The Cleveland Memory Project is a searchable collection of digital resources focusing on the history of greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, created in collaboration with many regional partners.
The eBooks listed here are also available via Cleveland Memory's “virtual reading room.” Many of the original texts for these eBooks may be found in Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, while a few exist only in digital format.
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The Hough Riots of 1966
Marc E. Lackritz 2010
During the night of July 18, 1966, racial turmoil in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood resulted in one of the most serious outbreaks of civil disorder in the city's history. A week later, when the National Guard had finally restored order,... (read more)
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"No Water for Niggers": The Hough Riots and the Historiography of the Civil Rights Movement
Olivia Lapeyrolerie 2015
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... (read more)
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Their Paths are Peace: The Story of Cleveland's Cultural Gardens
Clara Lederer 2010
The Cultural Gardens constitute a verdant symbol of the perpetual renewal of the human spirit through past cultures and future aspirations. As divergent elements of an harmonious whole, they represent democracy and brotherhood as... (read more)
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Arab Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland
Mary Haddad Macron 2013
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... (read more)
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Tinkerbelle: The Story of the Smallest Boat Ever to Cross the Atlantic Nonstop
Robert Manry 2012
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... (read more)
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Slovak Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland
Susi Megles, Mark Stolarik, and Martina Tybor 2020
The story of Slovaks in America is an especially illuminating one for scholarly inspection, for the Slovak experience is like a crystal prism that casts light in many directions. Original publication date 1978.
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Guide to Studying Neighborhoods and Resources on Cleveland
Edward M. Miggins 2010
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. Original publication date 1984.
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Beechwood, The Book
Jeffrey S. Morris 2012
From the forward by Darrell A.Young: "The city fathers have been called visionaries. The city has been studied by architects, planners, engineers and the like from all over the country. What is it about Beachwood that has attracted so... (read more)
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The History of Jewish Cemeteries In Cleveland and Cuyahoga County
Jeffrey S. Morris 2024
This book documents the history of the sixteen Jewish cemeteries in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, using primary sources such as recorded deed transfers, records of incorporation, and plat maps to trace ownership from the time of acquisition to today.... (read more)
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Haymarket to the Heights: The Movement of Cleveland's Orthodox Synagogues From Their Initial Meeting Places to the Heights
Jeffrey S. Morris 2014
This document traces the movement, growth and demise of the small neighborhood synagogues, or shuls, established by newly-arrived Eastern European Jews in the Haymarket area as they migrated to the eastern suburbs.
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Cleveland Jazz History, Second Edition
Joe Mosbrook 2013
Contents: What is jazz? -- Cleveland's earliest links to jazz -- The jazz age in Cleveland -- Art Tatum at Val's in the alley -- Duke Ellington in Cleveland -- Count Basie's Cleveland connections -- The big band era... (read more)
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The Central Retail Food Market of Cleveland, Ohio
C. J. Otten, Saxon D. Clark, A. B. Lowstuter, Charles W. Hauck, and United States Department of Agriculture 2014
A study of the Central Retail Food Market in Cleveland, Ohio was made in 1947 at the request of Mayor Thomas A. Burke (Marketing and Facilities Research Branch 3 of the Production and Marketing Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture)... (read more)
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Hungarian Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland
Susan M. Papp and Joe Eszterhás 2010
Cleveland was at one time the city with the second largest population of Hungarians in the world (after Budapest). This history of the Cleveland Hungarian community outlines within a historical context how and why Cleveland became such a large... (read more)
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Images of America: Cleveland's Lighthouses
Janice B. Patterson 2009
Missionary-geographer John Heckewelder was prophetic in the 1790s when he mapped the place where the Cuyahoga River flows into Lake Erie. He wrote, "Cujahaga will hereafter be a place of great importance". In 1796, surveyors arrived to plot a... (read more)
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Ohio City: A Proposal for Area Conservation in Cleveland
Carol Poh Miller 2018
The author’s master’s thesis, written in the mid-1970s as the first preservation efforts were underway in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood. Poh Miller argues for the conservation of Ohio City’s diverse cultures and people, as well as its distinctive architecture.... (read more)
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Serbian Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland Volume 2: Serbian Art
Ljubica D. Popovich 2020
This second volume deals with Serbian art and is the only survey ever written on this subject in English. The first volume of Serbian Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland emphasizes the Serbian history, cultural traits, literature, immigration and... (read more)
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Cleveland: Confused City on a Seesaw
Philip W. Porter 2010
No detached, scholarly, objective examination of the past, this is an eyewitness account of Cleveland during Phil Porter's fifty-year career as a working newspaperman in the city, told in his own blunt, subjective, often controversial style. Phil Porter retired... (read more)
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Remembering Ruetenik Gardens
Timothy G. Rodgers 2017
This is a brief account, gathered from both formal and informal sources, will give a little history, background, and information about what was once one of the most successful businesses in the area, Ruetenik Gardens. Original publication date 2008.
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The Years were Good
Louis B. Seltzer 2010
"This life and those years are shared with you in the pages of this book by a man who would be remarkable at any time in history and is doubly remarkable in today's...world. Reading what he has to say... (read more)
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A History of University Circle in Cleveland: Community, Philanthropy, and Planning
Darwin H. Stapleton 2020
This book uses the concepts and processes of community-building, philanthropic activity, and city planning to frame the 200-year history of University Circle, the educational, medical, and cultural center of Cleveland, Ohio. While written for the general reader, it draws... (read more)
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Promises of Power: A Political Autobiography
Carl B. Stokes 2015
For a brief time in Cleveland, I was the man of power. I had what no black man in this country has had before: direct control of the government of a predominantly white population. That power came to me... (read more)
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Stained Glass Windows of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio, Produced by Wilbur H. Burnham Studios
Michael J. Tevesz 2010
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral has over forty large stained glass windows that range in age from the 15 to the 20th Century. The medieval windows were produced in England and Germany, while the more contemporary windows were produced by such... (read more)
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Cleveland Union Station: A Description of the New Passenger Facilities and Surrounding Improvements, 1930
The Cleveland Union Terminal Co and The Cleveland Terminals Building Co 2010
When the Cleveland Union Terminal was formally opened in 1930, this souvenir dedication book was issued, explaining the new project and showing beautiful drawings of the facility. Although not credited in the original book, the illustrations appear to be... (read more)
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The Cleveland Jewish Society Book: 1915
The Jewish Independent Publishing Co. 2016
The Cleveland Jewish Society Books were published from 1915 to 1925 by the Jewish Independent Publishing Company, a locally owned publisher that published the weekly Jewish Independent. The books were similar in appearance to the Cleveland Blue Book, a... (read more)
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The Cleveland Jewish Society Book: Vol. II, 1917
The Jewish Independent Publishing Co. 2016
The Cleveland Jewish Society Books were published from 1915 to 1925 by the Jewish Independent Publishing Company, a locally owned publisher that published the weekly Jewish Independent. The books were similar in appearance to the Cleveland Blue Book, a... (read more)
