Example of advertising found in The Cleveland Jewish Society "Blue Books" of 1915


Links to the best of the best

Dr. Arnold Berger Provides a wide variety of resources and detailed histories of many of of Cleveland’s renowned rabbinical leaders. His work includes an abundance of worthwile reading!

    http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net
Cleveland Landmark Commission

A great resource compiled by the fine folks at the City of Cleveland Landmark Commission. Includes access to historic data base of Cleveland Architects
http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/cpc.html
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New link  --  Jewish BLUE Books
As noted in the Cleveland State Unoversities web site;
siteThe 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 guide for society’s elite. The listings in the Cleveland book listed individuals by country club. The Jewish books list individuals by congregations. In many cases there are separate lists of the congregations’ ladies auxiliary, along with information on social service agencies. The book also included advertisements.
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The download can take a minute, no more than two, however it worth the time.  Special Thanks to Bill Barrow, Head of Special Collections and the support staff  at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University Special Collections
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Beechwood, The Book Written by Jeffrey Morris provides readers with an understanding of how the majority of abandoned farm land became one of the most valued communities in Cuyahoga County to both live and work. Published in 1998. official spelling is Beachwood, Chapter 1 explains the spelling as Beechwood.

http://www.clevelandmemory.org/speccoll/beechwood
Historic Plat maps with location of former synagogues over historic lat maps
The latest project of Jeff Morris’s Haymarket to the Heights series in cooperation with Cleveland State University’s Special Collection within the Michael Schwartz Library's and Esri Inc. A super neat site with maps shown in layers.  
http://peoplemaps.esri.com/cleveland/
Teaching Cleveland An top notch program to teach educators and students, about Cleveland's rich history from political, social and Business perspective.

http://www.teachingcleveland.org/
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