Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
Creator: | George, Dr. Zelma Watson |
Title: | Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs |
Dates: | 1881-1994 |
Extent: | 55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes) |
Abstract: | Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born in Texas in 1903. As an African American woman coming of age in the early twentieth century, she and her family endured discrimination in many situations. She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, went on to college at the University of Chicago, and eventually earned her Ph.D. from New York University. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and became renown for her musical talents and research, diplomatic career, her contributions to the civil rights movement locally, and her career as an administrator and educator/lecturer. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills. |
MS Number | MS 5415 |
Location: | closed stacks |
Language: | The records are in English |
Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born December 8, 1903, the oldest child of Samuel and Lena (Thomas) Watson, in Hearne, Texas. Her parents were both college educated and musically trained, and were both teachers. Samuel Watson soon became a minister in the Baptist church, causing the family to move around the south and mid-western United States during Zelma's childhood. Samuel Watson was also active in the early civil rights movement, and was familiar with several leaders of the day including Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and several others. These connections had a critical influence on Zelma.
After threats from the Ku Klux Klan, Mr. Watson accepted a pastor position in Topeka, Kansas, in 1918. Zelma Watson George graduated from high school in Topeka in 1920, where she experienced integrated education for the first time. She was determined to attend the University of Chicago, even though discouraged by her high school counselor.
Zelma did attend the University of Chicago, but was not allowed to live on campus because of her race. Due to the refusal of housing and her father's fear that she was too sheltered to move to Chicago alone, the family went along. Samuel Watson became the pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago.
Zelma graduated in 1924 with a degree in Sociology, having endured discrimination in several of her campus activities, including swim class and choir. Upon graduation she became a caseworker for the Associated Charities of Evanston, Illinois, and then a probation officer in the Juvenile Courts of Chicago. She also continued her interest in music and musical studies, where she received a certificate in organ and church music from Northwestern University, a two year program, and studied voice at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
Upon the sudden death of her father in 1925, Zelma decided to help her mother with providing for the education of her younger siblings. Postponing her musical and other career ambitions, in 1932 she took a teaching position at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University and became Dean of Women there. Her mother was already employed there and served in several positions, working as a dormitory matron until the age of 80.
As her siblings made their way through school, Zelma was able to move on to a new phase of her life. In 1937 she married Baxter Carrol Duke, a pastor, and moved to Los Angeles, California, to establish the Avalon Christian Church and Community Center. She also continued her graduate studies at the University of Southern California, with a study on Negro music and its impact on society. Her marriage ended, but her education went forward. She received a two-year Rockefeller Foundation grant to continue her studies of black music which brought her to New York City and she completed her Master of Arts Degree in personnel administration at New York University in 1943. Her research on black music brought her to Cleveland, Ohio, where she met and eventually married Clayborne George, in 1944. Clayborne George (1888-1970) was a distinguished attorney and member of the Cleveland Civil Service Commission. He was active in local politics and civil rights issues.
Zelma's interest in music continued in Cleveland. She was very successful at Karamu House in Gian-Carlo Menotti's "The Medium" in 1948-1949, which led to her performing the role on Broadway for 13 weeks. She was lauded as one of, if not the first, African Americans to perform in a role not specifically written for an African-American, and received the Merit Award of the National Association of Negro Musicians. She performed in other roles at Karamu and auditioned for other roles on Broadway, but decided to return to Cleveland to be with her husband.
She was also active in international, cultural, and political activities at this time. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology and intercultural relations from New York University in 1954. She became the first African American woman to serve on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Armed Services (DACOWITS) in 1956, and unsuccessfully ran for Ohio State Representative in 1958.
Through her work on DACOWITS and other conferences with national leaders, she became connected with Congresswoman Francis Payne Bolton, from Ohio's 22nd district. Congresswoman Bolton, learning of Zelma's background, research, and experiences, recommended her for a grant from the State Department's Educational Exchange Program. Zelma was awarded this grant, which took her on a six month tour around the world speaking on African American and Women's issues in the United States. She was lauded by the world press, consulates, embassies, and American government personnel for her work on this tour. Upon her return, she was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as an alternate member of the United States delegation of the United Nations General Assembly in 1960. At this time, several African nations were joining the United Nations, and Zelma took controversial stances. As her time with the U.N. Delegation came to an end, Zelma used these experiences for speeches and lectures she was invited to give for various foundations and organizations.
Dr. George became the Executive Director of the Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women in 1966. The Job Corps Center was operated by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in conjunction with the federal government and helped to train young women in a trade or to receive a high school diploma/GED to help them become employable, independent, and successful. She retired from the Cleveland Job Corps Center in 1974. After her retirement, she continued to give lectures and speeches, teach classes at Cuyahoga Community College, and perform occasionally in musical or dramatic roles.
Zelma Watson George was an active member of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio and was a member of several boards and organizations, including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Links, Inc., the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Girls Scouts, Karamu House, the Conference of Christians and Jews, the Council on Human Relations, and many others. She received several awards and honorary degrees. She passed away on July 3, 1994 in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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The Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs, 1881-1994 and undated, consist of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills.
This collection will be of value to researchers interested in Dr. Zelma Watson George's life and work. More generally, those interested in the African American experience throughout the 20th century will find this collection of note, especially those interested in experiences of African American women in the Cleveland, Ohio, area during this time. Information on issues regarding the civil rights movement, racism, discrimination, higher education, theater and cultural arts, local and national politics, and international relations are included in these papers. Dr. George's unique and varied life experiences as a female African American, music scholar, United Nations delegate, good-will ambassador, sociologist, educator, lecturer, and opera singer, coming of age in the early to mid-20th century, are presented in this collection.
Researchers interested in Dr. George's role in community and national organizations, service organizations, women's, educational, cultural, art, and professional organizations will find Series I of this collection important. These documents will illustrate not only her role, but the roles of certain groups and how they affected different issues in Cleveland, Ohio, locally, and throughout the United States over the latter half of the 20th century. Especially illustrative for those interested in African American women's organizations, will be the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and The Links, Inc. files that show how African American women united in social, service, and civic organizations to accomplish set goals.
Those interested in the Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women, its role in educational and vocational training for young women during the 1960s-1970s, and Zelma Watson George's role in that organization will find Series II of interest. The programs offered, it's staff and issues faced by the Center and how it responded, including students served, crime, views on sexuality at the time, curriculum, and job training are all addressed in this series.
Anyone interested in the United Nations (U.N.), the United States' role within the U.N., international relations, world political issues, Zelma Watson George's role as an alternate delegate and how these issues evolved over the latter half of the 20th century will want to consult Series III.
For those interested in Dr. George's research and writing on various topics including music, African Americans in music, civil rights, women's issues, racial issues, arts and theater, international relations, and classes she taught, as well as where she spoke and details of her speaking career, Series IV should be consulted.
For researchers interested more specifically in Dr. George's career, what conferences and events she attended and participated in, Series V should be consulted. Conference and event topics included in this series range from civics, social issues, political issues, music, education, aging, and beyond.
