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41	Title:	Frank J. Olbrys Family Papers
	Creator:	Olbrys, Frank J. Family
	Dates:	1927-1958
	Abstract:	Frank J. Olbrys and his sister, Leona, were active in Cleveland, Ohio, Polish organizations such as the Polish National Alliance and the Polish Library Home. Frank was director of the Library Home and president of the Lincoln Heights Republican Club. The collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 4139
	Extent:	0.30 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Olbrys family. \| Olbrys, Frank J. \| Lincoln Heights Republican Club. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Political activity. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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42	Title:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records, Series II
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland
	Dates:	1935-1967
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, and subject files relating to the group's activities. This collection pertains to the activities and concerns of the women involved in the league, including the Ohio Constitution, public welfare, civil service, voter registration, and food inspection.
	Call #:	MS 4211
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland. \| League of Women Voters of Cleveland -- Archives. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Voter registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Constitutional law.
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43	Title:	Leon A. Kujawski Papers
	Creator:	Kujawski, Leon A.
	Dates:	1931-1943
	Abstract:	Leon A. Kujawski (b. 1883) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, politician, and judge of Polish birth. Kujawski began practicing law in 1913, specializing in labor law, became a municipal court judge in 1933, then served two terms as a city councilman representing the Tremont area of Cleveland. He served on the state liquor control board, 1938-1939. The collection consists of a biography, correspondence, an affidavit, miscellaneous campaign material, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. The collection contains information about Kujawski's terms as city councilman, especially his fight to lower bus fares, and his activities on the Liquor Control Board.
	Call #:	MS 4334
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kujawski, Leon A., 1883- \| Ohio. Liquor Control Board. \| Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Liquor industry -- Ohio. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transportation -- Fares.
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44	Title:	Richard L. Maher Papers
	Creator:	Maher, Richard L.
	Dates:	1937-1970
	Abstract:	Richard L. Maher (1903-1972) was a political editor for the Cleveland Press for over 40 years, covering local, state and national government. After working for the Cleveland News, Maher joined the Cleveland Press in 1928, became assistant city editor in 1929, and politics editor in 1932. He was active in Catholic Charities and helped found St. Raphael Parish in Bay Village, Ohio. He co-authored two books with Robert S. Allen, Our Fair City, and, Our Sovereign State. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, speeches, notes on columns, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Maher's life and interest in government and the attitudes exhibited in the Cleveland Press concerning political issues and their coverage.
	Call #:	MS 4396
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Maher, Richard L., 1903-1972. \| Cleveland Press. \| Journalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Sections, columns, etc. \| Government and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Press and politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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45	Title:	Anton L. Maresh Papers
	Creator:	Maresh, Anton L.
	Dates:	1899-1956
	Abstract:	Anton L. maresh was a Cleveland, Ohio, musician, piano store owner, Republican politician, and collector of Abraham Lincoln material, who was also known as Anthony L. Maresh. His piano store on East 55th Street became the Republican political headquarters for Cleveland's southeast side, and in 1913, Maresh and his associates helped launch the political candidacy of Harry L. Davis for mayor. Maresh retired from the piano business in 1937, but actively pursued his hobby of collecting Lincoln memorabilia, building one of the largest private collections of Lincoln documents and lecturing on Lincoln lore to various groups. He served as long-time president of the local branch of the Lincoln Association of Ohio. The collection consists of personal correspondence, files on Cleveland politics and the music business, clippings, and financial and legal documents. Included is a collection of Lincoln material, consisting of copies of documents and facsimiles, addresses and writings about Lincoln by Maresh, writings on Lincoln by other authors, magazine articles and clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Maresh's interest in Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, as well as Maresh's activities in the local Lincoln Association. Additional materials pertain to Maresh's music business and political activities.
	Call #:	MS 4444
	Extent:	1.10 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Maresh, A. L. (Anton L.) b. 1877. \| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. \| Music trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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46	Title:	Jack P. Russell Papers
	Creator:	Russell, Jack P.
	Dates:	1931-1977
	Abstract:	Jack P. Russell was a Cleveland, Ohio, councilman, 1943-1971, council president, 1955-1963, and Democratic majority leader who was born Paul Ruschak, but changed his name in the 1930s. Russell was raised in the Hungarian-American community of Cleveland's Buckeye Road neighborhood and published newspapers in that area, including the Buckeye Press. He was councilman from the 16th ward from 1943 to 1971 and operated several businesses, including the Ohio Fire Protection Systems. The collection consists of scrapbooks and newspaper clippings relating to Russell's career in politics. Also included are memorabilia from campaigns, his Night in Budapest celebrations, and a small amount of correspondence. The collection pertains to the career of a major Cleveland political figure and the Cleveland political arena.
	Call #:	MS 4457
	Extent:	3.41 linear feet (8 containers, 7 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Russell, Jack P. (Jack Paul), 1915-1979. \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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47	Title:	Joseph H. Crowley Papers
	Creator:	Crowley, Joseph H.
