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1	Title:	Lethia Cousins Fleming Papers
	Creator:	Fleming, Lethia Cousins
	Dates:	1903-1963
	Abstract:	Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963) was a teacher from West Virginia who became a social worker for the Division of Child Welfare in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1931-1951). She and her husband, Cleveland city councilman Thomas W. Fleming, were active in local civic and charitable organizations. The collection consists of teaching certificates, certificates of recognition, testimonials, curriculum vitae, real estate account books, travel souvenirs, and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Fleming, and records of the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People, its Men's Auxiliary, the Phillis Wheatley Association, and other charitable organizations.
	Call #:	MS 3525
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Fleming, Lethia Cousins, 1876-1963. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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2	Title:	Lolette and George Hanserd Papers
	Creator:	Hanserd, Lolette and George
	Dates:	1939-1984
	Abstract:	George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first black to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of Lolette's professional papers from the Federation for Community Planning, as well as some personal papers of both Lolette and George. The collection pertains primarily to Lolette Hanserd's civic activities and, to a much lesser degree, to George Hanserd's medical career in Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4236
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with African Americans. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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3	Title:	Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers
	Creator:	Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena
	Dates:	1914-1991
	Abstract:	Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involved with the Group Work Council of the Welfare Federation and was a trustee of Oberlin College and the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Urban League, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Both the Jelliffes received numerous honors and awards. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, Karamu Board of Trustee files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, playscripts, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks. In addition to the personal papers of the Jelliffes, this collection contains a significant collection of the records of Karamu House, including initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club concerning the founding of Neighborhood Association, administrative files, histories, materials concerning the New Building Campaign of the 1940s, correspondence with Harold T. Clark, programming files, materials concerning the search for a new executive director, playscripts, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's play, Sermon. Also included are the records of the Karumu Foundation, 1948-1977.
	Call #:	MS 4737
	Extent:	12.71 linear feet (14 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. \| Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. \| Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. \| Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. \| Karamu House. \| Karamu Foundation. \| Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rural-urban migration -- United States. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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4	Title:	Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Weil, Julius and Helen K.
	Dates:	1908-1991
	Abstract:	Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents, a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered in Germany during the government of the National Socialists.
	Call #:	MS 4735
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. \| Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged. \| Aged -- Institutional care. \| Social work with the aged. \| Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Papers
	Creator:	Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks
	Dates:	1948-2010
	Abstract:	Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1904. Orphaned at age four, she was raised by the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and Fisk University before applying to the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. Johnson graduated in 1928 with a master's degree in social work. As a social worker, Johnson was first employed by Associated Charities of Cleveland, Ohio. Later, she worked for the Cuyahoga County Department of Welfare in conjunction with the federal program Aid to Dependent Children. She retired in 1961. Johnson married Elmer Cheeks in 1929. They had two sons. Cheeks died in 1941, and Johnson married Raymond Johnson in 1957. He died in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was an active member of Mt. Zion Congregational Church, an avid reader and traveler, and a supporter of a variety of charities. At age 105, she attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Soon after, with the assistance of a freelance writer, she wrote her autobiography. It was published shortly after her death in 2010. The collection consists of annual reports, booklets, book manuscripts, book proofs, brochures, catalogues, certificates, church directories, citations, correspondence, forms, a guest book, an inauguration ticket, lists, magazine articles, newsletter articles, newspaper articles, notes, passports, proclamations, programs, remarks, speeches, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 5068
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. \| Case Western Reserve University. \| Fisk University. \| Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- United States. \| African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Jason D. Rich Papers
	Creator:	Rich, Jason D.
	Dates:	1905-1988
	Abstract:	Jason D. Rich was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University in 1929, and earned a master's degree in social work administration from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. He then joined the staff as a social worker at the Council Educational Alliance settlement house in Cleveland, working there throughout the 1930s. After several years in New York, where he continued in social work, he returned to Cleveland and until his retirement worked at the Jewish Vocational Service as a social worker. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports and program material relating to Rich's employment at the Council Educational Alliance and general material about social work.
	Call #:	MS 4769
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Rich, Jason D., 1907-1999. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Vocational guidance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers
	Creator:	Weil, Julius and Helen K.
	Dates:	1942-1977
	Abstract:	Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of published and unpublished articles, presentations, teaching materials, correspondence, and memoirs of Julius and Helen K. Weil.
	Call #:	MS 4499
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. \| Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged. \| Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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