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1	Title:	Rocker Family Papers
	Creator:	Rocker Family
	Dates:	1910-1991
	Abstract:	Samuel Rocker (1864-1936) and his family came to the United States in the 1890s from Lisko, Hungary. He later founded and served as editor and publisher of Cleveland's Yiddish-language newspaper, Die Yiddishe Velt (The Jewish World) from 1911-1936. Samuel Rocker was an active member of the Jewish community within Cleveland and was a member of several organizations. Samuel's son Henry Rocker (1882-1966) was a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and a leader in civic and Jewish affairs. Like his father, Henry was involved with several organizations both on a local and national level. This collection consists of articles, an oral history of the family, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a drawing, family trees, newspaper clippings, photographs, translations of book excerpts, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5476
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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2	Title:	Rocker Family Papers
	Creator:	Rocker Family
	Dates:	1910-1991
	Abstract:	Samuel Rocker (1864-1936) and his family came to the United States in the 1890s from Lisko, Hungary. He later founded and served as editor and publisher of Cleveland's Yiddish-language newspaper, Die Yiddishe Velt (The Jewish World) from 1911-1936. Samuel Rocker was an active member of the Jewish community within Cleveland and was a member of several organizations. Samuel's son Henry Rocker (1882-1966) was a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and a leader in civic and Jewish affairs. Like his father, Henry was involved with several organizations both on a local and national level. This collection consists of articles, an oral history of the family, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a drawing, family trees, newspaper clippings, photographs, translations of book excerpts, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5476
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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3	Title:	Herman Herskovic Family Papers and Photographs
	Creator:	Herskovic, Herman Family
	Dates:	1911-1985
	Abstract:	Herman Herskovic (1921-1983), a Jewish immigrant to Cleveland in 1947, was an owner of a local furniture store, a realtor, and Jewish community leader. He was born in 1921 in Czechoslovakia. Herskovic joined the Czech brigade of the British Army and fought during the invasion of Europe. Herman Herskovic came to Cleveland, Ohio in 1947 and joined his cousin, Gilbert Rosewater, and brother, Martin Herskovic . Herman married Naomi Minster (1924-2017) in 1963 and both were very active in the Jewish community. The collection consists of scrapbooks (including photographs, clippings, correspondence, awards, and other documents), a dentistry license, a diploma, photographs, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5421
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Bela Glaser Papers and Photographs
	Creator:	Glaser, Bela
	Dates:	1924-1975
	Abstract:	Bela Glaser (1936-2017), a Cleveland area physician trained in postwar Germany, was born in Budapest, Hungary, to Samuel Glaser and Janka Glaser, nee Klopfer, on September 28, 1936. In 1972, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and then Cleveland, Ohio. He lived in Beachwood until his death in 2017. The collection consists of insurance applications, articles, a booklet, a calendar, medical certificates, a class report, correspondence, drivers licenses, prayer books, a thesis, transcripts, a photo album, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5424
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Milton Wolf Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
	Dates:	1973-2005
	Abstract:	Milton Wolf was born in 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio. The son of a policeman, he graduated from Glenville High School. During World War II, Wolf served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a meteorologist. After the war, he married Roslyn Zehman. Wolf founded the Zehman-Wolf Construction Company in Cleveland in 1948 and ultimately came to lead it for nearly 30 years. In 1948, Wolf earned bachelor's degrees in chemistry and biology and an honorary doctor of diplomacy degree from The Ohio State University. A lifelong student, he was awarded another bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1954 and a master's and Ph.D. in economics from Case Western Reserve University in 1973 and 1993, respectively. He co-authored several scholarly articles on international economics. Wolf was a board member and director of several businesses, nonprofit groups and universities, including the American Greetings Corporation, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, the Jewish Welfare Fund campaign (now called the Campaign for Jewish Needs), the Mt. Sinai Health Care System, The Ohio State University, and The Town and Country Trust. Wolf also served as a national trustee of United Jewish Appeal and United Israel Appeal before the two organizations merged with the Council of Jewish Federations to form the United Jewish Communities. Wolf served as U.S. ambassador to Austria during the Carter administration (1977-81). During that time, he was also a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, and served as vice chairman of the Council of American Ambassadors. Wolf was a recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Charles Eisenman Award, the Raoul Wallenberg International Humanitarian Award, the Great Gold Medal of Honor with Sash, and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art. On May 19, 2005, Wolf died at age 80 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Milton Wolf Papers collection consists of annual reports, a booklet, brochures, correspondence, eulogies, lists, memorial tributes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, records, remarks, schedules and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5459
	Extent:	2.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
	Subjects:	Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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6	Title:	Chaim Landy Family Papers
	Creator:	Landy, Chaim Family
	Dates:	1888-2009
	Abstract:	The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of an account book, constitution, correspondence, genealogical charts, newsletters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and official documents.
