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1	Title:	Lethia Cousins Fleming Papers
	Creator:	Fleming, Lethia Cousins
	Dates:	1903-1963
	Abstract:	Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963) was a teacher from West Virginia who became a social worker for the Division of Child Welfare in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1931-1951). She and her husband, Cleveland city councilman Thomas W. Fleming, were active in local civic and charitable organizations. The collection consists of teaching certificates, certificates of recognition, testimonials, curriculum vitae, real estate account books, travel souvenirs, and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Fleming, and records of the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People, its Men's Auxiliary, the Phillis Wheatley Association, and other charitable organizations.
	Call #:	MS 3525
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Fleming, Lethia Cousins, 1876-1963. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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2	Title:	Lolette and George Hanserd Papers
	Creator:	Hanserd, Lolette and George
	Dates:	1939-1984
	Abstract:	George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first black to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of Lolette's professional papers from the Federation for Community Planning, as well as some personal papers of both Lolette and George. The collection pertains primarily to Lolette Hanserd's civic activities and, to a much lesser degree, to George Hanserd's medical career in Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4236
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with African Americans. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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3	Title:	George P. Bauer Correspondence
	Creator:	Bauer, George P.
	Dates:	1975-1976
	Abstract:	George P. Bauer (1899-1988) was a social worker at Hiram House, Cleveland's first settlement house established in 1896. Cleveland, Ohio, was one of the centers of the settlement-house movement in America, one of the major and most enduring reform movements of the late 19th century. They were a response to the overcrowding, impoverishment, corruption, and disease caused by the rapid industrialization and growth of many cities during the latter half of the century. They are closely identified with the various reforms of the Progressive Era in America. Unique to the movement was the attempt to produce change by working from within those areas of the city and the segments of its population affected by urban problems. By World War I, a variety of settlements in addition to Hiram House existed, each serving a distinct neighborhood. Hiram House initially served the Jewish (later Italian and then Black) community along lower Woodland Avenue in Cleveland. The settlements generally enjoyed autonomy prior to World War I, but by 1930 many came to be dependent on centralized welfare campaigns. The collection consists of correspondence between Bauer and John J. Grabowski regarding Bauer's experiences during his time at Hiram House. The correspondence includes information concerning social settlements in general, and Hiram House in particular, including the relationship between the settlement, the various ethnic groups and their churches, the Communist activities in the neighborhood, and observations on Hiram House founder George Bellamy.
	Call #:	MS 4325
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bauer, George P., 1899-1988. \| Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960. \| Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Communism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population.
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4	Title:	Jason D. Rich Papers
	Creator:	Rich, Jason D.
	Dates:	1905-1988
	Abstract:	Jason D. Rich was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University in 1929, and earned a master's degree in social work administration from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. He then joined the staff as a social worker at the Council Educational Alliance settlement house in Cleveland, working there throughout the 1930s. After several years in New York, where he continued in social work, he returned to Cleveland and until his retirement worked at the Jewish Vocational Service as a social worker. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports and program material relating to Rich's employment at the Council Educational Alliance and general material about social work.
	Call #:	MS 4769
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Rich, Jason D., 1907-1999. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Vocational guidance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Florence Azoff Wish Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Elliot Azoff
	Dates:	1913-2010
	Abstract:	Florence Meschan was born January 29, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Helen Anna Gordon and Julius Meschan. Florence was valedictorian of Glenville High School in 1936. After graduating from the University of Chicago, she returned to Cleveland in 1941 to marry Martin Azoff. She became a social worker for the local welfare office and for the State Aid to Aged Division. In the 1950s, she co-founded two Hebrew programs that survive as of 2019, Ganon Gil Nursery School and Camp Oneg. She also served as president of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Oneg's parent organization. In 1962, she became the first president of the women's association of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged in Cleveland. Widowed in 1964, Azoff returned to work as the first woman professional at the Jewish Community Federation, serving in its women's division. In 1967, she became the Jewish Home's activities director. A year later, she helped launch Menorah Park. She later researched, designed and oversaw its Senior Day Care Center, one of Ohio's first and biggest, with more than 80 clients per day. She married Milton Wish in 1969. Eight years later, at age 59, she earned a master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University. She finally retired from Menorah Park in 2000, at age 82. Widowed again in 2000, she began to volunteer at Menorah Park. She finally moved into its new Wiggins Place in 2005. There she became a tenants' association officer and chaired the social action committee. At 91, she joined a group of Wiggins women in a bat mitzvah ceremony. The Jewish coming-of-age ritual is usually for 13-year-old girls, but was uncommon in the 1930s. The Wiggins event drew nationwide publicity. Florence Azoff Wish died on July 15, 2010 at age 92 in Cleveland. The Florence Azoff Wish Papers collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, brochures, correspondence, financial records, guidelines and regulations, an invitation, meeting minutes, a memo, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a speech, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5449
	Extent:	0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
	Subjects:	Wish, Florence Azoff, 1918-2010 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Menorah Park, Jewish Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Hebrew Schools
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6	Title:	Henry B. Ollendorff Photographs
	Creator:	Ollendorff, Henry B.
