.xml The Burke School of Irish Dance was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of students from the Burke School of Irish Dance at a variety of Irish dance competitions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG532.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG337.xml The collection consists of views of downtown Cleveland, Ohio; the lakefront and the Flats; and the University Circle neighborhood. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG337.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG611.xml Park Synagogue, one of the largest Conservative Jewish synagogues in the world, was founded in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Anshe Emeth Congregation by twelve Jewish immigrant families from Poland. In 1904, the congregation engaged its first English speaking rabbi, Samuel Margolies. Anshe Emeth merged with Congregation Beth Tefilo ca. 1916, and a large synagogue was built for the combined congregation on East 105th Street in 1922. That same year, Rabbi Solomon Goldman, a well known scholar, teacher, and activist, was hired. He led the congregation into the ranks of Conservative Judaism. In 1934, the congregation engaged one of its own confirmands, Armond E. Cohen, as rabbi. The synagogue, popularly called the Cleveland Jewish Center, became a focus of Jewish life in the Glenville area, serving the social, intellectual, and recreational needs, as well as the religious, of its members; one of the first synagogues in the United States combining all of these facilities in one structure. Following the eastward move... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG611.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG158.xml Ihna Thayer Frary (1873-1965) was the membership and publicity secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1921-1946) and author of books concerning historic homes and properties. The collection consists of one photograph album and loose photographs of mostly architectural views, including several of Shandy Hall, Geneva, Ohio. The photograph album includes views of Frary's travels to the West, and many postcards. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG158.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG373.xml The collection consists of matted photographs that document the 1978 Western Reserve Historical Society exhibit "Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland, 1839-1978." The exhibit, a joint project of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society, commemorated Jewish life in Cleveland from 1839-1978, and the 75th anniversary of the Federation. Photographs depict display panels and cases and wall displays from the exhibit. The photographer was Robert Falk. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG373.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG311.xml Cyrus Stephen Eaton (1883-1979) was a prominent Canadian-American capitalist and financier. He was an outspoken critic of other businessmen, supporter of labor, promoter of better U.S.-Soviet relations, and organizer of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The collection consists of approximately 5,000 black and white and color photographs, 785 black and white and color negatives, and one poster. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG311.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG393.xml Frank Cesen (1890-1983) was active in the Slovenian-American community of Cleveland, Ohio. He was a founder of the Ivan Cankar Dramatic Society, president of the Slovenian American National Council, wrote articles on Slovenian history and culture for newspapers and magazines, including the column "Stric Matic" in Prosveta, and was active in various Slovenian-American performing arts associations. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the Slovenian-American community in Cleveland, Ohio. Also includes views of the Slovenian Auditorium, the Slovene Home for the Aged, Richmond Heights General Hospital, Slovene National Home, the home of Frank Cesen (all located in Cleveland, Ohio); and the Austrian Army. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG393.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG502.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (established 1899), Camp Wise (established 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (established 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (established 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of individual portraits, including Myron Guren, the first president of the Jewish Community Center (JCC), and Herman Eigen, its executive director. Group portraits include a Council Educational Alliance women's group. Photographic views reflect JCC's activities in several areas, including the resettlement of Jews from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s; the Jewish Youth Council, a politically active high school group; and the cultural arts programs of the JCC, including folk dancing, dances, exhibits, holidays... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG502.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG109.xml Walker and Weeks was the foremost architectural firm in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1920s. The firm specialized in bank buildings, religious structures in classical revival styles, and major commercial and public buildings. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of the buildings, arches, memorials, and proposed plans designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm of Walker and Weeks. Buildings and structures depicted include Cuyahoga County Hospital; Allen Memorial Library; the American Legion statue; the Burton Memorial; Broadway Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Board of Education; Case Observatory; Citizens Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Discount Co.; Cleveland Heights High School; Cleveland Post Office; several branches of the Cleveland Public Library; the Cleveland Mall plan; Collinwood Neighborhood Center; Columbus Memorial Lighthouse competition; Commerce National Bank of Toledo, Ohio; proposed plans of Fairmount Presbyterian Church; First Church of Christ Scientist; Foster Mausoleum; ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG109.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG475.xml Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963) was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Bertha Blue, her daughter Jane Darr, Welcome T. Blue, Sr., and other family members and friends. Included in the collection are photographs of Jane Edna Hunter, Virginia Bray, and G. Howard Fields. Events depicted are the weddings of Mabelle Blue and Jane Lee Darr, the tennis group with whom Bertha Blue played, and Bertha Blue's first grade class. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG475.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG447.xml Martin I. Kagey Jr. served as a flight crew member on a Boeing B-17F "Flying Fortress" with the 359th Bomb Group, 303rd (H) Bomb Wing, Eighth Air Force, based at Molesworth, England, during the spring of 1943. He was later assigned to a B-24 squadron with the Eleventh Air Force based at Elmendorf Air Base near Anchorage, Alaska. The collection consists of group portraits and views of Martin I. Kagey Jr.'s service in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. The collection contains many images of targets, both in France and Germany, crews, in-flight photographs, unit nose art, United Service Organization (U.S.O.) shows, including images of Bob Hope, Frances Langford, and Clark Gable, and unit crews. