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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 101 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America | | | | Dates: | 1917-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Alliance of Poles of America is a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895, over the issue of membership for non-Roman Catholic Poles. Originally a Cleveland, Ohio, organization, it now includes groups throughout Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has opened its membership to men and women with other than Polish or Catholic backgrounds. In 1917 it changed its name from the Alliance of Poles in Ohio to the Alliance of Poles of America. The collection consists of portraits and views of businesses, clubs, athletes, musicians, and events associated with or relating to the Alliance of Poles of America, a fraternal-insurance organization established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895. Included are views of the Alliance of Poles of America General Office at Broadway and Forman Avenue and portraits of members of its Central Governing Board during the 1930s and 1940s. Also included are World War II military portraits of members of Cleveland's Polish American community. | | | | Call #: | PG 269 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America -- Photograph collections. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 102 | 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* | | 103 | Title: | Anna Wing Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Wing, Anna Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Anna Wing (ca. 1837-?), born in Ohio, was married to Cyrus Fernando Wing (d. 1865) in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1859. Cyrus Fernando Wing died during the American Civil War while serving with the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Their daughter, Anna E. Wing Mowry (ca. 1860-?) was married to Richard E. Mowry (1858-1904) of Sandusky County, Ohio. The collection consists of a photograph album containing albumen prints and tintypes and loose photographs of portraits of members of the Wing and Mowry families, as well as unidentified portraits and views. | | | | Call #: | PG 490 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wing, Anna -- Photograph collections. | Wing family -- Photograph collections. | Mowry family -- Photograph collections. | Tintype.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 106 | Title: | City Mission of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | City Mission of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1928-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The City Mission is a nonprofit organization founded in 1910 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Mel Trotter to provide assistance and opportunities to disadvantaged Clevelanders. The City Mission provides individual spiritual, emotional, and intellectual assistance, and also partners with other community programs to ensure that participants have as many opportunities as possible. The collection consists of 384 black and white and color photographs, 321 slides, and 2 negatives depicting people, views, and events associated with the City Mission of Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | PG 546 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | City Mission (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographic collections. | City missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Human services personnel -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 107 | Title: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1921-1966 | | | | Abstract: | The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates, its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of photographs of activities, games, and sports at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement, and also of the neighborhood it served. Included are many views of African American and Italian organizations at the Settlement and views of housing conditions of the surrounding area. | | | | Call #: | PG 126 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 108 | Title: | Jeptha Homer Wade Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Wade, Jeptha Homer Family | | | | Dates: | 1867-2007 | | | | Abstract: | The Wade family was a prominent nineteenth and early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, family with business interests in the telegraph and railroad industries, mining, manufacturing, and banking. Jeptha Homer Wade spent his early life as an apprentice to a tanner and as a carpenter. He next turned his interest to the emerging telegraph industry. In 1849, he organized the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company. In 1857, Wade moved to Cleveland as the Western Union Telegraph Company's first general agent. His business interests were extensive in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. Randall Palmer Wade worked with his father in the telegraph business, moving with him to Cleveland in 1857. His business interests included the Cuyahoga Mining Company; the Citizens Savings and Loan Association; the Cleveland Banking Company; the American Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company. Jeptha Homer Wade II also worked in the telegraph industry; he later joined the banking community in Cleveland. He was an active philanthropist, serving as a trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Western Reserve University, Adelbert College, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He was an incorporator of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1913, and later established a purchasing fund for the Museum. The collection consists of 699 black and white photographic prints, 131 color photographic prints, 10 copies of photographs, 10 negatives, 3 post cards and 51 copies of postcards, and 9 cased images depicting members of the Wade, Garretson, Howe, Stone, Love, Greene, Everett, McGaw and Sedgwick families as well as family activities, travels, residences, and other places of importance to the members of these related families for a total of 913 images. | | | | Call #: | PG 597 | | | | Extent: | 1.61 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Wade family -- Photograph collections. | Howe family -- Photograph collections. | Stone family -- Photograph collections. | Garretson family -- Photograph collections. | Love family -- Photograph collections. | Sedgwick family -- Photograph collections. | Chinn family -- Photograph collections. | Burgess family -- Photograph collections. | Greene family -- Photograph collections. | Everett family -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 109 | Title: | Clara P. Smith Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Clara P. | | | | Dates: | 1940-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of 36 black and white and color photographs and one CD-ROM disk. | | | | Call #: | PG 610 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Woodmere.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 110 | 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* | | 111 | Title: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 Photographs