	Call #:	MS 5102
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Lithuanian.
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7	Title:	Maury Feren Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Gift of Maury Feren
	Dates:	1932-2013
	Abstract:	Maurice "Maury" and his wife Bess Nagelbush started the M.B. Feren Produce business in the 1940s, which quickly became the leading wholesale fruit supplier in Cleveland. Feren also founded Feren Fruit Basket, a retail gift basket business, and Fruit Baskets by Maury. Feren became widely known throughout Cleveland on radio and television programs from the 1940s to 2010 where he commented on food and nutrition. He also lectured on food, physical fitness, and other topics at local colleges and universities. The collection consists of articles, audio cassettes, awards, books published by Maury Feren, a booklet, a certificate, CDs and DVDs, correspondence, drafts, a Glenville High School diploma, handwritten memoirs, newspaper clippings, photographs, reels, and VHS tapes.
	Call #:	MS 5444
	Extent:	4.5 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversized folder)
	Subjects:	Feren, Maury \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Distributors (Commerce) -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Wholesale trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Fruit trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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8	Title:	Jewish Bakers Union collection
	Creator:	Gift of Abe Herskovitz
	Dates:	1938-2008
	Abstract:	The Jewish Bakers Union is a subsidiary of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union. Local 56 represented employees of Jewish owned bakeries in Cleveland, Ohio. Jack Herskovitz, a Holocaust survivor, became a pioneering figure in the Jewish Bakers Union. He was voted President of Local 56 around 1967. He negotiated many labor agreements with employers and their attorneys representing the baking industry. He was consistently re-elected without opposition by the membership for 23 years. He retired in 1990 and passed away on April 29, 2016. His son, Abe, was elected President in 1990 and merged Local 56 into Bakers' Local 19 in 2003, and subsequently served as a Business Agent, Business Manager and then Treasurer of Local 19. As a result of the merger, the membership joined the largest Bakers' (BCTGM) Union in the USA and Canada. The Jewish Bakers Union collection consists of agreements, correspondence, financial reports, minutes, newsletters, and a news article.
	Call #:	MS 5445
	Extent:	1.17 linear feet (2 boxes including one oversize container)
	Subjects:	Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Bakery employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Bakery employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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9	Title:	Samuel Miller Papers and Photographs
	Creator:	Gift of Sam Miller
	Dates:	1973-2014
	Abstract:	Samuel H. "Sam" Miller was born on June 26, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Western Reserve University in Cleveland and earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received an MBA. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. In 1947, Miller joined Forest City Material Company, the precursor to Forest City Enterprises, and was instrumental in the success of Forest City, being credited with spearheading the company's move into land development. Miller was a lifetime honorary trustee of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and an honorary trustee of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He was a past chair of Israel Bonds and the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund. He also served on many boards of trustees, including: Jewish National Fund, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, WVIZ, Urban League, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University, Baldwin Wallace University, Notre Dame College, Crime Stoppers, Police Memorial, Medical Mutual of Ohio and Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Miller died on March 7, 2019 in Cleveland at age 97. The Samuel Miller Papers and Photographs collection consists of speeches and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5451
