| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Kahn, Sol B. |
| Title: | Sol Kahn Papers |
| Dates: | 1907-1985 |
| Dates: | 1933-1975 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Sol Kahn (born 1911) was an immigrant from France who worked for the Cuyahoga County Relief Administration and later the Cleveland Board of Education's Bureau of Attendance. He was the Board's representative to Juvenile Court and was assigned to the Collinwood district, handling attendance and security problems during the 1960s riots. The collection consists of histories of the Cleveland Public Schools and Bureau of Attendance, writings and memorabilia of Kahn, records and clippings relating to the Schools and the Bureau, documents from Juvenile Court and the Cleveland Boys School, reports and clippings on juvenile delinquency, and a Collinwood High scrapbook (1960s-1970s) with flyers from Black Unity House and the National Association for the Advancement of White People, and a Ku Klux Klan pamphlet. |
| MS Number | MS 3978 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Sol Kahn Papers, 1907-1985 and undated, bulk 1933-1975, consist of histories of the Cleveland Public Schools and Bureau of Attendance, writings and memorabilia of Kahn, records and clippings relating to the Schools and the Bureau, documents from Juvenile Court and the Cleveland Boys School, reports and clippings on juvenile delinquency, and a Collinwood High scrapbook (1960s-1970s) with flyers from Black Unity House and the National Association for the Advancement of White People, and a Ku Klux Klan pamphlet.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the public school system there in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly attendance and juvenile delinquency issues in the Collinwood neighborhood. The collection will also be useful to researchers studying issues of race and racism in Cleveland.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3978 Sol Kahn Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Sol Kahn Papers 1907-1985 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | History of Cleveland Public Schools by Sol Kahn 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | History of the Attendance Department 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Reports, memorabilia, and biographical material of Sol Kahn 1933-1985 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Bureau of Attendance 1922-1969 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Collinwood High School Scrapbook 1963-1980 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Cleveland Public Schools 1955-1982 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Juvenile court 1933-1962 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Cleveland Boys School 1957-1962 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Juvenile delinquency 1907-1974 undated | |||||||||