| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena |
| Title: | Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers |
| Dates: | 1914-1991 |
| Extent: | 12.71 linear feet (14 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract: | Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involved with the Group Work Council of the Welfare Federation and was a trustee of Oberlin College and the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Urban League, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Both the Jelliffes received numerous honors and awards. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, Karamu Board of Trustee files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, playscripts, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks. In addition to the personal papers of the Jelliffes, this collection contains a significant collection of the records of Karamu House, including initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club concerning the founding of Neighborhood Association, administrative files, histories, materials concerning the New Building Campaign of the 1940s, correspondence with Harold T. Clark, programming files, materials concerning the search for a new executive director, playscripts, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's play, Sermon. Also included are the records of the Karumu Foundation, 1948-1977. |
| MS Number | MS 4737 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Russell Wesley Jelliffe (1891-1980) was born on November 9, 1891, in Mansfield, Ohio, to Charles W. and Margaret Ward Jelliff. Charles W. Jelliff was the founder of Pickering and Jelliff Jewelry Store. Rullell Jelliffe attended the Mansfield Public Schools and in 1910 entered Oberlin College (while there he restored the "e" to the end of the family's name). In his freshman year he met Rowena Woodham, a student from Albion, Illinois, who was majoring in sociology and psychology. His primary interest was political science, and he became involved in the student senate and in 1914 was elected president of his senior class. He adopted the values of progressive politics and techniques of political organization, and ardently campaigned for minority and women's rights. Together, Russell Jelliffe and Rowena Woodham graduated from Oberlin in 1914, respectively earning their Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Psychology. After graduation, Russell and Rowena won scholarships to study sociology at the University of Chicago School of Civics. They received their Master of Arts degrees on may 27, 1915, and, the next day, the couple was married.
In 1915 Russell Jelliffe went to Cleveland, Ohio, to meet with members of the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club to discuss establishing a settlement house for the growing African American and white population of the "Roaring Third" community, a rapidly changing residential neighborhood on the edge of the downtown district. The Jelliffes decided to live as well as work in the neighborhood. In 1919, with the support of the Men's Club and civic minded African Americans, they established the Neighborhood Association, a community organization that focused on neighborhood improvement and settlement assistance. Russell Jelliffe served as an administrator for the association. Using contacts with children as a means of entering the life of the area, the Jelliffes founded their "Playhouse Settlement" as an important part of the community. The settlement provided the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater; this they named "Karamu," Swahili for "a place of joyful meeting." In 1941 the Settlement was renamed Karamu House, under which name it operates today.
Russell Jelliffe was an active member in such organizations as the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations (1945), the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. Jelliffe was involved with the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority in 1933, was president of the Group Work council of the Welfare Federation from 1938 to 1940, was foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury in 1960, and served as trustee of Oberlin College and Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. He received numerous awards and honors for his civic contributions and his dedicated community involvement, including the Charles Eisenman Civic Award, the Ohioana Library "Pegasus Award," and the Human Relations Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. A number of Honorary Degrees were bestowed upon him including the Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Oberlin College, 1944; doctorate of Humanities, Western Reserve University, 1951; and the doctorate of Humane Letters, Cleveland State University, 1967.
Rowena Woodham Jellife (1892-1992) was born Rowena Woodham in Albion, a small farming community in Edwards County, Illinois, on March 23, 1892. Albion was a village whose inhabitants emigrated from Surrey, England, in the mid-nineteenth century to escape the injustices of the Industrial Revolution, the corn Laws, and class distinctions. Rowena's father, John Franklin Woodham, was a clerk of courts for Edwards County; after his death in 1900, her mother, Minnie Saxon Woodham, worked as a mail carrier. In 1910 Rowena matriculated at Oberlin college where she majored in psychology with a special interest in drama. While at Oberlin, Rowena continued in the traditions of her mother and Albion, Illinois, with her involvement in the women's suffrage movement. She became president of the Oberlin Women's Suffrage League.
