http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?keyword%3Dphilanthrop*;smode%3Dadvanced;facet-format%3DManuscript%20Collection;facet-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;f1-subject%3DCleveland%20(Ohio)%20--%20Genealogy. Results for your query: keyword=philanthrop*;smode=advanced;facet-format=Manuscript Collection;facet-format=Photograph Collection;f1-subject=Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4345.xml The collection consists of 39 oral history interviews conducted by Jeanette Tuve with individuals and representatives of long-established Cleveland, Ohio, families who have played significant roles in the city's growth and development and with several Cleveland philanthropic foundation administrators. The interviews focused on the philanthropic involvement of these families and reveal the continuity of philanthropic motivation between generations of a particular family and the shared interest between related families and social peers in specific areas of charitable activity. The project was sponsored by the Western Reserve Historical Society and funded by the William Bingham Foundation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4345.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5055.xml The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1852 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacture of men's clothing. The Joseph and Feiss Company was incorporated in 1907, and was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph's son Emil became a lawyer, and Emil's son, Frank, was partner at the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. Frank E. Joseph and his wife, Martha, were also active philanthropists. The couple's son, William R. Joseph, Sr. continues to be active in the community. The collection consists of awards, correspondence, diaries, diplomas, genealogies, guest lists, inventories, news clippings, newsletters, legal records, notebooks, programs, scrapbooks, and assorted writings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5055.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5044.xml The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved i... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5044.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4558.xml The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealo... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4558.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5362.xml The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing p... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5362.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5387.xml William R. (Bill) Joseph (1946-2012), a specialist in nonprofit law and community leader, was the son of Frank and Martha Joseph. A co-founder of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, he was also a board member and president of many other local nonprofit organizations. Bill Joseph was a member of the sixth generation of the Joseph family in the Cleveland area. His family owned Joseph & Feiss, one of the city's most prominent firms in the garment industry. The collection consists of biographies, birth certificates, certificates, contracts, correspondence, correspondence transcripts, diplomas, eulogies, genealogies, a haggadah (Jewish text that documents the order of the Passover Seder), obituaries, oral histories, photographs, postcards, proclamations, programs, and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5387.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT