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•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (2)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. (2)
•African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American actresses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American dancers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (1)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. (1)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights -- United States. (1)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Waterworks crib explosion, 1916 -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. (1)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs (1)
•Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. (1)
•Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (1)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Karamu House -- Photograph collections. (1)
•League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (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)
•Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Simon, Frank. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Stokes family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Traffic signs and signals -- Photographs. (1)
•Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Vanik, Charles -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents -- Photographs. (1)
•White family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
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1Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Photographs     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1850-1980 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders to aid in bringing economic prosperity to the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of individual and group portraits of Hough Area Development Corporation Board members and staff; group portraits of programs, parties and banquets, and meetings; and views of streets of the Hough neighborhood, Hough community buildings, MLK Plaza businesses, industrial businesses, and individual houses. 
 Call #:  PG 374 
 Extent:  2.10 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
 
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2Title:  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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3Title:  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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4Title:  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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5Title:  Garrett A. Morgan Photographs     
 Creator:  Morgan, Garrett A. 
 Dates:  1915-1978 
 Abstract:  Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included the electric traffic signal and the gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Co. to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Garrett A. Morgan, his family, and friends. Also included are views of his residence, and of his inventions, including the gas mask, traffic signal, and a hair treatment system. The collection also includes views relating to the water intake crib disaster in Cleveland, Ohio in 1917. 
 Call #:  PG 246 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents -- Photographs. | Traffic signs and signals -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Waterworks crib explosion, 1916 -- Photographs.
 
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6Title:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II Photographs     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II 
 Dates:  1950-1989 
 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 group portraits of Auxiliary members, Center residents, and program participants; and views of the Eliza Bryant Center and the programs, fundraisers, and other activities sponsored by its auxiliary. Included in the collection are photographs of Councilwoman Fanny Lewis, Congressman Louis Stokes, and Governor Richard Celeste. Events depicted include the annual Christmas Mart, a fashion show, social affairs, and fundraisers. 
 Call #:  PG 473 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II -- Photograph collections. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. | African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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7Title:  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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8Title:  Carl Stokes Photographs     
 Creator:  Stokes, Carl 
 Dates:  1940-1971 
 Abstract:  Carl Stokes (1927-1996) 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 1962-67. 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 formal individual portraits of Carl Stokes, individual and group portraits of the Stokes family and friends, city officials, local and national celebrities and political figures, and individual citizens. It also includes candid and formal group portraits and views of official functions of the mayor, functions of individual city departments and commissions, and local community groups. Included are portraits of Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund Muskie, Rev. Billy Graham, Pope Paul VI, entertainers Bob Hope and Bill Cosby, and Congressmen Charles Vanik and Louis Stokes. Events depicted include Cleveland NOW! activities, urban renewal and housing rehabilitation, the Glenville shootout, and youth activities. 
 Call #:  PG 429 
 Extent:  2.60 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Stokes family -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Vanik, Charles -- Photograph collections.
 
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9Title:  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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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:  Stella G. White Photographs     
 Creator:  White, Stella G. 
 Dates:  1940-1970 
 Abstract:  Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a free-lance journalist and leader in Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit and interracial community relations. She served on the Community Relations Board, the Council on Human Relations, and the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. She was a columnist for the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Stella White, her family, and friends and business and political associates including Judge Charles W. White, Carl Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Richard Daley. Views of her professional life include photographs of the People's Forum on Mass Transit (1971) and various views depicting her work with the Cleveland Transit System, including facilities and rapid transit trains, dinners and conferences, anniversary celebrations, and miscellaneous views. 
 Call #:  PG 363 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. | White family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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12Title:  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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13Title:  Josephus Hicks Collection of Church Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials     
 Creator:  Hicks, Josephus 
 Dates:  1940-1996 
 Abstract:  Josephus Hicks was an African American photographer and historian who lived in Cleveland from the mid-1930s until his death in 1998. In addition to photographing people and events in the Cleveland African American community, Mr. Hicks wrote the history of St. John A.M.E. Church, the Mount Zion Church and the Hough area of the city. The collection consists of church records, photographs, 16mm film, and audio LPs. 
 Call #:  MS 5366 
 Extent:  3.61 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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14Title:  Hiram House Social Settlement Photographs     
 Creator:  Hiram House Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1896-1970 
 Abstract:  Hiram House Social Settlement is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of approximately 4,000 black and white photographs and prints taken mainly by George A. Bellamy and his assistants. The collection includes scenes of the settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhoods, activities both at the settlement house and at Hiram House Camp, and portraits of many of the staff members, supporters, and participants. The collection contains both mounted and unmounted photographs, as well as layout boards and paper negatives used in the preparation of various publications for Hiram House Camp. 
 Call #:  PG 048 
 Extent:  2.80 linear feet (8 containers) 
 Subjects:  Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. | City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
 
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