| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 61 | Title: | David K. Ford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, David K. Family | | | | Dates: | 1791-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The Ford family were prominent lawyers, philanthropists, and businessmen of Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, diaries, journals, account books, appointment books, ledgers, stock certificates, minutes, leases, articles of incorporation, wills, deeds, corporate inventories, maps, newspaper and magazine clippings, tax assessments and returns, diplomas, certificates, military orders, and discharge papers. Material is included on several banking institutions, including Garfield Savings Bank, The Western Reserve Trust Company, Metropolitan National Savings Bank, and the East End Savings and Trust Company. Material on Ford family involvement in the construction and management of the Williamson Building is included, as is family involvement in other real estate enterprises, including The New Amsterdam Company, One Euclid Company, and the Ford McCaslin Company. Involvement in various legal firms by H. Clark, Horatio, and David K. Ford is well documented, as is David K. Ford's role in the organization and operation of the Lubrizol Corporation and Lubrizol Foundation. Family involvement with the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and with other philanthropic and social service organizations, such as the American Red Cross, the Maternal Health Association, University Hospitals, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, is documented. Family members were also involved with the Congregational City Missionary Society, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Schauffler Missionary Training School (later Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work), and the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. David K. Ford's involvement with Defiance College is documented. David and Elizabeth Brooks Ford's commitment to community service and social reform is well documented in this collection, including correspondence with others sharing their interests, such as Ralph Hayes of the City Club, Dorothy Adams Hamilton Brush with the Maternal Health Association, Agnes Brooks Young with the Cleveland Playhouse, and Katherine Gill Brooks of the Visiting Nurse Association. Of particular interest is the correspondence of H. Clark Ford with the notorious swindler Cassie Chadwick. The majority of the genealogical and family history materials included is the work of Oliver Kingsley Brooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4730 | | | | Extent: | 36.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Thorpe family. | Ford, David K., 1894-1993. | Ford, Horatio, 1881-1952. | Ford, Horatio Clark, 1853-1915. | Ford, Elizabeth Kingsley Brooks, 1896-1990. | Ford family. | Brooks family. | Gill family. | Dunn family. | Shyrock family. | Keith family. | Reynolds family. | Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work -- History. | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational City Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational Home Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | New Amsterdam Company. | One Euclid Company. | Williamson Company. | Ford-McCaslin Company. | Lubrizol Corporation. | Lubrizol Foundation. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Garfield Savings Bank. | Western Reserve Trust Company. | Metropolitan National Savings Bank. | East End Savings and Trust Company. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 62 | Title: | Severance Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | | Dates: | 1826-1989 | | | | Abstract: | 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, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of his novel "The Innocents Abroad". | | | | Call #: | MS 4558 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Severance family. | Allen family. | Long family. | Millikin family. | Nash family. | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 | Long, David, 1787-1851. | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | Wells College. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Voyages and travels. | Voyages around the world. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 63 | Title: | Frederick C. Crawford Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Crawford, Frederick C. Family | | | | Dates: | 1727-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Frederick C. Crawford (1891-1994) was a Cleveland, Ohio, industrialist and philanthropist. Crawford headed Thompson Products, Inc. (later TRW Inc.) as it moved from an automotive and aircraft parts manufacturer into the aviation and aerospace industries. A leader of Cleveland's philanthropic community, Crawford served on the boards of many cultural institutions. He was appointed to the Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Trustees in 1944 and later served as it's president. He was instrumental in the transfer of the Thompson Auto Album and Aviation Museum collection to WRHS in the 1960s, which became the nucleus of the Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of WRHS. Crawford was married twice; to Audrey Cecelia Bowles in 1932, and to Kathleen M. Saxon in 1975. The collection consists of genealogies, biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment diaries and calendars, ledgers, annual financial summaries, bank statements, trust deeds, tax assessments, returns and other financial documents, stock certificates, wills, real estate inventories, diplomas, award certificates, military discharge papers, corporate annual reports, speeches and broadcast transcripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, articles of incorporation, minutes, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4856 | | | | Extent: | 76.84 linear feet (77 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891-1994 | Crawford family. | Thompson, Charles E. 1870-1933. | Thompson, Edwin deGroot. | Thompson family. | TRW Inc. | Steel Products Co. | Thompson Products, inc. | Western Reserve Historical Society | Frederick C. Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. | Case Institute of Technology. | Florida Institute of Technology. | American School of Classical Studies at Athens. | International Aeronautic Federation | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aircraft supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile supplies industry -- United States. | Aircraft supplies industry -- United States. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives. | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe. | International relations. | Aeronautics -- History. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aerospace industries -- United States. | United States -- History -- 1933-1945. | United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 64 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1992-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was established in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, through the estate donations of Joseph M. Bruening and his wife Eva L. Bruening. It is an independent foundation which provides grants to agencies in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The foundation's focus areas are education and social services, with an emphasis on care for the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged. Proposals funded include those in the fields of early childhood education, primary and secondary education, higher education, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, human services, and children and youth services. Special consideration is given to Roman Catholic organizations and institutions that provide these types of programs and services. Joseph M. Bruening founded the Ohio Ball Bearing Company in Cleveland in 1923, later known as Bearings Inc. The collection consists of applications, budgets, correspondence, grant proposals (including: audit reports, budgets, correspondence, fact sheets, financial statements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, rosters, summaries, and testimonial letters), invoices, memoranda, photographs, reports, rosters, and workshop packets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5089 | | | | Extent: | 20.00 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bruening, Joseph M. | Bruening, Eva L. | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing home care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Family violence -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Child abuse -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Youth -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | People with social disabilities -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Mentally ill -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Hunger -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1874-1951 | | | | Abstract: | The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cleveland, Ohio, was a temperance organization founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1880 as the Woman's Christian Temperance League. It was an auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio. In 1886 it changed its name to the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1933 it became the Woman's Philanthropic Union. It was also involved in many civic and charitable activities. The collection consists of a constitution, articles of incorporation, minutes of board and committee meetings, letters, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3247 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly Inn (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 68 | Title: | United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30 Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | United Order True Sisters | | | | Dates: | 1925-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30, a Jewish women's charitable organization, was a local lodge that was part of the national United Order True Sisters founded in New York in 1846. Founded in November of 1925, the Cleveland lodge's goal was to promote family unity by establishing a day care center for the benefit of the community. The collection consists of awards, booklets, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, a calendar, a cookbook, correspondence, a journal, flyers, manuals, membership books, minutes, newspaper clippings, notebooks, poems, a proclamation, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, and speech text. There are also approximately 50 black and white 300 color photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5427 | | | | Extent: | 6.11 linear feet ((10 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder)) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 69 | Title: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Records, Series VII
| | | | Creator: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation | | | | Dates: | 2011-2017 | | | | Abstract: | The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation is an educational foundation founded by Martha Holden Jennings and her nephew Arthur S. Holden, Jr., in 1958. Since its inception, the foundation has funded educational projects and programs throughout Ohio. The collection consists of annual reports, board minutes, executive director reports, grants, and newsletters. | | | | Call #: | MS 5484 | | | | Extent: | 17.00 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Education -- Ohio -- Endowments | Curriculum enrichment -- Ohio | Educational innovations -- Ohio | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Museums -- Educational aspects -- Ohio | School improvement programs -- Ohio | Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio | Teachers' workshops -- Ohio
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 70 | Title: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Records, Series VII
| | | | Creator: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation | | | | Dates: | 2011-2017 | | | | Abstract: | The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation is an educational foundation founded by Martha Holden Jennings and her nephew Arthur S. Holden, Jr., in 1958. Since its inception, the foundation has funded educational projects and programs throughout Ohio. The collection consists of annual reports, board minutes, executive director reports, grants, and newsletters. | | | | Call #: | MS 5484 | | | | Extent: | 17.00 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Education -- Ohio -- Endowments | Curriculum enrichment -- Ohio | Educational innovations -- Ohio | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Museums -- Educational aspects -- Ohio | School improvement programs -- Ohio | Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio | Teachers' workshops -- Ohio
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 71 | Title: | United Torch Services Photographs
| | | | Creator: | United Torch Services | | | | Dates: | 1918-1969 | | | | Abstract: | United Torch Services was organized in 1957, as the United Appeal, to coordinate fundraising for Cleveland, Ohio, social service agencies and charities. It was the successor to the Cleveland Community Fund (est. 1919). In 1971 it changed its name to United Torch Services. It became United Way Services in 1978. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of leaders and activities of United Torch Services of Cleveland, Ohio. Also included are views of award presentations and banquets, and photographs of posters and booklet covers. Photographs related to the Minutemen, a United Appeal affiliated organization, are included. Negatives in the collection depict various United Torch buildings, centers, activities, and members. A photograph album entitled "United War Work Campaign November 1918" depicts war work activities of various organizations, such as the Salvation Army and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), during World War I. | | | | Call #: | PG 138 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | United Torch Services -- Photograph collections. | Community Chest (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | United Appeal (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Charity organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States -- Photographs. | United Way Services (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 72 | Title: | Lance C. Buhl Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Buhl, Lance C. | | | | Dates: | 1971-2012 | | | | Abstract: | Lance C. Buhl (1940- ), worked at Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio) and, subsequently, BP America for over ten years managing its corporate contributions and philanthropic projects. Afterward he started a private consulting practice helping various companies and foundations evaluating and starting grant-making opportunities. He also was a professor at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and Cleveland State University. The collection contains projects, presentations, and correspondence from over thirty years of Dr. Buhl's career. | | | | Call #: | MS 5383 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Corporations -- Charitable contributions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Foundations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 73 | Title: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1936-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Federation is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio, which traces its origin to the Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland (founded 1903). The Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland changed its name to the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland in 1926, and in 1930, added a fundraising arm, the Jewish Welfare Fund of Cleveland. In 1951 the Jewish Welfare Federation merged with the Jewish Community Council to become the Jewish Community Federation. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, trustee and committee minutes, reports, proposals, newspaper clippings, wills, and financial records. Records are organized into three series consisting of administrative files, endowment funds, and social planning and research. | | | | Call #: | MS 4835 | | | | Extent: | 107.70 linear feet (111 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Case Western Reserve University. | Federation for Community Planning. | Baldwin-Wallace College. | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. | United Jewish Appeal. | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Chabad House of Cleveland. | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jewish Community Housing, Inc. | Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish Vocational Service. | Menorah Park Center for the Aging (Cleveland, Ohio). | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Human services. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service) | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Israel-Arab War, 1967. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 74 | Title: | Clara Belle Ritchie Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Ritchie, Clara Belle Family | | | | Dates: | 1880-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Ritchie and Hale families were prominent in civic and philanthropic activities in Akron and Summit County, Ohio. Clara Belle Ritchie (1869-1956), daughter of Samuel J. and Sophronia Hale Ritchie, inherited the Hale farm from her uncle, Charles Oviatt Hale, and bequeathed it to the Western Reserve Historical Society when she died in the 1950s. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Ritchie, Hale, Cozad, Davis, and Mather family members. Also includes scenes of the Hale farm in Bath, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 361 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ritchie, Clara Belle, 1869-1956 -- Photograph collections. | Ritchie family -- Photograph collections. | Hale family -- Photograph collections. | Cozad family -- Photograph collections. | Davis family -- Photograph collections. | Mather family -- Photograph collections. | Hale Farm and Village (Bath, Ohio) -- Photograph collections.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 75 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1966-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, which include architectural drawings, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, newspaper clippings, one audio cassette tape, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by The George Gund Foundation. The collection also contains limited administrative records of The George Gund Foundation, including correspondence, lists, publications, and reports related to grant recipients and a joint project with the Cleveland Public Schools based upon the effective schools model of school-based educational reform entitled Project Perform. | | | | Call #: | MS 4821 | | | | Extent: | 140.44 linear feet (141 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | George Gund Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pro-choice movement. | Women's rights. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retinitis pigmentosa. | Birth control. | Nuclear arms control. | Economic development.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 77 | Title: | Federation for Community Planning Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Federation for Community Planning | | | | Dates: | 1937-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The Federation for Community Planning was founded in 1913, as the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy, to coordinate funding for the numerous charities in Cleveland, Ohio. It merged with the Welfare Council of Cleveland in 1917 to form the Cleveland Welfare Federation. In 1972 it became the Federation for Community Planning. By 1919 it had given up solicitation of funds and by 1966 their allocation also, evolving into a specialized community planning agency. The collection consists of views of various activities sponsored by the Federation for Community Planning. Some of the activities pictured include the Foster Home Recruiting Center, Mass Blood Testing Program, TB Clinic van, and Golden Age Hobby shows. Also included are individual and group portraits of those associated with the Federation, including Edward D. Lynde, executive secretary, and an album presented to him on his retirement. | | | | Call #: | PG 308 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lynde, Edward D. -- Photograph collections. | Federation for Community Planning -- Photograph collections. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charity organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 78 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1974-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5296 | | | | Extent: | 70.80 linear feet (75 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 79 | Title: | Henry L. Zucker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Zucker, Henry L. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Henry L. Zucker was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a social worker. In 1946, he became the Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. He was Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. Under his leadership, it became one of the most successful community federations in the United States. Zucker also served as a consultant to other Jewish federations and local and national social organizations. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, newsletter and newspaper clippings, and writings which document Zucker's career in social service. | | | | Call #: | MS 4761 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 80 | Title: | Walton-Jennings Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Walton-Jennings Family | | | | Dates: | 1860-1964 | | | | Abstract: | John Whittlesey Walton was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist. The nephew of Charles Whittlesey, 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. She married Lamson Jennings in 1919. The collection consists of 5 photograph albums and 9 color stereo transparencies. Four albums contain portraits of family members and friends of the Walton-Jennings families. Those pictured include members of the Lamson, Calhoun, Clark, Sturdevant, Curtis, Judd, Kinney, North, and Hart families. Some identified photographs are missing from the albums. The fifth album contains prints and photographs of the travels of John Whittlesey Walton to England, Florida, Toronto, New England, and Europe. One of the photograph albums includes a built-in music box. 7 color stereo transparencies of the Briggs Mansion on Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, taken in 1964 are included, as are 2 color stereo transparencies of a statue of a bear at Wade Park, taken in 1958. | | | | Call #: | PG 303 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Walton, John Whittlesey, 1845-1926 -- Photograph collections. | Walton family -- Photograph collections. | Jennings family -- Photograph collections. | Lamson family -- Photograph collections. | Briggs Mansion (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Cabinet photographs. | Carte de visite photographs. | Wade Park (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Gem photographs.
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