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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2661 | Title: | Sidney Z. Vincent Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vincent, Sidney Z. | | | | Dates: | 1940-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Z. Vincent (1912-1982) served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 1965 and as Executive Director from 1965 until his retirement in 1975. Throughout his career, he worked in tandem with Executive Vice-President Henry L. Zucker, making the Federation the primary organizing instrument for the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. Vincent led major studies of Jewish education, Federation-synagogue relations, cultural life, and Jewish community histories, and coordinated programs linking Cleveland and Israel. In 1969, Vincent served as the American Director of the World Conference on Human Needs in Israel. He also served as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service and as Chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Communal Service in 1971. Before beginning his career in Jewish community service, Vincent taught English at Glenville High School, his alma mater. Throughout his career, Vincent also wrote poems, stories, and scripts for various occasions. Vincent wrote some scripts for WBOE, the radio station of the Cleveland Board of Education, in the late 1940s. Vincent's autobiography Personal and Professional tells the story of his life and his involvement in the Jewish community. The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial book, a retirement tribute, scripts, and short stories. | | | | Call #: | MS 5095 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Vincent, Sidney Z. | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- | Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2662 | Title: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions Records
| | | | Creator: | Ancient Order of Hibernians Cuyahoga County Divisions | | | | Dates: | 1880-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Cuyahoga County Divisions (f. 1871) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide social gatherings, cultural events, and charitable opportunities for the Irish American community in northeast Ohio. The Ancient Order of Hibernians began in 1520 in Ireland as a reaction to the efforts of Henry VIII to become head of the church in Ireland. The group's main purpose was to protect the Catholic Church and priests especially during the 17th century in Ireland when the existence of Roman Catholic priests was illegal according to Oliver Cromwell's legislation. According to the 1949 Ancient Order of Hibernians program, the Cleveland group was dedicated to the ideals of "Friendship, Unity, and True Christian Charity". The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) was established in the United States in the 1830s in reaction to the mounting wave of religious bigotry, discrimination, mob action, and violence against Irish immigrants. The organization was started in New York City on May 4, 1836. The organization began in Ohio in 1850 in Cincinnati. The first Cleveland division was started in 1871. It grew quickly, and by 1875, four divisions were active in Cleveland. The first charter for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Ohio was granted to AOH wives in Dayton in 1896. The first Ladies Auxiliary in the Cleveland area was organized at St. Colman's Church on the West Side of Cleveland in 1908. Around 1987 the Ladies voted to leave out the "Auxiliary" and call themselves the Ladies Ancient Order of the Hibernians. In the early 20th century the AOH focused mainly on social gatherings and raising money for a scholarship endowment for Trinity College and local charities. By the late twentieth century, the focus shifted to historic preservation, fund raising for Catholic-based charities, promotion of Irish culture, and financial assistance to families of political prisoners who were jailed by the British government and assistance to Catholic schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The collection consists of annual reports, applications for membership, announcements, bylaws, clippings, constitutions, correspondence, dues booklets, dues ledgers, financial records, letters, lists, membership cards, minutes, proclamations, programs, a ritual booklet, a thesis, and a wake service booklet. | | | | Call #: | MS 5096 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers and 7 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Ancient Order of Hibernians -- History. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Social life and customs. | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2663 | Title: | Cleveland Women Working Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Women Working | | | | Dates: | 1975-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Women Working (f. 1975), founded largely by Helen Williams, was an organization of working women concerned about equal opportunity rights for office workers in the United States and especially in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. They addressed problems faced by working women by using documented research and active strategy. They counseled and educated women about legal rights and job problems, publicized unfair working situations, monitored government agencies which enforced anti-discrimination laws; monitored specific employers for compliance with the law; advocated for women with discrimination problems; and published special reports and a bi-monthly newsletter. In 1977 Cleveland Women Working merged with a group formed out of the Boston, Massachusetts, organization 9to5 News that became the Working Women Organizing Project. After another name change it became 9to5, National Association of Working Women in 1983 and maintained its national headquarters in Cleveland until 1993 when the national organization moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The officers and staff of 9to5 have been active in many different ways to further its mission, ranging from testifying before Congress to educating women through publications regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and other related issues. It ran a job problem hotline, helped to organize a division of the Service Employees International Union, and has been involved with various federal investigations and government hearings regarding employment practices and discrimination. 9to5 National Association of Working Women is still an active organization with chapters in Atlanta, Georgia, California, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but is no longer active in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, speech texts, statutes, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5097 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Women Working (Organization). | Women -- Employment -- United States. | Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Work environment -- Women -- United States. | Work environment -- Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women employees -- United States. | Women employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pay equity -- United States. | Pay equity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sexual harassment of women -- United States. | Sexual harassment of women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- United States -- Social conditions. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Women's rights -- United States. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- United States. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2664 | Title: | Benno Frank Papers