For those interested in cultural arts, Dr. George's work in both local and national theater and music communities, and her collection of works and research on this topic, especially African American music, should consult Series VI. Information regarding Karamu House and other arts organizations, exhibits, and performances are included here.
Series VII: Public Relations contains information on Dr. George's awards and honors, and includes articles and press releases regarding her many and varied activities, performances, speeches, interests, and research.
Series VIII: Correspondence, will be of interest to those researchers wanting a more in-depth look at how Dr. George felt about events, issues, education, family life, politics, and other topics, both from a personal and a professional stand-point. It contains information helpful to those interested in her family genealogy as well.
Series IX: Subject Files, will be of note to those wanting more information on topics that Dr. George was passionate about or interested in and how she arrived at her views. The issue subject files contain articles and research on various topics ranging from aging to civil rights and race relations, cultural arts, disabilities, education, sexuality, women's issues, international relations, and beyond. The personal subject files contain information including appointment books, calendars, notes, church activities, finances, and other such information to show more of what Dr. George's daily life was like. Those interested in Dr. George's genealogy should also consult this series.
For visual representation of the people, places, events, and issues important to Zelma Watson George's life and work,family and professional acquaintances, Series X should be consulted.
Audio/Visual materials regarding the above are available in Series XI. Cassettes, LPs, reel-to-reel tapes, and VHS tapes representative of Dr.George's interests, speeches, lectures, research, music and art interests are included.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container___, Folder ___ ], MS 5415 Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Vivian Watson Edwards in 1994 and the estate of Vivian Watson Edwards in 1999.
Processed by Hannah Kemp-Severence in 2017. The processing of this collection was made possible by a grant from the United Black Fund.
Series I: Organizations 1932-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Greek Organizations 1932-1994 undated |
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1 | 1 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, anniversary files, brochures, and calendars 1970-1983 undated | |||||||||
1 | 2-3 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women (includes negatives) 1971-1987 undated | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, constitutions/by-laws and manuals; correspondence and memoranda 1947-1956 1970-1994 undated | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, handbooks, history, invitations, and miscellaneous 1957-1988 undated | |||||||||
1 | 6-16 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, National Boules (biennial conventions) 1932-1988 undated | |||||||||
1 | 17-19 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, newsletters and publications 1956-1994 | |||||||||
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2 | 1-6 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, newsletters and publications 1956-1994 | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, notes, office candidate literature, and programs 1962-1986 undated | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, regional files: Central region 1972-1975 undated | |||||||||
2 | 9-10 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, regional files: Great Lakes region 1972-1994 | |||||||||
2 | 11 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, regional files: Mid-Western, North-Atlantic, South-Atlantic, and South-Eastern regions 1971-1986 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, reports, scholarships, seminars, and songs 1972-1979 undated | |||||||||
2 | 13-14 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, testimonial and retirement dinners for Dr. Zelma Watson George 1970-1975 | |||||||||
2 | 15 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, yearbooks and membership rosters 1972-1993 | |||||||||
2 | 16 | Alpha Kappa Gamma Fraternity, press notice 1943 | |||||||||
2 | 17 | Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, miscellaneous; Delta Kappa Gamma Society, miscellaneous 1989 1966-1991 | |||||||||
2 | 18 | Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity, journal 1976 | |||||||||
2 | 19 | Phi Delta Kappa Sorority, miscellaneous 1974-1994 | |||||||||
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3 | 1-4 | Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, miscellaneous (oversize material removed to Container 69, Item 1) 1971-1993 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Non-Greek Organizations 1945-1994 undated |
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3 | 5 | A. Philip Randolph Institute 1972 | |||||||||
3 | 6-8 | Accord Associates 1980-1988 | |||||||||
3 | 9 | Advisory Committee on Community Needs; African Studies Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Cancer Society; American Friends Service Committee, Inc.; Ann R. Pickard Memorial Fund 1959-1980 undated | |||||||||
3 | 10 | Arthritis Foundation-Northeastern Ohio chapter; Benjamin Rose Institute; Black Professionals Association; Black Women in the Middle West; Black Women's Political Forum; Business Women's Current Events Club; Campaign for United Nations Reform 1969-1989 | |||||||||
3 | 11 | Carnegie Institute of Washington 1962 | |||||||||
3 | 12 | Center for Human Relations, Inc.; Citizens for the Cleveland Public Library; Clergy and Laity Concerned-Cleveland Committee; Cleveland Ballet; Cleveland Club of Washington, D.C.; Cleveland Council of Church Women 1948-1986 undated | |||||||||
3 | 13 | Cleveland Council on World Affairs 1958-1988 | |||||||||
3 | 14-17 | Cleveland Music School Settlement 1977-1994 | |||||||||
3 | 18 | Cleveland Playhouse; Cleveland School of the Arts; Cleveland Society for the Blind 1959-1988 undated | |||||||||
3 | 19-20 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, annual meeting 1971 | |||||||||
3 | 21 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, annual reports 1970-1971 | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, appointment of Zelma Watson George and incorporation papers 1968-1971 | |||||||||
4 | 2-10 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, board meetings 1971-1972 | |||||||||
4 | 11 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, brochures undated | |||||||||
4 | 12-15 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, budgets and financial information 1971-1972 | |||||||||
4 | 16-18 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, memoranda, minutes, notes, public relations, reports, and research 1971-1973 | |||||||||
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5 | 1-5 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, memoranda, minutes, notes, public relations, reports, and research 1971-1973 | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Council on Human Relations 1958-1988 undated | |||||||||
5 | 7-9 | Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) 1954-1979 | |||||||||
5 | 10 | Eliza Bryant Center; Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Project 1979-1991 undated | |||||||||
5 | 11-13 | Ethnic Heritage Studies Development Program Advisory Council for Cleveland Public Schools 1974-1978 | |||||||||
5 | 14 | Friends of Shaker Square 1980-1985 | |||||||||
5 | 15 | Girl Scouts Council 1945-1985 | |||||||||
