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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Dr. Zelma Watson George Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | George, Dr. Zelma Watson | | | | Dates: | 1881-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. Zelma Watson George (1903-1994) was born in Texas in 1903. As an African American woman coming of age in the early twentieth century, she and her family endured discrimination in many situations. She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, went on to college at the University of Chicago, and eventually earned her Ph.D. from New York University. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1940s and became renown for her musical talents and research, diplomatic career, her contributions to the civil rights movement locally, and her career as an administrator and educator/lecturer. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, budgets, by-laws, calendars, cassette tapes, certificates, charters, contracts, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, financial documents, flyers, forms, guest books, invitations, journal articles, lectures, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, music scores, negatives (approximately 20), newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, note cards, notes, passports, photographs (approximately 1300), play scripts, policies, press releases, programs, publications, record albums (LPs), reel-to-reel tapes, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, scrapbooks, slides (approximately 620), speeches, VHS tapes, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 5415 | | | | Extent: | 55.4 linear feet (70 containers and 7 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | George, Zelma Watson | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts (African American Archives Vertical File)
| | | | Creator: | African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | ca. 1880s-2007 | | | | Abstract: | The African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of African Americans, Cleveland, Ohio, and Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of advertisements, articles, audiovisual material, autobiographies, biographical sketches, certificates, church bulletins, correspondence, fliers, genealogies, histories, letters, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, maps, meeting material, membership cards, notes, pamphlets, papers, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, program and souvenir books, reports, scrapbooks, statistics, speeches, transcripts, and other material. | | | | Call #: | MS 5487 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy | United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Negro leagues -- History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Dorothy E. Smith Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Dorothy E. Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African American music teacher and the first African American member of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor for the Ohio State Department of Aid for the Aged until her retirement in 1973. Dorothy E. Smith was the daughter of Joseph W. Smith and Elizabeth Rayner. Joseph W. Smith moved to Cleveland in the late 1880s. He established a barbershop on Central Avenue in Cleveland, managed baseball teams in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was also a musician. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, cards, cemetery records, funeral programs, obituaries, legal files, memberships, a deed, certificates, newspaper clippings, student newspapers, playscripts, postcards, programs, reports, receipts, sheet music, yearbooks, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4854 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. | Cleveland Women's Orchestra. | Gilpin Players. | Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Knoxville College. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American soldiers -- Correspondence. | African American sailors -- Correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley | | | | Dates: | 1931-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon (1916-1991) was a lifelong African American rights activist and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dixon served as secretary at the Antioch Baptist Church, Central High School, and John Hay High School. She served on the boards and committees of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Public Library. In 1963, Dixon took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom for Colored People led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was passionate about the issues of desegregation in schools and racial violence. She volunteered at the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland, the National Council of Churches, Fairhill Mental Health Center, and the Phillis Wheatley Center. The collection includes booklets, brochures, cards, church programs, correspondence, funeral booklets, hymns, letters, letters to the editor of the Plain Dealer, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs and negatives, postcards, schedules of events, scrapbooks, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5199 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (2 containers and 2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Cleveland Public Library | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley, 1916-1991 | Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch | Public schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American History / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project Records
| | | | Creator: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project | | | | Dates: | 1995-1996 | | | | Abstract: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project was conducted in 1995-1996 by the African American Archives Auxiliary Youth Advisory Council and supported by the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project was funded with grants from the Cleveland Indians and Zapis Communications. Interviews with nineteen African American individuals of diverse backgrounds from the northeastern Ohio area were conducted by high school students Jamar Doyle, Tiffany Haddon, and Amy Worthy. The collection consists of an overall report on the project by coordinator Patricia A. Miles Ashford, individual reports by the student interviewers, and transcripts of the interviews. Those interviewed include Leon Bibb, William F. Boyd, Ernestine Brown, William Grace, Anthony Gray, Kenny Gray, Lomax Gray, Floyd Hoiston, Angeline Jeter, Samuel Jethroe, John D. McClindon, Jr., Louis Naylor, Harry Robinson, Charles Sallee, Jr., Glen Shumate, Harold Thomas, Owen Lynn Tolliver, Jr., and Ernest Williams. | | | | Call #: | MS 4746 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Henry Lee Moon Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Moon, Henry Lee Family | | | | Dates: | 1885-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Henry Lee Moon family was a prominent twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, African American family involved in civil rights and community organizations. In 1912, Roddy K. Moon helped form the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and served as its founding president 1912-1916. He was also on the board of the Negro Welfare Association, supported the Phillis Wheatley Association, and in 1933 organized the Palmetto Club. His wife, Leah Anna Himes Moon, was a fifty-year member of the Cleveland Branch NAACP, and with her husband was a founding member of the Forest City Garden Club. Roddy and Leah Moon had three surviving children; Joseph Herbert, Ella Elizabeth, and Henry Lee. Ella Moon was a teacher, an active member of the Forest City Garden Club, and was married to Clyde Smith. Henry Lee Moon was a newspaper editor, press relations secretary for Tuskegee Institute (1926-1931), and worked for the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration. Moon, along with his future wife and other African Americans, traveled to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for consultations concerning a government