| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association | | | | Dates: | 1947-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association was the first settlement organization in the United States designed to plan, budget, and coordinate settlement services on a metropolitan-wide scale. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1948, by the Welfare Federation of Cleveland (later the Federation for Community Planning), and called the Neighborhood Settlement Association. The NSA merged in 1963 with the United Neighborhood Centers to form the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. The GCNCA absorbed the Cleveland Federation of Settlements in 1963. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and publications of the Neighborhood Settlement Association, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, and Hiram House Camp and other GCNCA member agencies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3991 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Arthur and Murtis Taylor Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Taylor, Arthur and Murtis Family | | | | Dates: | 1895-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur and Murtis Taylor were community leaders active in Cleveland, Ohio, African American organizations. They both worked at Karamu House and Outhwaite Homes Housing Project. Arthur then became an insurance underwriter and Murtis became director of Mount Pleasant Community Center and coordinator of the Federation for Community Planning's Project on Aging. Their son Bruce was a biomedical engineer researching artificial arteries at Akron City Hospital. Their son Howard became associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University in 1969. The entire family was named Outstanding Family of the Year in 1968 by the Urban League. The collection includes biographical items, correspondence, clippings, writings by Murtis, Bruce, and especially, Howard F. Taylor, and miscellany, including a marriage license, programs and certificates. The collection pertains largely to the careers and community activities of a Cleveland Afro-American family and includes some materials on social work, sociology, and medicine. Included is Howard's dissertation: Balance and tension in the two-person group. | | | | Call #: | MS 4439 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor family. | Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. | Taylor, Murtis Howard. | Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- | Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sociology.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Family Service Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Family Service Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1867-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Family Service Association of Cleveland was founded in 1867 as the Cleveland Bethel Union in Cleveland, Ohio. It extended its services to all the city's poor, transients and unemployed in 1873 and renamed itself the Bethel Relief Association. It merged in 1884 with the Charity Organization Society (founded 1881) and was renamed Bethel Associated Charities, with the added function of investigation and registration of all cases. In 1900 it changed its name to Cleveland Associated Charities and began an era of modern social casework. In 1945 it adopted a new name, Family Service Association, and changed its focus from relief to professional casework services. It merged in 1976 with the Travelers Aid Society and various day care centers to form the Center for Human Services. The collection consists of minutes, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, case books, reports, letters to staff, statistical reports, annual reports, newsletters, pamphlets, agency operational manuals, payroll records, membership lists, speech notes, and scrapbooks relating to the association's history and operation and to James F. Jackson's leadership. | | | | Call #: | MS 3920 | | | | Extent: | 18.20 linear feet (18 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Family Service Association of Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Food relief -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Relief stations for the poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service exchanges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | Edward D. Lynde Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lynde, Edward D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1892-1959 | | | | Abstract: | Edward D. Lynde was a nationally recognized authority in the field of social reform during the first half of the twentieth century. Much of Lynde's career was spent with the Associated Charities of Cleveland, Ohio, 1923-1933; then he became assistant director of the Family Welfare Association in New York. He returned to Cleveland in 1935 to head the Cleveland Welfare Federation (later the Federation for Community Planning) until his retirement in 1959. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and articles pertaining to Lynde's personal life and professional career, and genealogical materials relating to Lynde family members. The collection pertains to the private and professional life of Edward D. Lynde, particularly his involvement in the social service reform movement, and relationships between Lynde family members. Included are the Civil War letters and documents of Lynde's grandfather, Abraham G. Schermerhorn, letters from Myron H. Bent, a journalist with the Brooklyn, N.Y. Times-Herald regarding his anti-New Deal activities, and letters to Lynde's mother, Ardelle S.L. Nutting. | | | | Call #: | MS 4448 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lynde, Edward D. (Edward Dudley Bent), 1892-1973. | Lynde, Arthur L. | Lynde, Lucile. | Werner, Carl A. | Lynn family. | Federation for Community Planning. | Associated Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service) | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Herman D. Stein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Herman D. Stein | | | | Dates: | 1951-1999 | | | | Abstract: | Born in New York City, Herman D. Stein (1917-2009) was an educator, scholar, university administrator, and leader in a variety of professional associations. He studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary for four years, and then received a bachelor's degree in social science from the College of the City of New York in 1939. After earning both his master's and doctoral degrees at Columbia University, Stein taught at the Columbia University School of Social Work for fourteen years. He later was a professor at Smith College School of Social Work, Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Hawaii, and several other universities in the United States and around the world. Stein moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1964 to become Dean of School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. He was named university provost in 1969 and vice president in 1970. Stein published extensively in his field. He was the author of several books and more than a hundred journal articles mainly in the fields of social work practice, social administration, international social work, and social work education. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, studies, and other documents relating to Herman Stein's participation in a variety of professional organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5092 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stein, Herman D., 1917-2009. | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. | Institute for Jewish Life (U.S.) | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Selma H. Weiss Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weiss, Selma H. | | | | Dates: | 1926-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Selma H. Weiss (1896-1974) was a social worker with the Welfare Association for Jewish Children in Cleveland, Ohio, and with the American Red Cross. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Mrs. Weiss' personal life, social work career, and visit to the Soviet Union in 1936. | | | | Call #: | MS 3655 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weiss, Selma H., 1896-1974. | Welfare Association for Jewish Children (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Red Cross. Cleveland Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Soviet Union -- Description and travel -- 1917-1944.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | S. Sterling McMillan Papers
