Category: Immigration and Ethnicity

KETTERINGHAM, GEORGE H. (11 Feb. 1876-29 Dec. 1954) was a developer of technical instruments manufactured by Cleveland industry. His innovations included the harvesting of spider web for use as cross hairs in optical equipment and perfection of electro-pezioid crystal for electrical devices.

KOHANYI, TIHAMER (1863-10 March 1913), founder of SZABADSAG (Liberty), the largest Hungarian daily newspaper in the U.S., was born in Saros, Hungary and came to America at 27 after an unsuccessful attempt to practice law in Hungary.

The KOREAN-AMERICAN ASSN. OF GREATER CLEVELAND, a cultural association organized in 1966, serves the Korean-American community in the northeastern Ohio region (see IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION). It sponsors Korean Day Festivals to celebrate and publicize Korean culture.

KOREANS. Korean immigration to Cleveland largely stems from the end of the KOREAN WAR. Some South Koreans left their homeland to escape the harsh aftermath of war, and others to escape the military regime that took over the government of South Korea. Some came to the U.S. for education, while others hoped to find economic prosperity.

KULHANEK, JAMES CHARLES (23 April 1908-1 April 1990) a noted regional artist, was born in Cleveland the son of Anna (Veleba) and Vaclav Kulhanek who settled in Cleveland in the early 1900’s from their native Bohemia. 

L'ARALDO (The Herald) gave Cleveland's Italian community its second newspaper when it began publication on 1 July 1938. A tabloid printed in both Italian and English, the weekly was put out by the L'Araldo Publishing Co. on Mayfield Rd. in LITTLE ITALY. Attorney Joseph H. Taddeo served as president and editor.

LA VOCE DEL POPOLO ITALIANO (The Voice of the Italian People) was founded by cousins Olindo G. and Fernando Melaragno in 1904. Cleveland's first Italian newspaper, it was also published as L'Italiano and Il Progresso Italiano in America before assuming its permanent appellation on 2 Apr. 1910.

LATINO magazine was the outgrowth of 2 previous Hispanic publications, all of them operated by José Peña. A graduate of Lincoln-West High School, Peña purchased a struggling tabloid named El Sol soon after its debut in 1972. Publishing at first out of his house on W. 38th St., Peña nursed it into a weekly of 8-16 pages and 3,000 circulation before it ceased publication in Aug. 1976.

LATVIANS. One of Cleveland's smaller ethnic groups is composed of men and women who trace their ancestry back to Latvia, a small land along the Baltic Sea that enjoyed political independence from 18 Nov.

LEMKO HALL, located in TREMONT, 2337 W. 11th St. at the corner of Literary Ave., was initially a saloon built in 1909-1910 which remained the home of the saloon owner, Andrew Koreny, and his family, until purchased by the Lemko Assn. Home Branch No. 6, a branch of the Lemko Assn. of the U.S. and Canada.

LIBRARIES, ETHNIC. The large number of immigrant groups that have come to Cleveland have had a profound effect on its libraries, requiring the major public library to evolve a noted collection of works in foreign languages and leading to the establishment of a variety of private libraries by various nationality groups.

LITHUANIANS. The settlement of Lithuanians in Cleveland follows historical patterns similar to those of other East European nations.

LITTLE ITALY, one of 5 major Italian settlements in Cleveland (see ITALIANS), is located from E. 119th to E. 125th streets on Murray Hill and Mayfield roads.

LOPEZ, ABELINO "AL", JR. (30 August 1944—28 October 2014) was a career educator and Hispanic community leader who helped to found Esperanza, a mentoring and scholarship organization that became a pillar of the HISPANIC COMMUNITY of North

LOUIS KOSSUTH'S VISIT to Cleveland in 1852 was part of his fundraising tour of U.S. cities aimed at raising money to achieve Hungarian independence from Austria. Prominent Clevelanders invited Kossuth to stop here during his 16-state, 152-city tour. Though the Hungarian population of Cleveland was small, the Hungarian Society of Cleveland and the Ladies Hungarian Society were organized to prepare for his visit.

LYNCH, THOMAS M. (November 28, 1926 - December 6, 2017), an accountant with the international firm of ERNST & YOUNG, served in his retirement as Executive Director of the Domed Stadium Corporation, forerunner of the