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG447.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG073.xml Katherine P. Williamson (1910-1964) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker who had a particular interest in improved housing for minority groups. She was a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Dept., Family Life Coordinator for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's Central Area Community Council, and Child Welfare Consultant, and later, Northeast Area Superior, for the Ohio Dept. of Public Welfare. The collection consists of photographs relating mainly to Katherine P. Williamson's work at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes photographs of various groups of African Americans at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, including senior citizens and arts and crafts groups. Also includes photographs relating to a Family Life and Health Month parade and fair held in Cleveland in 1957, sponsored by the Friendly Inn. Those pictured in the parade and fair photographs are: Anthony Celebrezze, Perry B. Jackson, William O. Walker, Russell Davis, Ethel Storey, Charles W. White, and George Theobald... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG073.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG186.xml The exhibit, "Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland, 1839-1978," commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, and was mounted at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1978. It was organized by Judah Rubinstein. The collection consists of mounted exhibit photographs copied from originals held by private individuals, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and other repositories. Many of the photographs are reproduced in the book Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland, by Sidney Vincent and Judah Rubinstein. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG186.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG369.xml George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first African American to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of individual portraits of George Hanserd and his wife Lolette Hanserd and group portraits including them and others such as Jesse Owens, at athle... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG369.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG154.xml Bellefaire was organized in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Jewish Orphan Asylum. By 1942 it changed its name to Bellefaire and began specializing in the treatment of emotionally disturbed children. The collection consists of individual portraits, including staff and superintendents; and group portraits, including general outdoor recreation; swimming activities; baseball, football, and basketball; fairs and circuses; reunions; plays, music, and art activities; interior and exterior views of the Jewish Orphan Asylum and Bellefaire buildings; and Cherry Farm and Camp Wise. Tintypes, carte de visite, and cabinet card photographs are included. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG154.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG394.xml The collection consists of copy photographs for illustrations used in the book The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930, edited by Thomas F. Campbell and Edward M. Miggins and published by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1988. Portraits include Garrett Morgan, Charles Brush, Alexander Winton, Tom L. Johnson, Joseph Edwards, Nellie Santo Lanese, and Frederick Kohler. Subjects and views include Tremont, residence of D.S. Brainard, various views of Cleveland, Grasselli Chemical Company, Cleveland Rolling Mills, G.A. Tinnerman Hardware, the Flats, incorporation papers for Standard Oil Company, Case School of Applied Science, ads for Theodor Kundtz, the Italian Cultural Garden, Call and Post newspaper boys, various buildings including St. Vincent Orphanage, Bethel Union, Cleveland Museum of Art, First Methodist Church of Akron, Woman Suffrage headquarters, a suffrage parade, Hiram House Social Settlement, St. Theodosius Cathedral, garment workers, and other photographs depicting a wide range of subjects ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG394.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG378.xml The Moses Warren family were early settlers of Warrensville, Ohio. Warren (1760-1851), a descendant of John Warren of Watertown, Mass., was a surveyor with the Moses Cleaveland expedition to the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796 and an early settler in Warrensville Township, Ohio. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1837 and served as a trustee, treasurer, and overseer of the poor for the township. He died in Warrensville in 1851, survived by 3 of his children, including Daniel Warren (1786-1862), Anna Wilcox Prentiss, and Moses Warren, Jr. Daniel Warren's wife, Margaret (Prentiss), purportedly gave the township her husband's name. The collection consists of views of Warren family headstones, a postcard of the Rebecca Nurse home, and photographs of baptism, marriage, and death records pertaining to the Warren family, and portraits of Art and Joanna Lersch. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG378.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG549.xml Suburban Temple was established in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1948 by former members of other Reform Jewish congregations who had participated in a series of discussion groups on religious education, Suburban Temple emphasized Reform Jewish values and quality religious education. The collection consists of approximately 500 black and white images, 3000 color images, and 75 slides depicting subjects, views, and individual and group portraits related to the history of Reform Judaism in Beachwood, Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG549.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG509.xml Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family are also included. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG509.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG530.xml The Jewish Community Federation (f. 1903) is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It also supports national and international Jewish communities. The collection consists of approximately 6,000 images, primarily black and white prints, but also slides, contact sheets, and negatives. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG530.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG009.xml The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair that took place in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World in 1492. The exposition covered more than 600 acres and consisted of over 200 buildings. Over 27 million people attended the exposition. The collection consists of one album and five published sets of views. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG009.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG017.xml The William McKinley Inaugural Album, 1897, consists of one album (14" x 18") titled Inaugural Art Album, 1897 published by Prince, Fotographer, Washington D.C. and New York, containing mounted views of William McKinley's inaugural of 1897. Album contains 20 black and white photographs measuring 10 x 12.5 inches. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG017.