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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | West Side Community House Photographs
| | | | Creator: | West Side Community House | | | | Dates: | 1900-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The West Side Community House was founded in 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of views of the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home and West Side Community House, a social settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio; portraits of staff members and clients; views of institutional buildings; and images of participants in recreational and education programs, including day care, industrial arts, home economics, and camping. | | | | Call #: | PG 336 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1929-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (established 1899), Camp Wise (established 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (established 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (established 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of individual portraits, including Myron Guren, the first president of the Jewish Community Center (JCC), and Herman Eigen, its executive director. Group portraits include a Council Educational Alliance women's group. Photographic views reflect JCC's activities in several areas, including the resettlement of Jews from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s; the Jewish Youth Council, a politically active high school group; and the cultural arts programs of the JCC, including folk dancing, dances, exhibits, holidays, annual meetings, programs, and theater productions. Images of preschoolers include holiday preparations. The photographs of the annual Israel Independence Day parades provide views of Taylor Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Also included are views of Camp Wise in the 1930s and 1930s. | | | | Call #: | PG 502 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass slides relating to the various functions, activities, and facilities of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, and its members. Included are indoor events, such as dances, parties, and plays; outdoor activities including camp houses, recreation houses, and other buildings; photographs of the 50th anniversary party of the Jewish Community Center; and photographs of people, activities, and facilities at Camp Wise. | | | | Call #: | PG 149 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1896-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Hiram House Social Settlement is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of approximately 4,000 black and white photographs and prints taken mainly by George A. Bellamy and his assistants. The collection includes scenes of the settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhoods, activities both at the settlement house and at Hiram House Camp, and portraits of many of the staff members, supporters, and participants. The collection contains both mounted and unmounted photographs, as well as layout boards and paper negatives used in the preparation of various publications for Hiram House Camp. | | | | Call #: | PG 048 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. | City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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