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1Title:  West Side Community House Records     
 Creator:  West Side Community House 
 Dates:  1890-1973 
 Abstract:  West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 3938 
 Extent:  32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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2Title:  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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