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| BOOKS -- expanded to include other research material. |
| Between Spires and Stacks (© 1936) by Charles E. Hendry and Margaret T. Swendsen. Compiled and written with the cooperation of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland in 1936, this book is the pivotal source material on Cleveland’s Southside also known as Tremont. Referenced as a sociological study of a group of teenage boys in the Tremont area, it takes every aspect of the area and puts them into a readable compilation of over 200 pages of facts, histories, maps, statistics, interviews and personal opinions of persons familiar with and/or living in the area during 1934-1936. This book is most definitely a must-read for anyone wanting to understand Tremont. Only one book is available for checkout from the Cleveland Public Library system, but there are other copies available in the reference sections of various branches. |
| “St. John Kanty (Cantius), 1898-1998: Celebrating One Hundred Years of God’s Blessings.” This remarkable celebration book from St. John Cantius’ centennial is more than a history of a church on the Southside. The author of the “Prologue” went far beyond the few pages of his/her church’s history but made it a history of an important area. This book is a must-read and a must-have for anyone interested in Cleveland’s Southside, AKA Tremont. The book is available as a reference item from the Cleveland Public Library. Contact St. John Cantius to see if they have any books available to purchase. |
| “. . . The People Are the City”: Three Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1796-1980. (©1980) A series of exhibits on Broadway, Hough and Tremont, during the summer and fall of 1980, by the Cuyahoga County Archives, a department of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Published by the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, The Cuyahoga County Archives, Cleveland (Ohio), 1980. This is a catalog published to accompany an exhibition series organized by the Cuyahoga County Archives. The exhibits were on display at each of the three neighborhoods. Available as a reference material from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| A Guide to Studying Neighborhoods and Resources on Cleveland, edited by Edward M. Miggins for the Cleveland Heritage Program, Cleveland, Cleveland Public Library, 1984. (Taken from the Introduction) “Generally, most of the early histories of Cleveland were characterized by a filiopietistic approach, singing the praises of the early settlers and the anthems of progress. Beautiful Euclid Avenue (Millionaire’s Row) was always mentioned but not the crowded and filthy slums of the Old Haymarket area, popularly referred to as the “Baghdad on the Cuyahoga,” because it was inhabited by some forty different nationality groups. “(E)ndeavors have stimulated greater interest in the history of Cleveland and this is reflected by the increased number of books written about Cleveland in recent years, a fact to which the Heritage Program’s bibliography will plainly attest. “The need for material that would help students, teachers and neighborhood people go about the task of researching the histories of their communities or families, their churches or their streets, was apparent when we began planning the Cleveland Heritage Program. It is hoped that this publication and other materials of the Cleveland Heritage Program will fulfill that need and stimulate further research.” Thomas F. Campbell This book is available from the Cleveland Public Library. It should be the first book read for anyone interested in researching a family or a neighborhood. |
| Tremont—Cleveland, Ohio’s Southside (©1990?) by Paul Ziats. Mr. Ziats lived in the area during the 1920’s thru the 1940’s and wrote this book over a span of a few years. He had the book published it at his own expense and give it as a gift to family members and area libraries. See also Memories. Taken from the author’s note: “The privilege was mine, tough as it was to have been born and to have lived in the era written here. “I have written 20 chapters, and could write continuously, but there has to be a cut-off line, otherwise the subjects may suffer repetition, and a delving into needless detail. So that the memories will always be with us, I truly hope this effort contributes toward the sum.” Paul Ziats, Brook Park, Ohio (March 1997) This book is available from the Cleveland Public Library as a reference item and check-out. |
| LINKS |
Cleveland Hts-University Hts Library asked to share in the benefits of Cleveland Public Library's automation system. Since that time CLEVNET has grown to include 31 library systems in 9 counties throughout Northern Ohio. cpl.org Online Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/search.pl Cuyahoga County, Ohio History and Genealogy: This site is one of the more important and complex forums (yet, easy to navigate) for anyone doing researching in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Cleveland is part of Cuyahoga County. Cuyahoga County, Ohio History and Genealogy should be the first site you visit. www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/ Cuyahoga County OHGenWeb: Part of the USGenWeb Project. www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/ Barbarowa Genealogy--Brooklyn Village, Ohio A website devoted to the area around St. Barbara's Roman Catholic Church in old Brooklyn. St. Barbara's is in one of the areas five Polish neighborhoods. (The Southside/Tremont was another) Site goes beyond the study of a Polish community. www.zodiacal.com/barbarowa/trees/index.php Greater Cleveland Veterans Memorial Project (GCVM): This website was created as a living memorial to honor those Greater Clevelanders who lost their lives in the wars of the 20th Century. This is a remarkable website for anyone looking for a person killed in action or dying during a war or conflict who listed their Home of Record as Cleveland. It has a very easy to use "Search" section. www.clevelandvetsmemorial.org Veterans' Graves Sites in Cuyahoga County: A new addition to the Cuyahoga County Recorder's website. You