Finding aid for the Karamu House Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Karamu House
Title: Karamu House Records
Dates: 1914-1979
Extent: 79.21 linear feet (92 containers and 1 oversize folder)
Abstract: Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, play scripts and related information, announcements of events, programs, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrapbooks, and student enrollment cards. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White, Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, Harry E. Davis, Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter. The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, particularly the 1950s and 1960s.
MS Number MS 4606
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

History of Karamu House

Karamu House (f. 1915), a performing arts theater and former settlement house that promotes interracial activities and cooperation, is located at the corner of East 89th Street and Quincy Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Karamu House represents the first serious effort at creating an interracial institution for the performing arts in the United States. It was originally known as the Playhouse Settlement and was first located at 2239 East 38th Street in an area then known as the "Roaring Third." It was founded by Russell W. Jelliffe (1891-1980) and his wife Rowena Woodham Jelliffe (1892-1992). The Jelliffes graduated from Oberlin College in 1914 and from there went to the University of Chicago where they received master's degrees in sociology in 1915, the year they married.

The idea for Karamu House grew out of Russell Jelliffe's employment with the Men's Club of the Second Presbyterian Church after the couple's move to Cleveland. Dr. Dudley P. Allen, a member of the club, came up with the original suggestion for a settlement house for the city's black community, but he died in January 1915 before the project came to fruition. Allen's concept was enthusiastically endorsed by local and national leaders including Booker T. Washington who forwarded a personal letter of encouragement. In addition, the Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing black population to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. They faced pressure to create a settlement house exclusively for the black community, but their vision was of a racially integrated institution. The Jelliffes' dream prevailed. Originally called the Playhouse Settlement, the organization's theater was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927 at the suggestion of Hazel Mountain Walker, who later became principal of Cleveland's Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The term "Karamu" is a Swahili word meaning "place of joyful meeting or gathering."

Although Karamu House provided a wide variety of activities for local residents, the performing arts became the major focus of its mission by 1920. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage this interest. In 1922 the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted black actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill and Langston Hughes, the latter of whose career was launched there. In 1939 the house (which included the theater) was destroyed by fire. Because of the national emergency created by the onslaught of World War II, the rebuilding of the theater did not begin until the late 1940s, with completion occurring in 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued from this point until the late 1960s when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes (the Jelliffes had retired in 1963), the focus changed. Under growing pressure from Black Nationalist groups of the era, Karamu's mission became one of promoting black theater and plays specifically about the black experience. During this era, white participation in the theater's activities dropped off dramatically. This era did produce some critically acclaimed work and resulted in the formation of a professional troupe of actors. In 1982, however, the troupe was dissolved, and Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization.

(For further historical background, see Cora Geiger Newald's unpublished manuscript, "Karamu: 48 Years of Integration Through the Arts').

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for Karamu House

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for Russell Jelliiffe

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for Rowena Jelliffe

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for Langston Hughes


Scope and Content

The Karamu House Records, 1914-1979 consist of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, scripts of plays and related information, announcements of events, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrap books, and student enrollment cards.

This collection pertains primarily to the development of an interracial theater and settlement house that grew out of the Great Migration of blacks in the 1910s. It sheds light on the work of several prominent playwrights including Langston Hughes who began his career at Karamu House. It also illuminates the racial tensions of the 1960s and the 1970s, exemplified by the controversy over whether Karamu's mission was to promote black theater or to continue its vision of interracial cooperation. In addition, it provides information on the Jelliffes' efforts to secure continued funding to keep Karamu House in operation. The historical accounts give details about the Jelliffes' personal lives as well as facts about Karamu. The files on the plays performed and the programs for them contained in the announcements of events are of interest for anyone researching dramatic art. The 1935 controversy over the play Stevedore, deemed by Harry C. Smith (editor of the Cleveland Gazette) to be racially demeaning, is thoroughly documented in the collection. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White (president of the NAACP), Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen (a writer of the Harlem Renaissance), Arna Bontemps (also a writer of the Harlem Renaissance), Harry E. Davis (prominent local black politician), Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter (founder of the Phillis Wheatley Association). The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, with the 1950s and 1960s being particularly well-represented. Though the material from the early years of Karamu's existence is sparse, such critical documents as a report of the original investigation of the Central Avenue area for the house's establishment and the articles of incorporation appear in the collection. It is possible that some of the earliest records were lost in the 1939 fire. The student enrollment cards could be used to reconstruct a demographic profile of those who attended classes at Karamu. These cards also have genealogical value since they usually give the names of students' parents.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in four series.
Series I: Records of Operations is arranged in fifteen sub-series.
Sub-series A: Administrative Files and Historical Accounts is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Sub-series B: Board of Trustees is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Sub-series C: Reports is arranged chronologically.
Sub-series D: Proposals is arranged alphabetically by the title of the proposal.
Sub-series E: Publications is arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.
Sub-series F: Financial Records is arranged chronologically.
Sub-series G: Personnel is arranged alphabetically.
Sub-series H: Contributors is arranged alphabetically.
Sub-series I: Correspondence is arranged in two sections, the first of which is arranged alphabetically and the second chronologically.
Sub-series J: Plays is arranged alphabetically by the title of the play.
Sub-series K: Announcements of Events is arranged chronologically.
Sub-series L: Memoranda, is arranged chronologically.
Sub-series M: Date Books is arranged alphabetically last name and then chronologically.
Sub-series N: Guest Books is arranged chronologically.
Sub-series O: Newspaper Clippings is arranged chronologically.
Series II: Subject Files is arranged alphabetically by subject heading and then chronologically.
Series III: Ledgers is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Series IV: Student Enrollment Cards is arranged alphabetically by student last name.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 4737 Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers; and PG 443 Karamu House Photographs.

Separated Material

All photographs have been removed to PG 443 Karamu House Photographs.

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 American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
Gilpin Players.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992.
Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980.
Karamu House.
Rural-urban migration -- United States.
Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club.
Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4606 Karamu House Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Karamu House in 1980.

Processing Information

Processed by Sherlynn Allen-Harris, Isaac Bland, and Richard Hite in 1992. The processing of this collection was made possible by a grant from the Untied Black Fund of Cleveland.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Records of Operations 1919-1979 undated

Sub-series A: Administrative Files and Historical Accounts 1914-1976 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Report of original investigation of Central Avenue area for establishment of Karamu House and related papers 1914
1 1 Articles of incorporation 1919
1 2 Papers relating to proposed expansion of Karamu House 1937-1939
1 3 Theater fire 1939
1 4 Correspondence with Draz and Scholl architects 1941-1945
1 5 New building funds statement and layout of buildings 1949
1 6-14 New building construction applications 1948-1950
1 15 Ground-breaking ceremonies of new Karamu Theater, address by Burgess Meredith 1948
1 15 Sale of old property 1946-1949
1 16 Historical accounts of Karamu House 1916-1966 undated
1 17 Statements of mission of Karamu House 1941-1972 undated
1 18 Statement of dissatisfaction with Karamu House by participants in workshop on Afro-American humanities 1970
1 19 Karamu House codes of regulations and policy statements 1967-1971 undated
1 20 Staff policies 1970-1973
1 21 Organizational charts 1951-1973 undated
1 22 Contract with United Office and Professional Workers of America of the Congress of Industrial Organizations 1944-1946
1 23 Physical descriptions of Karamu House undated
1 24 Description of typical day at Karamu House by Rowena Jelliffe undated
1 25 Annual reports 1921 1931
1 26 Annual meetings (incomplete run) 1940-1970 undated
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2 27-29 Staff meeting minutes 1950-1971 undated
2 30 Administrative Cabinet minutes 1970
2 31 Executive Cabinet meeting 1970-1974 undated
2 32 Reports on examinations of accounts 1942-1949
2 33 Contracts 1962-1976 undated
2 34 Periodic review 1969
2 35 Program Cabinet goals 1970
2 36 Karamu House staff lists 1966-1972 undated
2 37 Contracts with performing artists 1972
2 38 Speeches 1928-1940
2 39-40 Committees (arranged alphabetically by name) 1956-1972 undated
2 41 Membership information 1971
2 42 Unidentified meeting notes 1967-1970

Sub-series B: Board of Trustees 1939-1974 undated

Box Folder
2 43 Annual meeting 1953-1973
2 44-45 Minutes 1939 1956-1974 undated
2 46 Executive Board minutes (incomplete run) 1965-1973
2 47 Lists of members 1940-1974 undated
2 48 Resume analyses 1971
2 49 Minutes of committees 1950-1973 undated
2 49 Lists of committees 1962-1972 undated
2 50 Correspondence 1946-1973 undated
2 50 News releases 1963-1971

Sub-series C: Reports 1946-1973 undated

Box Folder
3 51-59 Reports 1946-1973 undated

Sub-series D: Proposals 1966-1973

Box Folder
3 60 "Artist in Residence" - "Cleveland Foundation" 1966-1970
3 61 "Karamu Dance Proposal" - "Prospectus for the Strategy: Karamu Arts Perspective in Urban Studies," 1970-1973
3 62 "Special Programs Proposal: A Pilot Project in Student Development" - "Urban Neighborhood Arts Project" 1969-1971

Sub-series E: Publications 1935-1979 undated

Box Folder
3 63 Karamu, Vol. 1, 1-5 1946
3 63 Karamu undated
3 63 Karamu Gazette 1961
3 63 Karamu House 1964-1965
3 63 Karamu Kaleidoscope 1975
3 63 Karamu News 1972-1979
3 64 Karamuse 1951-1965
3 65 Names that Will Live On undated
3 65 Offstage at Karamu House 1962
3 65 This is Karamu 1953
3 65 Worker's Guide and Portfolio undated
3 66-67 Publications with articles about Karamu House 1935-1961
Box Folder
4 68 Publications with articles about Karamu House 1962-1972