	Extent:	3.0 linear feet (7 boxes)
	Subjects:	Miller, Samuel, 1921-2019. Speeches. Selections. \| Miller, Samuel, 1921-2019 -- Photographs \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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10	Title:	Julie Auerbach Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Julie Auerbach
	Dates:	1950-2003
	Abstract:	Julie Jaslow Auerbach received her Masters of Arts in Jewish Studies from the Cleveland College of Judaic Studies. She was the Director of Jewish Family & Adult Education at the Gross Schechter Day School. She was formerly a Curriculum Associate at the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and a Senior Educator for Melitz. Currently, Auerbach lives part of the year in Shaker Heights and part of the year in Jerusalem, and as of 2019 was writing regularly about life in Israel for the Cleveland Jewish News. Walter Jaslow was born in 1922. In 1981, Walter Jaslow spearheaded the Jewish Chaplaincy Hospital visitation program at University Hospitals (UH). He served as chaplain at the old Montefiore Home on Mayfield Road until his retirement in 1996. In the last years of his life, Jaslow volunteered at Menorah Park, where he took great joy in playing music for residents. Jaslow died on September 27, 2000 at age 78 in Cleveland. The Julie Auerbach Family Papers collection consists of agendas, awards, a brochure, certificates, correspondence, eulogies, lists, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs, programs, resumes, sermons, slides, speeches, teaching guides, tributes, VHS tapes, and workbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5453
	Extent:	1.2 linear feet (2 boxes, including one oversized container)
	Subjects:	Auerbach, Julie Jaslow \| Jaslow, Walter, 1922-2000 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc.
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11	Title:	Cornelia Schnurmann Foundation Records
	Creator:	Gift of Cornelia Schnurmann Foundation, 2005; Paul Mazoh, 2007
	Dates:	1895-2005
	Abstract:	Cornelia Schnurmann was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1901, the daughter of a wealthy, well known philanthropic Jewish family. Little is known about her early life. In 1940, Schnurmann faced deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. A Catholic friend assisted her escape to Luxembourg where she found refuge in a convent and was given shelter by the Catholic Nuns. She came to America on August 20, 1941, and her journey was self-sponsored. Schnurmann, age 40 and unmarried, was the sole surviving member of her family. Whether her family died in the Holocaust or whether they were deceased at the time she left Germany remains unknown. In Cleveland, Ohio, she joined friends Dr. Julius and Helen Weil, respectively the director of Montefiore Home for the Aged, and head of its social services department. At Montefiore, Cornelia worked with the Weils in developing an occupational therapy department, a sheltered workshop, as well as therapeutic and innovative programs for the aging population. She died in an automobile accident in July, 1960. At her request, Dr. Weil served as executor and administrator of her estate, and, per her request, used a portion of the estate to create Schnurmann House, a multi-building complex dedicated to housing for the elderly, social activities, and social services. The Cornelia Schnurmann Foundation Records collection consists of an address book, agendas, agreements, applications, appraisals, articles of incorporation, artwork, background information, a binder, blueprints, a booklet, certificates, codes of regulation, a constitution, a contract, corporate papers, correspondence, court records, deeds, donation slips, easements, eulogies, financial ledgers and statements, floor plans, a folder from Heritage Gardens, government records, invitations, a last will/testament, letters, lists, loans, maps, medical records, meeting minutes, a menu, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, pamphlets, a passport copy, pension plans, photographs, plot plans, policy statements, population surveys, programs, proposals, requests for funds, reports, resolutions, resumes, schedules, sentimental items, social security cards, speech texts, thank you notes, time cards, a timeline, and waivers of lien.
