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•Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American actresses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American athletes -- Virginia -- Photographs. (1)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American dancers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (9)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (2)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (1)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.[X]
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. (3)
•African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•American Judges Association -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Birthday parties -- Photographs. (1)
•Black Folk Art in Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls -- Photographs. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Cheek family -- Photographs. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•City and town life -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Civil rights -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Waterworks crib explosion, 1916 -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cleveland Play House (Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cleveland Transit System -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. (1)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Dallas Colored High School (Dallas, Tex.) -- Photographs. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Davis, Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver), 1912- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Fleming, Charles W., 1928-1994 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•George, Clayborne, 1888-1970 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•George, Zelma, 1903- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Gilpin Players -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. (1)
•Godfrey, Arthur, 1903-1983 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Gould, George 1905-1990 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs (1)
•Hampton University (Va.) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, George, 1910-1984 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hanserd, Lolette -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hart family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hines family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Hiram House Camp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (1)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. (2)
•Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Immigrant children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (1)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896- -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Johnson family. -- Photographs. (1)
•Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (5)
•Karamu House -- Photograph collections. (3)
•King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Locher, Ralph S. (Ralph Sidney), 1915- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Martin family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Martin, Alexander H., -- Jr. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Martin, Alexander H., Sr. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Martin, Lydia Jane -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Martin, Mary Brown, 1877-1939 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•McKinney family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•McKinney, Ruth Berry (Annie Ruth Berry), 1900-1966 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•McKinney, Wade Hampton, 1892-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Moon family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•National Bar Association -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Oberlin College. Conservatory of Music. (1)
•Owens, Jesse, 1913- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Pereira, Sarah Martin -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Perk, Ralph J. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Perk, Ralph J. 1914- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Playhouse Settlement -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Podiatrists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Seltzer, Louis Benson, 1897- -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Silbert, Samuel H., 1883-1976 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Simon, Frank. (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith family (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (5)
•Social work with African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
•Spouses of clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Stokes family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. (3)
•Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Storey, Ethel -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Tall, Booker T. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
•Theobald, George -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Traffic signs and signals -- Photographs. (1)
•Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. North Coast Chapter -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Photographs. (1)
•United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Urban poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Vanik, Charles -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Virginia State College for Negroes -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Walker, William O., 1896-1981 -- Photograph collections. (2)
•Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents -- Photographs. (1)
•Weeden family -- Portraits. (1)
•Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988 -- Portraits. (1)
•Western Reserve Historical Society Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (1989) -- Photographs. (1)
•White family -- Photograph collections. (2)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970 -- Photograph collections. (3)
•White, Michael R. -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Paul (Judge), -- Photograph collections. (1)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Williamson, Katherine P., 1910-1964 -- Photograph collections. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs. (1)
•World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Photographs. (1)
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1Title:  Hart Family Photograph Album     
 Creator:  Hart Family 
 Dates:  1900-1953 
 Abstract:  Charles C. Hart, Sr. was a member of the Hart family of Cleveland, Ohio. He was married to Susan Tucker Hart, whose father, William Tucker, was the first African American police officer in Cleveland. The collection consists of one photograph album containing photographs of various members of the Hart and Tucker families in and around Cleveland, Ohio, and other locations. Most of the photographs are identified and/or dated. 
 Call #:  PG 162 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hart family -- Photograph collections. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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2Title:  Perry B. Jackson Photographs     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1900-1970 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was extremely active in Cleveland civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of loose photographs and one photograph album relating to the career, social life, and family of Cleveland, Ohio Municipal Court Judge Perry B. Jackson. 
 Call #:  PG 098 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986 -- Photograph collections. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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3Title:  Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church Photographs     
 Creator:  Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church 
 Dates:  1950-1960 
 Abstract:  Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first African American church established in Cleveland, Ohio. Chartered by the African Methodist Episcopal Society in 1836, services were first held in members' homes. The first church building was dedicated in 1850. In 1908, after several moves to various church buildings in the nineteenth century, the congregation erected a new church building at East 40th Street and Central Avenue, where it remains. The collection consists of group portraits and views of groups and activities of members of Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are photographs of choirs, Sunday School classes, and church boards. 
 Call #:  PG 223 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Saint John's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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4Title:  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photographs     
 Creator:  King, Martin Luther Jr. 
 Dates:  1963-1989 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of photographs and copy negatives assembled from a variety of sources, including PG 273 United Auto Workers, Local 45 Negatives (Western Reserve Historical Society), the Cleveland Press collection of Cleveland State University, and former Press photographer William S. Nehez. The photographs were used in an audiovisual presentation for the January 18, 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The bulk of photographs are views of Dr. King's visits to Cleveland, Ohio and portraits of program honorees from the 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. 
 Call #:  PG 433 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration (1989) -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
 
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5Title:  Perry B. Jackson Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1900-1986 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of individual portraits of Perry B. Jackson, family portraits, views of Jackson presiding as a jurist, and various photographs of social organizations, including the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the Worlds and the Prince Hall Masons. 
 Call #:  PG 467 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986 -- Photograph collections. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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6Title:  Josephus Hicks Collection of Church Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials     
 Creator:  Hicks, Josephus 
 Dates:  1940-1996 
 Abstract:  Josephus Hicks was an African American photographer and historian who lived in Cleveland from the mid-1930s until his death in 1998. In addition to photographing people and events in the Cleveland African American community, Mr. Hicks wrote the history of St. John A.M.E. Church, the Mount Zion Church and the Hough area of the city. The collection consists of church records, photographs, 16mm film, and audio LPs. 
 Call #:  MS 5366 
 Extent:  3.61 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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7Title:  Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs     
 Creator:  George, Dr. Zelma Watson 
 Dates:  1881-1994 
 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. 
 Call #:  MS 5415 
 Extent:  55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes) 
 Subjects:  George, Zelma Watson | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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8Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Photographs     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1921-1966 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates, its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of photographs of activities, games, and sports at the Friendly Inn Social Settlement, and also of the neighborhood it served. Included are many views of African American and Italian organizations at the Settlement and views of housing conditions of the surrounding area. 
 Call #:  PG 126 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- Photographs.
 
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9Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1885-1962 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon (1901-1985) was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon (1868-1952) was an organizer of the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of group and individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his family, friends and associates. 
 Call #:  PG 187 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Wiggins family -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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10Title:  Garrett A. Morgan Photographs     
 Creator:  Morgan, Garrett A. 
 Dates:  1915-1978 
 Abstract:  Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included the electric traffic signal and the gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Co. to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Garrett A. Morgan, his family, and friends. Also included are views of his residence, and of his inventions, including the gas mask, traffic signal, and a hair treatment system. The collection also includes views relating to the water intake crib disaster in Cleveland, Ohio in 1917. 
 Call #:  PG 246 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents -- Photographs. | Traffic signs and signals -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Waterworks crib explosion, 1916 -- Photographs.
 
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11Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Photographs     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1850-1980 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders to aid in bringing economic prosperity to the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of individual and group portraits of Hough Area Development Corporation Board members and staff; group portraits of programs, parties and banquets, and meetings; and views of streets of the Hough neighborhood, Hough community buildings, MLK Plaza businesses, industrial businesses, and individual houses. 
 Call #:  PG 374 
 Extent:  2.10 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation -- Photograph collections. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
 
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12Title:  Eugene Bailey Photographs     
 Creator:  Bailey, Eugene 
 Dates:  1910-1970 
 Abstract:  Eugene Bailey (1913-1942) was an African American from Cleveland, Ohio, who attended Virginia State College for Negroes, excelling in athletics. Bailey became physical education director at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Va. and then enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II. In 1942, he was killed in an explosion at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Eugene Bailey, his family and friends; and views of life at college, athletic events, and campuses, including Hampton College in Virginia. 
 Call #:  PG 437 
 Extent:  0.30 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942 -- Photograph collections. | Virginia State College for Negroes -- Photograph collections. | Hampton University (Va.) -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Virginia -- Photographs. | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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13Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Photographs     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1946-1986 
 Abstract:  The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of individual portraits of founder Amanda Wicker, her friends and associates; Clarke School board members, school graduates, and models; and views of events, activities and instructional classes. Included in the collection are portraits of Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, Representative Troy Lee James, Cynthia Holloway, Judge Perry B. Jackson, Wyatt Brownlee, and Elizabeth Lambright. Events depicted include The Book of Gold and other fashion shows, award ceremonies of the Amanda Wicker Scholarship and the Cleveland Scholarship Program, board meetings, and social functions. 
 Call #:  PG 472 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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14Title:  Black Folk Art in Cleveland Photographs     
 Creator:  Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University 
 Dates:  1984 
 Abstract:  The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition was presented in 1984 by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. It featured folk artists Peggy Davenport, Reverend Albert Wagner, Ruby Hall, Helen Dobbins, Jim Moss, Mickey Towns, Benjamin Collins, Perkine Lard, Marcella Welch, Nick Biggins, and J.D. Harmon. The collection consists of images depicting the exhibit in the Mather Gallery, its visitors, participants, and organizers. Included in the collection are photographs of Dr. Zelma George, Ishmael Reed, and other visitors of the exhibition. 
 Call #:  PG 474 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. | Black Folk Art in Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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15Title:  Bertha Blue Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Blue, Bertha Family 
 Dates:  1900-1970 
 Abstract:  Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963) was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Bertha Blue, her daughter Jane Darr, Welcome T. Blue, Sr., and other family members and friends. Included in the collection are photographs of Jane Edna Hunter, Virginia Bray, and G. Howard Fields. Events depicted are the weddings of Mabelle Blue and Jane Lee Darr, the tennis group with whom Bertha Blue played, and Bertha Blue's first grade class. 
 Call #:  PG 475 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963 -- Photograph collections. | Darr, Jane Lee -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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16Title:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen Photographs     
 Creator:  Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen 
 Dates:  1941-1966 
 Abstract:  The Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen was founded in Denver, Colorado, as a national African American fraternal and mutual benefit association. The organization had chapters, called Tents, across the country. A subsidiary, the American Woodmen Life Insurance Company, provided mutual benefit life insurance to members of the Supreme Camp. The collection consists of individual portraits of Frank Simon, president of the Cleveland, Ohio tent, and other members of the Cleveland tent; and views of business meetings, conferences, ceremonies, parades, and coronations of Kings and Queens of American Woodmen. Also included are images of the American Woodmen District Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930. 
 Call #:  PG 479 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Simon, Frank. | Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | African American friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Insurance, fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
 