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG119.xml Henry Jerry John (1885-1971) was a Cleveland, Ohio, physician who specialized in diabetes. He was born Jindrich Jeroslav John, In Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to the U.S. ca. 1889. He and his wife founded Camp Ho Mita Koda for diabetic children in 1929. He served in the Army Medical Corps during both world wars. The collection consists of photographs of Dr. John of Cleveland, Ohio; his family, his wood carvings, and of camp Ho Mita Koda for diabetics. Included are portraits of Dr. John in World War I and World War II and a photograph album containing photographs ca. 1930s of Camp Ho Mita Koda in Newbury, Ohio; including campers, camp facilities, and activities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG119.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG561.xml John Steinke (ca. 1895-ca. 1971) was a free-lance amateur photographer of German descent who was born in New York, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Most of his photographic activity appears to have spanned the 1920s-1940s. He lived in at least two different locations in Bratenahl during his lifetime: East 118th Street and Burton Avenue. By vocation, he worked in the sheet metal industry. As a photographer, he worked in a wide variety of genres, experimenting with fine-art photography as well as commissioned work for various organizations in the Cleveland area. He submitted, and had his work shown in Cleveland and other nearby cities, as well as at shows in the Smithsonian, Canada, France, Greece, and Japan. Steinke played an important early role in the Cleveland Photographic Society, being president of the club in 1923, as well a member of the Board of Trustees. He played a crucial role in not only forming, but also leading the club's Photographic School, doing much of the teaching himself. When the school expan... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG561.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG446.xml Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of press releases intended to introduce new products or announce new achievements in the field of aviation and space, and includes images of aircraft, aviation, and space related subjects.... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG446.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG433.xml The collection consists of photographs and copy negatives assembled from a variety of sources, including PG 273 United Auto Workers, Local 45 Negatives (Western Reserve Historical Society), the Cleveland Press collection of Cleveland State University, and former Press photographer William S. Nehez. The photographs were used in an audiovisual presentation for the January 18, 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The bulk of photographs are views of Dr. King's visits to Cleveland, Ohio and portraits of program honorees from the 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG433.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG249.xml The Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches was organized in 1853, as the Cleveland Congregational Conference, to oversee the organization of new churches and the mergers of existing churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and to provide financial assistance. In 1912 it merged with the City Missionary Society to form the Congregational Union of Cleveland. In 1963 the Union was merged into the Western Reserve Association of the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of views of the member churches, officers, and activities of the Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches, of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG249.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG355.xml The German Central Organization is a German-American social and cultural club founded in Parma, Ohio, in 1924. The collection consists of views depicting the activities of the German Central Organization, including the original farm, construction, and vandalism of the Farm during World War II; group portraits of various groups within the German Central Organization, including the German Rifle Club, Mandolin Orchestra, and the Sports Club; and views of the German Cultural Garden. Also included is a group portrait of the German Concert Orchestra (1974) at the Banater Club on West 140th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG355.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG459.xml Martin Linsey was a Cleveland, Ohio, watercolorist, photographer, and art teacher. Linsey, a graduate of the Cleveland School of Art, was a watercolorist who developed a national reputation for his work by the early 1940s. He also excelled as a photographer, exhibiting prize-winning works at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Linsey's livelihood included painting, teaching art and photography, and producing architectural drawings and personal portraits. The collection consists of views of buildings, bridges, monuments, sculptures, residences, and other works of architecture throughout Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. The bulk of the collection focuses on downtown Cleveland and the Flats area. Of particular interest are images of two buildings no longer standing; the Engineer's Building and the Hippodrome Theater. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG459.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG521.xml Saint Luke's Hospital began operations as Cleveland General Hospital in 1894 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Its facilities were moved to Carnegie Avenue in 1908, and to its present site on Shaker Boulevard in 1927. After a brief merger with MetroHealth Medical Center in the early 1990s, it was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its Ohio partner, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1997. The non-profit proceeds of the sale were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The hospital is currently owned by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Health System and the University Hospitals Health System. The collection consists of approximately 33,000 images, including prints, glass lantern slides, offset prints, photolithography, negatives, postcards, and 35 mm transparency slides. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG521.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG180.xml Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of autographed photographs of Artur Rodzinski, B. Castaque, Samuel Barber, Joseph Zipeti, Harold Zanes, and other unidentified individuals. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG180.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG350.xml Emil Masgay (1906-?) was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Clerk of Courts from 1958-1975. The collection consists of individual portraits, group portraits, and views of various subjects, including the Union of Poles in America 70th anniversary banquet (1964); Cleveland, Ohio 7th Ward Democratic installation (1967); John Carroll University, College of Liberal Arts, Class of 1930; Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts campaign photographs; and individuals including John F. Kennedy, Ted Babicz, Joe Cajka, Judge Ruthkowski, Jerry Sweeney, and Anthony Celebreeze. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG350.