| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Goodrich Social Settlement |
| Title: | Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Series II |
| Dates: | 1960-1973 |
| Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Bell Neighborhood Center is an extension of Goodrich Social Settlement founded in 1959 when the Ohio Bell Telephone Company deeded a building in the Hough area of Cleveland, Ohio, to the Goodrich Settlement. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, reports, and special projects of Bell Center, reports of Bell Camp, and records of the Hough Housing Corporation, the School Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity. |
| MS Number | MS 3594 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Goodrich Social Settlement was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897 by Flora Stone Mather, who donated the original building at Bond Street (now East 6th Street) and St. Clair Avenue. Mather also paid the settlement's expenses during its early years and established its endowment fund. As the settlement expanded, it began to receive much of its financial support from the Cleveland Community Chest. The first Community Chest grant was made in 1920, and the sums appropriated for Goodrich House rose appreciably in the next few years. Goodrich House was named in honor of Rev. Goodrich of Old Stone Church.
The first settlement director was Starr Cadwallader who served until 1902. Other prominent directors and residents included Frederick C. Howe, Newton D. Baker, and Alice P. Gannet. Miss Gannett served as director of Goodrich House from 1917-1947. During these early years, the settlement formed a close relationship with the Consumers League of Cleveland (founded in 1900) and with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (founded in 1897). Other organizations which were associated with the settlement in these years included the Music School Settlement, the Society for the Blind, the Sunbeam School, and the Home Gardening Association.
As the downtown Cleveland area rapidly became a commercial district, the settlement moved eastward, following residential housing. The settlement moved to East 31st Street in 1914 and was renamed the Goodrich-Sterling Settlement House. It moved again to East 55th Street in 1969 and was renamed Goodrich-Gannet Neighborhood Center.
During its history, a wide variety of ethnic groups have benefited from the settlement's programs. The original German and Irish residents were replaced by eastern European immigrants who in turn were replaced by Appalachian whites and African Americans from the South. Over the years the settlement has provided a full range of services including social clubs, craft programs, adult education, day nursery facilities, and camp programs.
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The Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Series II, 1960-1973 and undated, consist of correspondence, financial accounts, reports, and special projects of Bell Center, reports of Bell Camp, and records of the Hough Housing Corporation, the School Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the settlement house movement there in the 1960s and 1970s. This collection contains the records of the Bell Neighborhood Center of Goodrich Social Settlement and its efforts to provide social and recreational services to the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3505 Goodrich Social Settlement Records; and PG 279 Goodrich Social Settlement Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3594 Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Series II 1960-1973 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Attendance reports 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Bell-ADC project 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bell campers, camp counselor reports 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Black history book lists undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Camp Mather records 1963-1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Citizens for Better Housing records 1967-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Cleveland Federation of Settlements records 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8-9 | Correspondence 1960-1972 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Eighty-first Street Corporation 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Cleveland Foundation 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2-3 | Financial records 1960-1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Food program records 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Goodrich Bell Mental Health 1970 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Goodrich Board Manual 1964 1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Group training material 1967 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Head Start records 1968-1972 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Hiram House camp records 1972 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Housing 1967-1971 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Hough Housing Corporation records 1967-1972 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Hough Neighborhood Opportunity Center 1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Hough Youth Council 1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Hustlers youth group 1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Madames of Bell 1966-1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Miscellaneous dates vary | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Model Cities Association undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Music Program 1964-1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Neighbors Now 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Police Citizen Relations Committee 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Ponzoo Scholarship Committee 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Postage meter 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Proposals 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Street Club President's League 1966-1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Summer Job Development Program 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Teenage Project 1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Title IV Day Camp 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Tot Lot 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | United Front for Political Activity in Education 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Youth Group 1969 | |||||||||