will find that the Recorder's Office is attempting to document all veterans buried in Cuyahoga County cemeteries. Another must-see website. I tried it and found two distant relatives and their burial sites. This website is one of the busiest in Cuyahoga County. Patience is required. recorder.cuyahogacounty.us National Park Service -- Ohio and Erie Canal -- Tremont Historic District: The National Park Service's website is another important site. It explains the areas where it is now making an impact and shows Tremont's relationship to the whole Cuyahoga Valley Park System. www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ohioeriecanal/tre.htm Zion United Church of Christ (Tremont): www.zionchurch.org St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Church (now Cathedral) (Tremont):This site was just updated with photos and anniversary news. Take the time to view all the links. www.sttheodosius.org Restore Tremont: One of the many well done Tremont websites: restoretremont.com Tremont Oral History Project: The Tremont Oral History Project was a community-based project in which students at Cleveland State University studied Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood through oral histories. Websites from Cleveland State tend to disappear. It would be in your best interest to view these interviews as soon as you can. You will need Adobe Reader. The interviews can be very long but they hold a lot of information about the Southside/Tremont. Like all memories there may be discrepancies and you may not agree with what is written. http://academic.csuohio.edu/tah/tremont/logs/index.htm Cleveland, Ohio 1900 City Directory: A scanned edition of this City Directory, broken down by last name initials. Very easy to use and fast loading. www.distantcousin.com/directories/oh/cleveland/1900/Pages.asp?Pages=0027 |
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| The Poles of Cleveland, by Charles W. Coulter, under the direction of the Cleveland Americanization Committee, Mayor's Advisory War Committee, 1919. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| Survey and Maps of Polish Cleveland, Done in Local Color, prepared by Monitor Polish Daily, 6875 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio, established 1891, 1930. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| The Slovaks of Cleveland, With Some General Information On the Race, by Eleanor E. Ledbetter, under the direction of the Cleveland Americanization Committee, Mayor's Advisory War Committee, 1918. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| Slovaks in the United States, Brief Sketches of Their History, National Heritage and Activities, by Joseph Stasko, Dobra Kniha, 1974. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| Slovak Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland by Susi Megles, SFCC, Martina Tybor, SSCM, and Mark Stolarik, PhD. Cleveland Ethnic Heritage Studies, Cleveland State University, 1978. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| The Eastern Ritual by Rev. Joseph P. Hanulya, 2408 West 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, 1942. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. Reference book. |
| The Quest for the Rusyn Soul, the Politics of Religion and Culture in Eastern Europe and in America, 1890-World War I by Keith P. Dyrud, Philadelphia, the Balch Institute Press, 1991. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| West of the Cuyahoga by George E. Condon, Kent, Kent State University Press, 2006. A new book now available at the Cleveland Public Library, dealing mostly with the history of Ohio City and the areas near to it. There is one small chapter on Tremont with much of the material taken from a January 18, 2004, Cleveland Plain Dealer article on the area. |
| The Orthodox Church in Cleveland, Father Vasile Hategan, Lake George, Colorado, New Varatic Publishing, 1999. This book is very important to anyone studying the Greek Catholic, Uniate, Ukrainian, or Orthodox faiths and churches. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| The Peoples of Cleveland, compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio in 1942. Reprinted by the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS), Cleveland, Ohio, 2001. The is a marvelous book. Printed in limited numbers in 1942 it was reissued by WRHS in its entirety with no changes. Not politically correct, it places emphasis on what was important to persons of different nationalities in the 1940's. Available from the Cleveland Public Library |
| Whatever Happened to the "Paper Rex" Man and Other Stories of Cleveland's Near West Side, compiled by The May Dugan Center, Cleveland, Gray & Co., Publishers, 1993. A collection of short essays about the Near West Side, an area bordering the Southside. Available from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| Scranton Road Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio -- Introduction, Inscriptions and Interments, by Cynthia Turk Appollo, (PA), Closson Press, 2004. A finely researched and long awaited book on a very old cemetery. Scranton Road Cemetery was around before there was a University Heights that became the Southside that became Tremont. Ms. Turk has put together a 459 page epitaph reading like a "Who's Who" of the area. If you are researching the early history this book is a must read. Available as reference and check out from the Cleveland Public Library. |
| And Then We Ate produced by Bob Becker and Luanne Bole-Becker. A DVD from the Cleveland PBS station WVIZ recalling the "time-honored food traditions that combine to create a kind of culinary history of Northeast Ohio." One of three excellent histories on Cleveland, the others being "The Way We Shopped" and the "West Side Market Story." One copy of "And Then We Ate" is available from the Cleveland Public Library. Featured are segments on the "corner grocery store," "neighborhood delivery trucks" (milk, bread, vegetable, etc.), penny candy, favorite restaurants, "Hough Bakery," and why "city chicken" is called "city chicken" when there is no chicken in it. Great DVD. |
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