| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 61 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Records
| | | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | | Dates: | 1911-1966 | | | | Abstract: | East End Neighborhood House was founded in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907 by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in the predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Buckeye-Woodland. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Great Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of organizational proceedings, membership records, correspondence, program reports, group worker reports, announcements, scrapbooks, and printed materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3568 | | | | Extent: | 11.70 linear feet (30 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 63 | Title: | Luis Martinez Papers
| | | | Creator: | Martinez, Luis | | | | Dates: | 1975-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Luis Martinez, a native of Puerto Rico, Martinez lived in Lorain, Ohio, for much of his youth. In 1981, Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich appointed him as Hispanic Liaison for the city of Cleveland. He served in that capacity until 1986. The collection consists of minutes and a history of the Spanish American Committee of Cleveland, correspondence, news releases, mailing lists, and clippings. This collection pertains largely to the Hispanic Community and includes material on bilingual education in Cleveland Public Schools, San Juan Bautista Church, Jose Feliciano and various social issues in Cleveland during the years 1975-1986. | | | | Call #: | MS 4176 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Martinez, Luis, 1948- | Feliciano, Jose. | Spanish American Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | San Juan Bautista Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Bilingual -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 65 | Title: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1868-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 with a program of lectures, prayer meetings, a Sunday school and a lending library. It initially focused on missionary and religious work. By 1880 the emphasis shifted toward character development and broadened to include boys as well as men, offering educational and physical training programs. During the 20th century the Y worked with the city's social settlements and welfare agencies, conducted fundraising campaigns during World War I, and increased its efforts to work with young boys. By the 1980s there were over 20 branches in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of minutes of the Cedar Avenue Boys' Branch, 1922-1977; also, general files of the Central YMCA, 1880-1975; publications and reports, including some issues of the Cleveland Red Triangle, the Association Boy, the Junior, News and Notes, and the West Side Boy; East End Branch scrapbook, 1929-1930; Cleveland surveys and studies, 1931-1962; Fenn College publications and reports, 1896-1938; War Work Week scrapbook, 1917; and miscellany. The collection pertains to the activities of the YMCA, including efforts at religious and missionary work, development of character in urban youth, war work, and alleviation of depression-era unemployment. The Cedar Avenue Branch records in particular document the Y's effort to serve Cleveland's black community, beginning in 1922. | | | | Call #: | MS 4458 | | | | Extent: | 3.51 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland -- Archives. | Fenn College. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 66 | Title: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1941-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland is interdenominational organization founded in 1911 as the Federated Churches of Cleveland to coordinate the community welfare and education activities of 67 Cleveland, Ohio, churches. In 1934, a new constitution was adopted, which officially changed the name of the organization to the Cleveland Church Federation. A new constitution in 1958 changed the Federation's name to the Cleveland Area Church Federation. In 1965 the Cleveland Area Church Federation adopted another new constitution and new name, Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland, and in 1985, the Council adopted its present name, Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland. The Metropolitan Affairs Commission was one of three commissions organized within the Council of Churches ca. 1965. It was responsible for issue-centered action programs during the 1960s in three areas; race, civil rights, and poverty. The collection consists of agendas, minutes, reports, memos, notes, correspondence, rosters, budget ledgers, contracts, financial statements, income tax forms, insurance policies, posters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, schedules, and transcripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 4813 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Affairs Commission. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local church councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious aspects. | Urbanization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | League Park Center Records
| | | | Creator: | League Park Center | | | | Dates: | 1952-1970 | | | | Abstract: | League Park Center, Inc. (f. 1949), located in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was started by the Welfare Federation of Cleveland with two social workers in the old business office of League Park (6601 Lexington Ave.), with additional facilities at nearby Dunham Church of Christ. The Center has always had close ties with the Neighborhood Settlement Association, the Center focusing on the "development of Cleveland's inner city youth," with such programs as Headstart and athletic activities. The Center's other interests included improvement of the neighborhood and encouragement of street clubs, which worked for block and street preservation and sometimes promoted youth activities. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, a code of regulations, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, legal and financial papers, project reports, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets and posters published by the corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4238 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with African Americans. | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 68 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Records
| | | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1893-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. | | | | Call #: | MS 3319 | | | | Extent: | 38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 69 | Title: | West Side Community House Records
| | | | Creator: | West Side Community House | | | | Dates: | 1890-1973 | | | | Abstract: | West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3938 | | | | Extent: | 32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 70 | Title: | Future Outlook League Records
| | | | Creator: | Future Outlook League | | | | Dates: | 1935-1959 | | | | Abstract: | The Future Outlook League was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights organization founded in 1935 by John Oliver Holly to promote employment, mobility, and equality for black youth and young adults in the Central area. Holly, the League's first president, was a political office holder in the area. The idea for the League grew out of dissatisfaction with the achievements of existing Negro organizations concerning employment. The organization appealed to both unskilled and semi-skilled Afro-Americans and was one of the first black organizations in the late 1930s to use picketing and economic boycotts to secure employment for Negroes. Supported primarily by weekly fees assessed to those who obtained jobs through the League, the organization integrated staffs of banks, stores, utilities, and industry. Integration of area neighborhoods was also a concern. The collection consists of minutes, financial materials, subject files, scrapbooks, and membership cards. The collection pertains largely to the establishment of the League and its activities in promoting employment and civil rights on behalf of Cleveland's black community. The membership cards reveal characteristics of that community by providing information on marital status, age, occupation, education, and residence. The scrapbooks detail the League's activities against small, local establishments, as well as national chains, such as the A&P Company, Belle Vernon Products, Lawson's Stores, and People's Drug Stores. | | | | Call #: | MS 4171 | | | | Extent: | 5.91 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Future Outlook League. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 71 | Title: | University Settlement Records
| | | | Creator: | University Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1926-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The University Settlement was a social settlement founded in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership cards, statistical reports, correspondence, 65 theses from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, and a subject file containing reports, correspondence, minutes, lists, and pamphlets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3564 | | | | Extent: | 13.00 linear feet (33 containers) | | | | Subjects: | University Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social group work. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 75 | 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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