| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 1281 | Title: | Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph L. Weinberg (1890-1977) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Weinberg became involved with urban renewal efforts with his design of Lakeview Terrace in Cleveland in 1934. Edith L. Weinberg (1902-1987) 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 individual and group portraits of Joseph and Edith Weinberg, including family members and activities, and with others. Group portraits include a photograph of Joseph Weinberg with Eleanor Roosevelt at Lakeview Terrace. Views include events such as the ground breaking ceremony of Lakeview Terrace; meetings, dinners and luncheons; aerial views of the Lakeview Terrace housing project; Weinberg family residences; Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights; and other buildings. Perspective renderings of building plans, including Lakeview Terrace, Council Gardens, and a proposed apartment in Parma Heights, are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 340 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Lazarus, Stella Schwarz, 1873-1955 -- Photograph collections. | Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg family -- Photograph collections. | Lakeview Terrace (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1282 | Title: | Urban League of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Urban League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1964-1981 | | | | Abstract: | The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland to aid the adjustment of black workers coming to Cleveland during the Great Migration following World War I. Led by Wm. R. Conners for the first 25 years, it joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Formed initially to confront barriers to economic opportunities and find jobs for black workers, by the 1930s the primary goal of the League was the issue of improved housing. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, contracts, memoranda and other papers relating to the organization's operation, especially Operation Equality, a subdivision of the organization concerned with fair housing issues. This collection is essential for those interested in the issues of race relations and open housing in Cleveland. Records and reports of organizations such as Operation Equality, the Fair Housing Council, which consisted of several local fair housing groups including Operation Equality, and National Neighbors, a national organization which promoted peaceful integration, comprise a large part of the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 4206 | | | | Extent: | 10.00 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Book | Save | | 1283 | Title: | Is this your English ancestor?: the names and location of 13,000 banished and persecuted Quakers in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, the families of many migrated to the American Colonies for religious freedom
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Lorand Victor, 1905- | | | | Publication: | L.V. Johnson, Shaker Heights, Ohio,1979. | | | | Notes: | cover title: Is this your British ancestor? | | | | Call #: | BX7791 J67 | | | | Extent: | 89, 37 p. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Besse, Joseph, -- 1683?-1757. -- A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers -- Index | Society of Friends -- Genealogy | Society of Friends -- Registers
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| Book | Save | | 1284 | Title: | A great joy: the Women's Art Club of Cleveland
| | | | Creator: | Waldman, Lawrence | | | | | Berardi, Marianne | | | | | Eyerdam, Pamela J. | | | | | Richards, Christopher L. | | | | | Women's Art Club of Cleveland (Ohio) | | | | Publication: | | | | | Notes: | "The Union Club of Cleveland, May 15-August 30, 2014." "Cleveland Public Library, Fine Arts and Special Collections, June 16-December 30, 2014." "ARTneo at 78th Street Studios, November 21, 2014-January 17, 2015." "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "A great joy : the Women's Art Club of Cleveland." Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83). | | | | Call #: | F34ZUG W872g 2014 | | | | Extent: | 88 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm | | | | Subjects: | Women's Art Club of Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History
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| Periodicals and Newspapers | Save | | 1286 | Title: | Soule Kindred newsletter
| | | | Creator: | Soule Kindred | | | | Publication: | Soule Kindred in America, Albany, N.Y,c2006- | | | | Notes: | Title from cover. Latest issue consulted: Vol. 40, no. 2 (Oct./Nov. 2006). | | | | Call #: | Soule family | | | | Extent: | v. : ill. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Soule family -- Periodicals
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1290 | Title: | Ronald and Isabelle Brown Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Ronald and Isabelle | | | | Dates: | 1914-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Ronald Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928, he founded, along with William C. Treuhaft and Elmer C. Hann, the Tremco Manufacturing Company in Cleveland. Brown was a vice president of Tremco. After retirement from the company in 1960, he became a management consultant. Brown was the author of From Selling to Managing: Guidelines for the First-Time Sales Manager. His volunteer and philanthropic activities included work for the Jewish Big Brothers Association of Cleveland, the Citizen's Advisory Board to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Ohio Department on Aging, and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education. He married Isabelle Gup in 1934. She was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University. Active in the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, she served as president of that organization and was active on the national and international level. She also was first chair of the Women's Organization of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, served on the national executive council of the American Jewish Committee, and was the first chair of the Greater Cleveland Women's Committee for Civil Rights. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and other writings, scrapbooks, newsletters, certificates, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4827 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. | Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. | Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. | Ohio. Dept. of Aging. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. | Tremco Manufacturing Company. | American Management Association. | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | International Council of Jewish Women. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1291 | Title: | Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation
