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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2801 | Title: | Cleveland Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust established in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of grant files, both accepted and declined, which include agreements, award letters, brochures, budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, forms, memoranda, newsletters, notes, press releases, programs, proposals, and reports. All photographs and audio/visual media have been retained in their respective grant files. The Cleveland Foundation Assistance to Other Foundations series contains much the same document types as the grant files. Other document types contained in the collection include annual reports, articles, budgets, correspondence, declaration of trusts, forms, indexes, lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, notes, and reports. The dates of the grant files and assistance to other files series are not necessarily a date range of what is in the file, but are the dates given as the grant periods on the paperwork contained in the files. | | | | Call #: | MS 5237 | | | | Extent: | 365.80 linear feet (383 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Foundation | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Economic development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2802 | Title: | Ray's Sausage Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Ray's Sausage Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5238 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 | Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2803 | Title: | Forbes Chocolate Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Forbes Chocolate Company | | | | Dates: | 1910-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Forbes Chocolate Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901 as a manufacturer of chocolate products. The company filed for bankruptcy after World War I, and was reborn as a manufacturer of powered chocolate for milk and ice cream. The collection consists of company magazines, correspondence, declaration of trust, financial records, party guest lists, industry histories, newspaper clippings, Ohio Historical Society Archives inventories, product labels and stock holders information. | | | | Call #: | MS 5239 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Periodicals | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Chocolate industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes Chocolate Company | Forbes, Benjamin P. | Business/Industry
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2804 | Title: | Chesterland Baptist Church Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Chesterland Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1837-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Chesterland Baptist Church was founded in 1819 in Chesterland, Ohio. The collection consists of annual reports, brochures, church history, constitutions, correspondence, financial records, flyers, guest books, a hymn book,an insurance policy, lists, membership records, minutes, a new testament, newsletters, newspaper clippings, orders of worship/bulletins, photographs, programs, a recipe book, reports, resolutions, and Sunday school records. | | | | Call #: | MS 5240 | | | | Extent: | 2.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Baptists -- Ohio -- Chesterland | Chesterland Baptist Church (Chesterland, Ohio) -- History | Chesterland Baptist Church (Chesterland, Ohio) | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Chesterland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2805 | Title: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland is a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the Jewish congregation of Young Israel, a Zionist Orthodox organization that has branch synagogues throughout the United States. The collection consists of advertisements, almanacs, awards, booklets, correspondence, dues cards, lists, minutes, publications, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5241 | | | | Extent: | 6.01 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2806 | Title: | Molly Doan Bellamy Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Bellamy, Molly Doan | | | | Dates: | 1929-1942 | | | | Abstract: | Molly Doan Bellamy (1918-1995) was the society editor of the Cleveland News in the 1950s and the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1960-1984. In 1974, she began a travel column and became assistant editor of the Friday Magazine of the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of advertisements, autographs buttons, certificates, cigarette cases, coasters, correspondences, dried flowers, invitations, maps, match boxes, menus, napkins, newspaper clippings, party favors, pendants, photographs, place cards, programs, report cards, ribbons, score cards. telegraphs, ticket stubs, and other memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 5242 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (7 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Bellamy family | Bellamy, Molly Doan, 1918-1995 | Doan family | Girls -- Education -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights | Golf -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hathaway Brown School | Ohio -- Description and travel -- 20th century | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History | Stark family | University School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Weddings -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio) | Genealogy / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2810 | Title: | Archaeological Institute of America, Cleveland Society Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Archaeological Institute of America, Cleveland Society | | | | Dates: | 1895-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Society of the Archaeological Institute of America was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1896. The Institute is an educational and scientific society of archaeologists and others interested in archaeology. Its purpose is research and public presentation of discoveries. The Cleveland branch sponsors lectures and projects in Cleveland and participates in national conventions, programs, tours, and projects. The collection consists of information regarding the 1952 joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)/ American Philological Association (APA), papers of founder Harold N. Fowler, information on lectures presented by the Cleveland Society, membership files, officer