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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2941 | Title: | Bud Wendell (Ernest Wendell Joseph) Family Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wendell, Bud (Joseph, Ernest Wendell) | | | | Dates: | 1903-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Ernest Wendell Joseph (1924-1987), known as Bud Wendell. was a popular disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the son of Herman Black Joseph, a member of the prominent Joseph family in Cleveland and a successful broker, and Anne Wendell Costello (Bunny Wendell), a New York actress in the early twentieth century. He worked in public relations and as a writer, producer, and disc jockey for local radio. The collection consists of both Joseph and Costello family materials, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, a portrait, a program, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5377 | | | | Extent: | 1 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Broadcasting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vaudeville -- United States. | Disc jockeys -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2942 | Title: | Acme-Cleveland Corporation Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Acme-Cleveland Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1825-1996 | | | | Abstract: | The Acme-Cleveland Corporation was formed In Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger in 1968 of Cleveland Twist Drill Company, a manufacturer of high-speed drills and metal cutting tools, and the National Acme Company, a manufacturer of automatic multiple-spindle lathes and screw machines. Cleveland Twist Drill was founded in 1876 by Jacob D. Cox II, son of a Civil War general and former governor of Ohio, and Francis F. Prentiss. The company became a leader in the manufacture of superior-grade high-speed twist drills. By 1936 it was the world's largest maker of high-speed drills and reamers, flourishing under Jacob D. Cox, Jr., who pioneered profit-sharing and authored two books on wage theory. National Acme originated in Hartford, Connecticut, as the Acme Screw Machine Company in 1895, makers of the first commercially successful automatic multiple-spindle screw manufacturing machine. Acme Screw merged with National Manufacturing Co. in 1901 to become National Acme Manufacturing Company, which purchased the Windsor Machine Company to become National Acme Company in 1916. The collection consists of financial reports, ledgers, shareholder meetings, company newsletters, marketing material, and correspondence, particularly those of Francis F. Prentiss, who was president of Cleveland Twist Drill between 1904 and 1911. There is also a large collection of photographs and glass plate negatives, approximately 1000 images, related to both Cleveland Twist Drill Company and National Acme Company and a 16mm film. | | | | Call #: | MS 5378 | | | | Extent: | 38.00 linear feet (54 containers and 5 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2943 | Title: | Library Minyan Records
| | | | Creator: | The Library Minyan | | | | Dates: | 1987-1999 | | | | Abstract: | In 1988 the Program Committee of Beth Am Congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, established its Shabbat Library Minyan under the guidance of Rabbi Alan Lettofsky. In 1998 the organization separated itself from Beth Am, becoming an independent non-profit organization. The Library Minyan's stated purpose was to promote traditional, egalitarian Jewish spiritual growth and Jewish learning. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, budgets, bylaws, correspondence, guidelines, minutes, newsletters, questionnaires, reports, rosters, a schedule, and a speech. | | | | Call #: | MS 5379 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2944 | Title: | NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records and Photographs, Series III
| | | | Creator: | NA'AMAT USA | | | | Dates: | 1936-2012 | | | | Abstract: | NA'AMAT USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council of NA'AMAT was founded in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, one year after the national organization came into being. As the organization grew, it was divided into numbered chapters. At its peak, there were fourteen chapters. In 1999, there were four chapters in the Cleveland Council, serving 650 women. Pioneer Women was organized to provide training, educational services, and social services to women, children, and families in Palestine. The Cleveland Council raised funds and sponsored programs that informed the Cleveland community of social service and educational needs in Israel. The national organization also promoted Habonim, a youth organization, and sponsored Jewish and cultural activities. In 1985 the name Pioneer Women was changed to NA'AMAT USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, NA'AMAT. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, calendars, cards, certificates, correspondence, flyers, forms, handbooks, ledgers, lists, magazines and magazine clippings, minutes, negatives, newsletters, notes, photographs, press releases, programs, receipts, and schedules pertaining to the membership and operations of Pioneer Women and, later, NA'AMAT USA. | | | | Call #: | MS 5380 | | | | Extent: | 1.50 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2945 | Title: | Anita Blimbaum Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Blimabaum, Anita Family | | | | Dates: | 1929-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Anita Solomon Blimbaum (1958-) is a resident of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Her family lineage speaks to the high proportion of immigration from Eastern Europe to the Cleveland area as her ancestors were from Belarus, Russia, and Poland. Though Anita's maternal side of the family was spread across the globe, they managed to keep in touch with one another regularly through letters and photographs, many of which were written by her mother, Josephine Solomon; grandmother, Julia Costello; aunt, Stacha (Sadie) Kasperek; and other relatives of the Costello and Kasperek families. The