To stem the rising tide of housing and foreclosure issues in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Public Library and community organizations are making important information and emergency resources available to Northeast Ohio residents. To stem the rising tide of housing and foreclosure issues in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Public Library and community organizations are making important information and emergency resources available to Northeast Ohio residents.
Lax implementation of regulations led to the proliferation of predatory lending practices, with the unfortunate result of Cuyahoga County being named among regions with the highest rate of foreclosure nationwide.
To welcome the Society of American Baseball Researchers (SABR) and the SABR38 conference, Cleveland Public Library is highlighting baseball history materials with displays of books, photographs, and other treasures. In the Louis Stokes Wing, the Social Sciences Department will feature baseball books and the Photograph Collection will feature baseball photographs. In the Main Building the Fine Arts and Special Collections Department will feature treasures including some of the Mears and Murdock baseball collection scrapbooks. These displays will be in place Monday, June 23rd in anticipation of the Baseball Authors’ Roundtable.
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As another school year comes to a close so comes the publication of high school yearbooks which most students will order. High school yearbooks are not only collections of shared memories by students and faculty, they also act as a historic record on local sports, education, and fashion. These yearbooks are sought-after reminders for many who long to view their past, are interested in searching for long-lost friends, or are conducting genealogy research.
The Cleveland Public Library has collected many Cleveland high school yearbooks over the years. If you are interested in viewing these yearbooks please contact the Social Sciences Department for help in locating these reference items. It may take a day or longer to retrieve yearbooks from storage, so please call in advance of your visit. Also the Ohio Genealogical Society owns various Ohio high school yearbooks. A list of yearbooks they carry are available on their site. The Social Sciences Department gladly accepts donations of yearbooks for public, private and parochial schools located within the city of Cleveland. Here is a PDF file presenting a list of yearbooks the library currently owns.
Do you need help understanding a law or finding a legal form? Visit the Social Sciences Department, 5th floor of the Louis Stokes Wing to pick up a guide to legal services and law libraries in Cuyahoga County or click here to print your own copy. Databases and web references are also available.
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors” – Plato
Many of the presidential candidates have written books before they decided to run for president. Check out some of their writings and learn more about who these candidates (and former candidates) are. It may help you make your decision on election day. Click here to see a book list.
Approximately 80% of federal court appellate decisions are unpublished. By unpublished we mean that the decisions do not appear in West’s Federal Reporter, a West Publishing Company serial publication of precedential appellate opinions.
In a general sense a ruling’s publication status is determined by its precedential weight. Published opinions further case law by introducing a new legal principle or interpretation, whereas an unpublished opinion involves matters where the law is clearly defined.
During the Reagan administration, four institutions were created with the primary purpose of promoting democracy abroad, one institution addresses labor issues, another addresses business, and the remaining two are represented by the Democratic party and the Republican party.
Mears & Murdock Baseball Collections
The foundation of the baseball collection at the Cleveland Public Library is comprised of two outstanding, formerly private collections. In 1944 the Library acquired the baseball collection of Cleveland advertising executive Charles W. Mears (1874-1942). Mears was a young contributing writer to the St. Louis Sporting News when he began a lifelong enthusiasm for baseball information and statistics. He amassed one of the largest baseball libraries in the country, and is recognized as one of the first baseball statisticians.? The Mears Collection contains the daily box scores for a period of approximately 40 years, as well as books on all phases of baseball.? Included are long runs of annuals and periodicals (some dating from 1858), league constitutions, and baseball fiction. For more information about Charles W. Mears please visit this article written by one of our staff members.