In Chicago she worked with Jane Addams at Hull House and Graham Taylor at Chicago Commons Settlement House. in 1915 Rowena joined her husband in Cleveland, working for the Second Presbyterian Church, and assisting in the establishment of the Neighborhood Association in 1919. She concentrated on the organization's cultural arts programming. By 1916-1917 the Jelliffes expanded the activities at the then "Playhouse Settlement" to include dramatic productions staged at the settlement's movie showings. She directed the early Playhouse Settlement theater productions, including the children's Plays, which began, impromptu, as early as 1916. She directed the first adult plays, presented by the Dumas Dramatic Club, including works by playwrights Ridgely Torrence, Langston Hughes, Shirley Graham, and Zora Neal Hurston. Overall, Rowena directed about one hundred productions at Karamu between 1920 and 1946, most for the Dumas Club/Gilpin Players. She received her dramatic training under John Murray Anderson and her dance training under Martha Graham.
Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (as an Honorary Soror), the Urban League of Cleveland, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Honors bestowed upon Rowena Jelliffe were Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Oberlin College, 1944; Doctorate of Humanities, Western Reserve University, 1951; and Doctorate of Humane Letters, Cleveland State University, 1967; as well as the Greater Cleveland Women's History Week Committee, 1985; the Neighborhood Centers Association, 1988; and countless other honors. Among her awards are the Charles Eisenman Civic Award, 1941; the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers Award, 1964; the Ohioana Library "Pegasus Award," 1976; and the African American Archives Auxiliary, Rev. Dr. martin Luther King, Jr. Award, in 1990. Russell and Rowena Jelliffe shared the directorship of Karamu House for forty-eight years, retiring jointly in 1963. Afterwards, the couple became trustees of the Karamu Foundation.
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The Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers, 1914-1991, consist of correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, clippings, Karamu Board of Trustees files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, scripts of plays, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks.
This collection is of value to researchers interested in biographical information on Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, as well as historic data pertaining to Karamu House. In addition, researchers interested in the topics of African American theatre, social settlements, social work, civil rights in Cleveland, race relations, and the cultural arts will find significant documentation. The collection contains information regarding the Jelliffes' development of a social service center with the goal of improving racial relations and social conditions by using cultural arts as an educational tool. Interesting items in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurtson's play, Sermon, and correspondence related to the New Building Campaign of the 1940s in which a number of the noted actors, actresses, and entertainers of the day were asked to contribute. Notable correspondents include Raoul Abdul (writer/journalist), Walter Anderson (Karamu alum and composer), Francis Payne Bolton (congressman), Elmer Brown (Karamu alum and artist), Barbara Bush, Harry E. Davis (local politician), Ossie Davis (actor), Ruth De Souza (actress), Minnie Gentry (Karamu alum and actress), Clayborne George (local attorney), Zelma Watson George (Karamu alum and socialite), Langston Hughes, Marjorie Witt Johnson (Karamu alum and social worker), Elizabeth Flory Kelly (Karamu board member), Coretta Scott King, Frank Lausche (politician), Arnold Rampersad, Conrad Seiler (playwright), William Smith, Louis Stokes, Graham Taylor, Charles W. White (local judge), Roy Wilkins, and Carl Van Vechten. The papers span the Jelliffes' lives and involvement with Karamu from the initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club, to Rowena's death in 1991. Significant files include correspondence with the Men's Club in 1914; subject files; files related to published histories of Karamu including John Selby's Beyond Civil Rights and Cora Newald's dissertation "48 Years of Integration Through the Arts"; the New Building Campaign, 1941-1948; Harold T. Clark files, 1923-1966; the Executive Director Search, 1957-1966; and the Karamu Foundation files, 1948-1977.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4606 Karamu House Records; MS 4533 Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers; MS 4643 Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers, Series II; PG 484 Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Photographs; and PG 443 Karamu House Photographs.
Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to PG 484 Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4737 Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Rowena Jelliffe per Dr. Roger W. Jelliffe, 1993.
Processed by Samuel W. Black in 1996.
Series I: Personal Files 1915-1991 undated |
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Sub-series A: Employment Files and Biographical Material 1915-1991 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-2 | Correspondence 1915-1991 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-4 | Date books and telephone books 1951-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Date books and telephone books, expense account 1916 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Date books and telephone books, financial records 1917 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Diary 1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Holiday memorabilia 1951-1985 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Honors, awards, and citations 1944-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9-12 | Journal notes and itinerary 1940-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Notes and miscellany undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Special programs, tributes, and testimonials 1954-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15-16 | Speeches and speaking engagements 1930-1974 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Telegrams 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Cards, anniversary celebrations 1940 1955 1965 1990 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Subject Files 1916-1989 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Agudath B'nai Israel 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Albina Art Center 1968-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | American Association of University Women 1944-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | American Dance Guild, Inc. 1969 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 20 | American Community Theater 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | American Educational Theatre Association 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | American National Theatre and Academy 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | American Playwrights Theatre 1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | American Society of African Culture 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Amistad II 1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Arkansas Art Center 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Arts Foundation Training Center of Cleveland 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Ashtabula Arts Center 1973-1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Associated Councils of the Arts 1970-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Atlanta University 1968-1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Ballet Guild of Cleveland, Inc. 1963-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Eubie Blake 1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Black Unity 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Arna Bontemps 1950-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Brooklyn Exchangettes 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions 1971-1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions 1971-1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Center Repertory Theatre of Cleveland 1976 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Centurian Fine Arts, Inc. 1972-1973 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Children's Theatre Conference 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Area Arts Council 1973-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Chapter of Hadassah 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Church League 1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Council of PTA 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Heights City School District 1955-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association 1974-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | College Club of Cleveland 1955-1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Columbus Public Schools 1974-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Community Music School 1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Community Relations Board 1976-1977 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Cooperative Theatre Club 1963-1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Council on Human Relations 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Donna L. Cummings 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Cuyahoga Community College 1975-1976 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Dance Troupes 1967-1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Delta Kappa Gamma Society 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Delta Sigma Theta 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Earlham College 1963-1971 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | East Akron Community House 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | East Cleveland Community Theatre 1970-1977 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | East Cleveland Community Theatre 1970-1977 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | East Shore Unitarian Fellowship 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Junius Eddy 1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Encampment of Citizenship 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Ethnic Performing Arts Service undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Euclid Senior High School 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Minnie Evans 1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Fair Housing 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Fairmount Center for Creative and Performing Arts 1973-1978 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Fairview Park Kiwanis 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration 1965 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | First Baptist Church 1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | First Presbyterian Church 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Flora