| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Carl Stokes Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Stokes, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1947-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes 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 speeches, correspondence, datebooks, budgets, lectures, newspaper clippings, publications, telegrams, reports, resumes, agendas, press releases, programs, flyers, certificates, legal documents, newsletters, transcripts, proposals, lists, minutes, and a yearbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 4800 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stokes, Carl. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Florence Ellinwood Allen Papers
| | | | Creator: | Allen, Florence Ellinwood | | | | Dates: | 1856-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) was a lawyer and judge, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical and genealogical material, articles by or about Judge Allen, awards, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Includes material on women's suffrage, outlawry of war, Tennessee Valley Authority case, and rights to outer space. Correspondents include Nancy Astor, Newton D. Baker, Catherine Drinker Bowen, John Bricker, Carrie Chapman Catt, Frank Davis, Jr., Learned Hand, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Frances Kellor, Frank J. Lausche, Salmon C. Levinson, Maude Wood Park, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Harriet Taylor Upton, and Stephen M. Young. | | | | Call #: | MS 3287 | | | | Extent: | 14.00 linear feet (29 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966. | Allen family. | Tennessee Valley Authority. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Women judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | War (International law) | Outer space.
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