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•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (15)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (8)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (7)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (3)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. (3)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (3)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. (3)
•Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Stokes, Carl. (3)
•Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. (2)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (2)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. (2)
•Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Forbes, George L., 1931- (2)
•Gilpin Players. (2)
•Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. (2)
•Horton, James, 1934- (2)
•Hough Area Development Corporation. (2)
•Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. (2)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Karamu House. (2)
•Rural-urban migration -- United States. (2)
•School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. (2)
•Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. (2)
•Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American authors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- United States. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American sailors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American social workers. (1)
•African American soldiers -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- United States. (1)
•African American women public relations personnel. (1)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (1)
•African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Relations with Russians. (1)
•African Americans. (1)
•Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•American Cancer Society. (1)
•American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Authors, American -- Correspondence. (1)
•Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Baylor, Mary Jane. (1)
•Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- (1)
•Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. (1)
•Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. (1)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. (1)
•Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. (1)
•Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. (1)
•Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. (1)
•Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. (1)
•Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. (1)
•Cleveland Transit System. (1)
•Cleveland Women's Orchestra. (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Service industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter (1)
•Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Crosby Furniture Company. (1)
•Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- (1)
•Dance -- United States. (1)
•Dance companies -- United States. (1)
•Davis family. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976. (1)
•Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (1)
•E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Eddy Road Street Club. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. (1)
•Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Forest City Hospital. (1)
•Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Freedom Fighters of Ohio (1)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Future Outlook League. (1)
•Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Glenco Enterprises, Inc. (1)
•Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Gospel musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Halle Bros. Co. (1)
•Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hough Area Partners in Progress. (1)
•Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Institute of Man and Science. (1)
•Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Karamu Foundation. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Labor movement -- United States. (1)
•Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- (1)
•Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. (1)
•Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. (1)
•McDonald's Corporation. (1)
•McIntyre, Dianne. (1)
•McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. (1)
•Medicine. (1)
•Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Moon family. (1)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- (1)
•Moon, Joseph Herbert. (1)
•Moon, Leah. (1)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis. (1)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. (1)
•Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. (1)
•Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- History. (1)
•National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. (1)
•National Urban League. (1)
•Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•North Coast Village Steering Committee. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. (1)
•Operation Black Unity. (1)
•Oral histories. (1)
•Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- (1)
•Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Popular music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Porter, Roderick Boyd. (1)
•Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation and juvenile delinquency. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) (1)
•Retail trade -- Employees. (1)
•Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sermons, American -- African American authors. (1)
•Service industries workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social work with African Americans. (1)
•Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sociology. (1)
•Sounds in Motion. (1)
•Spiritual Five Singers. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sweet, Dovie Davis. (1)
•Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Taylor family. (1)
•Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. (1)
•Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- (1)
•Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- (1)
•Taylor, Murtis Howard. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Traffic signs and signals. (1)
•Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Unitarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•United Freedom Movement (1)
•United States -- Race relations. (1)
•United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. (1)
•United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. (1)
•Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Urban League of Cleveland. (1)
•Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. (1)
•William Bingham Foundation. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Yarbrough family. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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21Title:  Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs     
 Creator:  George, Dr. Zelma Watson 
 Dates:  1881-1994 
 Abstract:  Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born in Texas in 1903. As an African American woman coming of age in the early twentieth century, she and her family endured discrimination in many situations. She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, went on to college at the University of Chicago, and eventually earned her Ph.D. from New York University. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and became renown for her musical talents and research, diplomatic career, her contributions to the civil rights movement locally, and her career as an administrator and educator/lecturer. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills. 
 Call #:  MS 5415 
 Extent:  55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes) 
 Subjects:  George, Zelma Watson | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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22Title:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers     
 Creator:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell 
 Dates:  1889-1932 
 Abstract:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was a Cleveland, Ohio, court reporter, novelist and short story writer. He was the first African American novelist and short story writer to win recognition on a nationwide scale. The collection consists of correspondence, copies of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, photographs and other papers relating to Chesnutt's activities as a court reporter and writer. 
 Call #:  MS 3370 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Authors, American -- Correspondence. | African American authors -- Correspondence. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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23Title:  Roderick Boyd Porter Papers     
 Creator:  Porter, Roderick Boyd 
 Dates:  1980-1985 
 Abstract:  Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and revitalization efforts in the Hough area community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. 
 Call #:  MS 4646 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Porter, Roderick Boyd. | William Bingham Foundation. | North Coast Village Steering Committee. | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. | Institute of Man and Science. | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. | Hough Area Partners in Progress. | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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24Title:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch Records     
 Creator:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch 
 Dates:  1922-1969 
 Abstract:  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a social and political action organization founded in 1912 as a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the NAACP. Its purpose is to oppose racial inequalities in civil and political rights. The collection consists of reports, minutes, office files, financial records, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, news releases and insurance policies. 
 Call #:  MS 3520 
 Extent:  26.40 linear feet (70 containers) 
 Subjects:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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25Title:  Karamu House Records     
 Creator:  Karamu House 
 Dates:  1914-1979 
 Abstract:  Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, play scripts and related information, announcements of events, programs, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrapbooks, and student enrollment cards. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White, Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, Harry E. Davis, Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter. The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, particularly the 1950s and 1960s. 
 Call #:  MS 4606 
 Extent:  79.21 linear feet (92 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Karamu House. | Gilpin Players. | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rural-urban migration -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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26Title:  Albert M. Pennybacker Papers     
 Creator:  Pennybacker, Albert M. 
 Dates:  1963-1974 
 Abstract:  Albert Pennybacker was a civil rights activist and pastor of Heights Christian Church in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights. The collection consists of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association. 
 Call #:  MS 3743 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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27Title:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II Records     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II 
 Dates:  1954-1992 
 Abstract:  The Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II, formerly known as the Junior Board of the Eliza Bryant Center, was a group founded by African American women in 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Organized by Bessie Blue, it was to provide residents of the Eliza Bryant Center, a home for the African American elderly, with a cheerful and homelike atmosphere. Members of the Auxiliary raised funds to purchase items and supplies such as kitchen equipment, linen, beds, carpeting, and electronics. The collection consists of codes of regulation, constitutions, historical data, minutes, correspondence, financial statements and reports, rosters, Christmas Mart and other program documents, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, proclamations, and resolutions. The collection pertains largely to fundraising events sponsored by the Auxiliary, one of of the best known being the annual Christmas Mart. 
 Call #:  MS 4637 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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28Title:  James Horton Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Horton, James 
 Dates:  1955-1982 
 Abstract:  James Horton was a business agent and organizer for the Building Service and Maintenance Union, Local 47, Cleveland, Ohio, who helped to unionize a number of nursing homes and served as a contract negotiator. Horton was also active in the Eddy Road Street Club, a neighborhood improvement association, and Ohio Boys Town. He was interested in political issues and wrote to a number of mayors, congressmen, and senators. The collection consists of correspondence relating to Horton's union activities, collective agreements which he helped to negotiate, material relating to the Eddy Road Street Club, letters from prominent public officials, and Horton's various awards and certificates of achievement. 
 Call #:  MS 4306 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Horton, James, 1934- | Eddy Road Street Club. | Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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29Title:  In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project Records     
 Creator:  In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project 
 Dates:  1995-1996 
 Abstract:  In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project was conducted in 1995-1996 by the African American Archives Auxiliary Youth Advisory Council and supported by the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project was funded with grants from the Cleveland Indians and Zapis Communications. Interviews with nineteen African American individuals of diverse backgrounds from the northeastern Ohio area were conducted by high school students Jamar Doyle, Tiffany Haddon, and Amy Worthy. The collection consists of an overall report on the project by coordinator Patricia A. Miles Ashford, individual reports by the student interviewers, and transcripts of the interviews. Those interviewed include Leon Bibb, William F. Boyd, Ernestine Brown, William Grace, Anthony Gray, Kenny Gray, Lomax Gray, Floyd Hoiston, Angeline Jeter, Samuel Jethroe, John D. McClindon, Jr., Louis Naylor, Harry Robinson, Charles Sallee, Jr., Glen Shumate, Harold Thomas, Owen Lynn Tolliver, Jr., and Ernest Williams. 
