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1	Title:	Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Records, Series II
	Creator:	Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design
	Dates:	1924-1979
	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 certificates, proclamations and awards related to the education, business, and philanthropic interests of Amanda Wicker, the school's owner.
	Call #:	MS 4605
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. \| Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Dorothy Layne McIntyre Family Papers
	Creator:	McIntyre, Dorothy Layne Family
	Dates:	1939-1988
	Abstract:	Dorothy Layne McIntyre was one of the first African American women to receive a private pilot's license under the Civil Aeronautics Authority. She trained in the cadet flying program while attending West Virginia State College, receiving her pilot's license in 1940. During World War II she taught aircraft mechanics at the War Production Training School in Baltimore, Maryland, while simultaneously working as a secretary in the industrial department of the Baltimore Urban League. In 1942, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and married F. Benjamin McIntyre; they had two daughters, Dianne McIntyre and Donna McIntyre Whyte. The collection consists of photocopies of original pilot log books, publications concerning aeronautics, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The collection pertains to Doroty McIntyre's career in the aeronautics industry. Also included are articles and other information concerning Dianne McIntyre and her dance group, Sounds in Motion, particularly concerning their production of "Take-Off from a Forced Landing," based on the life of Dorothy McIntyre.
	Call #:	MS 4649
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. \| McIntyre, Dianne. \| Sounds in Motion. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dance companies -- United States. \| Dance -- United States.
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3	Title:	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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4	Title:	Jane Edna Hunter Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna
	Dates:	1909-1964
	Abstract:	Jane Edna Hunter was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, invoices, bylaws, checks, correspondence, a datebook, financial records, leases, a medical journal, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, poetry, press releases, receipts, reports, and a scrapbook. The collection primarily contains documents related to the personal business and financial activities of Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation.
	Call #:	MS 4867
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Jane Edna Hunter Papers
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna
	Dates:	1930-1969
	Abstract:	Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971) was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, speeches, printed items, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous writings, relating to Mrs. Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association.
	Call #:	MS 3544
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	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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7	Title:	Mary P. Hutchings Papers
	Creator:	Hutchings, Mary P.
	Dates:	1931-1991
	Abstract:	Mary P. Hutchings (1915-1991) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and for ten years the Chief Referee of the Cleveland Civil Service Commission. She was born in Union City, Tennessee. Her family moved to Cleveland and she attended the Cleveland City Schools before graduating from Cleveland Heights High School. She returned to Tennessee and graduated from Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis and later received a graduate degree from Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Science. In 1951 she joined future jurist Lillian Burke as a graduate of Cleveland Marshall Law School. In addition to private law practice, Hutchings served as an assistant state attorney general for mental hygiene and corrections and a guidance counselor at the Cleveland Job Corps for Women. In her civic life she served on several boards and was active with the NAACP, Women's City Club, National Association of Black Women Attorneys, Americans for Democratic Action, the Glenville YWCA, the Phillis Wheatley Association, Jack & Jill of America and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Her local political activism earned her invitations to Lyndon Johnson's 1965 presidential inauguration and state of the union message to Congress. She supported Carl Stokes' 1965 and 1967 mayoral campaigns. She served as a precinct committeewoman for Wards 19 and 25. In 1938 she married George Hutchings and had one son, Phillip. The collection consists of agendas, cards, certificates, correspondence, invitations, memos, newsletters, newspaper clippings, postcards, proclamations, programs, reports, a resume, speeches, subpoenas, telegrams, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 4851
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Hutchings, Mary P., 1915-1991. \| Stokes, Carl. \| Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). \| LeMoyne-Owen College. \| African American women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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8	Title:	Henry Lee Moon Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Moon, Henry Lee Family
	Dates:	1885-1985
	Abstract:	The Henry Lee Moon family was a prominent twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, African American family involved in civil rights and community organizations. In 1912, Roddy K. Moon helped form the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and served as its founding president 1912-1916. He was also on the board of the Negro Welfare Association, supported the Phillis Wheatley Association, and in 1933 organized the Palmetto Club. His wife, Leah Anna Himes Moon, was a fifty-year member of the Cleveland Branch NAACP, and with her husband was a founding member of the Forest City Garden Club. Roddy and Leah Moon had three surviving children; Joseph Herbert, Ella Elizabeth, and Henry Lee. Ella Moon was a teacher, an active member of the Forest City Garden Club, and was married to Clyde Smith. Henry Lee Moon was a newspaper editor, press relations secretary for Tuskegee Institute (1926-1931), and worked for the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration. Moon, along with his future wife and other African Americans, traveled to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for consultations concerning a government sponsored film project on the history of black America. From 1938-1944 he was race relations adviser for the Federal Public Housing Authority. He also worked as assistant director to the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He was active with the NAACP, becoming its director of public relations in 1948-1960. He was the author of two books; Balance of Power: the Negro Vote (1948) and The Emerging Thought of W.E. B. Dubois (1972). His wife, Mollie Virgil Lewis Moon, was a pharmacist, and later worked as a social worker with the Department of Social Services in New York City. She was also a 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). After World War II, she became involved with the "brown-babies" of Germany campaign, which attempted to provide relief for orphaned or abandoned children of mixed African and European or American ancestry. The collection consists of booklets, cards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, letters, memorandum, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, pamphlets, proposals, speeches, telegrams, published and unpublished writings, and memorabilia.
	Call #:	MS 4823
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Moon family. \| Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- \| Moon, Mollie Lewis. \| Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. \| Moon, Joseph Herbert. \| Moon, Leah. \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. \| National Urban League. \| African Americans. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights movements -- United States. \| Labor movement -- United States. \| African American women -- United States. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women public relations personnel. \| African Americans -- Relations with Russians. \| African American social workers. \| United States -- Race relations.
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9	Title:	Dorothy E. Smith Family Papers
	Creator:	Smith, Dorothy E. Family
	Dates:	1865-1995
	Abstract:	Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African American music teacher and the first African American member of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor for the Ohio State Department of Aid for the Aged until her retirement in 1973. Dorothy E. Smith was the daughter of Joseph W. Smith and Elizabeth Rayner. Joseph W. Smith moved to Cleveland in the late 1880s. He established a barbershop on Central Avenue in Cleveland, managed baseball teams in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was also a musician. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, cards, cemetery records, funeral programs, obituaries, legal files, memberships, a deed, certificates, newspaper clippings, student newspapers, playscripts, postcards, programs, reports, receipts, sheet music, yearbooks, and memorabilia.
	Call #:	MS 4854
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. \| Smith (Dorothy E.) family. \| Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. \| Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. \| Cleveland Women's Orchestra. \| Gilpin Players. \| Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Knoxville College. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American soldiers -- Correspondence. \| African American sailors -- Correspondence.
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