Cleveland Public Library Resource Guides Death Notices & Death Certificates Genealogy Clinics Genealogy and Family History Research Clinics at CPL Flyer in 2023 (PDF): The Library’s Genealogy Clinics are informal sessions during which you can receive help from expert volunteers and Library staff. For beginners: volunteers provide informal instruction in starting your family history/genealogy. For more advanced researchers: volunteers draw…
In honor of Black Philanthropy Month, The Soul of Philanthropy Cleveland (TSOPCLE) will celebrate by unveiling the 2021 Celebrate Those Who Give Black™ exhibition on Saturday, August 28 at 5 p.m. This year’s ceremony is an invitation-only in-person event at the Louis Stokes Wing of Cleveland Public Library located at 525 Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The event will be…
Main Library 325 Superior AvenueCleveland, OH 44114 Louis Stokes Wing 525 Superior AvenueCleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216.623.2800Fax: 216.623.7015Email: information@cpl.orgManager: Robin Wood (Senior Director of Public Services – Main Library) There are parking meters available on East 6th between Rockwell and Superior (including designated handicapped spaces) and nearby paid parking garages. Library Hours Day of the Week Hours Monday – Saturday…
11900 St. Clair AvenueCleveland, OH 44108Phone: 216-623-6983Email: Glenville.Branch@cpl.orgManager: Peter Roth Hours About The Glenville Branch is located in the heart of the Glenville community. Glenville offers free wifi and public computers with Internet access. Printing, copying, scanning, and faxing services are available for a fee. History & Architecture The first site for Glenville Branch opened in 1909 as a sub-branch in…
On August 29, the Cleveland Public Library Board of Trustees voted to approve recommendations for the design firms selected to enter into negotiations to renovate or rebuild five branch libraries: Hough, Jefferson, Walz, West Park, and Woodland. This development marks an early and significant step in the Library’s ambitious Facilities Master Plan, which sets out to evaluate and transform every…
If we could travel back in time to visit the Tremont neighborhood of 100 years ago, we’d find bustling streets filled with steel mill workers, other laborers, and a growing immigrant population. Within this vibrant community stood Cleveland Public Library’s Jefferson Branch, which opened in 1918 in a Carnegie conversion building—a space designed with the possibility of one day being…