| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John Steinke Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Steinke, John | | | | Dates: | 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | John Steinke (ca. 1895-ca. 1971) was a free-lance amateur photographer of German descent who was born in New York, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Most of his photographic activity appears to have spanned the 1920s-1940s. He lived in at least two different locations in Bratenahl during his lifetime: East 118th Street and Burton Avenue. By vocation, he worked in the sheet metal industry. As a photographer, he worked in a wide variety of genres, experimenting with fine-art photography as well as commissioned work for various organizations in the Cleveland area. He submitted, and had his work shown in Cleveland and other nearby cities, as well as at shows in the Smithsonian, Canada, France, Greece, and Japan. Steinke played an important early role in the Cleveland Photographic Society, being president of the club in 1923, as well a member of the Board of Trustees. He played a crucial role in not only forming, but also leading the club's Photographic School, doing much of the teaching himself. When the school expanded and featured a faculty of teachers, he focused on teaching the technical aspects of photography. He also championed teaching photography to young people. He led a free six-week course in photography for high-school students and Boy Scouts. Steinke made personal donations of photographic equipment to the Society, and he played an important role as manager in the Society's regularly hosted print competitions. Steinke resigned from the Cleveland Photographic Society after a disagreement with the club president Ralph Hartman regarding the appropriate role of the club's Lecture Bureau. After his resignation, he taught classes at the Y.M.C.A., and soon formed another photography group known as the Cleveland Camera Guild. The collection consists of glass negatives, large format negatives, 35 mm negatives, oversize mounted photographs, photograph scrapbooks, and photographic prints in a variety of sizes. | | | | Call #: | PG 561 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Federal Writers' Project. | Cleveland Photographic Society. | Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland Public Library -- Photographs. | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Landscapes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Race relations -- Photographs. | Industrialization -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Pictorial works.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Dorothy Davis Kates Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kates, Dorothy Davis | | | | Dates: | 1936-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Dorothy Davis Kates was employed by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1930s; serving as a Superintendent of the Cuyahoga County Archives Survey Project, as an Area Supervisor, a Project Planning Assistant, and eventually as the Director of the Historical Records Program of the WPA in Cleveland. Kates was also active in many civic and arts organizations throughout her life, including the Print Club of Cleveland, the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art, and the Women's City Club of Cleveland. Beginning in 1966, she chaired the Mental Health Committee of the Women's City Club, helping to organize lectures and community projects concerned with mental health, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, child abuse, and prison reform issues. She founded the Women's City Club Mental Health Institute in 1976. Kates was also active in local Democratic Party politics, particularly in the presidential elections of 1960, 1964, and 1968. Other organizations in which she participated included the Women's Forum of Greater Cleveland, Le Cercle des Conferences Francaise, Organization for Rehabilitation through Training, Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, and the Jewish Community Center. Kates also was the author of articles, reviews, essays, and radio plays. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, play transcriptions, unpublished manuscripts, notes, lists, rosters, bylaws, reports, brochures, itineraries, programs, memoranda, cards, campaign flyers, newsletters, legislative bills, publications, surveys, schedules, regulations, directories, awards, and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4749 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kates, Dorothy Davis, 1907-1996. | Women's City Club of Cleveland. | Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art. | Democratic Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Art, Modern -- 20th century. | Mental health education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Drug abuse -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquency -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Teenage pregnancy -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Works Progress Administration | | | | Dates: | 1800-1939 | | | | Abstract: | The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls. | | | | Call #: | MS 3675 | | | | Extent: | 204.40 linear feet (511 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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