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•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (7)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (3)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (2)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Genealogy. (1)
•African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History (1)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.) (1)
•Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter. (1)
•Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Blue family (1)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. (1)
•Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy (1)
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•Cleveland (Ohio) -- History (1)
•Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 (1)
•Disciples of Christ -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fifth Christian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hill, David W. (1)
•Hill, Luther F. (1)
•Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Mount Sinai Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Negro leagues -- History (1)
•Newsletter (Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter) (1)
•Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
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1Title:  Melvin Drimmer Family History Research Papers     
 Creator:  Drimmer, Melvin 
 Dates:  1977-1998 
 Abstract:  Dr. Melvin Drimmer (1935-1992) was a professor of Black and African History at Cleveland State University (CSU) from 1972-1992. Drimmer was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of City College of New York and earned his doctorate in history from the University of Rochester. As a history professor at CSU, Drimmer assigned all of his students a family history paper, which was intended to provide not only a family tree, but also a socio-economic history of each family. The collection consists of correspondence, syllabi, classroom materials, and student-written essays. 
 Call #:  MS 5230 
 Extent:  17.40 linear feet (19 containers) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Cleveland State University. Dept. of History.
 
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2Title:  Jane Lee Darr Papers     
 Creator:  Darr, Jane Lee 
 Dates:  1920-1998 
 Abstract:  Jane Lee Darr (1925-2006) was the adopted daughter of Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963). Bertha Blue 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 artwork and biographies of Bertha Blue by Jane Lee Darr and correspondence and research files maintained by Darr on the Blue family. 
 Call #:  MS 5184 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Blue family | Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 | Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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3Title:  Mount Sinai Baptist Church Records     
 Creator:  Mount Sinai Baptist Church 
 Dates:  1954-1998 
 Abstract:  Mount Sinai Baptist Church was founded in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1927. The church outgrew several locations on Cleveland's east side until building its church on property purchased at 7510 Woodland Avenue in 1969. The collection consists of agendas, anniversary booklets, anniversary programs, annual reports, budgets, by-laws, church covenants, constitutions, a directory, event flyers, financial reports, funeral programs, a history book, letters, minutes, and newsletters. 
 Call #:  MS 5217 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Hill, David W. | Hill, Luther F. | Mount Sinai Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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4Title:  Fifth Christian Church Records     
 Creator:  Fifth Christian Church 
 Dates:  1964-1986 
 Abstract:  Fifth Christian Church, founded in 1964, is a predominately African-American church in the Disciples of Christ denomination located on Benwood Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The church is a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was recognized in 2009 by the Disciples of Christ for performing a significant number of baptisms. The collection consists of budgets, meeting minutes, membership lists, and programs. 
 Call #:  MS 5233 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Disciples of Christ -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fifth Christian Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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5Title:  Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church Records     
 Creator:  Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church 
 Dates:  1929-2008 
 Abstract:  Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded by Reverend James J. Price on April 21, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. As the membership of the church grew, Reverend Price lead the church to purchase property at 2363 East 28th Street in 1920. In 1953, Greater Avery purchased the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of bulletins, calendars of events, correspondence, financial records, historical sketches, ledgers, newspaper clippings, programs, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 5234 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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6Title:  Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter, 1990    
 Creator:  Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter. 
 Date:  1990 
 Abstract:  Miscellaneous materials relating to Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter, including: Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Cleveland Chapter Newsletter, Volume 1 Number 2, Summer 1990 (3 copies) 
 Language:  English (eng) 
 Call #:  SVF (Afro-American Historical ...) 
 Extent:  0.01 linear feet (1 folder) 
 Media:  Newsletters 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.) | Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Societies, etc. | Newsletter (Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Cleveland Chapter)
 
  
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7Title:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home Records, Series II     
 Creator:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home 
 Dates:  1919-1987 
 Abstract:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home is one of the oldest African American funeral homes in Cleveland, Ohio. Known earlier as Boyd's Funeral Home, the name was changed to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home in 1938 when William F. Boyd joined his father, Elmer Franklin Boyd, in the business. Branches were opened in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1972, and in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1996. They arranged the funerals of many of Cleveland's most prominent citizens, white and black, as well as lesser known individuals. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, funeral books, and notes. The funeral books comprise the bulk of the collection and include name, age, cause of death, date of funeral, type of casket, place of death, birth date, spouse's name, parents' names and cost of arrangements. The collection is of value to those researching the funeral business in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly that of Boyd Funeral Home, as well as those interested in genealogy, mortality and occupational information on African Americans in Cleveland. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection 
 Call #:  MS 4908 
 Extent:  15.50 linear feet (15 containers and 3 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
 
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8Title:  African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts (African American Archives Vertical File)     
 Creator:  African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society 
 Dates:  ca. 1880s-2007 
 Abstract:  The African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of African Americans, Cleveland, Ohio, and Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of advertisements, articles, audiovisual material, autobiographies, biographical sketches, certificates, church bulletins, correspondence, fliers, genealogies, histories, letters, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, maps, meeting material, membership cards, notes, pamphlets, papers, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, program and souvenir books, reports, scrapbooks, statistics, speeches, transcripts, and other material. 
 Call #:  MS 5487 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy | United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Negro leagues -- History
 
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