Sub-series F: Financial Records 1940-1973 undated

Box Folder
4 69-77 Financial Records 1940-1973 undated

Sub-series G: Personnel 1958-1974

Box Folder
4 78 Policies, data sheets, and information 1965-1970
4 79-83 Personnel files, alphabetical last names A through G 1958-1972
Box Folder
5 84-91 Personnel files, alphabetical last names H through Z 1959-1974
5 92 Wage and tax statements 1958 1965-1968

Sub-series H: Contributors 1941-1971

Box Folder
5 93 Information on contributors, general 1941-1969
5 94-102 Information on contributors, alphabetical by last name A through C 1946-1971
Box Folder
6 103-119 Information on contributors, alphabetical by last name E through W 1942-1971

Sub-series I: Correspondence 1919-1974 undated

Sub-sub-series 1: Alphabetical 1940-1972

Box Folder
7 120-138 Correspondence arranged alphabetically by last name A through M 1941-1971
Box Folder
8 139-149 Correspondence arranged alphabetically by last name N through Y 1928-1971

Sub-sub-series 2: Chronological 1919-1974 undated

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8 150-157 Correspondence arranged chronologically 1919-1964
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9 158-168 Correspondence arranged chronologically 1964-1974 undated

Sub-series J: Plays 1935-1973 undated

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9 169 The Abduction from the Harem, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1959; The Absent-Minded Tailor, by Anne Metcalf, undated; Adventures In Wonderland, 1968; Adventures of Prince Fairyfoot, by Judith B. Kase,undated; African Folk Tales, by Carol Korty, 1970-1971; Albert Herring, by Britten, 1957; Album '56, 1955-1956; Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, by Wadeeha Atiyeh, undated; All in Love, 1963; All Summer Long, by Robert Anderson, 1956; All the Way Home, By Tad Mosel, 1965; Allegro, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953-1967 .
9 170 Amahl and the Night Visitors, by Gian-Carlo Menotti, 1951-1957; Ananse and the Dwarf Brigade, by Efua T. Sutherland, 1970-1971; Androcles and the Lion, by George Bernard Shaw, 1950-1963. .
9 171 Angel in the Pawnshop, by A.B. Shiffrin, 1955; Animal Farm, 1964; Antigone, by Jean Anouilh, 1948; Any Old Man Will Do, by Eunice Lea Kettering and Frederick L. Saur, undated; Anyone Could Rob a Bank, by Tom Coffey, 1961. The Apothecary, 1961; Archy and Mehitable (folder also mentions If Men Played Cards as Women and Trouble in Tahiti), 1963-1967; Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesserling, 1962 .
9 172 Babar the Elephant, by Nicolai Berezowsky, 1953-1954; Balkis, by Randall Thompson, 1950. A Ballad for Americans, by John LaTouche, undated; Ballad for Bimshire, by Irving Burgie and Loften Mitchell, 1964-1965; Ballet Ballads, by Jerome Moross and John LaTouche, 1964; Bamboula, 1950; Barber of Seville, by Giovanni Paisello, 1963; Barefoot in Athens, by Maxwell Anderson, 1952-1954 .
9 173 The Barrier, by Langston Hughes, 1949; Beggar's Holiday, 1953; Bernadine, by Mary Chase, 1955; Between Two Thieves, by Warner Leroy, 1959; The Bible Salesman, by Jay Thompson, 1962; Billy Budd, by Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman, 1957; The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter, 1966. .
9 174 Black Man, by W.E. Burghardt Dubois, 1950; Black Nativity, by Martin Tahse, 1963; The Blacks, 1968; Bless the Child, 1968 .
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10 175 Blood Knot, by Athol Fugard, 1966; Blood Wedding, by Federico Garcia-Lorca, 1953; Bloomer Girl, 1953; The Blue Bird, by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1956; Blue Bonnets, undated; Blue Denim, by Herlihy and Noble, 1959-1961; Blues for Mr. Charlie, by James Baldwin, 1966 .
10 176 Boys from Syracuse, by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, 1957-1967; Brimstone, 1953; The Broken Jug, by Donald Harron, 1959; The Brothers, by George Antheil, 1954; Bullfight, by Leslie Stevens, 1958; Bury the Dead, by Irwin Shaw, undated; By Jupiter, by Rodgers and Hart, 1961 .
10 177 Candide, by Voltaire, 1961; Caravan to Mecca, by Kenward Elmslie, 1951; Carmen Jones, by Oscar Hammerstein, 1950; Carnival, by Michael Stewart, 1965; Carousel, by Rogers and Hammerstein, 1959; Cecilia Valdes, by Roig, 1963; A Certain Joy, by Irving Ravetch, 1955; Chariot's A-Comin', by Zelma Watson George, undated; The Children Are Listening, by Barbara Kay Davidson, 1963 .
10 178 The Children's Hour, by Lilian Hellman, 1955; A Christmas Carol, by Martha B. King, 1968; Cinderella's Slipper, by Theodosia Paynter, 1938; Circus in the Wind, 1963; The Cloak, by Giacomo Puccini, 1954; The Clown Who Ran Away, by Conrad Seiler, undated; Come Back Little Sheba, by William Inge, 1963 .
10 179 Come Lucia, based upon novel by Josephine Leslie, 1961; Comedy on the Bridge, by Martinu, 1953; Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, 1949; The Consul, by Gian-Carlo Minotti, 1958; Collision Course, by Leo Bayer, 1964; Cooling Waters, by Elizabeth White, 1953; The Corn is Green, by Emlyn Williams, 1946; Cosi Fan Tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1956; Cradle Will Rock, by Blitzstein, 1952; The Creation, by James Weldon Johnson, undated; Crystal Tree, by Doris Julian, 1957 .
10 180 Darling Corlie, by Elie Siegmeister, 1953; Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson and William Berney, 1959; Davey Crokett, 1951; Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, by James A. Rosenberg, 1965; Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, 1957; Deep Dark, by Isadora Bennett, undated; Defiant Island, by James Forsyth, 1964; Der Hauptman von Koeppernick, by Gabriel Dregley, 1954; Desire Under the Elms, by Eugene O'Neill, 1952 .
10 181 Destination Ashes, undated; Detective Story, by Sidney Kingsley, 1966; The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Douglas Moore, 1954; The Devil a Saint Would Be, by D'Alton, 1956; Die Kluge, by Karl Orff, 1956; The Doctor in Spite of Himself, by Moliere, 1964; Down in the Valley, by Weill, 1950; Dream Believers, by George A. Moore, undated; The Dreamy Kid, undated; Dr. Miracle, by Bizet, 1965 .
10 182 Drums and Voices, by Wole Soyinka, 1964; Dumbbell People in a Barbell World, by Dan Blue, 1964; The Dumb Waiter, by Harold Pinter, 1966; Sarah and the Sax, by Lewis John Carlino,1966; Dutchman, by LeRoi Jones, 1969; Neighbors, by James Saunders, 1969; The Early Years, by Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill, 1957 .
10 183 The Elevator, by Jean Reynolds Davis, 1956; El Hajj Malik, by N. R. Davidson Jr., 1971; Emil and the Detectives, by Erich Kastner, 1949; Emperor Jones, 1954; The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Anderson, 1953; Enter the Hero, undated; Epitaph for a Bluebird, by Ted Shine, 1958; "Everyman," 1950; The Experiment, by Paul Schwartz, 1960; Fall of the City, undated; Familiar Stranger, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, undated .
10 184 Fanny, 1966; Fantasticks, by Tom Jones, 1965; Fashion, by Anna Cora Mowatt, 1960; Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff, undated; Father Christmas, by Rose Fyleman, undated; Finian's Rainbow, by Burton Lane, 1958; Five on the Blackhand Side, by Charlie L. Russell, 1971 .
10 185 Flower Drum Song, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1967; Flowering Peach, by Clifford Odets, 1955; Fly Blackbird, 1964; Foolish and Fickle, by Joseph Haydn, 1963; Free and Easy, by Howard Roberts, 1959 .
10 186 Free Man! Free Man!, by Jan Hartman 1967
10 187 The Gallant Tailor, by Zelma Smith and Edith Rothrock, 1958; Gammer Gurton's Needle, by William Stevenson, 1952; The Gentle People, by Irwin Shaw, 1954; Gentlemen Be Seated, by Jerome Moross, 1964; Gerald McBoing-Boing, by Jordan Matthews, undated; Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen, 1951; Gift of Song, by Caldwell, 1964 and Nativity Play, by Tcherepnin, 1964; Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, 1965; Go Down Death, by James Weldon Johnson, undated Golden Boy, by Clofford Odets, 1963; Golden Bracelet, by Virginia Olcott, undated .
10 188 Golden Ladder, by Joanna Roos, 1953; The Good Soldier Schweik, by Robert Kurka, 1964; Gooseherd and the Goblin, by Josephine Royle and Julia Smith, undated; Grass Harp, by Junius Eddy, 1953; Great Big Doorstep, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, 1956; Guys and Dolls, by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, 1957 .
10 189 Haiti, by W. E. Burghardt DuBois, 1950; A Hand of Bridge, by Barber and Minotti, 1960; Hannele on Journey, by Gerhart Hauptman, undated; Hansel and Gretel, by Englebert Humperdink, 1968; Happy Ending and Day of Absence, by Douglas Turner Ward, 1968; Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and Hello Out There, 1964; A Hatful of Rain, by Michael Gazzo, 1957; The Heathen Chinee, undated; Heavenly Express, by Albert Bein, 1951; He Who Gets Slapped, by Robert Ward, 1961 .
10 190 Henderson the Rain King, by Robert Alvin, 1964; The Hidden Treasure, by Virginia D. Craft, undated; The Hit, by Julian Mayfield, 1958; A Holiday Festival, 1963; Homecoming, by Pinter, 1967; House Afire, by Haydn, 1965; How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1966; How the Grinch Stole Christmas, undated .
10 191 I Am an American, undated; I Gotta Home, by Shirley Graham, 1940; I Have Spoken to My Children, by Darius Leander Swann, 1957; The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, undated; The Impresario, by Mozart, 1965; The Innocents, by William Archibald, 1958; In Splendid Error, by William Branch,1962; In the Last Days, by Buddy Butler, 1971 .
10 192 In White America, by Martin B. Duberman, 1966; Indian Wants the Bronx, by Israel Horowitz, 1969; An Instant of Time, by Frank Wenzel, undated; The Italian Straw Hat, by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel, 1956; It's Called the Sugarplum, by Israel Horowitz, 1969; Jamaica, by E.Y. Harburg, 1963 .
10 193 Jezebel's Husband, by Robert Nathan, 1956; John Henry, by Frank B. Wells, undated; Johnny Appleseed, by Eunice Kettering, 1954 .
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11 194 Johnny Moonbeam and the Silver Arrow, by Joseph Golden, 1966; Joy to the World, undated; The Jumping Frog, by Lukas Foss, 1954; Joy Rider, by Willis Richardson, undated .
11 195 Julius Caesar, by Handel, 1961; Karamu Album, by Christine Buster, 1955, 1956; Karamu Album, by Benno Frank, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965 .
11 196 Katya Kabanova, by Leos Janacek, 1957; Kicks and Company, by Oscar Brown Jr., 1961 .
11 197 The King and I, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1956; King Heroin, by Al Fann, 1971; King Kong, by Todd Matshikiza, Pat Williams, and Ralph Trewhela, 1962; King Thrushbeard, by Hazel Peterson and Thomas Fry, undated .
11 198 Kismet, 1950; Knight of the Funny Bone, by Frances Cavanagh and The Princess Who Wanted the Moon, undated; Kiss Me Kate, by Cole Porter, 1965; Kwamina, 1962; La Vera Costanza, by Joseph Haydn, 1967; La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), by Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc, 1967; Lady in Lottery, 1963; Lady in the Dark, 1967; Lakme, by Leo Delibes, 1952; Land Beyond, by Loften Mitchell, 1957 .
