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1	Title:	Max J. Reiter Papers
	Creator:	Reiter, Max J.
	Dates:	1943-1950
	Abstract:	Max J. Reiter (1905-1987) founded Ritmor Sportswear Company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1939 with Maurice Saltzman. He sold his shares in 1953 and the company was renamed Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Reiter was also the co-founder of Karen Sue Togs, Inc. and Nassau Fashions. From 1954-1979 Reiter served as Chairman and Chief Executive of the Printz-Biederman Company. The collection consists of an invitation, newspaper clippings, a photograph, a program, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5311
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century.
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2	Title:	The garment trades
	Creator:	Bryner, Edna.
	Publication:	The Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, O,1916.
	Notes:	At head of title: Cleveland Education Survey. "This report [the 22d in the list at the end] is one of the 25 sections of the report of the Educational Survey of Cleveland conducted by the Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation in 1915."- Foreword.
	Call #:	F34ZT C639 v.19
	Extent:	153p. front.,plates,diagrs. 18cm.
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Technical education -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1916
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3	Title:	Herman Friedman Family Papers
	Creator:	Friedman, Herman Family
	Dates:	1911-1992
	Abstract:	Herman Friedman was born in Hungary in 1855 and immigrated to the United States as a young man, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio in 1882. He founded Friedman-Blau-Farber in 1883, which was Cleveland's only fully-integrated knitting mill. The Company developed its own dye house, box factory, and knitting machines. It supplied knitted outerwear for men and women. The Company closed in 1939. The collection consists of a scrapbook about the 50th anniversary celebration of the Company in 1933, and photographs of various members of the Friedman family, as well as a scrapbook of condolences that were received by the Friedman family, following Herman's death at age 85 in December, 1935. There also are three compact discs, by Robert Friedman, of the Friedman family history. Robert was a grandson of Herman Friedman.
	Call #:	MS 5423
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (one container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Friedman family \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	J. L. Hudson Company (Cleveland, Ohio), 1885
	Date:	1885
	Abstract:	Miscellaneous materials relating to the J.L. Hudson Company, Excelsior Clothier, including: 1. J.L. Hudson, Excelsior Clothier, 201 to 211 Superior Street, Cleveland. [1885?] ([6] p., map, view of "The Great viaduct at Cleveland, O." on cover)
	Language:	English (eng)
	Call #:	SVF (J. L. Hudson Company (Cle...)
	Extent:	0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
	Media:	Advertisements
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| J.L. Hudson Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Superior Viaduct (Cleveland, Ohio)

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5	Title:	Cleveland trade bulletin
	Publication:	Cleveland,1904-
	Call #:	F34ZMC C638
	Extent:	v. illus. 32 cm.
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce \| Cleveland imprints 1904-1913
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6	Title:	Me
	Creator:	Hirschberg, Herbert Irving.
	Publication:	n.p,1981?]
	Notes:	Cover title.
	Call #:	F34ZHA H669A3
	Extent:	116 p. illus. 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Hirschberg, Herbert Irving \| Hirschberg Family \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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7	Title:	Ohio Knitting Mills Collection
	Creator:	Ohio Knitting Mills
	Dates:	1926-2000
	Abstract:	The Ohio Knitting Mills was founded as Stone Knitting Mills in Cleveland, Ohio, by Harry Stone and Walker Woodworth in 1927. The company manufactured sweaters, caps, capes, vests, dresses, pants, and shirts. The collection consists of material from Ohio Knitting Mills (Stone Knitting Mills before 1946) and other material related to the knitwear industry. The bulk of the collection consists of fabric samples, production cards, and advertising samples. Other material includes handbooks, catalogs, product boards for design purposes, and manuals for knitting and other design.
