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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 82 | Title: | Matthew Guhl Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Guhl, Matthew | | | | Dates: | ca. 1865 | | | | Abstract: | Matthew Guhl (b. 1826) was the Pastor of the Friedens Kirche Evangelical Church in Cleveland, Ohio (later the East 75th Street Evangelical Church). The collection consists of two carte de visite albums, one cabinet card album, and loose photographs relating to Reverend Matthew Guhl's work, associates, and family in Sacramento, California and Cleveland, Ohio. Includes 4 gem tintypes. | | | | Call #: | PG 141 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Guhl, Matthew, b. 1826 -- Photograph collections. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype. | Gem photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 83 | Title: | National Air Races Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1929-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The 1928 race of the National Air Races was held in Los Angeles, California, but from 1929 to 1939 most of the races were held in Cleveland, Ohio. They featured cross country races, short races, army and navy maneuvers, stunt flying, parachute jumping, gliders, dirigibles, balloons and model planes and were considered a working laboratory for the aviation industry where new developments could be tested and refined. The collection consists of individual portraits, group portraits, and views pertaining to the National Air Races, National Aircraft Shows, and Thompson Trophy Races. Individuals pictured include Clifford W. Henderson, Jimmy Doolittle, Pancho Barnes, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Mary Pickford, Alexander de Seversky, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, and Bill Odom. Included are views of the 1949 crash site and debris. | | | | Call #: | PG 386 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Henderson, Clifford W. (Clifford William), 1895-1984 -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | Levi T. Scofield Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Scofield, Levi T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | Levi T. Scofield was an architect in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to designing several asylums for the insane in Ohio, the North Carolina State Penitentiary, the reformatory at Mansfield, Ohio, the Schofield Building in downtown Cleveland, private residences, and public schools; he was the architect and chief proponent of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of of photographs, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereoviews, sketches, cabinet card photographs, glass mound prints, and albums, of members of the Scofield family of Cleveland, Ohio. It includes many architectural and building views, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and some novelty photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 097 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Scofield, Levi T. | Scofield family -- Photograph collections. | Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Tintype. | Stereoscopic views.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 85 | Title: | Phillis Wheatley Association Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Phillis Wheatley Association | | | | Dates: | 1930-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Phillis Wheatley Association was a Cleveland, Ohio, self-help organization designed to help young African American women adjust to city life. It was organized in 1911 by Jane Edna Hunter and originally called the Working Girls Home Association. Services included a boarding house, homemaking classes, and recreational, literary and social activities. The collection consists of photographs relating to the activities carried on by this Cleveland, Ohio African American social service agency. Includes photographs, ca. 1930-1960, of unidentified individuals, various children's groups, and camping scenes. | | | | Call #: | PG 074 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 86 | Title: | University Circle United Methodist Church Photographs
| | | | Creator: | University Circle United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1842-2010 | | | | Abstract: | The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of approximately 7490 prints (a mixture of both color and black and white), 53 35mm slides, 104 glass slides, 73 negatives, and 315 35mm negative strips. It also contains 40 CD/DVDs, five cassette tapes, three 3.5 inch floppy discs, six audio wire reels, one digital video cassette master, ten VHS tapes, three audio reels, and two film reels. | | | | Call #: | PG 593 | | | | Extent: | 10.41 linear feet (16 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Epworth League (U.S.) -- Photographs | Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | Genealogy | Religion
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 87 | Title: | Mount Sinai Hospital Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mount Sinai Hospital | | | | Dates: | 1935-2000 | | | | Abstract: | Mount Sinai Hospital had its origins in the Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick, created in 1892 by nine young women in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1900, they changed their name to the Jewish Women's Hospital Association. A 29-bed facility, named Mount Sinai Hospital, opened in 1903 at 2373 E. 37th St. In 1916, a new, larger facility was opened at E. 105th St. and Ansel Rd. Innovations included outpatient clinics for pediatrics and mental hygiene, established in 1915. A nursing school was included. Mount Sinai affiliated with Western Reserve University for the training and education of its nurses in 1930, and its doctors in 1947. Medical research was given a high priority. The Women's and Junior Women's auxiliaries provided important assistance to the medical staff and patients, including a nursery school for children of nurses and volunteers. Mount Sinai served as a major medical resource for Cleveland's east side throughout its history. Expansion included a twelve-story building and a kidney dialysis center (1960), a new laboratory facility (1970), and an outpatient clinic in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood (1972). A new medical wing was added to the hospital in the 1980s, and in 1993 an integrated medical campus was opened at the Beachwood facility. In 1996, the nonprofit hospital was sold to a for-profit company, Primary Health Systems (PHS). In March 1999, PHS filed for bankruptcy, and in February 2000, Mount Sinai Hospital closed. The collection consists of more than 10,000 black and white and color images depicting the operations of a major hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, in the twentieth century. | | | | Call #: | PG 4919 | | | | Extent: | 3.75 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Medical personnel -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographic collections | Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Nursing schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Social Services/Charities
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 90 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 | | | | Dates: | 1918-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Post 14 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States was organized in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, and admitted to the national organization in 1925. The Jewish War Veterans is the oldest active veterans society in the United States It was formed in 1896 as the Hebrew Union Veterans and merged with the Jewish Veterans of the War with Spain in 1920 to form the present organization. Post 14 activities have included social and charitable activities, lobbying for civil rights, and combating anti-Semitism. The collection consists of photographs and negatives relating to Jewish War Veteran members and activities in Cleveland, Ohio; including individual and group portraits, ceremonies, parades, hospital scenes, and the Cultural Gardens memorial. | | | | Call #: | PG 189 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 91 | Title: | Katherine P. Williamson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Katherine P. | | | | Dates: | 1950-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Katherine P. Williamson (1910-1964) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker who had a particular interest in improved housing for minority groups. She was a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Dept., Family Life Coordinator for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's Central Area Community Council, and Child Welfare Consultant, and later, Northeast Area Superior, for the Ohio Dept. of Public Welfare. The collection consists of photographs relating mainly to Katherine P. Williamson's work at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes photographs of various groups of African Americans at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, including senior citizens and arts and crafts groups. Also includes photographs relating to a Family Life and Health Month parade and fair held in Cleveland in 1957, sponsored by the Friendly Inn. Those pictured in the parade and fair photographs are: Anthony Celebrezze, Perry B. Jackson, William O. Walker, Russell Davis, Ethel Storey, Charles W. White, and George Theobald. | | | | Call #: | PG 073 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. | Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. | Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. | Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 92 | Title: | Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1970-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (f. ca. 1976), with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, was organized for the purpose of educating people on all aspects of problem pregnancy. The organization receives material from various abortion groups throughout Ohio, both pro-choice and anti-choice groups, although it is a pro-choice organization. It channels this information to the public, its primary goal being to inform women facing problem pregnancy of the legal options available to them. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, including Sherrod Brown, Louis Stokes, and Rabbi Balfour Brickner. Also includes views of demonstrations and rallies for and against abortion rights. | | | | Call #: | PG 379 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio -- Photograph collections. | Abortion counseling -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Pro-choice movement -- Ohio -- Photographs. | Pro-life movement -- Ohio -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 93 | Title: | Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1884-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. was founded in 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated in 1915 as the Electrical League of Cleveland Inc., a non-profit association of electrical companies. Founding members included George E. Miller of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and J. Robert Crouse of the General Electric Company. Under the leadership of John E. (Jack) North, president from 1923 to 1949, the League's primary function was the promotion of electrical products and services available to consumers through its membership, which included electrical manufacturers, distributors, dealers, contractors, and key Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company employees. Educational programs, meetings, and trade shows sponsored by the League were designed to educate the public on the uses of electricity and to provide technical training and marketing techniques to League members. The League established collateral organizations, including the Electrical Maintenance Engineers Association, the Women's Division, and the Sight Saving Council of Cleveland, in order to bring its educational and promotional programs to targeted groups. By 1949, the League became primarily an industrial organization. In 1958, the League was reorganized as a trade association. Its name was changed in the 1980s to the Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. This collection also contains substantial personal papers of John E. (Jack) North, documenting his career in the electrical industry. The collection consists of individual portraits of League directors, officers, and meeting speakers; group portraits of general membership and other meetings; and views of trade shows and fairs, events, trips, inspections, educational programs, social functions, and other League activities. Also includes photographs of activities and individuals of affiliated organizations, including the Electrical Maintenance Engineers Association. Photographs reflect League sales activities aimed at promoting the use of electrical appliances to consumers, as well as social events and outings. Of particular interest are photographs of classes and programs for women, designed to educate them about uses of electricity in the modern home, and depictions of early electrical consumer goods. The collection also contains photographs relating to John E. (Jack) North, longtime president of the Electrical League, and his family. | | | | Call #: | PG 465 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | North, John E., 1884-1953 -- Photograph collections. | Electrical League of Northern Ohio, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | Trade associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Electric household appliance industry -- Photographs. | Electric industries exhibitions -- Photographs. | Advertising electric household appliances -- Photographs. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 94 | Title: | German Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Unknown | | | | Dates: | 1898-1903 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of 90 photographs of an unidentified German-American family from Lakewood, Ohio. Included are portraits of men, women, and children, including four identified photographs of Ludwig Skowronski, George Nickelson, Ferdinand Van Rossun, and Hermann Boerner. Also included are group photographs, including two of weddings. Views, many of which are labeled in German, show scenes of Lakewood, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois, beer hall interiors, beach and backyard picnic scenes, yachts, general lake scenes, a German convention, household scenes, boating parties, children playing, Christmas celebrations, and the Bedford Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks. | | | | Call #: | PG 056 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 95 | Title: | Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Moon, Henry Lee Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family are also included. | | | | Call #: | PG 509 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 96 | Title: | Cleveland Sesquicentennial Celebration Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Sesquicentennial | | | | Dates: | 1946 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of group portraits and views of participants and spectators at events held during the Cleveland, Ohio, sesquicentennial in 1946, including the sesquicentennial parade, Canada-United States Day, One World Day, and Founder's Day. Cleveland's many ethnic groups are represented in the photographs, particularly in the parade views. Also included are portraits of celebrities and noted Clevelanders, including Bob Hope, Bob Feller, and Mayor Thomas A. Burke. | | | | Call #: | PG 224 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Feller, Bob, 1918- -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Sesquicentennial (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 100 | Title: | Benjamin Rose Institute Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Benjamin Rose Institute | | | | Dates: | 1880-1951 | | | | Abstract: | The Benjamin Rose Institute is a Cleveland, Ohio, foundation for the care and assistance of the elderly formed in 1908 via the estate of Benjamin Rose. The first foundation in the United States to address primarily the needs of the elderly, the Benjamin Rose Institute worked initially to keep the aged in their communities and avert their institutionalization. The Institute developed a national reputation for geriatric standards, care and research under Margaret Wagner, director from 1930-59. The Benjamin Rose Hospital was opened in 1953 and operated jointly with University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) specializing in old age rehabilitation and health care. The Institute presently runs the Margaret Wagner House, a nursing home. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Benjamin Rose, his family, friends, residences, businesses and properties. Also included are views of the Cleveland Provision Company, the Rose building on East 9th Street, and portraits of people connected with the Benjamin Rose Institute and its facilities. | | | | Call #: | PG 242 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rose, Benjamin -- Photograph collections. | Rose family -- Photograph collections. | Benjamin Rose Institute -- Photograph collections. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aged -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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