 Call #:  MS 4746 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
 
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30Title:  Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs Records     
 Creator:  Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs 
 Dates:  1964-1972 
 Abstract:  The Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (BICCA) was organized in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, at a time of unrest in the community, in order to establish communication and develop understanding between leaders of Cleveland's business and African American communities. The BICCA was a committee of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which provided funding, services, and facilities. Additional financial support was supplied by local corporations. The collection consists of a report on the beginnings and early activity of the Committee, with copies of relevant articles, correspondence, and subcommittee reports, as well as annual reports. 
 Call #:  MS 4668 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
 
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31Title:  Carl Stokes Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Stokes, Carl 
 Dates:  1947-1992 
 Abstract:  Carl Stokes was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of speeches, correspondence, datebooks, budgets, lectures, newspaper clippings, publications, telegrams, reports, resumes, agendas, press releases, programs, flyers, certificates, legal documents, newsletters, transcripts, proposals, lists, minutes, and a yearbook. 
 Call #:  MS 4800 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Stokes, Carl. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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32Title:  Charles Herbert Garvin Papers     
 Creator:  Garvin, Charles Herbert 
 Dates:  1909-1965 
 Abstract:  Charles Herbert Garvin (1890-1968) was an African American physician, civic leader and author in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked for the advancement of Blacks in the medical profession and in Cleveland social structure. the collection consists of letters, speeches, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and research notes relating to Dr. Garvin, Black physicians in Cleveland and the United States, and various medical subjects. 
 Call #:  MS 3328 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- United States. | Medicine.
 
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33Title:  James Horton Papers, Series III     
 Creator:  James Horton 
 Dates:  ca.1965-1990 
 Abstract:  James Horton (1934-2005) was an employee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 47, in Cleveland, Ohio. He helped the union organize workers in several Cleveland hospitals and nursing homes and served as a negotiator during contract bargaining negotiations. During his career with SEIU he served in many capacities including organizer, business agent, negotiator, vice-president, and president. The collection consists of a biography, a book, brochures, casework files, contract data sheet, contract surveys, correspondence, fliers, grievance reports, handwritten notes, job descriptions, merger history, monthly activity reports, a photograph, plan descriptions, a proposal draft, newspaper clippings, a newsletter, reports, rosters, speech and press conference, union agreement, and union proposals. 
 Call #:  MS 5507 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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34Title:  Frank Lyons Papers     
 Creator:  Lyons, Frank 
 Dates:  1912-1961 
 Abstract:  Frank Lyons (1894-1974) was a lawyer, politician and civic leader active in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community. The collection consists of correspondence dealing with Lyons' law career, political involvement, and personal life, as well as organizational records, political campaign files, appointment books and journals, and legal case materials, including discrimination suits Lyons handled for the Future Outlook League and Robert Woodall. The collection pertains to Lyons' political aspirations and activities in various ward clubs, his community service in such organizations as the Urban League, St. Marks Presbyterian Church, and the Woodland Center Neighborhood House, and his discrimination cases. 