Stone Mather College 1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Friends of Culture 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 32-34 | Geauga County property 1926-1987 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Golden Age Center of Cleveland 1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Zelma Watson George 1971-1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 35-36 | Grand Jury 1959-1966 1981 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Great Lakes Shakespeare Association 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Greater Cleveland Bicentennial Oral History Committee 1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association 1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Harlem Teams for Self Help 1970 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Harlem School of the Arts 1968-1977 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Hate mail 1935 1963 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Hawaii trip 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Howard University 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Langston Hughes 1942-1943 1958-1959 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Hunter College 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | James Weldon Johnson Community Center 1967-1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Rowena Jelliffe, suffrage bibliographies, interview 1989 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Russell Jelliffe 1916-1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Jewish Community Centers of Cleveland 1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | John Carroll University 1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Marjorie Witt Johnson 1971-1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Johnson C. Smith University 1973-1974 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Karamu brochure letters, Karamu documentary 1985 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Katherine Karipides and Henry Kurth Dance Theatre 1973-1975 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Elizabeth Flory Kelly, Drama Project 1973-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | The Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change 1963-1975 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Lafayette PTA 1956 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Lakewood Council of the Arts: Lakewood Evening Who's New Club 1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | The Links, Sixtieth Anniversary Program 1975 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Gertrude Lippincott 1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Mana House Workshops 1968-1971 1973-1977 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Mansfield Art Center 1975 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Mansfield Bar Auxiliary 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Maternal Health Association 1964 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Maxwell-Morgan Studio 1971 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Dorothy Maynor 1966-1978 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Medical Student Wives Association 1960 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Midwest Area Civic Council 1966 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Charles Moore 1974 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Robert Morris 1961-1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Mount Vernon 1969-1972 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Museum of Black History and Culture Proposal 1970-19741 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1967-1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts 1972-1975 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials 1963 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | National Council of Arts in Education 1962-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | National Council on the Arts in Government 1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | National Council of Negro Women 1978 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | National Council of Women 1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | National Dance Teachers Guild 1963-1966 1969 undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 49-50 | National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1961-1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 51 | National Industrial Conference Board, speech by David Rockefeller 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 51 | National Theater Conference 1961-1965 1976 1983 | |||||||||
| 4 | 52 | National Women's Party 1967-1974 | |||||||||
| 4 | 52 | Oberlin College 1940-1983 | |||||||||
| 4 | 53-54 | Ohio Arts Council 1971-1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Ohio Community Theatre Association 1963-1965 1974 | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Ohio Dominican College 1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Opera Producing Organizations in the United States 1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 56 | Papers on the Arts 1957-1963 | |||||||||
| 4 | 56 | A Plan for Action by Citizens in Education 1961-1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 57 | Peoples and Cultures 1974-1977 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 57 | People to People Program, Peoples Settlement Association 1965-1968 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 57 | Pittsburgh Council for the Arts 1967 | |||||||||
| 4 | 58 | Race Relations materials 1929-1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 58 | Relevance of Black Studies 1965-1978 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Radcliffe College Women Archives 1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Friends of Paul Robeson 1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Wilhleming Roberson Benefit Fund Committee 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Rod Rodgers Dance Company 1966-1972 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Victor Salupo 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | School of Enrichment Study 1962 | |||||||||
| 4 | 60 | School of Fine Arts with related fine arts association 1973-1978 | |||||||||