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG492.xml B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States, was established in 1866 by Jewish Hungarian immigrants as an Orthodox synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, a vacated synagogue building on Eagle Street in Cleveland housed the congregation. Buildings on Scoville Avenue and East 55th Street were home to the congregation from 1906-1926, when the congregation moved to Mayfield and Lee Roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1980 B'nai Jeshurun moved to Fairmount Boulevard, Pepper Pike, Ohio. A gradual shift from the Orthodox to Conservative movement began under the first rabbi, Sigmond Dreschler. Over the years, portions of the congregation broke away over the issue of liberalization of religious practices and formed new congregations, including Oheb Zedek in 1904 and Beth Am in 1933. Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal served the then firmly Conservative congregation from 1933-1976. The collection consists of individual portraits of rabbis, presidents of the synagogue, and cantor... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG492.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG229.xml Saint Luke's Hospital began operations as Cleveland General Hospital in 1894 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Its facilities were moved to Carnegie Avenue in 1908, and to its present site on Shaker Boulevard in 1927. After a brief merger with MetroHealth Medical Center in the early 1990s, it was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its Ohio partner, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1997. The non-profit proceeds of the sale were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The hospital is currently owned by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Health System and the University Hospitals Health System. The collection consists of views of the construction of the addition to Saint Luke's Hospital at Shaker Boulevard. and East 116th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs were taken by R. E. Hawkins of Lakewood, Ohio, for the Hubbell and Benes Company, architects. Included are some panoramic views of the hospital addition construction. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG229.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG574.xml The Halle Brothers Company (1891-1982), a department store known for high quality merchandise and superior service, began on February 7, 1891 as a small hat and fur shop operated by brothers Samuel H. (1868-1954) and Salmon P. Halle (1866-1949). It was located at 221 Superior Street near Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. They purchased the business from Captain T. S. Paddock. In 1893 the business was moved to Euclid Avenue and East 4th Street due to a need for more space. It was also around this time that women's ready to wear clothing began to be carried by the store. In 1902 the company was incorporated, changing its name from Halle Brothers to The Halle Bros. Co. The store continued to grow, adding both space and departments. A new building was constructed at Euclid and East 12th Street where the company moved in 1910. An addition was opened in 1914 allowing for the addition of new departments including furniture, toys, and sporting goods. In 1921 Salmon P. Halle resigned as president to devote himself to ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG574.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG317.xml The Workmen's Circle (der Arbeiter Ring) is a fraternal organization designed to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, seek social reform and provide support and protection for immigrants. The first Cleveland, Ohio, branch, No. 79, was organized in 1904. The organization provides insurance, operates a cemetery, teaches Yiddish classes, and has supported such issues as unionizing the Cleveland garment industry, child labor laws, social security, civil rights, and fighting Soviet anti-semitism. In 1975, there were six branches in Cleveland, with a school, the Workmen's Circle Educational Center, located on South Green Road. The collection consists of images of the activities of the Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio; including individual and group portraits of members and views of organization meetings, banquets, theatrical presentations, and activities at Camp Vladek, the organization's summer camp and resort in Rock Creek, Geauga County, Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG317.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG386.xml The 1928 race of the National Air Races was held in Los Angeles, California, but from 1929 to 1939 most of the races were held in Cleveland, Ohio. They featured cross country races, short races, army and navy maneuvers, stunt flying, parachute jumping, gliders, dirigibles, balloons and model planes and were considered a working laboratory for the aviation industry where new developments could be tested and refined. The collection consists of individual portraits, group portraits, and views pertaining to the National Air Races, National Aircraft Shows, and Thompson Trophy Races. Individuals pictured include Clifford W. Henderson, Jimmy Doolittle, Pancho Barnes, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Mary Pickford, Alexander de Seversky, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, and Bill Odom. Included are views of the 1949 crash site and debris. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG386.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG179.xml Martin Linsey was a Cleveland, Ohio, watercolorist, photographer, and art teacher. Linsey, a graduate of the Cleveland School of Art, was a watercolorist who developed a national reputation for his work by the early 1940s. He also excelled as a photographer, exhibiting prize-winning works at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Linsey's livelihood included painting, teaching art and photography, and producing architectural drawings and personal portraits. The collection consists of approximately 1000 negatives of various historic structures in Cleveland and the Western Reserve, including views of bridges, buildings, churches and synagogues, industry, monuments, and residences. Many of these views were made for the Historic American Buildings Survey. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG179.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG160.xml The collection consists of photographs of Cleveland, Ohio, area playgrounds and playground activities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG160.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG318.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 individual and group portraits, subjects, and views of people, places, and events pertaining to Cleveland, Ohio's, ethnic communities. Subjects included are the Hungarian Cultural Gardens; the Ciurlionis Ensemble; the Lithuanian Orchestra and Band; the cornerstone laying at the Finnish Temperance Hall in 1910 and the Finnish Hall Committee; an Orthodox Church at Christmas; the Slovenian Farm; newspaper articles concerning Cleveland Turners; the Vasa Order of America drill team; the Orion Male Chorus; and various festivals. Individuals include Bishop Richard Gilmour, Thomas Fleming, the Hannan family, the Turk family, and others associated with Cleveland's ethnic communities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG318.