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1	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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2	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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3	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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4	Title:	Ralph J. Perk Papers
	Creator:	Perk, Ralph J.
	Dates:	1949-1977
	Abstract:	Ralph J. Perk was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio auditor, 1963-1971, and mayor of Cleveland, 1972-1977. Perk, the first Republican mayor since 1941, faced big budget deficits which he covered with existing bond funds and general revenue sharing funds, as well as large federal grants from the Nixon administration. Nevertheless, city sewer and public transit systems had to be regionalized to raise operating capital. A Czech-American, Perk was seen as a national leader on ethnic issues. He retired from politics in 1977 after an unsuccessful campaign against John Glenn for the United States Senate in 1974 and a defeat in the 1977 nonpartisan mayoral primary. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, speeches, minutes, news releases, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, etc., pertaining to Perk's political career and public service. Mayoral records include voluminous correspondence and a subject file, as well as the records of various secretaries and administrative assistants. Notable issues represented in the papers include the proposed sale of the Municipal Light Plant, a 1977 survey on pornography, abortion, gun control, air pollution, regional sewer and transportation issues, public safety, senior citizens, the federal Model Cities program, urban renewal, and Cleveland's celebration of the 1976 US Bicentennial. Perk's many political campaigns are documented, particularly the 1977 mayoral campaign which resulted in his defeat. His service as county auditor is very well represented in a series of newspaper clippings, which also document such events as the Hough riots of 1966 and the Glenville Shootout of 1968.
	Call #:	MS 4456
	Extent:	108.01 linear feet (112 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Perk, Ralph J., 1914- \| Stokes, Carl. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Auditor's office. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. \| Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. \| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. \| Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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5	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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6	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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