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African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (85)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (34)
African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (19)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (17)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (13)
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Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (9)
African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (8)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (8)
Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) (8)
Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (8)
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (6)
African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
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Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Karamu House. (5)
Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African Americans -- Civil rights. (4)
African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
African Americans -- History. (4)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. (4)
African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (4)
Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (4)
Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. (4)
School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Stokes, Carl. (4)
Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
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81Title:  Lethia Cousins Fleming Papers     
 Creator:  Fleming, Lethia Cousins 
 Dates:  1903-1963 
 Abstract:  Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963) was a teacher from West Virginia who became a social worker for the Division of Child Welfare in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1931-1951). She and her husband, Cleveland city councilman Thomas W. Fleming, were active in local civic and charitable organizations. The collection consists of teaching certificates, certificates of recognition, testimonials, curriculum vitae, real estate account books, travel souvenirs, and newspaper clippings relating to Mrs. Fleming, and records of the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People, its Men's Auxiliary, the Phillis Wheatley Association, and other charitable organizations. 
 Call #:  MS 3525 
 Extent:  0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Fleming, Lethia Cousins, 1876-1963. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
 
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82Title:  Garrett A. Morgan Papers     
 Creator:  Morgan, Garrett A. 
 Dates:  1894-1970 
 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 correspondence, legal and business papers, drawings of the traffic signal, a hair straightening device and an automatic cooker, maps, blueprints and floorplans of Morgan's properties, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and material relating to Morgan's role in the waterworks crib explosion, the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., the National Safety Device Co., and the Wakeman Country Club. 
 Call #:  MS 3534 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. | Traffic signs and signals.
 
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83Title:  Perry B. Jackson Papers     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1879-1973 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland, Ohio civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, speeches, financial material, personnel lists, bench notes, judicial election material, and other material relating to Judge Jackson and his judicial, church and civic activities. 
 Call #:  MS 3581 
 Extent:  7.81 linear feet (19 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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84Title:  Carl Stokes Scrapbooks     
 Creator:  Stokes, Carl 
 Dates:  1952-1971 
 Abstract:  Carl Stokes (1927-1996) 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 twenty scrapbooks. The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings from Cleveland newspapers and non-Ohio newspapers. 
 Call #:  MS 5305 
 Extent:  6.00 linear feet (20 volumes) 
 Subjects:  African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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85Title:  Conella Coulter Brown Papers     
 Creator:  Coulter Brown, Conella 
 Dates:  1943-1989 
 Abstract:  Conella Coulter Brown (1925-2022), was an educator and the first African American woman to take on the role of assistant superintendent in an Ohio School District, making her the highest ranking African American woman in public education at the time. This collection consists of articles, awards, a biographical sketch, bulletins, certificates, correspondences, flyers, invitations, membership materials, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, proclamations and resolutions, and program booklets. 
 Call #:  MS 5495 
 Extent:  .40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American school superintendents -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Busing for school integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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86Title:  Mary P. Hutchings Papers     
 Creator:  Hutchings, Mary P. 
 Dates:  1931-1991 
 Abstract:  Mary P. Hutchings (1915-1991) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney and for ten years the Chief Referee of the Cleveland Civil Service Commission. She was born in Union City, Tennessee. Her family moved to Cleveland and she attended the Cleveland City Schools before graduating from Cleveland Heights High School. She returned to Tennessee and graduated from Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis and later received a graduate degree from Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Science. In 1951 she joined future jurist Lillian Burke as a graduate of Cleveland Marshall Law School. In addition to private law practice, Hutchings served as an assistant state attorney general for mental hygiene and corrections and a guidance counselor at the Cleveland Job Corps for Women. In her civic life she served on several boards and was active with the NAACP, Women's City Club, National Association of Black Women Attorneys, Americans for Democratic Action, the Glenville YWCA, the Phillis Wheatley Association, Jack & Jill of America and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Her local political activism earned her invitations to Lyndon Johnson's 1965 presidential inauguration and state of the union message to Congress. She supported Carl Stokes' 1965 and 1967 mayoral campaigns. She served as a precinct committeewoman for Wards 19 and 25. In 1938 she married George Hutchings and had one son, Phillip. The collection consists of agendas, cards, certificates, correspondence, invitations, memos, newsletters, newspaper clippings, postcards, proclamations, programs, reports, a resume, speeches, subpoenas, telegrams, and a yearbook. 
 Call #:  MS 4851 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Hutchings, Mary P., 1915-1991. | Stokes, Carl. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | LeMoyne-Owen College. | African American women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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87Title:  Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Papers     
 Creator:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks 
 Dates:  1948-2010 
 Abstract:  Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1904. Orphaned at age four, she was raised by the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and Fisk University before applying to the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. Johnson graduated in 1928 with a master's degree in social work. As a social worker, Johnson was first employed by Associated Charities of Cleveland, Ohio. Later, she worked for the Cuyahoga County Department of Welfare in conjunction with the federal program Aid to Dependent Children. She retired in 1961. Johnson married Elmer Cheeks in 1929. They had two sons. Cheeks died in 1941, and Johnson married Raymond Johnson in 1957. He died in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was an active member of Mt. Zion Congregational Church, an avid reader and traveler, and a supporter of a variety of charities. At age 105, she attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Soon after, with the assistance of a freelance writer, she wrote her autobiography. It was published shortly after her death in 2010. The collection consists of annual reports, booklets, book manuscripts, book proofs, brochures, catalogues, certificates, church directories, citations, correspondence, forms, a guest book, an inauguration ticket, lists, magazine articles, newsletter articles, newspaper articles, notes, passports, proclamations, programs, remarks, speeches, and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 5068 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. | Case Western Reserve University. | Fisk University. | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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88Title:  John Frazier Papers     
 Creator:  Frazier, John 
 Dates:  1962-1974 
 Abstract:  John Frazier (born 1941) is a civil rights worker and Unitarian-Universalist minister. In 1969 he became the first pastor of the newly-formed Humanist Fellowship of Liberation in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, sermons, speeches, school records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers, relating to Frazier's civil rights activities, his seminary years, racial issues in the Unitarian-Universalist church, and the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation. 
 Call #:  MS 3593 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Frazier, John, 1941- | First Unitarian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unitarian Church -- Ohio. | Unitarian churches -- Clergy. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- United States. | Race relations -- Religious aspects. | Religion and race.
 
