| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L. |
| Title: | Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers |
| Dates: | 1870-1986 |
| Dates: | 1890-1986 |
| Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (5 containers) |
| Abstract: | Joseph L. Weinberg was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Edith L. Weinberg was a program director at the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh (1926-1933) and was a leader in many Jewish and community service organizations. Her mother, Stella S. Lazarus was secretary at the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio (1923-1933). The collection consists of agendas, brochures, certificates, clippings, contracts, correspondence, drawings, genealogical charts, inventories, invitations, lists, memoirs, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, programs, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, telegrams and writings. |
| MS Number | MS 4051 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Joseph Lewis Weinberg (1890-1977) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio architect. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Lewis and Mollie Weinberg. Following his father's death, Joseph and his two sisters were sent to Cleveland to live in the Jewish Orphan Home. The family was later reunited in Cleveland. After graduating from Harvard in 1912, Weinberg worked for different architects, served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I, and then opened his own architectural practice in Cleveland in 1919. Weinberg practiced in a number of partnerships until his death in 1977, much of the time in association with Wallace G. Teare. Buildings designed by Weinberg include the Bellefaire Jewish Orphan Home, Lakeview Terrace public housing project, Council Gardens housing for the elderly, O'Neil-Sheffield Shopping Center in Lorain, and Chesterfield Apartments, among numerous other apartment buildings and commercial structures. Weinberg also taught architecture and was active in professional associations and in the Cleveland Jewish community.
Edith Lazarus Weinberg (1902-1987) has been an active volunteer in many community organizations. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Edward and Stella Lazarus. From 1926 to 1933 she worked at the Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh, first as Director of Women's Physical Education, then as Director of Women's Activities. Since her marriage to Joseph L. Weinberg in 1933, Edith's involvement in Cleveland community organizations has included serving as president of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations during World War II, chairman of the Junior Volunteer Committee of the Central Volunteer Bureau of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, civil defense chairman for the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, and chairman of the Jewish Community Center Teen Advisory Committee.
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The Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers, l870, l890-l986, consist of agenda, brochures, certificates, clippings, contracts, correspondence, drawings, genealogical charts, inventories, invitations, lists, memoirs, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, programs, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, telegrams, and writings.
This collection pertains to both the personal and professional lives of Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3812 Joseph Lewis Weinberg Papers and PG 340 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs.
Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to PG 340 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4051 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of Edith L. Weinberg in 1983 and 1986.
Processed by Jane C. Busch in 1987
Series I: Biographical Material 1943-1977 and undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Biographical material, Joseph and Edith Weinberg (Includes Joseph's unfinished autobiography, describing his childhood in Omaha and life in the Jewish Orphan Home) l943-l977 and undated | |||||||||
Series II: Correspondence 1906-1986 and undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, including correspondence between Joseph and Edith from l927 relating to Joseph's architectural work and socio-economic effects of the Depression. 1906-1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith l931- l932 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith January-May l933 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith June l933-l936 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence, including correspndence describing Joseph's War Department work 1937-1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence including correspondence describing Joseph's War Department work 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence including correspondence describing Joseph's War Department work 1943-March 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence April 1946-1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Correspondence 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Correspondence 1956-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Correspondence 1960-February 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Correspondence March 1961-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Correspondence 1967-1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Correspondence January 1977 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Correspondence January 1977 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Correspondence February l977-l986 and undated | |||||||||
Series III: Joseph Weinberg--Professional 1929-1979 and undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Buildings, brochures, programs, invitations, Bellefaire-West Shore Unitarian Church and plans l929-1979 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Cleveland Airport Administration Building, Allied Architects and Cleveland Neighborhood Conservation Project 1945 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Lakeview Terrace, articles, brochures and miscellany 1938-1979 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | War Department, U.S. Engineers Office 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman, promotional book undated | |||||||||
Series IV: Edith Weinberg--Subject Files 1895-1968 and undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Alpha Epsilon Phi l955-l959 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Girl Scout Council l944-l950 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Defense 1941-1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, civil defense and general 1938-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, president's file 1940-1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Jewish Community Center-Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, joint study 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Jewish Community Center, general and new building tours 1949-1960 and undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 32-33 | Jewish Community Center, teen advisory committee 1951-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Lazarus, Stella Schwarz 1895-1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | Lazarus, yearbook undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | Town Meetings of Greater Cleveland 1944-1948 | |||||||||
| 2 | 37 | Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Central Volunteer Bureau, junior volunteer committee 1946-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 38-39 | Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association, Pittsburgh 1926-1933 | |||||||||
Series V: Memoranda, Writings, and Speeches 1928-1954 and undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Memoranda book, Joseph Weinberg 1941 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Memoranda book, log book 1941 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Memoranda book, expenses; trips 1941 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Memoranda book, office memo; log book 1941-1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Speeches and writings, Joseph Weinberg 1928-1952 and undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Speeches and writings, Edith Weinberg 1950-1954 and undated | |||||||||
Series VI: Memorabilia 1870-1977 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Scrapbooks, Joseph Weinberg, 80th birthday (photocopies) l890-l977 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Scrapbook, Edith Weinberg (photocopy) ca. 1890-1974 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48-49 | Scrapbook, public housing 1932-1934 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 50 | Scrapbook, Shaker Junior High School, publicity 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 4 | 51 | Scrapbook, Shaker Junior High School 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 52 | Clippings l922-l984 and undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 53 | Certificates 1912-1977 and undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 54 | Memorabilia 1918-1977 and undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Memorabilia, Schenley High School (Pittsburgh) yearbook; Joseph Weinberg memorial book 1919 and 1977 | |||||||||
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| 5 | Masonic certificate, David Marcus Lazarus; Suburban Temple dedication booklets (oversize material) 1870 and 1955 | ||||||||||