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Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (11)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (8)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. (4)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (4)
Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. (2)
Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. (2)
Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. (1)
Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
Alta House (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. (1)
Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. (1)
Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. (1)
Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. (1)
Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Community health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Community mental health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
East End Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. (1)
Federations, Financial (Social Service) (1)
Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. (1)
Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio). Bell Neighborhood Center. (1)
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. (1)
Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. (1)
Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Kathryn R. Tyler Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Recreation and juvenile delinquency. (1)
School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Social case work. (1)
Social group work. (1)
Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Stokes, Carl. (1)
Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
University Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Women in charitable work. (1)
Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. (1)
Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Youth programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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1Title:  Alta House Records     
 Creator:  Alta House 
 Dates:  1895-1971 
 Abstract:  Alta House was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 as a day care nursery for working mothers in Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood. It quickly grew into a full service community center, offering recreational and social activities as well as social services. The Rockefeller family were major contributors and advisors to Alta House. The collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, and correspondence. 
 Call #:  MS 3401 
 Extent:  2.60 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Alta House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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2Title:  Goodrich Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Goodrich Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1893-1965 
 Abstract:  Goodrich Social Settlement was founded in 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Flora Stone Mather and initially supported by her. Its financial support was later provided by the Cleveland Community Fund. It provided a full range of services to the various ethnic groups which resided in its area. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, annual reports, pamphlets, news sheets, settlement manuals, anniversary publications, registration forms and financial records. 
 Call #:  MS 3505 
 Extent:  4.00 linear feet (10 containers) 
 Subjects:  Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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3Title:  Goodrich Social Settlement Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Goodrich Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1960-1973 
 Abstract:  The Bell Neighborhood Center is an extension of Goodrich Social Settlement founded in 1959 when the Ohio Bell Telephone Company deeded a building in the Hough area of Cleveland, Ohio, to the Goodrich Settlement. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, reports, and special projects of Bell Center, reports of Bell Camp, and records of the Hough Housing Corporation, the School Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity. 
 Call #:  MS 3594 
 Extent:  1.60 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Goodrich Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio). Bell Neighborhood Center. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | Youth programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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4Title:  East End Neighborhood House Records     
 Creator:  East End Neighborhood House 
 Dates:  1911-1966 
 Abstract:  East End Neighborhood House was founded in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907 by Hedwig Kosbob, as a sewing school in the predominantly Hungarian and Slovak neighborhood of Buckeye-Woodland. It was incorporated in 1910. By 1914 it began cultural and recreational programs, and by the Great Depression it grew into a full service community center, adding such services as day care nurseries, Americanization classes, and aid to Japanese Americans relocated to Cleveland during World War II. The collection consists of organizational proceedings, membership records, correspondence, program reports, group worker reports, announcements, scrapbooks, and printed materials. 
 Call #:  MS 3568 
 Extent:  11.70 linear feet (30 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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5Title:  Kathryn R. Tyler Neighborhood Center Records     
 Creator:  Kathryn R. Tyler Neighborhood Center 
 Dates:  1950-1979 
 Abstract:  The Kathryn R. Tyler Neighborhood Center was founded in 1948 to provide recreational and social services to the residents of the Glenville area of Cleveland, Ohio. The Tyler Center is affiliated with the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. The collection consists of trustees' and Directors' minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel records, lists of services, program reports and evaluations, and information on the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. 
 Call #:  MS 3945 
 Extent:  6.00 linear feet (6 containers) 
 Subjects:  Kathryn R. Tyler Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community mental health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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6Title:  Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association Records     
 Creator:  Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association 
 Dates:  1947-1975 
 Abstract:  The Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association was the first settlement organization in the United States designed to plan, budget, and coordinate settlement services on a metropolitan-wide scale. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1948, by the Welfare Federation of Cleveland (later the Federation for Community Planning), and called the Neighborhood Settlement Association. The NSA merged in 1963 with the United Neighborhood Centers to form the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. The GCNCA absorbed the Cleveland Federation of Settlements in 1963. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and publications of the Neighborhood Settlement Association, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, and Hiram House Camp and other GCNCA member agencies. 
