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Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (3)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Gross family. (2)
Gross, Louis N. (2)
Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). (2)
Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. (1)
Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Aged -- Institutional care. (1)
Aged. (1)
Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. (1)
American Federation of Labor. (1)
American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. (1)
Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. (1)
Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy. (1)
Bookstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Celeste, Richard F. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (1)
Cleveland International Piano Competition. (1)
Cleveland Museum of Art. (1)
Cleveland Orchestra. (1)
Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Consumer protection -- United States. (1)
Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Cuba -- Description and travel. (1)
David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
David and Inez Myers Foundation. (1)
Democratic Party (U.S.) (1)
Distributors (Commerce) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Dyke College. (1)
Einstein, Siegfried, b. 1846. (1)
Employee rights -- United States. (1)
Energy policy -- United States. (1)
Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. (1)
Environmental protection -- United States. (1)
Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Feren, Maury. (1)
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. (1)
Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. (1)
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (1)
France -- Emigration and immigration. (1)
French Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Fruit trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Fruit. (1)
German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Germany -- Emigration and immigration. (1)
Glenn, John, 1921- (1)
Goldhamer family. (1)
Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. (1)
Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. (1)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. (1)
Gun control -- United States. (1)
Howitz family. (1)
Howitz, Morris. (1)
Hydraulics. (1)
Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. (1)
Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jewish legislators -- Ohio. (1)
Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. (1)
Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket. (1)
Kowan family. (1)
Kowan, Michael. (1)
Kowan, Rachel Howitz. (1)
Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- (1)
Labor laws and legislation -- United States. (1)
Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Legislators -- Ohio. (1)
Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) (1)
London (England) -- Description and travel. (1)
Mechanical engineering -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Metzenbaum, Howard M. (1)
Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. (1)
Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Myers, David N., 1900-1999. (1)
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. (1)
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- (1)
Poetry. (1)
Political campaigns -- Ohio. (1)
Political campaigns -- United States. (1)
Public works -- Ohio. (1)
Ratner family. (1)
Ratner, Albert B., 1927- (1)
Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. (1)
Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. (1)
Scrapbooks. (1)
Social work with the aged. (1)
Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. (1)
Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. (1)
Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- (1)
United States. Congress. Senate. (1)
United States. National Labor Relations Board. (1)
Voinovich, George V., 1936- (1)
Voyages and travels. (1)
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. (1)
Weatherhead Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- (1)
Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. (1)
Wholesale trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- England. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. (1)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. (1)
Wurzburger, Hugo, 1887-1952 (1)
Wurzburger, Marguerite Bacharach, 1882-1967 (1)
Wurzburger, Odette V., (Odette Valabregue), 1909-2006 (1)
Wurzburger, Paul, 1904-1974. (1)
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1Title:  Odette V. and Paul Wurzburger Family Papers     
 Creator:  Wurzburger, Odette V. and Paul Family 
 Dates:  1927-2006 
 Abstract:  Odette Valabregue Wurzburger was a French resistance fighter during World War II, a lawyer and teacher, and an active community leader, especially in the arts. She was born in Avignon, France, in 1909, and she died in Cleveland in 2006. Her husband, Paul Wurzburger was an entrepreneur, inventor, patron of the arts, and honorary consul of France. He was born in 1904 in Lyon, France, and died in 1974 in Cleveland. He entered the United States in 1941 and became a citizen in 1946. He became honorary consul of France in Cleveland in 1962. Paul's father, Hugo Wurzburger, was born in 1887 in Heilbronn, Germany, and died in Cleveland in 1952. Paul's mother, Marguerite Bacharach Wurzburger, was born in Lyon, France, in 1882 and died in Cleveland in 1967. The couple escaped Nazi-occupied France in 1941 and went first to Cuba, arriving in the United States in August 1942. Hugo Wurzburger was a successful industrialist and inventor. He invented several synthetic fabrics and also manufactured pipe fittings, the patents for which were licensed to Cleveland's Weatherhead Company before World War II. Paul's first wife, Margarethe (later Marguerite) Wolf (1900-1976), was born in Germany and died in Cleveland. The couple lived in Liechtenstein in the early 1930s and came to the United States in 1941, where he continued his father's association with the Weatherhead Company. With degrees from universities in Strasbourg and Frankfort, Paul Wurzburger held patents for various valves in the United States, Canada, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, Australia, Japan, France, Sweden, Italy and Belgium. Throughout his career as an engineer, he was associated with three different firms: Ermeto, Flomet, and Patex. Among other activities, Paul Wurzburger was a trustee for the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and the Musical Arts Association. He was Vice-President of the Federation of French Alliances in the United States for the Central States and chairman of the board of Maison Francaise de Cleveland. He was also on the Case Western Reserve University Board of Overseers and a commander in the French Legion d'honneur. Odette Valabregue earned a law degree from the University of Montpellier in 1930 and was a judge in France prior to the German occupation. As part of her legal career in pre-war France, she was a strong advocate of social services for children. From 1943 to 1945 she was a volunteer in the French underground, saving the lives of many Jews, including her own parents. Her pseudonym during her work with the French resistance was Anne-Marie; under this name, she published a brief account of her experiences during and immediately after the war. This account appeared in French in 1945, as a chapter in a book edited by Suzanne Normand, Liberte Ship (Paris: Editions NAGEL, 1945). Odette Valabregue came to the United States in 1960 when she married Paul Wurzburger, after his divorce from Marguerite (Wolf) Wurzburger. Odette Wurzburger continued her professional activities in Cleveland and became an active member of the community. A member of the American Bar Association, she taught classes for the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and was an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. She spoke often on law and biology and the human genome. Her interests in music and art led to significant achievements, especially her idea for an international piano competition, eventually known as the Cleveland International Piano Competition. She was on the boards of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Museum of Art and actively involved in fostering Franco-American relations through her work with the Maison Francaise and the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. She was a member of Suburban Temple-Kol Ami and a generous donor to the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. The collection consists of articles, affidavits, applications, certificates, correspondence, identification cards, invitation, license agreements, lists, memoirs, newspaper clippings, notes, patents, receipts, tickets, and visas. 
 Call #:  MS 5070 
 Extent:  2.00 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wurzburger, Odette V., (Odette Valabregue), 1909-2006 | Wurzburger, Paul, 1904-1974. | Wurzburger, Hugo, 1887-1952 | Wurzburger, Marguerite Bacharach, 1882-1967 | Weatherhead Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Cleveland Orchestra. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland International Piano Competition. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. | French Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mechanical engineering -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hydraulics. | France -- Emigration and immigration. | Germany -- Emigration and immigration. | Cuba -- Description and travel.
 
