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Research Library at the Cleveland History Center

The Research Library collections include published resources (250,000 books, 25,000 newspapers, and numerous maps, sheet music, broadsides, and other printed ephemera) and unpublished manuscripts collections (over 10,000 linear feet of processed personal papers and records, more than 340,000 images, and numerous audio and video recordings).

Since its founding, the primary focus of the Research Library has been the documentation of the many facets of the history of Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio. This portrayal includes religion, politics, immigration, gender, ethnicity, transportation, business, labor, war, philanthropy, medicine, leisure, and countless other dimensions of life in the region.

Individual researchers and groups are welcome. Please contact the Reference staff in advance for information concerning services, policies, and procedures: Call 216-721-5722 x1509 or email aksindelar@wrhs.org.

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1. Cleveland History Center

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2. Cleveland Institute of Music Mixon Hall

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Hospitals & Medical Facilities

1. Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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Places of Worship

1. Mount Zion Congregational Church

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Shopping and Retail

1. Cleveland History Center Gift Store

< 1 minute walk
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