	Call #:	MS 5463
	Extent:	5.2 linear feet (6 boxes including one oversize container)
	Subjects:	Life care communities -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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12	Title:	Mike Belkin Papers
	Creator:	Mike Belkin
	Dates:	1935-2020
	Abstract:	Myron "Mike" Belkin (1935-2019), of Belkin Productions, attended local schools in Cleveland Heights and participated in high school and college baseball and basketball, and then played professional baseball in the Milwaukee Braves farm system. In 1966, Mike along with his brother, Jules, started a company called Belkin Productions. Belkin Productions introduced live rock concerts in Cleveland as well as the Midwest. The Belkins were also responsible for managing the music careers of several well known bands. Belkin's business career established him as one of the premier rock music promoters for over four decades. The collection consists of articles, audio recordings, autographs, awards, book, booklets, brochures, calendars, catalogues, certificates, correspondence, a diploma, a directory, greeting card, ledgers, letters, newsletter, newspapers, notes, photographs, poster, programs, proposals, tickets, video, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5506
	Extent:	3.5 linear feet (4 containers, including one oversized container, and 3 oversized volumes)
	Subjects:	Belkin, Mike \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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13	Title:	Abraham Stearn Papers
	Creator:	Stearn, Abraham
	Dates:	1876-1914
	Abstract:	Abraham Stern was a Cleveland, Ohio, born philanthropist and financier. He joined Moses, Levy and Co., a fancy goods and toy store, in 1868. It became Levy and Stearn in 1872 and Stearn and Co., ca. 1905. Stearn was a director of the Society for Savings, the American Savings Bank and other institutions. He was a trustee of the Foundation of Jewish Charities and of the Jewish Orphan Asylum. He married Bertha Rohrheimer in 1876. The collection consists of a financial journal, lists of expenses, an advertisement, the marriage contract of Abraham Stearn and Betha Rohrheimer (1876) and a letter book detailing Stearn's stocks, investments, and his interest in the National Acme Manufacturing Co. Other topics include Levy and Stearn, charitable organizations and family affairs.
	Call #:	MS 4056
	Extent:	0.25 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Stearn, Abraham, 1847-1921 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish capitalists and financiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish merchants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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14	Title:	Yetta Haskin Guzik Family Papers
	Creator:	Guzik, Yetta Haskin family
	Dates:	1910-1941
	Abstract:	Yetta Haskin Guzik was the daughter of Harry (Morris) and Fanny (Feige) (Mietzner) Haskin, immigrants from Russia in the 1910s. The family settled in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. The collection consists of passports, a marriage license, a ketuba, family memorial records, naturalization papers, lists, a book, a manual, and army induction and discharge papers.
	Call #:	MS 4960
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Haskins family \| Mietzner family \| Jews -- Russia \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration
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15	Title:	Herman Friedman Family Papers
	Creator:	Friedman, Herman Family
	Dates:	1911-1992
	Abstract:	Herman Friedman was born in Hungary in 1855 and immigrated to the United States as a young man, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio in 1882. He founded Friedman-Blau-Farber in 1883, which was Cleveland's only fully-integrated knitting mill. The Company developed its own dye house, box factory, and knitting machines. It supplied knitted outerwear for men and women. The Company closed in 1939. The collection consists of a scrapbook about the 50th anniversary celebration of the Company in 1933, and photographs of various members of the Friedman family, as well as a scrapbook of condolences that were received by the Friedman family, following Herman's death at age 85 in December, 1935. There also are three compact discs, by Robert Friedman, of the Friedman family history. Robert was a grandson of Herman Friedman.
	Call #:	MS 5423
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (one container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Friedman family \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30 Records and Photographs
	Creator:	United Order True Sisters
	Dates:	1925-2008
	Abstract:	The United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30, a Jewish women's charitable organization, was a local lodge that was part of the national United Order True Sisters founded in New York in 1846. Founded in November of 1925, the Cleveland lodge's goal was to promote family unity by establishing a day care center for the benefit of the community. The collection consists of awards, booklets, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, a calendar, a cookbook, correspondence, a journal, flyers, manuals, membership books, minutes, newspaper clippings, notebooks, poems, a proclamation, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, and speech text. There are also approximately 50 black and white 300 color photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5427
	Extent:	6.11 linear feet ((10 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder))
	Subjects:	Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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17	Title:	Lottie and W. Louis Cohn Family Papers
	Creator:	Debbie Bonhard
	Dates:	1921-2006
	Abstract:	Lottie Cohn and W. Louis Cohn were Holocaust survivors born in Germany who met and married in Cleveland after the war. The collection includes materials related to their postwar visits to Germany and mission trips to Israel. The collection consists of articles, books, booklets, a cassette, a VHS recording, a cookbook, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photo album, programs, scrapbooks, and travel diaries that are primarily in German, with some English.
