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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Congress - International Women's Year | | | | Dates: | 1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year was a women's convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, October 25-27, 1975, in observance of the International Women's Year. Presentations included arts and crafts booths, dramatic presentation workshops, and seminars, concerning a variety of women's issues. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of congress participants, including Ruth Miller, Lily Tomlin, Dr. Sonya Friedman, and Tippy Huntley. Alson includes views of events and exhibits at the congress, exhibit booths, and photographs of women around the world at various kinds of work. | | | | Call #: | PG 364 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Congress-International Women's Year (1975 : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Women -- United States -- Congresses -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Congresses -- Photographs. | Women -- Congresses -- Photographs. | International Women's Year, 1975 -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1912-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of photographs of members and activities engaged in or sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Cleveland. Included in the photographs is a group portrait in front of the Woman Suffrage Headquarters, ca. 1912, that includes Belle Sherwin and Florence Allen. Other photographs are of the October 3, 1914, Ohio Women's Suffrage Parade in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictured are Mrs. George F. Forest, the Men's League for Equal Suffrage, the Progressive Party float, and the Ohio County Committees for Women's Suffrage. Photographs of League displays and buildings include views of the National League of Women Voters building, a straw vote display, and various voter registration displays. Group portraits, taken at League activities, include Carl Stokes, Mary Jayne Willis, Anthony Celebrezze, Robert Montgomery, Mrs. John C. Lee, Mrs. Charles Bing, Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Mrs. Maz Hellman, Mrs. Howard Law, Mrs. Melvin Ott, Mrs. Durrell Haag, Mrs. William Merriman, Mrs. Norman Davies, Mrs. Duane Willis, Miss Grace Treat, and Judge Mary B. Grossman. | | | | Call #: | PG 055 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | League of Women Voters of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Ohio Woman Suffrage Association -- Photograph collections. | Woman Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Voter registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Parades -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Photographs. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Photographs
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1920-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women is a women's service organization founded in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio, as a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. Its services to Cleveland's Jewish and general communities include hot meals delivered to the elderly, homes for the elderly and working girls, scholarships, day nurseries and thrift shops. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, slides, and an album, relating to the members and activities of the National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are photographs of the Council-sponsored Thrift Shop, a toy project, individual and group portraits of members at various functions, photographs of guest speakers, and photographs of the Martha House. | | | | Call #: | PG 118 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1938-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Photograph Society of Cleveland was a Cleveland, Ohio, photography club for women. It was organized in 1938 and offered a program of field trips, classes, lectures, exhibits and competitions. It disbanded by 1987. The collection consists of three albums containing photographs, some clippings, and some manuscript material relating to the members and activities of the club. Activities represented include meetings, demonstrations, and photographic sessions. | | | | Call #: | PG 218 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Women photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1897-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women is a women's service organization founded in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio, as a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. Its services to Cleveland's Jewish and general communities include hot meals delivered to the elderly, homes for the elderly and working girls, scholarships, day nurseries and thrift shops. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of women active in the organization, including Ruth Einstein, credited with the idea of Council Gardens, and past presidents Isabelle Brown, Iris Curtis, Ernestine Greenberger, Maddy Joseph, Betty Mintz, Barbara Sobel, Jo Tramer, Yetta Wasserman, and Peggy Wasserstrom. Group portraits and views document the varied activities taken on by the Cleveland Section in the 1960s and 1970s, including the preparation of the Access Guide to Cleveland Disabled and Elderly Individuals, volunteer work at Mount Pleasant Community Center, Thrift Shops, and the establishment of Council Gardens in 1963 and Council House in 1979. National activities are represented by views of various conventions and legislative meetings with congressmen Tom Lantos and Charles Vanik and senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum. International activities include Ship-a-Box, which sent toys to Israel. Also included are views of fashion shows and luncheons, popular social and fundraising events. Important early views include the "Beehive Booth," a fund raising event at Grays Armory in 1897, a Camp Wise view form 1907, and a Big Sister scene from 1919. | | | | Call #: | PG 496 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Judy Chicago Dinner Party Site Project Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Judy Chicago Dinner Party Site Project | | | | Dates: | 1979-2000 | | | | Abstract: | "The Dinner Party" Site Project (DPSP) first formed as the Ohio-Chicago Arts Project, Inc., (O-CAP) as an endeavor to display Judy Chicago's (b. 1939) controversial magnum opus, The Dinner Party, 1979, in northeast Ohio. The collection consists of 2 black and white photographs, 181 color photographs, 8 negatives, and 131 slides. | | | | Call #: | PG 557 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Chicago, Judy, 1939- | Art, American -- Photographs. | Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Photographs. | Feminism and art -- Photographs. | Women in art -- Photographs. | Gender identity in art -- Photographs. | Women artists -- United States. | Women -- History -- Photographs. | Women -- Social conditions -- Photographs. | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photographs. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Taylor Road Synagogue Girl Scout Troops Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Taylor Road Synagogue Girl Scout Troops | | | | Dates: | 1985-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Taylor Road Synagogue Girl Scout Troops included Brownie Troop 590, Brownie Troop 595, Daisy Troop 1877, and Junior Troop 1184. These troops were sponsored by Taylor Road Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and were a part of the national Girl Scouts organization. They offered specifically Jewish activities for Jewish girls, served only kosher food, and did not schedule events on the Sabbath or on Jewish holidays. The collection consists of three photograph albums. | | | | Call #: | PG 591 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Girl Scouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Girl Scouts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Photographs | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Solomon Schechter Day School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Taylor Road Synagogue (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish History / Women's History