notes, local and national correspondence, and David Swetland's correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 5246 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Archaeological Institute of America. Cleveland Society. | Archaeological Institute of America. | Archaeology -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2811 | Title: | Pilgrim Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Pilgrim Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1876-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Pilgrim Congregational Church was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 as University Heights Congregational Church in the Near West Side neighborhood of Tremont, then known as University Heights.To accommodate the growing congregation, the current church located at 2592 West 14th Street was built in 1893-1894 by architect S.R. Badgeley, whose unique design combined worship space with the growing need for a community center, including a library and the first kindergarten in the city of Cleveland. By 1919 the building had expanded to include a gymnasium complete with shower rooms, a boxing ring, and bowling alleys. Pilgrim Congregational Church was also the first building on the West Side of Cleveland to be fitted with electricity, operating its own power plant for several years. Pilgrim Congregational Church is now (2014) affiliated with the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of church bulletins, correspondence, financial documents, historical records, histories, invoices, ledgers, marriage licenses, meeting minutes, membership applications, pledge cards, receipts, Sunday school records, and withdrawal cards. | | | | Call #: | MS 5247 | | | | Extent: | 22.40 linear feet (20 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Pilgrim Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Congregationalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2812 | Title: | Junior League of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Junior League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1924-2014 | | | | Abstract: | The Junior League of Cleveland was a women's service organization founded in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization's constitution stated that the "object of the League shall be to foster interest among its members in the social, economic, and civic conditions of their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." The organization served the community through various activities such as musical and theatrical performances, volunteer drives, and philanthropy and among other activities to respond to community needs. The collection consists of annual reports, directories, event programs, financial documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, publicity materials, and yearbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5248 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social Services/Charities / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2813 | Title: | Novel Club of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Novel Club of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1896-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Novel Club of Cleveland was a literary club founded by Elizabeth Cutter Morrow in 1896, in Cleveland, Ohio. Members met monthly to study and discuss novels. The collection consists of biographical and critical papers, book lists, book reviews, calenders, printed out email and letter correspondence, invitations, meeting minutes, membership guideline handouts, memorials for deceased members, newspaper clippings, notes from conversations, and written histories of the club. | | | | Call #: | MS 5249 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Books -- Reviews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Fiction -- History and criticism | Literature -- Societies, etc. | Novel Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2814 | Title: | Zonta Club of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Zonta Club of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1941-2003 | | | | Abstract: | The Zonta Club of Cleveland is a community service club organized in 1921 by Cleveland, Ohio, business and professional women. Programs have included scholarships, contributions to hospitals, and aid to the elderly and handicapped children. The collection consists of awards, bylaws, club magazines, club newsletters, convention materials, correspondence, credit logs, flyers, invitations, member books and lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5250 | | | | Extent: | 1.22 linear feet (3 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work. | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2815 | Title: | Elizabeth Steele Whitridge Genealogy Research Papers
| | | | Creator: | Whitridge, Elizabeth Steele | | | | Dates: | 1802-1946 | | | | Abstract: | The Elizabeth Steele Whitridge family originated in England, Ireland, and Holland. Family members immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Ohio. The collection consists of American Civil War service records, a commencement program, correspondence between family members, family significant date charts, genealogical research notes, researched histories of family members, indenture contracts, memorial articles, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, photographs (2), stock certificates, warranty contracts and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 5251 | | | | Extent: | 0.24 linear feet (1 container and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Bolen family | Claughorn family | Crump family | England -- Genealogy | Greenland family | Hand family | Haskell family | Ireland -- Genealogy | Kelly family | Leaming family | Look family | Maryland -- Genealogy | Massachusetts -- Genealogy | Melyn family | Netherlands -- Genealogy | New Jersey -- Genealogy | New York (State) -- Genealogy | Rhode Island -- Genealogy | Richardson family | Riley family | Scotland -- Genealogy | Skinner family | Smith family | Spicer family | Steele family
