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1	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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2	Title:	Charles P. Lucas Family Papers
	Creator:	Lucas, Charles family
	Dates:	1880-1973
	Abstract:	Charles P. Lucas was a teacher, civil rights leader, and federal housing administrator. He also served on the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. William H. Lucas was his grandfather and Reverend Charles P. Lucas, Jr. is his son. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Charles P. Lucas' career with CTS, two primers and a scrapbook of William H. Lucas, and newspaper clippings, including information on Rev. Charles P. Lucas.
	Call #:	MS 4066
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Lucas, Charles P., Jr. \| White, Charles W., 1897-1970. \| Cleveland Transit System. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	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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4	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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5	Title:	Samuel V. Perry Papers
	Creator:	Perry, Samuel V.
	Dates:	1914-1967
	Abstract:	Samuel V. Perry (1895-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, parole officer, City Streets Department clerk, and information consultant who was involved in safety education and the legal affairs of the African American community. The collection consist of correspondence, material relating to the court case Haring v. Gist, papers on the American legal system and African Americans, an outline for a teacher's textbook on safety education, and plans for an adult education program.
	Call #:	MS 3327
	Extent:	1.80 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Perry, Samuel V., 1895-1968. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Law -- United States. \| Safety education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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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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7	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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8	Title:	Stella G. White Papers
	Creator:	White, Stella G.
	Dates:	1941-1975
	Abstract:	Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a freelance journalist and leader in Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit and interracial community relations. She served on the Community Relations Board, the Council on Human Relations, and the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. She was a columnist for the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of certificates, clippings, correspondence, columns, memorabilia, speeches, American Transit Association files, and Cleveland Transit System files.
	Call #:	MS 4113
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	White, Stella G., 1907-1991. \| Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race relations and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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9	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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