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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2361 | Title: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society | | | | Dates: | 1950-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Chamber Music Society was founded in 1949 by a small group of individuals in order to sponsor chamber music concerts of high quality by world class musicians in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Concerts took place at a number of venues, many in the University Circle area, and also at the Fairmount Temple Auditorium, Beachwood, Ohio. In 1953, the Society established a school concert program, bringing local chamber music ensembles to schools throughout the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. In 1969, the Society became affiliated with the national program, Young Audiences Inc., whose goals were also to educate young students in the field of chamber music. The society continued to support these concerts when Young Audiences became an independent organization in 1978. Another mission of the Society was to commission the writing and performing of new compositions by local Cleveland composers, included Arthur Shepherd, Normand Lockwood, Walter Aschaffenburg, Starling Cumberworth, and Gerald R. Humel. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, code of regulations, minutes, correspondence, histories, reports, programs, contracts, financial statements, lists, publicity materials, news releases, newspaper clippings, tax documents, schedules, brochures, and manuscript music. | | | | Call #: | MS 4775 | | | | Extent: | 4.15 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Chamber Music Society. | Young Audiences, Inc. | Chamber Music. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Music -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Performance. | Concerts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2362 | Title: | Rebecca Aronson Brickner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brickner, Rebecca Aronson | | | | Dates: | 1915-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Rebecca Aronson Brickner was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents, Max and Dora Aronson, followed Orthodox Jewish practices and had strong ties to the Zionist movement. She received a rigorous Jewish education with Dr. Samson Benderley, and in 1910 accompanied him, as his Hebrew secretary, to New York City, where he established the Bureau of Jewish Education. While in New York, she became the first woman to complete a new program in Jewish education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the first woman with a professional degree in Jewish education in the United States. She married Barnett R. Brickner in 1919, accompanying him first to Cincinnati, Ohio, where be studied for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College, and then to Toronto where his first pulpit was located. While living in Toronto, she established Hadassah in Canada; in 1912 she had been a founding member of Hadassah in the United States with Henrietta Szold. The Brickners came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925, where Rabbi Brickner was to lead Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) until his death in 1958. Rebecca Brickner continued to promote Jewish education and women's organizations in Cleveland. By her impetus, in 1963 the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies became an agency independent of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland. She also established the college's Women's Association. The collection consists of writings, lecture notes, certificates, and a scrapbook. Of particular note is her account of the founding of Hadassah in 1912. | | | | Call #: | MS 4776 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brickner, Rebecca Aronson, 1894-1988. | Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Education. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2363 | Title: | Myron S. Stanford Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Stanford, Myron S. | | | | Dates: | 1921-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish communal organizations and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, directories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes and writings reflecting Stanford's interest in the law and the Jewish community. | | | | Call #: | MS 4777 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stanford, Myron S., 1907-1979. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2365 | Title: | Thorman Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Thorman Family | | | | Dates: | 1904-1960 | | | | Abstract: | The Thorman family is descended from Simson Thorman (1811-1888), the first Jew who, in 1837, permanently settled in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of letters, miscellaneous family documents and programs from The Temple (Tifereth Israel) and other organizations, newspapers and newspaper clippings, real estate documents and a scrapbook of the Thorman family genealogy. | | | | Call #: | MS 4780 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Thorman family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2366 | Title: | Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Robert and Patricita Switzer Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1932-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1985, by Robert and Patricia Switzer and their children with the proceeds from the sale of the Day-Glo Color Corporation. The foundation was originally established to promote the education of graduate students in the environmental sciences, and soon included environmental improvement projects in its mission. The collection consists of family and program correspondence, legal documents, financial reports, scholarship applications, candidate selection documents, grant proposals and reports, and publications of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation and other foundations. | | | | Call #: | MS 4781 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Switzer family. | Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997. | Switzer, Patricia, 1913- | Day-Glo Color Corporation. | Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Research. | Education. | Environmental sciences. | Environmental protection. | Environmental management.