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1	Title:	Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company Photographs
	Creator:	Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company
	Dates:	1984-2002
	Abstract:	The Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company is located in Streetsboro, Ohio, and founded to provide funds for the Irish Children's Fund, which promotes events and encourages positive relations between Catholic and Protestant children in Northern Ireland. The collection consists of 103 photographs, 16 black & white, and 87 color prints. Included are images of the Irish Children's Fund participation in Saint Patrick's Day parades, a view of the company's premises, several photos of Catholic and Protestant children interacting with one another, and social events, retreats and fundraising activities of the group in both the United States and Northern Ireland.
	Call #:	PG 522
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company -- Photographic collections. \| Irish Children's Fund -- Photographs. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Irish Americans -- Photographs. \| Irish -- Photographs. \| Peace movements -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs. \| Peace movements -- Northern Ireland -- Photographs. \| Children -- Northern Ireland -- Photographs. \| Children -- Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- Photographs. \| Saint Patrick's Day -- Photographs. \| Parades -- Photographs. \| Northern Ireland -- Photographs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
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2	Title:	Burke School of Irish Dance Photographs
	Creator:	Burke School of Irish Dance
	Dates:	1966-1984
	Abstract:	The Burke School of Irish Dance was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of students from the Burke School of Irish Dance at a variety of Irish dance competitions.
	Call #:	PG 532
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Burke School of Irish Dance. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Costume design -- Ireland. \| Art, Celtic. \| Dance schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century -- Photographs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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3	Title:	John P. Kilroy Photographs
	Creator:	Kilroy, John P.
	Dates:	1980-1996
	Abstract:	John P. Kilroy resides in Avon, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. He is active in the Irish American community, and was one of the founding members of the Padraig Pearse Center located at the Irish American Club, East Side Inc. In addition, he wrote several articles for the Irish American publication The Ohio Irish Bulletin. The collection consists of 71 black and white and 13 color photographs.
	Call #:	PG 527
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Irish Americans -- Music. \| Irish Americans -- Politics and government. \| Irish Americans -- Popular culture. \| Irish Americans -- Photographs. \| Irish drama -- 20th century. \| English drama -- Irish authors -- 20th century. \| Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Kevin Shanahan Photographs
	Creator:	Shanahan, Kevin
	Dates:	1947-1964
	Abstract:	Kevin Shanahan immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Dublin, Ireland, in the 1950s. While living in Cleveland, he worked in refrigeration and taught Irish dancing at the West Side Irish American Club on Madison Avenue and West 98th Street. He was one of the main organizers of the first Cleveland Feis (competition) in the late 1950s. He taught several teachers at the Masterson School of Irish Dance, including the owner, Bobby Masterson. Shanahan and his wife Sally, have three children, Dennis, Colleen, and Erin. The family moved to New York in the 1960s. Living in New York, Shanahan concentrated on Irish drama, and performed in many Irish productions in New York. He and his family returned to Dublin, Ireland ca. 1980. The collection consists of images of Kevin Shanahan and native Clevelanders, in addition to out of state dancers participating at a number of Irish Dance competitions in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, there is an image of John F. Kennedy with Irish dancers from Cleveland.
	Call #:	PG 531
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Shanahan, Kevin. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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5	Title:	Law Firm of Collins & Scanlon Photograph Collection
	Creator:	Law Firm of Collins & Scanlon
	Dates:	2000-2005
	Abstract:	The Law Firm of Collins & Scanlon Photograph Collection primarily depicts the guests, and guests of honor at the annual St. Patrick's Day party in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection also includes invitation cards to the St. Patrick's Day parties. The photographs were taken by both John C. Sullivan and guests. The collection consists of 130 photographs and 6 invitation cards.
	Call #:	PG 539
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Collins & Scanlon (Law firm) \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs \| Law firms -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Irish American History
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6	Title:	Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions Photographs
	Creator:	Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions
	Dates:	1951-1973
	Abstract:	The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions, (f. 1871) is an organization that supports Irish heritage and Roman Catholic charities in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 32 prints including 27 black and white photographs and 5 color photographs. It also contains 11 color 35mm negative strips.
