Finding aid for the Willett Street Cemetery Photographs


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Willett Street Cemetery
Title: Willett Street Cemetery Photographs
Dates: 1970s
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Willett Street Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1840 by the Israelitic Society of Cleveland, which merged with Anshe Chesed Congregation in 1845. Today the cemetery is administered jointly by Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple and the Temple-Tifereth Israel. Many of Cleveland's early German Jewish immigrants are buried in the cemetery. The collection consists of 22 black and white snapshots of graves at the cemetery.
PG Number PG 526
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English