Jacob Sapirstein papers, 1913-1987.

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Jacob Sapirstein papers, 1913-1987.

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Consists of correspondence dealing with business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

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Sapirstein family.

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American greetings corporation

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American Greetings was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jacob Sapirstein in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he later expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Joseph Oster was the Vice President of American Greetings in the 1960...

Yeshivat TÌ£elz (Wickliffe, Ohio)

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Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

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Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987.

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Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the U.S. in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 t...