	Call #:	PG 567
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Lynch, Margaret. -- Photographs. \| Lynch, James -- Photographs \| Gilligan, John J. (John Joyce), 1921- -- Photographs \| Feighan, Michael Aloysius, 1905- -- Photographs \| Hoban, Edward Francis, 1878-1966 -- Photographs \| Ancient Order of Hibernians -- Photograph collections \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Photographs \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs -- Photographs \| Catholics -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs \| Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Photographs \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
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7	Title:	Philip O'Brien Family Photographs
	Creator:	O'Brien, Philip Family
	Dates:	1891-1999
	Abstract:	The O'Brien family originally came from county Galway, Ireland, and members of this family immigrated from Ireland to the United States from 1848 to 1897. O'Brien completed the family genealogy and traced his roots back to 1830s. The collection consists of 26 black and white photographs of members of the O'Brien family.
	Call #:	PG 529
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Boyle family -- History -- Sources. \| Callaghan family -- History -- Sources. \| Eagan family -- History -- Sources. \| Egan family -- History -- Sources. \| Finnigan family -- History -- Sources. \| Flannery family -- History -- Sources. \| Furey family -- History -- Sources. \| Joyce family -- History -- Sources. \| O'Brien family -- History -- Sources. \| Sommerly family -- History -- Sources. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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8	Title:	Irishtown Bend Excavation Photographs
	Creator:	Baker, Sharon
	Dates:	1988-2000
	Abstract:	Irishtown Bend was the site of an Irish neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1800s. It was located in the riverbank in the Flats, by Riverbend Street from Columbus Road to the Detroit-Superior Bridge on the west bank of the Cuyahoga River.The site was excavated by a group of volunteers led by Dr. Al Lee. One of the volunteers was Sharon Baker. The collection consists of 17 photographs taken at the excavation site in 1988.
	Call #:	PG 538
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. \| Irishtown Bend (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Antiquities -- Photographs.
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9	Title:	Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation Photographs
	Creator:	Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation
	Dates:	1930-1971
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of photographs and drawings relating to Cleveland, Ohio's Cultural Gardens, including dedications of the Gardens, sculpture within them, and individuals associated with the Gardens. Also included are views of various "One World Day" celebrations.
	Call #:	PG 183
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation -- Photograph collections. \| Community gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Gardens -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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10	Title:	World's Columbian Exposition Photographs
	Creator:	Unknown
	Dates:	1893
	Abstract:	The collection consists of views taken by an unidentified amateur photographer at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. All of the major buildings are represented, including the Art Building and the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. Also depicted are some of the state and foreign nation buildings, including Ohio, Illinois, and Brazil, and some of the midway attractions.
	Call #:	PG 248
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Photograph collections. \| Exhibitions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs.
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11	Title:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Photographs
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum
	Dates:	1873-1988
	Abstract:	The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of approximately 1,500 photographs and 1,500 slides.
	Call #:	PG 594
	Extent:	2.03 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs \| Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum \| Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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12	Title:	Thomas Saxton Ireland Photographs
	Creator:	Ireland, Thomas Saxton
	Dates:	1910-1970
	Abstract:	Thomas Saxton Ireland (1895-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, politician, lawyer and writer who ran as a conservative Republican candidate for the office of mayor of Cleveland, 1959, as well as numerous other political offices. He was a correspondent for the Plain Dealer and several other newspapers and authored a number of books, including several on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and one on the Sam Sheppard murder case. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of friends and family members. Subjects portrayed include Irish tourist attractions, Great Lakes ships and shipping, and originals of illustrations from Ireland's books.
	Call #:	PG 418
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Ireland, Thomas Saxton, 1895-1969 -- Photograph collections. \| Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Shipping -- Great Lakes -- Photographs.
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13	Title:	Goodrich Social Settlement Photographs
	Creator:	Goodrich Social Settlement
	Dates:	ca. 1908
	Abstract:	Goodrich Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1897 by Flora Stone Mather and initially supported by her. Its financial support was later provided by the Cleveland Community Fund. It provided a full range of services to the various ethnic groups which resided in its area. The collection consists of five loose photographs and one album containing views of the summer camp of Goodrich House, a social settlement founded in 1896 in Cleveland, Ohio. Included are views of staff, activities, the farm, and headquarters of Goodrich House at Bond (East 6th St.) and St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, The album was the property of Effie Comstock, a settlement worker.
