| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1121 | 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 | | 1122 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1899-1966 | | | | 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 consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise. | | | | Call #: | MS 3668 | | | | Extent: | 49.60 linear feet (47 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1123 | Title: | Joseph Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1883-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1852 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacture of men's clothing. The Joseph and Feiss Company was incorporated in 1907, and was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph's son Emil became a lawyer, and Emil's son, Frank, was partner at the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. Frank E. Joseph and his wife, Martha, were also active philanthropists. The couple's son, William R. Joseph, Sr. continues to be active in the community. The collection consists of awards, correspondence, diaries, diplomas, genealogies, guest lists, inventories, news clippings, newsletters, legal records, notebooks, programs, scrapbooks, and assorted writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5055 | | | | Extent: | 4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. | Joseph, William R., 1946- | Joseph family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1125 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1984-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, including agendas, annual reports, architectural drawings, budgets, compact discs, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by the George Gund Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 5038 | | | | Extent: | 139.40 linear feet (140 containers) | | | | Subjects: | George Gund Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Birth control.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1126 | Title: | Margaret Manor Butler Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Butler, Margaret Manor | | | | Dates: | 1950-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Margaret Manor Butler was a historian in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who wrote several books on the history of Lakewood, Ohio and the Western Reserve, including: A Pictorial History of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860. The collection consists of correspondence and county subject files concerning the publication of: A Pictorial history of the Western Reserve. The collection pertains largely to the process of compiling a pictorial history and to the history of the Western Reserve. | | | | Call #: | MS 4453 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. | Women historians -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. A pictorial history of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1127 | Title: | Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1636-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time. | | | | Call #: | MS 5362 | | | | Extent: | 27.80 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Connecticut Land Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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| Book | Save | | 1128 | Title: | The life and travels of Mungo Park: with the account of his death from the journal of Isaaco, the substance of later discoveries relative to his lamented fate, and the termination of the Niger
| | | | Uniform Title: | Western Reserve Historical Society Shaker collection
| | | | Creator: | Park, Mungo, 1771-1806 | | | | | Isaacoan African, Mungo Park's guide | | | | Publication: | Harper, New York,1841,c1840 | | | | Call #: | DT356 P236 1841 | | | | Extent: | xii, 13-248 p. : plates, map ; 19 cm | | | | Subjects: | Africa -- Discovery and exploration | Niger River
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 1129 | Title: | Ben B. Wickham Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wickham, Ben B. | | | | Dates: | 1910-1920 | | | | Abstract: | Ben B. Wickham was the Law Director of Cleveland, Ohio (1916-1917) who was associated with the Van Sweringen brothers and their acquisition of land used for the construction of the Terminal Tower and the development of the Shaker Heights area. The collection consists of one photograph album containing photographs of railroad yards and proposed construction sites for bridges and other excavations in Cleveland, Ohio. The first six pages are used to sequentially represent the blueprints of a proposed Cleveland and Youngstown Railroad route through the east side of Cleveland to Shaker Heights. | | | | Call #: | PG 157 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wickham, Ben B., -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland & Youngstown Railroad -- Photograph collections. | Railroads -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
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| Book | Save | | 1130 | Title: | True religion: a poem
| | | | Creator: | Harter, J. H.Mrs | | | | | Eads, H. L. (Harvey L.) | | | | | Harter, J. H.Mrs | | | | Publication: | s.n, S.l,1879?] | | | | Notes: | Caption title. Lizzie Morton is pseud. for H.L. Eads.--Richmond. True religion was read at the dedication of Lyceum hall at Freeville, N.Y., August, 1879.--NUC pre-1956. | | | | Call #: | BX9786 P7H2 | | | | Extent: | 20 p. ; 15 cm. | | | | |
