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1	Title:	Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Works Progress Administration
	Dates:	1800-1939
	Abstract:	The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls.
	Call #:	MS 3675
	Extent:	204.40 linear feet (511 containers)
	Subjects:	Historical Records Survey (Ohio). \| United States. Works Progress Administration. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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2	Title:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland
	Dates:	1900-1967
	Abstract:	The Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland is an interdenominational organization founded in 1911 as the Federated Churches of Cleveland to coordinate the community welfare and education activities of 67 Cleveland, Ohio, churches. In 1934, a new constitution was adopted, which officially changed the name of the organization to the Cleveland Church Federation. A new constitution in 1958 changed the Federation's name to the Cleveland Area Church Federation. In 1965 the Cleveland Area Church Federation adopted another new constitution and new name, Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland, and in 1985, the Council adopted its present name, Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of constitutions, amendments, histories, reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, other publications, newspaper clippings, surveys, scrapbooks, and membership, personnel, and administrative records.
	Call #:	MS 3406
	Extent:	7.50 linear feet (11 containers)
	Subjects:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils. \| Interdenominational cooperation.
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3	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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4	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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5	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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6	Title:	Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches Records
	Creator:	Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches
	Dates:	1880-1963
	Abstract:	The Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, as the Cleveland Congregational Conference, to oversee the organization of new churches and the mergers of existing churches, 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 governing board records, committee records, records of Congregational churches, and histories. Includes minutes, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and four unpublished works by Reverend Karl O. Thompson.
	Call #:	MS 3857
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils.
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7	Title:	St. James A M E Church Oral History Project Interviews
	Creator:	St. James A M E Church
	Dates:	1986-1987
	Abstract:	The St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Oral History Project Interviews was a venture of the church membership to conduct and transcribe oral history interviews with current and former members of the Cleveland, Ohio, church. It also included residents of the Fairfax community. It was sponsored by the church's Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society and was funded in part by the Ohio Humanities Council. The goals of the project were to examine the role of the family and elderly in the African American community, the place of the church in the community and family life, and the function of the community over time. Forty-one men and women participated in the interview process. A public conference was held in 1986 as part of the project. The collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted with individuals who were or had been members of the congregation of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and/or residents of the Fairfax area; a final report on the project; publications; and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4536
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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8	Title:	Josephus Hicks Collection of Church Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials
	Creator:	Hicks, Josephus
	Dates:	1940-1996
	Abstract:	Josephus Hicks was an African American photographer and historian who lived in Cleveland from the mid-1930s until his death in 1998. In addition to photographing people and events in the Cleveland African American community, Mr. Hicks wrote the history of St. John A.M.E. Church, the Mount Zion Church and the Hough area of the city. The collection consists of church records, photographs, 16mm film, and audio LPs.
	Call #:	MS 5366
	Extent:	3.61 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	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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10	Title:	Karl F. Bruch, Jr. Papers
	Creator:	Bruch, Karl F., Jr.
	Dates:	1951-1973
	Abstract:	Karl F. Bruch Jr. was active in church, politics, and civil rights in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, particularly during the 1960s-1970s. He was president of Fair Housing Inc., a real estate company committed to integrating neighborhoods in the Cleveland area. He was also a member of the Greater Cleveland Council of Churches and a director of its Metropolitan Affairs Commission, and the United Presbyterian Church's Synod of Ohio Evangelism and Social Witness and the Commission on Religion and Race. Bruch was also a member of the Fenn College Board of Trustees at the time it was incorporated into Cleveland State University. The collection consists of agendas, minutes of meetings, reports, a roster, newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence, announcements, legal documents, press releases, and financial documents.
	Call #:	MS 4815
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Bruch, Karl F., Jr. \| Fenn College. \| Cleveland State University. \| United Presbyterian Church of North America. \| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. \| Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Affairs Commission. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious aspects. \| Urbanization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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11	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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12	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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13	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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