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| | • | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
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| | • | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. |
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| | • | Karamu House. |
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| | • | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. |
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| | • | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. |
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| | • | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. |
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| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Elections -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Gilpin Players. |
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| | • | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Karamu Foundation. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- United States. |
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| | • | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Social case work. |
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| | • | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. |
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| | • | Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. |
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| | • | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Women in charitable work. |
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| | • | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Paul W. Walter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walter, Paul W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, speeches, financial records, lists, schedules, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous records relating to the political activities of Paul Walter, Harold Burton and Robert Taft. | | | | Call #: | MS 3302 | | | | Extent: | 44.20 linear feet (105 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | West Side Community House Records
| | | | Creator: | West Side Community House | | | | Dates: | 1890-1973 | | | | Abstract: | West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 3938 | | | | Extent: | 32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | 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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