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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2561 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, The Young People's Congregation
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| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chsed Fairmount Temple, The Young People's Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1956-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Young People's Congregation was a congregation within Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) for younger members of the temple. Activities include services for young families, drama productions, social get-togethers, community outreach and interfaith programs, youth education and enrollment in the religious school, publication of a newsletter, The Mosaic, and the Free-a-Family program to help Soviet Jewry. The collection consists of audio tapes, awards, correspondence, clippings, flyers, lists of members, financial records, programs, newsletters, play scripts, photograph album, posters, and a scrapbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 4995 | | | | Extent: | 2.11 linear feet (2 containers and one oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Young People's Congregation. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth in the ecumenical movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish drama | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2562 | Title: | William Lipman Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lipman, William family | | | | Dates: | 1940-1968 | | | | Abstract: | William Lipman was born in 1895 in Poland. He immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 and married Gertrude, nee Kornreich, (b. Jan. 30, 1903) on Apr. 6, 1924. Lipman owned Bill's Clothing and Furnishings, with two locations at St. Clair and East 152nd, and 618 East 185th Streets, Cleveland. Lipman died in Cleveland on May 10, 1981. The collection consists of correspondence between the Lipman family in Cleveland and relatives in Poland, France, Israel, and Japan during World War II and after. Much of the correspondence relates to Lipman's efforts to secure visas for his mother and siblings to emigrate from Nazi Poland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4998 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lipman, William, 1895-1981. | Lipke family. | Lipman family. | Jews, Polish -- Emigration and immigration. | World War, 1939-1945. | Poland -- Emigration and immigration. | United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2563 | Title: | Stella Walsh Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walsh, Stella | | | | Dates: | 1966-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Stella Walsh (born Stanislawa Walasiewicz) immigrated to the United States from Poland as a young child. Her family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Walsh made her track and field debut at the 1927 Cleveland Press Junior Olympics. She went on to compete in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics as a member of the Polish team. Walsh competed in amateur competitions through 1977, garnering more than 5,000 awards, trophies, medals, diplomas, and citations during her athletic career. Additionally, she worked as a youth coach at the Cleveland Polish Falcon Club Nest 141, and was a supervisor for the Cleveland Division of Recreation. Walsh was murdered outside a store in her Broadway neighborhood on Dec. 4, 1980. Controversy surrounding a birth abnormality uncovered during Walsh's autopsy sparked nationwide debate over the role of genetics in determining sexual identity. The collection consists of biographies, correspondence, flyers, membership cards, newspaper clippings, notes, programs, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4999 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Walsh, Stella, 1911-1980 | Polish Falcons of America. Nest 141 (Cleveland, Ohio | Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) | Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) | Women athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Track and field athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Murder victims -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sex determination, Genetic.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2564 | Title: | Samuel Goldhamer Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Samuel Goldhamer Family | | | | Dates: | 1925-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Cleveland, Ohio, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, a genealogical chart, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5000 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. | Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. | Goldhamer family. | Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2565 | Title: | American Jewish Committee, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | American Jewish Committee, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1984-1995 | | | | Abstract: | The American Jewish Committee is an advocacy organization founded in 1906 in New York City. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter was founded in 1944 under the leadership of Max Freedman, and continues to advocate for intercultural communication and understanding. The collection consists of brochures, correspondence, forms, invitations, newspaper clippings, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5001 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | American Jewish Committee. Cleveland Chapter. | Pressure groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2566 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary | | | | Dates: | 1943-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Post 14 auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans was founded in 1931 to engage the Cleveland, Ohio, community in patriotic presentations, fundraisers for support of Israel, and community service programs at hospitals and schools. The collection consists of certificates, programs, ration books, ritual books, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5002 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio). Ladies Auxiliary. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2568 | Title: | Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7416 Records
