| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | White, Stella G. |
| Title: | Stella G. White Papers |
| Dates: | 1941-1975 |
| Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a freelance journalist and leader in Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit and interracial community relations. She served on the Community Relations Board, the Council on Human Relations, and the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. She was a columnist for the Plain Dealer. The collection consists of certificates, clippings, correspondence, columns, memorabilia, speeches, American Transit Association files, and Cleveland Transit System files. |
| MS Number | MS 4113 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Stella G. White (1907-1991) was a freelance journalist and community leader in mass transit in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the wife of Judge Charles W. White. Born in Charlotte Court House, Virginia, she was raised in New York City. She taught elementary school, worked with delinquent boys, and served in the United States Women's Army Corps, being commissioned First Lieutenant in 1943. After her marriage and her move to Cleveland, White increasingly involved herself in community service and the promotion of interracial understanding. She served on the Community Relations Board (Housing Committee), Women's Committee of United Negro College Fund, Urban Renewal Advisory Committee, and Council on Human Relations. She was appointed to the Board of Ethics in the 1960s, then to the Board of the Cleveland Transit System in 1970. During this time she also wrote columns regularly for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. After an active public life in Cleveland, she moved to New York City in the late 1970s.
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The Stella G. White Papers, 1941-1975 and undated, consist of certificates, clippings, correspondence, columns, memorabilia, speeches, American Transit Association files, and Cleveland Transit System files.
These papers pertain to White's career as a freelance journalist, her efforts to promote interracial understanding as a prominent member of Cleveland's African American community, and her activities in the American Transportation Association and Cleveland Transit System.
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Related MaterialResearchers should also consult MS 3521 Charles W. White Papers; MS 4114 Charles W. White Family Papers; PG 72 Charles W. White Photographs; and MS 4638 Stella G. White Papers, Series II.
Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to PG 363 Stella G. White 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 4113 Stella G. White Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Stella G. White, 1970-1977.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1987.
Series I: Personal Papers 1941-1975 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Certificate 1970-1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Clippings 1941 1969 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-7 | Columns submitted for publication 1969-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Columns submitted for publication 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Columns not submitted for publication; suggestions for columns; and course materials for column writing undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Columns, resource materials undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence, personal 1954-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10-16 | Correspondence, general 1958-1974 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Hate mail undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Memorabilia undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Miscellaneous, including Bishop's Committee, materials, and inauguration materials of Atlanta, Georgia, Mayor Maynard Jackson 1970 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19-20 | Speeches and speaking engagement materials ca. 1970-1975 | |||||||||
Series II: Transit Materials 1964-1975 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 21 | American Transit Association, Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | American Transit Association, Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs 1975 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | American Transit Association conference materials 1972-1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Cleveland Transit System, White appointment to the board, clippings 1970 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Cleveland Transit System, White appointment to the board, correspondence 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Cleveland Transit System, miscellaneous 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, White appointment to the board 1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, clippings 1964-1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, correspondence 1967-1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, official opinions 1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, clippings ca. 1970-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, correspondence 1970-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, financial materials 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, Free Transit Night files 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Cleveland Transit System, Board of Ethics, Kovacic case files, undated, and meeting notes 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Cleveland Transit System, People's Forum, clippings, correspondence, notes, and program 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Cleveland Transit System, People's Forum, publicity, sketch of proceedings, statements and suggestions and comments 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Cleveland Transit System, People's Forum #2 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Cleveland Transit System, statements and conference speeches ca. 1970-1975 | |||||||||