Subject | • | African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American soldiers -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Baylor, Mary Jane. |
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| | • | Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Civil rights -- United States. |
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| | • | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland Women's Orchestra. |
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| | • | Dance -- United States. |
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| | • | Dance companies -- United States. |
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| | • | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. |
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| | • | George, Zelma Watson |
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| | • | Gilpin Players. |
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| | • | Halle Bros. Co. |
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| | • | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
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| | • | Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. |
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| | • | Knoxville College. |
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| | • | McIntyre, Dianne. |
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| | • | McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. |
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| | • | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. |
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| | • | Retail trade -- Employees. |
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| | • | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. |
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| | • | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. |
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| | • | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Sounds in Motion. |
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| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | 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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