	Dates:	1916-1978
	Abstract:	Joseph H. Crowley was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as attorney for the Cleveland Humane Society, Assistant Police Prosecutor, Assistant Law Director (1930-1938), Chief Counsel for the city of Cleveland (1938-1963), and, at various times, Cleveland Law Director. Crowley authored the three volume book "Ohio municipal law." The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, particularly relating to the publication of "Ohio municipal law", clippings, speech texts, periodicals, and a scrapbook highlighting Crowley's career. Included is some correspondence with Harold H. Burton.
	Call #:	MS 4504
	Extent:	0.50 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Crowley, Joseph H., 1893-1984 -- Archives. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Municipal home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Abandoned children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Runaway husbands -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees.
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48	Title:	Lowell A. Henry Papers
	Creator:	Henry, Lowell A.
	Dates:	1950-1966
	Abstract:	Lowell A. Henry was a Cleveland, Ohio, city councilman (1957-1963) who represented Ward 10 and the African American community of Mount Pleasant. Henry volunteered with the Mount Pleasant Council, later served as the president of the Mount Pleasant Community Council, worked on urban renewal projects, and was a member of the Cleveland City Planning Commission. The collection consists of reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, campaign materials, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4644
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Henry, Lowell A., 1909-1967. \| Mount Pleasant Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio). \| City council members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mount Pleasant (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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49	Title:	Carl Stokes Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Stokes, Carl
	Dates:	1947-1992
	Abstract:	Carl Stokes was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of speeches, correspondence, datebooks, budgets, lectures, newspaper clippings, publications, telegrams, reports, resumes, agendas, press releases, programs, flyers, certificates, legal documents, newsletters, transcripts, proposals, lists, minutes, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 4800
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Stokes, Carl. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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50	Title:	Thomas Vail Photographs
	Creator:	Vail, Thomas
	Dates:	1962-1990
	Abstract:	Thomas Vail, son of attorney Herman L. Vail and Delia B. White, both members of prominent Cleveland families, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1926. Vail was educated at University School in Cleveland and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Princeton University in 1948. He joined his family business, the Forest City Publishing Company, and later transferred to its morning paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1963, Vail assumed duties as publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. For over twenty five years, Vail oversaw the transition of the Plain Dealer from the city's runner up publication to the largest daily and Sunday newspaper in Ohio. Vail retired from the paper in 1992. Vail was also active in other interests such as the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and was the co-founder of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization formed in 1982 to promote economic growth. He was also president of the Cleveland Convention and active in the Visitor's Bureau and the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. On a national level, he served on the boards of the Associated Press and the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Consists of 130 black and white and five color images in various sizes and four 35 mm color negatives.
	Call #:	PG 517
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. \| Plain Dealer (Firm). \| Presidents -- United States -- Photographs. \| Vail, Thomas, 1926- -- Photograph collections.
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51	Title:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland
	Dates:	1918-1972
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919).
	Call #:	MS 3565
	Extent:	4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Suffrage -- United States. \| Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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52	Title:	Harold H. Burton-Edward Blythin Papers
	Creator:	Burton, Harold H. and Blythin, Edward
	Dates:	1933-1941
	Abstract:	Harold H. Burton (1888-1964) was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1935-1940). When he was elected to the United States Senate in 1940 he chose Edward Blythin (1884-1958) to fill the remainder of his last term as mayor (1941). The collection consists of office files of the mayor of Cleveland containing correspondence, reports, speeches, proclamations, and newspaper clippings, relating to routine administrative matters and topics of special interest.
	Call #:	MS 3828
	Extent:	8.20 linear feet (9 containers)
	Subjects:	Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. \| Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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53	Title:	League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County Records
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County
	Dates:	1956-1977
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is a coalition of the various community Leagues within the county, designed to promote responsibility through informed and active citizen participation in government. The collection consists of bylaws, minutes, reports, correspondence, programs and subject files relating to its activities. The collection pertains to the activities and concerns of the League, including fund raising, the structures of government, the proposed Cleveland Public Library-Cuyahoga County Library merger, transportation, urban problems, voter services, and water resources.
	Call #:	MS 4258
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County -- Archives. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies and clubs. \| Elections -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Local government -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Transportation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Water resources development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Public libraries -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Community development, urban -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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54	Title:	William Carl Sandberg Papers
	Creator:	Sandberg, William Carl
	Dates:	1931-1976
	Abstract:	William Carl Sandberg (1894-1978) was a businessman, political activist, and Cleveland, Ohio, social gadfly during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was a union organizer, led the Ohio Hunger March in 1931, and ran for Congress on the Communist Party ticket in the 1930s. In 1961 he wrote a play, Rotten Righteousness, which he later adapted into a screenplay. Over the years he wrote countless letters to public officials and local newspapers concerning political and social matters, ranging from U.S. involvement in southeast Asia to Legionnaires' disease. The collection consists of correspondence, personal documents and identification cards, clippings, his funeral eulogy, and the scripts of Sandberg's play and screenplay. Included in the correspondence are copies of letters from notable figures such as Carl Sandburg, Maxwell Bodenheim and John Glenn. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland and Ohio politics, political agitation during the 1930s, and the U.S. Communist Party.
