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1Title:  Julia Simpson Scrapbooks     
 Creator:  Simpson, Julia 
 Dates:  1944-1984 
 Abstract:  Julia Gants Simpson (b. 1912) was an African American woman born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Mildred Braggs Gants. Her grandmother was Henrietta Braggs who worked as a maid and cook for the Wentworth Marshall family of Shaker Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and programs that document African American history in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States. 
 Call #:  MS 5279 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Scrapbooks. | African Americans -- History -- 20th century. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century.
 
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2Title:  Michael Kowan Family Papers     
 Creator:  Kowan, Michael family 
 Dates:  1942-1987 
 Abstract:  Michael Kowan and his wife, Rachel Howitz Kowan, owned and operated Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Michael served in World War II and was in England, 1943-1945. The collection consists of family materials, including photograph albums and volumes of Michael's poetry; scrapbooks of Michael and Rachel's travels, particularly to New York City; letters, photographs and articles relating to Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket; and scrapbooks of souvenirs, photographs and letters relating to Michael's military service and London during World War II, including aerial shots taken in the skies of Great Britain during the war. 
 Call #:  MS 4944 
 Extent:  2.00 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Kowan, Michael. | Kowan, Rachel Howitz. | Howitz, Morris. | Kowan family. | Howitz family. | Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bookstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London. | Voyages and travels. | Poetry. | Scrapbooks. | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. | London (England) -- Description and travel.
 
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