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1	Title:	Kevin Shanahan Photographs
	Creator:	Shanahan, Kevin
	Dates:	1947-1964
	Abstract:	Kevin Shanahan immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Dublin, Ireland, in the 1950s. While living in Cleveland, he worked in refrigeration and taught Irish dancing at the West Side Irish American Club on Madison Avenue and West 98th Street. He was one of the main organizers of the first Cleveland Feis (competition) in the late 1950s. He taught several teachers at the Masterson School of Irish Dance, including the owner, Bobby Masterson. Shanahan and his wife Sally, have three children, Dennis, Colleen, and Erin. The family moved to New York in the 1960s. Living in New York, Shanahan concentrated on Irish drama, and performed in many Irish productions in New York. He and his family returned to Dublin, Ireland ca. 1980. The collection consists of images of Kevin Shanahan and native Clevelanders, in addition to out of state dancers participating at a number of Irish Dance competitions in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, there is an image of John F. Kennedy with Irish dancers from Cleveland.
	Call #:	PG 531
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Shanahan, Kevin. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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2	Title:	Michael and Mary Walsh O'Neill Family Papers
	Creator:	O'Neill, Michael and Mary Walsh Family
	Dates:	1901-2001
	Abstract:	Michael O'Neill (d. 1961) was born in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, and his wife, Mary Walsh (1905-2001) came from the same county. They immigrated to the United States independently of each other in the 1920s. Mary made Chicago, Illinois, her home, and Michael settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Mary met Michael while on a visit to Chicago. In the late 1930s, they relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, for employment purposes. The O'Neills raised their family in the Irish tradition, instilling in them a love of the Irish culture. The collection consists of certificates of birth, marriage, and naturalization, an essay on the life of Mary O'Neill, memorial cards, photographs, and two poems.
	Call #:	MS 4896
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	O'Neill, Michael, 1901-1961. \| O'Neill, Mary Walsh, 1905-2001. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Ireland -- Poetry. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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3	Title:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Records
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum
	Dates:	1971-1990
	Abstract:	The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of audio recordings, video recordings, interview transcripts, ledgers, financial documents, membership lists, board meeting minutes, correspondence, presentation materials, notes, catalog cards, exhibit materials, and museum holdings.
	Call #:	MS 5175
	Extent:	19.42 linear feet (21 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 film canister)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. \| Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration \| Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum \| Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Oral histories. \| Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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4	Title:	Catherine Leneghan Papers
	Creator:	Leneghan, Catherine
	Dates:	1969-2002
	Abstract:	Catherine Leneghan (b. 1964) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. Both sides of her family originated in County Mayo, Ireland. Her father, Francis Leneghan came from Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland, and married Catherine O'Donnell, who is also of Irish descent. Catherine's maternal grandparents are Julia Conway, who hailed from Tourmekeady, County Mayo, and James O'Donnell who came from Islandeady, County Mayo. Her paternal grandparents, Ellen Sweeney came from Innisbiggle, Achill Island, County Mayo, and Francis Leneghan came from Ballycroy, County Mayo. Living in a traditional Irish family upbringing, Catherine was associated with things Irish from an early age. Like so many other Irish on Cleveland's west side, she attended St. Patrick's Grade School in Westpark, Cleveland, and subsequently was a student of St. Joseph's Academy, also in Westpark. She received a degree in Psychology at Cleveland State University. But Catherine's real love was of Irish music and dance. She pursued her career in this field, passing the TCRG exam and the ADCRG exam in the early 1990s. She has not looked back since. Her school, The Leneghan Academy of Traditional Irish Dance has been a success since it opened its doors in 1991. The collection consists of biographical information, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4942
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Leneghan, Catherine, 1964- \| Leneghan Academy of Traditional Irish Dance. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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5	Title:	Burke School of Irish Dance Records
	Creator:	Burke School of Irish Dance
	Dates:	1960-2002
	Abstract:	The Burke School of Irish Dance (f. 1958) was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Thomas Scott, (b.1906) immigrated from County Sligo in the 1920s to the United States, and initially settled in New York. Her mother was born in County Clare and came to the U.S. a few years after Thomas. Scott was a musician and dance teacher in Cleveland. According to Theresa, he was the first person in Cleveland to teach traditional Irish dancing to a competitive standard. Sharing her father's love for Irish dance, Burke followed in his footsteps as the founder and owner of two Irish dance schools in Ohio, one in Cleveland, the other in Youngstown (f. 1965), and one out of state in Pennsylvania, (f.1971). The collection consists of an honorary achievement award, certificate of appreciation from President Ronald Reagan, certificate of appreciation from Mahoning Valley Gaelic Society, a directory of registered newspaper clippings, programs, a resolution and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 4901
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Burke School of Irish Dance. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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6	Title:	Burke School of Irish Dance Photographs
	Creator:	Burke School of Irish Dance
	Dates:	1966-1984
	Abstract:	The Burke School of Irish Dance was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of students from the Burke School of Irish Dance at a variety of Irish dance competitions.
	Call #:	PG 532
	Extent:	0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Burke School of Irish Dance. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Dance -- Ireland. \| Costume design -- Ireland. \| Art, Celtic. \| Dance schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century -- Photographs. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 20th century. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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7	Title:	Philip O'Brien Family Photographs
	Creator:	O'Brien, Philip Family
	Dates:	1891-1999
	Abstract:	The O'Brien family originally came from county Galway, Ireland, and members of this family immigrated from Ireland to the United States from 1848 to 1897. O'Brien completed the family genealogy and traced his roots back to 1830s. The collection consists of 26 black and white photographs of members of the O'Brien family.
