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  Fenn College

  William Becker

  Fenn College was founded in 1923 as part of the Cleveland YMCA’s education program, which for 50 years had helped students finish their high school educations and learn additional business and technical skills.Throughout its history, the fortunes of Fenn College were linked to those of Cleveland.

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  The Van Sweringen Developments in Cleveland: A Senior Thesis on the Van Sweringens

  Joseph G. Blake

  The Van Sweringen Developments in Cleveland: A Senior Thesis was submitted by Joseph G. Blake in May 1968 to the History Department of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana in partial fulfillment for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. It examines the Van Sweringen Developments in Cleveland, Shaker Heights, and the Cleveland Terminal development.

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  Cleveland : An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites

  Daniel M. Bluestone

  "As part of the Office of Archeology and Historic preservation, Department of Interior, the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documents historic engineering and industrial sites throughout the Nation. This inventory is the first step in the documentation process." -- from the Introduction

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  From Ark to Art : The 20-year Journey of the Civic, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from Jewish Temple to Multi-purpose Community Facility

  John J. Boyle III

  The Civic is a former Jewish temple located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The building was close to being abandoned and possibly torn down after its former congregation built a new facility farther out in the suburbs. This study describes how a former temple came to serve the community in a new and different way in the secular world. This study will chronicle the Civic as a historical building; describe the efforts to remake it into a multi-purpose building that is a community asset; and serve as a model to other communities interested in adapting houses of worship to secular purposes. While other government regulations, the basic tools are the same everywhere. there are differences between states in terms of the details of this kind of preservation work, such as tax codes and to provide the capital necessary to perform the retrofit. People responsible for the stewardship of older buildings that must be extensively retrofitted, as the Civic was, find it almost impossible to generate enough revenue to both sustain the operations of the building.

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  The Cleveland Nazis: 1933 - 1945

  Michael Cikraji

  During Cleveland’s Great Depression grew the first seeds of American Nazism. The city fostered an explicitly Nazi German-American Bund, a covert Silvershirt Legion detachment and prominent diplomatic agents from the Third Reich. Festooned with photos and meticulously documented, this book examines the timeless questions of American allegiance, the responsibilities of democratic governance, the security threats of “Un-American” activities, and the passions, motivations and dreams of American immigrants. In the most unlikely of places, here is a case-study true story of the fascinating, bewildering and terrifying rise of American Nazism.

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  Cleveland Press Story : The Newspaper That Serves Its Readers

  Cleveland Press

  Promotional piece for the Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio.

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  Each In Their Own Voice: African-American Artists in Cleveland, 1970-2005

  Cleveland State University, Art Gallery

  This exhibition, "Each in Their Own Voice," presents a survey of the work of 23 prominent African-American artists who were active in Cleveland between 1970 and 2005, a time in the recent past characterized by breathtaking technological, cultural, social, and artistic changes - a time that has yet to be fully understood and processed by the mechanisms of history.

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  Origin and History of the Cleveland Viaduct

  French Collins

  "For the satisfaction of such of my friends as are not conversant with the history of the Cleveland Viaduct, and who may entertain a just pride in the success of all laudable undertakings by those for whom they feel a friendly regard, and also for those who may wish to secure a record of its history, and being in possession of some facts in relation to it that no other man has any knowledge of, I propose to give a brief account of its origin and progress up to the present time"

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  Cleveland : The Best Kept Secret

  George E. Condon

  Former Plain Dealer columnist George Condon coined the phrase "The Best Kept Secret" that has since become synonymous with Cleveland (no longer the Mistake on the Lake!). This book is his masterpiece, a compilation of history, familiar names and faces, and the tongue in cheek humanism that made his column a household institution in Cleveland for a quarter century. (Review from Amazon.com)

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  Democratizing Cleveland: The Rise and Fall of Community Organizing in Cleveland, Ohio 1975-1985

  Randy Cunningham

  Democratizing Cleveland is the result of almost fifteen years of research on a topic that has been missing from local works on Cleveland history: the community organizing movement that put neighborhood concerns and neighborhood voices front and center in the setting of public policies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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  The Ginney Block: Reminiscences of an Italian-American Dead-end Street Kid

  Edward A. D'Alessandro

  Long before Progressive Field, the area just south of downtown was the site of the Haymarket district, the Central Market and parts of the Big Italy neighborhood. Edward D'Alessandro lived in "the Ginney Block," an Italian immigrant apartment building, until the new Cleveland Union Terminal construction project demolished it in 1928.

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  Vignettes of Clifton Park I

  Blythe Gehring

  Blythe Gehring with her husband and two children moved to Clifton Park in 1959 where the pending extension of Clifton Boulevard was the subject of hot debate. Her curiosity about the "Park" and the impact the extended road would have on it led to a seven year research project culminating in the publication of "Vignettes of Clifton Park"

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  Vignettes of Clifton Park II

  Blythe Gehring

  Research of this second project started in 1971-1972 and again in 1983 to December 31, 1995. All photographs were taken in 1985. Vignettes of Clifton Park II explains missing house additions and landscape changes. The purpose of this book is to list owners of the properties, a genealogy of the homes so to speak.