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG480.xml George Gould (1905-1990) was a professional African American actor. Gould first worked with the Royal American Show, an African American theater group based in Tampa, Florida, in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, Cleveland, Ohio, became his base of operation. The majority of his work in Cleveland was at Karamu House under the direction of Dorothy and Reuben Silver. He also performed in several productions at the Cleveland Playhouse. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of George Gould in various theatrical productions, including those at the Cleveland Playhouse and Karamu House. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG480.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG396.xml William and Sarah Scarborough were educators and writers in Greene County, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Scarborough migrated to Ohio from Georgia, graduating from Oberlin College in 1875. He spent a year at the Oberlin Theological Seminary before joining the classical department at Wilberforce University in Greene County. In 1878 he received a Master of Arts degree. Sarah Cordelia Bierce was an 1875 graduate of the State Normal School at Oswego, New York. She served as principal of the Normal Department of Wilberforce University from 1877-1887, and for the next twenty-seven years, as principal of the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce. William Scarborough moved up through the ranks of faculty and administration at Wilberforce, eventually becoming president of the University in 1908. During their career as educators, both wrote frequently, Sarah focusing on fiction for women's and Christian magazines, and William on scholarly topics. William joined a... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG396.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG478.xml The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938, by three musicians, Irving Klein, Alfred Zetzer, and Robert Zupnick. They envisioned the orchestra as a training ground for young musicians seeking orchestral experience towards future professional careers and as an outlet for talented amateur musicians. F. Karl Grossman, professor of music at Western Reserve University, was the first conductor and music director of the group, serving for 25 years. Affiliated with Western Reserve University in its early years, the orchestra performed at various locations. Later conductors included Zoltan Rozsnyai, Jose Serebrier, Robert Marcellus, John Ross, and William Slocum. In 1973, the orchestra first sponsored the Young Person's Concerto Competition, later renamed the Frieda Schumacher Concerto Competition. The orchestra also extended its outreach into the community, playing concerts for specific ethnic groups at the Bohemian National Hall, for the Polish-American Congress and the Lithuanian c... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG478.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG469.xml Carmela Cafarelli (ca. 1880-1979) was an Italian-American opera star, founder of an opera company, and accomplished harpist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Rocco Cafarelli, was a renowned Italian harpist who had immigrated to Cleveland in the 1880s, and was his daughter's earliest teacher. At the age of eight, she began study with master harpist Henry B. Fabiani in Cleveland. As a harpist, she toured the United States and abroad. She also became a solo harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra. Cafarelli studied voice with William Saal in Cleveland, and later attended the Conservatorie Santa Lucia and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Italy, earning diplomas in both voice and harp. After her return to the United States in 1924, she undertook additional musical studies with Benjamino Gigli and Pietro Audisio of the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1929, she returned to Cleveland, and in 1934, founded the Cafarelli Opera Company. This group toured throughout the United States and put on many charitable perfo... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG469.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG385.xml Clifford W. Henderson (1895-1984) was the director of the National Air Races, 1928-1939, as well as other air races and expositions. Henderson managed and promoted sporting and cultural events, expositions, and conventions in the Los Angeles area after resigning from the National Air Races. He served with honor in North Africa during World War II, and founded the community of Palm Desert, California. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Clifford W. Henderson and his associates, including studio portraits and candid site photographs, often autographed; views of the National Air Races, including air race events and individual planes; and panoramic and oversize photographs. Individuals pictured include Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, James Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Harvey Firestone, Jr., Charles A. Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, Eddie Rickenbacker, Will Rogers, Alexander de Seversky, Roscoe Turner, Rudy Vallee, and Chuck Yeager. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG385.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG523.xml Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio, (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote the liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. The collection consists of 219 black-and-white prints, 32 color prints, and 5 hand-tinted prints primarily from Branch 1030 (f. 1939). Included are individual portraits, group portraits of outing, parties, and events, such as a banquet, a branch installation, and Decoration Day. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG523.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG133.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 (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 photographs of various functions and groups at the Nationalities Services Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its parent organization, the International Institute of Cleveland. Included are group portraits of various organizations meeting under the auspices of these two institutions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG133.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG336.xml The West Side Community House was founded in 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of views of the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home and West Side Community House, a social settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio; portraits of staff members and clients; views of institutional buildings; and images of participants in recreational and education programs, including day care, industrial arts, home economics, and camping. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG336.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG482.xml Ameritrust Corporation began in 1894 when The Cleveland Trust Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Trust then assumed the contracts of the Security Safe Deposit and Trust Company, also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1903, Cleveland Trust acquired or merged with several other savings banks, including The Windemere Savings and Trust Company and The Western Reserve Trust Company. Cleveland Trust promoted innovative operating policies and procedures, including the establishment of an advertising department in 1913. It increased its number of branch offices through additional mergers, including Lake Shore Banking and Trust Company and The Garfield Savings Bank. Growth continued during the 1920s with the acquisition of the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Company. Two more banks were acquired in the 1930s; Midland Bank and South Euclid Bank. A new six story office building at East 9th Street and Huron Road was constructed in 1962. An adjacent office tower was completed in 1971. In 1974, CleveTr... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG482.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG215.xml Richard N. Campen was a Cleveland, Ohio, area architectural historian who authored numerous books and articles on architecture in Ohio and the Western Reserve. His work not only dealt with architectural styles, but with particular architects as well. The collection consists of views of buildings throughout the Western Reserve and Ohio. These photographs were used in the compilation of two books by Campen; Architecture of the Western Reserve (1971) and Ohio - an Architectural Portrait (1973). Also included are photographs of Campen family and friends. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG215.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG448.xml The collection consists of views of aircraft published by the Aeroplane Photo Supply Company of Toronto, Canada. The collection also includes photographs taken by George Baine of aviation events in and around the Cleveland, Ohio area. Images of aviation related events, aircraft trading cards, and aircraft recognition cards are also part of the collection, as are photographs of the National Air Races of 1949 held in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Cleveland National Air Shows from the 1960s and 1970s. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG448.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG572.xml Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services off... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG572.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG238.xml David Z. Norton (1851-1928) was a Cleveland, Ohio, banker, a partner in the Oglebay Norton Company, and a philanthropist active in many Cleveland cultural and educational institutions. The collection consists of views of the Cleveland, Ohio, residence of David Z. Norton. The photographs depict both the exterior and the interior of the residence at 7301 Euclid Avenue. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG238.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG201.xml Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and inventor. His inventions included a dynamo which was the predecessor for the modern generator and the arc light, demonstrated on Cleveland's Public Square in 1879. Brush formed the Brush Electric Co. in 1880, which was subsequently bought by Thomason Houston Electric Co., and then merged with Edison General Electric Co. in 1891, forming the General Electric Co. Brush continued to maintain scientific and business interests throughout his life, and founded the Brush Foundation in 1927. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Charles F. Brush, his friends and associates, and views of his inventions, including the arc lamp and wind powered dynamo. Also included is a view of an arc lamp on Cleveland, Ohio's Public Square, ca. 1896. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG201.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG603.xml The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of 1,580 photographs, negatives, and slides. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG603.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG178.xml Ada Watterson Yerkes (1873-1963) was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes' maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of photographs relating to the Harper, Norton, and Watterson families. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG178.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG364.xml The Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year was a women's convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, October 25-27, 1975, in observance of the International Women's Year. Presentations included arts and crafts booths, dramatic presentation workshops, and seminars, concerning a variety of women's issues. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of congress participants, including Ruth Miller, Lily Tomlin, Dr. Sonya Friedman, and Tippy Huntley. Alson includes views of events and exhibits at the congress, exhibit booths, and photographs of women around the world at various kinds of work. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG364.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG462.xml The Lees-Bradner Company was organized in 1906 as a partnership between Ernest J. Lees and Hosea Townsend Bradner of Cleveland, Ohio. It incorporated in 1909. The company specialized in gear hobbing and thread milling machinery for automobile timing and transmission gears and other applications. Hosea Bradner's sons; John A., George T., and James H. Bradner, ran the company in the post-World War II era. The company was purchased by White Consolidated Industries in 1967 and by 1983 the name Lees-Bradner had been phased out and the Cleveland plant closed. After White Consolidated Industries was itself purchased by Electrolux in 1986, the gear hobbing division was sold and the name Lees-Bradner was reinstated as a machine tool manufacturer. The collection consists of individual portraits of Hosea Townsend Bradner, George Townsend Bradner, and John Bradner; group portraits of employees, including production workers, managers and sales personnel; and views of products, facilities, and activities. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG462.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG278.xml The Mather family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family related to the early New England Mather family and descended through Samuel Livingston Mather (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland from Connecticut in 1843. Family members were prominent in all areas of Cleveland's development, including business and industry, education, philanthropy, the arts, medicine, literature, and politics. Many became nationally and internationally noted in their fields. The Mather family is related by marriage to the Bishop, Stone, Woolson, Benedict and Hay families. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel Livingston Mather, his family, friends, descendants, and related families, including Amasa Stone, John Hay, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and Dr. Robert H Bishop. Also included are views of Mather residences on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, and in Bratenahl, Ohio. Views of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company are included. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG278.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG323.xml Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free, daughter of Joseph and Juliet Boalt Rice of Ohio, spent most of her life gathering materials related to her family's history. She was descended from prominent families in the Western Reserve and New England. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Ethelinda Free, her immediate family, friends, and ancestors; and views of their travels and residences in the Western Reserve of Ohio. Included are photographs relating to members of the Free, Rice, Hulburt, Boalt, and Griswold families. There are also several photographs of Jay Cooke and Lucy (Mrs. Rutherford B.) Hayes. Included are photographs and notes describing the Ashtabula, Ohio, harbor ca. 1870 and notes and a drawing describing the Great Lakes ships Wend-the-Wave and Snow-Drop. Includes tintype, carte de visite, and cabinet card photographs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG323.