| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Klain, Maurice |
| Title: | Maurice Klain Research Papers : Cleveland Area Leadership Studies, Series II |
| Dates: | 1937-1972 |
| Extent: | 30.80 linear feet (33 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Cleveland Area Leadership Study was a major research project designed to study the power base of greater Cleveland, Ohio, with emphasis on the decision-making process and the role of various community leaders. The project was supervised by Maurice Klain, professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Reserve University. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, interview transcripts, a subject file, questionnaires, raw data from Klain's studies on endorsements and voter tabulations, interpretative computer printouts, and newspaper clippings. |
| MS Number | MS 4305 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Maurice Klain Research Papers: Cleveland Area Leadership Studies were produced by Dr. Klain, a political scientist at Western Reserve University (Case Western Reserve University since 1967), as a scholarly project designed to identify, describe and analyze leadership, decision-making, influence and power in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Maurice Klain was born in 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1940. He received his masters from Oberlin College in 1941 and took his Ph. D. at Yale University in 1949. He taught at Yale, Connecticut College, Douglas College for Women at Rutgers University and Amherst before coming to WRU in 1949. He became an associate professor in 1956 and was chairman of the political science department from 1972 to 1974. In 1983, he was given emeritus status.
The heart of his study is embodied in over 700 transcripts of interviews conducted by Klain and his graduate students from 1957 to 1965. The people interviewed were eminent figures in the business and professional life of Cleveland, notables in government, law and politics, as well as prominent figures in education, journalism, religion, philanthropy and nongovernmental civic institutions, leaders of ethnic communities, and activists in other demographic categories. The research was supported by grants principally from the Stern Family Fund, the Social Science Research Council and, locally, the Cleveland Foundation. Additional funding was provided locally by the Fox Foundation, the Lubrizol Foundation, and Mr. Samuel H. Miller of Forest City Enterprises.
Maurice Klain Research Papers: Cleveland Area Leadership Studies, Series II, 1937-1972 and undated, consist of correspondence, memoranda, interview transcripts, a subject file, questionnaires, raw data from Klain's studies on endorsements and voter tabulations, interpretative computer printouts, and newspaper clippings.
This collection will be extremely useful to the social scientist or quantitative historian who wishes to correlate part or all of the questionnaires in this survey as they reflect not only Cleveland's leadership attitudes, but also the attitudes of a large number of individuals in various professions. The respondents to the questionnaire were given anonymity, though most from the Fifty Club were identified by Klain. The questionnaires were tailored for each specific group, though they all contained questions concerning attitudes about race, the political process, and social issues. In addition, each respondent was asked about their income, social background, vocation, and reading habits. Series II consists of more than a thousand questionnaires distributed to teachers, students, clergy, lawyers, policemen, civic leaders, and politicians to determine their political and social attitudes on a number of issues including civil rights .
It will also be useful for those wishing to examine and correlate Klain's data on candidates' endorsements. The clipping file also provides a good base of information on various civic issues such as busing, the metropolitan government issues, and the mayoral races in the Cleveland metropolitan area from 1956-1969. This collection supplements the interviews found in Series I.
Use of this collection is restricted. Consult the Western Reserve Historical Society Curator of Manuscripts for details.
Access to this collection is restricted. Consult the Western Reserve Historical Society Curator of Manuscripts for more information.
Related MaterialResearchers should also consult MS 4219 Maurice Klain Research Papers: Cleveland Area Leadership Studies
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4305 Maurice Klain Research Papers: Cleveland Area Leadership Studies, Series II, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Maurice Klain, 1983 and 1985.
Processed by Richard W. Hite and Daniel J. Linke 1988.
