Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the third of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Cover of pamphlet, "Through Smoke and Fumes with Safety". This is an advertising pamphlet for National Safety hood and smoke protector., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Black and white group photograph of African American Civil War veterans posing in front of Lawnfield. Group is not identified. "Copyright and published by J. F. Ryder, Cleveland, Ohio.", Without frame border, approximately 9.5 x 14 in., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Black and white photograph of two children on a goat, possibly Samuel Livingston Mather and Amasa Stone Mather. Photograph taken by "Decker & Wilbur, 143 Euclid Ave., Cleveland"., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Ruby L. Terry was a former engineer and marketing executive for Bell Laboratories and the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, later Ameritech/SBC, and currently AT&T. She was responsible for generating $300 million in annual revenues from the engineering of large communication systems for such corporations as East Ohio Gas, Cleveland Clinic, Timken Company, and Goodyear Tire and Rubber. She also was assigned by her division engineer to design the first cable television system for cities in the northern and southern Ohio Bell service area. As an engineer in the late 1960s and early 1970s, she had to overcome many obstacles as both an African-American and as a woman.This oral history was conducted by Celeste Terry, daughter of Ruby Terry, at Western Reserve Historical Society on July 28, 2018.