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1Title:  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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2Title:  Kazdin-Levine Papers     
 Creator:  Kazdin-Levine Family 
 Dates:  1910-1975 
 Abstract:  Nathan Levine immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Russia ca. 1900. He and his wife Leah Levine founded two Cleveland, Ohio companies, U.S. Wallpaper Company, and Levin Brothers, Inc. Their daughter, Betty, married Sol Kazdin, also a Russian immigrant. Sol's brother, Max Kazdin (born Max Gothelf) was a horse trainer and Talmudic student who came to Cleveland, Ohio from Russia, ca. 1911. the collection consists of an English-Yiddish study guide belonging to Max Kazdin, newspaper clippings relating to Nathan and Leah Levine and Betty and Sol Kazdin, a citizenship guide, and a poem and correspondence of Nathan Levine. 
 Call #:  MS 4994 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 folder) 
 Subjects:  Kazdin, Sol, 1906-1975. | Kazdin, Betty Levine, 1908-1973. | Kazdin, Max. | Levine, Nathan, 1874-1935. | Levine, Leah, d. 1960. | Kazdin family. | Levine family. | U.S. Wallpaper Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  Herman and Lory Schiff Family Papers     
 Creator:  Schiff, Herman and Lory 
 Dates:  1910-2007 
 Abstract:  Herman Sziffnagel (1912-2004) and Lory Klaper (1921- ) survived the Holocaust and resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. In October of 1946 the two married in Vienna, and in January of 1948 they immigrated to the United States, taking the name Schiff. The collection consists of an audio tape, correspondence, newspaper articles, passports and immigration documents, and photographs. 
 Call #:  MS 5375 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schiff family. | Klaper family.
 
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