Guide to the William S. Nehez Collection

Biography of William S. Nehez

William S. Nehez (1919-2009) was born into an east side family that was once honored as the Largest Hungarian Family in Ohio. He was married to Ann (nee Cibar) and had one child, Denise.

Nehez worked for the Cleveland News as a photographer, later serving with the Army five years, four of which were as a combat photographer, covering D-Day for the United State Army Signal Corps and other events in the European theater with the Army Engineers Pictorial Service. After the war he was active with the Newspaper and Newsreel Worker's Union, and employed by the Cleveland Press where he contributed written pieces in addition to his photography.

William Nehez contributed an oral history of his World War II experiences (U.S. Army in Company A of the 3908th Signal Service Battalion) for the Library of Congress. His highest rank was T5 and he served in the European theater. The recording was made at Nehez' home in Garfield Heights, Ohio on May 1st, 2003. He was 83 at the time of this recording. The transcript is available via the Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.05553/transcript?ID=sr0001

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs (negatives) taken by Nehez while employed by the Cleveland Press, a daily newspaper servicing the Northeastern Ohio region.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Use

The Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University allows reproductions of materials from Special Collections for the purposes of research, scholarship, teaching, news reporting, criticism, or comment. Please consult our latest copyright acknowledgement statement at
ClevelandMemory.org/copyright .

Restrictions on Access

Because the collection consists of photograph negatives, please contact the repository to request viewable copies.

The Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University holds the Cleveland Press Collection, the editorial library maintained by the Cleveland Press newspaper. Comprised of an estimated 500,000 original photograph prints as well as a vast newspaper clipping repository, this morgue provides excellent primary source material for the years 1920-1982, and is exceptionally strong mid-century.

Contained within this collection are many photographs by William Nehez as well.
A small sample can be viewed online through the Cleveland Memory Project, an ever growing online exhibition of photographs, ebooks and other digitized material maintained by the Michael Schwartz Library.

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Preferred Citation

[container], William S. Nehez Collection, Special Collections, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University.

Acquisition Information

Nehez donated his personal professional collection to Special Collections in 2004.

Detailed Description of The Collection