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2367 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1908-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4782 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2368 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1896-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, is a women's service organization in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned with local, national, and international issues and projects. The collection consists of correspondence, lists, minutes, reports, newsletters, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 4783 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2369 | Title: | Rudolph M. Rosenthal Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. | | | | Dates: | 1919-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Rudolph M. Rosenthal was the rabbi of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (Temple on the Heights), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1933-1974. The collection consists of awards and certificates, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes for sermons, press releases, programs, and sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 4784 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M., (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2370 | Title: | Richards Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Richards Family | | | | Dates: | 1852-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The Richards family settled in Hinckley Township, Medina County, Ohio, prior to 1838. Willard Richards married Alvira Ann Whedon in 1838, and they raised seven children. In 1861, their eldest son, Myron, enlisted in Battery A, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. He returned to farming in Hinckley Township in 1865, and the following year, married Romelia Noragon. They raised two children, Oliver Richards and Margie Richards. In 1891, the Richards family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. In the 1910s, Margie Richards became a physical education instructor at the University of California, Southern Branch (University of California, Los Angeles). The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, journals, genealogical notes, wills, military papers, and legal documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4785 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Richards family. | Richards, Myron, 1840-1912. | Richards, Willard, 1804-1876. | Richards, Alvira Ann Whedon. | Richards, Margie, 1883-1973. | Noragon, John. | United States. Army. Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | Hinckley (Ohio : Township) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2371 | Title: | Saint Luke's Foundation (Hospital) Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint Luke's Hospital | | | | Dates: | 1904-1997 | | | | Abstract: | Saint Luke's Hospital was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1894 as the Cleveland General Hospital. Its purpose was to provide clinical training for medical students of Wooster University and as a training school for nurses. At the same time, the College Building and Hospital Association was incorporated. The College Building and Hospital Association became the Saint Luke's Hospital Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1904. Medical staff at the hospital affiliated with the medical department of Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1906 Cleveland General Hospital was renamed Saint Luke's Hospital. Cleveland industrialist and philanthropist Francis Fleury Prentiss provided financial support and leadership, serving as president of the association from 1906 until his death in 1937. His wife, Elisabeth Severance Allen Prentiss, succeeded him as president until her death in 1944. The Saint Luke's Hospital School of Nursing closed in 1970. In 1980, the Saint Luke's Hospital Association adopted a long range plan of acquisition and new programs. By 1983, it held leases on five medical buildings and had control over Saint Luke's Hospital, Shaker Medical Center Hospital, and the for-profit Medical Outreach Services, Inc. In 1992, the Saint Luke's system merged with MetroHealth Medical Center, and its name was changed to MetroHealth Saint Luke's Medical Center. The merger dissolved in 1993, but the affiliation continued. In 1993 the name of the hospital changed once more, becoming Saint Luke's Medical Center. In 1997, Saint Luke's Medical Center was sold to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and its regional partners, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine. The proceeds of this sale and the endowments of the Saint Luke's Hospital Association and Saint Luke's Medical Center were used to create the Saint Luke's Foundation. The collection consists of the institutional records of Saint Luke's Hospital, MetroHealth Saint Luke's Medical Center, Saint Luke's Medical Center, and the Saint Luke's Hospital Association, including historical records, correspondence, contracts and agreements, minutes, financial statements, wills, newspaper clippings, publications, transcripts, reports, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 4786 | | | | Extent: | 16.41 linear feet (17 containers and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Prentiss, Francis Fleury, 1858-1937. | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance Allen, 1865-1944. | Cleveland General Hospital. | Saint Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | College Building and Hospital Association. | Saint Luke's Hospital Association (Cleveland Ohio). | Saint Luke's Hospital School of Nursing. | MetroHealth Medical Center. | MetroHealth Saint Luke's Medical Center. | Saint Luke's Medical Center. | Saint Luke's Foundation. | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Maternity services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2372 | Title: | Abba Hillel Silver Papers
