| Local
History Files |
An ongoing
project begun in the spring of 1998. Transcriptions of the information in
our local history collection of pamphlets, newspaper articles, first-person
accounts, local legends and photographs. |
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| Local
History Resources |
Dubbed Roena's
page after Lakewood's first librarian, Roena Ingham. This page was one
of the Library's original seven pages on the Web in 1995, following the
assumption that Web surfers seeking Lakewood would be interested in local
history resources. |
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| Library
Building History |
Originally
presented as an accompaniment to an interior renovation project in 1996.
Details major developments in the lives of the two Lakewood libraries. |
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| Reed
A. Thomason Mural |
In 1977-78
artist Reed Thomason created oil-on-canvas panels for the east wall of Children's
and Youth Services depicting characters from children's and other classic
literature. This site gives background on the artist and the paintings. |
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| Lakewood
Historical Society |
The first
Lakewood institution on our site; the first to partner in online presentation
of Lakewood's cultural legacy. Includes information on the Oldest
Stone House and the Nicholson
House. |
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| The
Lakewood Public Schools: A Compilation of Histories |
Organized,
edited, and produced by Joseph Wilson, former teacher, principal and personnel
director (1947-1979) and Eleanor Chidester, former Clerk-Treasurer of the
Lakewood Board of Education and Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools
(1956-1972). It appeared in print form in 1984. |
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| Dan
Chabek's Lakewood Lore |
In 1989,
Lakewood Historical Society trustee, Dan Chabek, wrote a series for the
Lakewood Sun Post to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Lakewood's founding.
Nearly 200 articles appear as Lakewood Lore Online. |
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| The
Buckeye Chronicles |
Mr. Chabek
struck out beyond Lakewood with vignettes of Ohio history in this Lakewood
Historical Society series. This series was created specifically for presentation
online. |
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| Artifacts:
Articles from the Lakewood Historical Society |
Articles
by director Mazie Adams that appeared in the Society's newsletter —
now available to a wider audience online. |
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| More
Than Names |
This electronic
memorial to Lakewood war casualties (WWI, WWII, Korea & Vietnam) made
its appearance online for Veterans Day in 2002. It expanded a three-year
research project completed in 1989 by Lakewood Historical Society curator
Lucy Lang Sekerka and published in pamphlet format. Hyperlinking allows
clickable maps that plot the last residences of the soldiers allowing residents
to learn the names and stories of the men who once lived in their neighborhoods. |
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| Theodor
Kundtz: An Online Exhibition |
The
most recent (and ongoing) collaboration of the Lakewood Historical Society
and the Library. Items from the Lakewood Historical Society collection and
the Kundtz family. Theodor Kundtz was a Hungarian immigrant with woodworking
skills, who, by the turn of the 20th century, had become a successful inventor,
manufacturer, philanthropist and community leader. |
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| Hidden
Victorian Architecture of Lakewood: A Driving Tour |
In 1999 the
Library created a Web version of a pamphlet composed some years earlier
by local resident and Victorian architecture afficionado, Craig Bobby. |
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| Historic
Buildings of Lakewood Ohio |
As Mr. Bobby
comes across information on Lakewood buildings during his research, he saves
it for the Library. With this assistance, we have developed a database of
articles, advertisments, and images of Lakewood buildings. Photocopies are
kept in binders; an index by address is maintained online. |
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| Volksmarch |
Year-round
Volksmarches in Lakewood. In collaboration with the Valley Vagbonds. Route
and information on the stops is available online -- or information on where
to pick up a route pamphlet is provided. |
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| Birdtown
Reminiscences |
This article
by resident and writer Suzanna Megles supplemented information the Library
had on Birdtown in our Local History files, Lakewood Lore and published
books. Ms. Megles was a contributor to Lakewood Birdtown Trail, our second
history walk. |
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Grant
School Discovery Class
Local History Project |
Each year,
the students in Nadine Bluemel’s Discovery Class create a documentary
on an aspect of Lakewood history with the guidance of Mazie Adams, Director
of the Lakewood Historical Society. Find information here on the Templar
Automobile and Birdtown. |
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| Jimmie
Foxx Field |
In 2000,
the City of Lakewood dedicated a local baseball field to Baseball Hall of
Famer Jimmie Foxx. The Library posted this site commemorating the dedication
event and the life of this former Lakewood resident. (The story of another
professional baseball notable is recorded in a Lakewood Lore article:
Lakewood resident and Library patron, Bill Wamby, made the only unassisted
triple play in World Series history.) |
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| Nichols'
Worth |
More sports
history, regional in content and interest, was culled from retired sportwriter
Bill Nichols' Plain Dealer articles. Nearly 100 articles are online. |
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| West
Shore Concert Series |
From 1950-1986
the cultural life of the West suburban area was enriched by programs in
this concert series, which gave performance opportunities to Cleveland artists
and composers. Program notes and articles from each of the seasons are encapsulated
online. |
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| Ohio
Memory Scrapbook - Lakewood Public Library |
Offsite:
16-item contribution to this Ohio history collection from the Library's
picture archives. |
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| Yesterday's
Lakewood: Images of Lakewood, Ohio |
Offsite:
1,000 photographic images from the Lakewood Historical Society and Cleveland
State University Special Collections. Part of the Cleveland Memory Project. |
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