| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Hebrew Shelter Home |
| Title: | Hebrew Shelter Home Records |
| Dates: | 1937-1981 |
| Extent: | 1.45 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Hebrew Shelter Home was founded in the late 1800s to provide kosher food and shelter for Russian Jewish immigrants and transient poor in Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated as the Independent Montefiore Shelter Home in 1904. By the 1920s it evolved into a way station for Jewish transients. The name was shortened ca. 1970 to the Hebrew Shelter Home. The collection consists of Board of Directors' minutes, statistical summaries and registration cards of guests, a Report of the Superintendent, correspondence, ledgers, monthly financial reports and annual budgets. |
| MS Number | MS 4050 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Hebrew Shelter Home originated in the late 1800s to give kosher food and shelter to incoming Russian Jewish immigrants and transient poor. In 1904, the home was incorporated as the Independent Montefiore Shelter Home, and moved shortly thereafter to Orange Avenue. In 1907 the home provided 2859 days lodging and 8599 meals to 883 people. By the 1920s, when the flow of Jewish immigrants slowed down, the home became primarily a way station for Jewish transients. When the Jewish population moved eastward, the home relocated to the Glenville area, then the Kinsman area, and then in 1975 to its current location on South Taylor Road. The name was shortened to the Hebrew Shelter Home circa 1970. Today the home still provides kosher meals and shelter to indigent transients for a maximum of three nights. The Hebrew Shelter Home works closely with the Jewish Relief Society (see Mss. 3954) which provides relief and Passover food to needy local residents.
The Hebrew Shelter Home Records (1937 -1981) include minutes of the Board of Directors, correspondence, registration cards, ledgers, monthly financial reports, and annual financial budgets.
The administration of the home is documented in detail in the minutes, complete from 1937 to 1981, and in financial records, covering the years 1941 to 1969. These records also contain statistical summaries of the people who stayed at the home. Detailed information about these people is found in the Report of the Superintendent, July 1947 - January 1948, and in the registration cards, 1968 - 1972 and 1978, which list name, address, birthplace, parents' names, occupation, marital status, social security number,and health status. This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and its Jewish community during the twentieth century. It will also be useful to researchers studying the history of immigration, charity, and philanthropy.
None.
Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3954 Jewish Relief Society Records.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4050 Hebrew Shelter Home Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
The Hebrew Shelter Home, 1984
Processed by Dorit Ann Cohen in 1987
Hebrew Shelter Home Records 1937-1981 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Minutes, Board of Directors November 1937-October 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Minutes, Board of Directors November 1952-January 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Minutes, Board of Directors February 1967-June 1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence 1953 and January 1960-July 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence August 1964-May 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Report of the Superintendent July 1947-January 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Registration cards (incomplete) March 1968-May 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Registration cards (incomplete) June 1969-July 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Registration cards (incomplete) September 1969-February 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Registration cards (incomplete) March 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Registration cards (incomplete) October 1970-April 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Registration cards (incomplete) May-December 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Registration cards (incomplete) April-May 1972, March 1978, and undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Registration, letters of introduction (incomplete) 1968-1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation July 1957-December 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation January 1959-May 1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation June 1960-November 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation December 1961-May 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation June 1963-October 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation November 1964-March 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation April 1966-September 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation October 1967-February 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Monthly financial reports to the Jewish Community Federation March 1969-August 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Annual budget reports to the Jewish Community Federation (incomplete) 1958-1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Ledger January 1941-December 1949 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Ledger January 1950-December 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Ledger January 1959-June 1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Financial records, miscellaneous 1961-1964 | |||||||||