	Call #:	MS 5368
	Extent:	45.80 linear feet (53 containers)
	Subjects:	Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Knitwear -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fashion design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1919-2015
	Abstract:	Cleveland, Ohio, played a prominent role in the garment industry in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the industry's decline a century later. Most of the owners of garment manufacturing firms in Cleveland, as throughout the United States, were owned by Jewish immigrants. The garment industry in Cleveland declined as a whole in the late twentieth century. In the early 2010s, the Western Reserve Historical Society began making efforts toward compiling the stories of the Cleveland garment industry through research and oral history interviews, culminating in a book and exhibition project titled A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, drafts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, operating agreements, oral histories, orders, photographs, proposals, questionnaires, scrapbooks, and sketches pertaining to the planning, research, and implementation of the "Stitch in Time" project by the Western Reserve Historical Society.
	Call #:	MS 5425
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 volume)
	Subjects:	Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	National Knitted Outerwear Association, Cleveland District Records
	Creator:	Knitted Outerwear Association, Cleveland District
	Dates:	1950-1982
	Abstract:	The National Knitted Outerwear Association, Cleveland District, was an organization of knitting mills in Cleveland, Ohio, originally affiliated with the National Association headquartered in New York City. In the 1930s, the Cleveland District withdrew from the National Association and ceased to exist, and local knitting mills joined the national organization as individual members. During this period, members also met locally. By 1960, the Cleveland group had re-affiliated with the national organization. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains questionnaires sent to various Cleveland mills in 1981 by David Reinthal, president of the Cleveland District, to document the history of the knitted garment industry in Cleveland. Information on the questionnaires includes dates of company founding, names of founders and successors, dates of company expansions and relocations, and product descriptions.
	Call #:	MS 4651
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	National Knitted Outerwear Association Cleveland District. \| Knit goods industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Records, Series II
	Creator:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc.
	Dates:	1960-1982
	Abstract:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. was founded in 1939 as Ritmore Sportswear in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founders were Maurice Saltzman and Max Reiter. In 1953, Saltzman bought out Reiter's share of the company. The name was changed to Bobbie Brooks in 1960. Bobbie Brooks produced and sold stylish clothes for teenage and junior-miss girls, coordinating the styling, colors, and fabrics. Eventually, the company expanded its line to include apparel for women aged 25 to 44. The company merged with Pubco Corporation in 1985 after encountering serious financial difficulties. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, articles, booklets, catalogues, notices, reports, and workbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5157
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	A stitch in time: the Cleveland garment industry
	Creator:	Martin, Sean, 1968-
	Publication:
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111) and index.
	Call #:	F34ZKZ M383 2015
	Extent:	x, 125 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 31 cm.
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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12	Title:	Richman Brothers Company Records
	Creator:	Richman Brothers Company
	Dates:	1924-1992
	Abstract:	The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4664
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Richman Brothers Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	Title:	Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Jacob Family
	Dates:	1868-1988
	Abstract:	Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history.
	Call #:	MS 4678
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. \| Goldsmith family. \| Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	S. Korach Company Records
	Creator:	S. Korach Company
	Dates:	1898-1987
	Abstract:	The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies.
	Call #:	MS 4694
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. \| Korach family. \| S. Korach Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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15	Title:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc.
	Dates:	1939-1992
	Abstract:	Bobbie Brooks, Inc. was founded in 1939 as Ritmore Sportswear in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founders were Maurice Saltzman and Max Reiter. In 1953, Saltzman bought out Reiter's share of the company. The name was changed to Bobbie Brooks in 1960. The company merged with Pubco Corporation in 1985. The collection consists of annual reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, company newsletters, awards, and a payroll ledger. The newsletters provide contemporaneous descriptions of pioneering use of computers to track and coordinate production, sales, shipping, and accounting.
	Call #:	MS 4764
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. \| Bobbie Brooks, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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16	Title:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc., Records
	Creator:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc.
	Dates:	1961-1986
	Abstract:	Work Wear Corporation, Inc. was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Overall Company by Samuel Rosenthal. In 1919 Rosenthal bought the National Railroad Overall Company, maker of bib overalls and other work garments. Beginning in the 1920s, the enlarged Cleveland Overall Company transformed the uniform industry by producing stylish, functional work garments available on a rental basis. The company was also involved in the industrial laundry industry. In 1961, under Leighton Rosenthal, son of Samuel Rosenthal, Cleveland Overall became the publicly held Work Wear Inc. The name was changed in 1976 to Work Wear Corporation, Inc. Paine Webber Capital, a subsidiary of Paine Webber Group, Inc. of New York City, acquired Work Wear in 1986. The collection consists of annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures.
