| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1913-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Travelers Aid Society is a Cleveland, Ohio, service agency for stranded or troubled travelers. It was established in 1920 as an agency of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. It grew out of the services to immigrants, young female travelers, and rural migrants which had been performed since the 1890s by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Methodist deaconesses, and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). It now operates under the auspices of the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial and budget data, membership rosters, annual reports, convention material, newsletters, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3617 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Travelers Aid Society of Cleveland. | Travelers' aid societies. | Transients, Relief of -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Federation for Community Planning Records
| | | | Creator: | Federation for Community Planning | | | | Dates: | 1913-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Federation for Community Planning was founded in 1913 as the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy, to coordinate funding for the numerous charities in Cleveland, Ohio. It merged with the Welfare Council of Cleveland in 1917 to form the Cleveland Welfare Federation. In 1972 it became the Federation for Community Planning. By 1919 it had given up solicitation of funds and by 1966 their allocation also, evolving into a specialized community planning agency. Today, the organization is known as the Center for Community Solutions. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings and publications of the Federation for Community Planning, the Welfare Federation, the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy and various bodies allied to these organizations, files of the executive directors Edward D. Lynde and William T. McCullough, speech texts, television and radio scripts, personnel files and news releases. | | | | Call #: | MS 3788 | | | | Extent: | 64.00 linear feet (52 containers and 13 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Federation for Community Planning. | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Care and hygiene. | Adoption -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Transients, Relief of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Foster home care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Illegitimate children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Alcoholism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Japanese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charity organization. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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