11 199 Langston Hughes Memorial, by Reuben Silver, 1969; The Last Savage, by Menotti, 1964; L'Enfant Prodigue, by Claude Debussy, 1949; Let it Ride, by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, 1963; Let's Go to the Moon, by Conrad Seiler, 1956; Let's Make an Opera, by Barbara Osterstrom, 1950; Let's Take a Trip, by Selig Alkon, 1956; Liliom, by Ferenc Molnar, 1950; The Lion Writes, by Lois McGuire, 1971 .
11 200 Little Mary Sunshine, by Besoyan, 1960; Little Red Riding Hood, by Seymour Barab, 1965; Livin' the Life, 1957; Long After Summer, by William Durkee, 1953; A Loss of Roses, by William Inge, 1960; The Lost Birthday, by Bea Harvey, undated; Lost in the Stars, by Kurt Weil and Maxwell Anderson, 1962 .
11 201 Lo! The Angel, by Nancy Wallace, 1958; Lowland Sea, by Alec Wilder and Arnold Sundgaard, 1952; Lute Song, 1965; Lysistrata, by Aristophenes, 1952; Macbeth, by Ernest Bloch, 1957; The Magic Whistle, by Marie Agnes Foley,undated; Man Better Man, by Errol Hill, 1965; A Man For All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, 1967; The Man in the Moon, by Joseph Hayden, 1960 .
11 202 The Man With the Golden Arm, 1956; Maria Golovin, by Gian-Carlo Menotti, 1959; Marriage Under the Lanterns, by Jacques Offenbach, 1962; Me and Juliet, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959; Me, Candido, by Walt Anderson, 1959 .
11 203 Mean to be Free, undated; Medium, by Gion-Carlo Menotti, 1950; Member of the Wedding, by Carson McCullers, 1952; Midnight Cry, by Bernard Reines, 1958; Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1950; Milk and Honey, 1966; The Missing Aunt, by Betty Hunter, undated; Mister Job, by H. Shirley Fowke, 1948; Mister Johnson, by Norman Rosten, 1956 .
11 204 A Mixed Bag, (concert) 1970; Mornings At Seven, by Paul Osborn, 1959; Most Happy Fella, by Frank Loesser, 1960; Mother Courage And Her Children, by Eric Bentley, 1969; Mrs. Patterson, by Charles Sebree and Greer Johnson, 1957; A Musical Album, by Frank Benno, 1955, 1958, and 1960 .
11 205 The Music Man, by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, 1966; My Fair Lady, 1963; My Heart's In The Highlands, by William Saroyan, 1948; My Name Is Marlene, by Elinore Woldman, 1963 .
11 206 The Mystery Of The Missing Star, by Jesse Bryant, undated; The Neighbors and The Trysting Place, by Zona Gale and Booth Tarkington, 1966; New Girl In Town, by George Abbott and Bob Merrill, 1960; Night Of The Auk, by Arch Oboler, 1961 .
11 207 No Strings, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 1967
11 208 Nuremberg U.S.A., Warren Coleman, 1964; Nutcracker and Pas de Quatre (excerpts), 1969; Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck, 1961; Oh! My Papa!, 1962; Oklahoma!, by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, 1963; Old Maid And The Thief, 1950; Ole King Cole, by Joe Grezenback and Haakon Pederbach, 1957 .
11 209 Oliver, by Charles Dickens, 1968; On The town, by Leonard Berstein, 1954; Once Upon A Mattress, 1970 .
11 210 Once Upon A Tailor, 1958; Ondine, by Jean Giraudoux, 1955; One Hundred In The Shade, 1939-1966; Opra In the Park, by George O'Farrell, undated; Oprheus In The Underworld, by Josephine Fretter Royle, 1953 .
11 211 Or Does It Explode, by Joan Silver, undated; Othello, by William Shakespeare, 1973; Ouanga, by Clarence Cameron White, 1955; Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, 1960; Out Of This World, by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence, 1966 .
11 212 Overtones, The Happy Journery To Trenton And Camden, and Hello Out There, by Alice Gerstenberg, Thorton Wilder, and Diane Johnson, 1966; Paint Your Wagon, Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe, 1962; Pajama Game, by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, 1958; Pal Joey, by John O'Hara, 1954 .
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12 213 A Part Of The Blues, by Walter Brough, 1961; Pencil Of God, by Ernest Pascal, 1960; Pepito, by Jacques Offenbach, 1961; Phyllis Sits Tight, George H. Dunne, undated; The Pied Piper, by Marianna Lloyd, undated .
12 214 The Ping Pong, by Errol Hill, 1956; The Pink Siamese, by Seymour Barab, 1962; Pins and Needles, by Harold Rome, 1964; Pipe Dream, by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, 1957; The Pirate Of Pooh, undated; Porgy And Bess, by Dorothy and DuBose Hayward, 1952; Present Pleasure, by Nora Stirling, undated .
12 215 Prince And The Pauper, 1968; The Prince Of Mandalore, by John Murray, 1963; The Princess And The Swineherd, by Gwendolyn And Conrad Seiler, undated; Purlie Victorious, by Ossie Davis, 1963; Puss In Boots, 1965; A Raisin In The Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, 1961-1964 .
12 216 The Rainmaker, by N. Richard Nash, 1955; Rajah's Ruby, There And Back, and Trial By Jury, by Seymour Barab, Paul Hindemith, and William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivand, 1967; Reba, by Seymour Barab, 1966; The Reformed Drunkard, by Gluck, 1967; Red Riding Hood, by Rose Fyleman and Will Grant, undated; Rickety Tickety Tin, undated; The Rider Of Dreams, 1949; The Rimers OF Eldritch, by Lanford Wilson, 1969; The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1969 .
12 217 Riverwind, John Jennings, 1965; The Robe Of Pearls, Leo Justinus Kaufmann, 1955 .
12 218 Robin Hood, by Owen Davis, undated; Rx For Love (L'Amore Medico), by Enrico Golisciani, 1956; Sandhog, by Earl Robinson, 1967; Sandrina, by Sarah Caldwell and Eugene Haun, 1965 .
12 219 The Sap Of Life, by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire, 1961; School For Wives, Libermann, 1965; See the Jaguar, by Richard Nash, 1961; Sermon in the Valley, undated; Set My People Free, by Dorothy Heyward, 1961-1962 Seven Times Monday, by Ernest Pendrell, 1961-1962; Seventeen, by Walter Kent, 1952-1956; Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O'Casey, 1952; Shakespeare in Harlem, by Langston Hughes, 1960-1961; She Loves Me, 1968 .
12 220 The Shining Hour, by Keith Winter, 1954; The Shoemaker's Wife, 1969; The Show-Off, by George Kelly, 1947; The Sign of Jonah, by Guenter Rutenborn, 1959-1964 .
12 221 Simply Heavenly, by Langston Hughes, 1959-1961; The Sistuhs, undated .
12 222 Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, 1953-1954; A Sleep of Prisoners, by Christopher Fry, 1952-1961; The Sleeping Beauty, by Elizabeth Flory Kelly, undated; Slow Dusk, by Carlisle Floyd, and Reba, by Seymour Barab, 1966; Something New Under the Sun, by Sallie Bennet and J. Harold Brown, undated; Something Nice for Spring, by Leibling and Wood, 1953; Song for a Broken Horn, by Hugh Hill, 1952-1953; Song of Solomon, by Kenward Elmslie, 1951 .
12 223 The Songstress, by Joseph Haydn, and The Maid of Elizondo by Jacques Offenbach, 1967; Soon Bright Day, by Isadora Bennet, undated; SOS from Easter Island, by Cornel Lengyel, 1958; The Sound of Music, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 1962; Sound of the Goose, 1958; South Pacific, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 1956; Spirit of the Dead Watches, by Anthony Terpiloff, 1958; Spoon River Anthology, by Charles Aidman, 1967-1968 .
12 224 Squaring The Circle, by Valentin Katayev, 1962; Stack-A-Lee, 1956; Star of the Morning, by Lofton Mitchell, 1964; Sterlingman, The Selfish Giant, and The Bridegroom, Klaus George Roy, Raymond Wilding-White, and Harold Fink, 1965 .
12 225 Stevedore, by George Sklar and Paul Peters 1935
12 226 The Stolen Rainbow, by Dorothy Sardinha, 1963; Stop the World I Want to Get Off, by Leslie Bricusse nd Anthony Newley, 1969; A Stravinsky Evening, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, 1966; Street Scene, by Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice, 1961; Summer and Smoke, by Tenessee Williams, 1952; Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, by Ray Lawler, 1960; Sunday Excursion, by Alec Wilder, 1964; Sun On the Water, by Lillian Gale, 1953 .
12 227 Sunrise in My Pocket, by Edwin Justus Mayer, 1959; Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd, 1958; The Swamp Dwellers and The Trials of Brother Jero, by Wole Soyinka, 1964; Sweet Betsy From Pike and The Medium, by Mark Bucci, and Raymond Wilding-White, 1963; Sweet Singer of Avon, 1960; Take a Giant Step, by Louis Peterson, 1960 .
12 228 Take Me Along, 1967; Tambourines To Glory, by Langston Hughes, 1960-1973; Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespere, 1948; Telemachus Clay, by Lewis John Carlino, 1968; Tell It Like It Is, 1969; That Others Might Love, George Anthony Moore, undated; Theater of Today (three one act plays) Home Free!, The Gloaming, Oh My Darling, and Act Without Words, by Landford Wilson, Megan Terry, and Samuel Beckett 1967 .
12 229 The Thief and the Hangman, by Albert Ellstein, 1958; Thieves Carnival, by Jean Annouihl, 1954; Thirteen Clocks, 1967; Three Contemporary American Operas: The Tub, Sunday Excursion, and Sweet Betsy From Pike, by Rymond Wilding-White, Alec Wilder, and Mark Bucci, 1964; Three Penny Opera, by Bert Brecht and Kurt Weill, 1955-1968; Through a Glass Darkly, by N. Lindsay Norden, 1952; Through The Years, by Ameila Platts Boynton, 1960 .
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13 230 Thunder on Sycamore Street, by Reginald Rose, undated; A Thurber Carnival, 1966-1967; Tiger Tiger Buring Buring Bright, by Peter Feibleman, 1963; The Time of Your Life, by William Saroyan, 1954; Tobias and the Angel, by James Bridie, 1951; Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, 1969 .
13 231 Touchstone, by William Stucky, 1953; Track Thirteen, by Shirley Graham, undated; Traveling Musicians, by Royle, Holden and Bergh, undated; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith, 1961; The Trial, by Gottfried von Einem, 1954; Two Husbands, by Henri Lavedan, 1908; Trouble in Tahiti, by Leonard Bernstein, 1955; The Tub, by Raymond Wilding-White, 1964; The Turk in Italy, by Gioacchino Rossini, 1958; The Twelefth Night, by William Shakespere, 1959; Twilight Walk, 1954 .
13 232 Up-Tight, 1968; A Visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement Moore, undated; Volpone, by George Antheil, 1953; Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, 1962; Wedding Band, Alice Childress, 1966; What are We Waiting For?, by Curtis Williams, undated; What Men Live By, Bohuslav Martin, 1955; Whither Bound, undated .
13 233 Who'll Bless the Child, 1968; Willie and His Wind Engine, by Lucia Pomeroy and Bascom Little, undated; The Wind Blows, Alec Wilder, 1953; Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson, 1947; Wings of the Dove, by Douglas Moore, 1964; Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, 1964; The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, 1967; Wonderful Town, by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, 1956; The Wooden Dish, by Edmund Morris, 1957 .
13 234 The Would-Be Gentleman, Moliere, 1950; A Wreath for Udomo, by William Branch, 1960; Yerma, by Federico Garcia Lorca, 1950; Zoo Story and The Death of Bessie Smith, by Edward Albee, 1964; Zulu and the Zayda, 1967 .
13 235 Untitled plays undated
13 236 Miscellaneous plays undated
13 236 List of operas and musicals performed after 1949 undated