| | | | Creator: | Silver, Abba Hillel | | | | Dates: | 1902-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was the rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, sermons, writings, speaking engagements files, scrapbooks and miscellaneous personal material. The bulk of the material is in the correspondence series and includes minutes, publications, reports, financial statements and confidential notes relating to Rabbi Silver's participation in numerous local and national organizations, especially Zionist groups. Important material relating to the American Zionist Emergency Council, the Zionist Organization of America, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the United Jewish Appeal, United Palestine Appeal and the American Zionist Policy Committee is found in the collection. Also included is significant material relating to Cleveland Jewish organizations and other civic groups, such as The Temple (Temple-Tifereth Israel), Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Community Council, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland, and the Cleveland Zionist Society. In addition, the collection contains an extensive file of Silver's speeches, sermons, books, articles and other writings on Zionism, Judaism and other topics, and assorted material relating to Silver's personal life | | | | Call #: | MS 4787 | | | | Extent: | 94.20 linear feet (135 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | American Zionist Policy Committee. | American Zionist Council. | American Zionist Emergency Council. | Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish National Fund. | Jewish Agency for Palestine. American Section. | Jewish Agency for Palestine. | Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers. | Keren Hayesod. | Ohio Commission on Unemployment Insurance. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | United Jewish Appeal. | Cleveland Zionist Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Zionist Organization of America. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Zionism. | Zionism -- United States. | Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. | Palestine -- Politics and government. | Israel -- Politics and government. | Refugees, Jewish. | Jews -- Palestine. | Jews -- United States. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism. | Reform Judaism. | Labor movement -- United States. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio. | Open and closed shop -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Anti-Nazi movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2373 | Title: | Fair Housing Inc. Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fair Housing Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1962-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Fair Housing Inc. was a Cleveland, Ohio, licensed real estate brokerage firm incorporated in 1962 as a for-profit business venture. Its primary aim was to establish the principle of non-discrimination in the Greater Cleveland housing market. It assisted persons who had historically been denied housing because of race, religion, or national origin by offering affordable housing; promoting good community relations as a way to stabilize emerging mixed neighborhoods; and encouraging the dissolution of segregation patterns based on race, ethnicity, or religious background. The founding officers included Karl F. Bruch Jr., Dr. Winston Richie, and Russell Adrine. By 1971, federal and state governments had passed open housing legislation, and Fair Housing Inc. was dissolved. The collection consists of board of directors' and stockholders' records, including articles of incorporation, corporate dissolution records, financial records, agendas, correspondence, directors' information forms, committee rosters, memos, proposals, reports, minutes, broker reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, loan records, shareholder proxies, reply cards, stock campaign records, shareholders' lists, and subject files. | | | | Call #: | MS 4788 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2374 | Title: | John T. Weeden Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weeden, John T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1922-1994 | | | | Abstract: | John T. Weeden, Sr. was a prominent African-American Baptist minister in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Indiana Central College, Butler University, Moody Bible Institute, and Case Western Reserve University. He was ordained in 1928. Reverend Weeden married the former Gladys Mae Evans in 1922. After serving as pastor at two churches in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was called in 1948 to St. Timothy Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there until his death in 1988. In addition to his extensive involvement in a number of Baptist and religious organizations, Weeden was involved in civil rights and political issues, including service as co-chair of the clergy committee for Carl Stokes during the mayoral campaign of 1967. The collection consists of church programs, bulletins, brochures, bylaws, minutes, reports, sermons, certificates, cards, correspondence, memorabilia, datebooks, telegrams, financial and family records, registers, notes, speeches, lessons, postcards, passports, books, obituaries, and newspaper clippings. In addition to family-related documents, the collection includes extensive material related to St. Timothy Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4789 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988. | Weeden family. | St. Timothy Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2375 | Title: | James A. Garfield Family Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James A. Family | | | | Dates: | 1859-1990 | | | | Abstract: | James Abram Garfield was the twentieth president of the United States. He grew up in Orange, Ohio, graduated from Williams College in 1856, became president of Hiram College in Portage County, Ohio, and was a lay minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, and in 1858, married Lucretia Rudolph. Garfield served in the Civil War, as a lieutenant-colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment. He was a major general when he resigned in 1863 to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years. Nominated in 1880 as a compromise Republican presidential candidate, his campaign was conducted from Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio, home. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19. He was survived by his widow, Lucretia Garfield, and by his children; Mary, who married his former secretary, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Irvin McDowell, Harry Augustus, who became president of Williams College, James Rudolph, a Cleveland attorney, Republican politician and member of Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, and Abram, a Cleveland architect. The collection consists of correspondence, election tallies, essays, book inscriptions, legal papers, corporate records, scholarly and political notes, a minute book, scrapbooks, receipts, invitations, sympathy cards, calling cards, newspaper clippings, notebooks, pamphlets, phrenology charts, a eulogy, a presentation album, a resolution, a lock of hair, broadsides, programs, poems, sheet music, drawings, lithographs, and paintings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4790 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (3 containers and 10 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918. | Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950. | Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. | Garfield family. | Rudolph family. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) | Garfield & Garfield (Cleveland, Ohio). | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | Law firms -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Presidents -- United States -- Family. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Mourning customs -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2376 | Title: | Centerior Energy Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Centerior Energy Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1881-1996 | | | | Abstract: | The Centerior Energy Corporation was founded in 1892 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland General Electric Company, with a franchise from the General Electric Company of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1893, assets of the Brush Electric Light and Power Company and of the Cleveland Electric Light Company were transferred to the Cleveland General Electric Company, forming the nucleus of a new organization. On July 21, 1894, the name of the company was changed to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). In 1926, the company purchased the Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company and its subsidiary, The United Light and Power Company. Other power companies in the northeastern Ohio region were purchased during this time. In 1947 control of the company returned to the hands of public investors, and new power plants continued to be added to the system. The company's first nuclear power plant, the Davis-Besse facility, became fully operational in 1978. A second nuclear power facility, the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, was subsequently added. In 1986 Centerior Energy Corporation, an affiliation between CEI and the Toledo Edison Company, was formed to become one of the largest electric systems in the United States. In 1996, Centerior Energy Corporation and the Ohio Edison Company merged into a new holding company, First Energy Corporation. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, annual reports, bylaws, histories, correspondence, legal briefs, financial records, handbooks, speeches, pamphlets, publications, oral history transcriptions, organizational charts, rate schedules, magazine and newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Includes the correspondence of various presidents of the corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4791 | | | | Extent: | 31.40 linear feet (45 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. | Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio). | Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Ohio) | Centerior Energy Corporation. | Cleveland General Electric Company. | Toledo Edison Company. | Ohio Edison Company. | Brush Electric Light and Power Company. | Cleveland Electric Light Company. | First Energy Corporation. | Electric utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power distribution -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power transmission -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Electric power-plants -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Strikes and lockouts -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Nuclear energy. | Nuclear power plants -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2377 | Title: | Hungarian Aid Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Hungarian Aid Society | | | | Dates: | 1926-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4792 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Black, Morris, d. 1864. | Black, David, 1819-1880. | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2378 | Title: | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Goodwill Industries was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1918, as Goodwill Industries of Cleveland by Methodist minister Frank Milton Baker, it followed the concepts pioneered by Dr. Edgar J. Helms of Boston, Massachusetts. Its initial purpose was to furnish job training and employment for the aged, poor, and handicapped; and inexpensive clothing and furniture to the community through the processing of donated materials and management of Goodwill resale stores. In the 1930s, it began to focus on the vocational training and employment needs of people with physical, mental, and social disabilities. During the 1960s, rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, and social workers were added to its staff. The collection consists of minutes, rosters, reports, correspondence, articles of incorporation, bylaws, pamphlets, programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, financial and administrative records, lists, and histories. | | | | Call #: | MS 4793 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Baker, Frank Milton, 1880-1950. | Helms, Edgar J., 1863-1942. | Ford, David Knight, 1894-1993. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland, Inc. | Goodwill Industries International. | Goodwill Industries of America. | Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home. | Boy Scouts of America. Greater Cleveland Council. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Vocational rehabilitation. | People with disabilities -- Employment.
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