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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3001 | Title: | Oakwood Club Records and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Oakwood Club | | | | Dates: | 1872-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010. | | | | Call #: | MS 5440 | | | | Extent: | 14.4 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3002 | Title: | Finding aid for the Alfred and Clara Rankin Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Alfred and Clara Rankin | | | | Dates: | 1812-2015 | | | | Abstract: | The Alfred and Clara Rankin papers focus on the history of the Rankin and Taplin families and their ancestors. It relates primarily to Alfred and Clara Rankin's ancestors. Clara's ancestors are the Smith and Taplin family. The earliest documents are from the early 1800s going through 2010s. The collection includes awards, bank books, brochures, books, booklets, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondences, diaries, drawings, financial records, magazines, maps, minutes, negatives, newspapers, notes, pamphlets, passports, photo albums, photocopied papers, photos, postcards, scrapbook pages, and telegraphs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5441 | | | | Extent: | 23 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3003 | Title: | Hastings, Willinger and Associates Advertising Art
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Al Willinger | | | | Dates: | 1970-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Born Peter Paul Guggenheimer in Berlin in 1922, Peter Hastings was a teenager when his family fled Nazi Germany for Sweden. The family left for the United States in the late 1930s. Hastings became an American citizen, was drafted into the Army, and in the process changed his name from Guggenheimer to Hastings (at least two family members, his mother and brother, kept the name Guggenheimer). After his military service during the war, Hastings joined his parents in Cleveland. He worked with photographer Herb Rebman until he opened his own commercial studio with Al Willinger in 1948. The studio later became the advertising agency. The partnership lasted 35 years. Hastings was hired in 1952 to photograph disc jockey Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball at the Cleveland Arena. The photograph that Hastings took from the balcony before he escaped the turmoil that would prematurely end the concert is world-famous and serves as the visual documentation of the birth of rock and roll. The photograph is now part of the collection of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hastings served as the unofficial photographer for the Cleveland Orchestra for 23 years. After Hastings semi-retired in the early 1990s, he took up poetry and eventually published a slim volume of his verse A Passion for Life. Hastings died on August 27, 1999, at age 76. Albert J. "Al" Willinger was born on September 13, 1920. He served as a photographer for the Cleveland Jewish News from 1964 to 1982. Willinger immortalized the "birth" of the Cleveland Jewish News with his photograph of the founding board of trustees. He subsequently snapped hundreds of photos over the years, a treasured pictorial history of the Cleveland Jewish News, as well as local Jewish history and visiting celebrities. Willinger died on August 16, 2010, at age 90. The Hastings, Willinger and Associates Advertising Art collection consists of 69 photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5457 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 box) | | | | Subjects: | Hastings, Willinger and Associates (Cleveland, Ohio) | Commercial art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Advertising agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3004 | Title: | William Bingham Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | William Bingham Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-2016 | | | | Abstract: | The William Bingham Foundation was established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham II. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include organizations in the fields of the arts, sciences, education, and health and human services. Projects related to urban revitalization, adult psychological development, and nuclear issues were also undertaken. Environmental issues also took center stage in grants funding by the William Bingham Foundation. A majority of the collection contains materials related to grants administration, grant proposals, grant decisions, and grant reports. The rest of the collection consists of annual reports and annual meeting documentation, articles of incorporation, Blossom and Bingham family history, budgets and balance sheets, certificates, codes of regulations, committee records, correspondence, financial statements and reports, handbooks, investments, legal documents, meeting minutes and notes, special projects, photographs, reports, and tax records. | | | | Call #: | MS 5458 | | | | Extent: | 46.20 linear feet (47 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bingham, William, 2nd, 1879-1955 | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Blossom, Elizabeth Bingham, 1881-1970 | Bingham family | Blossom family | Gale family | William Bingham Foundation | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3006 | Title: | Dr. Lenore V. Buford Papers
| | | | Creator: | Buford, Lenore | | | | Dates: | 1930-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The Lenore V. Buford Papers 1930-1989 and undated, consists of correspondence written by Lenore Buford when she lived in Paris soon after graduating from Fisk University, foreign money order receipts, graphics, newspaper clippings, notebook, photographs, play ticket, proclamation draft, program booklets, report card, scrapbook, and other material. | | | | Call #: | MS 5467 | | | | Extent: | 2 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | African American universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Nashville | Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | African American college teachers