	Call #:	PG 529
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Boyle family -- History -- Sources. \| Callaghan family -- History -- Sources. \| Eagan family -- History -- Sources. \| Egan family -- History -- Sources. \| Finnigan family -- History -- Sources. \| Flannery family -- History -- Sources. \| Furey family -- History -- Sources. \| Joyce family -- History -- Sources. \| O'Brien family -- History -- Sources. \| Sommerly family -- History -- Sources. \| Irish Americans -- Archives. \| Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Irish Americans. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century. \| Ohio -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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8	Title:	David Morrow, Sr. Family Papers
	Creator:	Morrow, David Sr. Family
	Dates:	1818-1938
	Abstract:	David Morrow Sr. was the son of John Morrow and brother of John Morrow Jr. and William Morrow. The family originated in Knock, parish of Castlenagh, County Down, Ireland. William Morrow emigrated to Virginia, and with family friend Alexander J. Stewart, who had settled in New York City, corresponded with the remaining Morrow family members in Ireland. The David Morrow Sr. family, including David Sr., his wife Abigail, and their children, David Jr., William, and Abigail, emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1832, and were settled in Euclid, Ohio, by 1833, where they farmed. David Morrow Jr. and his brother William, continued to farm after the death of their father in 1836, eventually acquiring their own land in Glenville, near Cleveland, Ohio. David Morrow Jr. married Eliza Shade, and they had three children; David Wilson, Abigail, and Eliza Lillie. David Wilson Morrow attended Shaw Academy in East Cleveland, and graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in 1890. He went into practice in Cleveland as a civil and architectural engineer, establishing the firm of Morrow and Cross. He was an active member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and the Cleveland Automobile Club. He married Ruby Jessamine Adams in 1905, and they had four children, two of whom survived, Ruth and David. The collection consists of genealogical and biographical sketches, correspondence, appointment books, tax returns and other financial papers, probate record journals, wills, deeds, trust and estate agreements, land plats and other real estate papers, minutes, transcripts, and other legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4803
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. \| Morrow family. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women immigrants. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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9	Title:	Daniel T. Shehan Family Papers
	Creator:	Shehan, Daniel T. Family
	Dates:	1841-1939
	Abstract:	Daniel T. Shehan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and married Margerett Melagott there in 1838. They emigrated to Quebec, Canada, in 1841. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1847. The collection consists of correspondence, medical instructions, a recipe book, poems, a contract, a partial will, photocopies of genealogical information, photocopies of newspaper articles, an autograph book, a commencement book, and a souvenir menu. Included are letters written home by Daniel Shehan to his family in Ireland.
	Call #:	MS 4817
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Shehan, Daniel T. \| Gallagher, Tom, 1827-? \| Gallagher, Tom L., 1888-1939. \| Shehan family. \| Gallagher family. \| Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish -- Canada. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. \| Ireland -- Emigration and immigration.
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10	Title:	Thomas F. Campbell Papers
	Creator:	Campbell, Thomas F.
	Dates:	1897-2004
	Abstract:	Thomas Campbell was an author, community leader, and professor and university administrator who co-founded the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University and served as its director. Campbell served as president of the City Club of Cleveland, and was instrumental in opening its doors to women. He directed the Cleveland Heritage Program for Cleveland Public Library. He ran for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977. He founded the Irish American Archives Society and was deeply involved in the Irish American community of Cleveland, as well as numerous other groups in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of agendas, awards, biographical data, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, examination papers, flyers, invitations, magazine articles, memberships, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, plays, poems, programs, recipes, reports, resumes, speeches, workshops and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4925
	Extent:	9.43 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Campbell, Thomas F. \| Case Western Reserve University. Dept. of History. \| Ohio State University. Dept. of History. \| Cleveland State Univeristy. \| Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. \| Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. \| Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. \| Cleveland Public Library \| City Club of Cleveland. \| Irish American Archives Society (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. \| Cleveland Restoration Society. \| Friends of Howe Mansion. \| Social Welfare History Group \| Friends of Shaker Square. \| Irish-American Partnership. \| American Friends Service Committee. \| Philosophical Club of Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans. \| College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| College administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography \| Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Municiapl home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Neighborhood planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. \| Shaker Square (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Northern Ireland -- Politics and government.
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11	Title:	Isaac Reid Papers
	Creator:	Reid, Isaac
	Dates:	1829-1862
	Abstract:	Isaac Reid of Dromore Parish, County Down, Ireland, emigrated with his wife, Agnes, and his children to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1832. After living for several years in Cleveland, where he worked in a small business and boarded immigrants, the family purchased eighty acres in Newburgh, where they farmed and raised cattle, hogs, and sheep. Reid and his family were members of the First Presbyterian Society of Newburgh, he serving as both trustee and treasurer for several terms throughout the 1840s-1850s. His daughters were married in Newburgh; Mary Ann to Alvah Ruggles, and Elizabeth to George Dunbar, both in 1857. George Dunbar was employed by Reid as a laborer on his farm. Both Reid, his son-in-law George Dunbar, and his grandchildren remained in Newburgh after it became a part of Cleveland. Dunbar and his eldest sons were employed in the iron industry and in local businesses, while Reid lived on Harvard Street and was employed as a laborer. Isaac Reid died in 1886. The collection consists of a ledger/letterbook; receipts, a family register, and notes removed from that volume; notes and transcripts of the contents of the volume; and a Newburgh, Ohio, school register.
	Call #:	MS 4704
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Reid, Isaac, 1798-1886. \| Reid family. \| Dunbar family. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish American families -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Newburgh. \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Newburgh (Ohio) -- History.
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