| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Pennybacker, Albert M. |
| Title: | Albert M. Pennybacker Papers |
| Dates: | 1963-1974 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| 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. |
| MS Number | MS 3743 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Albert M. Pennybacker Papers, 1963-1974 and undated, consist 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.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio, and civil rights issues in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3743 Albert M. Pennybacker Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Albert M. Pennybacker in 1974.
Albert M. Pennybacker Papers 1963-1974 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-2 | Correspondence 1963-1974 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Citizens' Commission, Shaker Heights, Ohio, school studies, reports, and committee materials 1963-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, Finance Committee, reports, rules, and regulations 1966-1972 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, reports, news releases, and material on the United Freedom Movement 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Race: Christian Service Department, reports, news releases, and newsletters 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Race, Christian Service Department, participation inventories and tally sheets 1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Newspaper clippings 1963-1965 undated | |||||||||