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1Title:  Ferdinand Jirsa Photographs     
 Creator:  Jirsa, Ferdinand 
 Dates:  1920-1937 
 Abstract:  Ferdinand Jirsa (1893-1971) was a Czech immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who became a lawyer and a leader in the Sokol movement. He was president of the Northeast District of the American Sokol Organization. The collection consists of individual and group photographs relating to the Czech American community of Cleveland, Ohio, and Cleveland Sokol activities, particularly those carried out by the Sokol Cech-Havlicek. 
 Call #:  PG 132 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Jirsa, Ferdinand, 1893-1971 -- Photograph collections. | Sokol Cech-Havlicek (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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2Title:  Vaclav Snajdr Photographs     
 Creator:  Snajdr, Vaclav 
 Dates:  1869-1955 
 Abstract:  Vaclav Snajdr (1847-1920) was a Czech writer and journalist who moved to Racine, Wisconsin in 1869 to edit the newspaper Slavie. He later moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began his own paper, Pokrok, in 1873. When it failed in 1876 Snajdr remained in Cleveland and started a weekly, rationalist newspaper, Dennice Novoveku, in 1877. Later he also published a Sunday paper, Jednota. From 1883 to 1886 Snajdr published Osvobozenych, and from 1891 to 1896 he published Organ Bratsoi of the Cesko-Slovanska Podporyici Spolecnost. Snajdr sold his newspaper and publishing business to Svet Publishing Company in 1910 but remained active in local politics and business. He retired in 1919 and moved to California. The collection consists of photographs of members of the Snadjr family, their homes and friends. 
 Call #:  PG 185 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Snajdr family -- Photograph collections. | Publishers and publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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3Title:  Frank Joseph Bardoun Photographs     
 Creator:  Bardoun, Frank Joseph 
 Dates:  1925-1969 
 Abstract:  Frank Josehp Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of Cleveland, Ohio's Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ). The collection consists of group portraits and views of LaSalle Club activities, primarily at Taborville, Ohio, and of the Worker's Gymnastic Union. Included are Taborville scenes, Vojan Singing Society photographs, athletic clubs, and photographs of the interior of Park Drop Forge in Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Call #:  PG 137 
 Extent:  3.40 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Bardoun, Frank Joseph, 1905- -- Photograph collections. | LaSalle Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Workers Gymnastic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Czech American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
 
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4Title:  Koryta-Kundmueller and Related Families Photographs     
 Creator:  Koryta and Kundmueller Families 
 Dates:  1879-2003 
 Abstract:  The Koryta-Kundmueller and Related Families is an extended family group which grew out of one Bavarian family from 19th Century Germany, which settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Intermarriage with other Germans from Silesia and eventual marriages with neighbors from Bohemia part of the present day Czech Republic, produced five major lines of this family. Frank Koryta, the son of Czech immigrants Josef and Barbara (Poskocil) Koryta, married Clara Stipek, descendant of Czech immigrant George Stipek. These families had settled in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1870s. Several children of George John and Katherine (Wichert) Kundemueller married into these Czech American families. The Kundemueller family had come to Cleveland, Ohio from Bavaria in 1857 and the Wichert family had come from Silesia in 1873. The collection consists of more than 700 images in color and black and white, depicting the events in family life over the span of more than one hundred fifty years. 
 Call #:  PG 4936 
 Extent:  2.30 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Catholic Church -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Koryta family | Kundmueller family | Nowak family | Poskocil family | Wichert family | Genealogy
 
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