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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1920-1932 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and politician who served as a city councilman, Ohio state senator (1928-1930), Cleveland City Manager (1930-1931), and judge of the Eighth District Court of Appeals (1939-1949). The collection consists of correspondence, reports, financial records, proposals, publications and newspaper clippings relating to Morgan's tenure as Cleveland City Manager. | | | | Call #: | MS 3676 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar, 1877-1949. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress Records
| | | | Creator: | Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress | | | | Dates: | 1970-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress was a neighborhood advocacy group which served as an umbrella organization for over 200 smaller groups in the Buckeye-Woodland area of Cleveland, Ohio, an east side Hungarian community established after 1880 which once held the largest concentration of Hungarians in the United States. By 1972, 43% of the population was African American, with 1/3rd of the Hungarian population over the age of 55. Founded to fight redlining, foreclosures, dishonest real-estate tactics, and insurance cancellations, the group sought also to ease racial tensions while promoting neighborly cooperation and civic improvement. From its founding in 1974 through the 1970s the group assisted citizens with neighborhood problems, but became inactive in the early 1980s and finally disbanded in 1988. The collection consists of minutes, articles of incorporation, constitutions, membership lists, newspaper clippings, financial papers, annual reports, agendas, correspondence, and a subject file. The collection is useful in understanding the development, daily operations, and demise of a neighborhood advocacy group, the issues they pursued, the actions they took, and the people involved. The collection reflects the group's attempts to maintain a diverse community in the face of heavy African American settlement. | | | | Call #: | MS 4284 | | | | Extent: | 5.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress -- Archives. | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Ludlow Community Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Ludlow Community Association | | | | Dates: | 1953-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Ludlow Community Association was formed in 1957 to address the problems of integration in the Ludlow community of Shaker Heights and Cleveland, Ohio. Its main goals were to maintain a racial balance and prevent white flight from the community. The collection consists of trustees' minutes, financial records, membership lists, project files, reports, correspondence, photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3662 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Ludlow Community Association. | Homeowners' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Homeowners' associations -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Ralph Sidney Locher Papers
| | | | Creator: | Locher, Ralph Sidney | | | | Dates: | 1949-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Ralph Locher (1915-2004) was the Democratic Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1962-1967) who became a Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1968-1972), of the County Probate Court (1972-1976), and of the Ohio Supreme Court for two terms beginning in 1976. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, certificates, and miscellaneous printed material dealing with Locher's administrative and political concerns, particularly as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3337 | | | | Extent: | 9.00 linear feet (24 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Locher, Ralph S., (Ralph Sidney) 1915- | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Political activity. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Wade Park Committee Records
| | | | Creator: | Wade Park Committee | | | | Dates: | 1926-1927 | | | | Abstract: | The Wade Park Committee was formed in 1925 by residents of the Wade Park area on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, to prevent non-Caucasians from buying, occupying, or using property in the area. The collection consists of correspondence, proposals, minutes, copies of agreements, and other records relating to residential restrictions in the Wade Park Allotment in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood. | | | | Call #: | MS 3483 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wade Park Committee (Cleveland, Ohio) | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minorities -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zoning, Exclusionary -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Charles W. White Papers
| | | | Creator: | White, Charles W. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Charles W. White (1897-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became Assistant Law Director for Cleveland (1933-1955) and Common Pleas Court judge (1955-1970). He was active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, awards, certificates, legal files, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to the public and personal life of Judge White and to his activities as a member of the Urban League, NAACP, ACLU, Consumers League, East End Community Center, Karamu House, and Friends of the Cleveland Public Library. | | | | Call #: | MS 3521 | | | | Extent: | 25.61 linear feet (58 containers, 6 oversize volumes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 roll) | | | | Subjects: | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Social conditions. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Urban League of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Urban League of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1914-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland. It joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, financial and membership records, and files of Director Ernest Cooper and Deputy-Director Anita Polk. | | | | Call #: | MS 3573 | | | | Extent: | 19.00 linear feet (50 containers and 5 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social work with. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Reverend Bruce Klunder Collection
| | | | Creator: | Klunder, Bruce | | | | Dates: | 1964-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Bruce Klunder (1937-1964) was a Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who worked with various student and community groups in Cleveland, Ohio, including the United Freedom Movement. Klunder was accidentally killed in 1964 by a bulldozer while picketing the Lakeview School construction site in an effort to bring attention to school segregation in the Cleveland Public Schools. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence, newsletters, reports and programs relating to the events surrounding Klunder's death. The collection pertains to Klunder's background, religious convictions, and his fight for human rights for the black community in Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4221 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Klunder, Bruce, 1937-1964. | Cleveland Public Schools. | United Freedom Movement. