Subject | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Stokes, Carl. |
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| | • | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. |
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| | • | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. |
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| | • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Gilpin Players. |
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| | • | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. |
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| | • | Hough Area Development Corporation. |
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| | • | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. |
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| | • | Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. |
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| | • | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Karamu House. |
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| | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. |
(2)
| | • | Rural-urban migration -- United States. |
(2)
| | • | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. |
(2)
| | • | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| | • | Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(1)
| | • | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American authors -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| | • | African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| | • | African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | African American physicians -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| | • | African American sailors -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| | • | African American soldiers -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
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| | • | Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Authors, American -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| | • | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Baylor, Mary Jane. |
(1)
| | • | Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. |
(1)
| | • | Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(1)
| | • | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. |
(1)
| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. |
(1)
| | • | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. |
(1)
| | • | Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Civil rights -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. |
(1)
| | • | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. |
(1)
| | • | Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Transit System. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland Women's Orchestra. |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland: NOW! |
(1)
| | • | Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. |
(1)
| | • | Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Crosby Furniture Company. |
(1)
| | • | Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- |
(1)
| | • | Dance -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Dance companies -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Davis family. |
(1)
| | • | Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. |
(1)
| | • | E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Eddy Road Street Club. |
(1)
| | • | Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. |
(1)
| | • | Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Forbes, George L., 1931- |
(1)
| | • | Forest City Hospital. |
(1)
| | • | Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Future Outlook League. |
(1)
| | • | Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. |
(1)
| | • | George, Zelma Watson |
(1)
| | • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. |
(1)
| | • | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. |
(1)
| | • | Halle Bros. Co. |
(1)
| | • | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Horton, James, 1934- |
(1)
| | • | Hough Area Partners in Progress. |
(1)
| | • | Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Institute of Man and Science. |
(1)
| | • | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. |
(1)
| | • | Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Karamu Foundation. |
(1)
| | • | Knoxville College. |
(1)
| | • | Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- |
(1)
| | • | Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. |
(1)
| | • | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. |
(1)
| | • | McDonald's Corporation. |
(1)
| | • | McIntyre, Dianne. |
(1)
| | • | McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine. |
(1)
| | • | Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. |
(1)
| | • | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | North Coast Village Steering Committee. |
(1)
| | • | Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. |
(1)
| | • | Operation Black Unity. |
(1)
| | • | Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- |
(1)
| | • | Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| | • | Porter, Roderick Boyd. |
(1)
| | • | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Recreation and juvenile delinquency. |
(1)
| | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Retail trade -- Employees. |
(1)
| | • | Sermons, American -- African American authors. |
(1)
| | • | Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. |
(1)
| | • | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. |
(1)
| | • | Social work with African Americans. |
(1)
| | • | Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Sociology. |
(1)
| | • | Sounds in Motion. |
(1)
| | • | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Taylor family. |
(1)
| | • | Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. |
(1)
| | • | Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- |
(1)
| | • | Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- |
(1)
| | • | Taylor, Murtis Howard. |
(1)
| | • | Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Traffic signs and signals. |
(1)
| | • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Unitarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. |
(1)
| | • | United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. |
(1)
| | • | Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. |
(1)
| | • | Urban League of Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. |
(1)
| | • | William Bingham Foundation. |
(1)
| | • | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. |
(1)
| | • | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Hough Area Development Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Hough Area Development Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1967-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown to aid in bringing economic prosperity to Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. 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 board minutes, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, financial records, reports, and the working papers of the corporation's offices. | | | | Call #: | MS 4222 | | | | Extent: | 27.30 linear feet (28 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Hough Area Development Corporation. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Fred McClellan Crosby Papers
