Finding aid for the Bohemian Mission Board Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Bohemian Mission Board
Title: Bohemian Mission Board Records
Dates: 1884-1913
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Bohemian Mission Board was formed as part of the work of the Reverend Henry Albert Schauffler in the Bohemian community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a bound volume containing minutes of board meetings. Correspondence and memoranda have been attached throughout the volume where they were introduced in the meetings. Attached at the end of the volume are copies of the original articles of incorporation, amendments to the articles, and a certification of name change.
MS Number MS 3846
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Bohemian Mission Board Records, 1884-1913, consist of a bound volume containing minutes of board meetings. Correspondence and memoranda have been attached throughout the volume where they were introduced in the meetings. Attached at the end of the volume are copies of the original articles of incorporation, amendments to the articles, and a certification of name change.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the Czech immigrant community of Cleveland, Ohio, and the history of religion in Cleveland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection has been retained in original order and is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Bohemian Mission Board (Cleveland, Ohio)
Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3846 Bohemian Mission Board Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio