Western Reserve Historical Society 150 Years Sharing Our Stories NORTHEAST OHIO • AMERICA Western Reserve Historical Society WESTERN RESERVE VISIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY CLEVELAND HISTORY CENTER Board of Directors Our Mission… Address: 10825 East Blvd. 150 Years Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Sharing Our Stories Glenn G. Anderson, Jr. - Chair to inspire people to discover the Phone: 216.721.5722 NORTHEAST OHIO • AMERICA Frederick Asbeck Admission: Speaker William G. Batchelder III American experience by exploring the WRHS Members and Active Military - Free It is with great pleasure that we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Gregory R. Bean Adults - $10.00 | Seniors - $9.00 | Veterans - $7.00 Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland’s oldest cultural institution. tangible history of Northeast Ohio. Children (ages 3-12) - $5.00 Mark W. Biché - Vice Chair Children 2 & under - Free WRHS is the trusted steward of the rich history Cynthia G. Bruml of our region. Founded in 1867 on Cleveland’s Kevin R. Callahan Museum Hours: Public Square, WRHS has been collecting and Carolyn Cheverine Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm sharing fascinating stories of Northeast Ohio Sunday: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Anthony J. Constantine, CPA and America for 150 years. Grosvie R. Cooley Parking: Our Core Values... Located behind the Cleveland History Center, off In April 1867, Clevelander Charles Baldwin Donald J. Dailey Magnolia Drive convened a group of friends with the Cleveland Lin Emmons integrity, stewardship, connectivity, RESEARCH LIBRARY - Library Association to discuss his vision for Cindy S. Flynn at the Cleveland History Center a new cultural society. On May 28th of that Gina Hamister excellence and innovation. Hours: year, Baldwin and his peers organized the Edith F. Hirsch Thursday – Saturday: 10:00 am-5:00 pm Sunday – Wednesday: Closed historical department of the Cleveland Library Robert H. Jackson Association. Its objective was to discover, procure, and preserve whatever John Jenkins Public Parking Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 7:00 am-6:00 pm relates to the history, biography, genealogy, antiquities, and statistics Henri Pell Junod, Jr. Western Reserve Historical Society owns connected with the city of Cleveland and the Western Reserve, as well as First 2 Hours – $8 | Each Additional 30 Minutes – $1 Peter Kelley Daily Max – $15 | WRHS Members – $5/car flat rate what generally relates to the history of Ohio and the Great West. and operates six sites in four counties Betty J. Kemper of Northeast Ohio. (during museum hours only) Our beginnings were humble. Initially, this small group met in a rented Terry Kovel After Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 6:01 pm-6:59 am room to form the historical society. For 25 years the organization had no J. Roderick MacDonald - Treasurer Including: Monday all day/night charter and was dedicated to collecting historical articles and artifacts, and Cliff Megerian Flat Rate – $10 to publishing historical papers. Sandra Morgan Cleveland History Center Wendy Hoge Naylor - Secretary HALE FARM & VILLAGE Today, WRHS has six sites located in four counties of Northeast Ohio. Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Address: 2686 Oak Hill Rd. With more than one million items in our Library and Museum collections, Lee Poseidon Bath, Ohio 44210 WRHS has one of the nation’s finest collections relating to the American John E. Rupert Hale Farm & Village Phone: 330.666.3711 Shirley Smith Seaton experience. Our founders little dreamed that Bath, Summit County Hours: the organization they inspired – your Historical Gary M. Small Summer Season (June through August) Society – would become one of the largest and Laura G. Stack Wednesday through Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Holsey Gates Residence Closed - Mondays and Tuesdays most diversified historical societies in the United David Stahl Bedford, Cuyahoga County States. On the occasion of our sesquicentennial David L. Stashower Fall Season (September and October) Open Weekends WRHS celebrates 150 years of sharing our stories John W. Thompson Loghurst Saturdays and Sundays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm – stories of immigrants and influencer’s, civic Thomas V. H. Vail, Jr. Canfield, Mahoning County Open for School Groups by Reservation pride, philanthropy and responsibility, innovation Myron T. Vernis and creativity, family and community. WRHS Late Fall, Winter and Spring Hours Preservation & Restoration Center Open to the Public by Reservation Only is proud to be the trusted steward of our rich Kelly Falcone-Hall - President & CEO November 1st - May 31st regional heritage, and equally proud to be among Macedonia, Summit County those now envisioning an even brighter future for the people