Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation Records (MS3700)

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The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation was founded in 1925 by Leo Weidenthal as the Civic Progress League. In 1926 the name was changed to the Cleveland Cultural Garden League, and in 1952 to the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. Weidenthal conceived the idea of a series of gardens, each having a central theme concerning the history of a single nationality group in Cleveland, Ohio. The City of Cleveland and the Work Projects Administration did much of the work on the earlier gardens after a 1927 ordinance set aside areas of Rockefeller Park next to the Shakespeare Garden for the development of similar gardens with ethnic themes. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, correspondence, histories, speeches, financial records, proclamations, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material including membership lists, resolutions, press releases, certificates, programs, and invitations. The minutes and correspondence contain information on the role of the Work Projects Administration in helping to build the gardens.

: Blueprint for the German Cultural Garden; Blueprint plan for the German Cultural Garden in Cleveland, Ohio designed by architect Elbert Peets in 1932., Included in disassembled scrapbook of German Cultural Garden materials.

: Cleveland News article about John Csosz; Newspaper article from Cleveland News about Hungarian artist John Csosz and his drawings of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens., Included in scrapbook of Cleveland Cultural Gardens newspaper clippings.

: Cleveland's Cultural Garden article in The Clevelander; Article by Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation president Leo Weidenthal about the cultural gardens on pages two and three of The Clevelander magazine.

: Cleveland's Cultural Gardens pamphlet; Pamphlet from the Cleveland Department of Public Properties including information on each of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and the process of constructing them., The cover image is the Hungarian Cultural Garden, the second image is the Greek Cultural Garden, and the third image is the German Cultural Garden.

: The Cultural Gardens of Cleveland pamphlet; The Cultural Gardens of Cleveland pamphlet outlining the history of the gardens, written by landscape architect Harold E. Atkinson., Blue pen markings highlight information about the Slovak Cultural garden. Handwritten note on first page reads "Reference to Slovak Garden inside"

: Let's Explore Ohio Rockefeller Park page; Let's Explore Ohio coloring book page featuring Rockefeller Park and the cultural gardens in Cleveland, Ohio., Pencil markings visible

: One World Day; Color clipping of Cleveland Plain Dealer Magazine front cover "Pictorial" July 2, 1950, for One World Day.

: Proposed Plan for Slovak Cultural Garden; Three prints of a sketch of a proposed change to the Slovak Cultural Garden in 1934 which would have moved the Štefánik monument., Sketches signed "Luckay."