Finding aid for the Fair Housing Inc. Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Fair Housing Inc.
Title: Fair Housing Inc. Records
Dates: 1958-1972
Extent: 0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
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.
MS Number MS 3693
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

History of Fair Housing Programs in Cleveland, Ohio

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Scope and Content

The Fair Housing Inc. Records, 1958-1972 and undated, consist of minutes, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of fair housing programs and race relations in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. Those studying solutions to the problem of discrimination in residential real estate will find this collection particularly useful.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and subject and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3693 Fair Housing Inc. Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Stuart E. Wallace in 1973.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Fair Housing, Inc. Records 1958-1972 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Directors and committees 1963-1971
1 1 Directors minutes 1963-1971
1 2 Incorporation and regulations 1962-1969
1 2 Shareholders minutes 1963-1971 undated
1 3 Executive Committee minutes 1963-1970 undated
1 4 Correspondence 1964-1971 undated
1 5 Financial statements and brokers reports 1964-1971
1 5 Stock solicitation campaign 1965
1 6 Workshop on Ohio's Fair Housing Bill 1965
1 6 Fair Housing Council 1964-1966 undated
Box Folder
2 1 Notebook on Fair Housing, Inc. 1965
2 1 Newspaper clippings relating to Fair Housing, Inc. 1965-1971
2 2 Miscellaneous papers relating to Fair Housing, Inc. 1964-1972 undated
2 3 Newsletters relating to fair (open) housing 1964-1972
2 4 Newspaper clippings relating to fair (open) housing 1964-1971 undated
2 5 Pamphlets and brochures relating to fair (open) housing 1958-1969 undated
2 6 Toward Freedom of Residence 1964
2 6 Fact sheets relating to religious communities and fair (open) housing undated
2 7 Miscellaneous papers relating to fair (open) housing 1963-1970 undated
2 8 Fair housing certificate holders, Cleveland, Ohio 1965