| | | | Creator: | Frank, Benno | | | | Dates: | 1950-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Born in Mannheim, Germany, Benno Frank (1908-1980) lived and worked in Germany, pre-World War II Palestine, and the United States. In the early 1930s, he directed the Schiller Opera at the Hamburg State Theater. Frank immigrated to Palestine and lived there from 1933 to 1938. While in Palestine, he served as general manager and director of Palestine Opera Company. Moving to the United States in 1938, Dr. Frank assumed positions in New York at the American League for Opera and the New York College of Music before moving to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts. Frank served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, after which he was Chief of Theatre and Music for the United States military government in Germany until 1948. In that year, Frank became Director of the Cleveland Playhouse and Director of Musical Productions at Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in these positions until 1968, when he became Consultant on the Arts of the Atlanta University Center Corporation. Frank settled permanently in Israel in the early 1970s. His career was distinguished by his willingness to cooperate internationally and across cultures. In 1960, the German government recognized Frank with the Officer's Cross for the Order of Merit for his work in re-establishing German theaters after World War II. The collection consists of advertisements, articles, audition notices, certificates, citations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, playbills, play scripts, and a resume. | | | | Call #: | MS 5098 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Frank, Benno D. | Cain Park Theatre. | Cleveland Play House (Organization : Cleveland, Ohio) | Karamu House. | Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Theater -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2665 | Title: | Harry Stone Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1943-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5099 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. | Stone family. | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Memorial books (Holocaust) | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2666 | Title: | Bellefaire Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Bellefaire | | | | Dates: | 1900-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Bellefaire, a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescents, is the oldest Jewish social-service agency in Cleveland, Ohio. It was dedicated on July 14, 1868 as the Jewish Orphan Asylum, established to care for Civil War orphans. By 1900, more than 400 orphans lived there. The name was changed to the Jewish Orphan Home (JOH) in 1919, and later to Bellefaire when its facilities moved to the corner of Belvoir and Fairmount Boulevards in 1929. In 1942 the orphanage changed its focus to include residential therapeutic care for emotionally disturbed children. It stopped accepting orphans in 1943. In 1954, Bellefaire opened its admissions to children of all faiths and today provides counseling, substance abuse treatment, foster care, adoption services, and residential treatment. Jack Girick, whose papers are included in this collection, was a resident of the Jewish Orphan Asylum from 1902 to 1912. While a resident, he served as a monitor, assisted the superintendent in conducting Sabbath religious services, and was elected president of the Literary Union and the Athletic Association of the Home. Girick was sent to Central High School, and then to Hebrew Union College to train for the rabbinate. In 1917 he left school and returned to the Jewish Orphan Home, where he became governor of the Home from 1917 to 1922 and then assistant superintendent from 1922 to 1938. He remained active in the Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association until his death in 1988. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association was established in 1888 to serve and connect the orphans who formerly lived at the Jewish Orphan Home. The Association held Homecomings each year in Cleveland and had several active chapters located throughout the country. "Graduates" of JOH were designated by the year of their confirmation class. The collection consists of bulletins, correspondence, books, membership lists, minutes, magazines, and directories. | | | | Call #: | MS 5100 | | | | Extent: | 1.50 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Girick, Jack, 1896-1988. | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- University Heights -- Charities. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- University Heights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2667 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race Records
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race | | | | Dates: | 1963-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race was an interfaith organization in Cleveland, Ohio, with the goal of promoting equality of opportunities and rights without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The conference emerged from a meeting of representatives of three faiths in Chicago, Illinois, in January 1963. The delegates present were charged to go back to their communities and create local organizations to address racial issues through a religious lens. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, agendas, press releases, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5101 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Catholic Interracial Council (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations. | Religion and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Protestants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2668 | Title: | Chaim Landy Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Landy, Chaim Family | | | | Dates: | 1888-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of an account book, constitution, correspondence, genealogical charts, newsletters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and official documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 5102 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Lithuanian.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2669 | Title: | Jordan C. Band Papers