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89Title:  Mary B. Martin Scrapbook     
 Creator:  Martin, Mary B. 
 Dates:  1905-1962 
 Abstract:  Mary Brown Martin was a Cleveland, Ohio, teacher. In 1929, she became the first African-American elected to the Cleveland Board of Education. Martin came to Cleveland from Raleigh, North Carolina in 1886. She received a degree from Western Reserve University in 1903 and began her teaching career in Birmingham, Alabama. Returning to Cleveland, she married attorney Alexander H. Martin in 1905. She died shortly after being elected to a third term on the Board of Education in 1939. An elementary school at East 82nd and Brookline in Cleveland was named in her honor in 1962. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, cards, programs, campaign materials, telegrams, announcements and correspondence, dealing primarily with her election to the Cleveland Board of Education and her death in 1939. Correspondents include members of the Ohio Supreme Court and General Assembly, George Bellamy, and Cuyahoga County Coroner Sam Gerber. 
 Call #:  MS 4047 
 Extent:  0.17 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Martin, Mary Brown, 1877-1939 | Cleveland Public Schools Board of Education | African American teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women in education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School board members -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
 
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90Title:  Charles W. White Family Papers     
 Creator:  White, Charles W. Family 
 Dates:  1872-1977 
 Abstract:  Charles W. White (1897-1970), a lawyer and judge, and his wife Stella, a writer and journalist, were both active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. White had one daughter, Lillian. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence of White and his daughter Lillian, an original manuscript by Stella White, family history and biographical materials, and memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4114 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White family. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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91Title:  Fred McClellan Crosby Papers     
 Creator:  Crosby, Fred McClellan 
 Dates:  1971-1976 
 Abstract:  Fred McClellan Crosby (b. 1928) was the President of Crosby Furniture Company and active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. Crosby served on various boards such as the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Minority Economic Development Corporation, Council of Small Enterprises and the Cleveland Business League. He was active in numerous civic groups as well, including the Y.M.C.A., Urban League, Forest City Hospital, Glenville Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts and United Torch. The collection consists of photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence. This collection pertains primarily to Fred Crosby's business, career and civic activities in Cleveland's African American community. 
 Call #:  MS 4198 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- | Forest City Hospital. | Crosby Furniture Company. | Urban League of Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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92Title:  Former Junior Federation Records     
 Creator:  Former Junior Federation 
 Dates:  1927-1982 
 Abstract:  The Former Junior Federation (f. 1927) was an African American women's social club constituted of the former members of the Junior Federation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally called the Gertrude Fisher Club after the founder who molded a group of youngsters into an organization that gathered in each other's homes. The aims of the club were to instill an understanding of the body of culture and thought in the world, to train women to become more efficient club members and better citizens, and to promote service and philanthropy as well as social and cultural interests. In the 1950s they became members of the Council of Colored Women and renamed themselves the Junior Girls Federation. By 1965 they had again changed their name, this time to the Former Junior Federation, but continued their social, civic and friendly activities. The collection consists of a constitution, bylaws, membership rosters, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4235 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Former Junior Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Social conditions. | Women -- Societies and clubs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
 
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93Title:  Eloise R. Cunningham Papers     
 Creator:  Cunningham, Eloise R. 
 Dates:  1942-1970 
 Abstract:  Eloise R. Cunningham (born 1895) was a Cleveland, Ohio, social worker active in a variety of African-American educational and alumni associations. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, and brochures for various Afro-American educational and alumni associations, including the Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association, the Inter-Alumni Council of Greater Cleveland, and the Cleveland drive for the United Negro College Fund. 
 Call #:  MS 4367 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Cunningham, Eloise R., 1895- | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association. | Inter-Alumni Council of Greater Cleveland. | United Negro College Fund. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American universities and colleges -- Alumni -- Societies, etc.
 
