| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1880-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Montefiore Home was established in 1882 in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Kesher Shel Barzel Order (Band of Iron), District Grand Lodge No. 4, and called the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home. In 1884 it was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites. In 1923 it became simply the Montefiore Home. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, administrative reports and records, staff memos and lists, departmental reports, records of auxiliary organizations, residents files, audits, ledgers and other financial records, and subject files relating to the Home's interaction with other agencies such as the Association of Ohio Philanthropic Homes for Aged, Inc., the Jewish Community Federation, the Jewish Family Service Association, United Appeal of Greater Cleveland, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the White House Conference on Aging, and Julius and Helen Weil. | | | | Call #: | MS 3835 | | | | Extent: | 17.10 linear feet (13 containers, 12 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Older people -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Weil, Julius and Helen K. | | | | Dates: | 1908-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents, a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered in Germany during the government of the National Socialists. | | | | Call #: | MS 4735 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. | Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged. | Aged -- Institutional care. | Social work with the aged. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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