| | | | Creator: | Band, Jordan C. | | | | Dates: | 1921-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5103 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2670 | Title: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel Records
| | | | Creator: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel | | | | Dates: | 1980-2002 | | | | Abstract: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services offered included employment assistance, housing interviews, counseling, emergency financial aid, and interest free loans. The Daniel Haas Center closed in 1996 due to lack of funding. VCI now continues its work through the Cleveland Hometown Association in Israel. The collection consists of activity records, correspondence, directories, membership lists, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5104 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel. | Daniel Haas Center (Jerusalem) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Israel. | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2671 | Title: | Temple Beth Sholom Records
| | | | Creator: | Temple Beth Sholom | | | | Dates: | 1957-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Temple Beth Sholom was a Conservative congregation based in the Cleveland, Ohio, eastern suburbs. It was formed by Morris Kadis in 1957 under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Pincus Goodblatt. Temple Beth Sholom had no permanent home for its first several years. Services were held in the chapel at Bellefaire until 1961 and in the theater of the Jewish Community Center. A member of the congregation built a portable ark to be used at services. In 1960, Temple Beth Sholom purchased twenty acres of land in Pepper Pike, Ohio, to build a synagogue. In 1962, the homeowners of Pepper Pike filed a lawsuit against Temple Beth Sholom in an effort to prevent the construction of the building. Rabbi Goodblatt left the congregation in 1963. As a result of these circumstances, the synagogue was never built. Temple Beth Sholom merged with Temple Beth Am of Cleveland Heights in 1966. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5105 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Temple Beth Sholom. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Synagogue bulletins -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2672 | Title: | Stanley Garfinkel Oral History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Garfinkel, Stanley | | | | Dates: | 1981-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Stanley Garfinkel (1930-1997) was an oral historian, documentarian, and history professor at Kent State University. After college, Garfinkel worked in his family's seven-store chain Garfinkel Shoes. He was appointed office manager of the company in the early 1960s, but was encouraged by his father to pursue his dream of teaching. He obtained a position at Kent State University in 1963 and taught there until his retirement in 1996. Garfinkel had a special interest in oral history. One of Garfinkel's oral history projects was on the garment industry in Cleveland, Ohio. He interviewed several people who worked in or helped shape the garment industry. He then used those interviews to produce a slide show entitled "Rags: 100 Years of the Apparel Industry in Northeast Ohio," and a television documentary entitled "Rags." The collection consists of interview transcripts and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5106 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Dery, Arthur. | Gross, Louis N. | Joseph, Frank E. | Reinthal, David. | Saltzman, Maurice. | Rubinstein, Judah. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Clothing trade -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Oral history -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2673 | Title: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women,
Cleveland Club Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Cleveland Club | | | | Dates: | 1956-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women (f. 1935) is a national nonprofit organization founded in New York City whose mission is to "promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship." It contains six districts in the United States and one international division. The Cleveland Club is a part of the North Central District of the national organization which was founded in 1965. The Cleveland Club provides leadership development and networking opportunities to professional working women in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. It also awards college scholarships to youth and increases awareness of economic, educational, and other social issues facing the Black community through community service. The organization's most popular event, the Annual Founder's Day Breakfast, attracts local and national speakers to discuss a variety of domestic and international topics, as well as honoring women's occupational achievements and commitment to volunteerism with professional and student awards, and the prestigious Sojourner Truth Award. The collection consists of articles, certificates, correspondence, event programs, invitations, lists, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5107 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2674 | Title: | Carl Milstein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Milstein, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1972-2000 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Milstein (1924-1999) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area real estate developer and self-made millionaire. Milstein was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ida and Morris Milstein, who ran a poultry business. Milstein's first job was plucking chickens for his father. He graduated from John Adams High School and briefly attended Ohio State University. He started a home building business, Alvin Homes, with his childhood friend, Alvin Siegal. In the 1950s they built hundreds of homes in Brook Park near Cleveland Hopkins Airport. In the mid-1960s, Milstein started Associated Management Corporation, which developed high-rise apartment complexes in Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Summit and Portage