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1	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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2	Title:	Clara P. Smith Papers
	Creator:	Smith, Clara P.
	Dates:	1959-1996
	Abstract:	Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of a biography, case studies, certificates, correspondence, a genealogy, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, programs, reports, and song lyrics.
	Call #:	MS 5264
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hough Area Council (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Public Schools \| African Americans -- Civil rights.
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3	Title:	Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute Records
	Creator:	Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute
	Dates:	1923-1970
	Abstract:	The Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute is one of the oldest settlement houses in Cleveland, Ohio, first organized by Anna Edwards as a reading and lunch room for boys and workmen in Cleveland's East 55th Street and Superior Avenue area. The institute was named for Eleanor Rainey, whose financial support helped found the settlement in 1904. Following the death of Anna Edwards in 1923, her sister Flora served as director until 1949. The institute joined the Neighborhood Settlement Association in 1959. Since 1967, the institute has attempted to achieve its goals through music, doing so in cooperation with the Cleveland Music School Settlement. The collection consists of materials outlining the history and the 60th anniversary celebration in 1964; trustee, director, and board correspondence, 1938-1966; records detailing the institute's involvement in the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association; building upkeep and renovation records; financial statements; general activities material; and a eulogy for Anna Edwards.
	Call #:	MS 3907
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Edwards, Anna, d. 1923. \| Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute -- Archives. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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4	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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5	Title:	Community Action for Youth Records
	Creator:	Community Action for Youth
	Dates:	1958-1967
	Abstract:	Community Action for Youth was a social services agency in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, created through a federal matching grant from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in 1963. Its goals included the reduction of juvenile delinquency and poverty through increased social services, educational opportunities, and job training. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, financial documents, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, proposals, reports, speeches, and statements.
	Call #:	MS 5227
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Housing Our People Economically, Inc. Records
	Creator:	Housing Our People Economically, Inc.
	Dates:	1965-1979
	Abstract:	Housing Our People Economically, Inc., was a non-profit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 to rehabilitate existing houses and build new ones for residents of Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. It depended on government and foundation grants for much of its support, and, by the mid-1970s, owned and managed over 250 units of housing. The group floundered in 1984 after reports of corruption and poor management made it difficult to obtain adequate funding. The group was known as HOPE. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, proposals, reports, information about property holdings, a subject file, blueprints, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4381
	Extent:	2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Housing Our People Economically, Inc. -- Archives. \| Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Poor -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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7	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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