Finding aid for the Grand Jury Association Records


Title:
Grand Jury Association Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Grand Jury Association
Dates:
1927-1978
Quantity:
3.80 linear feet (5 containers)
Abstract:
The Grand Jury Association was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947, by Judge Samuel Silbert and Bell Greve, for the purpose of educating the public on the importance of jury service and the Grand Jury system, and on law enforcement problems, crime prevention, delinquency, and the rehabilitation of criminals. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, financial records, a scrapbook, articles of incorporation, and clippings. Includes Cuyahoga County Grand Jury reports and Foremen's Council minutes.
Identification:
MS 4098
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Grand Jury Association

The Grand Jury Association, was organized in Cleveland in 1947 by Judge Samuel Silbert and Bell Greve for the purpose of educating the public on the importance of jury service and the Grand Jury System. It also sought to educate the public on law enforcement problems, crime prevention, delinquency and the rehabilitation of criminals. In order to accomplish this the organization sponsored an eight week-long crime institute in the spring of each year. The group also supplied a "Handbook For Jurors" to individuals called to serve on the Grand Jury of Cuyahoga County. They also maintained a file on all of the reports given by the Foremen of the county's Grand Juries (from l925). They also sponsored the Foremen's Council which was composed of former Cuyahoga County Grand Jury foremen. The organization ceased to function in l978.

Scope and Content

The Grand Jury Association Records, 1927-1978, consist of correspondence, minutes (from the association and the Foremen's Council), monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, financial records, Cuyahoga Grand Jury Reports, a scrapbook, articles of incorporation and clippings.

This collection pertains largely to the attempt made by the former grand jurors to educate the public on the Grand Jury System. Much of this work was accomplished by a series of speakers and the collection contains information as to the location and nature of lectures sponsored by the Association. It also contains material pertinent to the association's own interest in the spread of crime and the conduct of law enforcement both in Cleveland and the nation generally.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in four series.
Series I: Administrative is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Series II: Topical is maintained in its original alphabetical order by folder with the contents of each folder arranged chronologically.
Series III: Cuyahoga Grand Jury Reports are arranged chronologically.
Series IV: Oversize Material includes a scrapbook and articles of incorporation.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Crime and criminals -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
Crime prevention -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury Association
Justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
Law enforcement -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
Prisons -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4098 Grand Jury Association Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Margaret Kaltenbach, 1980

Processing Information

Processed by Paul A. Drockton in 1987


Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Administrative, 1947-1978 and undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Grand Jury Association, constitution and bylaws, 1948, 1958, and undated




Box 1 / Folder 2-5
Grand Jury Association,minutes, 1947-1978




Box 1 / Folder 6-8
Grand Jury Association,correspondence, 1947-1978 and undated




Box 1 / Folder 9
Grand Jury Association, Annual and Semi-annual Dinner Meetings, correspondence and invitations; guest lists; and award, 1962-1978




Box 1 / Folder 10
Grand Jury Association, Council on Youth, history, minutes; correspondence; and membership lists, 1957-1960 and undated




Box 1 / Folder 11
Grand Jury Association, Crime Prevention Dinner, correspondence; and guest lists, 1963-1976 and undated




Box 1 / Folder 12
Grand Jury Association, membership lists, 1947-1977




Box 1 / Folder 13
Grand Jury Association, membership card catalog, ca. 1963




Box 1 / Folder 14-17
Grand Jury Association, accounts receivable and payable, 1947-1972




Box 1 / Folder 18
Grand Jury Association, audit reports, 1952-1972




Box 1 / Folder 19
Grand Jury Association, financial reports, 1949-1977




Box 1 / Folder 20
Grand Jury Association, receipts and expenditures, 1953-1964




Box 2 / Folder 21
Grand Jury Association, statements of cash receipts and disbursements, 1954-1968




Box 2 / Folder 22-23
Grand Jury Association, clippings, 1967-1978




Box 2 / Folder 24-26
Grand Jury Association, publications, 1947-1968




Box 2 / Folder 27
Grand Jury Association, speakers card catalog, ca. 1950-1955




Box 2 / Folder 28
Grand Jury Foremen's Council, articles of incorporation, undated; by-laws, undated; and a resolution, 1972




Box 2 / Folder 29
Grand Jury Foremen's Council, minutes, 1963-1971




Box 2 / Folder 30
Grand Jury Foremen's Council, membership dues book, 1966-1973




Box 2 / Folder 31
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury lists, 1950-1976





Series II: Topical Files, 1947-1977 and undated

Box 2 / Folder 32
Area Institute; Certificates of Merit; Charges to Grand Juries, 1948 and 1969




