Category: Libraries and Museums

The CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY- BROADWAY BRANCH or Broadway Free Carnegie Library is a designated CLEVELAND LANDMARK STRUCTURE located at 5437 Broadway Ave. or 3328 East 55th St.

CRAWFORD AUTO-AVIATION MUSEUM. See WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY ARCHIVES, created in June 1975 as a department of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, are the repository for the historical records of Cuyahoga County, and for current records requiring temporary maintenance.

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (CCPL), established by referendum in Nov. 1922, was the nation's seventh busiest library system in 1993.

The DUNHAM TAVERN, one of Cleveland's oldest buildings and a representative Colonial farmhouse of pioneer days, is still standing in its original location at 6709 Euclid Ave. Believed to be the first building constructed on Euclid east of E. 55th St., the tavern was originally the home of Rufus and Jane Pratt Dunham, a young couple who came to Cleveland between 1819-23 from Mansfield, MA.

THE EDUCATION ART COLLECTION located in Cleveland was founded in 1914 in anticipation for the opening of the

FLEWELLEN, ICABOD (06 July 1916 - 20 July 2001), student, curator, activist, citizen, and community servant was a long-time resident of HOUGH best known for his extensive collection of African-American historical artifacts and memorabilia.

FROSTVILLE is a living history museum located in Cedar Point Valley in NORTH OLMSTED, on land that is today part of the

The GARFIELD HTS. HISTORICAL SOCIETY was founded in Dec. 1967 to preserve the history of that suburb. The founder and first president was August Kleinschmidt. The society acquired its first temporary home in 1980, when a room at Maple Leaf School was utilized. Ten years later space was acquired in the Garfield Hts. Civic Center. In 1992-93 a former residence was acquired as a permanent home for the society.

The GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY, organized on April 27, 1944, maintains the Inland Seas Maritime Museum, the largest and oldest marine museum on the Great Lakes. The society was founded at a meeting at the CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY by Frederick Wakefield, A. A. Mastics, Milton N.

The GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER, located at 601 Erieside Avenue, opened in July of 1996 in the North Coast Harbor district of Cleveland's lakefront.

The GREATER CLEVELAND LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY was founded in 1982 by Jean Tussey and David Knapp as a resource center and museum to educate today's workers about the daily life of the ordinary workingman in the past. Located in the Sidney Hillman Building at 2227 Payne Ave., the society collected historic records, books, photographs, and memorabilia from various sources, including material from the UAW, Intl.

The HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL ASSN., an African-American history center, traces its origins back to the 1960s, when Hanif Wahab began collecting African-American artifacts and documents. These items were stored in his home until 1987, when some were displayed on the second floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. branch of the CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.

HELMUTH, RUTH WALTER (29 Aug 1918-16 July 1997) founded the Western Reserve University archives, which rose to national prominence under her direction; pioneered methods for preserving institutional records and memorabilia; and developed a program for training archivists which became a model for similar efforts nationwide. She was born in Cleveland to Carl Frederick, a salesman, and Leda A.

The HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY in Cleveland began operation in 1936 as a WPA relief project for white-collar workers. The program operated through the WPA's Women's and Professional Service Division.