| | | | Creator: | Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1997-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Benjamin S. Gerson Family Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as a charitable fund in 1968 by Eleanor Rosenfeld Gerson (1915-2000) and her husband Benjamin S. Gerson (1911-1972). It was converted to a private family foundation in 1973 in memory of Benjamin Gerson. The foundation dissolved in 2004. The collection consists of budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, and grant proposals, and project reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5271 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gerson, Benjamin S., 1911-1973. | Gerson, Eleanor Rosenfeld, 1916-2000 | Gerson family. | Philanthropy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1292 | Title: | Winifred Wolcott Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wolcott, Winifred Family | | | | Dates: | 1815-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Winifred Wolcott (1879-1946) was a genealogist from Medina County, Ohio. Wolcott compiled a great deal of information on her ancestral families, most of whom came from New England. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, family histories, hereditary society applications, cemetery records, marriage records, and papers of Mrs. Wolcott's maternal ancestors, the Kings and the Porters. Includes correspondence, transcripts of letters, notices of payments from the U.S. Postal Service, excerpts from the Windfall, a newspaper edited by Cyrus King, and miscellaneous material. | | | | Call #: | MS 4343 | | | | Extent: | 1.42 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Wolcott, Winifred, 1879-1946. | King family. | Porter family. | Wolcott family. | Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Women -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Elizabeth (N.J.) -- Genealogy. | Medina County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | United States -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1293 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1974-2012 | | | | 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 primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5296 | | | | Extent: | 70.80 linear feet (75 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 1294 | Title: | Joseph Hays Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hays, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1874-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Germany in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Ccmpany, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of individual portraits of the Hays, Eisenman, Feiss, Halle, Heiner, Maschke, and Seligman family members. Also included are views of early automobiles in northeast Ohio; Edgewater and Gordon Parks and Shaker Heights, Ohio; parties and dances; the Excelsior Club; the Federation of Jewish Charities first Board of Trustees; the 1914 cornerstone laying of Mount Sinai Hospital; McDonald & Company; and stereoviews of the Kaynee Clothing Company factory | | | | Call #: | PG 503 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916 -- Photograph collections. | Hays family -- Photograph collections. | Feiss family -- Photograph collections. | Halle family -- Photograph collections. | Eisenman family -- Photograph collections. | Maschke family -- Photograph collections. | Seligman family -- Photograph collections. | Heiner family -- Photograph collections. | Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | McDonald & Company -- Photograph collections. | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1296 | Title: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve | | | | Dates: | 1838-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of addresses, advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, applications, articles of incorporation, bibliographies, board of trustees minutes, book manuscripts, brochures, by-laws, certificates, constitutions, correspondence, diary entries, dues payments, family trees, financial records, flyers, forms, genealogies, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, journals, lectures, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, maps, meeting announcements, membership cards, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, publications, records of proceedings, reports, research, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, song lyrics, speeches, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5181 | | | | Extent: | 21.00 linear feet (22 containers and 5 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1297 | Title: | James C. Hardie Papers