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13 237-246 Announcements of events 1921-1965
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14 247-259 Announcements of events 1966-1978 undated

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14 260-264 Memoranda 1940-1970
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15 265-278 Memoranda 1970-1978 undated

Sub-series M: Date Books 1950-1971

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16 279 Beasley, Landon 1961
16 280-282 Burns, Dargan 1955-1959
16 283-286 Jelliffe, Rowena 1958-1962
16 287-294 Jelliffe, Russell 1953-1959
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17 295-296 Jelliffe, Russell 1960-1961
17 297 King, Charles E. 1950
17 298 Magner, Mary Ann 1971
17 299-310 Roberson, Wilhelmina 1954-1963
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18 311-319 Roberson, Wilhelmina 1964-1968

Sub-series N: Guest Books 1945-1961

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18 320-324 Guest books 1945-1961

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19 325-331 Newspaper clippings, general 1931-1973 undated
19 332 Newspaper clippings regarding bombing of home of J. Newton Hill 1967

Series II: Subject Files 1916-1974 undated

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19 333 AARTS, 1970; Activities, 1954-1967; Actor's Equity, 1970 Actors Press Data, undated; Adams, Donald C. 1964-1966; Addressing Services, 1971; Addressograph Machine, 1959; Administration on Aging Application, 1971 .
19 334 Administration - Cabinet Minutes, 1970. Administrative Cabinet, 1969-1970 .
19 335 Adult Education Council of Greater Cleveland 1973
19 336-337 Adult Work of Karamu House 1940
19 338 Ad-Vantages, 1969-1971; Advertising, 1971; Advertising Agency, 1970-1971; A.E.T.A., 1971 .
19 339 African and African-American Studies, 1970; African Art Sponsors, 1927-1928; Africa House, 1959-1960 .
19 340 African Music Society, 1951-1952; African People's Community Center, 1970; African Tour, 1971; Afro-American Exhibit, undated; African-American Music Opportunities Association, Inc., 1970-1971 .
19 341 Aging 1970
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20 342-347 Agreements, theater sponsors 1964-1969
20 348 Akron Convention on Women's Rights, 1951; Akron Teacher Corps, 1969-1969; Albert A. List, 1954-1956; Aldridge, Ira, 1959; Allegheny College, 1956-1958 .
20 349 All Nations Fair, 1962-1964; All-Staff Memos, 1972-1974; Aluminum Corporation of America, 1946-1953; Alumni, 1971; Alvin Ailey, 1970-1971; Amateur Music Makers, 1963; American Assembly, 1969 .
20 350 American Association of University Women, 1950-1951; American Educational Theatre, 1968-1972; American Foundation, 1970; American Friends Service Committee, 1954-1966; American Greeting Corporation, 1956; American Indians Project Committee, 1965; American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority, 1961; American Red Cross, 1954 .
20 351-354 American National Theatre and Academy, 1950-1962; American Repertory Theatre, 1969-1970 .
20 355-356 American Society of African Culture 1964-1968
20 357 American Theatre Wing, Inc., 1952-1954; Anniversary, 25th, 1940 .
20 358-359 Anniversary, 40th 1955
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21 360 Anniversary, 50th, 1965; Annual Meeting, 1973-1974; Anton Grdina School, 1970; ARA Coffee Systems, 1969; Archives, 1972 .
21 361 Armed Services, Men and Women, undated; Arts Education, 1961-1967; Art and Argot at Karamu, 1966; Arts and Crafts Unit, 1950; Art Commission, 1968; Artists, 1940-1941; Artists Information, 1966; Art Craft Reproductions, 1968 .
21 362 Art Department 1966-1973
21 363 Art Shows, 1966; Art mailing list, 1965; Art reports-extension, 1967; Artists, Inc., undated; Artist-In-Residence, 1970; Associated Councils of the Arts, 1973; Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Inc., 1970-1972 .
21 364 Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1930-1937; Association for Voluntary Sterilization, Inc., 1964; Association of American Dance Companies, 1966-1967; Association of Community Development Corporation, Inc., 1970-1971; Association of Real Estate Brokers, 1957 .
21 365 Atlanta University Center for African and African-American Studies 1969-1970
21 366-374 Attendance sheets 1961-1967
21 375 Audience development, 1970-1971; Audio Craft Company, 1969-1970 .
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22 376-381 Auditors' reports 1920-1969
22 382 Ballard, Orville E., 1963-1964; Band, 1962-1963; Banquet program for the Jelliffes, 1963; Batie, James, 1952; Beginning Electronic Music, 1971; Bellamy Memorial Fund, 1968; Bennett College, 1957 .
22 383 Bennington College 1956-1968
22 384 Berlin Project, 1964-1965; Biafra Relief, 1968; Bicknell Fund, 1970; Big Brother, Inc., 1971; Bills for class fees and rentals, 1965-1968 .
22 385 Biographies, prominent African-Americans, undated; Biographies, prominent Karamu alumni, undated; Black arts, 1968; Black Churchmen, National Committee of, 1969-1971; Black politics and nationalists, 1973 .
22 386-387 Black printmakers 1969
22 388 Black Studies, 1969; Black Unity Conference, 1967; Black Voices, 1969 .
22 389-394 Board of Trustees 1951-1971
22 395-396 Bowling Green State University, 1957-1958; Box Office, 1967-1973 .
22 397 Boyd, Emil (benefit concert), 1970; Britton, Gertrude, 1970; Britton Fund, 1970; Broadside Press, 1970; Book parties, 1970; Boston Fine Arts Festival, 1968; Brochures, 1969 .
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23 398-401 Brooks, Arthur, 1971; Brown, Gregory, 1970; Buckeye-Woodland Cultural Fair, 1969; Budget, 1941-1970 .
23 402-407 Building fund 1940-1961
23 408 Building hours 1971-1974; Buildings and grounds, 1972-1974; Bulart Foundation, 1965; Business Men's Inter-Racial Committee, 1971; Cain Park Theatre, 1956-1973; Calendar, 1969-197 Calendar project, 1971; California trip (Ken Snipes), 1973; Call & Post series, 1969 .
23 409 Camera Club, 1970; Camp Fire Girls, 1967-1969; Camp Karamu, 1940-1954 .
23 410 Canada Lee Foundation, 1953; Canteens (questionnaire), 1944; Canterbury School, 1971; Capital account (financial), 1952; Carling Brewing Company Project, 1968 .
23 411 Carver Community Center (Bedford, Oh.), 1957; Case Institute of Technology, 1963-1969; Case Western Reserve University, 1972-1973 .
23 412 Case Western Reserve University (Afro American Society), 1970; Cash receipts (box office), 1974 .
23 413 Centers (associations), 1962; Central area social study, 1942-1943; Certificates and awards (given to the Jelliffs), 1960-1961; Chart of accounts, 1970; Checklists (miscellaneous), undated .
23 414 Cherrio Circle, 1971; Children's Chorus, 1952-1963 and undated .
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24 415-416 Children's Theatre, 1964; Christmas appeals and contributions, 1945-1964 .
24 417 Christmas at Karamu, 1964-1965; Church of Reconciliation, undated; Citations (given by Karamu), 1962 .
24 418-421 Classes (children and adult: art, ceramics, dance, fencing, foreign language, music & puppetry, photography), 1963-1968 .
24 422 Cleveland, city of 1931-1970
24 423 Cleveland Area Arts Council, 1973-1974; Cleveland Arts: 71, 1971; Cleveland Association Foundation, 1970-1971; Cleveland Clinic, 1971; Cleveland College Report, 1932; Cleveland Crane & Engineering, 1971 .
24 424-425 Cleveland Construction Company 1950-1959
24 426 Cleveland Federation of Musicians, 1971; Cleveland Federation of Settlements, 1954-1962 .
24 427-428 Cleveland Heights Bombing Reward Fund (J. Newton Hill) 1967-1969
24 429 Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, 1969. Cleveland Lawyers, 1971; Cleveland International Programs, 1971-1973; Cleveland Job Corp, 1969; Cleveland Management, Inc., 1969 .
24 430 Cleveland Mental Health Association, 1967-1968; Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority, 1969; Cleveland Modern Dance, 1969; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944 and 1959-1968 .
24 431 Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1963-1968; Cleveland Music School Settlement, 1968-1973; Cleveland Now!, 1968-1970; Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, 1968-1969 .
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25 432 Cleveland Public Library, 1963-1973; Cleveland Scholarship Program, 1969; Cleveland State University, 1968-1971 .
25 433 Cleveland Urban Learning Community, 1970; Cleveland Youth Services, 1965; Clubs (Playhouse Settlement and Karamu), 1916-1954 .
25 434 College Day, 1964; Collinwood Arts Center, undated; Color charts (new building), 1958; Colum, Padriac (correspondence), 1961-1962; Columbus Educational Development Facility, 1974; Columbus Urban League, 1956-1964; Commentary on Karamu House (Fred Griffith WEWS), 1970; Community Action for Youth, Inc. (CAY), 1964-1965 .
25 435 Community Congress, 1968; Community Impact, 1971; Community Music Center, 1971; Community news, 1965-1969; Community Relations Board (Cleveland), 1945-1962; Community Service Program, 1969-1970 .
25 436 Community/social services, 1972-1974; Computer, 1971; Conception Abbey Press, 1971; Concerned Friends of Karamu, 1969-1971; Concerts (outside artists), 1946-1950; Concert Series, 1971-1972; Conferences for Executives of Large Neighborhood Centers 1961-1963; Congress Of Racial Equality, 1969 .
25 437-438 Construction 1944-1953
25 439 Conference on Aging, 1969; Connecticut Dance Festival, 1954-1966 .