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2Title:  Siegfried Einstein Papers     
 Creator:  Einstein, Siegfried 
 Dates:  1856-1931 
 Abstract:  Siegfried Einstein (b. 1846) was a German Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, and became an entrepreneur. The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, and legal documents. 
 Call #:  MS 3671 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Einstein, Siegfried, b. 1846. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  L.N. Gross Company Records     
 Creator:  L.N. Gross Company 
 Dates:  1907-1967 
 Abstract:  The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. During the Depression the company was troubled by strikes as well as the general business slump. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of a history of the company, an autobiography, passport and visa of Louis Gross, correspondence, reports, applications for patents, contracts, account books, and miscellaneous materials, including scrapbooks containing advertisements for garments made by the company. 
 Call #:  MS 3823 
 Extent:  4.00 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Gross, Louis N. | Gross family. | L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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4Title:  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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5Title:  L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II     
 Creator:  L. N. Gross Company 
 Dates:  1898-1990 
 Abstract:  The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included. 
 Call #:  MS 4711 
 Extent:  4.40 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Gross, Louis N. | Gross family. | L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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6Title:  Maury Feren Papers     
 Creator:  Feren, Maury 
 Dates:  1943-2006 
 Abstract:  Maury Feren was born in New York City in 1915 and came to Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of six. A graduate of Glenville High School, he first worked at his father's wholesale produce stand at the Northern Ohio Food Terminal. Following his marriage to Bess Nagelbush, he started his first business, M.B. Feren Produce. The business grew, and in 1951, Feren founded Feren Fruit Basket, a retail gift basket business. He sold both businesses to Fisher Foods in 1968. Feren and his wife then started Fruit Baskets by Maury in 1975; that business was sold in 1990. Feren appeared frequently on radio and television programs from the 1940s to the early 1990s to comment on food and good eating. He also lectured on food, physical fitness, and other topics at local colleges and universities. He volunteered for the American Heart Association, the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, and Cleveland Golden Age Centers. The collection consists of announcements, articles, an autobiography, a booklet, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a resume, a scrapbook, and scripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5035 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Feren, Maury. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Distributors (Commerce) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wholesale trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fruit trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fruit.
 
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7Title:  Federal Knitting Mills Company Records     
 Creator:  Federal Knitting Mills Company 
 Dates:  1907-1939 
 Abstract:  The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. 
 Call #:  MS 5051 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Federation of Labor. | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. | United States. National Labor Relations Board. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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8Title:  Samuel Goldhamer Family Papers     
 Creator:  Samuel Goldhamer Family 
 Dates:  1925-1988 
 Abstract:  Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Cleveland, Ohio, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, a genealogical chart, and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 5000 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. | Goldhamer family. | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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9Title:  David N. Meyers Papers     
 Creator:  Myers, David N. 
 Dates:  1932-2001 
 Abstract:  David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts. 
 Call #:  MS 5039 
 Extent:  0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Myers, David N., 1900-1999. | David and Inez Myers Foundation. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dyke College. | David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) | Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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10Title:  Michael Kowan Family Papers     
 Creator:  Kowan, Michael family 
 Dates:  1942-1987 
 Abstract:  Michael Kowan and his wife, Rachel Howitz Kowan, owned and operated Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Michael served in World War II and was in England, 1943-1945. The collection consists of family materials, including photograph albums and volumes of Michael's poetry; scrapbooks of Michael and Rachel's travels, particularly to New York City; letters, photographs and articles relating to Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket; and scrapbooks of souvenirs, photographs and letters relating to Michael's military service and London during World War II, including aerial shots taken in the skies of Great Britain during the war. 
 Call #:  MS 4944 
 Extent:  2.00 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Kowan, Michael. | Kowan, Rachel Howitz. | Howitz, Morris. | Kowan family. | Howitz family. | Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bookstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London. | Voyages and travels. | Poetry. | Scrapbooks. | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. | London (England) -- Description and travel.
 
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11Title:  Ratner Family Papers     
 Creator:  Ratner Family 
 Dates:  1891-2007 
 Abstract:  The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches. 
 Call #:  MS 5044 
 Extent:  9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,) 
 Subjects:  Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
 
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12Title:  Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1     
 Creator:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. 
 Dates:  1972-1976 
 Abstract:  Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5031 
 Extent:  52.80 linear feet (54 containers) 
 Subjects:  Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
 
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