| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 201 | Title: | Saint Luke's Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint Luke's Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1954-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Saint Luke's Foundation was established in 1997 after the Saint Luke's Medical Center was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its regional partners, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine. The foundation was created to help continue the philanthropic mission of the Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association. This collection consists of institutional and administrative records for Saint Luke's Foundation, Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association, grant records from Saint Luke's Foundation, as well as some artwork and photographs related to these organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5472 | | | | Extent: | 30 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 202 | Title: | Saint Luke's Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint Luke's Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1954-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Saint Luke's Foundation was established in 1997 after the Saint Luke's Medical Center was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its regional partners, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine. The foundation was created to help continue the philanthropic mission of the Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association. This collection consists of institutional and administrative records for Saint Luke's Foundation, Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association, grant records from Saint Luke's Foundation, as well as some artwork and photographs related to these organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5472 | | | | Extent: | 30 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 203 | Title: | Harold T. Clark Papers
| | | | Creator: | Clark, Harold T. | | | | Dates: | 1876-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Harold T. Clark was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and philanthropist. Clark was a partner in the law firm of Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, 1913-38, before opening his own law office in 1938. He served with the American Committee to Negotiate Peace after World War I. In addition, he was active in numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Educational Museum of the Cleveland Public Schools, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Metroparks. He received many honorary degrees and civic awards, including the Migel Medal from the American Foundation for the Blind for work on the William Terry Touch Alphabet. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, scrapbooks, and resolutions concerning Clark, the organizations he was involved in, and the committees he served on. | | | | Call #: | MS 4443 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. | Squire, Andrew, 1850-1934. | Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Anniversaries, etc., 1938. | Hanna, Leonard C. (Leonard Colton), 1889-1957. | Mather, William Gwinn, 1857-1951. | Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967. | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1874-1960. | Rockefeller family. | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | Cleveland Metroparks System. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Museums -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 204 | Title: | Rena Blumberg Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Blumberg, Rena Family | | | | Dates: | 1880-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Rena Blumberg, the daughter of Ezra Z. and Sylvia Lamport Shapiro, was a community relations director and radio interviewer for stations in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she won recognition as an author, lecturer, community activist, and business consultant. She was active in Cleveland area civic, cultural, philanthropic, health, Jewish, and women's issues. Blumberg published her book Headstrong in 1982. In 1999, she married third husband Bernard Olshansky of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she now resides. The collection consists of certificates, biographical materials, genealogical materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, oral history transcripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4866 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Blumberg, Rena. | Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. | Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. | Olshansky, Bernard. | Shapiro family. | Brudno family. | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. | Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). | Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Breast -- Cancer.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 205 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | | Dates: | 1916-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. All of his sons joined in the family business. Luntz was also known for his benevolence to a wide variety of civic, cultural, medical, and religious groups and causes both in Canton and Cleveland. He was president of The Temple in University Circle from 1950-1960. He was active with the YMCA, the Boy Scouts, the Montefiore Home, the Singing Angels, and the Jewish Welfare Fund, among others. He was also a board member of many organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital, the Community Chest, United Appeal, Jewish Community Federation, and the Art Museum. He was especially involved with the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), a human rights organization promoting peace, tolerance, and social justice (now known as the National Conference for Community and Justice). He held both local and national offices and won its highest award, the National Human Relations Award, in 1957. He died on February 24, 1981. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, a deed, an invitation, legislation, lists, magazine articles, maps, a memoir, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, obituaries, press releases, programs, reports, speech texts, and a will. | | | | Call #: | MS 5082 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz, Fanny. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Canton. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 207 | Title: | John Whittlesey Walton Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walton, John Whittlesey Family | | | | Dates: | 1842-1926 | | | | Abstract: | John Whittlesey Walton (1845-1926) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist, Walton started a ship chandlery business and co-founded the Upson-Walton Company in 1893. In 1867, Walton was one of the men responsible for the revival of the YMCA in Cleveland. From 1874-1926, Walton was actively involved in charity, serving during this period as treasurer of the Bethel Associated Charities. Throughout his life, Walton was keenly interested in the field of sociology and in the emerging scientific approach to social work. His daughter, Gladys Walton was involved in numerous dramatic and musical events. The collection consists of a diary of a trip by John Whittlesey Walton to the West Indies in 1895, a map charting the West Indies trip, a collection of his writings (consisting of religious hymns, poetry, and articles), correspondence, his scrapbooks, scrapbooks of Gladys Walton, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4229 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Walton, John Whittlesey, 1845-1926. | Walton family. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | West Indies -- Description and travel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 208 | Title: | Devereux Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Devereux Family | | | | Dates: | 1808-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Mass. John H. Devereux was an American Civil War general, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, business, financial, and legal documents, genealogical data, ship's logs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, of John Devereux, John H. Devereux, and Henry K. Devereux. Bulk of the collection relates to railroad construction and John H. Devereux's career with several railroads. Includes records (1895-1916) of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and material relating to Henry K. Devereux's interest in trotting horses and harness racing and his activities as an official of several businesses. The collection also documents the role played by the railroad for the Union during the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 2415 | | | | Extent: | 25.0 linear feet (54 containers and 28 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Devereux family. | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Railroads -- United States -- Construction. | Railroads -- United States -- Management. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Harness racing -- United States. | Harness racehorses -- United States. | Horse-racing -- United States. | Horses -- United States -- Breeding. | Race horses -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 209 | Title: | Jeptha Homer Wade Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Wade, Jeptha Homer Family | | | | Dates: | 1832-2013 | | | | 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. of an account book, annual report, applications, architectural plans, bibles, booklets, a cash book, a CD, charts, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, family histories, genealogies, historical accounts, inventories, an invitation, an itinerary, journal articles and clippings, journals, magazine articles and clippings, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notebooks, notes, personal accounts, reports, a resolution, research notes, sketches, and a will. | | | | Call #: | MS 5228 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Wade family -- Correspondence. | Love family. | Sedgwick family. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1811-1890. | Wade, Randall Palmer, 1835-1876. | Wade, Jeptha Homer, 1857-1926. | Wade, Ellen Garretson, 1859-1917. | Garretson, Ellen M. Howe.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 210 | Title: | Thomas Vail Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vail, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1949-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. On a national level, he served on the boards of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Collection consists of correspondence, certificates, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, publications, speech texts, and inventories. | | | | Call #: | MS 4852 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Newspapers -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Cleveland Convention and Visitors' Bureau. | Cleveland Foundation. | Cleveland Plain Dealer | Cleveland Tomorrow (Organization). | Greater Cleveland Growth Association. | Plain Dealer (Firm).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 211 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged | | | | Dates: | 1969-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged is a Cleveland, Ohio retirement home, founded in 1896 as the first non-religious institution sponsored by African Americans in Cleveland. It was first named the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People and became the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged in 1960, the Eliza Bryant Center in the 1980s, and is today known as the Eliza Bryant Multipurpose Senior Center, located on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, promotional brochures, and reports pertaining to the activities of the home, including consideration of funding sources, property purchase and the possibility of a new facility by the board of trustees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4421 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged -- Archives. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 212 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1885-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Montefiore Home is a home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, which was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. The collection consists of trustee minutes, directors' reports, social service and financial reports, building and expansion plans, studies of Jewish aged, a newsletter written by the residents, and a guest book. The collection is valuable to the study of the institutional care of the aged and the contributions of Julius and Helen Weil to the Home. Also included is a letter written by Moses Montefiore to the Home in 1885. Montefiore (1784-1885) was a famed Anglo-Jewish philanthropist and advocate of civil rights for Jews in England and a precursor of modern Zionism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4455 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 213 | Title: | Hal Hanauer Myers Papers
| | | | Creator: | Myers, Hal Hanauer | | | | Dates: | 1938-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Born Hans Hanauer to a Jewish family in Karlsruhe, Germany, Hal Hanauer Meyers was one of the children at the French concentration camp Camp de Gurs who were rescued by Quakers in January 1941. He and his brother, Dieter, eventually were placed with Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists David and Inez Myers. Hans stayed in Cleveland, attended Case Institute of Technology, and eventually changed his name to Hal Hanauer Myers. The collection consists of speeches, correspondence and envelopes, calendars, school notebooks, various identification cards, scrapbook pages, news clippings, photographs, and books. Of particular interest are his Nazi identification card, brief autobiographical speech given at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah, wartime correspondence with his sister and family, some of which is in German, and notebooks used in the Quaker (American Friends Service Committee) refugee camp to learn English and French. | | | | Call #: | MS 4986 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Myers, Hal Hanauer, 1930- | Myers family | Hanauer, Ruth | American Friends Service Committee | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Germany | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Refugee children -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Kindertransports (Rescue operations) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians | Jewish children -- Germany
