Finding aid for the Peoples of Cleveland Ethnic Group Histories Manuscript
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Works Progress Administration
Title: Peoples of Cleveland Ethnic Group Histories Manuscript
Dates: 1939-1942
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Peoples of Cleveland was a project of the Writers' Program of the Works Project Administration (WPA) under the sponsorship of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the city of Cleveland, Ohio, which was intended as a supplementary text for junior and senior high school social studies. The collection consists of a carbon copy of an unedited manuscript and several short histories of ethnic groups in Cleveland, including the Bulgarians, Danes, Finns, Norwegians, Swedes and Swiss, and a large amount of preliminary material on the Hungarians, including interviews, biographies and a list of organizations and churches.
MS Number MS 4007
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Peoples of Cleveland Ethnic Group Histories Manuscript, 1939-1942, consist of a carbon copy of an unedited manuscript and several short histories of ethnic groups in Cleveland, including the Bulgarians, Danes, Finns, Norwegians, Swedes and Swiss, and a large amount of preliminary material on the Hungarians, including interviews, biographies and a list of organizations and churches.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of immigration and the various ethnic groups that settled in Cleveland, Ohio, before World War II.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

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:

Bulgarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Danish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Finnish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Norwegian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Swedish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Swiss Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4007 Peoples of Cleveland Ethnic Group Histories Manuscript, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

Peoples of Cleveland Ethnic Group Histories Manuscript 1939-1942

Box Folder
1 1 "The Peoples of Cleveland" manuscript 1942
1 2 Ethnic group histories 1939-1942