Part VI. About the Contributors
Bruce A. Beatie earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 1967 at Harvard University and is now Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Cleveland State University, where he chaired the Department of Modern Languages from 1970 until 1977. Originally a medievalist, he has broadened his teaching and research interests into folklore and language-teaching methodology. His main publications have been on style and structure in traditional and popular narrative. He is now working on two books: on the morphology of Arthurian narrative, and on developing second-language reading skills.
Stanley Garfinkel received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1952 and a M.A. from Princeton University in 1956. He is an Assistant Professor of History at Kent State University and the founder of the Geauga Oral History Project. He has both published numerous articles and served as a consultant on oral history. He has produced a slide tape program entitled Rags: 100 Years of the Apparel Industry in North Eastern Ohio and is currently interviewing workers in the fashion industry for the benefit of the expanded School of Fashion Design and Merchandising and the Rogers and Silverman Costume Collection at Kent State University.
Eric Johannesen completed his M.A. at Wayne State University in 1952. He was Professor of Art and Department Chairman at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio from 1954 to 1973. Presently, he is the Preservation Officer of the Western Reserve Historical Society. He has authored four books, including Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976. The Ohio Association of Historical Societies named him Ohio’s Outstanding Preservationist in 1969. In 1980 he received the Western Reserve Architectural Award, an honor which he previously received in 1971.
Richard E. Karberg received his B.A. from Stetson University in 1964 and his M.A. from Case Western Reserve University in 1971. He has been a faculty member of the Humanities Department of Cuyahoga Community College since 1966. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Karberg was visual coordinator of the Cleveland Heritage Program of the Cleveland Public Library. Besides photographing and organizing an exhibit on ethnic architecture, he has prepared photographs for the book, Merging Traditions, 1979, as well as two books on the history of Cleveland Heights.
Jeanne M. Kish graduated from Ursuline College in 1968 with a B.A. in Comprehensive Social Studies and is presently completing her M.A. in History at Cleveland State University. Since 1968, she has been a social studies teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools. As well as presenting several workshops on education and social studies, Miss Kish has been an author and artist for two resource handbooks, including Ohio, which she also edited. From 1981-1982, she was neighborhood coordinator for the Cleveland Public Library’s Cleveland Heritage Program. In 1972, 1973 and again in 1976, she received the Martha Holden Jennings Teacher Leadership Award.
Peter J. Leahy is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He is also Research Associate at the Center for Urban Studies, Akron University. His Ph.D. is from Syracuse University. He has taught previously at Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University and has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Aston, Birmingham, England. His research interests include urban poverty, the social effects of technological change and social movement formation. He has published in a number of journals and books including Demography, Social Studies of Science, Alternative Lifestyles and Sociological Focus.
Edward M. Miggins graduated from Fairfield University in 1966 and received a Ph.D. in History from Case Western Reserve University in 1975. He has been a faculty member of Cuyahoga Community College since 1972. After completing a N.E.H. fellowship at Columbia University, he was appointed research director of the Cleveland Public Library’s Cleveland Heritage Program (1981-1983). He is a member of the executive board of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society and a trustee and vice president of the Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum. He is also an associate writer for the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and author of “The Search for the One Best System: Educational Reform and the Cleveland Public Schools, 1836-1920” in Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform, edited by David Van Tassel (Kent State University Press, 1984).
David A. Snow is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. He holds the Ph.D. degree from UCLA. He has also taught at Southern Methodist University. His research interests include collective behavior and social movements, neighborhood transition, and religious cults. He has published in a wide range of journals and books including The American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Sociological Focus and The Annual Review of Sociology.
Ronald R. Weiner received his B.A. from the University of the Americas in 1963 and his Ph.D. in history from Kent State University in 1974. His dissertation was titled, “Planning and Land Use Decisions in the Cleveland Metropolitan Area, 1880-1930.” He has been a faculty member of the History Department of Cuyahoga Community College since 1965. Dr. Weiner has held the offices of Special Assistant for Community Relations, Office of the Chancellor, Cuyahoga Community College, 1979, and Special Assistant-Planning, Office of the Metropolitan Campus President, 1978.
Much appreciation is owed to the following persons. David Thum, chief photographic archivist at the Cuyahoga County Archives, produced the photographs for the first section. Eric Johannesen produced the photographs for his article. Richard Karberg was responsible for the remainder. Chip Bromley, director of National Neighbors, also provided many helpful suggestions. The cover photo was generously donated by Mrs. Helen Fedas