Cedar Branch Photograph Collection

The collection, mostly drawn from the Cleveland Public Library Archives, documents the history of the Cleveland Public Library at its branches and main library locations. Some highlights include annual reports, images from current and early branches, images of Main Library, bookplates, library cards, summer reading club buttons, bookmarks, and scrapbooks. There are also photographs of Cleveland Public Library directors, trustees…

Cleveland School Memories Collection

“Yearbooks and student newspapers from Cleveland public high schools tell the story in words and images of Cleveland youth, neighborhoods, sports, and school culture. This collection supports full text searching.”

Collection Treasures (Puckett Folklore and Triplett Family Photos)

Highlights from the Main Library Research collections of photographs, books, and documents. Newbell Niles Puckett, a Cleveland sociology professor, document the folk and religious beliefs of African Americans in Mississippi and southern stats through photographs and research notes. The Triplett Family photographs present several generations of African-American family across the Midwest.

Hough Branch Photograph Collection

The collection, mostly drawn from the Cleveland Public Library Archives, documents the history of the Cleveland Public Library at its branches and main library locations. Some highlights include annual reports, images from current and early branches, images of Main Library, bookplates, library cards, summer reading club buttons, book marks, and scrapbooks. There are also photographs of Cleveland Public Library directors,…

Longwood Project

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 is the Longwood Project