	Call #:	MS 5502
	Extent:	1.8 linear feet (three containers)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Germany \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Altenkirchen (Germany: Landkreis) \| Jews--Germany--Emigration and immigration--20th century
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18	Title:	Mike Belkin Papers
	Creator:	Mike Belkin
	Dates:	1935-2020
	Abstract:	Myron "Mike" Belkin (1935-2019), of Belkin Productions, attended local schools in Cleveland Heights and participated in high school and college baseball and basketball, and then played professional baseball in the Milwaukee Braves farm system. In 1966, Mike along with his brother, Jules, started a company called Belkin Productions. Belkin Productions introduced live rock concerts in Cleveland as well as the Midwest. The Belkins were also responsible for managing the music careers of several well known bands. Belkin's business career established him as one of the premier rock music promoters for over four decades. The collection consists of articles, audio recordings, autographs, awards, book, booklets, brochures, calendars, catalogues, certificates, correspondence, a diploma, a directory, greeting card, ledgers, letters, newsletter, newspapers, notes, photographs, poster, programs, proposals, tickets, video, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5506
	Extent:	3.5 linear feet (4 containers, including one oversized container, and 3 oversized volumes)
	Subjects:	Belkin, Mike \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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19	Title:	Albert Ratner Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Albert Ratner
	Dates:	1929-2017
	Abstract:	Albert B. Ratner, was born in Cleveland in 1927. Albert married Faye Katz (1931-1978) in 1950 and had two children, Deborah Ratner (b. 1959) and Brian Ratner (b. 1957). Faye was killed in an automobile accident in 1978. Albert later married Audrey Gilbert Pritzker (b. 1928) in 1981. In the 1950s, Albert joined the family business, Forest City Materials, which had been established as a lumber and building materials company back in the 1920s. He continued to serve in numerous positions at Forest City until the company was purchased by Brookfield Asset Management in 2018. Albert has served on the governing boards of numerous local, state, and international business and cultural organizations. His community involvement and philanthropic activities have been widely recognized by organizations and agencies such as Builders Magazine, the Business Hall of Fame of Cleveland, Financial World Magazine, Harvard Business Club, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Albert Ratner Papers collection consists of an album, articles, awards, books, CDs, certificates, a checkbook, correspondence, eulogies, greeting cards, letters, magazines, newspapers, newspaper clippings, notes, an obituary, photographs, programs, a report, a resume, a songbook, speeches, and tapes.
	Call #:	MS 5442
	Extent:	2.6 linear feet (4 boxes)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Albert B., 1927- \| Ratner family \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
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20	Title:	Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Nina Gibans
	Dates:	1890-2016
	Abstract:	Nina Freedlander Gibans has been active in Greater Cleveland's arts, culture and educational community for nearly six decades as an arts advocate, administrator, author, and teacher as well as a community volunteer. Gibans was born on July 30, 1932. Her family, the Freedlanders, were, according to family legend, peddlers who headed west in the 1880s from Buffalo, New York. They settled in Wooster, Ohio in the 1940s, where they founded and operated Freedlander's Department Store. After her marriage to architect James Gibans, the family moved to San Francisco where James found work. It was the height of the Beat Era; there Nina often gave poetry readings and had connections with Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Upon her family's return to Cleveland in 1960, Gibans immersed herself in the local and regional arts community. She has been the executive producer of five video programs, three of which have been shown on local public television. Gibans has also served on many panels, boards and committees of local, state and national cultural and civic organizations. The Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers collection consists of awards, a book, booklets, certificates, correspondence, a dissertation, family trees, financial records, incorporation articles, interviews, lesson plans, newspaper clippings, patents, photographs, publications, reports, a scrapbook, scripts, speeches, tapes, and yearbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5446
	Extent:	4.2 linear feet (5 boxes, including one oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Gibans, Nina Freedlander \| Freedlander family \| Women television producers and directors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Wooster
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