 Call #:  MS 3991 
 Extent:  5.80 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. | Community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Federations, Financial (Social Service) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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7Title:  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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8Title:  University Settlement Records     
 Creator:  University Settlement 
 Dates:  1926-1970 
 Abstract:  The University Settlement was a social settlement founded in a predominantly Polish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally named the University Neighborhood Centers and was operated by the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University as a training program for graduate students while providing a full range of community services and activities. In 1936 it changed its affiliation to the Welfare Federation of Cleveland and its name to the University Settlement. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, membership cards, statistical reports, correspondence, 65 theses from the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, and a subject file containing reports, correspondence, minutes, lists, and pamphlets. 
 Call #:  MS 3564 
 Extent:  13.00 linear feet (33 containers) 
 Subjects:  University Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social group work. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unemployed -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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9Title:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1899-1966 
 Abstract:  The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise. 
 Call #:  MS 3668 
 Extent:  49.60 linear feet (47 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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10Title:  West Side Community House Records     
 Creator:  West Side Community House 
 Dates:  1890-1973 
 Abstract:  West Side Community House was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890 by Methodist deaconesses. Early services included nursing, industrial, and domestic classes. Ongoing services included day care, clubs and classes for both boys and girls, Sunday school, vacation bible school, Christian reading clubs, an Americanization program, and classes in citizenship and English. In 1944 the Community House became non-denominational and adopted a professional social service approach. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, budgets, financial records, personnel and membership files, registration forms, evaluations of individuals and groups, correspondence of the Community House, the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, the National Federation of Settlements, the Cleveland Federation of Settlements and the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences, subject files, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 3938 
 Extent:  32.66 linear feet (35 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  West Side Community House (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social case work. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Deaconesses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work. | Women, Methodist -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hispanic Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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11Title:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1899-1992 
 Abstract:  The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. 
 Call #:  MS 4696 
 Extent:  11.0 linear feet (11 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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12Title:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III     
 Creator:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1948-1998 
 Abstract:  The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational, social, and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 4927 
 Extent:  7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) 
 Subjects:  Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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13Title:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV     
 Creator:  Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1917-2000 
 Abstract:  The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. 
 Call #:  MS 5388 
 Extent:  4.61 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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14Title:  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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15Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1875-1968 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, settlement house 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. Its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of minutes, financial statements, reports, evaluations, club journals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, expense accounts, and records of the Women's Philanthropic Union. 
 Call #:  MS 3526 
 Extent:  5.90 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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16Title:  Cleveland: NOW! Records     
 Creator:  Cleveland: NOW! 
 Dates:  1967-1977 
 Abstract:  Cleveland: NOW! was a multiracial joint public and private program for extensive urban renewal and revitalization in Cleveland, Ohio, created by Mayor Carl B. Stokes following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. The program planned to raise $1.5 billion over ten years. The first 2-year phase called for spending $177 million for projects in eight areas: neighborhood housing rehabilitation; accelerated urban renewal; the creation of 16,000 jobs; expansion of small business opportunities; city planning; health, welfare, and day care centers; summer recreation programs for youth; and the construction of Camp Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout of July 23, 1968, a gun battle between police and members of the Black Nationalists Organization of New Libya who obtained weapons with funds received indirectly from Cleveland: NOW! Stokes and the NOW! trustees were sued in 1970 by 8 policemen wounded in the shootout, but the suit was dismissed in 1977. Although Cleveland: NOW! met many of its initial goals, the organization ceased activities for the most part after 1970, and was formally dissolved in 1980. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, board of trustees records, correspondence, financial records, records of the major programs, publicity information, newspaper clippings, and proceedings of lawsuits. The collection pertains to a dramatic, multiracial attempt on a large scale to address and ameliorate a wide range of social ills by initial infusions of large amounts of money. The financial records and contributors correspondence contain detailed information for a possible demographic examination of contributors to the program. 
 Call #:  MS 4501 
 Extent:  3.80 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Stokes, Carl. | Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. | Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. | Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation and juvenile delinquency. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. | Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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