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1	Title:	George S. Dively Foundation Records
	Creator:	Geo. S. Dively Foundation
	Dates:	1956-1991
	Abstract:	The George S. Dively Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1956, by industrialist and philanthropist George S. Dively. Funding has centered around the field of higher education, with scholarship funds being established for engineering, business administration, graphic arts, and urban affairs students at numerous institutions, including the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard Business School, Lock Haven (Pennsylanvania) State College, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, and the Florida Institute of Technology. Other organizations receiving funding reflect the interests of Dively; including civic improvement, enterprise development, and the arts. The foundation was officially closed in 1995. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, annual reports, minutes, correspondence, proposals, contribution records, investment records, legal documents, agreements, grants, and awards.
	Call #:	MS 4635
	Extent:	5.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Dively, George S., 1902-1988. \| Geo. S. Dively Foundation. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education, Higher.
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2	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1974-2012
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations.
	Call #:	MS 5296
	Extent:	70.80 linear feet (75 containers)
	Subjects:	Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records, Series II
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1966-1998
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, which include architectural drawings, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, newspaper clippings, one audio cassette tape, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by The George Gund Foundation. The collection also contains limited administrative records of The George Gund Foundation, including correspondence, lists, publications, and reports related to grant recipients and a joint project with the Cleveland Public Schools based upon the effective schools model of school-based educational reform entitled Project Perform.
	Call #:	MS 4821
	Extent:	140.44 linear feet (141 containers and 4 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	George Gund Foundation. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Pro-choice movement. \| Women's rights. \| AIDS (Disease) -- Research. \| Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Retinitis pigmentosa. \| Birth control. \| Nuclear arms control. \| Economic development.
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4	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records, Series III
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1984-2008
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, including agendas, annual reports, architectural drawings, budgets, compact discs, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by the George Gund Foundation.
	Call #:	MS 5038
	Extent:	139.40 linear feet (140 containers)
	Subjects:	George Gund Foundation. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| AIDS (Disease) -- Research. \| Birth control.
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5	Title:	George Gund Foundation Records
	Creator:	George Gund Foundation
	Dates:	1963-1983
	Abstract:	The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund (1888-1966). It supports education and various projects of community organizations. Of particular interest to the foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. One of its special interests was the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission. The collection consists of annual reports of the Foundation, and grant proposals (including histories and reports) of grant-seeking organizations.
	Call #:	MS 4123
	Extent:	45.80 linear feet (47 containers)
	Subjects:	George Gund Foundation. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	William Bingham Foundation Records
	Creator:	William Bingham Foundation
	Dates:	1968-1993
	Abstract:	The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham 2nd. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. The foundation also contributed to the establishment and development of Blossom Music Center. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the environment, the arts, education, health, and welfare. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation in the 1980s, with several significant grants being made to the Environmental Defense Fund. The collection consists of correspondence, grant proposals, reports, financial, legal, and administrative records, minutes, exhibit scripts, newspaper clippings, publications, magazine articles, newsletters, and notes.
	Call #:	MS 4707
	Extent:	9.20 linear feet (10 containers)
	Subjects:	Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955. \| Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. \| Bingham family. \| Blossom family. \| William Bingham Foundation. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Environmental protection.
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7	Title:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records, Series II
	Creator:	The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
	Dates:	1936-1990
	Abstract:	The Jewish Community Federation is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio, which traces its origin to the Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland (founded 1903). The Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland changed its name to the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland in 1926, and in 1930, added a fundraising arm, the Jewish Welfare Fund of Cleveland. In 1951 the Jewish Welfare Federation merged with the Jewish Community Council to become the Jewish Community Federation. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, trustee and committee minutes, reports, proposals, newspaper clippings, wills, and financial records. Records are organized into three series consisting of administrative files, endowment funds, and social planning and research.
	Call #:	MS 4835
	Extent:	107.70 linear feet (111 containers)
	Subjects:	Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Case Western Reserve University. \| Federation for Community Planning. \| Baldwin-Wallace College. \| Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. \| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. \| United Jewish Appeal. \| Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Chabad House of Cleveland. \| Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jewish Community Housing, Inc. \| Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jewish Vocational Service. \| Menorah Park Center for the Aging (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Human services. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Federations, Financial (Social Service) \| Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Israel-Arab War, 1967. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. \| Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers
	Creator:	Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena
	Dates:	1914-1991
	Abstract:	Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involved with the Group Work Council of the Welfare Federation and was a trustee of Oberlin College and the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Urban League, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Both the Jelliffes received numerous honors and awards. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, Karamu Board of Trustee files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, playscripts, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks. In addition to the personal papers of the Jelliffes, this collection contains a significant collection of the records of Karamu House, including initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club concerning the founding of Neighborhood Association, administrative files, histories, materials concerning the New Building Campaign of the 1940s, correspondence with Harold T. Clark, programming files, materials concerning the search for a new executive director, playscripts, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's play, Sermon. Also included are the records of the Karumu Foundation, 1948-1977.
