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Search: african andamerican in subject [X] Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) in subject [X]	Results: 6 Items
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1	Title:	Jane Edna Hunter Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna
	Dates:	1909-1964
	Abstract:	Jane Edna Hunter was the founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association, a residential and training center for African American women in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, invoices, bylaws, checks, correspondence, a datebook, financial records, leases, a medical journal, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, poetry, press releases, receipts, reports, and a scrapbook. The collection primarily contains documents related to the personal business and financial activities of Hunter and the Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation.
	Call #:	MS 4867
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971. \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Phillis Wheatley Association Foundation. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	A nickel and a prayer
	Creator:	Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971
	Publication:	Jane E. Hunter Scholarship Committee, S.l.],1984 printing, c1940.
	Notes:	Reprint. Originally published: Cleveland : Elli Kani Pub. Co., 1940.
	Call #:	F34ZSL N3P5 H946
	Extent:	198 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
	Subjects:	Hunter, Jane Edna, -- 1882-1971 \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
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3	Title:	Theresa Edwards Summons Papers
	Creator:	Summons, Theresa Edwards
	Dates:	1921-1958
	Abstract:	Theresa Edwards Summons moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1932 to live and work out of the Phillis Wheatley Association residence. She was employed as a maid, servant, and laborer. In 1934, she married Berton Summons. He worked as a bellman, and later as a real estate broker with an office in the Lee-Harvard community of Cleveland. The collection consists of personal letters, correspondence, telegraphs, a booklet, newspaper clippings, and notes.
	Call #:	MS 4742
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Summons, Theresa Edwards, 1903-1985. \| Summons, Berton, 1907-1992. \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Harvey M. Williamson Papers
	Creator:	Williamson, Harvey M.
	Dates:	1936-1986 and undated
	Abstract:	Harvey M. Williamson (1908-1995) was an educator, civic and church leader. He was a teacher and a principal for the Cleveland Public School System, and served on the boards of many educational, civic, and church organizations. He was also a founder and the first chairman of the Black History Archives Project Advisory Committee (the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society), and served as a former president of the Phillis Wheatley Association. This collection consists of annual reports, a booklet, budgets, bulletins, church materials, the constitution and bylaws of Mt. Zion Congressional Church, correspondence, directories, material related to Juanita V. Williamson, meeting material, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Cleveland Branch records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Phillis Wheatley Association records, a photograph, playbills, a play script, program booklets, a research paper, and a study bulletin.
	Call #:	MS 5494
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African American school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch
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5	Title:	Harvey M. Williamson Papers
	Creator:	Williamson, Harvey M.
	Dates:	1936-1986 and undated
	Abstract:	Harvey M. Williamson (1908-1995) was an educator, civic and church leader. He was a teacher and a principal for the Cleveland Public School System, and served on the boards of many educational, civic, and church organizations. He was also a founder and the first chairman of the Black History Archives Project Advisory Committee (the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society), and served as a former president of the Phillis Wheatley Association. This collection consists of annual reports, a booklet, budgets, bulletins, church materials, the constitution and bylaws of Mt. Zion Congressional Church, correspondence, directories, material related to Juanita V. Williamson, meeting material, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Cleveland Branch records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Phillis Wheatley Association records, a photograph, playbills, a play script, program booklets, a research paper, and a study bulletin.
	Call #:	MS 5494
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African American school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch
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6	Title:	Phillis Wheatley Association Records
	Creator:	Phillis Wheatley Association
	Dates:	1911-1960
	Abstract:	The Phillis Wheatley Association is a Cleveland, Ohio, self-help organization designed to help young African American women adjust to city life. It was organized in 1911 by Jane Edna Hunter and originally called the Working Girls Home Association. Services included a boarding house, homemaking classes, and recreational, literary and social activities. The collection consists of financial and committee reports, minutes, financial statements, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, printed brochures, speeches, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 3527
	Extent:	13.60 linear feet (36 containers)
	Subjects:	Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Working class women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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