25 440 Continuing Education, 1971; Contributions (Cleveland Heights High performance), 1974; Conway and Patton (attorneys at law), 1971; Cooperative Urban Studies, 1969-1970; Copyright ("Karamu"), 1950-1959 .
25 441 Corning, Maude, 1970-1971; Coronet, 1946-1953; Corporations, 1955-1971 .
25 442-445 Correspondence 1969-1971
25 446 Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland, 1967-1973; Council of International Programs, 1970-1971; Council on Human Relations, 1968-1970; Council on World Affairs (visitors), 1963-1964; Course descriptions, 1970 .
25 447 Courtesy policies, 1971; Cuyahoga Community College, 1971-1972; Cuyahoga County Charter Commission, 1959; Cultural Arts Committee, 1966-1967; Cultural Arts Series, 1967-1968; Curtain speeches (Kenneth E. Snipes), 1970-1971 .
25 448 C Miscellaneous 1963-1965
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26 449 Dance concert, 1971; Dance Department, 1970-1971; Dance group (modern), undated; Dance programs, 1939-1941; Dance recital (children), 1964 and undated; Davella Mills Foundation, 1947-1954 .
26 450-452 Day Care Center 1944-1954
26 453-454 Day Nursery, general 1948-1959
26 455-459 Day Nursery roll books 1947-1958
26 460 Delinquency problems, 1942-1943; Denison University, 1958-1959; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1965-1967 .
26 461 Des Moines, Iowa, 1970; DeSouza, Ruth, 1951-1952 .
26 462 Development, 1969-1971; Development Office background, 1969-1970 .
26 463 Development Office design, 1970-1971; Development plan, 1970; Development Program, 1969 .
26 464 Diamond-Shamrock, 1971; Dinners, 1960 and undated; Directing Workshop, 1965-1966; Directories, undated .
26 465 Discrimination 1943-1961
26 466 Donaldson, Lou, 1971; Donations, 1960-1965; Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosensteil Foundation, 1947-1948; Drama Associates of Detroit (Dramatic Publishing Company), 1957; Drama critics, 1956; Dramatics Play Service, Inc., 1954-1969; Drug abuse, 1973; Drum Making Workshop, 1970 .
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27 467 Earlham College, 1953-1959; East-Central Task Force, 1968; East Cleveland Community Theatre, 1973; East Cleveland Schools Project, 1971; East Eighty-Ninth Street Conservation Club and Neighbors, 1949-1955; Editorial services, 1971; Educational discussion groups, 1952-1963 .
27 468 Educational entity, 1970; Educational Exchange Program (United States State Department), 1954-1955; Educational material, 1965-1966 .
27 469-470 Edward John Noble Foundation, 1954-1955; Eisenstst, Max (Memorial Night), 1956; Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, 1961-1962; The Emerson Press, Inc. 1968-1969; Encampment for citizenship, 1946-1964 .
27 471 Enrollment (total number in classes), 1971; Equipment, 1948-1959; Erie Civic Theatre, 1974; Excelsior Stamp Works Co., 1953-1963; Exchange exhibits, undated .
27 472 Exhibitions (tentative), 1967; Expense sheets (plays), 1967; Experimental labs, 1969; Extension classes, undated .
27 473 Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1951-1960; Fair Housing, Inc., 1963-1964 .
27 474-478 Fairfax Foundation 1960-1971
27 479-480 Fann, Al 1971
27 481-482 Federal Works Agency (nursery project) 1944-1945
27 483 Federation of Black Nationalist (Jay Arki Et al.), 1970-1971; Fee committee, 1969; Fee receipts and records, 1967; Festival week, 1949 .
27 484 Field Foundation, 1969; Field trips, caravans (educational), 1951-1963; Field trip (permission slips), 1970 .
27 485 Films (shown at Proscenium theatre), 1971; Film catalogues, 1963; Film making (Snipes), 1969 .
27 486 Film program, undated; Final attendance reports (show run), 1973-1974 and undated; Fisk University (integration items), 1956; Ford Foundation, 1970-1971; Foreign visitors, 1962-1966; Forest City Materials (Leonard Ratner), 1960; Foundations, 1970 .
27 487 Foundations (corporate), 1956-1971; Foundation procedures, 1970; Four brain storming sessions, undated; Frank Griesinger & Associates, 1968; Friendly Inn, 1965-1973 .
27 488 Friends of Karamu 1957-1971
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28 489-494 Friends of Karamu 1957-1971
28 495 Fund Development Committee, 1971; Fund Development Flow Chart, 1970; Fund Development (office), 1970-1971; Fund Raising Proposals, 1970; Funding Sources, undated .
28 496 Gage, Margaret, 1960; Gallery, 1971-1974; Gallery/American Greetings Show, 1971; Gallery/Coast Show, 1971; Gallery/Nichols Show, 1971; Gallery/P.O. Show, 1971; Garzia, Pasqualina, 1963; Gestetner, undated .
28 497 Gilpin Players, 1931-1953; Gilpin Players Programs, 1939-1948; Gilpin Players Play Lists, 1931; Gilpin Players African Art Sponsors, 1927-1936; Gilpin History, 1927 .
28 498 Gilpin Players, 1926-1938; Gilpin Players Open House, 1953 .
28 499 Gilpin Players Reviews 1931-1947
28 500 Gilpin Players Scholarship Fund, 1929-1935; Girl Scout Council, correspondence, 1951-1953; Globe Ticket Company, 1950-1961 .
28 501-503 Golden Age Club 1949-1971
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29 504-506 Golden Age Club 1949-1971
29 507 Golden Age Registration, 1966-1967; Golden Agers Cheerio Circle, 1963-1967; Golden Age Club Minutes, 1965; Golden Agers Tours, 1958-1964 .
29 508 Golden Agers New York Trip, undated; Golden Agers Miscellaneous, 1967-1969; Golden Anniversary, 1965; Goodrich Gannett Neighborhood Center, 1964-1965; Gospel Holiday, 1973; Gospel Workshop, 1971 .
29 509 Goth, Trudy, 1953-1954; Grand Jury Association, 1960 .
29 510 Great Lakes Association of Colleges and Universities, 1968; Greater Cleveland Committee for Fair Housing Practices, 1959-1961; Greater Cleveland Growth Association, 1969-1971 .
29 511-512 Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association 1968-1971
29 513 Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association Board Manual, 1963; Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, Correspondence, 1966-1967; Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, Minutes/Reports, 1970-1971 .
29 514 Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, Public School Policy Committee, 1969-1971; Green is Beautiful, 1971 .
29 515 Ground Breaking Ceremonies, 1957; Ground Breaking Exercises, 1948; Group Activities Monthly Service Reports, 1961-1963; Group Training, 1964 .
29 516 Growing Up Project 1970-1971
29 517 Halloween, 1970; Handy, W.C., 1952-1956; Harriet Eells Fund, 1970; Harrison, Victoria, 1957-1959; Harvard, 1971; H.E.W., 1970; Health and Nutrition, 1964-1965; Heights Citizens for Human Rights, 1969-1970; Highlander Folk School, 1955-1958 .
29 518 Hill, J. Newton, 1966; Hiram College, 1951-1973; Hiram College Exhibition, 1968; Holiday Magazine, 1951-1952; Hollywood Letters of Appeal, 1950-1956; Horse Show, 1956-1961; Hospital Audiences, 1971; Hospitality Project, 1969-1970 .
29 519 Host/Hostess Committee, 1963-1970; Hostess Committee, 1970 .
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30 520 Hough, 1969; HADC (HDC), 1970-1973; Hough/Karamu Project, 1969; House Groups, 1966-1967; Housing Assistance Services Rendered, 1952-1957; Housing: Negro Housing and the Cleveland Freeway: 1955-1956; Housing Plans, 1933; Hughes, Langston (music composed), 1952 and undated. IBM Foundation, 1959; Information Week, 1970-1971 .
30 521 Ingram, Zell, 1937-1940; Inner City, 1973; Inner-City Holiday Project, 1969; Insurance, 1949-1960 .
30 522 Insurance, 1961; Insurance Council Luncheon Meeting, 1957; Intercultural Practice, 1950; Internal Communications, 1971; Internal Program, 1969; International Institute of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1960; International Student Group, 1968; International Theatre Month, 1959-1961; International Youth Exchange, 1956-1958 .
30 523 Interns, 1971; Inventory, 1970; Invoices, 1961-1967; Iowa Tour, 1971; Jazz, 1971 .
30 524 Jazz in the Afternoon, 1971; Jazz Rap, 1971; Jewish Community Centers, 1954-1969 .
30 525 Job Analysis Survey, 1970-1971; John R. Raible Foundation, 1950; Johnson Foundation, 1969-1971 .
30 526 Junior League of Cleveland, 1960-1971; Juvenile Delinquency, 1960; Karamu Camera Club, 1966; Karamu Dance Programs-Children and Beginners, 1955-1959 .
30 527-531 Karamu Dancers 1951-1971
30 532-535 Karamu Dancers Tours Alphabetized by Location 1940-1963
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31 536-541 Karamu Dancers Tours Alphabetized by Location 1940-1963
31 542 Karamu Extension Program 1967-1971
31 543 Karamu Extension Program Aides, 1967-1968; Karamu Extension Program Budget and Payroll, 1967-1968; Karamu Extension Program , Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, undated; Karamu Extension Program Reports for Staff, 1967-1968 .
31 544 Karamu Extension Program Schedules, 1967-1968; Karamu Extension Program Staff, 1964-1968; Karamu Extension Program Staff Meetings, 1967; Karamu Extension Program Time Cards, 1967-1968 .
31 545-547 Karamu Institute for the Performing Arts 1970-1973
31 548-550 Karamu Theatre 1946-1974
31 551 Karamu Theatre, Admission Tax, 1948-1963; Karamu Theatre Advance Sales (daily), 1965; Karamu Theatre Attendance Reports (final), 1973-1974; Karamu Theatre Attendance Reports (monthly), 1973-1974 .
31 552 Karamu Theatre Attendance Report (nightly), 1973; Karamu Theatre Attendance Statistics (monthly), 1962-1970 .
31 553 Karamu Theatre Box Office Night Sheet, 1964; Karamu Theatre Committee Notes, 1966; Karamu Theatre Club Plan, 1966-1971; Karamu Theatre Cost, 1970-1971; Karamu Theatre Department Program Report, 1970 .
31 554 Karamu Theatre Expenses 1951-1966