Series I: Administrative 1949-1972 undated |
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Sub-series A: Working Papers 1949-1972 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-6 | Correspondence 1956-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7-9 | Memoranda 1959-1964 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Interviews with various Cleveland leaders (many incomplete), alphabetically arranged undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Interview questions undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Speeches 1949-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Newspaper clippings 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Klain's reprinted articles, "Politics -- Still a Dirty Word," and "A New Look At The Constituencies: The Need For A Recount And A Reappraisal" 1955 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Subject Files 1958-1967 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Cleveland Leadership Council 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Fifty Club pamphlets 1960 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Shaker Heights Schools 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Welfare Federation ca. 1958 | |||||||||
Series II: Surveys ca. 1959-ca. 1966 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 17-24 | Questionnaires for Teachers, Nos. 001-127 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 25-30 | Questionnaires for Teachers, Nos. 128-207 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31-32 | Questionnaires for Teachers, in Junior High Schools in Cleveland Heights, University Heights, and Shaker Heights 1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33-49 | Questionnaires for Students, Nos. 101-255 and not numbered ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Questionnaires for Students ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 51-58 | Questionnaires for Lawyers, Nos.001-097 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 59-60 | Questionnaires for members of the "Fifty Club" ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 61-62 | Questionnaires for members of the media ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 63-69 | Questionnaires for the clergy, Nos. 001-101 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 70 | Questionnaires for the clergy, Nos. 076-101 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 71-74 | Questionnaires with a supplemental form for black leaders ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 75-78 | Questionnaires with a supplemental form for Jewish leaders ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 79-87 | Questionnaires for black leaders, unnumbered ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 88 | Questionnaires for Cleveland Councilmen ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 89-92 | Questionnaires for ward leaders on Cleveland's East Side, Nos. 001-056 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 93-98 | Questionnaires for ward leaders in suburbs on Cleveland's East Side, Nos. 101-170 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 99-100 | Questionnaires for ward leaders in suburbs on Cleveland's West Side, Nos. 201-239 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 101-102 | Questionnaires for ward leaders in suburbs on Cleveland's West Side, Nos. 201-239 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 103-104 | Questionnaires for suburban policemen, Nos. 243-285 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 105-114 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 286-468 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 115-120 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 469-553 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 121-122 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Nos. 554-580 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 123-124 | Questionnaires for policemen serving in East Cleveland, Nos. 581-627 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 125-126 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 628-666 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 127-128 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving in the University Circle Police Department, Nos. 667-691 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 129-136 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 692-854 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 137-155 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 855-1258 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 156 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, Nos. 1219-1258 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 157-158 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving Cleveland and the East Suburbs, Nos.001-0046 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 159-160 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving Cleveland and the West Suburbs and areas outside the Cleveland demographic area, Nos. 047-064 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 161-170 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving Cleveland and the West Suburbs and areas outside the Cleveland demographic area, Nos. 102-242 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 171 | Questionnaires for Cleveland area policemen, serving Cleveland and the West Suburbs and areas outside the Cleveland demographic area, of Irish background ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 172-177 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos. 1-01 through 1-13 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 178-202 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos. 3-14 through 16-4 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 203-229 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos. 17-01 through 26-29 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 230-257 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos. 28-1 through 50-36 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 258-282 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos.50-37 through 66-26 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 283-288 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, Nos. 66-27 through 66-67 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 289-290 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Cleveland Heights, Nos. 71-01 through 71-06 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 291-292 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of East Cleveland, Nos. 72-01 through 72-13 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 293-294 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Euclid, Nos. 73-01 through 73-10 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 295-296 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Garfield Heights, Nos. 74-01 through 74-11 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 297-298 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Shaker Heights, Nos. 75-01 through 75-12 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 299-300 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Lakewood, Nos. 76-01 through 76-07 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 301 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, of Parma, Nos. 77-01 through 77-03 ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 302-305 | Questionnaires for civic leaders, miscellaneous and unnumbered ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 306 | Coding information for the teachers' questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 307 | Coding information for the students' questionnaires; and Coding information for the clergy, lawyers, and teachers' questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 14 | 308 | Coding information for the clergy's questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 309 | Coding information for the lawyers' questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 310-314 | Coding information for the ward leaders' questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 315 | Coding information for black leaders' opinion ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 316-317 | Coding information for the police questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 318-321 | Coding information for the civic leaders' questionnaires ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
| 14 | 322-323 | Computer printouts for police and clergy questionnaire compilations ca. 1959-ca. 1966 | |||||||||
