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