| | | | Creator: | Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7416 | | | | Dates: | 1987-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Post 7416 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1985 to serve veterans in the South Euclid, Ohio, area. VFW organizations support veterans in need, the commemoration of the deceased, and patriotic activities. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, membership lists, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5004 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Post 7416 (South Euclid, Ohio) | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2569 | Title: | Walter Jaslow Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jaslow, Walter | | | | Dates: | 1954-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Walter Jaslow (1922-2000) was a prominent chaplain in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who served the Jewish community at several hospitals and nursing homes. Jaslow held the position of community chaplain for the Jewish Community Federation and University Hospitals of Cleveland, and also served Cleveland Clinic, Hillcrest Hospital, Montefiore Home, Heather Hill, and Manor Care. He also taught at religious schools for thirty years before his retirement. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, lectures, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, prayers, programs, and resumes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5005 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jaslow, Walter, 1922-2000. | Chaplains, Hospital -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chaplains -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2570 | Title: | Sinai Synagogue Records
| | | | Creator: | Sinai Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1950-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Sinai Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded in 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the First Galician Aid Society to provide support to Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Galicia, Poland. The society was replaced in 1924 by Beth Hamedrosh Anshe Galicia congregation, and in 1956 was renamed Sinai Synagogue. The collection consists of bulletins, minutes, applications, certificates, correspondence, ledgers, lists, prayers, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5006 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sinai Synagogue (Cleveland, Ohio) | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2571 | Title: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1955-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women--the original name of Jewish Women International--was founded in 1933. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. Prominent issues addressed by Jewish Women International include anti-Semitism, reproductive rights, and domestic violence. The collection consists of agendas, applications, brochures, certificates, correspondence, lists, scrapbooks, scripts, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5007 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2572 | Title: | David Warshawsky Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warshawsky, David Family | | | | Dates: | 1913-1983 | | | | Abstract: | David Warshawsky was an insurance agent and writer who was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. He served on the Group Work Council of the Jewish Welfare Federation, and he was involved with Council Educational Alliance and Camp Wise. He worked twenty-nine years for Lincoln National Life Insurance. He wrote numerous unpublished works, including a biography of his brother, artist Abel G. Warshawsky. The collection consists of catalogs, certificates and awards, correspondence, deeds, financial records, lists, newspaper clippings, and his writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5008 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warshawsky, David, 1893-1989. | Insurance agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2573 | Title: | City Mission of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | The City Mission of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1906-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The City Mission of Cleveland is a nonprofit organization founded in 1910 by Mel Trotter to provide assistance and opportunities to disadvantaged residents of Cleveland, Ohio. The City Mission provides individual spiritual, emotional, and intellectual assistance, and also partners with other community programs to ensure that participants have as many opportunities as possible. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, financial reports, flyers, interview texts, legal documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, notes, programs, reports, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5009 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (6 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Trotter, Melvin E. (Melvin Earnest), 1870-1940. | Gregory, Clifton, d. 1998. | Banfield, Harry. | City Mission (Cleveland, Ohio) | City missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Missions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Homeless persons -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church work with prisoners -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Spiritual retreat centers -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2574 | Title: | Rosenwasser (Rosewater) Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rosenwasser (Rosewater) Family | | | | Dates: | 1862-2004 | | | | Abstract: | Herman and Rosalia Rosenwasser settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 with six children, including Marcus Rosenwasser and Edward Rosewater (who anglicized his name upon arriving in America). Marcus Rosenwasser was a prominent surgeon and obstetrician who served at St. Ann's Maternity Hospital, and taught at Cleveland College for Physicians and Surgeons. Edward Rosewater became a telegrapher who served the Union army during the Civil War. Following the war, Rosewater moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he became a prominent member of the Republican party and helped found the Omaha Bee, a local newspaper. The collection consists of birth certificates, correspondence, essays, genealogical charts and notes, journals, newspaper clippings, and notebooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5010 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenwasser, Marcus, 1846-1910. | Rosewater, Edward, 1841-1906. | Rosenwasser family. | Rosewater family. | Surgeons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Obstetricians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Telegraphers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper editors -- Nebraska -- Omaha. | Jews -- Nebraska -- Omaha.