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•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Hines family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
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•African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
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•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. (1)
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•Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Black Folk Art in Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
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•Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. (1)
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•Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
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•Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
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•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•George, Zelma, 1903- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Gould, George 1905-1990 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs (1)
•Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (1)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•McKinney family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•McKinney, Ruth Berry (Annie Ruth Berry), 1900-1966 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•McKinney, Wade Hampton, 1892-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Simon, Frank. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Western Reserve Historical Society Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (1989) -- Photographs. (1)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Michael R. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
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1Title:  Black Folk Art in Cleveland Photographs     
 Creator:  Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University 
 Dates:  1984 
 Abstract:  The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition was presented in 1984 by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. It featured folk artists Peggy Davenport, Reverend Albert Wagner, Ruby Hall, Helen Dobbins, Jim Moss, Mickey Towns, Benjamin Collins, Perkine Lard, Marcella Welch, Nick Biggins, and J.D. Harmon. The collection consists of images depicting the exhibit in the Mather Gallery, its visitors, participants, and organizers. Included in the collection are photographs of Dr. Zelma George, Ishmael Reed, and other visitors of the exhibition. 
 Call #:  PG 474 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. | Black Folk Art in Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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2Title:  Karamu House Photographs     
 Creator:  Karamu House 
 Dates:  1915-1972 
 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 individual and group portraits of Karamu House founders Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, administrators and staff, actors and performers, and community figures. Group portraits and views depict activities at Karamu, including classes, art exhibits, meetings, ceremonies, choral groups, clubs, and sports teams. Views of Karamu House facilities, buildings, and grounds, including photographs of the original buildings of the Playhouse Settlement, are included, as are views of plays performed. Notable individuals depicted include Garrett E. Morgan, Charles Gilpin, Al Fann, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Ida B. Wells, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Harry E. Davis, James Weldon Johnson, Perry Como, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ruby Dee, Raymond St. Jacques, Archibald MacLeish, Judge Charles White, Rev. Earl Preston, Charles Sallee, Carl Stokes, Louis Stokes, Jane Addams, Emily Laster, Wilhelmina Roberson, Dakota Staton, Harriet Tubman, and Julian Mayfield. Groups depicted include the Keystone Club, Golden Age Club, Cheerio Circle, the Karamu Dancers, Camp Karamu, and the Karamu Nursery School. 
 Call #:  PG 443 
 Extent:  1.81 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. | Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American actresses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dancers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
 
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3Title:  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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4Title:  Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Photographs     
 Creator:  Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena 
 Dates:  1920-1990 
 Abstract:  Russell W. (1891-1980) and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe (1892-1992) were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involved with the Group Work Council of the Welfare Federation and was a trustee of Oberlin College and the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Urban League, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Both the Jelliffes received numerous honors and awards. The collection consists of individual portraits of Russell and Rowena Jelliffe; individual portraits of those associated with Karamu House, including teachers, instructors, and performers; group portraits that include the Jelliffes and others, including Zelma George, W. C. Handy, Langston Hughes, and Michael White; and views of play productions, instructional classes, and interior and exterior scenes at Karamu House. Also included in the collection are group portraits of the Gilpin Players and Karamu actors in performance. 
 Call #:  PG 484 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Photograph collections. | George, Zelma, 1903- -- Photograph collections. | Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Photograph collections. | White, Michael R. -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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5Title:  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photographs     
 Creator:  King, Martin Luther Jr. 
 Dates:  1963-1989 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of photographs and copy negatives assembled from a variety of sources, including PG 273 United Auto Workers, Local 45 Negatives (Western Reserve Historical Society), the Cleveland Press collection of Cleveland State University, and former Press photographer William S. Nehez. The photographs were used in an audiovisual presentation for the January 18, 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The bulk of photographs are views of Dr. King's visits to Cleveland, Ohio and portraits of program honorees from the 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. 
 Call #:  PG 433 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (1989) -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
 
