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1	Title:	James A. Briggs Scrapbooks
	Creator:	Briggs, James A.
	Dates:	1830-1887
	Abstract:	James A. Briggs was an attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, and New York State; editor of the Cleveland True Democrat; special correspondent to several newspapers, including the Cleveland Leader; temperance advocate; and political supporter of Abraham Lincoln. The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, letters, proclamations, pictures, and notes written by Briggs, concerning Briggs' career as an attorney and journalist.
	Call #:	MS 0882
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 volumes)
	Subjects:	Briggs, James A., 1811-1889. \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Political activity. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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2	Title:	William Ganson Rose Papers
	Creator:	Rose, William Ganson
	Dates:	1862-1955
	Abstract:	William Ganson Rose (1878-1957) was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, author, historian, lecturer, advertising executive, and civic promoter. In 1915, Rose formed Wm. G. Rose, Inc., his own advertising and public relations firm. He managed numerous fairs and expositions, including the first Cleveland Electrical Exposition (1914), the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930), the Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937), and the Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946). In 1916-1917, Rose chaired the group which promoted and ultimately secured passage of a bond issue financing the construction of the Cleveland Public Auditorium. He served on the board of Hiram House, a Cleveland social settlement founded by George Bellamy in 1896, and belonged to the American Press Humorists and the Cleveland Athletic Club. Rose authored several books and numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, as well as a comprehensive history of Cleveland entitled Cleveland, the making of a city, published in 1950. Rose died in 1957. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, promotional material, correspondence, biographical material, photographs, reports, and historical material pertaining to the history of Cleveland, Ohio and many of its prominent citizens, but also including material on national and international events and personages. Individuals, organizations and events that figure most prominently include: the American Press Humorists, Newton D. Baker, George Bellamy and Hiram House, Charles F. Brush, the Cleveland Sesquicentennial of 1946, the visit to Cleveland of Emile Coue, Thomas A. Edison, the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival of 1930, Abraham Lincoln, the Cleveland Public Auditorium, John D. Rockefeller, the Cleveland War Service Center, the Cleveland Grays, and the writings of Whiting Williams. Also included is a significant amount of biographical material on numerous women in Cleveland's history, material pertaining to sports, particularly baseball, and material relating to the theater in Cleveland, with newspaper reviews of performances.
	Call #:	MS 3365
	Extent:	4.80 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Rose, William Ganson, b. 1878 -- Archives. \| Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. \| Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. \| Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. \| Coue, Emile, 1857-1926. \| Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. \| Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. \| Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Public Auditorium (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Grays (Military unit) \| War Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| American Press Humorists. \| Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival (1930 : c Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Public buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baseball -- United States -- History. \| Baseball -- United States -- Biography. \| Mental suggestion. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Reviews. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fairs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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3	Title:	Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1834-1995
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection is a collection of pamphlets drawn from previously processed collections held by Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The pamphlets were generally removed from their original collections due to lack of relevance to the collection, but retained and grouped together in a separate collection because of their historic value.
	Call #:	MS 5147
	Extent:	15.40 linear feet (16 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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4	Title:	Beth Am Congregation Records
	Creator:	Beth Am Congregation
	Dates:	1934-1999
	Abstract:	Beth Am Congregation, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was founded in 1933 as the Community Temple by Rabbi Abraham Nowak and a group who belonged to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (then known as Temple on the Heights). The founders wanted their new synagogue to be more welcoming to all Jews, regardless of their wealth or status. The congregation established administrative offices at 241 Euclid Avenue; services and school classes were held at Coventry School in Cleveland Heights. After meeting at several rented locations, the congregation purchased a large house on Washington Boulevard. By 1940, however, the need was seen for a permanent structure, and a building fund was established. In 1947 Beth Am purchased the Trinity Congregational Church at 3557 Washington Boulevard. The new rabbi, Jack J. Herman, was named the same year. The congregation continued to grow, and by 1956 had 600 families with 500 students in the religious school. A fire in 1957 destroyed much of the lower level of the building, including two Torahs and synagogue records; the congregation met on the campus of John Carroll University until repairs were effected. Rabbi Herman served the congregation until his death in 1969. Rabbi Michael Hecht was installed late in 1970. In 1971 the congregation dedicated a new religious school named for Rabbi Herman, constructed on land adjacent to the synagogue. From 1974 through the congregation's merger with B'nai Jeshurun in 1999, there were financial deficits that made it difficult for the congregation to sustain itself. The Jewish community was moving farther east, and membership decreased. A congregant offered land at the intersection of Cedar and Lander Roads in Mayfield Heights, provided that the membership could raise the monies necessary for a new building. In spite of a positive feasibility study, and plans unveiled by the architectural firm Finegold Alexander and Associates, the fundraising goals were not met and Beth Am sold its Washington Boulevard Building to the New Bible Fellowship Church and merged with B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in 1999. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial reports, lists, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4895