	Call #:	MS 4765
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Rosenthal, Samuel, 1885-1957. \| Work Wear Corporation, Inc. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Work clothes industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protective clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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17	Title:	Dorothy and Ralph A. Colbert Family Papers
	Creator:	Colbert, Dorothy and Ralph A. Family
	Dates:	1917-1987
	Abstract:	Dorothy and Ralph Colbert were active Jewish community leaders in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid to late twentieth century. Dorothy Katz Meister Koblitz Colbert (1923-2004) volunteered with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, the Cleveland Rehabilitation Center, and the National Council of Jewish Women. She was also a co-founder of Mt. Sinai Hospital's Junior Auxiliary. She was the daughter of Samuel Meister, who, along with his brothers Eugene and Edward and his brother-in-lawStuart Halle (husband of Zara Meister), founded Meister Brothers, later known as Meistergram, Inc., in 1933. She married Maurice J. Koblitz in 1947, and, before divorcing, the couple had two children, Michael A. Koblitz and Jan K. Blum. In 1974 she married Ralph A. Colbert (1908-1987), an attorney with the firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Ralph A. Colbert served on the boards of Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Cleveland Play House, and the local chapter of the American Jewish Committee. The collection consists of an article, certificates, a manual, a memorandum, newspaper clippings, notices, a poster, a program, reports, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5161
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Colbert family \| Hall family \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Koblitz family \| Meister family \| Meistergram, Inc.
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18	Title:	Joseph and Feiss Company Records
	Creator:	Joseph and Feiss Company
	Dates:	1847-1960
	Abstract:	The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of Shareholders' and Directors' minutes, correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, publications, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3886
	Extent:	5.20 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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19	Title:	Beryl Peppercorn Papers
	Creator:	Peppercorn, Beryl
	Dates:	1924-1969
	Abstract:	Beryl Peppercorn (1892-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, labor leader who served as manager of the Cleveland Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1922-1958). He was a co-founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with Frank Rosenblum in 1914. By 1935, the ACWA had negotiated contracts at most of the men's clothing stores in Cleveland, making it one of the largest labor unions in the area. He also co-founded the Cleveland Industrial Union Council, the local affiliate of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The collection consists of loose papers, pamphlets, and scrapbooks containing broadsides, pamphlets, programs, letters, newspaper clippings and telegrams relating to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and its activities in Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 3388
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Peppercorn, Beryl, 1892-1969. \| Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Cleveland Joint Board. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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20	Title:	L. N. Gross Company Records, Series II
	Creator:	L. N. Gross Company
	Dates:	1898-1990
	Abstract:	The L.N. Gross Company was a manufacturer and distributor of women's apparel founded in 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Russian immigrant, Louis N. Gross. Gross was president and manager until his death in 1941, when his sons, Nedward N., William V., and Julius S. Gross, and his son-in-law, Miltor E. Reed, became active in the management of the company. By the 1960s, the third generation of the Gross family managed the company. In 1919, the company built its headquarters at 1220 West Third Street in Cleveland. In 1929, additional production sites were acquired in Kent, Ohio, and in 1937 facilities opened in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Welworth Realty Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the L.N. Gross Company, operated as title and leaseholder of the parent company's properties. An office was also maintained in the New York City garment district. Beginning in 1950, product manufacturing was performed by subcontractors in their own facilities. A wholly owned subsidiary, Bradley Knitwear Company, acted as sales outlet for the parent company. In 1974, company headquarters moved to Mayfield Village, Ohio. In 1984, after several years of financial difficulties, control of the company was turned over to an outside investment group, and the name was changed to Bradley Sportswear, Inc. The collection consists of minutes, notes, reports, budgets, leases, ledgers, tax returns, catalogs, correspondence, agreements, bulletins, business cards, and surveys of the corporate records of the L.N. Gross Company. A small number of Gross family documents are included.
	Call #:	MS 4711
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Gross, Louis N. \| Gross family. \| L.N. Gross Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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