| | | | Creator: | McMillan, S. Sterling | | | | Dates: | 1962-1970 | | | | Abstract: | S. Sterling McMillan was an economist, professor at Western Reserve University, and founder of Predicasts. McMillan authored several books and was involved with numerous philanthropic and social welfare organizations in Cleveland, Ohio, serving as a trustee and financial consultant. The collection consists of meeting agendas, annual reports, correspondence, financial statements, minutes, newsletters and reports of various social agencies in which McMillan had an interest. The bulk of the material pertains to the Cleveland Welfare Federation, but the collection also includes material of the Cleveland Homemaker Service Association, Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Golden Age Center of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, Health Fund of Greater Cleveland, and Sagamore Hills Children's Psychiatric Hospital Citizens' Advisory Committee. | | | | Call #: | MS 4523 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Welfare Federation of Cleveland -- Archives. | Cleveland Homemaker Service -- Archives. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs -- Archives. | Golden Age Center of Cleveland -- Archives. | Health Fund of Greater Cleveland -- Archives. | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation -- Archives. | Sagamore Hills Children's Psychiatric Hospital. Citizens' Advisory Committee -- Archives. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | Title: | Women's Centennial Commission Records
| | | | Creator: | Women's Centennial Commission | | | | Dates: | 1891-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Centennial Commission of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1895 as the Women's Auxiliary of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. The group formally became a part of the Cleveland Centennial Commission on September 25, 1895, when its name was changed to the Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission. Mary B. Ingham served as the first president, and Catherine Hitchcock Avery was chairman of the executive board. Woman's Day, a part of the centennial celebration, was held July 28, 1896. In December 1896, an aluminum casket time capsule was filled by members and sealed, to be opened one hundred years later in 1996 during the bicentennial of the founding of Cleveland. The casket was given to the Western Reserve Historical Society for safekeeping. In 1898, the executive committee of the Woman's Department became a permanent organization. Each member designated a successor, and yearly meetings were held. In 1921, a second aluminum casket time capsule was prepared, commemorating the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Cleveland. This casket was not sealed until 1927, so that volume five of the Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, a project begun in 1896 by the Woman's Department, and edited by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, could be included. That same year, the name of the group was changed to the Women's Centennial Commission. Continued by the successors of the women of 1896 and 1921, a sealed aluminum casket was placed at the Western Reserve Historical Society during the sesquicentennial celebration of Cleveland in 1946. At the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of Cleveland in 1971, a fourth time capsule was prepared. The group was revived as the bicentennial of 1996 approached, and in 1996, the contents of the time capsules were unpacked by lineal descendants of the original members. The collection consists of the contents of four aluminum casket time capsules from the years 1896, 1921, 1946, and 1971. The contents include letters, constitutions and bylaws, minutes, resolutions, financial statements, programs, lists, certificates, cards, photographs, invitations, addresses, speeches, essays, poems, newspaper clippings, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, brochures, directories, bulletins, notes, books, pamphlets, annual reports, yearbooks, biographical and genealogical sketches, business cards, medals, ribbons, coins, flags, badges, a gavel, drawings, watercolor prints, maps, calendars, and a poster. Material from philanthropic, social service, cultural, and religious organizations and agencies of the time is included. Documentation on the formation and organization of the Women's Centennial Commission is included, as is a large amount of personal letters and photographs addressed to their descendants by Commission members. The collection also documents how the Cleveland centennial was planned and celebrated in 1896, and how subsequent anniversary years were celebrated. Original manuscripts and copies of the speeches and toasts given during Woman's Day in 1896 were included in the time capsules. | | | | Call #: | MS 4752 | | | | Extent: | 6.80 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Avery, Catherine Hitchcock, 1844-1911. | Ingham, Mary Bigelow, 1832-1923. | Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer, 1844-1930. | Women's Centennial Commission. | Cleveland Centennial Commission. Woman's Dept. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Time capsules -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Marie Remington Wing Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wing, Marie Remington Family | | | | Dates: | 1846-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Marie Remington Wing was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served on the Cleveland City Council (1923-1927), as Solicitor for the Village of Mentor, Ohio (1929-1936), and as Regional Attorney for the Social Security Board (1936-1953). She was also involved in numerous professional, civic, and health organizations in Cleveland and in Mentor. Wing came from a distinguished Cleveland family, which included her uncle, George Clary Wing, an author and attorney who served in several United States government departments. Marie's father, Francis Joseph Wing, was a judge in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and in the United States District Court for Northern Ohio. Her older sister, Virginia Remington Wing, was, like Marie, a social activist, working for the Red Cross, the Cleveland Anti-Tuberculosis League, and the Cleveland Health Council's Health Education Department. She was also the secretary of both the Brush Foundation and the Sight Saving Council. Marie's longtime companion, Dorothy Smith, worked with the YWCA, founded an insurance business, and was an executive for the East End Neighborhood House. Marie Wing's niece, Stephanie Ralph, was a school psychologist, and her husband, Paul Ralph, was also prominent in the academic world. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, financial and legal papers, and records of Marie Wing and her family, and those of the organizations they served. Included are the diaries of Wing's grandfather, Stephen Remington, who served in the Civil War as a private in the 19th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 4655 | | | | Extent: | 5.00 linear feet (5 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Wing, Marie Remington, 1885-1982. | Wing family. | Remington family. | Ralph family. | Consumers League of Ohio. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | Democratic Party (Mentor, Ohio). | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cuyahoga County Relief Administration. | United States. Federal Security Agency. | Lake County Committee on Aging. | Legal Services Association of Lake County (Ohio). | Lake County Bar Association. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Mentor. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Mentor (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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