counties in Ohio. Most of these developments were subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). By 1975 Milstein was the largest developer backed by HUD in northeast Ohio. Milstein's activities with HUD came under scrutiny in the late 1970s, when he was convicted of bribing a HUD official and spent four months in prison for the crime. In 1980, Milstein founded Prestige Management, which developed office parks. He was instrumental in the development of the city of Independence, most notably building Crown Centre and its surrounding buildings in 1989. Milstein devoted most of his time after 1984 to the Northfield Park Race Track. After buying the track with business partner George Steinbrenner in 1972, Milstein leased the track for twelve years. When Northfield Park almost went out of business, he took over the management reins and converted it into one of the premier harness race tracks in the country. Milstein received many awards and honors from the various organizations he served, including Warrensville Center Synagogue and the United Way. In the 1990s the Northeast Ohio Apartment Association inducted Milstein into its Hall of Fame. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, articles, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5108 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Milstein, Carl, 1924-1999. | Milstein family. | Siegal, Alvin. | Northfield Park (Ohio) | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Independence. | House construction -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Racetracks (Horse racing) -- Ohio. | Harness racing -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2675 | Title: | Jack Herman Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Herman, Jack | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Abstract: | Jack Herman (1922-1969) was a rabbi who served Anshe Emeth Synagogue, Youngstown, Ohio; Beth Israel Synagogue, Warren, Ohio; and Beth Am Congregation, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1947-1969). He was a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and later served on its Rabbinic Assembly. At Beth Am, a conservative congregation, Herman helped to grow the congregation from 300 to over 800 families. Following his death, Beth Am erected a new religious school in his memory. In addition to his work as a rabbi, Herman was also heavily involved in several Jewish organizations. He was an officer of the American Jewish Congress, chairman of the Cleveland Zionist Youth Commission, and president of the Cleveland Board of Rabbis (1967-death). He was also past president of the Northern Ohio Region of the Rabbinical Assembly, and a member of the board of the Jewish Community Federation, the Jewish Family Service, and the Jewish Community Center. Herman was also involved in compiling research materials on Cleveland Jewish history for the American Jewish History Project. The collection consists of several hundred note cards containing Rabbi Herman's notes for sermons, marriages, funerals, holidays, and other occasions. | | | | Call #: | MS 5109 | | | | Extent: | 1.50 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Herman, Jack J., 1922-1969. | Beth Am Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Temple Anshe Emeth (Youngstown, Ohio) | Temple Beth Israel (Warren, Ohio) | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Youngstown. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Warren. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Youngstown. | Jews -- Ohio -- Warren. | Conservative Judaism. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2676 | Title: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism | | | | Dates: | 1948-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of appeals, correspondence, minutes, letters to the editor, flyers, booklets, pamphlets, and press releases. | | | | Call #: | MS 5110 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Refuseniks. | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2677 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Herman, Shoshana | | | | Dates: | 1953-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II includes materials related to the support of a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. The research for that volume was conducted between 1954 and 1956 and was supported by the American Jewish History Center (AJHC) of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The planned volume materialized in 1978 with the publication of Lloyd P. Gartner's History of the Jews of Cleveland (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society and Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, 1978, 1987). MS. 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources consists of over 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economic Life; Education; Political Affairs; Population; Sermons and Lectures; Social Life; Synagogues; Synagogue Related; Umbrella Organizations, and Zionism. Sources for this information, which cover the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, were researched by one team at the AJHC in New York City and another in Cleveland. AJHC researchers culled Cleveland related information from the national Anglo Jewish press; Cleveland researchers Jack Herman (Rabbi, Community Temple) and Judah Rubinstein (subsequently, Research Director, Cleveland Jewish Federation), extracted information from local sources, including the general press, the Anglo Jewish press and Jewish communal records. While MS 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources functions as a partial index to the local Jewish press, MS 5111, Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection, Series II includes background materials for the planned publication project such as correspondence and interviews. In addition, the unpublished papers on aspects of Cleveland Jewish history offer the researcher different perspectives and ideas for other sources. | | | | Call #: | MS 5111 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fischer, Mabel. | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. | Weidenthal, Leo. | Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Journalism -- Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2678 | Title: | Halle Bros. Co. Records