31 555 Karamu Theatre 47th Season Playlist, 1970-1971; Karamu Theatre 48th Season, 1971; Karamu Theatre Funds, 1970; Karamu Theatre Guild, 1950-1967; Karamu Theatre Income and Expense, 1950-1962 .
31 556 Karamu Theatre Information, 1964-1968; Karamu Theatre Lab Group, 1960-1961; Karamu Theatre Memos and Mailing Lists, 1969; Karamu Theatre Monthly Report, 1968-1974; Karamu Theatre Party Contracts, 1973-1974; Karamu Theatre Proposal, 1970; Karamu Theatre Productions, 1961 .
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32 557 Karamu Theatre Programs, 1953-1976. Karamu Theatre Reorganization, 1967-1968; Karamu Theatre Schedule, 1966-1968; Karamu Theatre Season Book, 1969 .
32 558 Karamu Theatre Seat Purchase, 1949-1964; Karamu Theatre Staff, 1971; Karamu Theatre Staff Material, 1949-1960; Karamu Theatre Staff Minutes, 1969-1970. Karamu Theatre Miscellaneous, 1968-1970 .
32 559 Kaynee Company, 1956-1959; Keesecker, Raymond P. Memorial, 1951-1960; Keegan, 1970; Kent State University (Center of Pan-African Culture), undated; Kerkow, Inc., 1953-1957; Kress Foundation, 1969; King, Martin Luther (Committee to Defend), 1960-1968; King, Martin Luther Memorial Program, 1968-1971 .
32 560 King, Martin Luther Scholarship Fund Contacts, 1968; Kulas Foundation, 1970-1971; Kulas Proposal, 1971; Labs, 1969; Lake Erie Girl Scouts, 1964-1968; Lake Erie Opera Professional Advisory Committee, 1965-1968; Lakewood Little Theater, undated; Lalli-Indian Dancer, 1957; Lamson and Sessions Co., 1956-1959; Land Purchase, 1941 .
32 561 Landscaping (Karamu, Maud Corning chairperson), 1951-1956; Lane Bryant Awards, 1948-1965; Lang, Fisher and Stasower, 1954-1961; League Park Center, 1969 .
32 562 The Learning Thing, 1970; Legislative Bulletin, 1955; Lessing Rosenwald Fund, 1946-1954; Lewis, Wilmarth S., 1952; Libraries (National), 1955-1961; Life Magazine, 1947-1952 .
32 563 Lima Tour, 1971; Limon, Jose, 1955-1956; Lincoln University, Pa., 1957; Lincoln University, Mo., 1953-1954 .
32 564 Lists-Classes and Programs 1968-1969
32 565 Lists- Karamu Mailing 1955-1967
32 566 Lists- Karamu Organizations 1957-1970
32 567 Lists- Plays 1920-1971
32 568 Lists- Summer Workshops 1968-1971
32 569 Lists- Miscellaneous 1954-1971
32 570 Literature for Inner-City Children, 1971; Littauer Foundation, 1948; Living Heritage, 1970; Loans Out/Due, 1971; Loans Returned, 1970; Log Memo, 1970; Lower Woodland Community Council, 1932-1939; Lubrizol Corporation, 1956-1961; Ludwig, Frank, 1963; Luntz Iron and Steel, 1958; Lyon Knitting Mills, 1956-1959 .
32 571-575 Mailings and mailing lists 1955-1973 undated
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33 576 Mainbocher, Inc., 1961; Miantenance department, 1966-1969; Marionettes, undated; Mangun, Dale, 1970; Majorie and Alan Littman Fund, 1965-1966; Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, 1965; Martin Luther King Memorial Program, 1968; Maryland State College, 1956-1957; Mass media, 1969; May Company, 1971 .
33 577-578 Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity (MCYO) 1970
33 579 Melon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1940-1941; Membership, 1971; Membership development, 1971; Membership meetings, 1969; Memorials, 1953; Mende, Diethich, Dr., 1954-1959 .
33 580 Merrick House (extension program), 1965; Miller, Clifford, A., (Memorial), 1969; Mini proposals, 1970-1971; Miss Black America Beauty Pageant, 1969; Moneybook sales instructions, 1971; Montage, 1971-1972 .
33 581 Monthly reports, 1949-1968 and undated; Moppett Players (Minneapolis), 1962-1964; Mount Pleasant Community Center (extension program), 1965-1966; Multi-Racial Communication, 1970-1971; Municpal income tax, 1969; Museums, 1969 .
33 582-584 Music 1967-1971
33 585 Music Program, 1969; Music staff resumes, 1969-1979 .
33 586 Music survey 1969
33 587 Music Theatre International, 1969; Music therapy, 1970-1971; Music workshops, 1971; Musicales (personnel), undated; Nash, Ogden, poem, "The boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus," undated .
33 588 National Acme Company, 1957-1971; National Art and Eduation Association (NAEA), 1954-1955; National Association of Community Theatres, 1955; National Association of Social Workers, 1968; National Association for the Adancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1924-1970 .
33 589 National Broadcasting Company, Inc., 1953-1955; National City Bank, 1954-1957; National Committee for the Musical Arts, Inc., 1959; National Council on the Arts in Education, 1970-1971 .
33 590 National Endowment for the Arts 1970-1971
33 591-592 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1967-1974
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34 593-594 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1967-1974
34 595 National Guild of Community Music Schools, 1970-1971; National Malleable & Steel Casting Co., 1961; National Screw and Manufacturing Co., 1957-1962 .
34 596 National sponsors, 1951-1962; National Theatre Arts Conference, 1974; Negro Artists, 1967-1968; Negro Ensemble (New York City), 1968-1970 .
34 597 Negro history, 1916-1968; Negro Labor Conference, 1929; Negro literature lists, 1928 and undated .
34 598 Negro theatre groups, 1926-1935 and undated; Neighborhood Development Program, 1969; Neighborhood Settlement (proposed program), 1939; Neighborhood street clubs, undated .
34 599-602 Neighborhood Youth Corp (NYC) 1965-1969
34 603-612 Neighborhood Youth Corp, student employees, alphabetical by last name, A through W 1965-1969
34 613 Neighborhood and community programs, 1968; Neighbors Now!, 1969; Nelson, Linton, 1958; New Dramatist Committee, 1954 .
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35 614-616 New York City trip 1970
35 617 New York City trip, 1971; New York World's Fair, 1940; Newsletter, 1971; North Eastern Ohio Teachers Association (NEOTA), 1956; Night sheets (theatre), 1973-1974 .
35 618 Nilotics Club (constitution), 1953; North America Manufacturing Co., 1956-1962; Northern Ohio Council of Little Theatres, 1955-1961; Nursery, 1968-1974; Oakland College, 1971 .
35 619 Oberlin College citations (Russell and Rowena Jelliffe), 1944; Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969; Office of Job Retraining and Manpower Development, 1962-1963; Oglebay Norton Foundation, 1961; Ohio Arts Council, 1971; Ohio Bell Telephone Co., 1956-1959 .
35 620 Ohio Community Theatre Association 1955-1965
35 621 Ohio Desk Co., 1969; Ohio Detective Bureau, 1968-1969; Ohio Fair Employment Practices Act, 1950; Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, 1960; Ohio State Department of Urban Affairs, 1971; Ohio State Reformatory (art show), 1972; Ohio State sales tax, 1960-1969 .
35 622 Ohio Youth Commission (Cleveland House of Corrections), 1972; Omaha trip (ACTA), 1969; Omnibus Crime Bill, 1970; O'Neil Brothers Foundation, 1961; Open House, 1954; Open House, 1956 .
35 623 Open letter to Greater Cleveland #2, 1971; Opera Workshop, 1968; Operation Crossroads Africa, 1970; Operation Demonstrate (East 89th St.), 1956; Operation Haiti (educational trips), 1954 .
35 624 Operation Kara-Brick (building Campaign), 1957-1958; Opportunity Centers (Central, Hough, Glenville), 1966-1968; Orders (materials), 1965; Organizational chart, 1967; Organization for the Development and Advancement of the Cultural Black Arts (ODACBA), 1970; Osborne Manufacturing Co., 1956-1961; Outreach, 1971 .
35 625 Paley Foundation, 1945-1947; Parking lot, 1954-1956; P.A.T.H., 1969-1971; Payne Fund (Francis P.Bolton), 1941-1963 .
35 626 Payroll 1969
35 627 Peace Corps, 1968; Peace group (anti-war), 1971; Peace Vigil, 1969; Peoples Art Center (St. Louis), 1946-1955; Performing Arts, 1969-1970 .
35 628 Performing arts 1970-1971
35 629 Periodic review 1963-1970
35 630 Pesco Products, 1954-1956; Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1940-1946; Phillis Wheatley Association, 1966-1969; Piano (tuning), 1970; Plain Dealer, 1969-1970; Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland (Maternal Health Association), 1969; Personnel, manual 1971; Phonograph, 1970; Pilot study, 1969 .
35 631 Plaques (memorial, Albert Ayler and Joe Berkins), 1970; Play lists, 1920-1977; Play and musical lists, 1953-1961 .
35 632 Playhouse Settlement of the Neighborhood Association, undated; Playhouse Square Association, 1971; Plays (miscellaneous), undated; Plays on Negro life, undated; Plays (published and pending), 1945-1963; Plays (reports of play committee), 1939 .
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36 633 Plays submitted for evaluation undated
36 634 Playward Bus Theatre Co., 1974; Playwrights workshop, 1971; Playwriting class, 1952-1953; Poems (various), undated; Poems by Black poets (various), undated; Poetry, 1971 .
36 635 Poetry forum, 1965-1966; Poetry lab, 1969-1970 .
36 636 Police Department, 1958; Politics 1960 (Educational discussion group), 1960; Pon's Puppets (box office day sheet), 1975; Population Statistics (Black), 1928; Population study, 1940; Pop Festival, 1970 .
36 637 Porgy & Bess Benefit, 1954-1955; Portrait day, 1955; Post theatre discussion, 1970; Pottery sale, 1968 .
36 638 Pre-season theatre sales campaign 1971
36 639 Prescott & Company, 1959-1965; Press (Karamu), 1970; Print collection (Cleveland Museum of Art), 1941; Printmaking, undated; Prison follow-up (Daniel E. Purnell), 1956 .
36 640 Prison follow-up (Lloyd Irving, Robert Thomas, and Richard Wimbush), 1958-1963; Program, 1969; Program for Action by citizens in Education (PACE), undated; Program Bureau, 1969 .
36 641-642 Program cabinet 1968-1970