| | | | Creator: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 427 | | | | Dates: | 1950-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a Northeast Ohio labor union representing employees involved in the sale or processing of food, especially butchers, packing-house workers and fur industry workers. It was known until 1979 as Meat Cutters District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, when the international merged with the Retail Clerks International Union to become the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Sam Pollock served as president, 1953-1973, and was succeeded by Frank Cimino, who later became an officer of the international body. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of union officials and members and their families. Also includes views of organizing and strike activities, community activities, and a large group of photographs relating to the Bondi Supermarket strike, 1956-1957, in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 256 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 427 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Food industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Butchers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Fur workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Meat industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Grocery trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Retail trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Photographs. | Strikes and lockouts -- Food industry and trade -- Ohio -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 113 | Title: | Anthony J. Celebrezze Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. | | | | Dates: | 1953-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Anthony J. Celebrezze, his family and friends, and governmental officials; candid and formal pictures of official functions in Cleveland and Washington, D.C.; and views of Cleveland and other areas of the United States. Included are portraits of John F Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Thomas P. O'Neill, John W. McCormack, Michael P. Feighan, and Charles A. Vanik. | | | | Call #: | PG 353 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. | Celebrezze family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Photograph collections. | United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare -- Officials and employees -- Photograph collections. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Judges -- United States -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 116 | Title: | A. Donald Gray Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Gray, A. Donald | | | | Dates: | 1922-1939 | | | | Abstract: | A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a landscape architect and designer in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1920-1939. Gray worked briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in Brookline, Massachusetts, before establishing a landscape architecture practice in Cleveland. He designed many private gardens and estates for some of the most elite families of Cleveland and its outlying suburbs, including the noted private development of Fairhill Rd. houses in 1931. Gray was also the landscape designer for several public projects, including the Cedar-Central apartments, the first federal public-housing project in the nation, and many of Cleveland's public parks. Perhaps his most notable achievement was the creation of the WPA-funded Horticultural Gardens for the Great Lakes Exposition, 1936-1937, some of which remain on the site north of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The gardens were named for Gray as a memorial after his death. Gray took several trips to England, South America, Mexico and elsewhere throughout his career to study the landscaping of great houses and public places. He also contributed a regular gardening column to the Cleveland Press during the mid-1930s. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of A. Donald Gray, his friends and business associates; views of his landscaping projects; scenes from the Great Lakes Exposition, and vacation photographs. Included in the oversize materials are images of his garden and landscaping designs for several Cleveland, Ohio families. Four of these photographs were taken by Margaret Bourke-White. | | | | Call #: | PG 458 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939 -- Photograph collections. | Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Landscape photography -- Ohio. | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 118 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Nurses Association Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Nurses Association | | | | Dates: | 1918-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Nurses Association (f. 1900), one of 27 districts of the Ohio Nurses Association encompassing Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties, is an organization for nurses offering informational, educational, involvement and leadership development opportunities. The mission of the organization is to be a "dynamic organization whose mission is to work for the improvement of health care for all people in significant and visible ways, to foster high professional standards and to promote the professional development of nurses." The organization provides educational opportunities at quarterly district meetings and other events and is an active participant in legislative hearings about health care issues as well as providing other avenues for political action regarding nursing and health care. It has worked with other agencies such as the Nursing Roundtable, Health Systems Agency, and WomenSpace on various initiatives. The organizational structure of the Greater Cleveland Nurses Association has evolved over the years and such a change that occurred in 1993 is documented in this collection. The collection consists of approximately 531 negatives, 617 prints and 460 slides. It is a visual representation of the events, activities, meetings, and some individuals active with this organization. | | | | Call #: | PG 581 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Nurses Association -- Photograph collections | Nursing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs | Nursing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Nursing -- Vocational guidance -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 119 | Title: | Mather Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mather Family | | | | Dates: | 1719-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The Mather family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family related to the early New England Mather family and descended through Samuel Livingston Mather (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland from Connecticut in 1843. Family members were prominent in all areas of Cleveland's development, including business and industry, education, philanthropy, the arts, medicine, literature, and politics. Many became nationally and internationally noted in their fields. The Mather family is related by marriage to the Bishop, Stone, Woolson, Benedict and Hay families. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel Livingston Mather, his family, friends, descendants, and related families, including Amasa Stone, John Hay, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and Dr. Robert H Bishop. Also included are views of Mather residences on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, and in Bratenahl, Ohio. Views of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 278 | | | | Extent: | 3.70 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hayes family. | Mather family -- Photograph collections. | Bishop family -- Photograph collections. | Stone family -- Photograph collections. | Woolson family -- Photograph collections. | Benedict family -- Photograph collections. | Hay family -- Photograph collections. | Mather, Samuel Livingston, 1817-1890 -- Photograph collections. | Stone, Amasa, 1819-1883 -- Photograph collections. | Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Photograph collections. | Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894 -- Photograph collections. | Bishop, Robert H. (Robert Hamilton), 1879-1955 -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company -- Photograph collections. | Tintype. | Carte de visite photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 120 | Title: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians | | | | Dates: | 1901-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Federation of Musicians was established in 1877 as the Musicians Mutual Protective Association in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1895 the Association joined the American Federation of Musicians and became A.F.M. Local 4. Black members left to form their own local, No. 550, in 1910, but reunited with Local 4, also known as the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, in 1962. Establishment of minimum wages and protection of its members were the union's main goals. Women musicians were given equal protection after being admitted to the union in 1901. Other union activities included support of other unions, publication of the Cleveland Musician, and sponsorship of the Druid Club. The collection consists of photographs and drawings depicting individual members, conventions, and bands of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 4, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 184 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians -- Photograph collections. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orchestra -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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