5 | 16 | Gray Panthers; Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival; Greater Cleveland Cares; Greater Cleveland Growth Association; Greater Clevelanders for SALT; Habitat for Humanity; Heights Urban League; Hough Area 169th Year Celebration Committee; Human Subjects Review Committee; Institute for World Order; Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland; International Peace Academy ca. late 1960s-1991 undated | |||||||||
5 | 17 | International Platform Association; Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.; League of Women Voters of Cleveland 1964-1987 | |||||||||
5 | 18-19 | The Links, Inc., The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts 1975-1979 | |||||||||
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6 | 1-8 | The Links, Inc., The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts 1975-1979 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | The Links, Inc., anniversary 1973 | |||||||||
6 | 10 | The Links, Inc., Central Area Region 1975-1988 | |||||||||
6 | 11-16 | The Links, Inc., Cleveland Chapter 1955-1994 | |||||||||
6 | 17 | The Links, Inc., committee records, various 1978-1985 undated | |||||||||
6 | 18 | The Links, Inc., conferences 1973-1987 | |||||||||
6 | 19 | The Links, Inc., correspondence and memoranda 1972-1988 | |||||||||
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7 | 1 | The Links, Inc., correspondence and memoranda 1972-1988 | |||||||||
7 | 2 | The Links, Inc., Executive Council 1978-1980 undated | |||||||||
7 | 3 | The Links, Inc., funding proposals to the Links; Images of Excellence program 1979-1985 undated | |||||||||
7 | 4 | The Links, Inc., Legacy Links Council 1984-1986 | |||||||||
7 | 5 | The Links, Inc., miscellaneous 1965-1986 undated | |||||||||
7 | 6 | The Links, Inc., National Achievement Scholarship Program 1979-1986 | |||||||||
7 | 7-14 | The Links, Inc., National Assembly 1972-1986 | |||||||||
7 | 15-16 | The Links, Inc., national organization administrative and membership documents 1957-1985 undated | |||||||||
7 | 17-19 | The Links, Inc., newsletters and other publications 1969-1993 | |||||||||
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8 | 1-2 | The Links, Inc., newsletters and other publications 1969-1993 | |||||||||
8 | 3 | The Links, Inc., notes 1976-1984 undated | |||||||||
8 | 4-5 | The Links, Inc., other chapters 1973-1987 undated | |||||||||
8 | 6 | The Links, Inc., press relations and articles; and travel 1973-1985 undated | |||||||||
8 | 7-8 | The Links, Inc., Women of Courage exhibition 1984-1986 undated | |||||||||
8 | 9-11 | Musical Arts Association 1965-1988 undated | |||||||||
8 | 12 | National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); National Association of Media Women, Inc.; National Conference of Christians and Jews 1957-1985 | |||||||||
8 | 13 | National Council of Churches of Christ; National Council of Negro Women, Inc., National Inter-religious Task-Force on Black-Jewish Relations; and National Planning Association 1970-1986 undated | |||||||||
8 | 14 | New Cleveland Opera Company; New Directions; Office on School Monitoring and Community Relations; Ohio Women, Inc.; Ohio Women's Hall of Fame; One World Day Committee; Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament; Phillis Wheatley Association; Physicians for Social Responsibility; The Pierians; Planetary Citizens; and Push to Excel 1962-1994 undated | |||||||||
8 | 15 | Racial Justice Committee; Servas; Shaker heights City School District; Shaker Towers Condominium Association; and Spirit of Cleveland 1973-1994 undated | |||||||||
8 | 16-18 | Summer Music Experience 1975-1984 | |||||||||
8 | 19 | Tomorrow's America; Unidentified; United States Committee for the United Nations; University Circle, Inc.; West Shore Chorale; and Wings Over Jordan 1961-1988 undated | |||||||||
8 | 20 | Wit's End (WE) Club; Women's Caucus for Art; Women's Center; WOmen's Committee of the Cleveland Orchestra; World Affairs Council; and World Congress of Organizations for a Peaceful Earth 1981-1987 undated | |||||||||
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9 | 1-3 | World Federalist Association and related organizations 1962-1989 | |||||||||
9 | 4 | World Future Society; Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland, Ohio (YWCA); and Zelma George Shelter 1953-1991 undated |
Series II: Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women 1966-1991 undated |
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9 | 5 | Agreements/Contracts; and Certificates, awards, and resolutions 1968-1986 undated | |||||||||
9 | 6-15 | Correspondence and memoranda 1966-1986 | |||||||||
9 | 16 | Coursework 1974 undated | |||||||||
9 | 17-18 | Event programs and invitations 1966-1991 | |||||||||
9 | 19 | Minutes, rosters, lists, directories, and schedules 1968-1978 | |||||||||
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10 | 1 | Minutes, rosters, lists, directories, and schedules 1968-1978 | |||||||||
10 | 2 | Miscellaneous 1968-1979 undated | |||||||||
10 | 3 | Notes 1973-1981 undated | |||||||||
10 | 4-17 | Policies/procedures, curriculum, training and incentive programs, including handbooks and position descriptions 1970-1974 undated | |||||||||
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11 | 1-2 | Policies/procedures, curriculum, training and incentive programs, including handbooks and position descriptions 1970-1974 undated | |||||||||
11 | 3-5 | Public relations 1967-1987 undated | |||||||||
11 | 6-7 | Reference and research material and related notes 1970-1974 undated | |||||||||
11 | 8-17 | Reports, statistics, and proposals 1966-1987 undated | |||||||||
11 | 18 | Scrapbook (oversize volume removed-Volume 1) 1974 | |||||||||
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12 | 1-2 | Speeches, remarks, testimony, and related notes and documents 1967-1974 undated | |||||||||
12 | 3-5 | Workshops and conferences 1969-1974 undated |
Series III: United Nations 1960-1994 ca. 1960 undated |
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12 | 6-11 | Articles, newsletters, and research resources 1960-1993 undated | |||||||||
12 | 12 | Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice ca. 1960 undated | |||||||||
12 | 13 | Centre for Economic and Social Information 1971-1977 | |||||||||
12 | 14 | Conferences, both United Nations sponsored and non-United nations sponsored 1961-1985 | |||||||||
12 | 15 | Disarmament issue file including resources, research, flyers, newsletters, publications, and notes 1982-1983 undated | |||||||||
12 | 16 | Educational programs, resources, and studies 1979-1983 | |||||||||
12 | 17 | Funds, programs, specialized agencies, and otherwise affiliated efforts 1962-1978 undated | |||||||||
12 | 18 | General Assembly 1960-1982 | |||||||||
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13 | 1-2 | General Assembly 1960-1982 | |||||||||
13 | 3 | International Peace Academy 1970-1976 | |||||||||
13 | 4 | Notes and miscellaneous documents 1960-1986 undated | |||||||||
13 | 5-9 | Publications, brochures, and reports 1960-1985 undated | |||||||||
13 | 10 | Tour with Zelma Watson George 1983 | |||||||||
13 | 11 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), agendas/calendars 1977-1990 | |||||||||
13 | 12-17 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA),board of directors meetings and minutes 1971-1989 | |||||||||
13 | 18 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA),budgets and financial information 1971-1983 | |||||||||
13 | 19 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), by-laws 1975-1983 | |||||||||
13 | 20 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), charts 1971-1983 undated | |||||||||
13 | 21 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), conferences/seminars 1976-1982 | |||||||||