| 4 | 61 | The Sophia Smith Collection 1969-1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | 61 | South End Music Center 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 61 | Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, New York 1974-1975 | |||||||||
| 4 | 62 | Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, New York 1975-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Murtis H. Taylor 1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Thomas Moore Institute 1967-1977 | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | UNICEF 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | United Planning Organization 1965 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 64 | United World Federalist, National and Cleveland Chapter 1958-1963 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 65-66 | United World Federalist, National and Cleveland Chapter 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 67 | United Freedom Movement 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 67 | University of Chicago 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 67 | Virgin Islands Art Festival 1964-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 68 | Watts Art Center 1966-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Watts Labor Community Action Committee 1969-1970 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | West End Special Services Project 1965-1970 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Western Reserve Historical Society 1970 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Who's Who in America 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Who's Who of American Women 1958-1964 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Wilson College 1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Women's City Club 1964 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Women's Civic League, Junior League 1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Women's History Project, Oberlin College 1981 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Work study 1966 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | World Association of World Federalist 1970 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | World Presentation, Karamu Goes to Germany 1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Alonzo Wright, world cruise controversy 1956 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland 1982 | |||||||||
Series II: Karamu House Files 1919-1990 undated |
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Sub-series A: Karamu Histories 1935-1973 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 71 | Background materials; short histories, reports, papers, overviews, and publications 1935-1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 71 | Correspondence and financial reports on the sale of Beyond Civil Rights 1966-1967 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 72 | Correspondence related to Beyond Civil Rights 1945-1969 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 73 | Editorial comments by the Jelliffes on Beyond Civil Rights 1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 74 | Here's Zelma, biography of Dr. Zelma Watson George, notes and drafts, by Rowena Jelliffe 1971-1973 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 75 | Karamu Story notes undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 76-82 | Cora Geiger Newald, draft, "48 Years of Integration Through the Arts" undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 83 | Cora Geiger Newald, draft, "48 Years of Integration Through the Arts" undated | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Administrative Files 1919-1971 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 84 | Administrative files, including articles of incorporation of Neighborhood Association 1919-1931 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 84 | Administrative files, Board of Trustees roster 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 6 | 85 | Board of Trustees, files 1923-1970 | |||||||||
| 6 | 86 | Board of Trustees, member and committee rosters 1919-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 86 | Board of Trustees, records of operations 1960-1971 | |||||||||
| 6 | 87 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1952-1971 | |||||||||
| 6 | 88 | Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, and resolutions 1968-1971 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 88 | Board of Trustees, budgets 1944-1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 89 | Funding, correspondence, membership list, and trusts 1941-1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 90 | Funding, Karamu House Building Trusts 1943-1963 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 90 | Funding, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Trusts 1955-1968 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 91 | Funding, lists of contributors and donors 1936-1941 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 92 | Miscellaneous contributions, solicitations 1919-1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 93 | Records of operations, correspondence, spreadsheets, and reports 1928-1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 93 | Records of operations, personnel records, job descriptions, reports, and minutes concerning James Batie 1952 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 94 | Personnel: resumes, staff lists, staff meeting minutes, United Office and Professional Workers of America, Karamu House Local 87, and foundatioins 1939-1966 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series C: New Building Campaign 1919-1960 undated |
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| 6 | 95-96 | Correspondence 1947-1948 | |||||||||
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| 7 | 97 | Correspondence and contacts 1941-1960 | |||||||||
| 7 | 98-99 | Karamu property, agreements, correspondence, and general 1923-1960 | |||||||||
| 7 | 100 | Gift lists 1947-1953 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 101 | Karamu property taxes, titles, deeds, and leases 1919-1961 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 102 | Works Progress Administration building project 1944-1946 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 102 | Renderings 1930-1938 | |||||||||
