This collection of Cleveland images represents photographs dating from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. Included are historic views of Cleveland neighborhoods, downtown, and industrial areas. Of special interest are 1930s industrial scenes by Arthur Gray, and 1950s photos of African American life in the Scovill neighborhood …
Maps of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, including historic Sanborn and Hopkins real property atlases. Also in this digital collection are sets of aerial photographs of Cuyahoga County taken in 1951 and 1959, and maps and plans from the Cleveland Parks Collection.
Yearbooks from Cleveland public high schools tell the story of Cleveland youth, neighborhoods, sports, and school culture. Yearbooks from Central, Collinwood, East, and John Adams high schools are in the collection, and more schools are regularly being added.
Books and documents on the history of Cleveland and greater Cleveland, including pictorial works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, general and specialized histories, guides to street name changes and early volumes of the weekly publication Cleveland Town Topics.
Views of the twenty-eight Cleveland Public Library neighborhood branches and the bookmobiles. Includes current and historic photos with previous locations and architectural information. Carnegie West, Brooklyn, Jefferson, Lorain, South and Sterling branches were built with funding from Andrew Carnegie. The former Hough and Woodland …
More photographic and documentary resources from the Cleveland Public Library Archives. Annual reports, Main Library, early branches, bookplates, library cards, summer reading club buttons, book marks, scrapbooks, Photographs of Library directors, trustees, and staff.
The Cleveland Public Library has a diverse collection of art works on display and in storage. There are New Deal murals, WPA prints, Cleveland artists, portraits, sculpture, story tile. The Biehle family collection includes posters designed by August Biehle Junior, as well as posters for the Kokoon Arts club ball. The folk arts …
Highlights from the Main Library research collections of photographs, books, and documents. Newbell Niles Puckett, a Cleveland sociology professor, documented the folk and religious beliefs of African Americans in Mississippi and southern states through photographs and research notes. The Triplett family photographs present several …
Scenes from American silent films. "Coming Attraction" lantern slides were projected in theaters to advertise upcoming films. Cleveland critic W. Ward Marsh collected the 691 silent film lantern slides in the Cleveland Public Library collection.
This collection of 45 family photographs of the notable Cleveland author came to the Library from his daughter Helen Chesnutt. There are portraits of the author and family members, photographs of family homes, and travel photos. Some images are the work of his brothers Lewis and Andrew, who operated Chesnutt Brothers photographers in …
Architectural drawings, plans, and photographs of buildings documenting the work of Cleveland architects Clarence Mack, Arthur Oviatt, Charles F. Schweinfurth, Walker and Weeks. Also available are early volumes of The Ohio Architect and Builder, a regional journal published in Cleveland.
The history of baseball in America is recorded in two special collections originally developed by baseball historians Charles Willard Mears (1874-1942) and Eugene Converse Murdock (1921-1992). Between 1973 and 1987 Professor Murdock interviewed 76 former baseball players active in the 1930s. Mears collected scrapbooks of early newspaper …
Historic photographs of chess players and other documents from the John G. White collection on chess and checkers.
A selection of maps for regions outside the Cleveland area. They reference Ohio and the United States as well continents and other countries.
The Digital Gallery offers direct access to selected resources from the collections of the Cleveland Public Library. Featured are materials in a variety of formats that document the City of Cleveland, the history of the Cleveland Public Library and subjects as diverse as art, architecture, baseball, chess, and African-American history and culture. Formats include maps, photographs, books, manuscripts, high school yearbooks, audio recordings, architectural plans and more.
| A |
| C |
|
| F |
| G |
| H |
| M |