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1Title:  Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 Records     
 Creator:  Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 
 Dates:  1926-1977 
 Abstract:  Post 14 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States was organized in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, and admitted to the national organization in 1925. The Jewish War Veterans is the oldest active veterans society in the United States It was formed in 1896 as the Hebrew Union Veterans and merged with the Jewish Veterans of the War with Spain in 1920 to form the present organization. Post 14 activities have included social and charitable activities, lobbying for civil rights, and combating anti-Semitism. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, scattered minutes of national and regional meetings, constitutions, financial records, news releases, resolutions, speeches, certificates, forms, songs, clippings, scrapbooks, newsletters, proceedings, programs, and announcements. 
 Call #:  MS 3726 
 Extent:  1.90 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
 
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2Title:  Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 Records     
 Creator:  Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 
 Dates:  1892-1920 
 Abstract:  The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a list of members who served in the Civil War with information concerning their births, deaths, and military service, minutes of meetings of Post 187 (1913-1920), and a memorial volume to Louis Black, Company A, 150th Ohio Infantry. 
 Call #:  MS 2758 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Black, Louis, d. 1919. | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
 
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