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2816 | Title: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Ohio Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution | | | | Dates: | 1917-1923 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution is an affiliate to the National Society. The society's programs include youth scholarship, adult literacy, national defense, community service awards, service to veterans, historic preservation, and conservation. During World War I, the Ohio Society undertook a project to support members of the United States military. The collection consists of Selective Service bulletins, chapter names, check lists, correspondence, expenses and financial records, military and non-military war service records, notes taken in the office, notebooks, officer lists, and volunteer lists. | | | | Call #: | MS 5252 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Daughters of the American Revolution. Ohio Society | Ohio -- Genealogy | Patriotic societies -- Ohio | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. | Women -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs | Women in charitable work -- Ohio | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio | Genealogy / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2817 | Title: | Polish American Cultural Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish American Cultural Committee | | | | Dates: | 1964-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Polish American Cultural Committee operated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-twentieth century under the guidance of Cleveland State University's (CSU) Polish Studies program. The group conducted regular meetings on campus and hosted events promoting Polish arts and culture. The collection consists of agendas, correspondence, forms, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletter, photographs, press releases, programs, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5253 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland State University. Polish Studies Program | Polish American Cultural Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- History | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Ethnic identity | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2818 | Title: | Polish Fraternal Organizations Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish Fraternal Organizations | | | | Dates: | 1902-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Orzel Bialy, the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Roman Catholic Union Association, and The Union of Poles in America were Polish fraternal and benevolent organizations that operated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the twentieth century. The collection consists of financial records, ledgers, a cashier's books, treasurer's books, a member list, logs, insurance payments, a memoranda book, minutes, payment records, and correspondence for these and other unidentified organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5254 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Americans -- Societies, etc. | Polish Roman Catholic Union of America. Group 13. -- Records and correspondence. | Orzel Bialy -- Records and correspondence. | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 603 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Records and correspondence.) | Union of Poles in America (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Records and correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2819 | Title: | Women's Law Fund Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Women's Law Fund | | | | Dates: | 1970-2003 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Law Fund was a nonprofit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 dedicated to eradicating gender discrimination in employment, education, government benefits, and housing. Under the direction of Jane M. Picker and Lizabeth A. Moody, the organization secured attorneys and provided funding for litigation related to women's issues. Most notably, the fund supported LaFleur, et al. v. Cleveland Board of Education, et al., a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark ruling concerning mandatory maternity leave for female employees. In the 1990s the fund focused on female age discrimination and discrimination faced by American women employed overseas by American companies. The Women's Law Fund disbanded in 2006. The collection consists of Women's Law Fund files related to one case of gender discrimination filed against the City of Cleveland regarding its fire department: Zamlen et al. v. City of Cleveland, et al. It includes appendices, balance sheets, brochures, cassette tapes, charts, consent decrees, contracts, correspondence, course catalogs, court documents, court opinions, court orders, depositions, dockets, exhibits, flyers, forms, handbooks, handouts, indices, journal articles, legal briefs, lists, magazines, manuals, memoranda, motions, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, pamphlets, pleadings, printed case law, reports, statements, statistics, transcripts, trial summaries, VHS tapes, and workbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5255 | | | | Extent: | 19.80 linear feet (21 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases. | Sex discrimination against women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sex discrimination against women -- United States. | Sex discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- United States -- Cases. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. | Women in education -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2820 | Title: | Masjid al-Mumin/Islamic Revivalist Movement Records
| | | | Creator: | Masjid al-Mumin/IRM, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1967-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1953 by Afzal Nabi, Masjid al-Mumin ("the Mosque of the Believer") was first located at 10609 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Imam Mutawaf A. Shaheed and the Islamic Revivalist Movement (IRM, Inc.) came to the organization in 1969. In the early 1970s, Masjid al-Mumin/IRM Inc. began a longstanding relationship with the Ohio correctional system. It also joined Dar ul-Islam, a network of black Sunni mosques who advocated deliverance from an unjust, immoral American culture through Islam. Masjid al-Mumin was the first mosque outside of New York to participate in Dar-ul Islam. Today the mosque is located at 2690 Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Cleveland. The collection consists of applications, clippings, correspondence, educational documents, financial documents, forms, publications, reports, receipts, and registers. | | | | Call #: | MS 5256 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Muslims -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | Islam -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | African American Muslims -- History -- 20th Century. | Prisons -- United States -- Ohio -- History.
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