| 7 | 102 | Miscellaneous 1923-1951 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series D: Correspondence, Program Proposals, and Reports 1923-1981 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 103-106 | Correspondence, alphabetical by name 1925-1981 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 107-110 | Program proposals and reports 1923-1972 | |||||||||
Sub-series E: Harold T. Clark Files 1923-1966 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 111-113 | Correspondence 1923-1939 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 114-115 | Correspondence 1940-1966 | |||||||||
Sub-series F: Subject Files 1941-1980 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 116 | Raoul Abdul through Frances Payne Bolton 1944 1964-1971 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 117 | Elmer Brown through Donald Carmichael 1941 1961-1971 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 118 | Case Western Reserve University through Neralene J. Francis 1947 1974-1977 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 119 | Benno Frank through Rosalind Hall 1948-1978 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 120 | Charles Hickox through Kate Ireland 1965 1973-1975 | |||||||||
| 8 | 121 | Marjorie Witt Johnson through Klaus Roy 1973 1980 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 122 | Olcutt Sanders through Reuben Silver 1961-1975 | |||||||||
| 8 | 123 | William Smith through Carl Stokes 1965-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 124 | Louis Stokes through Carrie Turner 1944-1946 1969-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 125 | United Negro College Fund through Young Men's Christian Association 1944 1947 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series G: Karamu Programming 1922-1988 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 126 | Adult programming descriptions 1962-1970 | |||||||||
| 9 | 127 | Alumni files 1968-1988 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 128 | Artists, Karamu, exhibitions at Cleveland Museum of Art 1941-1962 | |||||||||
| 9 | 129 | Kamp Karamu 1926-1964 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 130 | Children's Programs 1958-1974 | |||||||||
| 9 | 131 | Cleveland Summer Arts Festival 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 9 | 132 | Committees 1933-1980 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 133 | Gilpin Players 1922-1967 | |||||||||
| 9 | 134 | Host and Hostess committee files undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 135 | Lists (memberships, plays, etc.) 1952-1974 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 136 | Lyric Theatre files 1950 | |||||||||
| 9 | 137 | Projects programs 1963-1975 | |||||||||
| 9 | 138 | Scholarships 1956-1957 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 139 | Theater intake 1952-1962 | |||||||||
| 9 | 140 | Theater schedules 1954-1975 | |||||||||
| 9 | 141-143 | Workshops 1956-1975 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series H: Executive Director Search 1957-1966 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 144-151 | Correspondence 1957-1966 undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 152-156 | Applicant files undated | |||||||||
Sub-series I: Miscellaneous Files 1926-1990 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 157-159 | Announcements 1926-1979 undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 160 | Articles 1940 undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 161 | Costume drawings for Voodoo Man undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 162-170 | Newspaper clippings 1920-1990 undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 171 | Plays and scripts, And Now Our Women by Robert Morris undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 172 | Plays and scripts, Chariots-A-Comin' by Zelma Watson George undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 173 | Plays and scripts, Coastwise by Isadora Bennett undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 174 | Plays and scripts, Face on Job by Jene Van Lear Williams and Freedoms a Hard Bought Thing by Stephen Vincent Benet undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 175 | Plays and scripts, The Glass Promise by Robert Morris undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 176 | Plays and scripts, God is a (Guess What?) by Ray McIver 1973 | |||||||||
| 10 | 177 | Plays and scripts, God Pikan by Lorenz Graham 1930 | |||||||||
| 10 | 177 | Plays and scripts, Humanity on a Half Shell by Weelton Huggard 1977 | |||||||||
| 10 | 178 | Plays and scripts, I'll Make You Pay for This by Robert Morris 1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 178 | Plays and scripts, Let's Make an Opera by Barbara Osterstrom 1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 178 | Plays and scripts, Once a Fighter by Robert Morris undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 179 | Plays and scripts, One Hundred in the Shade, Gilpin Players undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 179 | Plays and scripts, The People Next Door by Robert Crean undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 179 | Plays and scripts, A Place Like This with So Many Phonies Around by Robert Morris undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 179 | Plays and scripts, A Report on Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting For Godot' by Robert Morris undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 179 | Plays and scripts, The River by Robert Hilliard undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 180 | Plays and scripts, Robert Lee by Robert Morris 1939 | |||||||||
| 10 | 181 | Plays and scripts, The Sermon in the Valley by Zora Neale Hurston undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 182 | Plays and scripts, Something to Call Mine by Robert Morris 1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 182 | Plays and scripts, The Sound of Thunder by Robert Morris 1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 182 | Plays and scripts, The Wakefield Cycle, author unknown undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 182 | Plays and scripts, You Can't Climb High Enough by Robert Morris 1962 | |||||||||