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17Title:  George Gould Photographs     
 Creator:  Gould, George 
 Dates:  1930-1971 
 Abstract:  George Gould (1905-1990) was a professional African American actor. Gould first worked with the Royal American Show, an African American theater group based in Tampa, Florida, in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, Cleveland, Ohio, became his base of operation. The majority of his work in Cleveland was at Karamu House under the direction of Dorothy and Reuben Silver. He also performed in several productions at the Cleveland Playhouse. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of George Gould in various theatrical productions, including those at the Cleveland Playhouse and Karamu House. 
 Call #:  PG 480 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Gould, George 1905-1990 -- Photograph collections. | Karamu House -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Play House (Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | African American actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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18Title:  Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., North Coast Chapter Photographs     
 Creator:  Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., North Coast Chapter 
 Dates:  1944 
 Abstract:  The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., North Coast Chapter is the Cleveland, Ohio, area chapter of the national organization whose purpose is to educate African American youth about the challenges faced by the Tuskegee Airmen in training to become World War II fighter pilots in the United States Army Air Corps. The Tuskegee Airmen, all African Americans, were graduates of the segregated Tuskegee Army Flying School near Tuskegee, Alabama. Many of the graduates joined four squadrons of the 332nd Fighter Group and served with distinction throughout World War II. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, and views of training exercises at Tuskegee, Alabama. Individuals depicted include Robert A. Decatur, Joseph D. Barrucker, and other members of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., North Coast Chapter. Other individuals depicted include George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, and Frederick Douglass Patterson. 
 Call #:  PG 485 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. North Coast Chapter -- Photograph collections. | United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd -- Photograph collections. | Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. -- Photograph collections. | World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Photographs.
 
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19Title:  Henry Lee Moon Family Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Moon, Henry Lee Family 
 Dates:  1860-1980 
 Abstract:  Henry Lee Moon was public relations director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its New York headquarters (1948-1960). Mollie Lewis Moon, his wife, was a social worker, public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). Roddy K. Moon was an organizer of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Henry Lee Moon, his wife Mollie Lewis Moon, other Moon family members, friends, and associates. Views of the Urban League Guild Beaux Arts Ball, including photographs of Henry Lee and Mollie Moon with Josephine Baker, and of the 40th anniversary celebration of Mollie and Henry Lee Moon, are contained in this collection. Vacation photographs of the Moon family are also included. 
 Call #:  PG 509 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- -- Photograph collections. | Moon family -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Mollie Lewis -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952 -- Photograph collections. | Moon, Leah -- Photograph collections. | Hines family -- Photograph collections. | Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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20Title:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum Photographs     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 
 Dates:  1873-1988 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975 to prepare exhibits for the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Cleveland. The exhibits were to depict contributions from Cleveland's ethnic groups to the multicultural society of the area. Following the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, the museum established a permanent office and exhibit gallery in the Old Arcade in downtown Cleveland. Although the museum closed in 1981, it was able to document the experiences of immigrants through oral histories, photographs, and other collected material. The collection consists of approximately 1,500 photographs and 1,500 slides. 
 Call #:  PG 594 
 Extent:  2.03 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Asian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum -- Photographs | Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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