of Northeast November through May Open for School Groups by Reservation Ohio. Please join WRHS as we celebrate 150 years of Northeast Ohio Shandy Hall Open for Signature Programming history with WRHS’ 150th Anniversary signature events, festivities, and Geneva, Ashtabula County Admission: exhibits that explore our regional heritage and its impact on the American WRHS Members and Active Military - Free experience. History is made every day. Share your stories. Be a part of Adults - $10.00 | Children (ages 3-12) - $5.00 history. Children 2 & under - Free Smithsonian Aliate www.WRHS.org Kelly Falcone-Hall Glenn G. Anderson, Jr. President & CEO Chair of the Board 3 7 A few steps from Cleveland’s gas May 28, 1867 lighted Public Square, twenty-one Clevelanders met in the director’s room of the Cleveland Library WRHS serves over 35,000 school children Association on Tuesday evening, May 28, 1867, to found the Western Experience annually through education programs. Educational Reserve Historical Society as a department of the Cleveland Library experiences include field trips, professional development for teachers, scout Association. The Society’s first headquarters was the third floor of the retreats, university internships, service learning, youth camps and outreach. TH Society for Savings Building located on tree-filled Public Square. These place-based education programs include primary source documents, artifacts, historic structures, farm animals and extensive activities that align The historical society was initially dedicated to collecting historical with Ohio’s learning standards. articles and artifacts and to publishing historical papers. With time our focus sharpened to collecting items with strong regional significance. In addition to our collections of local interest, we have important specialized collections of national interest. We are particularly proud of our antique and classic automobiles and automotive literature, Shaker collection of manuscripts, genealogy collections, Civil War manuscripts, costumes, early American newspapers, and significant architectural structures. Thus, WRHS has become one of the largest and most diversified historical societies in America. WRHS brings history to life. Explore Stories of the men and women WRHS is committed to the custody, who built the Western Reserve are shared through Preserve care and honoring of Northeast Ohio interactive exhibits, including collections of their history through rural and urban land use and planning. WRHS preserves portraits, costumes, tools, furniture and treasures. countless artifacts and over 40 historic structures that once defined the Signature events and exhibits invite you to discover the rural landscape and architecture of early Western Reserve communities, American experience by exploring your own tangible as well as structures that reflect the era of industrial and post-industrial history. Cleveland. These structures provide not only the context for regional history education opportunities but also a beacon for the future entrepreneurial spirit of our region. A hundred and fifty years is just a spectacular achievement for the Western Reserve Historical Society. We have so much to be proud of here in Cleveland! WRHS historic Celebrate structures, scenic landscapes and gardens are the backdrop for The city of Cleveland has such a rich history! Kids in generations to come major life events – weddings, anniversaries, reunions, parties and corporate events. These events should be reminded of that rich history, so that they can be proud of their along with WRHS-hosted community outreach and networking events create opportunities for you to learn, community. share, create and celebrate our lives. Randy McShepard, Community Leader and Executive at RPM Inc. OUR FOUNDING • 1867-2017 150 FOUNDING OUR EXPLORE • CELEBRATE EXPERIENCE • PRESERVE 8 9 Cleveland All Stars Homecoming Car Show Volunteer Auxiliary Organizations In University Circle WRHS has a number of auxiliaries that provide support and guidance for the development of collections, further study on specific topics, stimulate interest in the organization, connect the past to the present and raise funds Cleveland History Center | June 2017 to support WRHS and its mission. Today, the following active auxiliary organizations continue to help WRHS Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum achieve its goals: A continued tradition celebrating Cleveland made vehicles, • African American Archives Auxiliary the 2017 event will take place in University Circle, Cleveland’s premier cultural neighborhood, and feature programming • Citizens of Hale Farm & Village throughout the weekend. Cleveland-made automobile owners • Genealogical Committee - Celebrating 50 years May 21, 2017 from around the world will showcase their vehicles on Saturday, • Museum Advisory Council June 24th. • Young Professionals Civil War Reenactment Hale Farm & Village