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation in education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Frank Lyons Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lyons, Frank | | | | Dates: | 1912-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Lyons (1894-1974) was a lawyer, politician and civic leader active in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community. The collection consists of correspondence dealing with Lyons' law career, political involvement, and personal life, as well as organizational records, political campaign files, appointment books and journals, and legal case materials, including discrimination suits Lyons handled for the Future Outlook League and Robert Woodall. The collection pertains to Lyons' political aspirations and activities in various ward clubs, his community service in such organizations as the Urban League, St. Marks Presbyterian Church, and the Woodland Center Neighborhood House, and his discrimination cases. | | | | Call #: | MS 4249 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Fair Housing Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Fair Housing Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1958-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Fair Housing, Inc., was organized in 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio, as an equal opportunity real estate company. It was dissolved in 1972 and succeeded by Stuart E. Wallace & Company. The collection consists of minutes, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3693 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 14 | Title: | Sol Kahn Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kahn, Sol B. | | | | Dates: | 1907-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Sol Kahn (born 1911) was an immigrant from France who worked for the Cuyahoga County Relief Administration and later the Cleveland Board of Education's Bureau of Attendance. He was the Board's representative to Juvenile Court and was assigned to the Collinwood district, handling attendance and security problems during the 1960s riots. The collection consists of histories of the Cleveland Public Schools and Bureau of Attendance, writings and memorabilia of Kahn, records and clippings relating to the Schools and the Bureau, documents from Juvenile Court and the Cleveland Boys School, reports and clippings on juvenile delinquency, and a Collinwood High scrapbook (1960s-1970s) with flyers from Black Unity House and the National Association for the Advancement of White People, and a Ku Klux Klan pamphlet. | | | | Call #: | MS 3978 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kahn, Sol, b. 1911. | Collinwood High School. Cleveland (Ohio) | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School attendance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Attendance officers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Schools. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | Charles W. White Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | White, Charles W. Family | | | | Dates: | 1872-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Charles W. White (1897-1970), a lawyer and judge, and his wife Stella, a writer and journalist, were both active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. White had one daughter, Lillian. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence of White and his daughter Lillian, an original manuscript by Stella White, family history and biographical materials, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4114 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | White family. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 16 | Title: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1961-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity was the local chapter of a national organization (f. 1961) open to members in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Cleveland Chapter supported the 1968 presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy, and the "Poor People's" Campaign with monetary and food contributions, while opposing the Vietnamese War. The collection consists of bylaws, minutes, an address by the Right Reverend John Harris Burt, membership lists, and a membership card file. | | | | Call #: | MS 4199 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Cleveland Chapter -- Archives. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church. | Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 17 | Title: | Clifford E. Minton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Minton, Clifford E. | | | | Dates: | 1947-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford E. Minton was the director of the Industrial Relations Department of the Urban League of Cleveland, Ohio, following World War II. Minton helped to integrate the white collar work force at such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, as well as department stores, bakeries and delivery services. Minton left Cleveland in 1949 and became executive director of the Urban League of Gary, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, and news clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Minton's work with the Urban League of Cleveland and its efforts to eliminate job discrimination and promote black employment after World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4513 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Minton, Clifford E., 1911- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 18 | Title: | James Adolph Norton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Norton, James Adolph | | | | Dates: | 1960-1968 | | | | Abstract: | James Adolph Norton was a professor of public administration at various colleges and universities around the country before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as Director of the Cleveland Foundation, chairman of the Housing Committee of the Urban League of Cleveland, and president of the American Society of Public Administrators in the 1960s. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, and publications, regarding activities of the Urban League, particularly work of the Housing Committee. Included is a report issued by the Urban League's Research Department entitled The Negro in Cleveland, 1950-1963, and issues of its two newsletters, Flash, and Stride. | | | | Call #: | MS 4539 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, James Adolph, 1922- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 19 | Title: | Operation Black Unity Records
| | | | Creator: | Operation Black Unity | | | | Dates: | 1969-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Operation Black Unity was a coalition of groups and people, founded in 1969, interested in the progress of the African American population of Cleveland, Ohio. Membership consisted of churches, black nationalists, and civil rights groups. The organization was co-chaired by Reverend Donald S. Jacobs, Reverend Jonathan Ealy, and William O. Walker. One of its main projects was securing African American ownership of McDonald's restaurants in the city of Cleveland. The collection consists of minutes, reports, speech texts, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, press releases, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4633 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Operation Black Unity. | McDonald's Corporation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 20 | Title: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs Records
| | | | Creator: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs | | | | Dates: | 1964-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (BICCA) was organized in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, at a time of unrest in the community, in order to establish communication and develop understanding between leaders of Cleveland's business and African American communities. The BICCA was a committee of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which provided funding, services, and facilities. Additional financial support was supplied by local corporations. The collection consists of a report on the beginnings and early activity of the Committee, with copies of relevant articles, correspondence, and subcommittee reports, as well as annual reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4668 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
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