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 214 | Title: | L. Pearl Mitchell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mitchell, L. Pearl | | | | Dates: | 1875-1970 | | | | Abstract: | L. Pearl Mitchell (1883-1974) was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights activist. She served as national Vice-President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1936-1937). The collection consists of correspondence; Dr. Samuel Mitchell's license, sermons, and speeches; editions of The Wilberforce Graduate, 2 copies of The Ohio Book for the Lincoln Jubilee, pamphlets and printed material from the NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority pamphlets, Mt. Zion Congregational Church Building Fund records, F.E.P.C. financial reports, a copy of The Long Moment by Jo Sinclair, Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home financial records and trustees' minutes, Women's Council reports to the Cleveland Mental Health Association, Cleveland Job Corps for Women materials, biographical material on Mrs. Mitchell, news clippings, awards, pamphlets, brochures, and a copy of A Half Century of Freedom of the Negro in Ohio by W.A. Joiner. | | | | Call #: | MS 3533 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American -- African American authors.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 215 | Title: | H. Jack Lang Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lang, H. Jack | | | | Dates: | 1942-1992 | | | | Abstract: | H. Jack Lang (1904-1996) was an advertising executive, editor and author, and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Married to Frances Elizabeth Wise, Lang was a veteran of World War II and edited several compilations of correspondence, as well as The Wolf Magazine of Letters. The collection consists of articles, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, publication requests, reader contributions, scrapbooks, and transcripts from Lang's career as an editor, as well as his personal correspondence during World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 5345 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Editors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence. | Advertising executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 216 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood Records
| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood | | | | Dates: | 1919-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood is the women's auxiliary of Fairmount Temple (Anshe Chesed Congregation), know as Euclid Avenue Temple, between 1912 and 1957. The group is involved in various social, religious, philanthropic, educational and entertainment activities in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of unpublished histories, minute books, annual committee reports, program materials, and scrapbooks. The collection is useful in the study of the role of women in Reform Judaism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4202 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Wolsey, Louis, 1877-1953. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). Sisterhood -- Archives. | Sisterhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Women, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Women in Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 217 | Title: | Chagrin Valley Woman's Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Chagrin Valley Woman's Club | | | | Dates: | 1944-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Chagrin Valley Woman's Club was founded in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in 1930 as the Chagrin Falls Woman's Club. It is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The main philanthropic activity of the club is an annual scholarship fund that has awarded more than $412,000 to approximately 600 students since 1950. The club also sponsors educational and social programs in the region, historic preservation projects, and other community programs. The collection consists of sixteen scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5304 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (1 container and 10 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Women -- Societies and clubs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 218 | Title: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society | | | | Dates: | 1900-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society was founded in 1893 and incorporated in 1900 by Elias Rothschild, Annie Levy, Rebecca Barnett, Esther Bialosky and Rose Blumenthal. The Society collected dues and donations to finance services for the ill in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1944-1945 Bikur Cholim helped finance the construction of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland. It became an auxiliary agency of the hospital while continuing to provide aid to the indigent sick. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, bulletins, programs, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings, constitution of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland and correspondence of its president. | | | | Call #: | MS 3673 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society. | Hospitals, Convalescent. | Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 219 | Title: | Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Robert and Patricita Switzer Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1932-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1985, by Robert and Patricia Switzer and their children with the proceeds from the sale of the Day-Glo Color Corporation. The foundation was originally established to promote the education of graduate students in the environmental sciences, and soon included environmental improvement projects in its mission. The collection consists of family and program correspondence, legal documents, financial reports, scholarship applications, candidate selection documents, grant proposals and reports, and publications of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation and other foundations. | | | | Call #: | MS 4781 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Switzer family. | Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997. | Switzer, Patricia, 1913- | Day-Glo Color Corporation. | Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Research. | Education. | Environmental sciences. | Environmental protection. | Environmental management.
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