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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 142 | Title: | Charles V. Proctor Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Virginia Williams | | | | Dates: | 1936-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Charles V. Proctor, a well-known African-American commercial photographer, was employed by Standard Oil in Cleveland as the company's photographer until his retirement in 1972. Proctor also worked as a freelance photographer. His sports-related work was primarily of the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and 1960s. His Browns photos were used by the team and often appeared in the Call & Post. He was also recognized as a portrait photographer handling both wedding and business assignments. | | | | Call #: | 5471 | | | | Extent: | 1 linear feet (one container) | | | | Subjects: | Proctor, Charles V. (1906-1998) | Cleveland Browns (Football Teams: 1946-1995) | Photography of team sports | African American photographers
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 143 | Title: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch Records
| | | | Creator: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1922-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a social and political action organization founded in 1912 as a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the NAACP. Its purpose is to oppose racial inequalities in civil and political rights. The collection consists of reports, minutes, office files, financial records, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, news releases and insurance policies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3520 | | | | Extent: | 26.40 linear feet (70 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 144 | Title: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association | | | | Dates: | 1928-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Tuskeegee Alumni Association was formed in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a fund raising body for Tuskegee Institute. The collection consists of certificates, scrapbooks, minutes, correspondence, printed items, newspaper clippings, alumni constitutions, and biographical sketches. | | | | Call #: | MS 3595 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Tuskegee Alumni Association. | Tuskegee Institute -- Alumni. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges, Black -- Alumni -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 145 | Title: | Fair Housing Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Fair Housing Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1958-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Fair Housing, Inc., was organized in 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio, as an equal opportunity real estate company. It was dissolved in 1972 and succeeded by Stuart E. Wallace & Company. The collection consists of minutes, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3693 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Segregation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate investment trusts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate business -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 146 | Title: | Albert M. Pennybacker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pennybacker, Albert M. | | | | Dates: | 1963-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Pennybacker was a civil rights activist and pastor of Heights Christian Church in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights. The collection consists of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association. | | | | Call #: | MS 3743 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 147 | Title: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1961-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity was the local chapter of a national organization (f. 1961) open to members in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Cleveland Chapter supported the 1968 presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy, and the "Poor People's" Campaign with monetary and food contributions, while opposing the Vietnamese War. The collection consists of bylaws, minutes, an address by the Right Reverend John Harris Burt, membership lists, and a membership card file. | | | | Call #: | MS 4199 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Cleveland Chapter -- Archives. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church. | Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 148 | Title: | Robert S. Koiner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Koiner, Robert S. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Robert S. Koiner was a railroad mail clerk active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, Local 1298, and of the Association of Railroad Union Representatives and was active in the Prince Hall Masons and St. James A.M.E. Church. The collection consists of two scrapbooks and memorabilia relating to Koiner's participation in the Association of Railroad Union Representatives, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, and St. James A.M.E. Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 4201 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Koiner, Robert S., 1904- | Association of Railroad Union Representatives. | Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 149 | Title: | Reverend Bruce Klunder Collection
| | | | Creator: | Klunder, Bruce | | | | Dates: | 1964-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Bruce Klunder (1937-1964) was a Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who worked with various student and community groups in Cleveland, Ohio, including the United Freedom Movement. Klunder was accidentally killed in 1964 by a bulldozer while picketing the Lakeview School construction site in an effort to bring attention to school segregation in the Cleveland Public Schools. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence, newsletters, reports and programs relating to the events surrounding Klunder's death. The collection pertains to Klunder's background, religious convictions, and his fight for human rights for the black community in Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4221 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Klunder, Bruce, 1937-1964. | 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 | Save | | 150 | Title: | Frank Lyons Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lyons, Frank | | | | Dates: | 1912-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Lyons (1894-1974) was a lawyer, politician and civic leader active in Cleveland, Ohio's African American community. The collection consists of correspondence dealing with Lyons' law career, political involvement, and personal life, as well as organizational records, political campaign files, appointment books and journals, and legal case materials, including discrimination suits Lyons handled for the Future Outlook League and Robert Woodall. The collection pertains to Lyons' political aspirations and activities in various ward clubs, his community service in such organizations as the Urban League, St. Marks Presbyterian Church, and the Woodland Center Neighborhood House, and his discrimination cases. | | | | Call #: | MS 4249 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 151 | Title: | East End Neighborhood House Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | East End Neighborhood House | | | | Dates: | 1910-1976 | | | | Abstract: | East End Neighborhood House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907. It originally offered domestic skills classes and recreational activities to new immigrants principally from Hungary. The Center is a social settlement/community center serving Cleveland's Buckeye-Woodland-Woodhill community. Hungarian during the first half of the century, this area became largely Black during the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout this period, the center adjusted its activities to meet the needs of the area and also to take advantage of newly available federal funds. The programs reflected increased attention to the needs of senior citizens and also included expanded daycare programs and mental-health programs. The collection consists of minutes of the Board of Trustees, membership lists, corporate documents, personnel and director search records, general correspondence, financial records, and general program descriptions and budget statements. The collection pertains to the center's operation and includes material relating to its financial crisis, 1974-76, its search for a black director, and the changing racial composition of the area served by the center. | | | | Call #: | MS 4252 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | East End Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 152 | Title: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement | | | | Dates: | 1900-1954 | | | | Abstract: | The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1874 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and located in various city neighborhoods, including Broadway and Central, Woodland, and Carver Park Estates. The collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and printed materials. The collection is primarily concerned with the Junior Board and includes material relating to its fund raising activities, the 75th anniversary celebration, and other activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 4259 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 153 | Title: | James Horton Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Horton, James | | | | Dates: | 1955-1982 | | | | Abstract: | James Horton was a business agent and organizer for the Building Service and Maintenance Union, Local 47, Cleveland, Ohio, who helped to unionize a number of nursing homes and served as a contract negotiator. Horton was also active in the Eddy Road Street Club, a neighborhood improvement association, and Ohio Boys Town. He was interested in political issues and wrote to a number of mayors, congressmen, and senators. The collection consists of correspondence relating to Horton's union activities, collective agreements which he helped to negotiate, material relating to the Eddy Road Street Club, letters from prominent public officials, and Horton's various awards and certificates of achievement. | | | | Call #: | MS 4306 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Horton, James, 1934- | Eddy Road Street Club. | Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 154 | Title: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1965-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc., was a non-profit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 to rehabilitate existing houses and build new ones for residents of Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. It depended on government and foundation grants for much of its support, and, by the mid-1970s, owned and managed over 250 units of housing. The group floundered in 1984 after reports of corruption and poor management made it difficult to obtain adequate funding. The group was known as HOPE. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, proposals, reports, information about property holdings, a subject file, blueprints, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4381 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. -- Archives. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 155 | Title: | Clarence L. Sharpe Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sharpe, Clarence L. | | | | Dates: | 1949-1959 | | | | Abstract: | Clarence L. Sharpe was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer appointed Honorary Consul to Haiti in 1945, serving until his death in 1974. He was active in the Friends of Haiti and the Haitian Relief Fund, as well as the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Urban League. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, a certificate of recognition from the Cleveland Insurance Managers Council, newspaper clippings, information about the Friends of Haiti and the Haitian Relief Fund, and notes. The collection is useful for students of Cleveland's black history and Haitian history during the 1950s. Included is information on Haiti's sesquicentennial in 1954 and general information on the problems the country faced during that time. | | | | Call #: | MS 4422 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sharpe, Clarence L., 1906-1974. | Friends of Haiti. | Haitian Relief Fund. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. | Haiti -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Haiti -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 156 | Title: | Arthur and Murtis Taylor Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Taylor, Arthur and Murtis Family | | | | Dates: | 1895-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur and Murtis Taylor were community leaders active in Cleveland, Ohio, African American organizations. They both worked at Karamu House and Outhwaite Homes Housing Project. Arthur then became an insurance underwriter and Murtis became director of Mount Pleasant Community Center and coordinator of the Federation for Community Planning's Project on Aging. Their son Bruce was a biomedical engineer researching artificial arteries at Akron City Hospital. Their son Howard became associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University in 1969. The entire family was named Outstanding Family of the Year in 1968 by the Urban League. The collection includes biographical items, correspondence, clippings, writings by Murtis, Bruce, and especially, Howard F. Taylor, and miscellany, including a marriage license, programs and certificates. The collection pertains largely to the careers and community activities of a Cleveland Afro-American family and includes some materials on social work, sociology, and medicine. Included is Howard's dissertation: Balance and tension in the two-person group. | | | | Call #: | MS 4439 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor family. | Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. | Taylor, Murtis Howard. | Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- | Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sociology.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 157 | Title: | Samuel S. Perry Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perry, Samuel S. | | | | Dates: | 1939-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel S. Perry was a lawyer, mayor of Woodmere, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and head of the Technical and Feasibility Department of the Hough Development Corporation. Perry was a Republican candidate for Cuyahoga County Commissioner in 1966. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports and, especially, news clippings. The collection primarily concerns Perry's tenure as mayor of Woodmere, Ohio, focusing on building and zoning problems faced by the community, the role of blacks in local government and the effectiveness of black and white coalition politics. | | | | Call #: | MS 4509 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Perry, Samuel S., 1920- | Woodmere (Ohio). Mayor. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Woodmere. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Woodmere. | Police -- Ohio -- Woodmere. | City planning -- Ohio -- Woodmere. | Woodmere (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Woodmere (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 158 | Title: | Clifford E. Minton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Minton, Clifford E. | | | | Dates: | 1947-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford E. Minton was the director of the Industrial Relations Department of the Urban League of Cleveland, Ohio, following World War II. Minton helped to integrate the white collar work force at such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, as well as department stores, bakeries and delivery services. Minton left Cleveland in 1949 and became executive director of the Urban League of Gary, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, and news clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Minton's work with the Urban League of Cleveland and its efforts to eliminate job discrimination and promote black employment after World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4513 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Minton, Clifford E., 1911- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 159 | Title: | Gladstone L. Chandler, Jr. Papers
| | | | Creator: | Chandler, Gladstone L., Jr. | | | | Dates: | 1964-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Gladstone L. Chandler was the City Manager for East Cleveland, Ohio, 1970-1972. He also served as the Assistant Director of Community Development and aided in the revitalization of East Cleveland with projects such as the Hayden Avenue Development Program. The collection consists of handbooks, a magazine, memoranda, newsletters, and a copy of the oath of office taken by Chandler as City Manager. The collection pertains largely to the East Cleveland, Ohio, community and its Neighborhood Development Program. Some of the newsletters illustrate plans for revitalizing the area, as well as various East Cleveland street club meetings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4645 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Chandler, Gladstone L., Jr. | African Americans -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | East Cleveland (Ohio). | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 160 | Title: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs Records
| | | | Creator: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs | | | | Dates: | 1964-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (BICCA) was organized in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, at a time of unrest in the community, in order to establish communication and develop understanding between leaders of Cleveland's business and African American communities. The BICCA was a committee of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which provided funding, services, and facilities. Additional financial support was supplied by local corporations. The collection consists of a report on the beginnings and early activity of the Committee, with copies of relevant articles, correspondence, and subcommittee reports, as well as annual reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4668 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
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