	Extent:	39.83 linear feet (43 containers and 3 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Beth Am Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). -- Archives. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Walworth Family Papers
	Creator:	Walworth Family
	Dates:	1774-1884
	Abstract:	The Walworth family was one of the most influential families in the early history of the Western Reserve of Ohio. John Walworth and his family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. While there, he served as a deputy postmaster, justice of the peace, and judge. In 1806, the family moved to Cleveland to facilitate John Walworth's posts as Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Cuyahoga and Collector for the District of Erie. He also served as a judge in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas and as postmaster of Cleveland. His son, Ashbel W. Walworth, assumed many of his father's business responsibilities and official posts, including postmaster and collector of customs at Cleveland. He was treasurer for the Corporation of the Village of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Civilization Society. His son, John Walworth, continued his business interests in Cleveland. Several brothers of Ashbel W. Walworth, including J.P. (John Periander) Walworth, moved to the southern United States and established a branch of the family along the southern Mississippi River. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, official documents, architectural drawings and various ephemera. Contains detailed correspondence concerning land transactions for the Connecticut Land Company; records of the post offices of Painesville, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio; records of the Port of Cuyahoga; records of the Circuit Court of Geauga County, Ohio, Corporation of the Village of Cleveland, and the Cleveland School House; records of the Cleveland Branch of the Erie Bank of Pennsylvania; land valuations and tax lists for Cleveland and the Fire Lands; and legal records of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New London County, Connecticut. Correspondents include William Eldredge, Frederick Miner, Gideon Granger, Calvin Pease, Samuel Huntington, David Abbott, Nathaniel Ledyard, Lewis Cass, Oliver Phelps, Charles P. Barnum, Lewis Morgan, and Oliver Forward. A calendar of correspondents is included in the register to the collection. Insight into the social relations of the Walworths and their relations, including the Dunlap, Beattie, Strickland, Keyes, Wren, and Avery families, is seen through the correspondence between the women in the Walworth family.
	Call #:	MS 1901
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Walworth family. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Walworth, Ashbel W., 1790-1844. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Erie Bank of Pennsylvania. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Painesville. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land value taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Lighthouses -- Ohio -- Fairport. \| Court records -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Court records -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County. \| Court records -- Connecticut -- New London County. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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6	Title:	Joseph Family Papers
	Creator:	Joseph Family
	Dates:	1866-1993
	Abstract:	The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1853 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany, during the nineteenth-century German-Jewish immigration period. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacturing ofmen's clothing incorporating that operation as the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907. The company, formed out of previously operating businesses, was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph married Jette Selig in 1853; the marriage produced four sons. Three of them, Isaac, Fred, and Siegmund, and Siegmund's son Ralph, worked all or part of their careers with the Joseph and Feiss Company. The foruth son, Emil, Emil's son Frank E., and Frank E.'s son William R., became lawyers after graduating from Columbia University Law School. Frank E. Joseph was a promient lawyer and a partner at the Jones, Day, Cockley, & Reavis law firm. The family has been very active in both leadership and philanthropy in Cleveland in institutions such as the Musical Arts Associaton (The Cleveland Orchestra), the Kulas Foundation, and the Warner and Swasey Foundation, and in Jewish communal institutions such as Bellefaire and The Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of scrapbooks chronicling the lives of Martha J. Joseph Joseph, Adele Joseph Yelson and Edmil, Frank E. and William R. Joseph. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings. The Joseph Family Papers also include the diaries of Emil Joseph from 1877 to 1938 and Ralph S. Joseph from 1903 to 1948, and extensive correspondence of Emil Joseph to Fanny Dryfoos Joseph between 1886 and 1909, and his son, Frank, between 1922 and 1928.
	Call #:	MS 4894
	Extent:	40.02 linear feet (37 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Joseph family -- Archives. \| Joseph, Moritz, 1834-1917. \| Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. \| Joseph, Ray K. Hahn, 1888-1937. \| Yelson, Adele Joseph, 1944-1977. \| Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. \| Joseph, Fanny Dryfoos, 1866-1930. \| Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. \| Joseph, Ralph S., 1888-1958. \| Joseph, William R., 1946- \| Blossom Music Center. \| Musical Arts Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Sources.
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