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21	Title:	Solomea Nowak Schmidt Papers
	Creator:	Schmidt, Salomea Nowak
	Dates:	1922-1976
	Abstract:	Salomea Nowak Schmidt (1898-1980) was the daughter of Polish immigrants to Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in many community, church and women's organizations, many of which served the needs and interests of mentally handicapped children. She married Leo W. Schmidt, who founded his own general contracting company and the United Savings and Loan Association. The collection consists of personal correspondence, personal materials, draft of Mrs. Schmidt's autobiography Under Oath, a scrapbook from Mr. Schmidt's savings and loan business, and correspondence, minutes, financial records and reports from Mrs. Schmidt's organizations.
	Call #:	MS 3970
	Extent:	5.51 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Schmidt, Salomea Nowak, 1898-1980. \| Schmidt family. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catholic Church. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Mentally handicapped children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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22	Title:	Junior League of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Junior League of Cleveland
	Dates:	1912-1973
	Abstract:	The Junior League of Cleveland is a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution states that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to the communities needs. New membership requirements are also explained. The collection consists of by-laws, constitutions, annual reports, committee reports, minutes, brochures, pamphlets, magazines, correspondence, scripts, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and blueprints.
	Call #:	MS 3822
	Extent:	11.10 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Junior League of Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work. \| Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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23	Title:	Cleveland Basebelles Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Basebelles
	Dates:	1966-1991
	Abstract:	Cleveland Basebelles was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 by Jessie Semple O'Donnell to serve as a booster club for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball franchise. Besides promoting attendance at Cleveland Indians games in Cleveland and other American cities, the Basebelles also became a fundraising organization for charities such as the Salvation Army and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The collection consists of a calendar, correspondence, a membership card, and five scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5057
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Basebelles. \| Cleveland Indians (Baseball team) \| Baseball attendance -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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24	Title:	Lecture Recital Club Records
	Creator:	Lecture Recital Club
	Dates:	1908-1974
	Abstract:	The Lecture Recital Club was a Cleveland, Ohio, social and cultural club founded in 1908 by Janet Talcott for the purpose of presenting music and literature in lecture-recital. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, reports, correspondence, programs, newsletters, clippings, scrapbooks, club histories, and publicity clippings and souvenirs of prominent club members.
	Call #:	MS 3887
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Lecture Recital Club (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Literature -- Societies, etc. \| Music and literature. \| Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. \| Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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25	Title:	Women's Centennial Commission Records
	Creator:	Women's Centennial Commission
	Dates:	1891-1971
	Abstract:	The Women's Centennial Commission of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1895 as the Women's Auxiliary of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. The group formally became a part of the Cleveland Centennial Commission on September 25, 1895, when its name was changed to the Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. Mary B. Ingham served as the first president, and Catherine Hitchcock Avery was chairman of the executive board. Woman's Day, a part of the centennial celebration, was held July 28, 1896. In December 1896, an aluminum casket time capsule was filled by members and sealed, to be opened one hundred years later in 1996 during the bicentennial of the founding of Cleveland. The casket was given to the Western Reserve Historical Society for safekeeping. In 1898, the executive committee of the Woman's Department became a permanent organization. Each member designated a successor, and yearly meetings were held. In 1921, a second aluminum casket time capsule was prepared, commemorating the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Cleveland. This casket was not sealed until 1927, so that volume five of the Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, a project begun in 1896 by the Woman's Department, and edited by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, could be included. That same year, the name of the group was changed to the Women's Centennial Commission. Continued by the successors of the women of 1896 and 1921, a sealed aluminum casket was placed at the Western Reserve Historical Society during the sesquicentennial celebration of Cleveland in 1946. At the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of Cleveland in 1971, a fourth time capsule was prepared. The group was revived as the bicentennial of 1996 approached, and in 1996, the contents of the time capsules were unpacked by lineal descendants of the original members. The collection consists of the contents of four aluminum casket time capsules from the years 1896, 1921, 1946, and 1971. The contents include letters, constitutions and bylaws, minutes, resolutions, financial statements, programs, lists, certificates, cards, photographs, invitations, addresses, speeches, essays, poems, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, brochures, directories, bulletins, notes, books, pamphlets, annual reports, yearbooks, biographical and genealogical sketches, business cards, medals, ribbons, coins, flags, badges, a gavel, drawings, watercolor prints, maps, calendars, and a poster. Material from philanthropic, social service, cultural, and religious organizations and agencies of the time is included. Documentation on the formation and organization of the Women's Centennial Commission is included, as is a large amount of personal letters and photographs addressed to their descendants by Commission members. The collection also documents how the Cleveland centennial was planned and celebrated in 1896, and how subsequent anniversary years were celebrated. Original manuscripts and copies of the speeches and toasts given during Woman's Day in 1896 were included in the time capsules.