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14 | 1 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), conferences/seminars 1976-1984 undated | |||||||||
14 | 2-6 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), convention information 1972-1994 | |||||||||
14 | 7-10 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), correspondence and memoranda 1971-1993 | |||||||||
14 | 11-12 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), Economic Policy Council 1978-1984 | |||||||||
14 | 13 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), guidelines, policies, fact sheets, and proposals 1974-1987 | |||||||||
14 | 14-16 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), member resources 1971-1981 | |||||||||
14 | 17 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), membership rescruitment 1975 undated | |||||||||
14 | 18 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), news releases and public service announcements 1974-1984 | |||||||||
14 | 19 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), newsletters of local chapters 1974-1985 | |||||||||
14 | 20 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), notes and miscellaneous 1974-1982 undated | |||||||||
14 | 21 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), programs and invitations 1975 1981 | |||||||||
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15 | 1-7 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA),publications, brochures, papers, and resources 1971-1988 undated | |||||||||
15 | 8-9 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), report/studies 1971-1991 undated | |||||||||
15 | 10 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), resolutions 1979 1986 | |||||||||
15 | 11 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), statements, speeches, and testimony 1974-1984 | |||||||||
15 | 12 | United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), World Federation of United Nations Associations 1973-1983 | |||||||||
15 | 13 | United Nations Commemorative First Day Cover collection of Zelma Watson George 1977-1979 | |||||||||
15 | 14 | United Nations Day 1970-1985 | |||||||||
15 | 15-19 | United Nations Decade for Women 1976-1985 | |||||||||
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16 | 1 | United Nations Development Programme 1971-1974 undated | |||||||||
16 | 2 | United States Congress relations with the United Nations 1961-1980 | |||||||||
16 | 3 | United States delegation and mission press releases 1962-1965 |
Series IV: Writings, Speeches, Lectures, and Research Notes and Materials 1941-1991 undated |
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Sub-series A: Alphabetical by title 1953-1986 undated |
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16 | 4-7 | "A": "A Guide to Negro Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Negro Folk Music, And Art Music by Negro Composers or Based on Negro Thematic Material" (doctoral dissertation of Zelma Watson George) 1953 | |||||||||
16 | 8-10 | "A": "A Joyful Noise"; "Alternate Career Planning for the Woman on the Move"; and "American History Through Song" 1974-1985 | |||||||||
16 | 11 | "B"-"P": "Black Art: A Set of Social Facts"; "Black Influence on American Music"; "Female/Feminine, Woman/Womanliness"; "Hope: A Necessary Condition for Action"; "Introductory Statement of Zelma Watson George at the Octogenerian Program, Images of Excellence, Cuyahoga Community College"; "My Basic Beliefs"; "Panic/or Plan" 1977-1986 | |||||||||
16 | 12 | "R"-"S": "Reach Out and Touch"; Remarks by Zelma George at the Opening of the Women of Courage Exhibit; "Roots"; "See Me Clearly"; "Self-Respect, Self-Fulfillment, and Emotional Maturity"; "Society's Second Chance"; and Statement of Zelma Watson George Regarding Her Appointment as a Member of the United States Team in the General Assembly of the United Nations by President Eisenhower 1979-1986 undated | |||||||||
16 | 13 | "T": "That Other King"; and "The Anatomy of Africa" 1977-1986 undated | |||||||||
16 | 14 | "T": "The Biology of the Banjo"; and "The Relevance of Black History to Education" 1978-1985 undated | |||||||||
16 | 15 | "T": "The Role of the Arts in the Development of Global-mindedness"; "The Role of the Individual in Contemporary Society"; "The Role of the People in Disarmament" 1957-1985 | |||||||||
16 | 16-18 | "T": "The Sociology of the Negro Spiritual" 1981-1982 | |||||||||
16 | 19 | "T": "The Story of Karamu"; and "The United Nations in a Changed and Changing World" 1980-1985 | |||||||||
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17 | 1 | "T": "The United States, the United Nations, and the Global Economic System"; and "The World Conference for Women" 1985-1986 | |||||||||
17 | 2 | "W": "Women of Achievement"; and "Women-Everywhere" 1984-1986 | |||||||||
17 | 3-5 | "W": "World Concerns and the U.S." 1983 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Subject Files 1941-1991 undated |
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17 | 6 | Bible class notes 1943-1955 undated | |||||||||
17 | 7 | Commencement addresses 1965-1975 | |||||||||
17 | 8-10 | Contracts for speaking engagements 1962-1964 | |||||||||
17 | 11 | Cuyahoga Community College projects 1985-1987 | |||||||||
17 | 12 | Dramatic productions 1939-1991 | |||||||||
17 | 13 | Education 1962-1985 undated | |||||||||
17 | 14 | First Bank National Association Intern Class, administration, correspondence, notes, and outlines 1981-1982 | |||||||||
17 | 15 | First Bank National Association Intern Class, sessions I and II 1981-1982 | |||||||||
17 | 16 | First Bank National Association Intern Class, sessions III through VII 1981-1982 | |||||||||
17 | 17 | First Bank National Association Intern Class, sessions VIII through IX 1981-1982 | |||||||||
17 | 18 | First Bank National Association Intern Class, session X 1981-1983 | |||||||||
17 | 19 | Grants and fellowship information 1986 undated | |||||||||
17 | 20 | Information about/regarding speaking engagements and lectures 1963-1988 undated | |||||||||
17 | 21 | Miscellaneous loose material and research notes 1941-1986 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
18 | 1-15 | Miscellaneous loose material and research notes 1941-1986 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
19 | 1-16 | Miscellaneous loose material and research notes 1941-1986 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
20 | 1-2 | Miscellaneous loose material and research notes 1941-1986 undated | |||||||||
20 | 3-9 | Music research materials 1941-1982 undated | |||||||||
20 | 10 | Possible speaking engagements 1966-1967 | |||||||||
20 | 11 | Public Relations 1953-1983 undated | |||||||||
20 | 12-16 | Research conducted from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center of Howard University-Arthur Spingarn Music Cards 1976 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
21 | 1-4 | Research conducted from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center of Howard University-Arthur Spingarn Music Cards 1976 | |||||||||
21 | 5-6 | Topics for speaker's files 1965-1979 undated | |||||||||
21 | 7 | Various mixed groupings of related notes, research, and correspondence 1958-1988 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
22 | 1-4 | Various mixed groupings of related notes, research, and correspondence 1958-1988 undated | |||||||||
22 | 5 | White House Conference on Children and Youth, Department of State Lecture Tour, West Africa, Middle Europe, and The Far East 1958-1959 | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Research Note Cards undated |
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23 | Music and authors research note cards, largely alphabetical by last name within boxed groupings undated | ||||||||||
Box | |||||||||||
24 | Music and authors research note cards, largely alphabetical by last name within boxed groupings undated | ||||||||||