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG481.xml The Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church performed outreach and social services in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of group portraits and views of members and events of the Missionary Society, group portraits of members of the Las Amigas Club, trips made by the Missionary Society, conferences sponsored by the Society, and a reunion of the Las Amigas Club. Individuals pictured include Marjorie Ison Davis, Gertrude Lang, Myrtis Howard, Dr. James Tanner, and Derrick Floyd. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG481.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG580.xml Curtis Industries, Inc. was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1932 by William Abrams and two of his sons, Morris and Howard, as Clipper Key and Lock Co. The company initially sold several brands of key cutting machines throughout the Cleveland area and the Midwest. In 1934, the Abrams worked together with inventor William Curtis to invent a new key cutting machine that they could manufacture and distribute themselves. The machine was patented, and the company changed its name to Curtis Key Co. The company's focus was on key cutting machines and key blanks, which they both manufactured and sold. However, during World War II, the company concentrated solely on defense work and ceased to manufacture of keys and key machines. Following the war, the company changed its name to Curtis Industries, Inc. and resumed its work on key machines and key blanks. The company also began manufacturing and selling automotive and farm equipment replacement parts. In 1961, Curtis Industries built a large facility in Eastlake, Ohio. ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG580.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG607.xml Founded in 1953 by Afzal Nabi, Masjid al-Mumin ("the Mosque of the Believer") was first located at 10609 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Imam Mutawaf A. Shaheed and the Islamic Revivalist Movement (IRM, Inc.) came to the organization in 1969. In the early 1970s, Masjid al-Mumin/IRM Inc. began a longstanding relationship with the Ohio correctional system. It also joined Dar ul-Islam, a network of black Sunni mosques who advocated deliverance from an unjust, immoral American culture through Islam. Masjid al-Mumin was the first mosque outside of New York to participate in Dar-ul Islam. Today the mosque is located at 2690 Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Cleveland. The collection consists of approximately 500 photographs and digital images, 9 audio interviews and 23 video interviews. Digital images, audio files, and video files are stored on a flash drive and three CD-Rs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG607.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG371.xml Louis Kaferle (1900-1985) was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in the local Slovenian community. He was an officer of the Slovene National Benefit Society, a writer for the local Slovenian periodicals, and President of Cankarjeve Ustanove. The collection consists of photographs of individuals, groups, and activities of the Slovenian-American community of Cleveland, Ohio. Images include lodges, social clubs, parades, funerals, banquets, dramatic clubs, and musical groups. Individuals, in addition to Kaferle, include Frank Yankovic, the Johnny Pecon Orchestra, Mayor Ralph Locher, and others prominent in the Slovenian community. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG371.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG063.xml Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents, Benjamin and Rebecca Rouse, were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of one album containing clippings, some manuscript items, and primarily photographs, relating to the family of Adella Prentiss Hughes of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are portraits of Benjamin and Rebecca Cromwell Rouse, grandparents of Adella Prentiss Hughes; E. C. Rouse; Margaret Miller; Mary Miller Rouse; and H. C. Rouse. Also included are views of the birthplace of Henry Clark Rouse at 489 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; the Miller Block at 193-195 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; and the United Brass Company Works, Lorain, Ohio. Loose photographs include views of the liner Westernland, and travel photographs taken of various sites in Europe. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG063.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG517.xml Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cl... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG517.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG463.xml Walter K. Bailey was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman. A native of Cleveland and the son of L.A. Bailey, founder of the Bailey Company department store, Walter Bailey was raised in East Cleveland and graduated from Oberlin College in 1919. He went to work for the Warner & Swasey Company, a leading manufacturer of machine tools, especially turret lathes, and telescopes and optical equipment, in 1919. By 1928, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of turret lathes, and during World War II produced half of all the turret lathes made in the U.S. After learning the business on the shop floor, he joined the national sales force of Warner & Swasey in 1921, moving up in management and eventually becoming vice president of sales in 1942. During World War II he was in charge of manufacturing operations, and became vice president of the company in 1949. He was president and chief executive officer from 1955-1962, chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1962-1964, and chairman of the board until h... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG463.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG560.xml The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland, Ohio, and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of approximately 850 images of the activities of the Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio, p... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG560.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG059.xml The Jeptha Home Wade family was a prominent nineteenth and early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, family with business interests in the telegraph and railroad industries, mining, manufacturing, and banking. Jeptha Homer Wade spent his early life as an apprentice to a tanner and as a carpenter. He next turned his interest to the emerging telegraph industry. In 1849, he organized the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. In 1857, Wade moved to Cleveland as the Western Union Telegraph Company's first general agent. His business interests were extensive in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. Randall Palmer Wade worked with his father in the telegraph business, moving with him to Cleveland in 1857. His business interests included the Cuyahoga Mining Company; the Citizens Savings and Loan Association; the Cleveland Banking Company; the American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company. Jeptha Homer Wade II ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG059.