	Call #:	MS 4752
	Extent:	6.80 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Avery, Catherine Hitchcock, 1844-1911. \| Ingham, Mary Bigelow, 1832-1923. \| Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer, 1844-1930. \| Women's Centennial Commission. \| Cleveland Centennial Commission. Woman's Dept. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Time capsules -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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26	Title:	Swiss Society Records
	Creator:	Swiss Society
	Dates:	1872-1970
	Abstract:	The Swiss Society was created in 1872 as the Schweizerischen Unterstuetzungs Verein by a group of members from the Swiss male chorus, then known as the Schweizer Gesang Verein Gruetli Bund, in Cleveland, Ohio. A mutual aid society for those of Swiss descent, the Swiss Society provided not only insurance to members, but also sought to preserve and nurture the German-Swiss culture, language, and literature. In 1873, the Swiss Society affiliated itself as a branch society with the Gruetli Bund der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika, which later became the North American Swiss Alliance. In 1881, the Society reorganized as the Schweizer Verein von Cleveland, Ohio. In 1885, the Swiss Society in Cleveland was elected as the executive society for the North American Swiss Alliance. By 1942, the group officially adopted the English name of Swiss Society and was still in operation in 1994. The Swiss Ladies Aid Society was closely associated with the Swiss Society and was originally known as the Schweizer Frauen Unterstuetzungs Verein. It was founded in 1887 in order to support women who were Swiss born, of Swiss descent or married to a Swiss man, and to provide health insurance, comradery, and promote efforts to maintain the German-Swiss language. Eventually the Ladies Aid Society also became an affiliate of the North American Swiss Alliance. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, and member policies. The collection includes the records of the Swiss Ladies Aid Society.
	Call #:	MS 4683
	Extent:	6.60 linear feet (6 containers, 11 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Swiss Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Swiss Ladies Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Swiss -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Swiss Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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27	Title:	Gospel Worker Society Records
	Creator:	Gospel Worker Society
	Dates:	1874-2006
	Abstract:	The Gospel Worker Society (founded in 1895 by Reverend William Brunner Musselman) is a nondenominational Christian missionary ministry designed to reach people outside of an established church community, and to encourage them to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. This goal was reached by holding missionary meetings, daily colportage work, tent meetings and saloon work. In 1896 two branches of the Home Missionary Society were established, one being for men and one for women. In 1897 the Women's Home Missionary Society was changed to the Gospel Worker Society, and has remained the Society's name since. Although it started in Annandale, New Jersey, the Gospel Worker Society soon spread to various towns, including Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In 1907 the Gospel Worker Society (as well as their publishing company: the Herald Publishing House) moved their headquarters to Cleveland, Ohio. They resided in a fifteen-building complex on the corner of West Seventh and Jefferson Avenue. In order to stop distributing nondenominational literature that was not written by the Society itself, the Herald Publishing House was started in 1902 by the Society to print its own literature for distribution. After much expansion and numerous name changes the Herald Publishing House became known as the Union Gospel Press in 1922. In 1938 Rev. Musselman passed away, and his youngest daughter, Miss Mary E. Musselman, was elected as president, who led the nonprofit organization until her death in 1971. After Miss Musselman's death, Miss Julia P. Stabley was elected president until her retirement in 1990. Today (as of June 2007) The Incorporated Trustees of the Gospel Workers Society and Union Gospel Press is under the leadership of Mrs. Beryl C. Bidlen, who was elected president in 1990. In 1950 the Gospel Workers Society and the Union Gospel Press moved to their present locations (as of June of 2007) at the corner of Brookpark Road (State Route 17) and Broadview Road (State Route 176). The collection consists of group photographs of members of the Society as well as information on a house located at 2028 Corning Street in Cuyahoga County, a photograph album, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 4977
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gospel Worker Society. \| Women in church work -- United States. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work -- United States. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in missionary work. \| Church societies -- United States. \| Church societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Societies, etc.
