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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | First Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | First Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1837-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The First Congregational Church was originally founded as a Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, Ohio, in 1834. In 1844 the church joined the Congregational denomination. Although it disbanded in 1954, marriages were held at the church until 1962. The collection consists of church registers, minutes, baptismal records, correspondence, memoranda, financial materials, directories, histories, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3855 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | First Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Collinwood United Church of Christ Records
| | | | Creator: | Collinwood United Church of Christ | | | | Dates: | 1876-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The Collinwood United Church of Christ was a Congregational church founded in 1876, in Cleveland, Ohio, as Collinwood Congregational Church. In 1965 it became the Collinwood United Church of Christ. It disbanded in 1967. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of governing boards, social club records, correspondence, membership records, financial material, and material from a church scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 3856 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Collinwood United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chesed Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1851-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, dues books, dues cards, building fund materials, curriculum and other educational materials, rabbis' papers, legal and financial documents, publicity files, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, architects drawings and specifications, membership lists and applications and directories, correspondence of the United Jewish Cemeteries, records of the United Jewish Religious Schools, correspondence, addresses and sermons of Rabbi Wolsey, sermons of Julius J. Nodel and Rabbi Lelyveld, and records of various constituent groups in the congregation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3941 | | | | Extent: | 28.01 linear feet (34 containers, 36 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Welsh Presbyterian Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Welsh Presbyterian Church | | | | Dates: | 1906-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Welsh Presbyterian Church was a Cleveland, Ohio, church founded ca. 1890, located on East 55th Street, and known as Willson Avenue Welsh Presbyterian Church before Willson Avenue became East 55th Street in 1906. It was part of the Pittsburgh Presbytery and merged with the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Cleveland in the 1940s. The collection consists of two record books containing minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and Elders, 1906-1912, monthly meetings of the Church Session, 1922-1937, and registers of pastors, elders, communicants, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1912-1940. | | | | Call #: | MS 3995 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Welsh Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Welsh Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1846-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833 as the First Baptist Church of Cleveland. In 1887 Idaka Memorial Baptist Church merged with First Baptist. In 1919 a group from First Baptist formed the Cleveland Heights Baptist Church. The two congregations merged in 1928 to form the First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, located in Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of church histories, constitutions, minutes, membership information, resolutions, reports, financial records, church bulletins, correspondence, information on the consolidation with Cleveland Heights Baptist Church, records of church organizations, records of other churches, and architectural drawings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4140 | | | | Extent: | 10.81 linear feet (10 containers, 7 oversize rolls, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | First Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio.) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. | Baptist churches. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | Title: | Cleveland Baptist Union Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Baptist Union | | | | Dates: | 1867-1890 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Baptist Union (f. 1869) was an organization of various Baptist churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The purpose of the organization was to raise money to meet the financial needs and operating expenses of the member institutions. The organization changed its name to the Cleveland Baptist City Mission Society in 1894 and merged with the larger Cleveland Baptist Association in 1920. The collection consists of documents of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, financial records, deeds, programs for anniversary celebrations, correspondence, news clippings, committee reports, insurance records, miscellaneous items. | | | | Call #: | MS 4151 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. | Hoyt, James. | Cleveland Baptist Union. | Baptist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptists -- Societies, etc. | Baptist associations. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Trinity United Church of Christ Records
| | | | Creator: | Trinity United Church of Christ | | | | Dates: | 1911-2008 | | | | Abstract: | Trinity Evangelical Church was established on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911 after the Home Mission Board of the Ohio District of the Evangelical Church felt compelled to institute an English-speaking congregation because the children of German immigrants no longer understood German and disassociated themselves from German-speaking churches. Located at West 25th Street and Scranton Avenue, the church and its membership expanded rapidly in the decades that followed. The church joined the newly formed Church of Christ in 1963, and changed its name to Trinity United Church of Christ. Construction of a freeway physically divided the neighborhood in the 1960s, and membership numbers never recovered. The church closed in 2008 and its members joined nearby parishes within the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of annual reports, articles of incorporation, baptism records, budgets, building plans, bulletins, certificates, confirmation class lists, committee records, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, financial records and ledgers, flyers, handouts, historical summaries, marriage records, membership lists, memorials, minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, programs, reports, scrapbooks, Sunday school records, and youth activities and permission slips. | | | | Call #: | MS 5235 | | | | Extent: | 7.80 linear feet (9 containers and 6 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Church history. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trinity United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1822-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3577 | | | | Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Necrologies. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 31 | Title: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church | | | | Dates: | 1841-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church was established in 1832 as the First Congregational Church of Newburgh, Ohio. It was chartered in 1842 as the First Presbyterian Church of Newburgh. By 1873 Newburgh was annexed to Cleveland and the Church was commonly known as Miles Park Presbyterian Church. It continued to be known by this name, despite a 1925 act to rename it the John M. Davidson Memorial Presbyterian Church Society. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, the constitution, deeds, by-laws, lease agreements, baptism applications, the church register (1842-1955), marriage licenses, certificates of dismission and reception, building fund records, church newspapers, bulletins, and miscellaneous material; and a will and estate papers of John M. Davidson. | | | | Call #: | MS 3642 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Miles Park Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches, Presbyterian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Newburgh (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 35 | Title: | Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1852-1900 | | | | Abstract: | The Third Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio, was formerly the First Baptist Church of Ohio City, Ohio. It was disbanded in 1900. The collection consists of a constitution and rules, minutes of meetings, financial reports, and lists of members. | | | | Call #: | MS 2335 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Third Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts (African American Archives Vertical File)
| | | | Creator: | African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | ca. 1880s-2007 | | | | Abstract: | The African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of African Americans, Cleveland, Ohio, and Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of advertisements, articles, audiovisual material, autobiographies, biographical sketches, certificates, church bulletins, correspondence, fliers, genealogies, histories, letters, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, maps, meeting material, membership cards, notes, pamphlets, papers, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, program and souvenir books, reports, scrapbooks, statistics, speeches, transcripts, and other material. | | | | Call #: | MS 5487 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy | United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Negro leagues -- History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | Eighth United Church of Christ Records
| | | | Creator: | Eighth United Church of Christ | | | | Dates: | 1889-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Eighth United Church of Christ was organized in 1889 as the Eighth Reformed Congregation of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1945 it became the Eighth Evangelical and Reformed Church of Cleveland. In 1957 the name was changed to the Eighth United Church of Christ. The church ceased operations in 1977. The collection consists of church histories, constitutions, church records, vital statistics, consistory minutes, congregational meeting minutes, annual reports, financial records, membership information, deeds, fire insurance policy papers, correspondence, publications, records of church organizations, and miscellaneous material. | | | | Call #: | MS 4085 | | | | Extent: | 4.90 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Eighth United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches, Reformed | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life and customs | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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