| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1899-2006 | | | | 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 collection consists of primarily of application data, Board minutes, financial data, and loan and repayment records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4971 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Family Service Association | | | | Dates: | 1980-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It merged with the Hebrew Relief Organization in 1883 to form the Hebrew Relief Association. It was renamed the Jewish Social Service Bureau in 1922. The Bureau affiliated with the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences and helped train students for field placement. In 1943, the Bureau changed its name to the Jewish Family Service Association. The organization played a large role in the resettlement of Soviet Jews who came to Cleveland during the 1970s-1990s. Between 1989-1992, the Jewish Family Service Association assisted in the resettlement of 2,000 Soviet Jewish immigrants. The collection consists of materials relating to the organization's Soviet Jewish resettlement efforts. Included are Board of Trustee minutes, correspondence with other agencies and organizations involved in the resettlement process, newsletters, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4695 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1899-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4696 | | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational, social, and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4927 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1908-1992 | | | | 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 articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4782 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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