| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Joseph B. Horwitz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Horwitz, Joseph B. | | | | Dates: | 1999 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph B. Horwitz (1899-2000) was a Jewish entrepreneur from Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in Vilnius in 1899. Horwitz came to Cleveland with his family at a young age. In 1930 he married Cleveland native Olyn (Ollie) Shaw (1895-1999). The couple had one daughter, Judy (Relman). In the 1930s, Horwitz devised methods of making usable steel from scrap metals and became the President of the Kaiser-Nelson Corporation. During and after World War II Joseph and Olyn Horwitz were involved with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. They assisted in the relocation of refugees in Europe. In 1948 a refugee gave the couple an eighteenth century silver filigree menorah and inspired them to start collecting Judaica. Joseph B. Horwitz subsequently became one of the most prominent collectors of Jewish religious art in the United States. Horwitz and his wife Olyn contributed significantly to the Jewish community of Cleveland. The collection consists of one scrapbook created for Horwitz's 100th birthday in 1999. | | | | Call #: | MS 5158 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies | Horwitz, Joseph B., 1899-2000 | Jewish art -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects | Jewish art | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Herman Friedman Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Friedman, Herman Family | | | | Dates: | 1911-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Herman Friedman was born in Hungary in 1855 and immigrated to the United States as a young man, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio in 1882. He founded Friedman-Blau-Farber in 1883, which was Cleveland's only fully-integrated knitting mill. The Company developed its own dye house, box factory, and knitting machines. It supplied knitted outerwear for men and women. The Company closed in 1939. The collection consists of a scrapbook about the 50th anniversary celebration of the Company in 1933, and photographs of various members of the Friedman family, as well as a scrapbook of condolences that were received by the Friedman family, following Herman's death at age 85 in December, 1935. There also are three compact discs, by Robert Friedman, of the Friedman family history. Robert was a grandson of Herman Friedman. | | | | Call #: | MS 5423 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (one container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friedman family | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Nina Gibans | | | | Dates: | 1890-2016 | | | | Abstract: | Nina Freedlander Gibans has been active in Greater Cleveland's arts, culture and educational community for nearly six decades as an arts advocate, administrator, author, and teacher as well as a community volunteer. Gibans was born on July 30, 1932. Her family, the Freedlanders, were, according to family legend, peddlers who headed west in the 1880s from Buffalo, New York. They settled in Wooster, Ohio in the 1940s, where they founded and operated Freedlander's Department Store. After her marriage to architect James Gibans, the family moved to San Francisco where James found work. It was the height of the Beat Era; there Nina often gave poetry readings and had connections with Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Upon her family's return to Cleveland in 1960, Gibans immersed herself in the local and regional arts community. She has been the executive producer of five video programs, three of which have been shown on local public television. Gibans has also served on many panels, boards and committees of local, state and national cultural and civic organizations. The Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers collection consists of awards, a book, booklets, certificates, correspondence, a dissertation, family trees, financial records, incorporation articles, interviews, lesson plans, newspaper clippings, patents, photographs, publications, reports, a scrapbook, scripts, speeches, tapes, and yearbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5446 | | | | Extent: | 4.2 linear feet (5 boxes, including one oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Gibans, Nina Freedlander | Freedlander family | Women television producers and directors -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Wooster
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Maury Feren Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Maury Feren | | | | Dates: | 1932-2013 | | | | Abstract: | Maurice "Maury" and his wife Bess Nagelbush started the M.B. Feren Produce business in the 1940s, which quickly became the leading wholesale fruit supplier in Cleveland. Feren also founded Feren Fruit Basket, a retail gift basket business, and Fruit Baskets by Maury. Feren became widely known throughout Cleveland on radio and television programs from the 1940s to 2010 where he commented on food and nutrition. He also lectured on food, physical fitness, and other topics at local colleges and universities. The collection consists of articles, audio cassettes, awards, books published by Maury Feren, a booklet, a certificate, CDs and DVDs, correspondence, drafts, a Glenville High School diploma, handwritten memoirs, newspaper clippings, photographs, reels, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5444 | | | | Extent: | 4.5 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | Feren, Maury | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Distributors (Commerce) -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Wholesale trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Fruit trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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