	Call #:	MS 4298
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Sandberg, William Carl, 1894-1978. \| Communism -- Ohio. \| European War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors. \| Government, Resistance to -- United States. \| Political letter-writing -- United States. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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55	Title:	Howard K. Preston Scrapbooks
	Creator:	Preston, Howard K.
	Dates:	1960-1976
	Abstract:	Howard K. Preston was an editorial writer and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1960-1976. Preston wrote about local, state and national issues, as well as the trivial and commonplace. He began his newspaper career at the Cleveland News in 1937, but joined the Plain Dealer when the News was sold in 1960. The collection consists of forty-one scrapbooks, containing Preston's editorials and letters of congratulations. The collection reflects Preston's and the Plain Dealer's views on foreign relations (especially Russian-American relations and Vietnam relations), race relations, city development projects, nuclear weapons, space flight, elections at all levels of government, and other subjects.
	Call #:	MS 4415
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Preston, Howard K. (Howard Kenneth), 1913-1983. \| Journalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Editorials. \| Government and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Sections, columns, etc. \| United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945- \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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56	Title:	Daniel J. Marschall Papers
	Creator:	Marschall, Daniel J.
	Dates:	1955-1983
	Abstract:	Daniel J. Marschall was a journalist who specialized in labor and energy issues for the city of Cleveland, Ohio's Division of Economic Development during the Dennis Kucinich administration, 1978-1979. In 1979, he edited the report entitled "The Battle of Cleveland: Public Interest Challenges Corporate Power", which examined the confrontations between Kucinich and the corporate establishment during his administration. The collection consists of reports from various government and public agencies and corporations on Cleveland's economic situation and history, news releases, speeches, editorials, clippings, articles, interviews, theses, and reports collected by Marschall on economic development, default, mayoral recall, municipal light plant, tax abatement, and Dennis Kucinich's career and campaigns, as well as material generated by the Mayor's office including new releases, speeches, reports, and campaign literature, and criticism and commentary from the media. The sources used to compile the report "The Battle of Cleveland" are included.
	Call #:	MS 4561
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Marschall, Daniel J. \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Ohio Public Interest Campaign. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy.
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57	Title:	George Forbes Papers
	Creator:	Forbes, Geoge
	Dates:	1966-1990
	Abstract:	George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland, Ohio, politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. Currently (as of May 2012), he is involved in the Freedom to Marry movement to end marriage discrimination against gay couples in Ohio and has resigned from the NAACP Presidency. George L. Forbes has also been embroiled in numerous controversies during his political life. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve inner city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, posters, research materials, speeches, and surveys.
	Call #:	MS 5136
	Extent:	2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Forbes, George L., 1931- \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. \| African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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58	Title:	MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II
	Creator:	George Forbes
	Dates:	1945-2014
	Abstract:	George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings.
	Call #:	MS 5433
	Extent:	28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Forbes, George L., 1931- \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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59	Title:	Alcinus Ward Fenton Papers
	Creator:	Fenton, Alcinus Ward
	Dates:	1862-1912
	Abstract:	Alcinus Ward Fenton (1839-1923) was a soldier in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, which was stationed in Virginia during most of the American Civil War. He later served as a customs broker, customs inspector, and chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Civil Service Customs House in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of Civil War letters written by Fenton while serving with the 6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry; 2 scrapbooks of reunion records (ca. 1884) of the 6th Ohio Cavalry Veterans Association; and scrapbooks of letters and newspaper clippings relating to Fenton's career in customs administration, his relations with Charles F. Leach (customs collector and Republican political leader), political patronage, and Fenton's fitness for office.
	Call #:	MS 1318
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Fenton, Alcinus Ward, 1839-1923. \| Leach, Charles F. \| Maschke, Maurice, 1868-1936. \| United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) \| Republican Party (Ohio) \| Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Patronage, Political -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Civil Service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Ohio Cavalry -- 6th.
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60	Title:	Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers
	Creator:	Morgan, Daniel Edgar
	Dates:	1917-1949
	Abstract:	Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was an Ohio State senator (1929-30), Cleveland city manager (1930-32), politician, and jurist. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, legal papers and documents, reports and memoranda on civic, municipal, and national affairs, scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and other material on social and international questions, the Republican Party in Cleveland and Ohio, Morgan's interest in civic organizations, his term in the Ohio State Senate, the city managership of Cleveland, political campaigns for himself and Harold H. Burton, his law practice and activities in wartime agencies, and his service on the Ohio Court of Appeals.
	Call #:	MS 3069
	Extent:	19.60 linear feet (37 containers and 17 scrapbooks)
	Subjects:	Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Elections -- Ohio. \| Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Elections -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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