| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Jordan C. Band Papers
| | | | Creator: | Band, Jordan C. | | | | Dates: | 1921-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5103 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Identity, conflict, and cooperation: Central Europeans in Cleveland, 1850-1930
| | | | Creator: | Hammack, David C. | | | | | Grabowski, Diane L., 1954- | | | | | Grabowski, John J. | | | | Publication: | Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio,c2002. | | | | Notes: | Includes studies of Croatian, Czech, Magyar, Pole, Slovak and Slovene immigrants in Cleveland. Includes bibliographical references and index. | | | | Call #: | F34ZSL E23I19 | | | | Extent: | ix, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | East European Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | East European Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Ethnic identity | East European Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions | Cleveland imprints 2003
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 26 | Title: | Morton E. Karp Collection
| | | | Creator: | Karp, Morton E. | | | | Dates: | 1978-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Morton Karp (d. 1991) was a scrap dealer and Commander of the Cuyahoga County Council of Jewish War Veterans, Cleveland Post #l4. Karp and his wife Mina collected news articles dealing with antisemitism, the Holocaust, the John Demjanjuk trial, Nazism, and neo-Nazi and other "white power" groups in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, with six blurred photos of Nazi graffiti, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978, and two photos of United White People's Party, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978. The articles are drawn from various local papers and magazines, including the Cleveland Jewish News and the Plain Dealer. The collection is of value to individuals studying antisemitism, neo-Nazi and Klan activities, prosecution of Nazi war criminals, and Holocaust commemoration in the northeast Ohio area. | | | | Call #: | MS 4956 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Demjanjuk, John -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Graffiti -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hate groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Ohio. | Neo-Nazism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Racism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United White People's Party -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | War crime trials. | War criminals -- United States. | White supremacy movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 27 | Title: | My world: an autobiography
| | | | Creator: | Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- | | | | Publication: | 1998], | | | | Notes: | Typescript. | | | | Call #: | F34ZHA B214A3 | | | | Extent: | iii, 130 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Band, Jordan C. -- (Jordan Clifford), -- 1923- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio). -- Community Relations Board | National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) | Jewish Council for Public Affairs | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 28 | Title: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records (Restricted)
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1916-1961 | | | | 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, reports, memoranda, and published literature removed from MS 4563 Jewish Community Federation Records because of sensitive or confidential subject matter. It includes records of the Jewish Community Council's Community Relations Committee and its Conciliation and Arbitration Board, as well as case histories from various Jewish social service agencies. The Community Relations Committee investigated allegations of discrimination and antisemitism, and the Conciliation and Arbitration Board mediated conflicts within the Jewish community. | | | | Call #: | MS 4563A | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service) | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mediation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Ralph J. Perk Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perk, Ralph J. | | | | Dates: | 1949-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Ralph J. Perk was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio auditor, 1963-1971, and mayor of Cleveland, 1972-1977. Perk, the first Republican mayor since 1941, faced big budget deficits which he covered with existing bond funds and general revenue sharing funds, as well as large federal grants from the Nixon administration. Nevertheless, city sewer and public transit systems had to be regionalized to raise operating capital. A Czech-American, Perk was seen as a national leader on ethnic issues. He retired from politics in 1977 after an unsuccessful campaign against John Glenn for the United States Senate in 1974 and a defeat in the 1977 nonpartisan mayoral primary. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, speeches, minutes, news releases, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, etc., pertaining to Perk's political career and public service. Mayoral records include voluminous correspondence and a subject file, as well as the records of various secretaries and administrative assistants. Notable issues represented in the papers include the proposed sale of the Municipal Light Plant, a 1977 survey on pornography, abortion, gun control, air pollution, regional sewer and transportation issues, public safety, senior citizens, the federal Model Cities program, urban renewal, and Cleveland's celebration of the 1976 US Bicentennial. Perk's many political campaigns are documented, particularly the 1977 mayoral campaign which resulted in his defeat. His service as county auditor is very well represented in a series of newspaper clippings, which also document such events as the Hough riots of 1966 and the Glenville Shootout of 1968. | | | | Call #: | MS 4456 | | | | Extent: | 108.01 linear feet (112 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Perk, Ralph J., 1914- | Stokes, Carl. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Auditor's office. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | 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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