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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 161 | Title: | Fair Housing Inc. Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fair Housing Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1962-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Fair Housing Inc. was a Cleveland, Ohio, licensed real estate brokerage firm incorporated in 1962 as a for-profit business venture. Its primary aim was to establish the principle of non-discrimination in the Greater Cleveland housing market. It assisted persons who had historically been denied housing because of race, religion, or national origin by offering affordable housing; promoting good community relations as a way to stabilize emerging mixed neighborhoods; and encouraging the dissolution of segregation patterns based on race, ethnicity, or religious background. The founding officers included Karl F. Bruch Jr., Dr. Winston Richie, and Russell Adrine. By 1971, federal and state governments had passed open housing legislation, and Fair Housing Inc. was dissolved. The collection consists of board of directors' and stockholders' records, including articles of incorporation, corporate dissolution records, financial records, agendas, correspondence, directors' information forms, committee rosters, memos, proposals, reports, minutes, broker reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, loan records, shareholder proxies, reply cards, stock campaign records, shareholders' lists, and subject files. | | | | Call #: | MS 4788 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 162 | Title: | United Freedom Movement Freedom Schools Records
| | | | Creator: | United Freedom Movement Freedom Schools | | | | Dates: | 1963-1965 | | | | Abstract: | The United Freedom Movement Freedom Schools was a mass boycott in protest of the racial segregation of Cleveland, Ohio, public schools held on April 20, 1964. The United Freedom Movement of Cleveland directed the school boycott. Students from Cleveland public schools were directed to attend Freedom Schools for one day, held at area churches and with a curriculum consisting of black cultural and civil rights history, art, and music. The collection consists of applications by volunteers to staff schools, curricula, organizational charts, flyers, newspaper clippings, and lists of schools, students, teachers, supervisors, and demonstrators. | | | | Call #: | MS 4814 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United Freedom Movement Freedom Schools. | Cleveland Public Schools. | United Freedom Movement. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation in education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 163 | Title: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1849-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1807 and was not only the first church, but also the first institution of any kind established in what would become Cuyahoga County. It was originally called the Church of Christ in Euclid, and was comprised of both Presbyterian and Congregationalist settlers from the New England area. The first spiritual leader was Reverend William Wick. The first services were held in the homes of parishioners, and a permanent home for the church, known as the Log Church, was built in 1810. In 1811, the church formally entered the Hartford, Connecticut Presbytery and was then an officially recognized Presbyterian church. The collection consists of bulletins, meeting minutes, administrative papers, historical narratives, event programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 5202 | | | | Extent: | 4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Windermere Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in church work -- Ohio -- East Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 165 | Title: | Community Action for Youth Records
| | | | Creator: | Community Action for Youth | | | | Dates: | 1958-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Community Action for Youth was a social services agency in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, created through a federal matching grant from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in 1963. Its goals included the reduction of juvenile delinquency and poverty through increased social services, educational opportunities, and job training. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, financial documents, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, proposals, reports, speeches, and statements. | | | | Call #: | MS 5227 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 167 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 168 | Title: | James Horton Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | James Horton | | | | Dates: | ca.1965-1990 | | | | Abstract: | James Horton (1934-2005) was an employee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 47, in Cleveland, Ohio. He helped the union organize workers in several Cleveland hospitals and nursing homes and served as a negotiator during contract bargaining negotiations. During his career with SEIU he served in many capacities including organizer, business agent, negotiator, vice-president, and president. The collection consists of a biography, a book, brochures, casework files, contract data sheet, contract surveys, correspondence, fliers, grievance reports, handwritten notes, job descriptions, merger history, monthly activity reports, a photograph, plan descriptions, a proposal draft, newspaper clippings, a newsletter, reports, rosters, speech and press conference, union agreement, and union proposals. | | | | Call #: | MS 5507 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 169 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 170 | Title: | Hiram House Social Settlement Records
| | | | Creator: | Hiram House Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1893-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. | | | | Call #: | MS 3319 | | | | Extent: | 38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 171 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 172 | Title: | Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1809-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party. | | | | Call #: | MS 3666 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ford family. | White family. | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. | Liberty Party. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Abolitionists -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Temperance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 173 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 174 | Title: | Russell Howard Davis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Davis, Russell Howard | | | | Dates: | 1897-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Russell Howard Davis (1897-1976) was an educator, community activist, historian, and author of the first comprehensive history of African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio. Davis drew from his brother Harry's unfinished manuscript on Blacks in Cleveland and published it in two volumes, Memorable Negroes in Cleveland's Past (1969) and Black Americans in Cleveland (1974). The collection consists of family records and histories, correspondence, organizational records and notes, manuscripts by Davis and other authors, and miscellaneous printed materials and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4031 | | | | Extent: | 10.81 linear feet (12 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976. | Davis family. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- History. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 175 | Title: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.)., Local 604, Ladies Auxiliary Records
| | | | Creator: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.)., Local 604, Ladies Auxiliary | | | | Dates: | 1953-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Local 604 is the auxiliary unit of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1927. The collection consists of a constitution of district 6, convention reports, minutes, correspondence, membership cards, programs, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4159 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.). Local 604. Ladies Auxiliary (Cleveland, Ohio). | Minority labor union members -- United States. | Postal service -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States. | Government employee unions -- United States. | African Americans -- Employment. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Race discrimination -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 176 | Title: | Katherine P. Williamson Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Katherine P. | | | | Dates: | 1927-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Katherine P. Williamson (1910-1964) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker who had a particular interest in improved housing for minority groups. She was a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Dept., Family Life Coordinator for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's Central Area Community Council, and Child Welfare Consultant, and later, Northeast Area Superior, for the Ohio Dept. of Public Welfare. The collection consists of biographical materials, clippings, correspondence, and subject files relating to her career as well as to her organizational activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4210 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Williamson, Katharine P., 1910-1964. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. | Central Area Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland College Alumni Association. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Public Welfare -- Ohio -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 177 | Title: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1868-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 with a program of lectures, prayer meetings, a Sunday school and a lending library. It initially focused on missionary and religious work. By 1880 the emphasis shifted toward character development and broadened to include boys as well as men, offering educational and physical training programs. During the 20th century the Y worked with the city's social settlements and welfare agencies, conducted fundraising campaigns during World War I, and increased its efforts to work with young boys. By the 1980s there were over 20 branches in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of minutes of the Cedar Avenue Boys' Branch, 1922-1977; also, general files of the Central YMCA, 1880-1975; publications and reports, including some issues of the Cleveland Red Triangle, the Association Boy, the Junior, News and Notes, and the West Side Boy; East End Branch scrapbook, 1929-1930; Cleveland surveys and studies, 1931-1962; Fenn College publications and reports, 1896-1938; War Work Week scrapbook, 1917; and miscellany. The collection pertains to the activities of the YMCA, including efforts at religious and missionary work, development of character in urban youth, war work, and alleviation of depression-era unemployment. The Cedar Avenue Branch records in particular document the Y's effort to serve Cleveland's black community, beginning in 1922. | | | | Call #: | MS 4458 | | | | Extent: | 3.51 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland -- Archives. | Fenn College. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 178 | Title: | Flora Johnson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Flora | | | | Dates: | 1950-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Flora Johnson (b. 1906) was active in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio, including the following organizations: Cleveland Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, Glenville Garden Club, Forest City Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, Antioch Baptist Church, Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged, Four-O'Clock Garden Club, League of Women Voters, the 25th Ward Republican Club, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the National Alliance of Postal Employees. The collection consists of programs, annual reports, membership information, correspondence, and historical and biographical information relating to the organizations in which Flora Johnson was actively involved. This collection also contains a small file containing material reflecting the involvement of the donor, Loraine Huston, in the Ladies Auxiliary of the National Alliance of Postal Employees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4494 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Flora, ca. 1906- | Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Glenville Garden Club. | Forest City Hospital. Auxiliary. | National Council of Negro Women. Cleveland Council. | League of Women Voters of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 179 | Title: | Glenville Health Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Glenville Health Association | | | | Dates: | 1975-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Glenville Health Association was a private health care center that provided service to the poor in the Glenville area of Cleveland, Ohio. It began in 1970, and was located at 10640 St. Clair Avenue. It ceased services in 1989. The Cleveland Health Care Alternatives, Inc. was founded in 1985 and was made up of health care providers in the University Circle, area, including the Glenville Health Association. The collection consists of board of trustees minutes, brochures, newspaper clippings, and advertisements of the Glenville Health Association. Also included are minutes, 1985-1986, for the Operating Committee of the Cleveland Health Care Alternatives, Inc., an association of health care providers in the University Circle area of Cleveland offering services to persons on medical assistance. | | | | Call #: | MS 4584 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Glenville Health Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Cleveland Health Care Alternatives, Inc. | Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities, Medical -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-Americans -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 180 | Title: | Windermere United Methodist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Windermere United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1899-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Windermere United Methodist Church of East Cleveland, Ohio, was informally organized in the 1890s. In 1899, the society to establish a permanent church was organized. Services were held 1902-1909 in the Old Euclid Avenue Road House at Euclid and Holyoke Avenues, as the Windermere Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1909, a new church, designed by architect J. B. Fulton and located at the Euclid and Holyoke Avenues site, was dedicated. Early pastors included Reverends Ner W. Stroup, E. A. Jester, Harry B. Lewis, W. B. Armington, and Battelle McCarthy. By 1915 it had 910 members. In the 1920s, a parsonage and hall were built. In 1939, with a merger on the national level of various Methodist bodies, the name was changed to Windermere Methodist Church. Membership grew to over 1800 by 1958. In 1946, the church, with the exception of the church tower and hall, was destroyed by fire. A new church, designed by the architectural firm of Maier, Walsh, and Dickerson, was completed in 1954. The Austin Memorial Chapel, designed by Travis Gower Walsh and Associates, was dedicated in 1962. In 1968, with another national church merger that created the United Methodist Church, the name was changed to Windermere United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Windermere United Methodist Church struggled to develop an integrated church, and joined the East Side Cooperative Ministry in order to coordinate a ministerial plan for the rapidly changing population. Services included halfway houses, daycare, and neighborhood recreation programs. Predominantly African-American in membership by the 1980s, Windermere United Methodist Church was well known for its community outreach efforts, including Cleveland Food Rescue, anti-drug and gang programs for youth, daycare services, and other community redevelopment efforts. In 2000 the Austin Memorial Foundation gave the Windermere Taskforce-East Cleveland Initiative a grant to utilize the church facilities to expand community programs. In 2013, the church building was deemed unsafe by the church trustees, and the remaining 50 church members voted to move to Church of the Savior Methodist Church in Cleveland Heights. The Windermere church property was turned over to the North Coast District of the United Methodist Church in 2013. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, blueprints, construction specifications, contracts, correspondence, directories, financial document, histories, legal documents, lists, membership books, minutes, newspaper clippings, programs, proposals, publications, reports, a scrapbook, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 4843 | | | | Extent: | 1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stroup family. | Austin family. | Windermere United Methodist Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Methodist church buildings -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Methodists -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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