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25 | Music and authors research note cards, largely alphabetical by last name within boxed groupings undated |
Series V: Conferences, Events, and Invitations 1938-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Conference and Event Programs 1938-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
26 | 1 | Conference and event programs 1938-1959 | |||||||||
26 | 2-3 | Conference and event programs 1960 | |||||||||
26 | 4 | Conference and event programs 1961-1969 | |||||||||
26 | 5 | Conference and event programs 1970-1973 | |||||||||
26 | 6 | Conference and event programs 1974-1975 | |||||||||
26 | 7 | Conference and event programs 1975 | |||||||||
26 | 8 | Conference and event programs 1976 | |||||||||
26 | 9 | Conference and event programs 1977-1978 | |||||||||
26 | 10 | Conference and event programs 1979-1980 | |||||||||
26 | 11 | Conference and event programs 1980-1981 | |||||||||
26 | 12 | Conference and event programs 1981 | |||||||||
26 | 13 | Conference and event programs 1982-1983 | |||||||||
26 | 14 | Conference and event programs 1984 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
27 | 1-3 | Conference and event programs 1985 | |||||||||
27 | 4 | Conference and event programs 1986-1994 | |||||||||
27 | 5 | Conference and event programs undated | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Event Subject Files 1970-1989 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
27 | 6 | African American Bicentennial Celebration; Bel Air Civic Club Miss Black Ohio beauty pageant 1976 | |||||||||
27 | 7 | Cleveland Orchestra Children's Key Concerts 1971-1976 | |||||||||
27 | 8 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations 1976-1982 | |||||||||
27 | 9 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations 1982-1984 | |||||||||
27 | 10 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations 1984-1989 | |||||||||
27 | 11 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations; Martin Luther King Jr. related events 1977 undated | |||||||||
27 | 12 | Mayor's Award for Volunteerism event 1985 | |||||||||
27 | 13-14 | Miss America Beauty Pageant 1970 | |||||||||
27 | 15 | Senior Fest 1979 | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Invitations 1953-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
27 | 16 | 1950s (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 1) 1953-1958 ca. 1958 | |||||||||
27 | 17 | 1960s 1960 | |||||||||
27 | 18 | 1970s 1971-1979 | |||||||||
27 | 19-20 | 1980s 1980-1989 | |||||||||
27 | 21 | 1990s 1990-1994 | |||||||||
27 | 22 | Undated undated |
Series VI: Cultural Arts 1881-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Karamu House 1942-1987 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
28 | 1 | Administrative documents 1979-1986 | |||||||||
28 | 2 | Composer-in-residence Leslie Adams; correspondence and memoranda; and history 1979 1975-1986 undated | |||||||||
28 | 3 | Memorial service for Russell Wesley Jeliffe 1980 | |||||||||
28 | 4 | Performances and lecture series 1942-1986 undated | |||||||||
28 | 5-6 | Play scripts 1979 | |||||||||
28 | 7 | Productions-The Medium 1949-1950 undated | |||||||||
28 | 8 | Public relations 1949-1987 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: General Files 1927-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
28 | 9 | A Joyful Noise production; and art and museum exhibitions (oversize material removed to Container 70) 1982-1985 1976-1994 | |||||||||
28 | 10 | Charles Moore; Cleveland Civic Orchestra; Cleveland Playhouse; East Cleveland Community Theater; Enshrined Forever (oversize material removed to Container 70) ca. 1950s 1975-1992 undated | |||||||||
28 | 11 | Even So I Send You script; Festival Fantastico; Friends of Culture; Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival 1964-1988 undated | |||||||||
28 | 12 | Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters; Kent Road Film Festival 1984-1985 undated | |||||||||
28 | 13 | Miscellaneous 1950-1988 undated | |||||||||
28 | 14-15 | M.S. Renaissance Twelfth Music Festival at Sea 1976 | |||||||||
28 | 16 | National Black Music Colloquium and Competition; Palace Theater; Performing Arts Program of the African American Institute; Play, Don't Mess Around ca. 1959 1980-1981 undated | |||||||||
28 | 17-19 | Poetry and literature collections including Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and James Dodson Nobel, among others (Langston Hughes signature removed to vault) 1927-1993 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
29 | 1 | Poetry and literature collections including Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and James Dodson Nobel, among others 1927-1993 undated | |||||||||
29 | 2 | Sojourner Truth: National Cultural Arts Festival 1976 | |||||||||
29 | 3-6 | The Medium, Allegheny Playshop production and The Arena Theater production, New York City 1950-1953 | |||||||||
29 | 7 | Their Eyes were Watching God musical script; West Shore Concerts; Your Arms Too Short to Box with God; 1974-1975 | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Music Collections and Activities 1881 ca. 1900s-1990s undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
29 | 8 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books 1881 | |||||||||
29 | 9 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1900s-1920s | |||||||||
29 | 10-11 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books (Langston Hughes signature removed to vault) ca. 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
29 | 12-13 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1950s | |||||||||
29 | 14 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
29 | 15-16 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1960s | |||||||||
29 | 17 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1970s | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
30 | 1-2 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books (includes audio tape) ca. 1980s | |||||||||
30 | 3 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books ca. 1990s | |||||||||
30 | 4-6 | Musical scores, lyrics, and song books undated | |||||||||
30 | 7 | Notes, lists, correspondence, and miscellaneous 1960-1983 undated |
Series VII: Public Relations ca. 1930s-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
30 | 8 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 2) 1956-1971 | |||||||||
30 | 9 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 2) 1971-1973 | |||||||||
30 | 10 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 3) 1974 | |||||||||
30 | 11 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 2) 1975-1979 | |||||||||
30 | 12 | Awards and honors 1980-1983 | |||||||||
30 | 13 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 2) 1984-1985 | |||||||||
30 | 14 | Awards and honors 1986-1989 | |||||||||
30 | 15 | Awards and honors (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folders 2 and 3) 1990-1994 undated | |||||||||
30 | 16 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1930s-1950s | |||||||||
30 | 17 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1950s | |||||||||
30 | 18 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1960s-1970s | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
31 | 1-2 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1970s | |||||||||
31 | 3-4 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1980s | |||||||||
31 | 5 | Newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and press releases regarding Zelma Watson George ca. 1990s undated |
Series VIII: Correspondence 1934-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Personal and Professional Correspondence 1934-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
31 | 6 | Personal correspondence 1937-1959 | |||||||||