	Dates:	1947-2005
	Abstract:	Henry B. Ollendorff (1906-1979) was a German-born and -trained lawyer who took up social work after coming to the United States to escape Nazi Germany. Head social worker at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement in 1943 and executive director of the Neighborhood Settlement Association in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1948-1963, Ollendorff founded the Cleveland International Program, which grew into the Council of International Programs, formally established in 1956 as a social worker exchange program designed to promote international understanding. In the next 22 years, the Cleveland International Program brought social workers from 105 countries to the United States. In 1978, trustees of the Council established a foundation in Ollendorff's name to continue his efforts toward world peace and friendship. The collection consists of 102 color prints, 93 black and white prints, 171 35mm slides, and 4 strips of 35mm color negatives (16 images) for a total of 382 images.
	Call #:	PG 588
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland International Program \| Council of International Fellowship \| Council of International Programs \| Exchange of persons programs \| Ollendorff, Henry B. 1906- 1979 \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Student exchange programs
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7	Title:	Henry B. Ollendorff Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Ollendorff, Henry B.
	Dates:	1925-2007
	Abstract:	Henry B. Ollendorff (1906-1979) was a German-born and -trained lawyer who took up social work after coming to the United States to escape Nazi Germany. Head social worker at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement in 1943 and executive director of the Neighborhood Settlement Association from 1948-1963, Ollendorff founded the Cleveland International Program, which grew into the Council of International Programs, formally established in 1956 as a social worker exchange program designed to promote international understanding. In the next 22 years, the Cleveland International Program brought social workers from 105 countries to the United States. In 1978, trustees of the Council established a foundation in Ollendorff's name to continue his efforts toward world peace and friendship. The collection consists of an affidavit, annual reports, awards, birth records, certificates, college degrees, correspondence, forms, legal documents, lists, magazine articles, memoranda, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, press releases, proclamations, programs, reference letters, reports, school records, scrapbooks, speech/lecture texts, summaries, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 5154
	Extent:	1.41 linear feet (2 containers, 1 overisze folder, and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Cleveland International Program \| Council of International Fellowship \| Council of International Programs \| Exchange of persons programs \| Ollendorff, Henry B. 1906-1979 \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Student exchange programs
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8	Title:	Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers
	Creator:	Weil, Julius and Helen K.
	Dates:	1942-1977
	Abstract:	Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of published and unpublished articles, presentations, teaching materials, correspondence, and memoirs of Julius and Helen K. Weil.
	Call #:	MS 4499
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. \| Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged. \| Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Weil, Julius and Helen K.
	Dates:	1908-1991
	Abstract:	Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents, a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered in Germany during the government of the National Socialists.
	Call #:	MS 4735
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. \| Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged. \| Aged -- Institutional care. \| Social work with the aged. \| Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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10	Title:	Albert M. Brown Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Albert M.
	Dates:	1928-1993
	Abstract:	Albert M. Brown was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Brown became involved in social work in the Cleveland Jewish community, working at the Kinsman branch of the Council Educational Alliance from 1923-1929. After working at a New York City settlement house from 1930-1938, he returned to Cleveland and worked at the National Youth Administration and Bellefaire. In 1942, he became director of the Toledo Jewish Community Center. After returning to Cleveland in 1955, he served as executive director of the Community Temple (Beth Am) until 1963, when he was appointed the founding director of Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a senior adult housing community. During his retirement, he worked part-time as the social director of his own residence, the Concord Apartments in Cleveland Heights. Brown wrote and produced many one-act plays. He was also authored The Camp Wise Story: 1907-1988, published in 1989. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, playscripts and other writings. Included is information concerning several Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish institutions, such as the Council Educational Alliance, the forerunner of the Jewish Community Center; Camp Wise; and Council Gardens.
	Call #:	MS 4760
	Extent:	0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Brown, Albert M., 1901-1994. \| Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio). \| Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Euclid. \| Plays.
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11	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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12	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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13	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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