| Manuscript Collection | Save | 1 | Title: | Perry B. Jackson Papers
| | | Creator: | Jackson, Perry B. | | | Dates: | 1879-1973 | | | Abstract: | Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland, Ohio civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, speeches, financial material, personnel lists, bench notes, judicial election material, and other material relating to Judge Jackson and his judicial, church and civic activities. | | | Call #: | MS 3581 | | | Extent: | 7.81 linear feet (19 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
Manuscript Collection | Save | 2 | Title: | Manuel Levine Papers
| | | Creator: | Levine, Manuel | | | Dates: | 1908-1965 | | | Abstract: | Manuel Levine (1881-1939) was a Russian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897 and became a lawyer and judge, rising to the position of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Ohio. Levine was also interested in the preparation of the immigrant for citizenship and was president of the Cleveland Immigration League. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches by and about Levine, reports, legal documents, financial records such as receipts and bills of sale, photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, and copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, most of which relate to Judge Levine's career or to developments in the legal profession during the 1920s and 1930s. | | | Call #: | MS 3805 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Levine, Manuel, 1881-1939. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
Manuscript Collection | Save | 3 | Title: | 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.
| | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
|