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2575 | Title: | NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council | | | | Dates: | 1943-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Naamat USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization dedicated to providing training, education, and social services for children, women, and families in Israel. Formerly known as Pioneer Women, the organization changed its name to Naamat USA in 1985. The Cleveland Council was founded in 1926, one year after the national organization came into being. This collection contains material limited to the Cleveland, Ohio chapter. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, correspondence, donor program books, membership lists, program booklets, and calendars. | | | | Call #: | MS 5011 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Na'amat USA (Organization). Cleveland Council. | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2576 | Title: | Temple Beth El Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Temple Beth El | | | | Dates: | 1948-2004 | | | | Abstract: | Temple Beth El was established in 1950 as a modern Orthodox Jewish congregation in Shaker Heights, Ohio, under the leadership of Rabbi David L. Genuth. A synagogue was constructed in 1957. Due to declining membership, the building and property were sold to the City of Shaker Heights in 1998, and in 1999, Beth El and newly formed Heights Synagogue merged under the name Beth El-Heights Synagogue. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, funeral records, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, prayers, and sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 5012 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Temple Beth El (Shaker Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2577 | Title: | Lloyd P. Gartner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gartner, Lloyd P. | | | | Dates: | 1939-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Lloyd P. Gartner was a history professor who specialized in Jewish history. He taught at Tel-Aviv University, the City University of New York, Hebrew University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Yale University. Gartner wrote History of the Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, among other works on Jewish history in America and Europe. The collection consists of book manuscripts, correspondence, essays, lectures, magazines, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5013 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gartner, Lloyd P., 1927- | Jewish college teachers -- United States. | Jews -- United States -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. | Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2578 | Title: | Suburban Temple Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Suburban Temple | | | | Dates: | 1916-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Suburban Temple was established in 1948 by leading members of the Cleveland, Ohio, area's Reform Jewish community. Rabbi Myron Silverman led the congregation from 1949 until his retirement in 1976. The collection consists of applications, brochures, bulletins, calendars, certificates, cookbooks, correspondence, directories, editorials, essays, financial records, forms, hymns, inventories, lists, management agreements, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, policies, programs, reports, resolutions, resumes, scripts, sermons, songs, and worksheets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5014 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Silverman, Myron, 1911-1981. | Suburban Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Jews -- Ohio -- Beachwood. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Beachwood.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2579 | Title: | Frank E. Joseph, Jr. Papers
| | | | Creator: | Joseph, Frank E. Jr. | | | | Dates: | 1927-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Frank E. Joseph, Jr. was a descendant of the Joseph family that arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1872 and later founded the Joseph and Feiss Company. He was an attorney for Hahn, Loeser, Freedheim, Dean & Wellman and president of Bellefaire JCB. He also served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Temple-Tifereth Israel, and the Oakwood Club. The collection consists of twenty-one scrapbooks and correspondence. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, correspondence, and ticket stubs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5015 | | | | Extent: | 8.02 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph, Frank E., 1928-2008. | Joseph, Maddy, 1937- | Joseph family. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2580 | Title: | Stephanie M. Nettl Traub Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Traub, Stephanie M. Family | | | | Dates: | 1921-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Relatives of Stephanie M. Nettle Traub lived in Europe and the United States during World War II. The Freedheims, Nettls, and Heitlers corresponded before, during, and after the war regarding immigration to the United States of family members then living in Czechoslovakia. The collection consists of correspondence, affidavits, applications, bills of lading, certificates, legal records, newspaper clippings, passports, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5016 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Traub, Stephanie M., 1902-1979. | Freedheim, Eugene H., 1900-1984. | Nettl, Richard, b. 1908. | Traub, Harry, d. 1944. | Nettl, Otto, 1874-1943. | Nettl, Olga, b. 1872. | Traub, George L., 1926-1980. | Traub family. | Nettles family. | Freedheim family. | Heitler family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- Correspondence. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration.
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