31 | 7 | Personal correspondence ca. 1950s | |||||||||
31 | 8 | Personal correspondence 1960-1971 | |||||||||
31 | 9 | Personal correspondence 1972-1973 | |||||||||
31 | 10 | Personal correspondence 1974 | |||||||||
31 | 11 | Personal correspondence 1975 | |||||||||
31 | 12 | Personal correspondence 1976-1977 | |||||||||
31 | 13-14 | Personal correspondence 1978 | |||||||||
31 | 15 | Personal correspondence 1979 | |||||||||
31 | 16 | Personal correspondence 1980 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
32 | 1 | Personal correspondence 1981 | |||||||||
32 | 2-3 | Personal correspondence 1982 | |||||||||
32 | 4-5 | Personal correspondence 1983 | |||||||||
32 | 6-7 | Personal correspondence 1984 | |||||||||
32 | 8 | Personal correspondence 1985 | |||||||||
32 | 9-10 | Personal correspondence 1986 | |||||||||
32 | 11 | Personal correspondence 1987 | |||||||||
32 | 12 | Personal correspondence 1988-1989 | |||||||||
32 | 13 | Personal correspondence 1990-1994 | |||||||||
32 | 14-18 | Personal correspondence (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 4) undated | |||||||||
32 | 19 | Professional correspondence 1934-1970 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
33 | 1 | Professional correspondence 1971-1973 | |||||||||
33 | 2 | Professional correspondence 1974-1975 | |||||||||
33 | 3 | Professional correspondence 1975 | |||||||||
33 | 4 | Professional correspondence 1976 | |||||||||
33 | 5 | Professional correspondence 1977 | |||||||||
33 | 6 | Professional correspondence 1978 | |||||||||
33 | 7 | Professional correspondence 1979 | |||||||||
33 | 8 | Professional correspondence 1980 | |||||||||
33 | 9 | Professional correspondence 1981 | |||||||||
33 | 10 | Professional correspondence 1982 | |||||||||
33 | 11 | Professional correspondence 1983 | |||||||||
33 | 12 | Professional correspondence 1984 | |||||||||
33 | 13-14 | Professional correspondence 1985 | |||||||||
33 | 15 | Professional correspondence 1986 | |||||||||
33 | 16 | Professional correspondence 1987 | |||||||||
33 | 17 | Professional correspondence 1988-1989 | |||||||||
33 | 18 | Professional correspondence 1990-1992 | |||||||||
33 | 19 | Professional correspondence 1993-1994 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Correspondence Subject Files 1936-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
34 | 1 | Besse, Ralph; Bustamante; Center for Human Relations; and Delta Kappa Gamma 1969-1993 undated | |||||||||
34 | 2 | George, Clayborne, and Zelma Watson (Duke) 1936-1941 | |||||||||
34 | 3-12 | George, Clayborne, and Zelma Watson (Duke) 1942 | |||||||||
34 | 13 | George, Clayborne, and Zelma Watson 1945 | |||||||||
34 | 14-15 | George, Clayborne, and Zelma Watson 1950 | |||||||||
34 | 16 | George, Clayborne, and Zelma Watson (including handwritten inventory of correspondence) undated | |||||||||
34 | 17-18 | Howard University Music Project 1942-1951 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
35 | 1 | Hummings, Armenta; and Lawson, Mrs. MGP, Sr. ca. 1977-1983 | |||||||||
35 | 2 | Simmons, Mary 1975-1979 | |||||||||
35 | 3 | United Nations Decade for Women; and Western Reserve Historical Society 1983-1985 1994 |
Series IX: Subject Files 1900-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Issue Subject Files 1926-1992 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
35 | 4-7 | African American issues, civil rights, and race relations issues 1926-1988 undated | |||||||||
35 | 8 | Aging and senior citizens 1959 1971-1986 | |||||||||
35 | 9-12 | Cultural arts 1944-1986 undated | |||||||||
35 | 13 | Disabilities 1981 | |||||||||
35 | 14 | Drugs 1965-1982 undated | |||||||||
35 | 15 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Baldwin Wallace College; Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia; and Case Western Reserve University 1958-1987 undated | |||||||||
35 | 16 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Cleveland State University Ethnic Heritage Studies Program; 1974-1975 | |||||||||
35 | 17-19 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Cuyahoga Community College 1975-1989 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
36 | 1 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Cuyahoga Community College 1975-1989 | |||||||||
36 | 2-3 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Fisk University 1971-1990 | |||||||||
36 | 4 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Heidelberg College; Howard University; Morgan State University 1967-1984 undated | |||||||||
36 | 5 | Education-Colleges and Universities, New York University; Norfolk State University; Ohio State University; Radcliffe College; and Tennessee State University 1935-1981 undated | |||||||||
36 | 6 | Education-Colleges and Universities, University of Akron; University of Chicago; University of Minnesota; and University of Tennessee 1969-1992 undated | |||||||||
36 | 7 | Education-Colleges and Universities, Universities and colleges, general; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1970-1981 | |||||||||
36 | 8-10 | Education-general 1955-1987 undated | |||||||||
36 | 11 | Feminism and sexuality 1972-1986 undated | |||||||||
36 | 12 | Friends and acquaintances 1957-1985 | |||||||||
36 | 13-15 | International/world affairs and issues 1958-1986 | |||||||||
36 | 16 | Local politics and issues, Cleveland, Ohio area 1950 undated | |||||||||
36 | 17-18 | National issues (United States) 1963-1986 undated | |||||||||
36 | 19 | Nuclear proliferation 1982-1990 undated | |||||||||
36 | 20 | Religion 1926-1983 | |||||||||
36 | 21 | Societal conventions 1942-1976 | |||||||||
36 | 22 | Women's issues 1957-1986 undated | |||||||||
36 | 23 | Youth/counter-culture 1959-1983 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Personal Subject Files 1900-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
37 | 1 | Appointment books and calendars 1950 1963-1970 | |||||||||
37 | 2 | Appointment books and calendars 1970-1974 | |||||||||
37 | 3 | Appointment books and calendars 1975-1979 | |||||||||
37 | 4 | Appointment books and calendars 1979-1985 | |||||||||
37 | 5 | Appointment books and calendars 1985 | |||||||||
37 | 6 | Appointment books and calendars 1985-1987 | |||||||||
37 | 7 | Appointment books and calendars 1988-1991 | |||||||||
37 | 8 | Archives and history projects 1975-1994 | |||||||||
37 | 9 | Art work and prints (oversize material removed to Container 70) 1988 undated | |||||||||
37 | 10 | Birth certificate and marriage documents (first and second marriages) 1903 1937-1969 | |||||||||
37 | 11-17 | Black Women Oral History Project of Radcliffe College, including oral history transcript of Zelma Watson George, related files, drafts, and notes 1978-1989 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
38 | 1-4 | Black Women Oral History Project of Radcliffe College, including oral history transcript of Zelma Watson George, related files, drafts, and notes 1978-1989 undated | |||||||||
38 | 5 | Church/religious files, Antioch Baptist Church 1945-1994 | |||||||||
38 | 6 | Church/religious files, devotional booklets 1958-1984 undated | |||||||||
38 | 7 | Church/religious files, miscellaneous ca. 1930s-1983 undated | |||||||||
38 | 8 | Church/religious files,religious organization newsletters 1948-1991 | |||||||||
38 | 9-11 | Family history files, including notes, bibles, correspondence, and diary entries of various family members 1900-1952 1958-1979 undated | |||||||||
38 | 12-14 | Financial documents, investments, insurance, and real estate 1956-1995 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
39 | 1-5 | Financial documents, investments, insurance, and real estate 1956-1995 | |||||||||
39 | 6-7 | Guest books 1974-1994 undated | |||||||||
39 | 8-9 | Legal and mortgage issues 1968-1989 undated | |||||||||
