Subject | • | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights |
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| | • | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Carothers, Neil J. |
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| | • | Case Western Reserve University. |
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| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. |
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| | • | Cleveland Development Foundation. |
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| | • | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. |
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| | • | Cleveland Transit System. |
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| | • | Cleveland: NOW! |
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| | • | Community Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. |
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| | • | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Cultural parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Davidson, Murray M. |
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| | • | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Fairfax Foundation. |
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| | • | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. |
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| | • | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Land use, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Planned unit developments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Police, Private -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Stokes family |
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| | • | Stokes, Carl |
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| | • | Stokes, Carl. |
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| | • | Stokes, Louis |
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| | • | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | University Circle Development Foundation -- Archives. |
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| | • | University Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. |
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| | • | University Circle, Incorporated. |
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| | • | University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) |
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| | • | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Western Reserve University. |
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| | • | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | 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 | Save | | 2 | Title: | Cleveland Development Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Development Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1953-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Development Foundation was a Cleveland, Ohio, non-profit corporation founded in 1954 to provide support for community development and renewal projects. The collection consists of financial records, notebooks of clippings, films, maps, and office files containing letter copies, correspondence, minutes, studies, proposals, speeches, contracts, insurance policies, printed brochures, pamphlets and booklets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3514 | | | | Extent: | 48.01 linear feet (66 containers, 54 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Development Foundation. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | University Circle, Incorporated, Records
| | | | Creator: | University Circle, Incorporated | | | | Dates: | 1952-1979 | | | | Abstract: | University Circle, Incorporated was created in 1957 as the University Circle Development Foundation to oversee and coordinate development of the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. Becoming University Circle, Incorporated in 1970, it operated under a 20-year master development plan to preserve the physical environment and reinforce the commitment of members to the area. UCI, Inc. serves as a "land bank" for its members, purchasing, leasing and maintaining properties, and reselling land to members to further their development and promote common purposes. UCI, Inc. also acts as a land use and development consultant, initiating and overseeing construction and assisting environmental and historic preservation projects. It maintains parking facilities, a bus service, and a private security service for the area. It has also entered into urban revitalization projects and cultural, educational, and medical programs in order to strengthen and stimulate relationships with the surrounding communities, particularly the Hough and Fairfax areas. Neil J. Carothers served as UCI's first president, followed by Joseph Pigott, Oliver Brooks, Murray Davidson, and others. The collection consists of articles of incorporation; records of the board of trustees and the executive committee (consisting of members' files, correspondence, minutes, operating policies and plans); officers' records (consisting of presidents', vice-presidents', and executive vice-presidents' files, files of the Circle development director, and correspondence); organizational records (consisting of affiliated and member institution files, correspondence, reports and proposals, property files, UCI police dept. files, and miscellany); special project records (consisting of Community Circle Inc. records, Cleveland New-Town-in-Town project records, housing files, general files, including correspondence, reports, blueprints, speeches and purchase orders, University Circle files, architectural and design review consultants' files, and Euclid-Mayfield Triangle Development Project files); and miscellany. Various document types are present, including news bulletins and brochures, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3900 | | | | Extent: | 50.00 linear feet (50 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Carothers, Neil J. | Davidson, Murray M. | University Circle, Incorporated. | University Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. | University Circle Development Foundation -- Archives. | Community Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. | Case Western Reserve University. | Western Reserve University. | University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) | Fairfax Foundation. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land use, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Planned unit developments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Police, Private -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cultural parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Stokes Oral History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Cuyahoga Community College, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland State University | | | | Dates: | 2017 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes, and his brother Louis, were groundbreaking African-American politicians from Cleveland, Ohio. Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city when elected in 1967. Louis Stokes was the first African-American congressman from Ohio when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968, a position he held for 15 consecutive terms. During Carl Stokes' two mayoral terms, city hall jobs were opened to blacks and women, and a number of urban renewal projects initiated. Between 1983 and 1994 Carl Stokes served as municipal judge, and in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles. Louis Stokes began his career as a civil rights attorney and helped challenge the Ohio redistricting in 1965 that fragmented African-American voting strength. In 1967, Louis Stokes argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Terry v. Ohio case, also known as the "stop-and-frisk" case. In the 1970s, Louis Stokes served as chair of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and in the 1980s was a noted member of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. The interviews were conducted during 2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Carl Stokes' election as mayor and the election of Louis Stokes to Congress. The collection includes video recordings of 38 individuals, transcripts, interview release forms, and protocols. | | | | Call #: | MS 5416 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stokes, Carl | Stokes, Louis | Stokes family
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