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6Title:  Bertha Blue Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Blue, Bertha Family 
 Dates:  1900-1970 
 Abstract:  Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963) was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Bertha Blue, her daughter Jane Darr, Welcome T. Blue, Sr., and other family members and friends. Included in the collection are photographs of Jane Edna Hunter, Virginia Bray, and G. Howard Fields. Events depicted are the weddings of Mabelle Blue and Jane Lee Darr, the tennis group with whom Bertha Blue played, and Bertha Blue's first grade class. 
 Call #:  PG 475 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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7Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1860-1980 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family are also included. 
 Call #:  PG 509 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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8Title:  Lolette and George Hanserd Photographs     
 Creator:  Hanserd, Lolette and George 
 Dates:  1910-1980 
 Abstract:  George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first African American to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of individual portraits of George Hanserd and his wife Lolette Hanserd and group portraits including them and others such as Jesse Owens, at athletic events, classmates of the Ohio College of Chiropody, and at a dinner of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. 
 Call #:  PG 369 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. | Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. | Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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9Title:  George Gould Photographs     
 Creator:  Gould, George 
 Dates:  1930-1971 
 Abstract:  George Gould (1905-1990) was a professional African American actor. Gould first worked with the Royal American Show, an African American theater group based in Tampa, Florida, in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, Cleveland, Ohio, became his base of operation. The majority of his work in Cleveland was at Karamu House under the direction of Dorothy and Reuben Silver. He also performed in several productions at the Cleveland Playhouse. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of George Gould in various theatrical productions, including those at the Cleveland Playhouse and Karamu House. 
 Call #:  PG 480 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Gould, George 1905-1990 -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Play House (Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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10Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Photographs     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1873-1988 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of approximately 1,500 photographs and 1,500 slides. 
 Call #:  PG 594 
 Extent:  2.03 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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11Title:  Katherine P. Williamson Photographs     
 Creator:  Williamson, Katherine P. 
 Dates:  1950-1960 
 Abstract:  Katherine P. Williamson (1910-1964) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker who had a particular interest in improved housing for minority groups. She was a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Dept., Family Life Coordinator for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's Central Area Community Council, and Child Welfare Consultant, and later, Northeast Area Superior, for the Ohio Dept. of Public Welfare. The collection consists of photographs relating mainly to Katherine P. Williamson's work at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes photographs of various groups of African Americans at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, including senior citizens and arts and crafts groups. Also includes photographs relating to a Family Life and Health Month parade and fair held in Cleveland in 1957, sponsored by the Friendly Inn. Those pictured in the parade and fair photographs are: Anthony Celebrezze, Perry B. Jackson, William O. Walker, Russell Davis, Ethel Storey, Charles W. White, and George Theobald. 
 Call #:  PG 073 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. | Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. | Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. | Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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12Title:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen Photographs     
 Creator:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen 
 Dates:  1941-1966 
 Abstract:  The Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen was founded in Denver, Colorado, as a national African American fraternal and mutual benefit association. The organization had chapters, called Tents, across the country. A subsidiary, the American Woodmen Life Insurance Company, provided mutual benefit life insurance to members of the Supreme Camp. The collection consists of individual portraits of Frank Simon, president of the Cleveland, Ohio tent, and other members of the Cleveland tent; and views of business meetings, conferences, ceremonies, parades, and coronations of Kings and Queens of American Woodmen. Also included are images of the American Woodmen District Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930. 
 Call #:  PG 479 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Simon, Frank. | Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
 
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13Title:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society Photographs     
 Creator:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church 
 Dates:  1930-1986 
 Abstract:  The Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church performed outreach and social services in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of group portraits and views of members and events of the Missionary Society, group portraits of members of the Las Amigas Club, trips made by the Missionary Society, conferences sponsored by the Society, and a reunion of the Las Amigas Club. Individuals pictured include Marjorie Ison Davis, Gertrude Lang, Myrtis Howard, Dr. James Tanner, and Derrick Floyd. 
 Call #:  PG 481 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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14Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Photographs     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1921-1966 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement 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. Located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates, its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of photographs of activities, games, and sports at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement, and also of the neighborhood it served. Included are many views of African American and Italian organizations at the Settlement and views of housing conditions of the surrounding area. 
 Call #:  PG 126 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
 
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15Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1885-1962 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon (1901-1985) was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon (1868-1952) was an organizer of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of group and individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his family, friends and associates. 
 Call #:  PG 187 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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16Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Photographs     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1946-1986 
 Abstract:  The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of individual portraits of founder Amanda Wicker, her friends and associates; Clarke School board members, school graduates, and models; and views of events, activities and instructional classes. Included in the collection are portraits of Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, Representative Troy Lee James, Cynthia Holloway, Judge Perry B. Jackson, Wyatt Brownlee, and Elizabeth Lambright. Events depicted include The Book of Gold and other fashion shows, award ceremonies of the Amanda Wicker Scholarship and the Cleveland Scholarship Program, board meetings, and social functions. 
 Call #:  PG 472 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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17Title:  Wade Hampton McKinney Family Photographs     
 Creator:  McKinney, Wade Hampton Family 
 Dates:  1917-1961 
 Abstract:  Reverend Wade H. McKinney (1892-1963) was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's black community. The collection consists of portraits of Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and other family members. Also included are group portraits which include various Morehouse College groups; World War I African American soldiers; the Antioch Baptist Church Choir; and a view of groundbreaking ceremonies for the Cedar Branch of the Cleveland Y.M.C.A. Individuals in group portraits include O.M. Hoover, George H. Caslin, M. C. Southerland, A. A. Womack, J. C. Walker, H. G. Coleman, W. M. Bivens, W. R. Jones, William L. Engram, Reverend John T. Weeden, A. William Jameson, L. L. Stevenson, and R. C. Fuller, and Jackie Robinson. 
 Call #:  PG 054 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McKinney, Wade Hampton, 1892-1963 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney, Ruth Berry (Annie Ruth Berry), 1900-1966 -- Photograph collections. | McKinney family -- Photograph collections. | Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Photograph collections. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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18Title:  Allen E. Cole Photographs     
 Creator:  Cole, Allen E. 
 Dates:  1870-1970 
 Abstract:  Allen E. Cole (1883-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, photographer who produced over 50,000 photographs of people and places in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio. Cole opened his first studio in 1922 at 9909 Cedar Avenue, supplementing his income with commercial work and commission work for eight white-owned studios, and earned prizes and commendations at state and local exhibitions. His photographs were frequently published in The Call and Post. The collection consists of approximately 30,000 black and white and color negatives; 6,000 black and white and color photographs; and 1 oil painting. 
 Call #:  PG 268 
 Extent:  36.72 linear feet (21 containers, 6 filing cabinets, and 2 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
 
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