Finding aid for the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
Title: Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records
Dates: 1899-1966
Extent: 49.60 linear feet (47 containers)
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 minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise.
MS Number MS 3668
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English