39 | 10 | Obituaries, condolences, memorials, proclamations, wills, estate and power of attorney documents, Zelma Watson George 1967-1994 | |||||||||
39 | 11-12 | Obituaries, wills, memorials, funeral bulletins, and estate documents, friends and family of Zelma Watson George 1921-1991 | |||||||||
39 | 13 | Passports and vaccination records 1958-1985 | |||||||||
39 | 14-16 | Personal notes, poems, quotes, lists, telephone and address rolodex cards, and miscellaneous documents 1948-1993 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
40 | 1-5 | Personal notes, poems, quotes, lists, telephone and address rolodex cards, and miscellaneous documents 1948-1993 undated | |||||||||
40 | 6-9 | Personal notes, poems, quotes, lists, telephone and address rolodex cards, and miscellaneous documents 1948-1993 undated | |||||||||
Box | |||||||||||
41 | Personal notes, poems, quotes, lists, telephone and address rolodex cards, and miscellaneous documents 1948-1993 undated | ||||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
42 | 1 | Recipes 1977-1979 undated | |||||||||
42 | 2-5 | Resumes, applications, and biographical sketches 1959-1987 undated | |||||||||
42 | 6-8 | Tax returns 1969-1994 | |||||||||
42 | 9 | Travel, itineraries 1971-1979 undated | |||||||||
42 | 10 | Travel, Music Festival at Sea cruises 1975-1977 | |||||||||
42 | 11 | Travel, Senegal 1966 | |||||||||
42 | 12 | Travel, State Department 1958 | |||||||||
42 | 13-14 | Travel, travel logs, notes, and miscellaneous 1962-1977 undated | |||||||||
42 | 15 | Travel, United Nations Decade for Women, Kenya 1985 | |||||||||
42 | 16-17 | Travel, Vienna 1982 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
43 | 1 | University of Chicago yearbook 1924 | |||||||||
43 | 2 | Zelma George Shelter 1993 undated |
Series X: Photographs, Slides, and Scrapbooks 1894-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Photographs 1894-1994 undated |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
44 | 1 | Group portraits, family, friends, and acquaintances of Zelma Watson George, identified (some only identified by first name) 1945-1992 undated | |||||||||
44 | 2 | Group portraits, George, Clayborne and others (but not George, Zelma Watson) 1937-1960 undated | |||||||||
44 | 3 | Group portraits, George, Zelma Watson and others, identified (oversize photograph removed to Container 69, Folder 5) 1953-1993 undated | |||||||||
44 | 4 | Group portraits, George, Zelma Watson and others, unidentified ca. 1920s-1993 undated | |||||||||
44 | 5 | Group portraits, unidentified ca. 1930s-1980 undated | |||||||||
44 | 6 | Group portraits, Watson, Lena (Zelma Watson George's mother) and others ca. 1930s-1970 undated | |||||||||
44 | 7 | Individual and group portraits, Edwards family ca. 1930-1990 | |||||||||
44 | 8 | Individual and group portraits, Fisher family members and friends 1925-1990 | |||||||||
44 | 9 | Individual and group portraits,Johnson family ca. 1962-1963 undated | |||||||||
44 | 10 | Individual and group portraits,Sadler family (nieces and nephews of Zelma Watson George) 1974-1985 undated | |||||||||
44 | 11 | Individual and group portraits, Thomas family (Lena Thomas Watson and Lizzie Thomas, Zelma Watson George's mother and grandmother) ca. 1896 | |||||||||
44 | 12 | Individual and group portraits, Watson family ca. early 1900s 1979 undated | |||||||||
44 | 13 | Individual and group portraits,Wells family (nieces and nephews of Zelma Watson George) 1969-1991 undated | |||||||||
44 | 14 | Individual portraits, family members, Edwards, Vivian Watson (sister of Zelma Watson George) undated | |||||||||
44 | 15 | Individual portraits, family members, George, Clayborne (oversize photograpahs removed to Container 69, Folder 5) 1960 undated | |||||||||
44 | 16-18 | Individual portraits, family members,George, Zelma Watson (oversize photographs removed to Container 69, Folder 5) 1904-1994 undated | |||||||||
44 | 19 | Individual portraits, family members, Jackson, Verta Watson (sister of Zelma Watson George) 1967 | |||||||||
44 | 20 | Individual portraits, family members, Thomas, Lizzie (maternal grandmother of Zelma Watson George) 1949 ca. 1955 | |||||||||
44 | 21 | Individual portraits, family members, Watson family, Watson, Blanche and Samuel (sister-in-law and brother of Zelma Watson George) 1915 ca. early 1990s | |||||||||
44 | 22 | Individual portraits, family members, Watson family, Watson, Lena B. Thomas (mother of Zelma Watson George) (oversize photographs removed to Container 69, Folder 5) 1894-1971 | |||||||||
44 | 23 | Individual portraits, family members, Watson family, Watson, Samuel E.J. (father of Zelma Watson George) (oversize photograph removed to Container 69, Folder 5) 1902 undated | |||||||||
44 | 24 | Individual portraits, friends, acquaintances, and associates, identified alphabetically by last name, A-J 1941-1985 undated | |||||||||
44 | 25 | Individual portraits, friends, acquaintances, and associates, identified alphabetically by last name, K-W 1938-1993 undated | |||||||||
44 | 26 | Individual portraits, unidentified 1932-1992 undated | |||||||||
44 | 27 | Subjects, Alpha Kappa Alpha, miscellaneous 1942-1988 undated | |||||||||
44 | 28-29 | Subjects, Alpha Kappa Alpha, testimonial/appreciation dinner for Zelma Watson George 1971 | |||||||||
44 | 30 | Subjects, American Society of African Culture (AMSAC) 1964 | |||||||||
44 | 31 | Subjects, Avalon Community Center, Los Angeles, California, events ca. late 1930s-early 1940s | |||||||||
44 | 32 | Subjects, awards and honors 1969-1985 undated | |||||||||
44 | 33 | Subjects, Baldwin Wallace College events 1961 undated | |||||||||
44 | 34 | Subjects, birthday parties, George, Zelma Watson, and various others 1959-1993 undated | |||||||||
44 | 35 | Subjects, Bradford Junior College visit 1962 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
45 | 1 | Subjects, Chicago Park District Senior Citizen of the Year (Verta Jackson, sister of Zelma Watson George); Cleveland Council on World Affairs 1979 1981 undated | |||||||||
45 | 2 | Subjects, Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority events 1968 undated | |||||||||
45 | 3-5 | Subjects, Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women, miscellaneous (oversize photographs removed to Container 69, Folder 5 and Volume 7) 1966-1987 undated | |||||||||
45 | 6 | Subjects, Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women, retirement of Zelma Watson George 1974 | |||||||||
45 | 7 | Subjects, Cuyahoga Community College events 1975-1984 undated | |||||||||
45 | 8 | Subjects, Dahlberg Peace Award breakfast; Dedication of Clayborne George Community Garden; Defense Advisory Committee on on Women in the Service (DACOWITS); Employee Service Award Dinner, Woodruff Hospital; and Etta Moten Barnett Civic and Education Club Luncheon 1969-1989 | |||||||||
45 | 9 | Subjects, family parties and reunions; funeral, unidentified 1985-1990 undated | |||||||||
45 | 10 | Subjects, George, Clayborne photograph collection 1914-1940 undated | |||||||||
45 | 11 | Subjects, Girl Scouts; and Graduation ceremonies 1969-1970 undated | |||||||||
45 | 12-13 | Subjects, Hands (Zelma Watson George's photograph collection of hands of various people) (oversize material removed to Container 69, Folder 6) 1973 undated | |||||||||
45 | 14 | Subjects, Hospital stay for Zelma Watson George; International Fellowship of Reconciliation ca. 1960s undated | |||||||||
45 | 15 | Subjects, Links 1955-1986 undated | |||||||||
45 | 16 | Subjects, Mayor For a Day; Medical Wives Costume Party; The Medium Cast Party; Memorial Day, Lakeview Cemetery; Memorial service; Metropolitan Club Picnic; Music Festival at Sea Cruise; National Association of Negro Musicians; party at the George's; Picnic; Plain Dealer photographs of Zelma Watson George ; Recital at House of Wills; Retirement Party; Sigma Pi Phi Boule Dinner ca. 1950s-1993 | |||||||||
