Finding aid for the Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers


Title:
Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L.
Dates:
1870-1986
Bulk dates:
1890-1986
Quantity:
3.20 linear feet (5 containers)
Abstract:
Joseph L. Weinberg was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Edith L. Weinberg was a program director at the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh (1926-1933) and was a leader in many Jewish and community service organizations. Her mother, Stella S. Lazarus was secretary at the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio (1923-1933). The collection consists of agendas, brochures, certificates, clippings, contracts, correspondence, drawings, genealogical charts, inventories, invitations, lists, memoirs, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, programs, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, telegrams and writings.
Identification:
MS 4051
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg

Joseph Lewis Weinberg (1890-1977) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio architect. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Lewis and Mollie Weinberg. Following his father's death, Joseph and his two sisters were sent to Cleveland to live in the Jewish Orphan Home. The family was later reunited in Cleveland. After graduating from Harvard in 1912, Weinberg worked for different architects, served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I, and then opened his own architectural practice in Cleveland in 1919. Weinberg practiced in a number of partnerships until his death in 1977, much of the time in association with Wallace G. Teare. Buildings designed by Weinberg include the Bellefaire Jewish Orphan Home, Lakeview Terrace public housing project, Council Gardens housing for the elderly, O'Neil-Sheffield Shopping Center in Lorain, and Chesterfield Apartments, among numerous other apartment buildings and commercial structures. Weinberg also taught architecture and was active in professional associations and in the Cleveland Jewish community.

Edith Lazarus Weinberg (1902-1987) has been an active volunteer in many community organizations. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Edward and Stella Lazarus. From 1926 to 1933 she worked at the Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh, first as Director of Women's Physical Education, then as Director of Women's Activities. Since her marriage to Joseph L. Weinberg in 1933, Edith's involvement in Cleveland community organizations has included serving as president of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations during World War II, chairman of the Junior Volunteer Committee of the Central Volunteer Bureau of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, civil defense chairman for the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, and chairman of the Jewish Community Center Teen Advisory Committee.


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Scope and Content

The Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers, l870, l890-l986, consist of agenda, brochures, certificates, clippings, contracts, correspondence, drawings, genealogical charts, inventories, invitations, lists, memoirs, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, programs, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, telegrams, and writings.

This collection pertains to both the personal and professional lives of Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in six series.
Series I: Biographical Material is divided between Joseph and Edith, then arranged chronologically.
Series II: Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Series III: Joseph Weinberg-Professional is arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically, except for one folder of brochures, programs, and invitations relating to buildings Weinberg worked on, arranged alphabetically by name of building.
Series IV: Edith Weinberg-Subject Files is arranged alphabetically by subject, subdivided by document type, then chronologically.
Series V: Memoranda, Writings and Speeches is arranged chronologically.
Series VI: Memorabilia is arranged chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material: Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 3812 Joseph Lewis Weinberg Papers and PG 340 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs.


Separated Material: Separated Material

All photographs have been removed to PG 340 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs.


Indexing Terms

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

Subjects:

Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987
Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977
Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs
Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland
Youth, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4051 Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Edith L. Weinberg in 1983 and 1986.

Processing Information

Processed by Jane C. Busch in 1987


Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Biographical Material, 1943-1977 and undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Biographical material, Joseph and Edith Weinberg (Includes Joseph's unfinished autobiography, describing his childhood in Omaha and life in the Jewish Orphan Home), l943-l977 and undated





Series II: Correspondence, 1906-1986 and undated

Box 1 / Folder 2
Correspondence, including correspondence between Joseph and Edith from l927 relating to Joseph's architectural work and socio-economic effects of the Depression., 1906-1930




Box 1 / Folder 3
Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith, l931- l932




Box 1 / Folder 4
Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith, January-May l933




Box 1 / Folder 5
Correspondence including correspondence between Joseph and Edith, June l933-l936




Box 1 / Folder 6
Correspondence, including correspndence describing Joseph's War Department work, 1937-1941




Box 1 / Folder 7
Correspondence including correspondence describing Joseph's War Department work, 1942




