Subject | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Knights of Equity. |
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| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees -- Societies, etc |
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| | • | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Telegraph -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees -- Societies, etc |
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| | • | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Alliance of Poles of America. |
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| | • | Alliance of Poles of America. Group 87 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. |
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| | • | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith Balfour Lodge. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 21 | Title: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association | | | | Dates: | 1928-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association was founded in 1906, by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish immigrants from Slobodka, Byelorussia, and originally called the Slobodker Ferein. The name was changed to the Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1928. The Association's aims were the improvement of Jewish cultural and educational life, contributing to charitable organizations, and providing aid to Jewish educational institutions and members of the association. It is one of the few benevolent associations that still provides sick and death benefits to members and their families. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, an initiation book, and a 40th anniversary program. | | | | Call #: | MS 3937 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Book | Save | | 23 | Title: | Constitution and by-laws of the Railroaders and Telegraphers Aid Society of Cleveland, O: As amended and adopted at annual meeting, December 14, 1897. Organized December 8th, 1885
| | | | Creator: | Railroaders and Telegraphers Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | | | | Publication: | Hiles & Coggshall, Cleveland, O,[1897] | | | | Notes: | A mutual aid society for persons "Connected with electrical pursuits, or the clerical departments of the different railroads and fast freight lines" in Cuyahoga County, O. | | | | Call #: | Pam. R527 | | | | Extent: | 14 p. 14 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Electric industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees -- Societies, etc | Telegraph -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees -- Societies, etc | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland imprints 1897
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 26 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1956-2014 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V collection consists of loan applications, bylaws, correspondence, DVDs, financial statements, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, proclamations, resolutions, and tributes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5462 | | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (13 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 27 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union was organized in 1881 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union, serving Hungarian Jewish immigrants. By 1969 its name had been changed to the Heights Benevolent and Social Union, reflecting open membership to those not of Hungarian background. The collection consists of bylaws and amendments to the bylaws, a membership card and fact sheet, and a dues statement and envelope. | | | | Call #: | MS 4755 | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 30 | Title: | Hungarian Aid Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Hungarian Aid Society | | | | Dates: | 1926-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4792 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Black, Morris, d. 1864. | Black, David, 1819-1880. | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 32 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1927-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of loan accounts, applications, and membership files, bank passbooks, tax forms, memorial bequest records, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4551 | | | | Extent: | 10.20 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 33 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1904-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) is a socialist-oriented fraternal insurance society. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1904 and has several branches in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1941 it absorbed another fraternal insurance society, the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Zveze). The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, account books, ledger books, membership rolls, dues books, sickness and hospital benefit records, funeral service records, and publications of the national society and four of its lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. Includes minutes of Lodge 120 of the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (1919-1941). | | | | Call #: | MS 4175 | | | | Extent: | 7.60 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. | Slovene Americans -- Societies, etc. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- United States. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- United States. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 34 | Title: | Slovene National Benefit Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Slovene National Benefit Society | | | | Dates: | 1911-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenske Svobodomiselne Podporne Zveze) were two socialist-oriented fraternal insurance societies. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20, a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the SSPZ, merged with Lodge 28 of the SNPJ in 1941. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and correspondence of three Slovenian fraternal lodges in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4134 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lunder Adamic Lodge 20. | Slovene National Benefit Society. Lodge 28. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 37 | Title: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 | | | | Dates: | 1906-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Group 1938 was one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, chapters of the Polish National Alliance, a national fraternal insurance society founded in 1879, with its first Cleveland chapter established in 1886. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, financial records, constitution booklets, correspondence, membership applications and statements, and grades from the lodge's Polish school. | | | | Call #: | MS 3961 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 1938 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 38 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records
| | | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | | Dates: | 1883-1981 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, programs, historical material and newspaper clippings about individual members, biographical material on Judge Joseph Block, a reminiscence of a meeting with presidential candidate William McKinley, biographies of past HBSU presidents, and lists of officers and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary (1953-1960). | | | | Call #: | MS 3951 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 40 | Title: | Workmen's Circle Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Jack Greminger | | | | Dates: | 1927-2017 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle, or Arbeiter Ring, is a secular Jewish fraternal organization founded to build a better world, foster cultural Jewishness, and offer friendships. Early on, the Circle was viewed as an organization of labor unionists, including Socialists, although there was no official connection. Members demonstrated for social security, unemployment compensation, child labor laws, workmen's compensation, and health security, and supported candidates who were in favor of these issues. The group also provided lectures, poetry readings, plays, shows, and concerts in Yiddish. Camp Vladek (called the Workmen's Circle Camp) in Rock Creek, Ohio was a summer resort for adults and a children's camp from 1950-1963, when it was sold and the proceeds were used to build a Workmen's Circle Educational Center at 1980 Green Road in 1964. The I. L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School first opened in 1918 and became a center for adult Yiddish classes and Yiddish cultural programming. Since the Holocaust, the Circle's emphasis has shifted to the preservation, promotion, and perpetuation of Yiddish language and culture. In 1995 there were 3 branches in Cleveland and 1 in Akron; membership totaled approximately 1,200. The Workmen's Circle Records, Series IV collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, booklets, budgets, bylaws, correspondence, a mortgage deed and plot plan for Camp Vladek, employee manual and forms, flyers, board meetings and minutes, music sheets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photograph, a poster, holiday programs, a school calendar, a sketch, a songbook, a syllabus, and a Yiddish textbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5456 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 boxes, including one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Camp Vladek (Rock Creek, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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