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28	Title:	Links of Cleveland, Incorporated Records
	Creator:	Links of Cleveland, Incorporated
	Dates:	1946-1991
	Abstract:	The Links of Cleveland Incorporated was established in 1950 as a local chapter of a national non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization of African American women. Beginning with its first president, Rosalind Garvin, the organization committed to educational, cultural, social, and civic activities to raise funds for charitable causes. Recipients of this fundraising have included the Cleveland National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Karamu House; the Eliza Bryant Home; Forest City Hospital; the Jewish Welfare Fund; and, the Phillis Wheatley Association. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, budgets, financial records, minutes, memoranda, membership lists, newsletters, reports, programs, press releases, subject files, statements, histories, bylaws, guest books, handbooks, publications, transcripts, articles of incorporation, agendas, project files, and presidential files.
	Call #:	MS 4845
	Extent:	3.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Garvin, Rosalind. \| George, Zelma, 1903-1994. \| Jones, Adrienne Lash. \| Madison, Leatrice. \| Links of Cleveland, Inc. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Karamu House. \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions.
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29	Title:	Lana Moresky Papers
	Creator:	Moresky, Lana
	Dates:	1952-1988
	Abstract:	Lana Moresky is a women's rights activist and officer of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1972, Moresky joined the Cleveland, Ohio NOW. By 1973 she was a member of the executive board and a state delegate, and, in 1974, Moresky became state NOW coordinator. In 1976 she was elected to a seat on the NOW national board. Moresky remained involved in NOW, particularly at the local level, throughout the 1980s, even as her political and women's rights activities increased and diversified. Her involvement included: Ohio Attorney General's Task Force on Sexism in Education, Cuyahoga County Democratic Executive Committee, Twenty-Second District Caucus chairperson, Democratic National Convention delegate, and Cleveland board member of Americans for Democratic Action. The collection includes personal files, consisting of resumes, calendars, correspondence, speeches and files re: fundraising and public relations; NOW files, consisting of local chapter files, Ohio NOW files, national NOW files, NOW ERA campaign files (hearings, press clippings and state campaign notebooks), and NOW publications; and, files pertaining to general women's issues, and events and organizations (such as abortion, day care, education, employment, International Women's Year, the Twenty-Second District Caucus, the Democratic National Conventions of 1980 and 1984). The bulk of the collection involves NOW at the local, state and national level: Cleveland NOW (women's issues subject file, publications); Heights, Cleveland-East and Hillcrest NOW files (bylaws, minutes, correspondence, financial reports); Lake-Geauga NOW files (subject file and publications re: abortion, employment, education, legislation, Phyllis Schlafly); Ohio NOW and national NOW files (administrative files, including the national conference kits, 1971-1987, and Majority Caucus files).
	Call #:	MS 4318
	Extent:	18.21 linear feet (20 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Moresky, Lana, 1946- -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women. Cleveland Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women. Cleveland-East Chapter -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women. Hillcrest Chapter -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women. Lake-Geauga Chapter -- Archives. \| National Organization for Women. Heights Chapter (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Archives. \| Ohio National Organization for Women -- Archives. \| Democratic Party. Ohio. \| Feminism -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. \| Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Child care -- United States. \| Equal rights amendments -- United States. \| Feminist literature -- United States. \| Gay liberation movement -- United States. \| Sexism -- United States. \| Sex discrimination against women -- United States. \| Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. \| Women in politics -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Women's rights. \| Women -- Education -- United States. \| Women -- Employment -- United States.
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