| | | | Creator: | James C. Hardie | | | | Dates: | 1952-2002 | | | | Abstract: | James C. Hardie (1922-2009), an independent development and public relations consultant in Cleveland, Ohio. Through his professional relationship with industrialist and philanthropist Frederick Crawford (1891-1994), Hardie was impressed with the caliber of Cleveland corporations and their ability to support educational endeavors as well as with the region's pioneering work in philanthropy, most notably its creation of the first unified community fund raising campaign. Hardie became Vice President of Case Institute of Technology in 1967. He held the same office when Case merged with neighboring Western Reserve University in 1967, serving there until 1969. While at Case and CWRU he continued to develop new and innovative ideas in the development/fundraising field and was allowed by the university to consult for John Carroll University's development department. Through his work with John Carroll University and other such opportunities, he broadened his career purview and embraced new concepts. He became involved with the American College Public Relations Association, a relationship that led him to envision many more opportunities in the development field. Hardie also continued to develop new insights, ideas, and methods for development campaigns on his own. Most significant was his "top 100" philosophy which was a change from generally accepted practice in the field. Hardie proposed that 75% of any fundraising goal needed to come from the top 100 prospects, 20% from the next 400 and all the remaining gifts would only make up 5% of contributors. He first used this technique on a campaign he was asked to run at Case Western Reserve University. This strategy was highly successful and he continued to use it with almost all of his clients. After being asked to consult for St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, Hardie decided to leave CWRU. In June of 1969 he formed his own consulting firm to focus on assisting non-profit organizations with development including capital campaigns, general fundraising, bequests and deferred gifts programs, feasibility studies, and public relations. He also often assisted with the hiring and training of development staff for these institutions. Hardie created a very successful consulting career, working with more than sixty mostly northeastern Ohio clients, mostly cultural, educational and service institutions. His consulting work raised hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients and greatly boosted Cleveland's national reputation as a center for philanthropy. He also advised some 200 other non-profit institutions regarding their development and philanthropic needs on an unpaid basis. He was one of the founders of The Corporate 1% Program for Higher Education, a program designed to increase corporate giving to higher education, and was a trustee of the George S. Dively Foundation. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, brochures, budgets, calendars, charts, client publications, correspondence, datebooks, financial reports, forms, grant proposals, invoices, job descriptions, lists, magazine and newspaper articles, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, news releases, notebooks, notes, outlines, photographs, presentations, reports, speeches, statistics, and studies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5078 | | | | Extent: | 50.40 linear feet (51 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hardie, James C., 1922- | Crawford, Frederick C., 1891- | Case Western Reserve University -- Charitable contributions. | Saint Luke's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Charitable contributions. | Cleveland Museum of Natural History -- Charitable contributions. | Cleveland Play House (Organization : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Charitable contributions. | Fairview General Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Charitable contributions. | Hawken School -- Charitable contributions. | Salvation Army -- Charitable contributions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vocational Guidance and Rehabilitation Services (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Charitable contributions. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. | Corporations -- Charitable contributions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businesspeople -- Charitable contributions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising consultants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1298 | Title: | John P. Murphy Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | John P. Murphy Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1970-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The John P. Murphy Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1960, which received most of the $13 million estate of John Patrick Murphy, a Minnesota and Montana railroad lawyer who came to Cleveland, Ohio in 1920 as lawyer for the Van Sweringen brothers, builders of Cleveland's Terminal Tower. Murphy represented the Van Sweringen brothers in their development of real estate interests, railroads, and the Cleveland Union Terminal on Public Square from 1920-1937, and was named executor of the Van Sweringen estate after the deaths of the brothers. Murphy took over the Van Sweringens' controlling interest in the Higbee Company, and became president in 1944 and chairman of the board in 1968. The foundation supports primarily local projects in the area of secondary and higher Catholic education, music, hospitals, and the Community Fund. The collection consists of grant proposals, audited financial statements, and investment reports from National City Bank. | | | | Call #: | MS 4681 | | | | Extent: | 7.80 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Murphy, John Patrick, 1887-1969. | John P. Murphy Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1299 | Title: | Perry B. Jackson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jackson, Perry B. | | | | Dates: | 1879-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland, Ohio civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, speeches, financial material, personnel lists, bench notes, judicial election material, and other material relating to Judge Jackson and his judicial, church and civic activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3581 | | | | Extent: | 7.81 linear feet (19 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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