| | | | Creator: | Halle Bros. Co. | | | | Dates: | 1891-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Halle Brothers Company (1891-1982), a department store known for high quality merchandise and superior service, began on February 7, 1891 as a small hat and fur shop operated by brothers Samuel H. (1868-1954) and Salmon P. Halle (1866-1949). It was located at 221 Superior Street near Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. They purchased the business from Captain T. S. Paddock. In 1893 the business was moved to Euclid Avenue and East 4th Street due to a need for more space. It was also around this time that women's ready to wear clothing began to be carried by the store. In 1902 the company was incorporated, changing its name from Halle Brothers to The Halle Bros. Co. The store continued to grow, adding both space and departments. A new building was constructed at Euclid and East 12th Street where the company moved in 1910. An addition was opened in 1914 allowing for the addition of new departments including furniture, toys, and sporting goods. In 1921 Salmon P. Halle resigned as president to devote himself to philanthropic work and other private interests. Samuel Halle then became president. By 1927 a new building, the Huron-Prospect store was opened in the Playhouse Square district. Branch stores were opened in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1929 and Canton, Ohio, in 1930. Although losses did occur during the Depression, business bounced back after World War II allowing Halle Bros. Co. to open suburban branches, beginning with a Shaker Square store in 1948. Walter Halle, son of Samuel, became president in 1946 and Samuel moved to the position of chairman of the board. There was also expansion to their main downtown Euclid Avenue store which was completed in 1949. Problems began to arise in the 1960s stemming from their over-expanded downtown store and sales competition from stores such as the Higbee Co. and May Co. In 1970 Halle Bros. Co. was merged with Marshall Field and Company of Chicago. Operations continued to decline and Chisholm Halle, son of Walter who had become president in 1966, resigned in 1974. Medium-priced goods were introduced but failed help the stores and in 1981 they were sold to Associated Investors Corporation which closed or sold all stores in 1982. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, articles of incorporation, a book draft, brochures, bylaws, cash books, certificates, charts, constitutions, correspondence, diaries, forms, guest books, handbooks, journals, leases, ledgers, lists, magazine articles, manuals, memoranda/notices, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, a play script, press releases, reports, sales data, scrapbooks, and tax records. | | | | Call #: | MS 5112 | | | | Extent: | 13.27 linear feet (11 containers, 32 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Halle Bros. Co. | Marshall Field & Company. | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Department stores -- United States -- 20th century. | Department stores -- Employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Department stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Marketing. | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sales promotion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- United States -- 20th century. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shopping -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2679 | Title: | Wattenmaker Advertising Records
| | | | Creator: | Wattenmaker Advertising | | | | Dates: | 1931-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Wattenmaker Advertising evolved from a business enterprise founded by Jacob Wattenmaker (1894-1968), a Cleveland, Ohio, area businessman and philanthropist. Wattenmaker began his career as owner of a wholesale dry goods store in Cleveland in the 1920s. He then became merchandising manager of Bailey Co., a clothing store. In 1932 he founded his own chain of dress shops and was later named managing director of the Cleveland Fur Institute and Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Fashion Institute. He was a lecturer in merchandising, commerce, and public relations at several area schools, including Fenn College, Cleveland College, and John Carroll University. Subsequently, Wattenmaker opened a public relations and merchandising counseling office which evolved into Wattenmaker Advertising, Inc. after World War II. Wattenmaker Advertising specialized in food and real estate campaigns. Some of its larger campaigns were for the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, the Dry Cleaners Guild, and Zinner's, a flower shop. In 1965, Wattenmaker Advertising won the first Cleveland Advertising Club's Horace C. Treharne Medal for its campaign for the Sandusky Distributing Co. Following Jacob Wattenmaker's death in 1968, control of the company was given to his son, James. The collection consists of advertisements, press releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5113 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Fashion Institute -- Advertising | Zinner's Flowers (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Advertising | Advertising agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Florists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Floral products -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Clothing and dress -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Fashion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2680 | Title: | American Jewish Committee, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | American Jewish Committee, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1995-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The American Jewish Committee was founded in 1906 in New York, New York, as an advocacy organization promoting Jewish rights worldwide. It focuses its attention on the support of Israel and efforts against anti-Semitism. Other areas of focus include promoting pluralism and shared democratic values, supporting Israel's quest for peace and security, advocating for energy independence for the United States, and strengthening Jewish life. The American Jewish Committee currently has thirty-two active chapters throughout the United States. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Committee was founded in 1944 under the leadership of Max Freedman. It has had a continued presence in local culture throughout its history, establishing dialogues and cooperation with several ethnic and religious communities in Cleveland and throughout the world. The collection consists of briefings, correspondence, fliers, invitations, newsletters, pamphlets, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5114 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | American Jewish Committee. Cleveland Chapter. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pressure groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Antisemitism. | Jews -- United States -- Attitudes toward Israel. | United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | United States -- Ethnic relations.
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