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•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (9)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. (2)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Hines family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. (2)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Moon family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. (2)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (1)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. (1)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Birthday parties -- Photographs. (1)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. (1)
•Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Cheek family -- Photographs. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights -- United States. (1)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. (1)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Dallas Colored High School (Dallas, Tex.) -- Photographs. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II -- Photograph collections. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•George, Zelma, 1903- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs (1)
•Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Johnson family. -- Photographs. (1)
•Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Karamu House -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. (1)
•Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Perk, Ralph J. 1914- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith family (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Tall, Booker T. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Michael R. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
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1Title:  Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs     
 Creator:  George, Dr. Zelma Watson 
 Dates:  1881-1994 
 Abstract:  Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born in Texas in 1903. As an African American woman coming of age in the early twentieth century, she and her family endured discrimination in many situations. She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, went on to college at the University of Chicago, and eventually earned her Ph.D. from New York University. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and became renown for her musical talents and research, diplomatic career, her contributions to the civil rights movement locally, and her career as an administrator and educator/lecturer. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills. 
 Call #:  MS 5415 
 Extent:  55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes) 
 Subjects:  George, Zelma Watson | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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2Title:  Bertha Blue Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Blue, Bertha Family 
 Dates:  1900-1970 
 Abstract:  Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963) was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Bertha Blue, her daughter Jane Darr, Welcome T. Blue, Sr., and other family members and friends. Included in the collection are photographs of Jane Edna Hunter, Virginia Bray, and G. Howard Fields. Events depicted are the weddings of Mabelle Blue and Jane Lee Darr, the tennis group with whom Bertha Blue played, and Bertha Blue's first grade class. 
 Call #:  PG 475 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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3Title:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society Photographs     
 Creator:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church 
 Dates:  1930-1986 
 Abstract:  The Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church performed outreach and social services in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of group portraits and views of members and events of the Missionary Society, group portraits of members of the Las Amigas Club, trips made by the Missionary Society, conferences sponsored by the Society, and a reunion of the Las Amigas Club. Individuals pictured include Marjorie Ison Davis, Gertrude Lang, Myrtis Howard, Dr. James Tanner, and Derrick Floyd. 
 Call #:  PG 481 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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4Title:  Dorothy E. Smith Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Smith, Dorothy E. Family 
 Dates:  1864-1970 
 Abstract:  Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African American music teacher and the first African American member of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor for the Ohio State Department of Aid for the Aged until her retirement in 1973. Dorothy E. Smith was the daughter of Joseph W. Smith and Elizabeth Rayner. Joseph W. Smith moved to Cleveland in the late 1880s. He established a barbershop on Central Avenue in Cleveland, managed baseball teams in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was also a musician. The collection consists of 86 black and white photographs and 6 color photographs. 
 Call #:  PG 519 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Knoxville College. | Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. | Smith family | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995.
 
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5Title:  Stella G. White Photographs     
 Creator:  White, Stella G. 
 Dates:  1940-1970 
 Abstract:  Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a free-lance 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 individual and group portraits of Stella White, her family, and friends and business and political associates including Judge Charles W. White, Carl Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Richard Daley. Views of her professional life include photographs of the People's Forum on Mass Transit (1971) and various views depicting her work with the Cleveland Transit System, including facilities and rapid transit trains, dinners and conferences, anniversary celebrations, and miscellaneous views. 
 Call #:  PG 363 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. | White family -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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6Title:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II Photographs     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II 
 Dates:  1950-1989 
 Abstract:  The Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II, formerly known as the Junior Board of the Eliza Bryant Center, was a group founded by African American women in 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Organized by Bessie Blue, it was to provide residents of the Eliza Bryant Center, a home for the African American elderly, with a cheerful and homelike atmosphere. Members of the Auxiliary raised funds to purchase items and supplies such as kitchen equipment, linen, beds, carpeting, and electronics. The collection consists of group portraits of Auxiliary members, Center residents, and program participants; and views of the Eliza Bryant Center and the programs, fundraisers, and other activities sponsored by its auxiliary. Included in the collection are photographs of Councilwoman Fanny Lewis, Congressman Louis Stokes, and Governor Richard Celeste. Events depicted include the annual Christmas Mart, a fashion show, social affairs, and fundraisers. 
 Call #:  PG 473 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II -- Photograph collections. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. | African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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7Title:  Lolette and George Hanserd Photographs     
 Creator:  Hanserd, Lolette and George 
 Dates:  1910-1980 
 Abstract:  George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in Cleveland, Ohio's 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 African American 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 individual portraits of George Hanserd and his wife Lolette Hanserd and group portraits including them and others such as Jesse Owens, at athletic events, classmates of the Ohio College of Chiropody, and at a dinner of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. 
 Call #:  PG 369 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. | Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. | Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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8Title:  Fannie M. Lewis Photographs     
 Creator:  Lewis, Fannie M. 
 Dates:  1952-1975 
 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 photographs depicting Lewis' involvement in the Hough community of Cleveland, Ohio, and Cleveland politics. It includes images of Fannie Lewis, Carl and Louis Stokes, Ralph Perk, and Booker Tall. 
 Call #:  PG 427 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. | Perk, Ralph J. 1914- -- Photograph collections. | Tall, Booker T. -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
 
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9Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Photographs     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1946-1986 
 Abstract:  The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of individual portraits of founder Amanda Wicker, her friends and associates; Clarke School board members, school graduates, and models; and views of events, activities and instructional classes. Included in the collection are portraits of Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, Representative Troy Lee James, Cynthia Holloway, Judge Perry B. Jackson, Wyatt Brownlee, and Elizabeth Lambright. Events depicted include The Book of Gold and other fashion shows, award ceremonies of the Amanda Wicker Scholarship and the Cleveland Scholarship Program, board meetings, and social functions. 
 Call #:  PG 472 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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10Title:  Allen E. Cole Photographs     
 Creator:  Cole, Allen E. 
 Dates:  1870-1970 
 Abstract:  Allen E. Cole (1883-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, photographer who produced over 50,000 photographs of people and places in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio. Cole opened his first studio in 1922 at 9909 Cedar Avenue, supplementing his income with commercial work and commission work for eight white-owned studios, and earned prizes and commendations at state and local exhibitions. His photographs were frequently published in The Call and Post. The collection consists of approximately 30,000 black and white and color negatives; 6,000 black and white and color photographs; and 1 oil painting. 
 Call #:  PG 268 
 Extent:  36.72 linear feet (21 containers, 6 filing cabinets, and 2 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
 
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11Title:  Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Photographs     
 Creator:  Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena 
 Dates:  1920-1990 
 Abstract:  Russell W. (1891-1980) and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe (1892-1992) 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 individual portraits of Russell and Rowena Jelliffe; individual portraits of those associated with Karamu House, including teachers, instructors, and performers; group portraits that include the Jelliffes and others, including Zelma George, W. C. Handy, Langston Hughes, and Michael White; and views of play productions, instructional classes, and interior and exterior scenes at Karamu House. Also included in the collection are group portraits of the Gilpin Players and Karamu actors in performance. 
 Call #:  PG 484 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Photograph collections. | George, Zelma, 1903- -- Photograph collections. | Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Photograph collections. | White, Michael R. -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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12Title:  Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Photographs     
 Creator:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks 
 Dates:  1921-2010 
 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. 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 4 black and white photographs, 251 color photographs, 5 DVDs, and 5 VHS tapes. 
 Call #:  PG 553 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010 -- Photograph collections. | Cheek family -- Photographs. | Johnson family. -- Photographs. | Dallas Colored High School (Dallas, Tex.) -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Birthday parties -- Photographs.
 
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13Title:  Perry B. Jackson Photographs     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1900-1970 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was extremely active in Cleveland civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of loose photographs and one photograph album relating to the career, social life, and family of Cleveland, Ohio Municipal Court Judge Perry B. Jackson. 
 Call #:  PG 098 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986 -- Photograph collections. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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14Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1860-1980 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family are also included. 
 Call #:  PG 509 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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15Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Photographs     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1921-1966 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates, its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of photographs of activities, games, and sports at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement, and also of the neighborhood it served. Included are many views of African American and Italian organizations at the Settlement and views of housing conditions of the surrounding area. 
 Call #:  PG 126 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
 
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16Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Photographs     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1873-1988 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of approximately 1,500 photographs and 1,500 slides. 
 Call #:  PG 594 
 Extent:  2.03 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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17Title:  Josephus Hicks Collection of Church Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials     
 Creator:  Hicks, Josephus 
 Dates:  1940-1996 
 Abstract:  Josephus Hicks was an African American photographer and historian who lived in Cleveland from the mid-1930s until his death in 1998. In addition to photographing people and events in the Cleveland African American community, Mr. Hicks wrote the history of St. John A.M.E. Church, the Mount Zion Church and the Hough area of the city. The collection consists of church records, photographs, 16mm film, and audio LPs. 
 Call #:  MS 5366 
 Extent:  3.61 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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18Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Photographs     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1850-1980 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders to aid in bringing economic prosperity to the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of individual and group portraits of Hough Area Development Corporation Board members and staff; group portraits of programs, parties and banquets, and meetings; and views of streets of the Hough neighborhood, Hough community buildings, MLK Plaza businesses, industrial businesses, and individual houses. 
 Call #:  PG 374 
 Extent:  2.10 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
 
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19Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1885-1962 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon (1901-1985) was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon (1868-1952) was an organizer of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of group and individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his family, friends and associates. 
 Call #:  PG 187 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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20Title:  Katherine P. Williamson Photographs     
 Creator:  Williamson, Katherine P. 
 Dates:  1950-1960 
 Abstract:  Katherine P. Williamson (1910-1964) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker who had a particular interest in improved housing for minority groups. She was a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Dept., Family Life Coordinator for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's Central Area Community Council, and Child Welfare Consultant, and later, Northeast Area Superior, for the Ohio Dept. of Public Welfare. The collection consists of photographs relating mainly to Katherine P. Williamson's work at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes photographs of various groups of African Americans at Friendly Inn Social Settlement, including senior citizens and arts and crafts groups. Also includes photographs relating to a Family Life and Health Month parade and fair held in Cleveland in 1957, sponsored by the Friendly Inn. Those pictured in the parade and fair photographs are: Anthony Celebrezze, Perry B. Jackson, William O. Walker, Russell Davis, Ethel Storey, Charles W. White, and George Theobald. 
 Call #:  PG 073 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. | Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. | Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. | Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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