 Call #:  MS 4249 
 Extent:  2.40 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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35Title:  St. James A M E Church Oral History Project Interviews     
 Creator:  St. James A M E Church 
 Dates:  1986-1987 
 Abstract:  The St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Oral History Project Interviews was a venture of the church membership to conduct and transcribe oral history interviews with current and former members of the Cleveland, Ohio, church. It also included residents of the Fairfax community. It was sponsored by the church's Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society and was funded in part by the Ohio Humanities Council. The goals of the project were to examine the role of the family and elderly in the African American community, the place of the church in the community and family life, and the function of the community over time. Forty-one men and women participated in the interview process. A public conference was held in 1986 as part of the project. The collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted with individuals who were or had been members of the congregation of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and/or residents of the Fairfax area; a final report on the project; publications; and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 4536 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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36Title:  Future Outlook League Records     
 Creator:  Future Outlook League 
 Dates:  1935-1959 
 Abstract:  The Future Outlook League was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights organization founded in 1935 by John Oliver Holly to promote employment, mobility, and equality for black youth and young adults in the Central area. Holly, the League's first president, was a political office holder in the area. The idea for the League grew out of dissatisfaction with the achievements of existing Negro organizations concerning employment. The organization appealed to both unskilled and semi-skilled Afro-Americans and was one of the first black organizations in the late 1930s to use picketing and economic boycotts to secure employment for Negroes. Supported primarily by weekly fees assessed to those who obtained jobs through the League, the organization integrated staffs of banks, stores, utilities, and industry. Integration of area neighborhoods was also a concern. The collection consists of minutes, financial materials, subject files, scrapbooks, and membership cards. The collection pertains largely to the establishment of the League and its activities in promoting employment and civil rights on behalf of Cleveland's black community. The membership cards reveal characteristics of that community by providing information on marital status, age, occupation, education, and residence. The scrapbooks detail the League's activities against small, local establishments, as well as national chains, such as the A&P Company, Belle Vernon Products, Lawson's Stores, and People's Drug Stores. 
 Call #:  MS 4171 
 Extent:  5.91 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Future Outlook League. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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37Title:  Congress of Racial Equality, Cleveland Chapter Records     
 Creator:  Congress of Racial Equality, Cleveland Chapter 
 Dates:  1960-1969 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was chartered in March 1963. As a chapter of the national organization founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1942, the Cleveland Chapter of CORE has used direct action to bring about dignity, freedom, justice, and equality for the oppressed and dispossessed people of Cleveland. While primarily working in the African American community, CORE has worked for the political, economic, and social changes necessary to improve the conditions that cause racial inequality and poverty. The collection consists of agendas, brochures, budgets, constitutions, correspondence, event notices, fact sheets, financial statements, flyers, guides, histories, lists, membership cards, minutes, news releases, newspaper clippings, notes, outlines, policy statements, programs, proposals, publications, reports, speeches, and tickets. 
 Call #:  MS 5174 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. | Congress of Racial Equality | Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter | Freedom Fighters of Ohio | United Freedom Movement
 
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38Title:  Dovie Davis Sweet Papers     
 Creator:  Sweet, Dovie Davis 
 Dates:  1935-1982 
 Abstract:  Dovie Davis Sweet was a primary teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools, author, and active member of the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. She wrote "Red light, green light", a children's book about Clevelander Garrett Morgan, and was active in many community groups. She helped organize the Glenville Area Community Council, Parkgate Avenue Street Club, East 111th Street Club, and the Retired Teachers' Union. She served as vice-president of the Cleveland Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and helped with its membership drive, Freedom Fund dinner, march on Washington, and discrimination surveys. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, files on the writing and promotion of "Red light, green light", clippings, and subject files, including those for the NAACP, the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club, Florida Club, Delta Sigma Theta Club, and St. John's A.M.E. Church. 
 Call #:  MS 4204 
 Extent:  1.70 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Sweet, Dovie Davis. | Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
 
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39Title:  Mary Jane Baylor Papers     
 Creator:  Baylor, Mary Jane 
 Dates:  1950-1980 
 Abstract:  Mary Jane Baylor was the first African American salesperson to work for the Halle Brothers Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1944 in the stock department, she moved on to a clerical position, and in 1950, as a salesperson in the children and infants' department. She received commendations for her service and awards for her ability to thwart crime and prevent fraud. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and guest lists. 
 Call #:  MS 4648 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Baylor, Mary Jane. | Halle Bros. Co. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Employees. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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40Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1875-1968 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, settlement house founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of minutes, financial statements, reports, evaluations, club journals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, expense accounts, and records of the Women's Philanthropic Union. 
 Call #:  MS 3526 
 Extent:  5.90 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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