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21	Title:	Highland United Church of Christ Records
	Creator:	Highland United Church of Christ
	Dates:	1892-1971
	Abstract:	The Highland United Church of Christ was a Congregational church founded in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, in 1891. It was originally called the Lakewood Congregational Church but in 1902 the name was changed to Highland Congregational Church. The church relocated in Cleveland in 1915 and became Highland United Church of Christ in 1957. It disbanded in 1971. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of governing boards, social club records, merger reports and related correspondence, general correspondence, publications, membership records, legal records, and financial records.
	Call #:	MS 3854
	Extent:	2.70 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Highland 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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22	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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23	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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24	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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25	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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26	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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27	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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28	Title:	Saint John's Episcopal Church Records
	Creator:	Saint John's Episcopal Church
	Dates:	1909-1984
	Abstract:	Saint John's Episcopal Church is a congregation which maintains the oldest church edifice in Cleveland, Ohio, the group splitting off from Trinity Parish when it moved from Ohio City to Cleveland's east side in 1826. In the late 1960s, the congregation merged with the Inner City Protestant Parish, an interdenominational group of congregations which met at St. John's and other churches during the 1950s and 1960s. The church is also known as St. John's Historic Episcopal Church. The collection consists of minutes of the trustees and parish council, financial information, administrative records, documents pertaining to the restoration of the church building, and files relating to the parish history. The collection pertains to the administrative functions of a prominent Cleveland parish, its efforts to restore the church edifice, and its involvement in ecumenical and reform movements, from the 1920s to the 1980s.
	Call #:	MS 4371
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Saint John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. \| Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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29	Title:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Series II
	Creator:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church
	Dates:	1949-1965
	Abstract:	The 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 executive board minutes and business meeting minutes of the Women's Association of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. The collection is arranged chronologically by sets of board minutes.
	Call #:	MS 4615
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Women's Association. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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30	Title:	Early Families in Cleveland Project Records
	Creator:	Early Families in Cleveland Project
	Dates:	1996
	Abstract:	The Early Families in Cleveland project was sponsored by the Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society as part of Bicentennial celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1996. The purpose of the project was to document those individuals who resided in Cuyahoga County, or whose ancestors resided in Cuyahoga County, at least ten years prior to the date of settlement of their (or their ancestor's) ethnic group. Each verified applicant to the project received an award certificate presented at the Family History Fair in May 1996, or during Family Days in November 1996. The collection consists of adoption records, application forms, baptismal certificates, birth certificates, census forms, church records, correspondence, court records, death certificates, deeds, descendancy charts, diplomas, estate ledgers, family trees, interviews, magazine articles, maps, marriage certificates, marriage licenses, naturalization records, newspaper articles, photograph copies, real estate records, receipts, recognition certificates, records of interment, statements, tax lists, vital records, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 4935
	Extent:	1.80 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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31	Title:	Puritan Congregational Church Records
	Creator:	Puritan Congregational Church
	Dates:	1889-1914
	Abstract:	Puritan Congregational Church was located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and West 58th Street on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s-1914. The congregation was an independent church that included the consolidation Franklin Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, meeting notices, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and reports.
	Call #:	MS 5195
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Franklin Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Grace Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Puritan Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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32	Title:	Fifth Christian Church Records
	Creator:	Fifth Christian Church
	Dates:	1964-1986
	Abstract:	Fifth Christian Church, founded in 1964, is a predominately African-American church in the Disciples of Christ denomination located on Benwood Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The church is a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was recognized in 2009 by the Disciples of Christ for performing a significant number of baptisms. The collection consists of budgets, meeting minutes, membership lists, and programs.
	Call #:	MS 5233
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Disciples of Christ -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fifth Christian Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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33	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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34	Title:	Fidelity Baptist Church Records
	Creator:	Fidelity Baptist Church
	Dates:	1892-1975
	Abstract:	Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892 it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In answer to changing social conditions in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, programs, membership records, constitutions, agreements, Sunday School records, legal records, baptism and death records (1892-1912), miscellaneous files, and records documenting the church's work with community welfare organizations, including records of the Cleveland Area Church Council and the Inner City Protestant Parish.
	Call #:	MS 3648
	Extent:	5.80 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Fidelity Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Necrologies. \| Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils. \| Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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35	Title:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Records
	Creator:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church
	Dates:	1851-1969
	Abstract:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church.
	Call #:	MS 3583
	Extent:	8.30 linear feet (20 containers and 4 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodist Church. \| Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Necrologies. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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36	Title:	University Circle United Methodist Church Records
	Creator:	University Circle United Methodist Church
	Dates:	1839-2010
	Abstract:	The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, appraisals, attendance records, audits, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, certificates, charters, church histories, committee records, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, drawings, estates and bequests, financial records and statements, floor plans, guest books, handbooks, inventories, ledgers, legal records, magazine articles, manuals, membership records, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, orders of worship/service, pamphlets, programs, publicity records, recipe books, reports, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, Sunday School records, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5172
	Extent:	51.65 linear feet (58 containers, 3 oversize folders and 114 volumes)
	Subjects:	Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Epworth League (U.S.) \| Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Religion \| Genealogy
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37	Title:	Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church Records
	Creator:	Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church
	Dates:	1978-1983
	Abstract:	St. Teresa's Holiness Science Church is an African-American church founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jennie Benson Vaughn in 1950, growing to a membership of 300 within three months. Other churches were established in Nashville, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Camden, New Jersey, in the 1970s. Her husband, Frank Willis Vaughn, served as assistant pastor. The church was affiliated with the Holiness Science Organization, Inc. and accepted its belief regarding scientific proof for communication with the dead. The collection consists of organizational materials, correspondence, programs, clippings, a cookbook, and a biography of the Reverend Jennie B. Vaughn, the founder. The collection pertains primarily to Rev. Vaughn, her religious beliefs and her Cleveland, Ohio, congregation in the 1970s and 1980s, but also includes some records of the Nashville congregation, particularly church programs and a church sponsored cookbook. In addition, a constitution and covenant and statement of beliefs of the Holiness Science Organization, Inc. are included.
	Call #:	MS 4363
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Vaughn, Jennie Benson. \| Vaughn, Frank Willis, d. 1981. \| Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church (Nashville, Tenn.) \| Holiness Science Organization. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Tennessee -- Nashville. \| African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American churches -- Tennessee -- Nashville. \| Holiness churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Holiness churches -- Tennessee -- Nashville. \| Spiritualism. \| Cookery, Afro-American. \| Home economics -- Tennessee -- Nashville. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. \| Nashville (Tenn.) -- Church history -- Sources.
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