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94Title:  Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged 
 Dates:  1969-1983 
 Abstract:  The Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged is a Cleveland, Ohio retirement home, founded in 1896 as the first non-religious institution sponsored by African Americans in Cleveland. It was first named the Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People and became the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged in 1960, the Eliza Bryant Center in the 1980s, and is today known as the Eliza Bryant Multipurpose Senior Center, located on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, promotional brochures, and reports pertaining to the activities of the home, including consideration of funding sources, property purchase and the possibility of a new facility by the board of trustees. 
 Call #:  MS 4421 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged -- Archives. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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95Title:  James Adolph Norton Papers     
 Creator:  Norton, James Adolph 
 Dates:  1960-1968 
 Abstract:  James Adolph Norton was a professor of public administration at various colleges and universities around the country before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as Director of the Cleveland Foundation, chairman of the Housing Committee of the Urban League of Cleveland, and president of the American Society of Public Administrators in the 1960s. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, and publications, regarding activities of the Urban League, particularly work of the Housing Committee. Included is a report issued by the Urban League's Research Department entitled The Negro in Cleveland, 1950-1963, and issues of its two newsletters, Flash, and Stride. 
 Call #:  MS 4539 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Norton, James Adolph, 1922- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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96Title:  Operation Black Unity Records     
 Creator:  Operation Black Unity 
 Dates:  1969-1976 
 Abstract:  Operation Black Unity was a coalition of groups and people, founded in 1969, interested in the progress of the African American population of Cleveland, Ohio. Membership consisted of churches, black nationalists, and civil rights groups. The organization was co-chaired by Reverend Donald S. Jacobs, Reverend Jonathan Ealy, and William O. Walker. One of its main projects was securing African American ownership of McDonald's restaurants in the city of Cleveland. The collection consists of minutes, reports, speech texts, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, press releases, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4633 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Operation Black Unity. | McDonald's Corporation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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97Title:  Operation Equality Records     
 Creator:  Operation Equality 
 Dates:  1965-1971 
 Abstract:  Operation Equality was a Cleveland, Ohio, housing program established in 1967 by the National Urban League and designed to provide better housing for minority families. It encouraged the use of all legal and legislative tools related to housing, community planning, and development to achieve its goals. The collection consists of the operational plan of the organization, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, news releases, articles, brochures, and legal documents. 
 Call #:  MS 4636 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Operation Equality. | National Urban League. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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98Title:  Mary Jane Baylor Papers     
 Creator:  Baylor, Mary Jane 
 Dates:  1950-1980 
 Abstract:  Mary Jane Baylor was the first African American salesperson to work for the Halle Brothers Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning in 1944 in the stock department, she moved on to a clerical position, and in 1950, as a salesperson in the children and infants' department. She received commendations for her service and awards for her ability to thwart crime and prevent fraud. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and guest lists. 
 Call #:  MS 4648 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Baylor, Mary Jane. | Halle Bros. Co. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Employees. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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99Title:  Dorothy Layne McIntyre Family Papers     
 Creator:  McIntyre, Dorothy Layne Family 
 Dates:  1939-1988 
 Abstract:  Dorothy Layne McIntyre was one of the first African American women to receive a private pilot's license under the Civil Aeronautics Authority. She trained in the cadet flying program while attending West Virginia State College, receiving her pilot's license in 1940. During World War II she taught aircraft mechanics at the War Production Training School in Baltimore, Maryland, while simultaneously working as a secretary in the industrial department of the Baltimore Urban League. In 1942, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and married F. Benjamin McIntyre; they had two daughters, Dianne McIntyre and Donna McIntyre Whyte. The collection consists of photocopies of original pilot log books, publications concerning aeronautics, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The collection pertains to Doroty McIntyre's career in the aeronautics industry. Also included are articles and other information concerning Dianne McIntyre and her dance group, Sounds in Motion, particularly concerning their production of "Take-Off from a Forced Landing," based on the life of Dorothy McIntyre. 
 Call #:  MS 4649 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. | McIntyre, Dianne. | Sounds in Motion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dance companies -- United States. | Dance -- United States.
 
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100Title:  Perry B. Jackson Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1896-1986 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, scrapbooks, awards, and certificates. 
 Call #:  MS 4659 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize volume, and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Elks (Fraternal Order) | Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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