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1132 | Title: | Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph L. Weinberg was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Edith L. Weinberg was a program director at the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh (1926-1933) and was a leader in many Jewish and community service organizations. Her mother, Stella S. Lazarus was secretary at the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio (1923-1933). The collection consists of agendas, brochures, certificates, clippings, contracts, correspondence, drawings, genealogical charts, inventories, invitations, lists, memoirs, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, programs, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, telegrams and writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4051 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977 | Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987 | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Youth, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 1133 | Title: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1970-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland was founded in 1918 by Emile B. De Sauze in Cleveland, Ohio. This organization sought to promote cultural relations between Cleveland and France by encouraging the study of French culture, language, art and literature, by publishing information regarding these studies, and by assisting professors, teachers and students in their activities. The collection consists of individual and group portraits and views of members, guests and activities of the Maison Francaise de Cleveland (Ohio). Included in the collection is a portrait of its founder, Emile B. Sauze, and views of the presentation of Bartholdi's clay working model of the Statue of Liberty to the city of Canton, Ohio, in 1970. Also included are copies of newspaper clippings related to the photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 260 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Maison Francaise de Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | French language -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | France -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 1134 | Title: | Ernst Payer Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Payer, Ernst | | | | Dates: | ca. 1982 | | | | Abstract: | Ernst Payer (1904-1981) was an architect of buildings in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The collection consists of views of structures in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area, designed by architect Ernst Payer. The collection includes photographs of the Medusa Portland Cement Co. building in Cleveland Heights, Ohio; the A. Dean Perry summer home in Gates Mills, Ohio; the Charles S. Klaus house of Kirtland, Ohio; the Stinchcomb Memorial, Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks; and the Ape and Primate Building at the Cleveland Zoo. | | | | Call #: | PG 332 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Payer, Ernst, 1904-1981 -- Photograph collections. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Book | Save | | 1135 | Title: | A narrative of the Indian wars in New-England: from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to the year 1677 : containing a relation of the occasion, rise and progress of the war with the Indians, in the Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern parts of said country
| | | | Uniform Title: | Western Reserve Historical Society Shaker collection
| | | | Creator: | Hubbard, William, 1621 or 2-1704 | | | | Publication: | Heman Willard, Stockbridge, Mass,1803. | | | | Notes: | Howes Usiana H756. Reprint of the abridged edition of 1775, possibly copied from the reprint of 1801. First published at Boston, 1677, with title : A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New England... "List of subscribers" one of leaf at end. Bound in brown leather ; stamped in gold ; black leather label on spine, stamped in gold. | | | | Call #: | E82 H87 1803 Vault | | | | Extent: | [i-viii], [9]-375, [1] [1]-2 p., 2Á. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Wars | Indians of North America -- New England | New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Save | | 1138 | Title: | The New Testament of the English version of the polyglott Bible: having a centre column of original references; interpaged with the biblical concordance, entitled "scripture harmony" forming together a rich and comprehensive exhibition of parallel and illustrative passages, from the Latin Vulgate, French, & German bibles, Canne, Brown, Blayney, and Scott, the whole arrenged in an order adapted to increase the utility of the work
| | | | Alt. Title: | Bible. N.T. English. Authorized. 1817
| | | | Uniform Title: | Wallace Hugh Cathcart Collection of Shaker Literature and Manuscripts | Western Reserve Historical Society Shaker collection
| | | | Publication: | Samuel Bagster, London,1817. | | | | Notes: | Dual pagination. | | | | Call #: | BX9778 B5N5 1817 Vault | | | | Extent: | 188 p. [i.e., 376] ; 17 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Bible. -- New Testament
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| Book | Save | | 1139 | Title: | Oahspe: a new Bible in the words of Jehovih and his angel embassadors ; a sacred history of the dominions of the higher and lower heavens on the earth for the past twenty-four thousand years, together with a synopsis of the cosmogony of the universe, the creation of planets, the creation of man, the unseen worlds, the labor and glory of gods and goddesses in the Etherean heavens, with the new commandments of Jehovih to man of the present day, with revelations from the second resurrection, formed in words in the thirty-third year of the Kosmon era
| | | | Uniform Title: | Western Reserve Historical Society Shaker collection
| | | | Creator: | Newbrough, John Ballou, 1828-1891 | | | | Publication: | Oahspe Pub. Association, New York,1882. | | | | Call #: | BX9778 B5 O1 1882 Vault | | | | Extent: | xii, 890 p. : ill. ; 30 x 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Bible
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 1140 | Title: | Myra Caley Gibbs Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Gibbs, Myra Caley | | | | Dates: | 1870-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Myra Caley Gibbs (1871-1964) was a Warrensville Township, Ohio, native and descendant of Daniel and Moses Warren. She married Samuel L. Gibbs, who helped the Van Sweringen brothers develop Shaker Heights. She also maintained an interest in the North Union Shaker community. The collection consists of individual portraits of Gibbs, Mills, Young, Demsey,and Warren family members. Also includes views of Daniel Warren's home on Kinsmen Road and a group portrait of the Moreland Garden Club. | | | | Call #: | PG 352 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gibbs, Myra Caley, 1871-1964 -- Photograph collections. | Gibbs family -- Photograph collections. | Mills family -- Photograph collections. | Warren family -- Photograph collections. | Young family -- Photograph collections. | Demsey family -- Photograph collections. | Moreland Garden Club -- Photograph collections.
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