| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Joseph Ceruti Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ceruti, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1923-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Ceruti (1912-1993) was a prominent architect and member of the Italian-American community in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School in 1929, and earned a degree in architecture at Western Reserve University in 1934. After working for Warner & Swasey during World War II, he went into private practice in 1947. Some of his clients included Case Institute of Technology (later Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), Fenn College (later Cleveland State University), Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland Board of Education (Adlai Stevenson School), Warner & Swasey, and Motch & Merryweather. He was active in the American Institute of Architects, and was a member of many organizations including the board of directors of Alta Social Settlement House and the Fine Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Cleveland. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications, clippings, contracts, correspondence, general office files, photographs, and slides. | | | | Call #: | MS 5391 | | | | Extent: | 186.01 linear feet (77 containers, 456 rolled architectural drawings, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Warner & Swasey. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Designs and plans.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Little Italy Historical Museum Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mayfield-Murray Hill District Council DBA Little Italy Historical Museum | | | | Dates: | 1888-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Little Italy Historical Museum, sometimes referred to as the Little Italy Heritage Museum, was operated by members of the Mayfield-Murray Hill District Council in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1983 until 2007. The collection consists of both business records related to the museum and manuscripts and photographs collected by the museum. The collected manuscripts and photographs comprise the majority of the materials. The collection includes agreements, albums, awards, books, certificates, correspondence, 8mm films, flyers, forms, invoices, lists, magazine clippings, magazines, memoirs, memoranda, minutes, negatives, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, proclamations, programs, publications, receipts, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, sheet music, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5353 | | | | Extent: | 8.81 linear feet (15 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Italian Americans -- Genealogy. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Anthony Palermo, Jr. Papers
| | | | Creator: | Palermo, Anthony Jr. | | | | Dates: | 1990-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Anthony Palermo, Jr. (b. 1926) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland. After serving in the United States Army Air Force during World War II, Palermo attended the Case Institute of Technology, graduating in 1949 with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked for the Picker X-Ray Corporation, developing x-ray and CAT scan systems. Palermo had an avid interest in local history, and he founded the South Euclid Historical Society and wrote the history of St. Gregory the Great Church (now known as Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish). The collection consists of Palermo's research and written recollections of the history of the South Euclid, Ohio, aircraft beacon; Bluestone Quarries; and Euclid Beach Park/Collinwood neighborhood baseball teams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5189 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Bluestone (Ohio) -- History. | Collinwood (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Euclid Beach Park (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | South Euclid (Ohio) -- History.
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