| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Dovie Davis Sweet Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sweet, Dovie Davis | | | | Dates: | 1935-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Dovie Davis Sweet was a primary teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools, author, and active member of the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. She wrote "Red light, green light", a children's book about Clevelander Garrett Morgan, and was active in many community groups. She helped organize the Glenville Area Community Council, Parkgate Avenue Street Club, East 111th Street Club, and the Retired Teachers' Union. She served as vice-president of the Cleveland Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and helped with its membership drive, Freedom Fund dinner, march on Washington, and discrimination surveys. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, files on the writing and promotion of "Red light, green light", clippings, and subject files, including those for the NAACP, the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club, Florida Club, Delta Sigma Theta Club, and St. John's A.M.E. Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 4204 | | | | Extent: | 1.70 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sweet, Dovie Davis. | Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Saint John's Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint John's Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1909-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Saint John's Episcopal Church is a congregation which maintains the oldest church edifice in Cleveland, Ohio, the group splitting off from Trinity Parish when it moved from Ohio City to Cleveland's east side in 1826. In the late 1960s, the congregation merged with the Inner City Protestant Parish, an interdenominational group of congregations which met at St. John's and other churches during the 1950s and 1960s. The church is also known as St. John's Historic Episcopal Church. The collection consists of minutes of the trustees and parish council, financial information, administrative records, documents pertaining to the restoration of the church building, and files relating to the parish history. The collection pertains to the administrative functions of a prominent Cleveland parish, its efforts to restore the church edifice, and its involvement in ecumenical and reform movements, from the 1920s to the 1980s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4371 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Saint John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Mount Sinai Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1954-1998 | | | | Abstract: | Mount Sinai Baptist Church was founded in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1927. The church outgrew several locations on Cleveland's east side until building its church on property purchased at 7510 Woodland Avenue in 1969. The collection consists of agendas, anniversary booklets, anniversary programs, annual reports, budgets, by-laws, church covenants, constitutions, a directory, event flyers, financial reports, funeral programs, a history book, letters, minutes, and newsletters. | | | | Call #: | MS 5217 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Hill, David W. | Hill, Luther F. | Mount Sinai Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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