| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Junior League of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Junior League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1910-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The Junior League of Cleveland is a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated 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 community needs. The collection consists of approximately 2,700 color and black and white photographs depicting Junior League members and events. | | | | Call #: | PG 604 | | | | Extent: | 2.30 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Junior League of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Junior League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1924-2014 | | | | Abstract: | The Junior League of Cleveland was a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated 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 community needs. The collection consists of annual reports, directories, event programs, financial documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, publicity materials, and yearbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5248 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social Services/Charities / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | 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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