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•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.[X]
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (12)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (10)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (7)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (5)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (3)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. (3)
•Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (3)
•Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (2)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Civil rights -- United States. (2)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. (2)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Gilpin Players. (2)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Karamu House. (2)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. (2)
•Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland (2)
•Race relations and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Rural-urban migration -- United States. (2)
•Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. (2)
•Sermons, American -- African American authors. (2)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991. (2)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. (2)
•Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. (1)
•Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American authors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American sailors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American social workers. (1)
•African American soldiers -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- United States. (1)
•African American women public relations personnel. (1)
•African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Civil rights (1)
•African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Relations with Russians. (1)
•African Americans. (1)
•Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•American Judges Association. (1)
•American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Authors, American -- Correspondence. (1)
•Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Baylor, Mary Jane. (1)
•Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- (1)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. (1)
•Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. (1)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. (1)
•Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. (1)
•Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. (1)
•Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. (1)
•Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. (1)
•Cleveland Transit System. (1)
•Cleveland Women's Orchestra. (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! (1)
•Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee. (1)
•Dawson County (Ga.). (1)
•Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fisk University. (1)
•Fleming, Charles, W., 1928-1994. (1)
•Forbes, George L., 1931- (1)
•Former Junior Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Halle Bros. Co. (1)
•Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hough Area Development Corporation. (1)
•Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. (1)
•Journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Karamu Foundation. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Labor movement -- United States. (1)
•Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- (1)
•Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. (1)
•Moon family. (1)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- (1)
•Moon, Joseph Herbert. (1)
•Moon, Leah. (1)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis. (1)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. (1)
•Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Murray Hill Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (1)
•National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. (1)
•National Bar Association. (1)
•National Urban League. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Oral histories. (1)
•Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- (1)
•Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Retail trade -- Employees. (1)
•Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sissle, Noble, 1889- (1)
•Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social work with African Americans. (1)
•Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Stokes family (1)
•Stokes, Carl (1)
•Stokes, Carl. (1)
•Stokes, Louis (1)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sweet, Dovie Davis. (1)
•Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•United States -- Race relations. (1)
•Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•White family. (1)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women -- Social conditions. (1)
•Women -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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21Title:  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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22Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Records     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1942-1983 
 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 style show programs; also newspaper clippings, and miscellany. The style show programs include much advertising for Cleveland Afro-American businesses. 
 Call #:  MS 4490 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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23Title:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch Records     
 Creator:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch 
 Dates:  1922-1969 
 Abstract:  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a social and political action organization founded in 1912 as a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the NAACP. Its purpose is to oppose racial inequalities in civil and political rights. The collection consists of reports, minutes, office files, financial records, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, news releases and insurance policies. 
 Call #:  MS 3520 
 Extent:  26.40 linear feet (70 containers) 
 Subjects:  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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24Title:  Reverend Wade H. and Mrs. Ruth B. McKinney Papers     
 Creator:  McKinney, Wade H. and Ruth B. 
 Dates:  1898-1966 
 Abstract:  Reverend Wade H. McKinney was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, sermons, speeches, "Thot-O-Grams," financial, printed and miscellaneous papers, and papers relating to Antioch Baptist Church. 
 Call #:  MS 3549 
 Extent:  6.50 linear feet (16 containers and 1 oversize package) 
 Subjects:  African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American -- African American authors. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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25Title:  Hiram House Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Hiram House Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1893-1972 
 Abstract:  Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. 
 Call #:  MS 3319 
 Extent:  38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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26Title:  MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  George Forbes 
 Dates:  1945-2014 
 Abstract:  George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings. 
 Call #:  MS 5433 
 Extent:  28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder) 
 Subjects:  African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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27Title:  Karamu House Records     
 Creator:  Karamu House 
 Dates:  1914-1979 
 Abstract:  Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, play scripts and related information, announcements of events, programs, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrapbooks, and student enrollment cards. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White, Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, Harry E. Davis, Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter. The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, particularly the 1950s and 1960s. 
 Call #:  MS 4606 
 Extent:  79.21 linear feet (92 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Karamu House. | Gilpin Players. | 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. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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28Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Records     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1971-1990 
 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 audio recordings, video recordings, interview transcripts, ledgers, financial documents, membership lists, board meeting minutes, correspondence, presentation materials, notes, catalog cards, exhibit materials, and museum holdings. 
 Call #:  MS 5175 
 Extent:  19.42 linear feet (21 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 1 film canister) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. | Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Oral histories. | Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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29Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Records     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1967-1985 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown to aid in bringing economic prosperity to Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. 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 board minutes, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, financial records, reports, and the working papers of the corporation's offices. 
 Call #:  MS 4222 
 Extent:  27.30 linear feet (28 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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30Title:  Albert M. Pennybacker Papers     
 Creator:  Pennybacker, Albert M. 
 Dates:  1963-1974 
 Abstract:  Albert Pennybacker was a civil rights activist and pastor of Heights Christian Church in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights. The collection consists of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association. 
 Call #:  MS 3743 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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31Title:  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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32Title:  Urban League of Cleveland Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Urban League of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1964-1981 
 Abstract:  The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland to aid the adjustment of black workers coming to Cleveland during the Great Migration following World War I. Led by Wm. R. Conners for the first 25 years, it joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Formed initially to confront barriers to economic opportunities and find jobs for black workers, by the 1930s the primary goal of the League was the issue of improved housing. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, contracts, memoranda and other papers relating to the organization's operation, especially Operation Equality, a subdivision of the organization concerned with fair housing issues. This collection is essential for those interested in the issues of race relations and open housing in Cleveland. Records and reports of organizations such as Operation Equality, the Fair Housing Council, which consisted of several local fair housing groups including Operation Equality, and National Neighbors, a national organization which promoted peaceful integration, comprise a large part of the collection. 
 Call #:  MS 4206 
 Extent:  10.00 linear feet (10 containers) 
 Subjects:  Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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33Title:  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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34Title:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers     
 Creator:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell 
 Dates:  1889-1932 
 Abstract:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was a Cleveland, Ohio, court reporter, novelist and short story writer. He was the first African American novelist and short story writer to win recognition on a nationwide scale. The collection consists of correspondence, copies of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, photographs and other papers relating to Chesnutt's activities as a court reporter and writer. 
 Call #:  MS 3370 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Authors, American -- Correspondence. | African American authors -- Correspondence. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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35Title:  Charles W. Fleming Papers     
 Creator:  Fleming, Charles W. 
 Dates:  1943-1994 
 Abstract:  Charles W. Fleming was a Cleveland, Ohio, Municipal Court Judge, an Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, a special assistant to the Attorney General of the State of Ohio, senior partner of the Fleming, Hubbard, and Davis Law Firm in Cleveland, and a professor at Case Western Reserve University. Fleming was also involved in Masonry. The collection consists of agendas, certificates, correspondence, biographies, court cases, newsletters, booklets, newspaper clippings, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules, reports, notes, pamphlets, programs, and resolutions. 
 Call #:  MS 4804 
 Extent:  2.60 linear feet (4 containers and 4 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Fleming, Charles, W., 1928-1994. | American Judges Association. | National Bar Association. | Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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36Title:  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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