| | | | Creator: | Crosby, Fred McClellan | | | | Dates: | 1971-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Fred McClellan Crosby (b. 1928) was the President of Crosby Furniture Company and active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. Crosby served on various boards such as the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Minority Economic Development Corporation, Council of Small Enterprises and the Cleveland Business League. He was active in numerous civic groups as well, including the Y.M.C.A., Urban League, Forest City Hospital, Glenville Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts and United Torch. The collection consists of photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence. This collection pertains primarily to Fred Crosby's business, career and civic activities in Cleveland's African American community. | | | | Call #: | MS 4198 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- | Forest City Hospital. | Crosby Furniture Company. | Urban League of Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Fannie M. Lewis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lewis, Fannie M. | | | | Dates: | 1965-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Fannie M. Lewis (1926-2008) was an African American activist and Cleveland, Ohio, councilwoman. She was involved in a number of Hough neighborhood improvement programs, including Community Action for Youth, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Model Cities Association, and the Citizen's Participation Organization. She became a city councilwoman from Cleveland's Ward 7 in 1982. The collection consists of personal papers and the records and subject files relating to Lewis' work with the Model Cities Association, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and other community organizations. Included are articles of incorporation, bylaws, trustee minutes, monthly reports, financial records, proposals, correspondence, memoranda, residency lists, posters, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland community development programs and Fanny Lewis' efforts with these programs. Some materials relate to racism, politics, and local government in Cleveland during the 1960s and 1970s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4341 | | | | Extent: | 14.00 linear feet (16 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Operation Black Unity Records
| | | | Creator: | Operation Black Unity | | | | Dates: | 1969-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Operation Black Unity was a coalition of groups and people, founded in 1969, interested in the progress of the African American population of Cleveland, Ohio. Membership consisted of churches, black nationalists, and civil rights groups. The organization was co-chaired by Reverend Donald S. Jacobs, Reverend Jonathan Ealy, and William O. Walker. One of its main projects was securing African American ownership of McDonald's restaurants in the city of Cleveland. The collection consists of minutes, reports, speech texts, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, press releases, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4633 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Operation Black Unity. | McDonald's Corporation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Harold H. Burton-Edward Blythin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Harold H. and Blythin, Edward | | | | Dates: | 1933-1941 | | | | Abstract: | Harold H. Burton (1888-1964) was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1935-1940). When he was elected to the United States Senate in 1940 he chose Edward Blythin (1884-1958) to fill the remainder of his last term as mayor (1941). The collection consists of office files of the mayor of Cleveland containing correspondence, reports, speeches, proclamations, and newspaper clippings, relating to routine administrative matters and topics of special interest. | | | | Call #: | MS 3828 | | | | Extent: | 8.20 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | League Park Center Records
| | | | Creator: | League Park Center | | | | Dates: | 1952-1970 | | | | Abstract: | League Park Center, Inc. (f. 1949), located in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was started by the Welfare Federation of Cleveland with two social workers in the old business office of League Park (6601 Lexington Ave.), with additional facilities at nearby Dunham Church of Christ. The Center has always had close ties with the Neighborhood Settlement Association, the Center focusing on the "development of Cleveland's inner city youth," with such programs as Headstart and athletic activities. The Center's other interests included improvement of the neighborhood and encouragement of street clubs, which worked for block and street preservation and sometimes promoted youth activities. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, a code of regulations, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, legal and financial papers, project reports, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets and posters published by the corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4238 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with African Americans. | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Urban League of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Urban League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1964-1981 | | | | Abstract: | The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland to aid the adjustment of black workers coming to Cleveland during the Great Migration following World War I. Led by Wm. R. Conners for the first 25 years, it joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Formed initially to confront barriers to economic opportunities and find jobs for black workers, by the 1930s the primary goal of the League was the issue of improved housing. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, contracts, memoranda and other papers relating to the organization's operation, especially Operation Equality, a subdivision of the organization concerned with fair housing issues. This collection is essential for those interested in the issues of race relations and open housing in Cleveland. Records and reports of organizations such as Operation Equality, the Fair Housing Council, which consisted of several local fair housing groups including Operation Equality, and National Neighbors, a national organization which promoted peaceful integration, comprise a large part of the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 4206 | | | | Extent: | 10.00 linear feet (10 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Roderick Boyd Porter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Porter, Roderick Boyd | | | | Dates: | 1980-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and revitalization efforts in the Hough area community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. | | | | Call #: | MS 4646 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Porter, Roderick Boyd. | William Bingham Foundation. | North Coast Village Steering Committee. | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. | Institute of Man and Science. | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. | Hough Area Partners in Progress. | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 10 | Title: | Cleveland: NOW! Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland: NOW! | | | | Dates: | 1967-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland: NOW! was a multiracial joint public and private program for extensive urban renewal and revitalization in Cleveland, Ohio, created by Mayor Carl B. Stokes following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. The program planned to raise $1.5 billion over ten years. The first 2-year phase called for spending $177 million for projects in eight areas: neighborhood housing rehabilitation; accelerated urban renewal; the creation of 16,000 jobs; expansion of small business opportunities; city planning; health, welfare, and day care centers; summer recreation programs for youth; and the construction of Camp Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout of July 23, 1968, a gun battle between police and members of the Black Nationalists Organization of New Libya who obtained weapons with funds received indirectly from Cleveland: NOW! Stokes and the NOW! trustees were sued in 1970 by 8 policemen wounded in the shootout, but the suit was dismissed in 1977. Although Cleveland: NOW! met many of its initial goals, the organization ceased activities for the most part after 1970, and was formally dissolved in 1980. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, board of trustees records, correspondence, financial records, records of the major programs, publicity information, newspaper clippings, and proceedings of lawsuits. The collection pertains to a dramatic, multiracial attempt on a large scale to address and ameliorate a wide range of social ills by initial infusions of large amounts of money. The financial records and contributors correspondence contain detailed information for a possible demographic examination of contributors to the program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4501 | | | | Extent: | 3.80 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stokes, Carl. | Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. | Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. | Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation and juvenile delinquency. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. | Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | 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* | | 12 | Title: | Garrett A. Morgan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Garrett A. | | | | Dates: | 1894-1970 | | | | 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 correspondence, legal and business papers, drawings of the traffic signal, a hair straightening device and an automatic cooker, maps, blueprints and floorplans of Morgan's properties, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and material relating to Morgan's role in the waterworks crib explosion, the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., the National Safety Device Co., and the Wakeman Country Club. | | | | Call #: | MS 3534 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. | Traffic signs and signals.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | Carl Stokes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stokes, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1956-1972 | | | | 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 1962-1967. 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 correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the political career of Carl B. Stokes, including his terms in the Ohio State legislature, his mayoral campaigns, and particularly his tenure as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection details the organization of the mayor's office, and illustrates the problems that Blacks in the vanguard of social and political progress faced, as well as the challenges faced by any urban leader in the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s. Key events in Stokes' administration are illustrated, including the Glenville Shootout, the hiring and resignation of Safety Director Gen. Ben Davis, the activities of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities, and Cleveland: NOW! The work of then City Council President James Stanton is represented, along with material relating to Stokes' brother Louis. Notable correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Spiro Agnew, Cyrus Eaton, Edward Kennedy, George Forbes, Jesse Jackson, and Howard Metzenbaum. | | | | Call #: | MS 4370 | | | | Extent: | 104.51 linear feet (107 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stokes, Carl. | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. | Cleveland Transit System. | Cleveland: NOW! | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | 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* | | 15 | Title: | MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | George Forbes | | | | Dates: | 1945-2014 | | | | Abstract: | George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5433 | | | | Extent: | 28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | Title: | Albert M. Pennybacker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pennybacker, Albert M. | | | | Dates: | 1963-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Pennybacker was a civil rights activist and pastor of Heights Christian Church in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights. The collection consists of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3743 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch Records
| | | | Creator: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1922-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a social and political action organization founded in 1912 as a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the NAACP. Its purpose is to oppose racial inequalities in civil and political rights. The collection consists of reports, minutes, office files, financial records, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, news releases and insurance policies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3520 | | | | Extent: | 26.40 linear feet (70 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | 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* | | 20 | 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.
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