Box 2 / Folder 33
Cleveland Crime Commission, undated




Box 2 / Folder 34
Crime Clippings, 1952-1965




Box 2 / Folder 35
Clippings, 1968-1970




Box 2 / Folder 36
Committee on Psychiatry Report, 1949




Box 2 / Folder 37
Crime Prevention Dinner Meetings, 1955-1968




Box 2 / Folder 38
Correspondence, 1965-1968




Box 2 / Folder 39
Courts, 1954-1965




Box 2 / Folder 40
Court newsclippings, 1955-1959




Box 2 / Folder 41
Cuyahoga County Probation Clippings, 1948-1959




Box 2 / Folder 42
Cuyahoga County Probation; Department of Correction- Ohio, 1947-1960




Box 2 / Folder 43
Fields of Interest, 1949-1959




Box 2 / Folder 44
Foremen's Council, 1951-1974




Box 2 / Folder 45
Grand Jury Association Clippings, 1951-1975




Box 2 / Folder 46
Grand Jury Association of Butler County, Ohio, 1952-1961




Box 2 / Folder 47
Bell Greve (1894-1957), 1947-1957




Box 2 / Folder 48
Grand Jury Association- New York; Grand Jury Association court tours, 1947-1965




Box 2 / Folder 49
Papers presented to the Third Annual Institute on Police and Community Relations, 1966




Box 2 / Folder 50
Grand Jury Manuel, 1949-1950




Box 2 / Folder 51
Grand Jury Surveys, 1952-1960




Box 2 / Folder 52
Habitual Offenders, 1947-1969




Box 2 / Folder 53
Inquiries, 1947-1967




Box 2 / Folder 54
Institute, 1948




Box 2 / Folder 55-56
Institute, 1949-1959




Box 2 / Folder 57
Institutes; Institutions, 1955-1971




Box 2 / Folder 58
Judges - Municipal Court; Juvenile Court, 1950-1961




Box 3 / Folder 59
Juvenile Delinquency clippings, 1951-1961




Box 3 / Folder 60
Juvenile Delinquency clippings; Juvenile Protection, 1948-1964




Box 3 / Folder 61
Juvenile Protection clippings, 1950-1961




Box 3 / Folder 62
Legislation correspondence; Local Government, 1948-1961




Box 3 / Folder 63
Liquor clippings, 1949-1960




Box 3 / Folder 64
police and sheriff clippings, 1950-1956




Box 3 / Folder 65
Luncheon for retiring jurors; and Marysville Prison, 1948-1951




Box 3 / Folder 66
Material for talks; and Mayor's Conference, 1948-1952




Box 3 / Folder 67
Migrants; Monroe County; and obscenity, 1957-1965




Box 3 / Folder 68
Narcotics, 1953-1956




Box 3 / Folder 69
Nominations and Constitution of Grand Jury Association, 1948-1962




Box 3 / Folder 70
Ohio Federation of Grand Jury Associations, 1954-1959




Box 3 / Folder 71
Ohio Penitentiary, 1947-1960




Box 3 / Folder 72
Ohio welfare, 1949-1955




Box 3 / Folder 73
Ohio Welfare Conference, 1948-1966




Box 3 / Folder 74
Ohio State Department of Public Welfare; Office File, 1947-1962




Box 3 / Folder 75
Organizations-Correspondence; and Parole, 1953-1964




Box 3 / Folder 76
Parole-clippings; and Personalities, clippings, 1951-1964




Box 3 / Folder 77
Personalities; Police Conference; and Police Women, 1949-1955




Box 3 / Folder 78
Probation, 1948-1961




Box 3 / Folder 79
Public Relations, 1948-1964




Box 3 / Folder 80
Queer letters; and Radio programs, 1950-1959




Box 3 / Folder 81
Recommendations; Registration-Institute; and Sixth Annual Institute, 1948 and undated




Box 3 / Folder 82
Speakers Bureau, 1950-1977




Box 3 / Folder 83
Spring Institute 1950; and State Penal Study, 1947-1961




Box 3 / Folder 84
State Penal Study clippings; State and local penitentiary clippings; and State, clippings, 1948-1966




Box 3 / Folder 85
State Penal Study; Talks for Institute; and Welfare Federation of Cleveland, 1948-1960





Series III: Cuyahoga County Grand Jury Reports, 1927-1976

Box 3 / Folder 86-89
Grand Jury Reports, 1927-1963




Box 4 / Folder 90-94
Grand Jury Reports, 1964-1976





Series IV: Oversize Material, 1947-1956

Box 5 / Folder 95
Scrapbook containing clippings and other memorabilia that pertains to the activities of the Grand Jury Association, 1947-1956




Box 5 / Folder 96
Articles of Incorporation- Grand Jury Association, 1950