	Call #:	MS 4737
	Extent:	12.71 linear feet (14 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. \| Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. \| Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. \| Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. \| Karamu House. \| Karamu Foundation. \| Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rural-urban migration -- United States. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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9	Title:	Saint Luke's Hospital Records
	Creator:	Saint Luke's Hospital
	Dates:	1894-1997
	Abstract:	Saint Luke's Hospital began operations as Cleveland General Hospital in 1894 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Its facilities were moved to Carnegie Avenue in 1908, and to its present site on Shaker Boulevard in 1927. After a brief merger with MetroHealth Medical Center in the early 1990s, it was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its Ohio partner, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1997. The non-profit proceeds of the sale were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, articles of incorporation, brochures, budgets, bylaws, calendars, certificates, contracts, correspondence, financial statements, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, ledgers, lists, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, publications, reports, resolutions, rosters, schedules, scrapbooks, scripts, signage, speech texts, surveys, proceedings, and tax records.
	Call #:	MS 4875
	Extent:	21.61 linear feet (24 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland General Hospital. \| Saint Luke's Hospital Association (Cleveland Ohio). \| Saint Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) School of Nursing. \| MetroHealth Medical Center. \| MetroHealth Saint Luke's Medical Center. \| Saint Luke's Medical Center. \| Saint Luke's Foundation. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Saint Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hospitals -- Maternity services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
	Dates:	1917-1998
	Abstract:	Goodwill Industries was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1918, as Goodwill Industries of Cleveland by Methodist minister Frank Milton Baker, it followed the concepts pioneered by Dr. Edgar J. Helms of Boston, Massachusetts. Its initial purpose was to furnish job training and employment for the aged, poor, and handicapped; and inexpensive clothing and furniture to the community through the processing of donated materials and management of Goodwill resale stores. In the 1930s, it began to focus on the vocational training and employment needs of people with physical, mental, and social disabilities. During the 1960s, rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, and social workers were added to its staff. The collection consists of minutes, rosters, reports, correspondence, articles of incorporation, bylaws, pamphlets, programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, financial and administrative records, lists, and histories.
	Call #:	MS 4793
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Baker, Frank Milton, 1880-1950. \| Helms, Edgar J., 1863-1942. \| Ford, David Knight, 1894-1993. \| Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. \| Goodwill Industries International. \| Goodwill Industries of America. \| Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home. \| Boy Scouts of America. Greater Cleveland Council. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in charitable work. \| Vocational rehabilitation. \| People with disabilities -- Employment.
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11	Title:	Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Records, Series IV
	Creator:	Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
	Dates:	1958-2000
	Abstract:	The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation is an education foundation promoting elementary and secondary teaching, teacher training, curriculum development and school evaluation studies, including educational TV programs and in-service conferences and seminars. The collection is of interest to researchers exploring trends and developments in education in Ohio, 1963-1992. The records document the foundation's activities in teacher training and staff development, curriculum development, materials development and equipment purchase, information sharing, conferences and retreats, enrichment programs, scholarship and awards, and evaluation and research. The material also supports research into foundation management. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, bills, bylaws, certificates, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, grant proposals, invitations, legal briefs, lists, meeting notes, memoranda, minutes, newspaper and journal clippings, photographs, press releases, programs, publications, receipts, reports, resolutions, speech notes, and tax records.
	Call #:	MS 4829
	Extent:	5.20 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Jennings, Martha Holden, 1873-1962. \| Jennings, Andrew Rawson, 1870-1931. \| Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Education -- Research -- Ohio. \| Education -- Research -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Educational evaluation -- Ohio. \| Educational evaluation -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Educational innovations -- Ohio. \| Educational innovations -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Educational surveys -- Ohio. \| Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Curriculum enrichment -- Ohio. \| Curriculum enrichment -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| School improvement programs -- Ohio. \| School improvement programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio. \| Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Teachers' workshops -- Ohio. \| Teachers' workshops -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area.
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12	Title:	John Huntington Fund for Education Records, Series II
	Creator:	John Huntington Fund for Education
	Dates:	1934-2004
	Abstract:	The John Huntington Fund for Education was organized in 1953 to provide scholarships for residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to study fields related to science and technology. The collection consists of organizational records, including accounting ledgers, correspondences of Trustee members, and scholarship payout reports and estimates.
	Call #:	MS 5412
	Extent:	2.44 linear feet (3 containers and 4 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Art museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland Scholarship Services, Inc. \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland Foundation. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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