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Cleveland Picture File I
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1850-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Picture File I is a collection of black and white and color photographs that depict scenes in Cleveland, Ohio, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The photographs include views of amusement parks, banquets, bridges, buildings, businesses, celebrations, cemeteries, churches and synagogues, clubs, colleges and universities, conventions, convents and seminaries, court proceedings, disasters, fairs and exhibitions, fire departments, the Flats, hospitals, hotels and inns, housing developments, immigrants and naturalization, industry, labor unions, lakefront and the harbor, libraries, life cycle events, lighthouses, markethouses and malls, the military and military units, monuments, museums, music and musicians, parades, parks, the police department, political campaigns and elections, Public Square, radio and television, recreation, residences, riots/demonstrations/strikes, rivers/streams/brooks, schools (both public and private), social service agencies/charities, sports, streets, taverns, theaters, toll houses, transportation, general views, and zoos and aquariums. This collection has been completely digitized and is available for viewing at the Digital Cleveland History Center. | | | | Call #: | PG 612 | | | | Extent: | 16.00 linear feet (4 filing cabinets) | | | | |
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Junior League of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Junior League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1910-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The Junior League of Cleveland is a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to community needs. The collection consists of approximately 2,700 color and black and white photographs depicting Junior League members and events. | | | | Call #: | PG 604 | | | | Extent: | 2.30 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | Albina Rose Cermak Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cermak, Albina Rose | | | | Dates: | 1904-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Albina Cermak (1904-1978) was active in Republican Party politics in Cleveland, Ohio. She was vice-chairman and secretary of the Cuyahoga County Republican Central and Executive Committees, chairman of the Republican Women's Organization of Cuyahoga County, member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, a Cleveland, Ohio, precinct committeewoman, and a member of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Clubs. She was a United States Customs Collector before running unsuccessfully for Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio state senator and Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Albina Cermak in her various posts, including United States Collector of Customs, with officials and employees. There are also Cermak family portraits, and individual portraits of noted politicians, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, and Frances Payne Bolton, inscribed to Albina Cermak. | | | | Call #: | PG 294 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cermak, Albina Rose, 1904-1978 -- Photograph collections. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in the Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Customs administration -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Photographs. | Women politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Marie Remington Wing Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wing, Marie Remington Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Marie Remington Wing (1885-1982) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served on the Cleveland City Council (1923-1927), as Solicitor for the Village of Mentor, Ohio (1929-1936), and as Regional Attorney for the Social Security Board (1936-1953). She was also involved in numerous professional, civic, and health organizations in Cleveland and in Mentor. Wing came from a distinguished Cleveland family, which included her uncle, George Clary Wing, an author and attorney who served in several United States government departments. Marie's father, Francis Joseph Wing, was a judge in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and in the United States District Court for Northern Ohio. Her older sister, Virginia Remington Wing, was, like Marie, a social activist, working for the Red Cross, the Cleveland Anti-Tuberculosis League, and the Cleveland Health Council's Health Education Department. She was also the secretary of both the Brush Foundation and the Sight Saving Council. Marie's longtime companion, Dorothy Smith, worked with the YWCA, founded an insurance business, and was an executive for the East End Neighborhood House. Marie Wing's niece, Stephanie Ralph, was a school psychologist, and her husband, Paul Ralph, was also prominent in the academic world. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Marie R. Wing, her family and friends, and views of residences and travels. | | | | Call #: | PG 351 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wing, Marie Remington, 1885-1982 -- Photograph collections. | Wing family -- Photograph collections. | Remington family -- Photograph collections. | Ralph family -- Photograph collections. | Kennedy family -- Photograph collections. | Kurko family -- Photograph collections. | Smith, Dorothy, 1892-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Wing, Francis J., 1850-1918 -- Photograph collections. | Wing, Mary B. Remington, 1854-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Wing, Virginia Remington, 1881-1951 -- Photograph collections. | Kennedy, Stephanie R. Wing, 1888-1964 -- Photograph collections. | Ralph, Paul Herbert, 1915-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Ralph, Stephanie W. Kennedy, 1914-1969 -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Mentor -- Photographs. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Mentor -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Josephine Saxer Irwin Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Irwin, Josephine Saxer | | | | Dates: | 1910-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Josephine Saxer Irwin (1890-1984) was a Cleveland, Ohio, area educator and political activist. Her major interests included women's rights and world peace. She served as a city councilman in Fairview Park, Ohio, from 1958-1962. She was a founding member of Womenspace. Each year, the National Organization for Women and Womenspace confers the Josephine Irwin Award to women contributing to women's rights. The collection consists of photographs depicting Irwin and others at various events, including the Fairview Park Senior Citizens Club Christmas party (1964), the Rocky River Research Club Colonial party (1932), and the Tokyo Women's Club Tea (1966). Includes individual and group portraits. | | | | Call #: | PG 344 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Irwin, Josephine Saxer, 1890-1984 -- Photograph collections. | Fairview Park (Ohio) Senior Citizens Club -- Photograph collections. | Rocky River Research Club -- Photograph collections. | Tokyo Women's Club -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | Na'amat USA, Cleveland Council Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Na'amat USA, Cleveland Council | | | | Dates: | 1937-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Na'amat USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council was founded in 1926, one year after the national organization came into being. As the organization grew, it was divided into numbered chapters. At its peak, there were fourteen chapters. In 1999, there were four chapters in the Cleveland Council, serving 650 women. Pioneer Women was organized to provide training, educational services, and social services to women, children, and families in Palestine. The Cleveland Council raised funds and sponsored programs that informed the Cleveland, Ohio, community of social service and educational needs in Israel. The national organization also promoted Habonim, a youth organization, and sponsored Jewish and cultural activities. In 1985 the name Pioneer Women was changed to Naع'mat USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, Na'amat. The collection consists of 93 individual and group portraits of members, including individual portraits of Clevelanders Sara Halperin and Rose Kaufman, and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Also included are views of the Lod Children's Center in Israel, its groundbreaking and dedication; and the Children's Home in Holon, also in Israel. Other views depict group activities, national conventions, other projects and programs in Israel and the United States, and the 60th anniversary celebration. | | | | Call #: | PG 501 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Halperin, Sara Allen, 1897-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Kaufman, Rose -- Photograph collections. | Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 -- Photograph collections. | Na'amat USA (Organization) Cleveland Council -- Photograph collections. | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council -- Photograph collections. | Na'amat (Organization : Israel) -- Photograph collections. | Habonim (Organization) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Children -- Institutional care -- Israel -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | Title: | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1918, as Goodwill Industries of Cleveland by Methodist minister Frank Milton Baker, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland 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 individual and group portraits of the Board of Directors, Executive Directors, Cleveland journalists, staff, annual meetings and other events. Individuals pictured include Fred Grandy, Ralph Perk, Carl Stokes, Phyllis Diller, Vivian Vance, and Jane Powell. Views of Cleveland-area retail stores, donation processing facilities, Boy Scouts activities, fashion shows, activities of the Women's Auxiliary and Goodwill Industries Volunteer Services, and other vocational services and programs for the physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially handicapped are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 500 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Goodwill Industries International -- Photograph collections. | Goodwill Industries of America -- Photograph collections. | Boy Scouts of America. Greater Cleveland Council -- Photograph collections. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Vocational rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | People with disabilities -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1860-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Federation (f. 1903) is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It also supports national and international Jewish communities. The collection consists of approximately 6,000 images, primarily black and white prints, but also slides, contact sheets, and negatives. | | | | Call #: | PG 530 | | | | Extent: | 6.41 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973 | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | Johnson Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Johnson Family | | | | Dates: | 1870-1956 | | | | Abstract: | John Cumming Johnson moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher. They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson, were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Co. and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey. She was the daughter of Charles T. Harvey, a New England structural engineer, and Sarah Van Eps Harvey. "Eva" Harvey married William Cumming Johnson in 1897 and settled in Tennessee, where she was a homemaker and mother. The Johnsons had four sons, Harvey B., Richard Selden, William C. Jr. and Burton Hayley. Lilian Wycoff Johnson, the sister of William Cumming Johnson, was one of the South's pioneer women educators. She served as president of the Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, founded the West Tennessee Normal School (now Memphis State College), and established a center for social and cooperative work on the Cumberland Plateau at Summerfield, Tennessee which was called KinCo. It later became the Highlander Folk School. The collection consists of portraits and views of the Johnson family of Memphis, Tennessee, including William Cumming Johnson, his wife Sarah Evangeline Harvey Johnson, his sister Lilian Wycoff Johnson, their family, friends, residences, and travels. Also included in this collection are views of KinCo Farm and Highlander School near Monteagle, Tennessee, founded by Lilian Wycoff Johnson. | | | | Call #: | PG 250 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson family -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, John Cumming, 1828-1892 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, William Cumming, 1870-1958 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, Sarah Evangeline Harvey, 1870-1930 -- Photograph collections. | Johnson, Lillian Wyckoff, 1864-1956 -- Photograph collections. | KinCo (Monteagle, Tenn.) -- Photograph collections. | Highlander Folk School (Monteagle Tenn.) -- Photograph collections. | Women educators -- United States -- Photographs. | Women college teachers -- United States -- Photographs. | Women college administrators -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 20 | Title: | St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society Photographs
| | | | Creator: | St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1930-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church performed outreach and social services in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of group portraits and views of members and events of the Missionary Society, group portraits of members of the Las Amigas Club, trips made by the Missionary Society, conferences sponsored by the Society, and a reunion of the Las Amigas Club. Individuals pictured include Marjorie Ison Davis, Gertrude Lang, Myrtis Howard, Dr. James Tanner, and Derrick Floyd. | | | | Call #: | PG 481 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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