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1	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc., Records
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1961-1986
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures.
	Call #:	MS 4765
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Richman Brothers Company Records
	Creator:	Richman Brothers Company
	Dates:	1924-1992
	Abstract:	The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4664
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Richman Brothers Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Printz-Biederman Company Records
	Creator:	Printz-Biederman Company
	Dates:	1914-1957
	Abstract:	The Printz-Biederman Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, coat manufacturing company established in 1893 by Moritz Printz, his sons Michael and Alexander, and his son-in-law Joseph Biederman. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union tried to organize its employees in the 1930s. It closed in the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, reports, agreements, correspondence, historical sketches, and publications relating to employee representative bodies which operated in the plant, and letters, telegrams and other writings to and from Abraham Katovsky and David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Also includes catalogs and advertisements of the company's clothing.
	Call #:	MS 3870
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Catalogs. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catalogs. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	S. Korach Company Records
	Creator:	S. Korach Company
	Dates:	1898-1987
	Abstract:	The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies.
	Call #:	MS 4694
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. \| Korach family. \| S. Korach Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	L.N. Gross Company Records
	Creator:	L.N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1907-1967
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. During the Depression the company was troubled by strikes as well as the general business slump. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of a history of the company, an autobiography, passport and visa of Louis Gross, correspondence, reports, applications for patents, contracts, account books, and miscellaneous materials, including scrapbooks containing advertisements for garments made by the company.
	Call #:	MS 3823
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Jewish Publication Company
	Dates:	1964-1977
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son.
	Call #:	MS 4532
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. \| Cleveland Jewish News. \| Jewish Independent. \| Jewish Review and Observer. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Dalton Company Records
	Creator:	Dalton Company
	Dates:	1972-1983
	Abstract:	The Dalton Company was a garment manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded as the Fine Gauge Knitwear Company in 1949 by Arthur Dery and Maurice Saltzman, the company produced women's cashmere and woolen garments. In 1956 the company changed its name to Dalton of America and diversified its product lines to include knitted and woven outerwear. In 1957, Dery bought out Saltzman. The company was moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1962, where it continued under the name Dalton Apparel until its closure in 1986. The collection consists of advertisements, sales books, order forms, and a poster.
	Call #:	MS 5052
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Dery, Arthur, 1908-2003. \| Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. \| Fine Gauge Knitwear Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dalton of America (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dalton Apparel (Willoughby, Ohio) \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Records, Series II
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1940-1996
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, financial statements, deeds, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures and catalogs, speech texts, and award certificates.
	Call #:	MS 5094
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Rosenthal family. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Uniforms industry -- United States. \| Uniforms industry -- Japan. \| Uniforms industry -- Belgium. \| Uniforms industry -- Canada. \| Uniforms industry -- France. \| Uniforms industry -- Great Britain. \| Uniforms industry -- Germany. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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9	Title:	L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	L. N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1898-1990
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included.
	Call #:	MS 4711
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
	Creator:	Federal Knitting Mills Company
	Dates:	1907-1939
	Abstract:	The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5051
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| American Federation of Labor. \| American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. \| International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. \| United States. National Labor Relations Board. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Goodman Family Papers
	Creator:	Goodman, Morris and Ethel Family
	Dates:	1904-1955
	Abstract:	Morris Goodman immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Austria-Hungary in 1910 and became an insurance agent for Western and Southern Life Insurance Company. He and his wife, Ethel Berkmann, owned the Goodman and Company Furniture Store in Cleveland and were involved with the World Zionist Organization. Their son, Harvey Goodman, served in World War II in the United States Air Force. Their daughter, Alma, married into the Perla family, which operated an embroidery company. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, photographs, postcards, licenses and miscellaneous documents. The collection includes immigration and naturalization materials, as well as military service documents and World War II ration books.
	Call #:	MS 4955
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Goodman, Morris, 1890-1962. \| Goodman, Ethel Berkmann, 1894-1980. \| Goodman, Harvey. \| Perla, Herbert. \| Goodman family. \| Berkmann family. \| Perla family. \| Goodman and Company Furniture Store (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Western and Southern Life Insurance Company. \| Perla Novelty Embroidery Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects. \| Furniture industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Postcards -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	Joseph Hays Family Papers
	Creator:	Hays, Joseph Family
	Dates:	1857-1987
	Abstract:	Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, Abraham and Joseph arriving in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Company, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece and adopted daughter of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, an autobiography, a family history, speeches, genealogies, and miscellaneous materials.
	Call #:	MS 4595
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916. \| Hays family. \| Feiss family. \| Richman family. \| Lehman family. \| Eisenman family. \| Feiss, Paul Louis, 1875-1952. \| Hays, Louis Henry, 1874-1918. \| Eisenman, Charles, 1865-1923. \| Kastriner and Eisenman Company. \| Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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13	Title:	Jacob Sapirstein Papers
	Creator:	Sapirstein, Jacob
	Dates:	1913-1987
	Abstract:	Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 4581
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. \| Sapirstein family. \| American Greetings Corporation. \| Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	David Bernard Guralnik Papers
	Creator:	Guralnik, David Bernard
	Dates:	1935-2001
	Abstract:	David B. Guralnik was was an internationally-known lexicographer and the editor of the Webster's New World Dictionary, published by the World Publishing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. He was also a leader in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish communal organizations and activities, particularly known for his work preserving and using the Yiddish language. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, speeches, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4853
	Extent:	5.01 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Guralnik, David Bernard, 1920- \| Guralnik, Shirley. \| World Publishing Company. \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lexicographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lexicography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| English language--Lexicography. \| English language -- Dictionaries. \| Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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15	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1928-1995
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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16	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1928-1995
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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17	Title:	A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1919-2015
	Abstract:	Cleveland, Ohio, played a prominent role in the garment industry in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the industry's decline a century later. Most of the owners of garment manufacturing firms in Cleveland, as throughout the United States, were owned by Jewish immigrants. The garment industry in Cleveland declined as a whole in the late twentieth century. In the early 2010s, the Western Reserve Historical Society began making efforts toward compiling the stories of the Cleveland garment industry through research and oral history interviews, culminating in a book and exhibition project titled A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, drafts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, operating agreements, oral histories, orders, photographs, proposals, questionnaires, scrapbooks, and sketches pertaining to the planning, research, and implementation of the "Stitch in Time" project by the Western Reserve Historical Society.
	Call #:	MS 5425
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 volume)
	Subjects:	Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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18	Title:	Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Jacob Family
	Dates:	1868-1988
	Abstract:	Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history.
	Call #:	MS 4678
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. \| Goldsmith family. \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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19	Title:	Abe M. Luntz Papers
	Creator:	Luntz, Abe M.
	Dates:	1886-1982
	Abstract:	Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
	Call #:	MS 4548
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. \| Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). \| National Conference of Christians and Jews. \| Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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20	Title:	Cleveland Jewish Miscellany
	Creator:	Nebel, Abraham Lincoln
	Dates:	1831-1971
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish Miscellany consists of material relating to the history of the Jewish community in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, collected by Abraham Lincoln Nebel (1891-1973). The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, biographies, Mr. Nebel's notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies collected by Nebel of documents related to Cleveland Jewish history.
	Call #:	MS 3669
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Nebel, Abraham Lincoln, 1891-1973. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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