| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Kulas Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Kulas Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1937-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Kulas Foundation was established in 1937 by Elroy J. and Fynette H. Kulas to fund and promote music and higher education in greater Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, minutes, agendas, papers relating to grant proposals, financial papers, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4158 | | | | Extent: | 20.00 linear feet (20 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kulas Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Music -- Instruction and study -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | John P. Murphy Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | John P. Murphy Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1972-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The John P. Murphy Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1960, which received most of the $13 mil estate of John Patrick Murphy, a Minnesota and Montana railroad lawyer who came to Cleveland, Ohio in 1920 as lawyer for the Van Sweringen brothers, builders of Cleveland's Terminal Tower. Murphy represented the Van Sweringen brothers in their development of real-estate interests, railroads, and the Cleveland Union Terminal on Public Square from 1920-37, and was named executor of the Van Sweringen estate after the deaths of the brothers. Murphy took over the Van Sweringens controlling interest in the Higbee Company, and became president in 1944 and chairman of the board in 1968. The foundation supports primarily local projects in the area of secondary and higher Catholic education, music, hospitals, and the Community Fund. Frank E. Joseph, Murphy's personal attorney, served as president of the foundation in 1985. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, grant proposals, correspondence, and information regarding the foundation's connection with the Higbee Company. In addition, there are Higbee Company records, including financial records, minutes, reports, notices of stockholders meetings, and some correspondence. The collection contains little background information on the projects funded. | | | | Call #: | MS 4207 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Murphy, John Patrick, 1887-1969. | John P. Murphy Foundation. | Higbee Co. -- Archives. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | George S. Dively Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Geo. S. Dively Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1956-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The George S. Dively Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1956, by industrialist and philanthropist George S. Dively. Funding has centered around the field of higher education, with scholarship funds being established for engineering, business administration, graphic arts, and urban affairs students at numerous institutions, including the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard Business School, Lock Haven (Pennsylanvania) State College, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, and the Florida Institute of Technology. Other organizations receiving funding reflect the interests of Dively; including civic improvement, enterprise development, and the arts. The foundation was officially closed in 1995. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, annual reports, minutes, correspondence, proposals, contribution records, investment records, legal documents, agreements, grants, and awards. | | | | Call #: | MS 4635 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Dively, George S., 1902-1988. | Geo. S. Dively Foundation. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 25 | Title: | Bascom Little Fund Records
| | | | Creator: | Bascom Little Fund | | | | Dates: | 1965-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Bascom Little Fund was created in 1966 to promote new music composed and performed in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, through the granting of funds to individual composers. The Bascom Little Fund also helps support the Cleveland Composers Guild of the Fortnightly Musical Club in the performance of new works by Guild members. The Fund began as a memorial to Bascom Little, a local architect and composer, by his wife Sue Lohmiller Little. The three original trustees were A. Dean Perry, H. Chapman Rose, and Dixon Morgan. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, grant requests, authorizations, minutes, reviews, newspaper clippings, tax returns, financial statements, and contracts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4706 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bascom Little Fund. | Cleveland Composers Guild. | Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composition (Music). | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1992-2011 | | | | 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 that 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. The collection consists of approved and declined grant applications as well as the program files for the Pathways to Learning Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 5473 | | | | Extent: | 8.50 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Early childhood and education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Catholic Church
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | 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* | | 29 | 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* | | 30 | 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* | | 31 | Title: | William Bingham Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | William Bingham Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-2016 | | | | Abstract: | The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham II. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the arts, sciences, education, and health and human services. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues also took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation. A majority of the collection contains materials related to grants administration, grant proposals, grant decisions, and grant reports. The rest of the collection consists of annual reports and annual meeting documentation, articles of incorporation, Blossom and Bingham family history, budgets and balance sheets, certificates, codes of regulations, committee records, correspondence, financial statements and reports, handbooks, investments, legal documents, meeting minutes and notes, special projects, photographs, reports, and tax records. | | | | Call #: | MS 5458 | | | | Extent: | 46.20 linear feet (47 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955 | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970 | Bingham family | Blossom family | Gale family | William Bingham Foundation | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 32 | Title: | William Bingham Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | William Bingham Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1968-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham 2nd. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. The foundation also contributed to the establishment and development of Blossom Music Center. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the environment, the arts, education, health, and welfare. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation in the 1980s, with several significant grants being made to the Environmental Defense Fund. The collection consists of correspondence, grant proposals, reports, financial, legal, and administrative records, minutes, exhibit scripts, newspaper clippings, publications, magazine articles, newsletters, and notes. | | | | Call #: | MS 4707 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955. | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. | Bingham family. | Blossom family. | William Bingham Foundation. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 33 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 34 | Title: | Woodruff Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Woodruff Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1986-1996 | | | | Abstract: | The Woodruff Foundation was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1986 with proceeds from the sale of Woodruff Memorial Institute programs to Saint Vincent Charity Hospital and Health Center and the sale of the Institute's land and buildings to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Founded in Cleveland in 1935 by Mabel Woodruff as Ingleside Hospital, it was a private psychiatric hospital. After bankruptcy and closing in 1968, Ingleside Hospital reopened in 1969 as the Woodruff Memorial Institute (also known as Woodruff Hospital). The Woodruff Foundation gives grants to organizations that provide substance abuse services, mental health/crisis services, and alcoholism services to adults and adolescents in northeastern Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, architectural drawings, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, reports, and rosters. | | | | Call #: | MS 4838 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Woodruff Foundation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mental health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Psychiatry -- Research -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Adolescent psychotherapy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Alcoholism -- Treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music therapy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Art therapy -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 35 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1987-1999 | | | | 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 agendas, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, memoranda with attachments, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, publications, reports, and trust disbursement authorizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 4846 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bruening, Joseph M. | Bruening, Eva L. | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 36 | Title: | William Bingham Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | William Bingham Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham 2nd. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. The foundation also contributed to the establishment and development of Blossom Music Center. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the environment, the arts, education, health, and welfare. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation in the 1980s, with several significant grants being made to the Environmental Defense Fund. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, annual reports, articles of incorporation, blank letterhead, budgets, certificates, codes of regulations, correspondence, financial statements, genealogical chart, grant proposals, histories, investment reviews, journal clippings, legal documents, lists, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs, publications, receipts, reports, resolutions, rosters, speech texts, summaries, and tax records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4849 | | | | Extent: | 18.01 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955. | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970. | Bingham family. | Blossom family. | Gale family. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 37 | Title: | Jane Edna Hunter Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Hunter, Jane Edna | | | | Dates: | 1909-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Jane Edna Hunter was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, invoices, bylaws, checks, correspondence, a datebook, financial records, leases, a medical journal, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, poetry, press releases, receipts, reports, and a scrapbook. The collection primarily contains documents related to the personal business and financial activities of Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4867 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 38 | Title: | Cleveland Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust established in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of grant files, both accepted and declined, which include agreements, award letters, brochures, budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, forms, memoranda, newsletters, notes, press releases, programs, proposals, and reports. All photographs and audio/visual media have been retained in their respective grant files. The Cleveland Foundation Assistance to Other Foundations series contains much the same document types as the grant files. Other document types contained in the collection include annual reports, articles, budgets, correspondence, declaration of trusts, forms, indexes, lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, notes, and reports. The dates of the grant files and assistance to other files series are not necessarily a date range of what is in the file, but are the dates given as the grant periods on the paperwork contained in the files. | | | | Call #: | MS 5237 | | | | Extent: | 365.80 linear feet (383 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Foundation | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Economic development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 39 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1984-2008 | | | | 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, including agendas, annual reports, architectural drawings, budgets, compact discs, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5038 | | | | Extent: | 139.40 linear feet (140 containers) | | | | 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. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Birth control.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 40 | Title: | Brush Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Brush Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1928-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The Brush Foundation was created in 1928 by Cleveland, Ohio, inventor Charles F. Brush to promote research in the fields of eugenics, population and birth control. Early projects funded included the Maternal Health Association and the Brush Inquiry, a research project on the growth and development of children. From the late 1940s-1960s, intensive research on human fertility and infertility, as well as on viral infection, was funded. The Foundation played a crucial role in the establishment of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Since the mid 1960s, the Foundation has focused on adolescent sexuality and pregnancy, defense of abortion rights, and public policy directed at limiting population growth. Local organizations and institutions that received grants from the Brush Foundation included Black Focus on the West Side; Cleveland Health Education Museum; Federation for Community Planning's Coalition for Adolescent Reproduction, Sexuality, and Health; Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland; and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection. The collection consists of board minutes, correspondence, financial statements and income tax returns, newspaper clippings, reprints and photocopied journal articles, and various publications. The bulk of the collection dates from after 1965. | | | | Call #: | MS 4736 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929. | Brush Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. | International Planned Parenthood Federation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Birth control. | Eugenics. | Population research. | Fertility, Human. | Sex instruction. | Maternal health services. | Pro-choice movement. | Teenage pregnancy.
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