| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Asian Indian Community of Cleveland, Ohio, Oral History Project Records
| | | | Creator: | Asian Indian Community of Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 2013-2014 | | | | Abstract: | In 2013, the Asian Indian Heritage Project and the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) launched an oral history project with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's Young Historians Living Histories Program (part of the Youth Access Grants Program). High school and middle school students under the direction of Dr. John Grabowski and Ms. Jane Mason of WRHS conducted interviews with ten Asian Indians who had settled in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. The interviews document the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. The collection consists of seven oral history recordings, biographies of the interviewees, and release statements signed by the interviewees. | | | | Call #: | MS 5314 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | East Indian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Federation of India Community Associations Records
| | | | Creator: | Federation of India Community Associations | | | | Dates: | 1964-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Indian Association of Cleveland (IAC) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1962 by Indian students attending Case Western Reserve University. In 1967 it began publishing The Lotus, one of the first Indian newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC also established India House, the first Indian community center in the United States, first occupying rented space in both the First English Lutheran Church at 2419 Euclid Heights Blvd. in Cleveland Heights, and the School on Magnolia at 10819 Magnolia Dr. in University Circle. In 1976 India House (renamed India Community Center) moved to its current location (2015) at 12412 Cedar Road in the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood of Cleveland Heights. In 1980, the group became the Federation of India Community Associations (FICA), linking Cleveland to the broader National Federation of India Associations, with a mission to provide smaller local Indian-American groups with support, celebrate Indian-American heritage, and provide a unified face of the diverse Indian-American community in Cleveland. The collection consists of address lists, business files, correspondence, drawings, event programs, financial documents, ledgers, minutes, news clippings, notes, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5298 | | | | Extent: | 1.02 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | East Indian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | East Indian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Societies and clubs
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