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3007 | Title: | Isadore Fred Freiberger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Ruth Gilbert | | | | Dates: | 1879-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Isadore Fred Freiberger was born on December 12, 1879, in New York City to Esther and Samuel Freiberger. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, with his family when he was 3 years old. Freiberger attended Central High School, then worked his way through Adelbert College (Western Reserve University), graduating in 1901. After his marriage to Fannie Fertel in 1903, Freiberger began his 60+ year career at Cleveland Trust Company as a clerk, where he was eventually promoted to Board Chair in 1941. Freiberger served as director of Forest City Publishing Company, which published the Plain Dealer and Cleveland News, as well as nine other businesses. He also served in leadership positions at the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Marshall School of Law, the Great Lakes Exposition, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Playhouse Foundation, and Western Reserve University. Recognition of service included the Adelbert College Distinguished Alumni Award, the American Heart Association Award of Merit for Distinguished Service, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Medal for Public Service, the Jewish Community Federation's Charles Eisenman Award, and the Western Reserve University Honorary Doctorate of Humanities. Freiberger died on April 28, 1969, in Cleveland at age 89. The Isadore Fred Freiberger Papers consists of architectural notes, articles, awards, biographical information, certificates, correspondence, a deed, letters, magazines, memorial resolutions, newspaper clippings, obituaries, photo albums, photographs, programs, recognitions, records, reports, scrapbooks, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5468 | | | | Extent: | 4.8 linear feet (7 boxes including two oversized containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3008 | Title: | Dr. Edgar B. Jackson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jackson, Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1951-2019 | | | | Abstract: | Edgar B. Jackson is a former doctor at University Hospitals who earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1966. Since his graduation, he has dedicated his life to improving diversity in the medical field and addressing health disparities among racial minorities, with particular interest in those who are black.
The collection consists of certificates, a class memory book, event programs, letters, medical magazines and pamphlets, a music album, newspaper articles, online articles, personal and professional ephemera, photos, printouts of PowerPoint presentations, a scrapbook, speeches, and a yearbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5469 | | | | Extent: | 2.3 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3009 | Title: | Oakwood Club Records and Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Oakwood Club | | | | Dates: | 1913-2010 | | | | Abstract: | Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in Cleveland in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010. | | | | Call #: | MS 5470 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (4 containers, one of them oversized; film reel and blueprints stored separately) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3010 | Title: | Charles V. Proctor Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Virginia Williams | | | | Dates: | 1936-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Charles V. Proctor, a well-known African-American commercial photographer, was employed by Standard Oil in Cleveland as the company's photographer until his retirement in 1972. Proctor also worked as a freelance photographer. His sports-related work was primarily of the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and 1960s. His Browns photos were used by the team and often appeared in the Call & Post. He was also recognized as a portrait photographer handling both wedding and business assignments. | | | | Call #: | 5471 | | | | Extent: | 1 linear feet (one container) | | | | Subjects: | Proctor, Charles V. (1906-1998) | Cleveland Browns (Football Teams: 1946-1995) | Photography of team sports | African American photographers
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3011 | Title: | Saint Luke's Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint Luke's Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1954-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Saint Luke's Foundation was established in 1997 after the Saint Luke's Medical Center was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its regional partners, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine. The foundation was created to help continue the philanthropic mission of the Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association. This collection consists of institutional and administrative records for Saint Luke's Foundation, Saint Luke's Medical Center and Saint Luke's Hospital Association, grant records from Saint Luke's Foundation, as well as some artwork and photographs related to these organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5472 | | | | Extent: | 30 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3012 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1992-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was established in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, through the estate donations of Joseph M. Bruening and his wife Eva L. Bruening. It is an independent foundation that provides grants to agencies in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The foundation's focus areas are education and social services, with an emphasis on care for the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged. The collection consists of approved and declined grant applications as well as the program files for the Pathways to Learning Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 5473 | | | | Extent: | 8.50 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Early childhood and education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Catholic Church
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3014 | Title: | Mukti Fund Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Mukti Fund | | | | Dates: | 1983-2017 | | | | Abstract: | The Mukti Fund was established in 1983 by Michael A. Dively and Martin Dupuis to help expand individual awareness and improve the quality of life through community projects. From 1985 through 2001, the fund focused its efforts on the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with an emphasis on sustainable development and the preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the islands. By 2001, the fund began to phase out its Saint Kitts and Nevis projects and concentrate its resources on other areas of interest, including LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning) issues. The collection consists of administrative files, board materials, budgets, correspondence, financials, grants, and project and subject files. | | | | Call #: | MS 5475 | | | | Extent: | 7.20 linear feet (8 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations | Charities | Charities -- Saint Kitts and Nevis | Gays and the performing arts | Gays -- Services for -- United States | Sexual minorities -- United States
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3015 | Title: | Rocker Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rocker Family | | | | Dates: | 1910-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Rocker (1864-1936) and his family came to the United States in the 1890s from Lisko, Hungary. He later founded and served as editor and publisher of Cleveland's Yiddish-language newspaper, Die Yiddishe Velt (The Jewish World) from 1911-1936. Samuel Rocker was an active member of the Jewish community within Cleveland and was a member of several organizations. Samuel's son Henry Rocker (1882-1966) was a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and a leader in civic and Jewish affairs. Like his father, Henry was involved with several organizations both on a local and national level. This collection consists of articles, an oral history of the family, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a drawing, family trees, newspaper clippings, photographs, translations of book excerpts, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 5476 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3018 | Title: | Angus Arrington Papers
| | | | Creator: | Arrington, Angus | | | | Dates: | 1912-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Angus Robert Arrington Jr., was one of the first African American Boy Scout leaders in Ohio.
This collection consists of Boy Scout applications, correspondence, a family tree, "Jackson's International Almanac 1942: A pocket encyclopedia of the darker races," membership cards, programs for the Boy Scouts of America ceremonies, church, and memorial services; newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional pamphlets, a scrapbook, and scripts from a radio broadcast. | | | | Call #: | MS 5479 | | | | Extent: | .60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Scout leaders | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3019 | Title: | Reverend Walter L. Boykins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Boykins, Rev. Walter L. | | | | Dates: | 1934-1997 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend Walter L. Boykins founded the Grace Missionary Baptist Church, an African American centered church, in Cleveland, Ohio in 1963.
The collection consists of audio recordings, a business card, certificates and awards, church bulletins and programs, correspondence, funeral programs, a Grace Missionary Baptist Church souvenir book, handwritten notes, miscellaneous papers and notes, newspaper clippings, "The Pastor's Manual," photographs, proclamations, programs, resolutions, and typed sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 5480 | | | | Extent: | 1.2 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3020 | Title: | George and Louise Atchison Papers
| | | | Creator: | Atchison, George and Louise, Family | | | | Dates: | 1907-1957 | | | | Abstract: | George and Louise Atchison were residents of Cleveland, Ohio, during the mid-twentieth century. George worked as a letter carrier for the City of Cleveland and his wife, Louise, owned a boarding house and was a member of organizations like the Future Outlook League and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The collection consists of advertisements, an application for the City of Cleveland Department of Safety, church materials, a Cleveland Indians souvenir scorecard, a cookbook, correspondence, Future Outlook League materials, letters, receipts and other financial records, photographs, a rosary, sheet music, and Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Cleveland materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5481 | | | | Extent: | .40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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