Box 1 / Folder 8
Correspondence including correspondence describing Joseph's War Department work, 1943-March 1946




Box 1 / Folder 9
Correspondence, April 1946-1948




Box 1 / Folder 10
Correspondence, 1949-1950




Box 1 / Folder 11
Correspondence, 1951-1954




Box 1 / Folder 12
Correspondence, 1955




Box 1 / Folder 13
Correspondence, 1956-1959




Box 1 / Folder 14
Correspondence, 1960-February 1961




Box 1 / Folder 15
Correspondence, March 1961-1966




Box 1 / Folder 16
Correspondence, 1967-1976




Box 1 / Folder 17
Correspondence, January 1977




Box 2 / Folder 18
Correspondence, January 1977




Box 2 / Folder 19
Correspondence, February l977-l986 and undated





Series III: Joseph Weinberg--Professional, 1929-1979 and undated

Box 2 / Folder 20
Buildings, brochures, programs, invitations, Bellefaire-West Shore Unitarian Church and plans, l929-1979 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 21
Cleveland Airport Administration Building, Allied Architects and Cleveland Neighborhood Conservation Project, 1945 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 22
Lakeview Terrace, articles, brochures and miscellany, 1938-1979 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 23
War Department, U.S. Engineers Office, 1941-1943




Box 2 / Folder 24
Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman, promotional book, undated





Series IV: Edith Weinberg--Subject Files, 1895-1968 and undated

Box 2 / Folder 25
Alpha Epsilon Phi, l955-l959 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 26
Cleveland Girl Scout Council, l944-l950 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 27
Defense, 1941-1946




Box 2 / Folder 28
Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, civil defense and general, 1938-1954




Box 2 / Folder 29
Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, president's file, 1940-1943




Box 2 / Folder 30
Jewish Community Center-Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, joint study, 1955




Box 2 / Folder 31
Jewish Community Center, general and new building tours, 1949-1960 and undated




Box 2 / Folder 32-33
Jewish Community Center, teen advisory committee, 1951-1961




Box 2 / Folder 34
Lazarus, Stella Schwarz, 1895-1968




Box 2 / Folder 35
Lazarus, yearbook, undated




Box 2 / Folder 36
Town Meetings of Greater Cleveland, 1944-1948




Box 2 / Folder 37
Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Central Volunteer Bureau, junior volunteer committee, 1946-1950




Box 2 / Folder 38-39
Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association, Pittsburgh, 1926-1933





Series V: Memoranda, Writings, and Speeches, 1928-1954 and undated

Box 3 / Folder 40
Memoranda book, Joseph Weinberg, 1941




Box 3 / Folder 41
Memoranda book, log book, 1941




Box 3 / Folder 42
Memoranda book, expenses; trips, 1941




Box 3 / Folder 43
Memoranda book, office memo; log book, 1941-1942




Box 3 / Folder 44
Speeches and writings, Joseph Weinberg, 1928-1952 and undated




Box 3 / Folder 45
Speeches and writings, Edith Weinberg, 1950-1954 and undated





Series VI: Memorabilia, 1870-1977

Box 3 / Folder 46
Scrapbooks, Joseph Weinberg, 80th birthday (photocopies), l890-l977




Box 3 / Folder 47
Scrapbook, Edith Weinberg (photocopy), ca. 1890-1974




Box 3 / Folder 48-49
Scrapbook, public housing, 1932-1934




Box 4 / Folder 50
Scrapbook, Shaker Junior High School, publicity, 1948-1949




Box 4 / Folder 51
Scrapbook, Shaker Junior High School, 1949-1950




Box 4 / Folder 52
Clippings, l922-l984 and undated




Box 4 / Folder 53
Certificates, 1912-1977 and undated




Box 4 / Folder 54
Memorabilia, 1918-1977 and undated




Box 4 / Folder 55
Memorabilia, Schenley High School (Pittsburgh) yearbook; Joseph Weinberg memorial book, 1919 and 1977




Box 5
Masonic certificate, David Marcus Lazarus; Suburban Temple dedication booklets (oversize material), 1870 and 1955