Cleveland Czechs

Author : John T. Sabol
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738552439
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleveland Czechs written by John T. Sabol and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland's Czech community is one of the area's oldest European ethnic groups, with a presence in the area even before the Civil War. It is almost a geographical accident that Czechs arrived in Cleveland, where they would have stopped on the way to Czech or Bohemian communities in Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin. From 1850 to 1870, the Czech community grew from 3 families to 696, according to The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Many found work making barrels for John D. Rockefeller's fledgling Standard Oil Company, while others found their way in professional life, including the arts. Their neighborhoods show their migration from Cleveland's central city to its outlying areas and suburbs including neighboring Geauga County. Today they continue to support three Czech halls and participate in the Czech gymnastic movement-Sokol. The photographs in Cleveland Czechs give readers a glimpse of those neighborhoods and their importance to Cleveland's history.

Author : John T. and Alzo Sabol (Lisa A.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleveland Czechs written by John T. and Alzo Sabol (Lisa A.) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Czechs of Cleveland written by Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen J. Sebesta
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664127186
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Settlement, Growth and Movement of the Czechs and Their Institutions in Cleveland, Ohio written by Stephen J. Sebesta and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the history of the Bohemians, Moravians and Silesians in Europe and the forces that led them to emigrate to Cleveland. Traces immigration patterns of the Czechs in the U.S. and particularly their settlements in Cleveland, Ohio. It includes historic information on Catholic churches, Protestant churches, the Jewish Chevra Kadisha Congregation, freethinker organizations, Sokol, Bohemian National Hall, Delnicke Telocvicne Jednoty (DTJ), Karlin Hall, Prokop Velky Fresh Air Camp, Slapnicka’s Grove, and Czech Cultural Garden. Reviews the history of music and drama societies including the Lumir-Hlahol-Tyl and Vojan Singing Societies, Vcelka Czech Drama Society, the Furdek Dramatic Society, the Hruby Conservatory of Music, and others. Briefly summarizes the history of Czech fraternalism, newspapers, radio broadcasting, breweries and other activities. It provides a history of the Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaires who fought in WWI and those in Cleveland who provided foreign relief during the war in support of the struggle to form the new country of Czechoslovakia.

Author : John T. Sabol
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738552422
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleveland Slovaks written by John T. Sabol and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland's Slovaks can best be characterized as survivors. Many survived ethnic persecution and poverty so they could have a chance at something better. Beginning with a small core of immigrants seeking work aboveground rather than in the coal mines of neighboring states, Cleveland's Slovak community grew through a giant chain migration. Their neighborhoods flourished close to their jobs and their churches. Many of the ancestors of today's Slovaks came to the United States classified as Hungarians. In their hearts, though, they knew what they were and what language they spoke. They held on to their native language even as they learned English and unwaveringly encouraged their children to strive for the opportunity America offered. According to the 2000 census, 93,500 northeast Ohioans claim Slovak heritage. The photographs in Cleveland Slovaks show their neighborhoods and family life and give readers an appreciation of the community's legacy.

Author : František J. Vlček
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873388177
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of My Life written by František J. Vlček and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of My Life, originally published in Czechoslovakia in 1928, is the engaging and informative autobiography of Frank Vlchek, a Czech immigrant who became a successful businessman in Cleveland, Ohio, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The youngest of fourteen children, Vlchek was born to peasant parents in Budyn, southern Bohemia, in 1871. After attempting a career in blacksmithing in Bohemia, at the age of seventeen he decided to follow his two older sisters to Cleveland, home to America's second-largest Czech community. Vlchek worked a variety of unsatisfactory jobs during his first years in Cleveland. In 1895 he opened his own smithing operation, which after a long struggle was transformed into a successful corporation that specialized in the manufacture of toolkits for automobiles. acquisitions, and the successes and travails of his operation. Vlchek was often able to travel home to Czechoslovakia, and during those trips he noted the different cultural and political attitudes that had evolved between Czechs and their Czech American cousins. Vlchek's memoir provides a rare primary source about Czech immigrants. It also offers insight into a self-made man's life philosophy, illustrates relations between ethnic groups in Cleveland during the 1880s, and demonstrates the assimilation of a late-nineteenth-century immigrant in America. Readers interested in immigration history as well as the history of Cleveland will enjoy this fascinating autobiography.

Author : Stephen J. Sebesta
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664139990
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wartime Experiences of a Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaire written by Stephen J. Sebesta and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No information provided at this time. Author will provide once available.

Author : Eleanor Edwards Mrs Ledbetter
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361682777
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CZECHS OF CLEVELAND written by Eleanor Edwards Mrs Ledbetter and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eleanor E. Ledbetter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265243725
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Czechs of Cleveland (Classic Reprint) written by Eleanor E. Ledbetter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Czechs of Cleveland This pamphlet is intended as a method of Americanizing the American. Those who have had long experience in the work of Americanization testify that if Americans in general would more readily recognize the value of what the immigrant brings to us it would be much easier to teach that immigrant the culture of America. Sympathy begets sympathy and a gen etons appreciation of the value of the newcomer is the best way to make him feel at home. And so in order to give to the native born. Citizens of Cleveland a knowledge of their foreign born neighbors a series of booklets has been prepared and published. This is the sixth Of the series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015766952
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Czechs of Cleveland written by Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.