36 643 Program class schedule, 1971-1972; Program expenses, 1970; Program ideas, 1964; Program staff, 1969-1970; Program staff meeting, 1970 .
36 644-646 Programs (miscellaneous) 1937-1969
36 647 Programs outside of Karamu (performed by Karamu), 1969; Programs (services rendered), 1955-1962; Project Bridge, 1968; Project Impact, 1968 .
36 648 Project Search, 1969; Project summaries, 1971; Property (Karamu House), 1940-1958 .
36 649 Proposals, 1969-1970; Public Impact, 1970-1971 .
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37 650-652 Public information 1970-1971
37 653-654 Public relations 1955-1974
37 655-657 Publicity 1940-1970
37 658 Puppetry Workshop, undated; Qua Car Care Center, 1972 .
37 659-661 Quartet 1951-1967
37 662 Quote Quiz 1959-1960
37 663-665 Radio scripts 1942-1961
37 666 Radio station WCUY, 1971; Radio station WJW, 1971 .
37 667 Rawlings Junior High and Karamu project 1962-1963
37 668 R.E.A. Express, 1969; Readers' Digest Foundation, 1951-1952; Registrar's annual reports, 1958-1961; Registration, 1971-1972 .
37 669 Rental/purchase agreements, 1970-1971; Report forms, 1970; Republic Steel Corporation, 1956-1967; Research and Development, 1971; Resource file (Kenneth Snipes), 1963-1968 .
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38 670 Resumes, 1968-1970; Richman Brothers, contributions, 1951-1963 .
38 671-672 Rockefeller Foundation 1941-1959
38 673-678 Rutherford B. Hayes School project 1939-1941
38 679 Samuel French, Inc., 1968-1969; Samuel Rosenthal Foundation, 1970; Saturday program, 1969-1970 .
38 680 Schedules, 1970-1973; Schedules (gallery), 1964-1965 .
38 681-686 Scholarship applications 1951-1965
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39 687-690 Scholarship applications 1951-1965
39 691 Schools' projects, 1972-1974; Science club, undated; Script and Score financial records and cash, 1966-1967; Sears presentation piece, 1970 .
39 692 Season tickets 1954-1969
39 693 Service requests, 1970-1974; Services offered, 1965; Services rendered, Children's Theatre, 1961-1962; Services rendered, counseling, 1959-1962; Services rendered, door prizes, 1956-1958 .
39 694 Services rendered, employment assistance, 1955-1962; Services rendered, facilities, free use of, 1954-1958; Services rendered, Karamettes and Karateens, 1958-1963 .
39 695 Services rendered, financial services, 1960-1963; Services rendered, materials, 1953-1961 .
39 696 Services rendered, membership inquiries, 1956-1962; Services rendered, papers on Karamu House, 1952-1962; Services rendered, social content plays, 1961-1963; Services rendered, speeches by Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, 1957-1963 .
39 697 Services rendered, sponsors' responses, 1958-1962; Services rendered, theatre criticism, 1953; Services rendered, theatre groups, 1953-1962; Services rendered, theatre information, 1957-1963; Services rendered, theses, 1955-1960 .
39 698 Services rendered, tours, 1950-1962; Services rendered, Wingfield, William, 1961-1963; Settlement movement, 1945; Settlements, Detroit, 1950; Settlements, Warren, Ohio (Rebecca Williams Community House), 1957; Shaker Savings, 1970 .
39 699 Shakespeare Festival, 1960-1961; Showboat ball, 1969; Showcase, 1968-1970; Singers, undated; Snipes, Kenneth, 1969-1970 .
39 700-702 Social Security 1951-1963
39 703 Sojourner Truth commemoration, 1951; Songs, 1961-1970; Speakers, 1970 .
39 704 Speaking engagements, 1968-1969; Special assignments, 1970-1974; Special events, 1970 .
39 705 Special Programs Department, 1970; Special projects, 1970-1972; Special requests for programming, 1965; Special services, 1971; Speeches, Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, 1957-1958 .
39 706 Spirituals and songs for Christmas undated
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40 707 Sport Sampler magazine 1950-1956
40 708-709 Staff (general information) 1950-1973
40 710 Staff day 1971
40 711 Staff development program, 1971; Staff income, 1947-1957 .
40 712 Staff meetings 1958-1971
40 713 Staff memoranda, minutes, and procedures 1970-1972
40 714 Staff picnic, 1971; Staff reports, 1970-1971; Staff resignations, 1954 .
40 715-717 Statistical reports 1957-1971
40 718 Stevens, Nelson, 1967-1968; Stokes, Carl B., 1967-1969; Street Academy, 1969-1970; Student art show, 1971; Student Development, 1970; Student workers, 1971-1974 .
40 719 Students 1952-1955
40 720 Subscriptions 1969-1971
40 721-722 Summer Arts Festival 1967
40 723 Summer Arts Festival 1967, appraisals and enrollment sheets 1967
40 724 Summer Arts Festival 1967, League Park; Mount Pleasant; publicity; workshops 1967
40 725-729 Summer Arts Festival 1968 1968
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41 730-745 Summer Arts Festival 1968 (including registration cards) .
41 746-748 Summer Arts Festival 1969 1969
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42 749-760 Summer Arts Festival 1969 1969
42 761-768 Summer Arts Festival 1970 1970
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43 769-771 Masters' Series 100-500 undated
43 772-788 Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities undated
43 789 Summer Arts Festival undated
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44 790-792 Summer Arts Festival undated
44 793 Summer funding, 1971; Summer Lab Theatre, 1970-1971 .
44 794-795 Summer program 1970-1971
44 796 Summer recruitment, 1969; Summer tour, 1965; Sun, Tar Lee, 1970 .
44 797 Supplies, 1972-1973; Symposium, 1970 .
44 798 Tams-Witmark Music Library, 1968-1969; Tax-exempt status, 1970-1971 .
44 799 Tax exemptions, income and excise tax, 1941-1960; Tax exemptions, property, 1943-1959 .
44 800 Tax exemptions, sales tax, 1946-1956; Tax exemptions, scholarship funds, 1954; Tax status certificates, 1970-1971; Teachers, 1961; Teachers' Corps, 1969; Telegrams, 1968; Telephone bulletin board, 1971 .
44 801 Television (National Network Programs) 1956
44 802 Thank you letters 1955-1971
44 803 Tlhotlhalemaje, Abram Cocky, 1965; Toka Films, 1969; Toronto Daily Star clippings, 1953-1958 .
44 804 Torrence, Ridgley (Theatre Study) 1938-1939
44 805-806 Tours 1952-1973
44 807 Truth, Sojourner (speech), 1951; Tryout notices, 1966-1971; Tutoring program (Cleveland Board of Education), 1968 .
44 808 Uganda National Museum, 1968; Union negotiations, 1946; Unitarian Society of Cleveland, 1958 .
44 809 United Appeal 1969-1973
44 810 United Black Artists, 1968; United Negro College Fund, 1956-1962 .
44 811 United Neighborhood House, 1968; United States Information Agency 1956-1971; United Torch 1972-1974 .
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45 812 University Circle Festival 1964; Uptight (motion picture),1968; Upward Bound, undated; Urban Affairs, 1969 .
45 813 Urban Arts Corps, 1969; Urban Arts Education Motivation Project, 1970; Urban League of Cleveland, 1960-1971 .
45 814 Urban League Guild (address by Russell Jellife), 1960; Urban Neighborhood Arts Project (U-NAP), 1970; Urban studies, 1970; Urban Voices, 1969-1970; Vacation requests, 1971 .
45 815 Vailes, Don, memorial, 1972-1973; Vibrations, 1968;. Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1940-1942 .
45 816-819 VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) 1967-1968
45 820 Voices, Inc. 1968
45 821-822 Volunteer sheets 1962-1964
45 823 Volunteers, 1968-1972; Voter registration, 1965; W-2 withholding statements, 1959-1961 .
45 824 W.F. Todd Associates, Inc. 1963-1969
45 825 Wagner, E. (Miss), 1967; Walden School (New York, N.Y.), 1948-1955; Washington, D.C. (trip), 1971; Washington Theatre Club (Newsletter), 1970 .
45 826 Water service charge exemption, 1923-1949; WCUY (FM), 1971; Weaving, 1959-1962; Weekend workshop, 1966; Weimer, Susan, 1966 .
45 827-832 Welfare Federation of Cleveland 1958-1972
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46 833-848 Welfare Federation of Cleveland 1940-1971
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47 849-865 Welfare Federation of Cleveland 1945-1972
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48 866-867 Welfare Federation of Cleveland 1953-1969
48 868 Western Reserve Historical Society (exhibit), 1958-1963; Western Reserve University, 1953-1969; White, Clarence Cameron, undated undated
48 869 White House Conference on Children and Youth 1959-1972
48 870 Whiting Business College, 1971; "Who Rules Cleveland?" (paper), undated; William J. Gall Printing Co., 1961; Williams, George D., 1969; Wingspread, Wisconsin, 1967-1968; Wirtshafters, Inc., 1969; Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research (University of Wisconsin), 1960; Women's City Club of Cleveland, 1961-1971 .
48 871-872 Women's Committee 1957-1974
48 873 Women's groups, 1971; Woodhill Homes, 1964-1965; Woodland School, 1968-1969; Wooster College, 1970; Wooster College (course taught by Ken Snipes), 1970 .
48 874 Work camps, 1965; Work projects, 1958; Work Study Program (Cleveland Board of Education), 1962-1968 .
48 875 Workman's compensation, 1956-1958; Workshop information, 1971 .
48 876 "World Politics," educational discussion groups, 1955-1962; World's Fair (Negro Week), 1940 .
48 877-882 Writers' Conference 1969-1970
48 883 Yellow Cab Company, 1958; Young Adult Science Group, 1963-1964; Young Adult Social Club, 1946-1954; Young Women's Christian Association, 1964; Young Women's Christian Association, (Cleveland chapter), 1968; Youth Department spending, 1970 .
48 884 Youth for Service, 1962-1964; Youth opportunity, (Washington, D.C.), 1967-1968 .
48 885 Youth staff, 1970; Youth Theatre, 1965-1972; Y-Miscellaneous, 1970 .

Series III: Ledgers 1914-1973 undated

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49 886 Playhouse daybook with financial records and descriptions of activities 1916-1919
49 887 Treasurer's account book of the men's club of the Second Presbyterian Church 1914-1920
49 888-900 Payroll 1951--1961
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50 901-903 Payroll 1962-1964
50 904-915 Subscriptions 1942-1951
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51 916-925 Subscriptions 1942-1961
51 926-931 Day Care 1943-1952
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52 932-933 Accounts payable 1972-1973
52 934 Checking account 1954
52 935 Kara-Brick pledges 1957-1958
52 936 Ashtray sales book 1960
52 937 Class account book undated
52 938 Unidentified account book 1942-1949
52 939-946 Loose account papers 1949-1950 undated
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53 947 Men's Club, Second Presbyterian Church, account book 1916-1917
53 948 Enrollment book 1938-1941
53 949 Account book 1943-1948
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54 950-951 Budgets 1951-1967
54 952 Payroll 1947-1950
54 953 Payroll summary 1963-1964
54 954 Expense account 1943-1945
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55 955 Expense account 1943-1945
55 956 Construction account 1947-1950
55 957 Camp Karamu expense account 1945-1946
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56 958 Play account book 1950-1951
56 959-961 Cash receipts and disbursements 1946-1949
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57 962-965 Cash receipts and disbursements 1947-1951
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58 966-970 Cash receipts and disbursements 1950-1954
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59 971-975 Cash receipts and disbursements 1952-1956
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60 976-979 Cash receipts and disbursements 1956-1960
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61 980-983 Cash receipts and disbursements 1959-1962
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62 984-987 Cash receipts and disbursements 1962-1967
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63 988-991 Cash receipts and disbursements 1964-1969
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64 992-994 Cash receipts and disbursements 1965-1969
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65 995 Nursery, capital, and scholarship receipts and disbursements 1952-1954
65 996 Nursery and capital receipts and disbursement 1955-1956
65 997-998 Nursery receipts and disbursements 1957-1960
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66 999-1002 Theatre receipts and disbursements 1952-1957
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67 1003-1004 Theatre receipts and disbursements 1959-1960
67 1005 Drawings by Karamu students, "Cowboys and Indians" and "Nursery Rhymes" undated
67 1006 Pamphlet on Cleveland Summer Arts Festival 1967
67 1007 Magazine articles about Karamu House 1951-1956
67 1008 Operation Kara-Brick, pledges 1957-1958
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68 1009 Parent's Council of Karamu Nursery, scrapbook 1947-1949
68 1010-1011 General scrapbook 1949-1953
68 1012 Blake, Dick (dance instructor), correspondence and newspaper clippings 1966

Series IV: Student Enrollment Cards ca. 1930-ca. 1965

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69-92 Student enrollment cards, alphabetical by last name, A through Z ca. 1930-ca. 1965

Oversize Folder 1 1942-1971 undated

Statement of purpose of Karamu Dancers undated
Citizenship award certificate, Freedom Chapter American Veterans Committee, Russell and Rowena Jelliffe 1957
Karamu House, Senior Volunteer of the Year Award certificate, J. Edward Cooper 1956
Junior Volunteer of the Year certificate, Linton Lewis Nelson 1956
Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Cleveland Volunteer of the Year certificate, J. Edward Cooper and Linton Lewis Nelson 1956
Announcements of events 1971 undated
Calendar of events 1964
Newspaper clippings mounted on poster board 1942 1968
Architectural drawings undated