Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Alliance of Poles of America. |
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| | • | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Freedom Civic Association. |
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| | • | Friendly societies -- United States. |
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| | • | Insurance, Fraternal -- United States. |
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| | • | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Poles -- Canada. |
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| | • | Polish Americans -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Polish Library Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A. Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lodge 28. |
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| | • | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20. |
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| | • | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America | | | | Dates: | 1955-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Polish National Alliance of the United States is a major fraternal-insurance organization which was established in 1880. Besides providing affordable insurance, the Alliance promotes Polish culture through language schools, singing societies, and similar artistic organizations. Its clientele is still largely composed of people of Polish extraction. The collection consists of booklets and programs of testimonial dinners and anniversary events. | | | | Call #: | MS 5308 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A., Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A., Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 | | | | Dates: | 1902-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 of the Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A. is a Cleveland, Ohio, lodge of a Slovak American fraternal insurance organization. The collection consists of minute books, a cashbook, and membership dues books. The records list the hometown, Cleveland address, occupation, and birth and immigration dates of many members of the lodge. | | | | Call #: | MS 3637 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A. Joseph Pestuna Lodge 82 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America Records
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America | | | | Dates: | 1895-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Alliance of Poles of America is a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895, over the issue of membership for non-Roman Catholic Poles. Originally a Cleveland, Ohio, organization, it now includes groups throughout Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and has opened its membership to men and women with other than Polish or Catholic backgrounds. In 1917 it changed its name from the Alliance of Poles in Ohio to the Alliance of Poles of America. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, publications, lists, and drafts of articles. A major topic of the correspondence is the Polish Armed Forces in Canada during World War II. A major correspondent is Konstanty Zielecki. | | | | Call #: | MS 3930 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America. | Poles -- Canada. | Polish Americans -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association | | | | Dates: | 1928-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association was founded in 1906, by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish immigrants from Slobodka, Byelorussia, and originally called the Slobodker Ferein. The name was changed to the Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1928. The Association's aims were the improvement of Jewish cultural and educational life, contributing to charitable organizations, and providing aid to Jewish educational institutions and members of the association. It is one of the few benevolent associations that still provides sick and death benefits to members and their families. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, an initiation book, and a 40th anniversary program. | | | | Call #: | MS 3937 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1911-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Podporne Zveze) were two socialist-oriented fraternal insurance societies. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20, a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the SSPZ, merged with Lodge 28 of the SNPJ in 1941. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and correspondence of three Slovenian fraternal lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4134 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20. | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lodge 28. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Polish Library Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish Library Home | | | | Dates: | 1891-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Polish Library Home was located on Kenilworth Avenue in the Cleveland, Ohio, Tremont neighborhood. It housed a large collection of Polish literature and served as a meeting place for Polish groups, including several lodges of the Polish National Alliance, a fraternal insurance organization which sought to preserve Polish culture and worked for the re-establishment of a free Poland. The home closed in 1984. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, and an account book of the home. Also included are minute books, ledger books, dues books, and insurance rolls of the Polish National Alliance, Groups 171, 229, 861 and 2584. | | | | Call #: | MS 4133 | | | | Extent: | 3.60 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Library Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija | | | | Dates: | 1895-1937 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija is an independent Slovene-American benefit society formed ca. 1895 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a splinter group from Marijn Spolek, the first Slovenian lodge in the city. It provided insurance and organized both the first Slovenian men's chorus (Zora) and a gymnastics group which developed into the Slovenian Sokol (Slovenski Sokol). The collection consists of bylaws, minute books, account books, membership books, a ledger book, and a dues book. | | | | Call #: | MS 4173 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Slovenian Benefit Society Slovenija (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Freedom Civic Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Freedom Civic Association | | | | Dates: | 1917-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Freedom Civic Association, also known as Societa Gildonese of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded on May 15, 1917. Guiseppe Perrotti and others established the Society as a fraternal, social, and patriotic association for the benefit of fellow immigrants from the town of Gildone, Italy. The organization offered the Gildone immigrants health and death benefits, taught them English, and helped with employment. Originally meeting at Alta House in Cleveland's "Little Italy", the organization later moved to the Collinwood area. In recent years, the Society met at the Allegro Club until it disbanded in 1992. The collection consists of bound ledger books which record membership lists, minutes, financial information, and secretary's books. The remainder consists of loose materials including bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, membership lists, and financial information. | | | | Call #: | MS 4771 | | | | Extent: | 1.95 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Freedom Civic Association. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1904-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) is a socialist-oriented fraternal insurance society. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1904 and has several branches in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1941 it absorbed another fraternal insurance society, the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Zveze). The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, account books, ledger books, membership rolls, dues books, sickness and hospital benefit records, funeral service records, and publications of the national society and four of its lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. Includes minutes of Lodge 120 of the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (1919-1941). | | | | Call #: | MS 4175 | | | | Extent: | 7.60 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. | Slovene Americans -- Societies, etc. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- United States. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- United States. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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