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  Cities Within a City : On Changing Cleveland's Government

  Burt W. Griffin

  Burt W. Griffin has been a judge of the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio since January 3, 1975. From 1966 to 1975, he served as a legal aid lawyer in various capacities including Executive Director of the Cleveland Legal Aid Society and National Director of the Legal Services Program, U.S. Office of Economic opportunity. He was Assistant Counsel to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy during 1964. Judge Griffin has been a life-long resident of Greater Cleveland. He was born in Cleveland's Hough section in 1932, lived in the Shaker Square area of Cleveland from 1937 to 1960, and has resided in Shaker Heights since then. Judge Griffin is a political science graduate of Amherst College, B.A. Cum Laude, 1954 and Yale Law School, J.D., 1959.

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  Guide to Stones Used for Houses of Worship in Northeastern Ohio

  Joseph T. Hannibal

  The purpose of this guide is to serve as an introduction and field guide to the stone used for Northeastern Ohio’s sacred landmarks. compiling this information are noted. Both exterior and interior stones are described. Locations are given so that visitors can find various interior features. Finally, interesting facts having to do with the stones are given in a remarks section and references to sources used.

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  Parish

  James Heaphey

  Memoir by James Heaphey, recalling growing in Cleveland during the Great Depression.

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  Cleveland: A Metropolitan Reader

  W Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, and David C. Perry

  Contemporary urban scholars examine the political economy, social development, and history of Cleveland from 1796 to the present in this interdisciplinary collection of essays. Also included are commentaries provided by the leaders of Cleveland, now actively working to transform the city. Though the contributors do not necessarily agree on the nature of Cleveland's problems or on appropriate solutions, together they offer a broad perspective on the reality of a great American city's growth, decline, and reinvention.

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  Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk: Strong Leadership During Troubled Times

  Richard Klein

  This book is a tribute to one of Cleveland’s greatest leaders. Ralph J. Perk embodied the quintessential 20^th century politician. A dedicated administrator with both insight and foresight, he dedicated nearly fifty years to public service. During his six-year tenure as mayor, Cleveland went through extraordinary economic, political and social changes. The citizenry demanded strong leadership and Ralph Perk provided it. An optimistic leader with strong moral and religious convictions, he never walked away from a challenge.

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  Fast-Food Restaurant Industry: A Cleveland Perspective 1930-2016

  Richard Klein

  This writing will focus on some the major fast-food establishments that served Greater Cleveland and how they evolved over time. Emphasizes will also be placed on some of the smaller as well as larger restaurants. To lend additional clarity, this study will investigate some leading national chains whose innovations within the industry set the pace for current development.

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  "Let's Go Shopping at the Square" Cleveland's Leading Downtown Department Stores: A Business Legacy

  Richard Klein

  This book is a tribute to the eight major downtown Cleveland department stores and their many loyal customers. For over 150 years, these large stores dominated the local retail scene. They represented exciting places that not only provided a full range of goods and services all under one roof, but also, offered a special shopping adventure every time their customers visited.

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  Brief History of Religion in Northeast Ohio, A

  George W. Knepper

  This monograph presents a concise but comprehensive look at the history of religion in Northeast Ohio. Starting with the early settlers from New England, Professor Knepper traces the increasingly diverse mixture of faiths that now characterize the life of the sacred in Northeast Ohio. In doing this, Professor Knepper is drawing on a lifetime of study into Ohio's history.

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  "No Water for Niggers": The Hough Riots and the Historiography of the Civil Rights Movement

  Olivia Lapeyrolerie

  The author, Olivia Lapeyrolerie, graduated from the University of St Andrews, located in Scotland, where she received a Master of Arts in Modern History. This publication is the thesis she submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree in January 2015. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Olivia chose to write her dissertation on the 1966 Hough Riots to learn more about her hometown.

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  Arab Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland

  Mary Haddad Macron

  The author of this monograph has made a contribution in describing the progress of the Syrian and Lebanese American community in the Cleveland area. These same experiences were similarly reflected in many other communities throughout the land, including my own. This monograph includes not only the early history of these people from their origins in the Mediterranean, it focuses particularly on their daily lives as immigrants to America -- and on the difficulties they encountered in trying to maintain their traditional institutions in a new land. –Excerpt from the Introduction by Danny Thomas, Founder of St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

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  Tinkerbelle: The Story of the Smallest Boat Ever to Cross the Atlantic Nonstop

  Robert Manry

  On June 1, 1965 Robert Manry, a copy editor for the Plain Dealer and a Willowick, Ohio resident, left Falmouth, Massachusetts aboard his 13.5-foot sailboat, Tinkerbelle, to begin his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. He arrived in Falmouth, England seventy-eight days later on August 17, 1965. At the time of the crossing Tinkerbelle was the smallest boat to have ever crossed the Atlantic.

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  Guide to Studying Neighborhoods and Resources on Cleveland, A

  Edward M. Miggins

  This monograph was written as part of the Cleveland Heritage Program in 1984 to provide more up-to-date information for researchers of Cleveland's history. The focus is well-established neighborhoods in Cleveland.