http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f75-subject%3DTheater%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f75-subject=Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5289.xml The Cleveland Pioneer Players, later the Cleveland Irish Players, are an Irish American theatre ensemble that formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960, performing their first play ("Professor Tim" by George Shiels) in 1961. Since then, the group has performed the works of major Irish playwrights including Sean O'Casey ("Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars"), Brian Friel ("Philadelphia Here I Come!" and "Dancing at Lughnasa"), and Hugh Leonard ("Da"), as well as lesser known Irish and Irish-American authors. The group has performed in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dayton and Marietta, Ohio, and traveled to Ireland in 1976, 1978, and 1980. The collection consists of playbills and newsletters. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5289.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5377.xml Ernest Wendell Joseph (1924-1987), known as Bud Wendell. was a popular disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the son of Herman Black Joseph, a member of the prominent Joseph family in Cleveland and a successful broker, and Anne Wendell Costello (Bunny Wendell), a New York actress in the early twentieth century. He worked in public relations and as a writer, producer, and disc jockey for local radio. The collection consists of both Joseph and Costello family materials, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, a portrait, a program, and scrapbooks. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5377.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4148.xml The Nasa Zvezda Dramatic Society was a Slovenian cultural society founded in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a constitution, minute book, ledger books, expense book, playbills, and scripts. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4148.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4226.xml Luci Wolpaw (1906-1980) and her husband Harry were active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area's Jewish community and its theater throughout the mid-twentieth century. In 1949 Luci developed for the Drama Department of the Jewish Community Center the Suitcase Theatre, comprised of men and women who took rehearsed readings to evening meetings, and the Matinee Players, a women's group serving the same function for daytime programs. She and her husband contributed monies toward establishing the Luci and Harry Wolpaw Playwrighting Fund in 1966 to award a major prize to authors and give a full performance of works for five winners over five years. The requirements for the pieces were that they be unproduced and concern American Jews. The collection consists of correspondence, memorabilia, and a paper about the Wolpaw family written by Barbara Wolpaw Drossin. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4226.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4182.xml Mary Princ was member of several Slovenian theater groups in Cleveland, Ohio, including the St. Mary's Dramatic Guild. The collection consists of correspondence, programs and scripts relating to Princ's theatrical career. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4182.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4194.xml Louis Kaferle (1900-1985) was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in the local Slovenian community. He was an officer of the Slovenian National Benefit Society, a writer for the local Slovenian periodicals, and President of Cankarjeve Ustanove. The collection consists of papers relating to many Slovenian organizations, including bylaws, minutes, correspondence, financial papers, articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, programs, scripts, and score sheets. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4194.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4533.xml Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 as an interracial social settlement in Cleveland, Ohio. During their tenure, the Silvers were instrumental in presenting works by African American authors such as Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, as well as classics from the American theater. Urban unrest in the community surrounding Karamu and the growing popularity of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s forced a reconsideration of Karamu's goals as they related to interracial theater. During this period, Karamu endured major personnel and financial crises. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, playscripts, schedules, programs, and handbills. Most of the material contained in this collection is concerned with Karamu House and the Silvers' roles there as Theater Director and Theater Assistant from 1955-1976. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4533.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4643.xml Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 as an interracial social settlement in Cleveland, Ohio. During their tenure, the Silvers were instrumental in presenting works by African American authors such as Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, as well as classics from the American theater. Urban unrest in the community surrounding Karamu and the growing popularity of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s forced a reconsideration of Karamu's goals as they related to interracial theater. During this period, Karamu endured major personnel and financial crises. The collection consists of audition notices, correspondence, index card notes for a dissertation on Karamu House, Karamu House 75th Anniversary materials, a program manuscript, magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, obituaries, play reviews, press releases, theater and workshop programs, minutes, reports, cast and crew lists, play posters, program schedules, and memorabilia. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4643.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG527.xml John P. Kilroy resides in Avon, Ohio, and is of Irish descent. He is active in the Irish American community, and was one of the founding members of the Padraig Pearse Center located at the Irish American Club, East Side Inc. In addition, he wrote several articles for the Irish American publication The Ohio Irish Bulletin. The collection consists of 71 black and white and 13 color photographs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG527.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4262.xml Louis Kaferle (1900-1985) was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, who was active in the local Slovenian community. He was an officer of the Slovene National Benefit Society, a writer for the local Slovenian periodicals, and President of Cankarjeve Ustanove. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs. Some materials document Kaferle's involvement with the North American Trust Company controversy. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4262.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4606.xml Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Euge... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4606.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5087.xml John Steinke (ca. 1895-ca. 1971) was a free-lance amateur photographer of German descent who was born in New York, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Most of his photographic activity appears to have spanned the 1920s-1940s. He lived in at least two different locations in Bratenahl during his lifetime: East 118th Street and Burton Avenue. By vocation, he worked in the sheet metal industry. As a photographer, he worked in a wide variety of genres, experimenting with fine-art photography as well as commissioned work for various organizations in the Cleveland area. He submitted, and had his work shown in Cleveland and other nearby cities, as well as at shows in the Smithsonian, Canada, France, Greece, and Japan. Steinke played an important early role in the Cleveland Photographic Society, being president of the club in 1923, as well a member of the Board of Trustees. He played a crucial role in not only forming, but also leading the club's Photographic School, doing much of the teaching himself. When the school expan... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5087.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4550.xml Kenyon Castle Bolton was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist and son of Chester and Frances Payne Bolton. He served in the military, beginning in 1936 as a member of the 107th Cavalry of the Ohio National Guard. He entered active service in 1940, served during World War II and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was president of Cleveland Air Taxi, a helicopter taxi service, and had a strong interest in higher education and the arts. Bolton served with the Council of Foreign Ministers in 1947 and 1948, the Austrian Peace Treaty Conference in 1948, and was special assistant of the U.S. ambassador to France. Kenyon C. Bolton was married to Mary Riding Peters, and had five children. The collection consists of family data, personal records, military records, business records, and records of Bolton's organizational involvements, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical data, summary court papers, air travel cards, contribution lists, articles, brochures, advertisements, co... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4550.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4737.xml 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 C... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4737.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4899.xml John P. Kilroy, of Cleveland, Ohio, is of Irish descent. Three of his grandparents immigrated to the United States from counties Mayo, Carlow and Westmeath during the early twentieth century. They came to the United States in search of a better life, and to escape from the economic and political turmoiil present in Ireland at that time. Kilroy went to law school and represented the Padraig Pearce Center of the Irish American Club East Side, Inc. during its establishment. He was also active in the Cleveland Irish Players, a theatre group that was founded by Kevin McGinty and produces Irish plays by Irish playwrights. He was a regular contributor to the Ohio Irish Bulletin and other newsletters. Kilroy's interests also extend to Gaelic athletics and Irish current affairs, including the troubles in Northern Ireland. The collection consists of an application form, brochure, correspondence, essays, handwritten, notes, an invitation, a leaflet, a press release, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Padraic Pearce Cen... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4899.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4988.xml Louis Arthur Landy was a Cleveland, Ohio, dentist who served in World War I, worked for the American Red Cross in Palestine and the Balkans, 1919-1921, and served with the American Relief Administration in Russia, 1921-1923, helping to administer famine relief efforts there. The collection consists of a diary, newspaper articles, notebooks, school yearbooks, personal notes, school magazines, correspondence, sports memorabilia, and photographs. Includes material relating to his work with the American Relief Administration in Russia, his dental studies at Western Reserve University and his football career there in the 1910s, Central High School miscellany, and some travel materials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4988.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT