| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Joseph Family |
| Title: | Joseph Family Photographs |
| Dates: | 1845-1990 |
| Extent: | 7.60 linear feet (4 containers and 10 oversize volumes) |
| Abstract: | The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. The family has been very active in both leadership and support for a number of cultural and social institutions in Cleveland such as the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), Bellefaire and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of twenty-three photographic albums and 109 black-and-white and 75 color prints. Most of the photographs in the albums and the 184 prints are family portraits. A lesser number are views from travels of various members of the Joseph family. The collection also contains some individual portraits of prominent Cleveland residents. |
| PG Number | PG 524 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1853 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany, during the nineteenth century German-Jewish immigration period. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacturing of men's clothing incorporating that operation as the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907. The company, formed out of previously operating businesses, was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph married Jette Selig in 1853; the marriage produced four sons. Three of them, Isaac, Fred, and Siegmund, and Siegmund's son Ralph, worked all or part of their careers with the Joseph and Feiss Company. The fourth son, Emil, Emil's son Frank E., and Frank E.'s son William R., became lawyers after graduating from Columbia University Law School. Frank E. Joseph was a prominent lawyer and a partner at the Jones, Day, Cockley, & Reavis law firm. The family has been very active in both leadership and philanthropy in Cleveland in institutions such as the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), the Kulas Foundation, and the Warner and Swasey Foundation, and in Jewish communal institutions such as Bellefaire and The Jewish Family Service Association.
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Emil Joseph
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Moritz Joseph
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Joseph and Feiss Company
The Joseph Family Photographs, ca. 1845-1990 and undated, consist of twenty-three photographic albums and 109 black and white and 75 color prints. Most of the photographs in the albums and the 184 prints are family portraits. A lesser number are views from travels of various members of the Joseph family. The collection also contains some individual portraits of prominent Cleveland residents.
This collection is of value to researchers seeking illustrative materials of the Joseph family, including Emil Joseph (1857-1938), Frank E. Joseph (1904-1995), Ralph S. Joseph (1888-1958), Adele Unterberg Joseph, Ray K. Hahn Joseph (1888-1937), Martha J. Joseph (b. 1918), and Adele Joseph Yelson (1944-1977). There are images of the opening of the Blossom Music Center in 1968, with Emily Blossom and George Szell. Other images of musical personalities include Victor Babin, Dimitri Rostropovich, Loren Maazel, and Artur Rubinstein. Also of interest are travel photographs, primarily of Western Europe, in the first half of the twentieth century. This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4894 Joseph Family Papers; MS 3886 Joseph and Feiss Company Records; MS 4208 Frank E. Joseph Papers; MS Vertical File J, Moritz Joseph Papers; and PG 551 Joseph Family Photographs, Series II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 524 Joseph Family Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of Martha J. Joseph in 2001 and William R. Joseph in 2001.
Processed by Stanley Lasky in 2002.
Series I: Albums ca. 1845-1977 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Emil Joseph, 9, Photographs, including views in the United States and Europe 1920s-1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Emil Joseph, 10, Photographs, including family portraits and view of K.C. Breweries ca. 1901-1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Emil Joseph, 17, Bischem, views of Bischofsheim, Germany, birthplace of Jette Joseph, mother of Emil Joseph 1912 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 1, including family portraits and travel views ca. 1913-1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 2, including family portraits, travel views, and Columbia University student portraits 1921-1922 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 3, including family portraits, travel views, Columbia University student portraits and portrait of Adele Unterberg Joseph (Frank E. Joseph's first wife) 1922-1928 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 7 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 4, family portraits, primarily of William R. Joseph, son of Frank E. and Martha J. Joseph 1929-1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 5, including family portraits, and Jewish Orphan Home Board of Trustees group portrait 1939-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 6, including family portraits and opening night of Blossom Music Center, with Emily Blossom, George Szell and Frank E. Joseph group portraits 1961-1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Frank E. Joseph, v. 7, including family portrait and portraits of musicians Victor Babin, Dimitri Rostropovich, Loren Maazel, and Artur Rubinstein 1971-1977 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 11 | Martha J. Joseph, v. 2 1939-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Martha J. Joseph, v. 3 1963-1977 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Ralph S. Joseph, family images including Joseph and Feiss Company 100th anniversary group portraits, and gravestones of Solomon Hahn ca. 1900-1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Ray K. Hahn Joseph, portraits, individual ca. 1908 | |||||||||
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| 1 | Friends of the Joseph Family, including Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company group portrait and view, Jewish Orphan Home (now Bellefaire) individual and group portraits, and individual portraits of Dr. Gustave C. E. Weber, Robert Briscoe (mayor of Dublin, Ireland), Charles L. Bradley, Dr. Arenold Peskind, Theodore Thomas, R. G. Prentiss, Joseph Randolph Nutt, Andrew Squire, Edward J. Runcie, General Edward S. Meyer, Charles J. Stilwell, Lewis B. Williams, and Henry S. May ca. 1870-1960s | ||||||||||
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| 2 | The Joseph Family Album, V. I ca. 1850-1944 | ||||||||||
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| 3 | The Joseph Family Album, V. II 1875-1969 | ||||||||||
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| 4 | The Joseph Family Album, V. III, including the Unterberg family tree ca. 1910-1977 | ||||||||||
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| 5 | The Joseph Family Album, V. IIIA 1944-ca. 1971 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | The Joseph Family Album, V. IV ca. 1860s-1960s | ||||||||||
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| 7 | The Joseph Family Album V. V, including portrait of Linda Eastman McCartney ca. 1845-1940s | ||||||||||
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| 8 | The Joseph Family Album, V. VI, including view of Jetta Joseph and Moritz Joseph homes in Germany, Fanny Dryfoos Joseph homes in Fremont, Ohio, and Joseph home, exterior and interior views, 1689 East 115th Street, Cleveland undated | ||||||||||
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| 9 | The Joseph Family, Travel Scenes, reproductions of European city views 1920s | ||||||||||
Series II: Prints ca. 1912-1990 undated |
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| 4 | 14 | Portraits, individual 1914-1980s undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Portraits, group 1914-1990s | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Subjects, events, including the dedication of the musicians lounge at Severance Hall ca. 1912-1990 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | Views undated | |||||||||