Series III: Voter Tabulation and Endorsement Studies 1938-1967 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 14 | 324-336 | Voter tabulation of black precincts 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 15 | 337-339 | Voter tabulation of black precincts 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 15 | 340 | Voter tabulation of Bohemian-Czech precincts 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 341 | Voter tabulation of Hungarian precincts 1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 342 | Voter tabulation of Italian precincts 1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 343-345 | Voter tabulation of Jewish precincts 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 346-348 | Voter tabulation of Polish precincts 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 349 | Voter tabulation of Slovak precincts 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 350 | General information and summaries of elections 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 351 | Comparison Study of County, Suburbs, City, Poverty, Plush, Negro Precincts 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 15 | 352 | Unused vote/turnout 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 353 | Primaries 1963 1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 354 | General elections, candidates 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 15 | 355 | Special elections, issues 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 356-357 | Ethnic voting 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 358-371 | Raw data on primary election endorsements, which includes newspaper, labor, and bar association endorsements received by local candidates 1940-1964 | |||||||||
| 16 | 372-378 | Raw data on general election which lists the newspaper endorsements of local candidates and the percentage of the vote received 1938-1960 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 379-381 | Raw data on general election which lists the newspaper endorsements of local candidates and the percentage of the vote received 1938-1960 | |||||||||
| 17 | 382-389 | Raw data on general election which lists types of endorsements received by statewide candidates 1940-1958 | |||||||||
| 17 | 390 | Coding information on the endorsement study undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 391 | Relationships between newspaper endorsement and incumbency and other papers related to the endorsement study undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 392 | Voter tallies by ethnicity 1967 | |||||||||
| 17 | 393 | Miscellaneous dates vary | |||||||||
Series IV: Newspaper Clippings 1957-1969 |
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Sub-series A: Topical File 1957-1969 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 394-396 | Air Pollution 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 17 | 397-398 | Bond Issues and Levies 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 18 | 399-400 | Bond Issues and Levies (continued) 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 401 | Chamber of Commerce 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 402-410 | Charter issues 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 411 | Church issues (religion) 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 412-413 | Citizens' League 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 414 | Civic Leadership 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 415-416 | Civic Organizations 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 417-418 | Cleveland Heights 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 419 | Constitutional Amendments 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 18 | 420-423 | Education 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 19 | 424-431 | Education 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 432-433 | Ethnic strife 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 434 | Evans, Trial of Fred (Ahmed) 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 435-436 | Federal Government and Cities 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 437 | Finances, local; and Foundations 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 19 | 438 | Housing Discrimination 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 439 | Housing Discrimination 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 440-442 | Income Tax 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 443 | Lakewood 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 444 | Leadership Lack 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 445-446 | Little Rock 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 447-448 | Local Government yearbooks 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 20 | 449 | Mayoral Race 1962 | |||||||||
| 20 | 450-451 | Mayoral Race 1965 | |||||||||
| 20 | 452-460 | Mayoral Race 1967 | |||||||||
| 20 | 461 | Mayoral Race 1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 462-463 | Mayoral Races, others 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 464 | Mayoral Races around the county 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 465 | Media 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 466-468 | Metropolitan Areas 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 469 | Metropolitan financial problem 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 470-476 | Metropolitan government 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 477-478 | Metropolitan issues 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 21 | 479-485 | Metropolitics 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 486-501 | Metropolitics 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 22 | 502-504 | Parma 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 22 | 505 | Parochial schools 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 22 | 506 | Party endorsements 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 23 | 507-512 | Police issues 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 513 | Political issues in Cleveland 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 514 | Property rights, credit, etc. 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 515 | Rocky River Bridge 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 516 | Schools, Central City 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 517-518 | Schools, Cleveland 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 519-521 | Schools, integration issues 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 522 | Schools, suburban 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 23 | 523-527 | Schools 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 24 | 528-532 | Schools 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 24 | 533-534 | Seaway 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 24 | 535-539 | Shaker Heights 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 24 | 540 | Shaker Heights, Clark Freeway 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 24 | 541 | State Issue #1 1965 | |||||||||
| 24 | 542 | Suburban elections 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 24 | 543-547 | Subway issues 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 25 | 548-554 | Taxes 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 555-559 | Transportation 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 560 | University Circle 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 561-566 | Urban Renewal 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 567-568 | Urban Transportation 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 569-571 | War on Poverty 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 572-576 | Water and Water Pollution 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 577-579 | Welfare Federation 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 580 | Welfare Programs 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 581-582 | Zoo 1957-1969 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Subject Files 1957-1969 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 583-585 | Board of Elections 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 586-588 | Civic Organizations 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 27 | 589-591 | Civic Organizations; and Council 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 592--594 | County officials 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 595 | Corruption 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 596 | Cultural organizations 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 597 | Elections 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 598 | Judges, Grand Jury 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 599-603 | Mass Media 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 604 | Mayor 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 605 | Notables and Luminaries 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 606 | Ohio in national politics 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| 27 | 607 | Socio-exclusive 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 28 | 608-612 | State politics 1957-1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 29 | 613-615 | State politics 1957-1969 | |||||||||
Series V: Scrapbooks 1937-1966 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 30 | 616-621 | Scrapbook which includes material on city government activities as compiled by Howard Whipple Green 1937-1948 | |||||||||
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| 31 | 622-626 | Scrapbook which includes material on city government activities as compiled by Howard Whipple Green 1949-1953 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 32 | 627-631 | Scrapbook which includes material on city government activities as compiled by Howard Whipple Green 1954-1962 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 33 | 632 | Scrapbook which includes material on city government activities as compiled by Howard Whipple Green 1939 | |||||||||
| 33 | 633 | Endorsement study notes 1966 | |||||||||