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1	Title:	Clara P. Smith Papers
	Creator:	Smith, Clara P.
	Dates:	1959-1996
	Abstract:	Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of a biography, case studies, certificates, correspondence, a genealogy, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, programs, reports, and song lyrics.
	Call #:	MS 5264
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hough Area Council (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Public Schools \| African Americans -- Civil rights.
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2	Title:	Butler A. Jones Papers
	Creator:	Jones, Butler A.
	Dates:	1944-1969
	Abstract:	Butler A. Jones was an African American educator and professor of sociology. Jones taught at several colleges, including Cleveland State University, 1969-1984. He was particularly interested in the effectiveness of law as a means of social change, with a special focus on school desegregation litigation. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript writings, legal documents, unpublished reports, clippings, and material on various agencies. The collection pertains to the research of Butler A. Jones with respect to desegregation cases and to activist groups of the 1960s, especially the Southern Regional Council and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Included are desegregation case proceedings and issues of Student Voice, a publication of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
	Call #:	MS 4493
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Jones, Butler A., 1916- \| African American sociologists. \| African American college teachers. \| School integration -- United States -- Case studies. \| Civil rights movements -- United States. \| African American universities and colleges. \| African Americans -- Education. \| African Americans -- Civil rights. \| Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| United States -- Race relations.
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3	Title:	G.W. Morgan Papers
	Creator:	Morgan, G. W.
	Dates:	1819-1926
	Abstract:	George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) was a soldier, lawyer, and politician, from Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, a partial manuscript history of the Texas war for independence, a scrapbook of European postcards and invitations, a notebook of Morgan's brother, Duane, and miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 3772
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Morgan, G. W. (George Washington), 1820-1893. \| Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. \| United States. Congress. House -- Contested elections. \| Gold standard. \| Silver question. \| Currency question -- United States. \| African Americans -- Civil rights. \| Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. \| Psychiatric hospitals -- United States. \| Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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4	Title:	James K. Miller Papers
	Creator:	Miller, James K.
	Dates:	1960-1991
	Abstract:	James K. Miller was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1946. In 1968, he received a bachelor's degree form Occidental College. Refusing to serve in the Vietnam conflict, Miller performed service as a conscientious objector from 1980-1972 at University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1992, he was a probation officer for the Cleveland Heights Municipal Court. Miller has been active in many socialist and political organizations since the late 1960s. He traveled to countries in Asia; including China, North Vietnam, and Laos; and to Nicaragua. The collection consists of personal correspondence, organizational correspondence, memoranda, flyers, position papers, newsletters, books, pamphlets, and magazines.
	Call #:	MS 4588
	Extent:	13.22 linear feet (14 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Miller, James Knute, 1946- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Reagan, Ronald. \| Prentiss, C.J. \| Greater Cleveland Community Shares. \| Black Panther Party. \| Cleveland Discussion Group. \| Cleveland Women Working (Organization). \| Commonworks (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland Public Power (System). \| Campaign for a Democratic Foreign Policy. \| Ohio Public Interest Campaign. \| Cleveland Central American Solidarity Committee. \| Democratic Socialists of America (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Democratic Socialists of America. \| New American Movement (Organization). \| Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (U.S.). \| Cleveland Tenants Organization. \| Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Default (Finance) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Peace movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements. \| Tax remission -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Black power -- United States. \| African Americans -- Civil rights. \| Disarmament. \| New Left. \| Socialism. \| Conservatism. \| Student movements -- United States. \| Feminism -- United States. \| Socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- \| United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981- \| United States -- Economic conditions -- 1971-1981. \| Ohio -- Politics and government.
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