| 10 | 182 | Plays and scripts, untitled script undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 183 | Plays produced at Karamu House 1947 1953-1955 undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 184 | Poems undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 185-187 | Publications 1942-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 188 | Radio scripts for the Jelliffes 1975 undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 189 | Scrapbook, New Building and History 1942 | |||||||||
| 10 | 190-193 | Scrapbook removals 1927-1940 | |||||||||
| 10 | 194 | Scrapbook removals, art studio 1929-1940 | |||||||||
| 10 | 195 | Scrapbook removals, art and ethnological gifts to museums 1927-1928 | |||||||||
| 10 | 195 | Scrapbook removals, Tom-Tom Opera 1932 | |||||||||
| 10 | 195 | Scrapbook removals, Camp Karamu 1936-1940 | |||||||||
| 10 | 195 | Scrapbook removals, Children's Theatre 1935 | |||||||||
| 10 | 196 | Script correspondence 1951 1965-1968 1970 1979 undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 197-205 | Oversize scrapbook removals and loose newspaper clippings (oversize Scrapbooks have been removed to Container 13, Container 14, and Container 15) 1948-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 206 | Drawings 1940-1979 | |||||||||
Series III: Karamu Foundation Files 1943-1979 undated |
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Sub-series A: Administrative Files 1963-1976 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 207 | Board files 1963-1975 | |||||||||
| 11 | 208-209 | Board minutes and reports 1971-1973 1975 | |||||||||
| 11 | 210 | Board administration records 1968-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 211 | Federal quarterly tax returns, annual financial statements, and work sheets 1963-1976 | |||||||||
| 11 | 212 | Correspondence 1963-1975 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Fundraising 1962-1976 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 213 | Fundraising correspondence 1962-1976 | |||||||||
| 11 | 214-217 | Foundation files 1967-1976 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Cultural Arts Studies 1948-1979 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 218 | Aspen, Colorado 1957-1961 undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 219 | Boston, Massachusetts 1948-1979 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 220-225 | Boston, Massachusetts 1948-1979 | |||||||||
| 12 | 226 | Canton, Ohio 1966-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 227 | Dayton, Ohio 1969-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 228 | Fort Wayne, Indiana 1972-1973 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 228 | Geauga County 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 12 | 228-229 | Indianapolis, Indiana 1966-1975 | |||||||||
| 12 | 230 | Oakwood Village, Ohio 1963-1973 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 230-231 | St. Louis, Missouri 1963-1971 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 232 | San Francisco, California 1975 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 232 | San Jose, California 1968-1972 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series D: Subject Files 1943-1978 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 233 | Archives proposal for Karamu House through Dillard University 1971 1974 | |||||||||
| 12 | 234-235 | Fisk University 1966-1977 | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Free Southern Theatre 1964-1978 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Gilpin Endowment, Cleveland Museum of Art 1943 1971-1972 | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Hamshire College 1971 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Martha Holden Jennings Foundation 1973 | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Miles College 1971-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 236 | Oakland, California 1967-1970 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 237 | Ohio University Dance and Drama 1972-1975 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 237 | Rockefeller Fund 1967-1974 undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 237 | Statement of Continuing Operations for Karamu Foundation 1973 | |||||||||
| 12 | 237 | Elizabeth and William C. Treuhaft Foundation 1973-1975 | |||||||||
| 12 | 237 | University of Wisconsin 1969-1970 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series E: Blueprints 1944 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 238-239 | East 89th Street Nursery School Specifications 1944 | |||||||||
Series IV: Oversize Materials 1914-1992 undated |
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Sub-series A: Oversize Scrapbooks 1949-1965 |
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| Box | |||||||||||
| 13 | Oversize Scrapbook described in Container 11, Folder 197 1949-1952 | ||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 14 | Oversize scrapbook described in Container 11, Folder 200 1952-1955 | ||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 15 | Oversize scrapbook described in Container 11, Folder 205 1963-1965 | ||||||||||
Sub-series B: Blueprints 1932 1957 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 240 | Playhouse Settlement 1932 | |||||||||
| 16 | 240 | Karamu House buildings: East 38th Street Settlement House and Neighborhood Association undated | |||||||||
| 16 | 241 | Karamu House, East 89th and Quincy 1957 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Miscellaneous 1914-1992 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 242 | Two Kids, musical score by Hale Smith, Jr. 1950 | |||||||||
| 17 | 242 | Awards, proclamations, and certificates 1914-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 242 | Gilpin Players, Articles of Incorporation 1925 | |||||||||
| 17 | 243 | Newspaper clippings 1957 1979 | |||||||||
| 17 | 243 | Notes from Langston Hughes 1954 1957 | |||||||||
| 17 | 244 | Art produced by Karamu artists undated | |||||||||
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| 245 | Oversize Folder 1: Dumas Club resolution 1921 | ||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||
| 245 | Oversize Folder 1: Newspaper clippings 1942-1978 | ||||||||||