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG164.xml Henry Thomas Tanaka (1922-2006) was the national president of the Japanese American Citizens' League. A second generation Japanese American, Tanaka was born in Oregon, placed in an internment camp during World War II and subsequently resettled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he became a leader in Japanese American affairs. The collection consists of photographs of Henry T. Tanaka and various members and activities of the Japanese American Citizens League of Cleveland, Ohio. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG164.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG571.xml Bellefaire, a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescents, is the oldest Jewish social-service agency in Cleveland, Ohio. It was dedicated on July 14, 1868 as the Jewish Orphan Asylum, established to care for Civil War orphans. By 1900, more than 400 orphans lived there. The name was changed to the Jewish Orphan Home (JOH) in 1919, and later to Bellefaire when its facilities moved to the corner of Belvoir and Fairmount boulevards in 1929. In 1942 the orphanage changed its focus to include residential therapeutic care for emotionally disturbed children and stopped accepting orphans in 1943. In 1954, Bellefaire opened its admissions to children of all faiths and today provides counseling, substance abuse treatment, foster care, adoption services, and residential treatment. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association was established in 1888 to serve and connect the orphans who formerly lived at the Jewish Orphan Home. The Association held Homecomings each year in Cleveland and had several ac... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG571.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG149.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass slides relating to the various functions, activities, and facilities of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its members. Included are indoor events, such as dances, parties, and plays; outdoor activities including camp houses, recreation houses, and other buildings; photographs of the 50th anniversary party of the Jewish Community Center; and photographs of people, activities, and facilities at Camp Wise. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG149.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG579.xml The Jane Addams Alumnae Association (ca. 1990's - unknown) was an organization formed in the 1990s by Joan Motl and other alumni of the Cleveland, Ohio, school in order to support the school and preserve its historical records. A major catalyst to forming the association was the demolition of the original school in 1991 and subsequent efforts to raise funds to place a memorial plaque at the original site. The memorial dedication and installation of a time capsule occurred on Sunday May 19, 1996 at 5310 Carnegie Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The records in the collection detail activities, events, curriculum, and programs of Jane Addams High School, a vocational school for women. One of the school's activities in the 1940s was an alumni tea for seniors graduating from the school. Another alumni activity in 1951 was to plan a reunion along with the faculty committee. The reunion was held December 5, 1951. The School was originally located in the former Sibley School building. In 1924 it became the Sibley School fo... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG579.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG227.xml A. H. Zychick was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and United States Commissioner General to the Great Lakes Exposition. The Great Lakes Exposition was held during the summers of 1936 and 1937 on the waterfront of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Among the most popular attractions was the Billy Rose Aquacade, featuring water ballet shows starring Johnny Weismueller and Eleanor Holm. The collection consists of photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings accumulated by A. H. Zychick. Photographs include group portraits and views of A. H. Zychick, various Exposition and government officials, United States government exhibits, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Exposition. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG227.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG047.xml Ethel Standiford opened the Standiford Photographic Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. Between 1919 and 1936, when the studio closed, she photographed many of Cleveland's elite. She was also elected president of the Cleveland Photographers Association. The collection consists of mounted portraits representing the studio work of Ethel Standiford, a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, photographer of the 1920s-1930s. Portraits of prominent business, political, religious, cultural, and society leaders of Cleveland are included in the collection. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG047.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG567.xml The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions, (f. 1871) is an organization that supports Irish heritage and Roman Catholic charities in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 32 prints including 27 black and white photographs and 5 color photographs. It also contains 11 color 35mm negative strips. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG567.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG203.xml Frank Augustus Scott (1873-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and civic leader who was chairman of the Munitions Standards Board of the Council of National Defense and first chairman of the War Industries Board during World War I, as well as chairman of the board of Warner & Swasey Company. The collection consists of portraits of Frank A. Scott and his family, and views of their trip through England in 1909. The photographs made in England were used in Mrs. Bertha Scotts' journal published by Frank A. Scott in 1914 as A Motor Jaunt Through England, with a Digression into France. Negatives have been removed to glass and nitrate negative storage. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG203.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG143.xml St. Stanislaus Church was the first Polish Roman Catholic parish in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1873 in the Slavic Village neighborhood and was the largest parish in the diocese during the early 1900s. The collection consists of photographs of interior and exterior views of St. Stanislaus Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Included are portraits of various pastors, brothers, and members of the congregation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG143.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG218.xml The Women's Photograph Society of Cleveland was a Cleveland, Ohio, photography club for women. It was organized in 1938 and offered a program of field trips, classes, lectures, exhibits and competitions. It disbanded by 1987. The collection consists of three albums containing photographs, some clippings, and some manuscript material relating to the members and activities of the club. Activities represented include meetings, demonstrations, and photographic sessions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG218.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT