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1Title:  Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V     
 Creator:  Hebrew Free Loan Association 
 Dates:  1956-2014 
 Abstract:  The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V collection consists of loan applications, bylaws, correspondence, DVDs, financial statements, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, proclamations, resolutions, and tributes. 
 Call #:  MS 5462 
 Extent:  11.0 linear feet (13 boxes) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities
 
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2Title:  Hebrew Shelter Home Records     
 Creator:  Hebrew Shelter Home 
 Dates:  1937-1981 
 Abstract:  The Hebrew Shelter Home was founded in the late 1800s to provide kosher food and shelter for Russian Jewish immigrants and transient poor in Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated as the Independent Montefiore Shelter Home in 1904. By the 1920s it evolved into a way station for Jewish transients. The name was shortened ca. 1970 to the Hebrew Shelter Home. The collection consists of Board of Directors' minutes, statistical summaries and registration cards of guests, a Report of the Superintendent, correspondence, ledgers, monthly financial reports and annual budgets. 
 Call #:  MS 4050 
 Extent:  1.45 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Hebrew Shelter Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | Transients, Relief of -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Relief stations for the poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Food relief -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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