Subject | • | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena | | | | Dates: | 1914-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe 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 correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, Karamu Board of Trustee files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, playscripts, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks. In addition to the personal papers of the Jelliffes, this collection contains a significant collection of the records of Karamu House, including initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club concerning the founding of Neighborhood Association, administrative files, histories, materials concerning the New Building Campaign of the 1940s, correspondence with Harold T. Clark, programming files, materials concerning the search for a new executive director, playscripts, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's play, Sermon. Also included are the records of the Karumu Foundation, 1948-1977. | | | | Call #: | MS 4737 | | | | Extent: | 12.71 linear feet (14 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. | Karamu House. | Karamu Foundation. | 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. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers
| | | | Creator: | Silver, Reuben and Dorothy | | | | Dates: | 1949-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 as an interracial social settlement in Cleveland, Ohio. During their tenure, the Silvers were instrumental in presenting works by African American authors such as Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, as well as classics from the American theater. Urban unrest in the community surrounding Karamu and the growing popularity of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s forced a reconsideration of Karamu's goals as they related to interracial theater. During this period, Karamu endured major personnel and financial crises. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, playscripts, schedules, programs, and handbills. Most of the material contained in this collection is concerned with Karamu House and the Silvers' roles there as Theater Director and Theater Assistant from 1955-1976. | | | | Call #: | MS 4533 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Silver, Reuben, 1925- | Silver, Dorothy, 1929- | Karamu House. | 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. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Silver, Reuben and Dorothy | | | | Dates: | 1915-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 as an interracial social settlement in Cleveland, Ohio. During their tenure, the Silvers were instrumental in presenting works by African American authors such as Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, as well as classics from the American theater. Urban unrest in the community surrounding Karamu and the growing popularity of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s forced a reconsideration of Karamu's goals as they related to interracial theater. During this period, Karamu endured major personnel and financial crises. The collection consists of audition notices, correspondence, index card notes for a dissertation on Karamu House, Karamu House 75th Anniversary materials, a program manuscript, magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, obituaries, play reviews, press releases, theater and workshop programs, minutes, reports, cast and crew lists, play posters, program schedules, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4643 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Silver, Reuben, 1925- | Silver, Dorothy, 1929- | Karamu House. | 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. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Cleveland Pioneer Players Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Pioneer Players | | | | Dates: | 1958-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Pioneer Players, later the Cleveland Irish Players, are an Irish American theatre ensemble that formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960, performing their first play ("Professor Tim" by George Shiels) in 1961. Since then, the group has performed the works of major Irish playwrights including Sean O'Casey ("Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars"), Brian Friel ("Philadelphia Here I Come!" and "Dancing at Lughnasa"), and Hugh Leonard ("Da"), as well as lesser known Irish and Irish-American authors. The group has performed in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dayton and Marietta, Ohio, and traveled to Ireland in 1976, 1978, and 1980. The collection consists of playbills and newsletters. | | | | Call #: | MS 5289 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Irish drama -- 20th century. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | Kenyon C. Bolton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bolton, Kenyon C. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Kenyon Castle Bolton was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist and son of Chester and Frances Payne Bolton. He served in the military, beginning in 1936 as a member of the 107th Cavalry of the Ohio National Guard. He entered active service in 1940, served during World War II and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was president of Cleveland Air Taxi, a helicopter taxi service, and had a strong interest in higher education and the arts. Bolton served with the Council of Foreign Ministers in 1947 and 1948, the Austrian Peace Treaty Conference in 1948, and was special assistant of the U.S. ambassador to France. Kenyon C. Bolton was married to Mary Riding Peters, and had five children. The collection consists of family data, personal records, military records, business records, and records of Bolton's organizational involvements, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical data, summary court papers, air travel cards, contribution lists, articles, brochures, advertisements, contracts, personnel files, and press releases. | | | | Call #: | MS 4550 | | | | Extent: | 22.40 linear feet (23 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bolton, Kenyon Castle. | Bolton family. | Cleveland Air Taxi. | Kenyon College. | John Carroll University. | Cleveland Play House (Ohio). | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). National Council. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. | Nationalities Services Center. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Metropolitan helicopter services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | International relations. | United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Louis Kaferle Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Kaferle, Louis | | | | Dates: | 1934-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Kaferle (1900-1985) was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in the local Slovenian community. He was an officer of the Slovene National Benefit Society, a writer for the local Slovenian periodicals, and President of Cankarjeve Ustanove. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs. Some materials document Kaferle's involvement with the North American Trust Company controversy. | | | | Call #: | MS 4262 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kaferle, Louis, 1900-1985. | North American Trust Company. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Slovenian-American newspapers. | Slovenian-American periodicals. | Ethnic press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ethnic theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Choral societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 10 | Title: | John Steinke Papers
| | | | Creator: | Steinke, John | | | | Dates: | 1920-1959 | | | | Abstract: | John Steinke (ca. 1895-ca. 1971) was a free-lance amateur photographer of German descent who was born in New York, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Most of his photographic activity appears to have spanned the 1920s-1940s. He lived in at least two different locations in Bratenahl during his lifetime: East 118th Street and Burton Avenue. By vocation, he worked in the sheet metal industry. As a photographer, he worked in a wide variety of genres, experimenting with fine-art photography as well as commissioned work for various organizations in the Cleveland area. He submitted, and had his work shown in Cleveland and other nearby cities, as well as at shows in the Smithsonian, Canada, France, Greece, and Japan. Steinke played an important early role in the Cleveland Photographic Society, being president of the club in 1923, as well a member of the Board of Trustees. He played a crucial role in not only forming, but also leading the club's Photographic School, doing much of the teaching himself. When the school expanded and featured a faculty of teachers, he focused on teaching the technical aspects of photography. He also championed teaching photography to young people. He led a free six-week course in photography for high-school students and Boy Scouts. Steinke made personal donations of photographic equipment to the Society, and he played an important role as manager in the Society's regularly hosted print competitions. Steinke resigned from the Cleveland Photographic Society after a disagreement with the club president Ralph Hartman regarding the appropriate role of the club's Lecture Bureau. After his resignation, he taught classes at the Y.M.C.A., and soon formed another photography group known as the Cleveland Camera Guild. The collection consists of blueprints and instructional guides for building photographic equipment, drafts of an unpublished photography book and an unfinished novel, negatives, newspaper clippings, non-photographic business notes, a play, photographs, a poster, and two scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5087 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (2 containers, 2 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Play House (Organization : Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland Play House (Organization : Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Photography -- Equipment and supplies. | Photography -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Louis Kaferle Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kaferle, Louis | | | | Dates: | 1919-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Kaferle (1900-1985) was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in the local Slovenian community. He was an officer of the Slovenian National Benefit Society, a writer for the local Slovenian periodicals, and President of Cankarjeve Ustanove. The collection consists of papers relating to many Slovenian organizations, including bylaws, minutes, correspondence, financial papers, articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, programs, scripts, and score sheets. | | | | Call #: | MS 4194 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kaferle, Louis, 1900-1985. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Slovenian-American newspapers. | Slovenian-American periodicals. | Ethnic press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ethnic theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Amateur theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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