collection consists of correspondence written to and from the Costello and Solomon families, particularly Josephine and her mother, Julia, as they corresponded with their relatives abroad. The collection includes letters between Henryk Kaminski and Joseph Lewanski and Ignacy Kaminski (father of Julia Costello); Josephine and Samuel Solomon and the Lesser family (relatives from England); Julia Costello and niece Hella Kasperek; Julia Costello and nephew Kasimir Kasperek; and Julia Costello and sister Stacha (Sadie) Kasperek. | | | | Call #: | MS 5381 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. | Poland -- Emigration and immigration. | Costello family --Correspondence. | Solomon family -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. | Lesser family. | Kasperek family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2946 | Title: | E.F. Hauserman Company Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1910-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The E.F. Hauserman Company was a leading producer of of movable interior walls for offices, factories, and schools, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was founded by Earl F. Hauserman (1885-1943) who bought out part of the building supplies dealer for whom he worked and organized the E.F. Hauserman Co. in 1913. The company became a leading manufacturer of interior steel partitions and was a major defense contractor during World War II. Following the war, E.F. Hauserman's sons, Fred M. Hauserman (1909-1972) and William F. Hauserman (1920-2012) led the company, including expansion into Canada and Europe. In the mid 1970s, E.F. Hauserman Company consolidated with its principle subsidiaries to become Hauserman, Inc., In 1978 the company acquired Sunar, a Canadian office furniture manufacturer and in 1983 became Sunar-Hauserman, Inc. The company closed in 1989 due to changing economic conditions. The collection consists of correspondence, financial reports, project and patent files, product literature, and organizational materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5382 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wall panels. | Steel plate deck bridges -- United States. | Prefabricated interior architecture. | Pontoon bridges. | Landing mats. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2947 | Title: | Lance C. Buhl Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Buhl, Lance C. | | | | Dates: | 1971-2012 | | | | Abstract: | Lance C. Buhl (1940- ), worked at Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio) and, subsequently, BP America for over ten years managing its corporate contributions and philanthropic projects. Afterward he started a private consulting practice helping various companies and foundations evaluating and starting grant-making opportunities. He also was a professor at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and Cleveland State University. The collection contains projects, presentations, and correspondence from over thirty years of Dr. Buhl's career. | | | | Call #: | MS 5383 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Corporations -- Charitable contributions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Foundations -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2949 | Title: | J. Robert Killpack Papers
| | | | Creator: | Killpack, J. Robert | | | | Dates: | 1984-1989 | | | | Abstract: | J. Robert Killpack (1922-1993) was a successful executive in the Cleveland, Ohio, area during the 1960s through the 1980s. He was active in promoting the development of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and served on the Cleveland Charter Review Commission during its 1988 term. The collection consists of correspondence, meeting materials, and reports assembled during the period while Mr. Killpack was involved with the Charter Review Commission and with city planning projects. | | | | Call #: | MS 5385 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2950 | Title: | Ostendorf-Morris Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Ostendorf-Morris Company | | | | Dates: | 1934-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Ostendorf-Morris Company was a commercial real estate firm founded in 1939 by Edgar L. Ostendorf (1889-1977) and Warren L. Morris (1888-1973). The company was established to manage industrial and office space in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, and eventually expanded to offer financial services and property development. The collection consists of correspondence, drawings, project files, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5386 | | | | Extent: | 1.02 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Tower East (Cleveland, Ohio) | Office buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial real estate -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2951 | Title: | William R. Joseph Family Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Joseph, William R. | | | | Dates: | 1911-2012 | | | | Abstract: | William R. (Bill) Joseph (1946-2012), a specialist in nonprofit law and community leader, was the son of Frank and Martha Joseph. A co-founder of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, he was also a board member and president of many other local nonprofit organizations. Bill Joseph was a member of the sixth generation of the Joseph family in the Cleveland area. His family owned Joseph & Feiss, one of the city's most prominent firms in the garment industry. The collection consists of biographies, birth certificates, certificates, contracts, correspondence, correspondence transcripts, diplomas, eulogies, genealogies, a haggadah (Jewish text that documents the order of the Passover Seder), obituaries, oral histories, photographs, postcards, proclamations, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5387 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2952 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2953 | Title: | Soviet Jewish Oral History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Archives Advisory Committee, Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | 1954-2016 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland's Jewish community played an active role helping Soviet Jews emigrate from the Soviet Union and resettle in the United States, and especially in Cleveland, from the 1960s to the 1990s. Approximately 12,000 Soviet Jews came to Cleveland during these years. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the emigration continued, though at a slower pace. This collection, a project of the WRHS Cleveland Jewish Archives Advisory Committee, includes oral histories with Soviet Jews from the Greater Cleveland area and related materials. The collection consists primarily of abstracts, article drafts, correspondence, descriptions of the project, a dissertation, information sheets, interview protocols, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, oral history user agreements, procedures, programs, progress reports, reports, a script, a student paper, and transcripts of interviews. | | | | Call #: | MS 5389 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2954 | Title: | Joseph Ceruti Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ceruti, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1923-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Ceruti (1912-1993) was a prominent architect and member of the Italian-American community in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School in 1929, and earned a degree in architecture at Western Reserve University in 1934. After working for Warner & Swasey during World War II, he went into private practice in 1947. Some of his clients included Case Institute of Technology (later Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), Fenn College (later Cleveland State University), Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland Board of Education (Adlai Stevenson School), Warner & Swasey, and Motch & Merryweather. He was active in the American Institute of Architects, and was a member of many organizations including the board of directors of Alta Social Settlement House and the Fine Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Cleveland. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications, clippings, contracts, correspondence, general office files, photographs, and slides. | | | | Call #: | MS 5391 | | | | Extent: | 186.01 linear feet (77 containers, 456 rolled architectural drawings, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Warner & Swasey. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Designs and plans.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2955 | Title: | Joseph Lowe Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lowe, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1940 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Lowe, a longtime resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was born to Branya (Dun, Dinn) and Isaac Low in Sambor, Poland, in 1924. Lowe's mother's family lived in Lorain, Ohio, and arranged for Lowe to come to the United States in early 1939. Lowe left behind his parents and four siblings. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, married, and began a career as a hairdresser in Shaker Heights. In 1957 he received his father's Soviet passport from Zdzislaw Sulak, a former classmate from Sambor who was imprisoned with Isaac Low during the war. Joseph Lowe's immediate family members were killed by the Germans in the killing center of Belzec and the village of Radlowice (Ralivka) in 1943. The Joseph Lowe Family Papers consist of a newspaper clipping, a passport, and a translation of the passport. | | | | Call #: | MS 5392 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust victims -- Ukraine -- Sambir (Sambirsʹkyĭ raĭon) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Passports -- Ukraine -- Sambir (Sambirsʹkyĭ raĭon)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2956 | Title: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Records, Series VI
| | | | Creator: | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1997-2010 | | | | Abstract: | The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation is an educational foundation founded by Martha Holden Jennings in 1958. It funds educational projects throughout the Cleveland region Ohio. The bulk of the collection contains grant proposal files for calendar years 1998 through 2010 and includes material relating to preschool, elementary, and secondary education in public urban, suburban and rural schools; teacher education; and nontraditional enrichment programs offered by a variety of organizations. The collection consists of agendas, correspondence and memoranda, evaluations, financial statements, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, proposals, publications, reports, and studies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5393 | | | | Extent: | 64.40 linear feet (65 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alternative education -- Ohio. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Curriculum enrichment -- Ohio. | Education -- Ohio -- Endowments. | Educational innovations -- Ohio. | Educational surveys -- Ohio. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Museums -- Educational aspects -- Ohio. | Museums and schools -- Ohio. | School improvement programs -- Ohio. | Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio. | Teachers' workshops -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2958 | Title: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company | | | | Dates: | 1906-1956 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Crane & Engineering Company was a manufacturer of overhead material handling cranes located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was organized in 1899 by Edward I. Leighton, George A. Armington, Albert L. Assmus, and Charles E. Thomas as the Cleveland Crane & Car Company. The collection consists of blueprints, drawings, and plans, company newsletters, correspondence, marketing literature and sales notes, photographs (approximately 125), project proposals, and specifications. | | | | Call #: | MS 5395 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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