	Call #:	PG 279
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. \| Norton, Effie Comstock, 1881-1950 -- Photograph collections. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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14	Title:	Louis Van Oeyen Photographs
	Creator:	Van Oeyen, Louis
	Dates:	1895-1945
	Abstract:	Louis Van Oeyen (1865-1946) was the first photographer hired as staff on a Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper, and a pioneer in many techniques and activities of photojournalism. Van Oeyen was hired as a Cleveland Press photographer in 1901, after his photographs of the water intake explosion disaster in Lake Erie, and the assassination of President William McKinley, were published in the Press. During his career at the Press, he shot portraiture, politics, disaster, crime, scandal, and sports photographs. His greatest love was baseball, and he became official photographer for the American League in 1908, and for the World Series until 1922. Van Oeyen also helped test new photographic equipment, most notably the General Electric flash bulb in 1938. He assisted other photographers at the beginning of their careers, including Margaret Bourke-White and Herman Seid. Van Oeyen died in 1946. The collection consists of photographs and negatives taken by photographer Louis Van Oeyen before and during his career as a Cleveland Press photographer. A large portion of the collection depicts sports, particularly baseball. Other subjects include technological innovation, politics, entertainment, automobiles, aviation, horse racing, and boxing. There are extensive series of images from the Ormond Beach, Florida, auto races; the National Air Races held in Cleveland, Ohio; famous aviators; dirigibles; and ship launchings. Political coverage includes international, national and local figures, among them several presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt, and the coronation of King George VI of Great Britain. Celebrity portraits range from industrialists, including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, to entertainers, such as Buster Keaton and Yehudi Menuhin. Smaller bodies of subject material include photographs of crime, disaster, legal proceedings, and story art for fictional serial stories published by the newspaper. Crime illustration includes portraits of Cassie Chadwick. Disasters include the Collinwood School and Cleveland Clinic fires; floods; and aviation, automotive, and railroad wrecks. Legal coverage includes an extensive series on the John T. Scopes "Monkey Trial," including candid portraits of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The collection is strongest in images from the 1900s and the 1920s-1930s.
	Call #:	PG 439
	Extent:	10.60 linear feet (27 containers)
	Subjects:	Van Oeyen, Louis -- Photograph collections. \| George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Coronation -- Photograph collections. \| Cleveland press -- Photograph collections. \| National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. \| Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Photojournalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sports -- United States -- Photographs. \| Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Baseball -- United States -- Photographs. \| Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Disasters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Aeronautics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Horse racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Boxing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Automobile racing -- United States -- Photographs. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Politicians -- United States -- Photographs. \| Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs.
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15	Title:	Thomas H. White Family Photographs
	Creator:	White, Thomas H. Family
	Dates:	1850-1991
	Abstract:	Thomas Howard White (1836-1914) was the founder of the White Sewing Machine Company, the While Motor Company, and the Thomas H. White Foundation, all of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Massachusetts, part of the White family which had immigrated from England ca. 1638. He moved to Cleveland in 1867. In 1876 he, his half-brother Howard W. White, and Rollin C. White (no relation) incorporated the White Sewing Machine Company. In 1899, his son Rollin Henry White invented the White steam car, put into production by the White Sewing Machine Company in 1900. In 1906, The automobile division was separated from the Sewing Machine Company as the White Company, later the White Motor Company. He and his wife, Almira Greenleaf White, had eight children; Mabel Almira Harris (wife of James Armstrong Harris), Alice Maud Hammer (wife of William Joseph Hammer), Windsor Thomas White, Clarence Greenleaf White, Rollin Henry White, Walter Charles White, and Ella Almira Ford (wife of Horatio Ford). The collection consists of individual and group portraits depicting the ancestors and descendants of Thomas H. White. These photographs were collected by Betty King and her mother, Elizabeth White King, as they were compiling data for the White family genealogy, Descendants of Thomas White, Volume II, published in 1992.
	Call #:	PG 471
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	King, Betty, -- Photograph collections. \| White family -- Photograph collections. \| White, Thomas Howard, 1836-1914 -- Photograph collections. \| White Sewing Machine Company -- Photograph collections. \| White Motor Company -- Photograph collections. \| Automobiles, Steam -- Photographs. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Sewing-machine industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Sewing machines -- Photographs.
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