45 | 17-18 | Subjects, speaking engagements/lectures 1954-1985 undated | |||||||||
45 | 19-20 | Subjects, speaking tour (international) sponsored by the United States Department of State Educational Exchange Program 1958-1960 | |||||||||
45 | 21 | Subjects, Summer Music Experience; Tea party; Tennessee State University ceremony honoring Lena B. Watson 1975-1989 undated | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
46 | 1-2 | Subjects, Theater projects, actors, and benefits, including The Medium, The Consul, and various others (oversize photographs removed to Container 69, Folder 6) 1949-1991 undated | |||||||||
46 | 3-6 | Subjects, unidentified events (includes negatives) (oversize photograph removed to Container 69, Folder 6) 1961-1992 undated | |||||||||
46 | 7 | Subjects, United Church Women Assembly ca. 1950 | |||||||||
46 | 8-9 | Subjects, United Nations 1959-1962 | |||||||||
46 | 10 | Subjects, visit with Maria Garzes; Washington, D.C. trip; wedding of Zelma Watson and Baxter Duke; "WF" meeting; White House Conference on Children and Youth; Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) events; Zelma Watson George Day (oversize photograph removed to Container 70) 1937-1986 undated | |||||||||
46 | 11 | Views, identified 1939-1962 undated | |||||||||
46 | 12 | Views, travel scenes 1977-1979 undated | |||||||||
46 | 13 | Views, unidentified 1940-1992 undated | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Slides ca. 1950s 1959-1971 undated |
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46 | 14 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Testimonial Dinner; Art exhibit (possibly the Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts); California (Ida's Ranch) and ACCRA assembly 1960 1971 undated | |||||||||
46 | 15 | Graduation ceremony/reception and miscellaneous unidentified 1959 undated | |||||||||
46 | 16 | Hong Kong and unidentified; hospital flowers and unidentified; Job Corps Center; The Medium ca. 1950s undated | |||||||||
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47 | 1-4 | Miscellaneous, unidentified undated | |||||||||
47 | 5 | Reception; unidentified; United Nations undated | |||||||||
47 | 6 | World's Fair and unidentified undated | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Scrapbooks ca. 1930s-1950s 1937-1958 undated |
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2 | The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) 1955-1958 | ||||||||||
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3 | George, Clayborne and Zelma, miscellaneous ca. 1930s-1950s undated | ||||||||||
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4 | Scripts written and directed by Zelma George 1949-1957 | ||||||||||
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5 | Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University at Nashville Dedication of Lena B. Watson Residence Center for Men 1964 | ||||||||||
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6 | The Medium and miscellaneous 1937 1950-1958 |
Series XI: Audio/Visual Materials ca. 1950s 1954-1994 undated |
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Sub-series A: Record Album Collection (may need to rename) ca. 1950s-1980s undated |
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48 | Classical, A-K ca. 1950s-1970s | ||||||||||
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49 | Classical, L-P ca. 1960s-1970s undated | ||||||||||
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50 | Classical, P-W ca. 1970s undated | ||||||||||
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51-52 | Folk ca. 1950s-1970s undated | ||||||||||
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53 | Folk and Blues 1960s undated | ||||||||||
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54 | Jazz ca. 1960s-1970s undated | ||||||||||
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55-57 | Miscellaneous ca. 1950s-1980s undated | ||||||||||
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58 | 1 | Miscellaneous undated | |||||||||
58 | 2 | Miscellaneous-Spirituals ca. 1950s-1970s undated | |||||||||
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59 | Pop ca. 1960s-1980s undated | ||||||||||
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60 | Spirituals and gospel ca. 1950s-1960s undated | ||||||||||
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61 | Spoken, A-D undated | ||||||||||
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62 | Spoken, D-G 1966 undated | ||||||||||
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63 | Spoken, L-M 1963 undated | ||||||||||
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64 | Spoken, M-T 1967 undated | ||||||||||
Sub-series B: Reel-to-Reel tapes 1956-1975 undated |
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65 | Speeches, lectures, and musical performances (various, some given by Zelma Watson George) 1956-1975 undated | ||||||||||
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66 | Speeches, lectures, and musical performances (various, some given by Zelma Watson George) 1956-1975 undated | ||||||||||
Sub-series C: VHS and similar format Tapes 1979-1994 undated |
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67 | 1 | A Chance for Change; A Conversation with Zelma 1994 1985 | |||||||||
67 | 2 | A Conversation with Zelma, recorded at NASA headquarters, February 5, 1985; A Joyful Noise 1985 undated | |||||||||
67 | 3 | Black in America; Black Women Oral History Project, Cuyahoga Community College, featuring Zelma Watson George undated 1986 | |||||||||
67 | 4 | Cuyahoga Community College Women's Studies, Joining the Generations; Dr. Zelma George Reception 1986 1987 | |||||||||
67 | 5 | Enshrined Forever, A Play in One Act, Zelma Watson George as A Voice; Interview with Zelma Watson George in Memphis, Tennessee, Women of Courage Exhibit, Memphis Art Museum ca. 1988-1991 1987 | |||||||||
67 | 6 | Leo Jackson on Becoming a Judge, mentions Clayborne George, took place in Cleveland City Council, Newschannel 5; Lois Mailou Jones undated | |||||||||
67 | 7 | Martin Luther King Day, Part 2, January 15, 1984; Sculpture Bust of Dr. Zelma George is Unveiled, WEWS, November 14, 1985 1984 1985 | |||||||||
67 | 8 | The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts, St. Louis Art Museum; The Cleveland Job Corps Center Corps-women Sing "I Believe in Music" by Mac Davis 1979 undated | |||||||||
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68 | 1 | The Crystal Quilt Performance, University of Minnesota program on elderly women; Zelma George on Sunday Magazine, WKYC-Channel 3, February 17, 1985 undated 1985 | |||||||||
Sub-series D: Cassette Tapes ca. 1970s-1994 undated |
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68 | 2 | Cassettes 2-44 (with 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18,19, 21, 23, 32, 33, 36, and 41 removed) (inventory of cassettes 1-114 included) 1981-1994 undated | |||||||||
68 | 3 | Cassettes 45-73 (with 56, 57, and 58 removed) ca. 1970s-1980s undated | |||||||||
68 | 4 | Cassettes 75-100 (with 74 removed) ca. 1970s-1980s undated | |||||||||
68 | 5 | Cassettes 101-114 ca. 1970s-1980s | |||||||||
Sub-series E: Various Miscellaneous Formats 1954 1978 ca. 1970s |
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68 | 6 | Doctoral dissertation of Zelma Watson George on microfilm, entitled A Guide to Negro Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Negro Folk Music, And Art Music by Negro Composers or Based on Negro Thematic Material, and eight-tracks, The Best of Fats Waller 1954 1978 | |||||||||
68 | 7 | Film strips regarding sexuality (mature subject matter), Beacon Press and Unitarian Universalist Association, used for a program at the Cleveland Job Corps Center for Women ca. 1970s |