sponsored film project on the history of black America. From 1938-1944 he was race relations adviser for the Federal Public Housing Authority. He also worked as assistant director to the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He was active with the NAACP, becoming its director of public relations in 1948-1960. He was the author of two books; Balance of Power: the Negro Vote (1948) and The Emerging Thought of W.E. B. Dubois (1972). His wife, Mollie Virgil Lewis Moon, was a pharmacist, and later worked as a social worker with the Department of Social Services in New York City. She was also a public relations executive, founder and chairman of the National Urban League Guild (1942-1962), and trustee and secretary of the National Urban League (1955-1962). After World War II, she became involved with the "brown-babies" of Germany campaign, which attempted to provide relief for orphaned or abandoned children of mixed African and European or American ancestry. The collection consists of booklets, cards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, letters, memorandum, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, pamphlets, proposals, speeches, telegrams, published and unpublished writings, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4823 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Moon family. | Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- | Moon, Mollie Lewis. | Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. | Moon, Joseph Herbert. | Moon, Leah. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | National Urban League. | African Americans. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- United States. | Labor movement -- United States. | African American women -- United States. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women public relations personnel. | African Americans -- Relations with Russians. | African American social workers. | United States -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Butler A. Jones Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jones, Butler A. | | | | Dates: | 1944-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Butler A. Jones was an African American educator and professor of sociology. Jones taught at several colleges, including Cleveland State University, 1969-1984. He was particularly interested in the effectiveness of law as a means of social change, with a special focus on school desegregation litigation. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript writings, legal documents, unpublished reports, clippings, and material on various agencies. The collection pertains to the research of Butler A. Jones with respect to desegregation cases and to activist groups of the 1960s, especially the Southern Regional Council and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Included are desegregation case proceedings and issues of Student Voice, a publication of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. | | | | Call #: | MS 4493 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jones, Butler A., 1916- | African American sociologists. | African American college teachers. | School integration -- United States -- Case studies. | Civil rights movements -- United States. | African American universities and colleges. | African Americans -- Education. | African Americans -- Civil rights. | Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States. | United States -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Spiritual Five Singers Records
| | | | Creator: | Spiritual Five Singers | | | | Dates: | 1947-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Spiritual Five Singers were organized in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio. The gospel music group emerged from the Golden Star Singers of York, Alabama, that performed in the late 1940s. The original members of the Spiritual Five were Johnny, Nathan, and Willie Yarbrough, Willie Samuels, and H.J. Wynn. The group performed in churches, nursing homes, hospitals, and prisons. In 1975, the group began to sponsor an annual Cancer Gospel-Thon, benefiting the American Cancer Society. The collection consists of written histories, minutes, correspondence, programs, original compositions, newspaper clippings, certificates, and awards. | | | | Call #: | MS 4607 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Yarbrough family. | Spiritual Five Singers. | American Cancer Society. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Music. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gospel musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Popular music -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | John T. Weeden Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weeden, John T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1922-1994 | | | | Abstract: | John T. Weeden, Sr. was a prominent African-American Baptist minister in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Indiana Central College, Butler University, Moody Bible Institute, and Case Western Reserve University. He was ordained in 1928. Reverend Weeden married the former Gladys Mae Evans in 1922. After serving as pastor at two churches in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was called in 1948 to St. Timothy Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there until his death in 1988. In addition to his extensive involvement in a number of Baptist and religious organizations, Weeden was involved in civil rights and political issues, including service as co-chair of the clergy committee for Carl Stokes during the mayoral campaign of 1967. The collection consists of church programs, bulletins, brochures, bylaws, minutes, reports, sermons, certificates, cards, correspondence, memorabilia, datebooks, telegrams, financial and family records, registers, notes, speeches, lessons, postcards, passports, books, obituaries, and newspaper clippings. In addition to family-related documents, the collection includes extensive material related to St. Timothy Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4789 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988. | Weeden family. | St. Timothy Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Reverend Wade H. and Mrs. Ruth B. McKinney Papers
| | | | Creator: | McKinney, Wade H. and Ruth B. | | | | Dates: | 1898-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend Wade H. McKinney was pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (1928-1962). He and his wife, Ruth Berry McKinney, were active in numerous church and civic organizations and in the affairs of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, sermons, speeches, "Thot-O-Grams," financial, printed and miscellaneous papers, and papers relating to Antioch Baptist Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3549 | | | | Extent: | 6.50 linear feet (16 containers and 1 oversize package) | | | | Subjects: | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons, American -- African American authors. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | Lolette and George Hanserd Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hanserd, Lolette and George | | | | Dates: | 1939-1984 | | | | Abstract: | George and Lolette Hanserd were well known in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community for their professional contributions, respectively, in podiatry and social work. In 1952 Lolette began working for the Welfare Federation of Cleveland as a member of the Group Services Council. In 1965 she was named director of a four-year project to improve interracial and intercultural relations for the Federation, after which she became director of the Human Relations Department. In 1971 her position was expanded to include associate director of the Federation of Community Planning, the new name adopted by the Welfare Federation that same year. One year later she became the first black to be named social worker of the year by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Lolette retired from the Federation in 1984. The collection consists of Lolette's professional papers from the Federation for Community Planning, as well as some personal papers of both Lolette and George. The collection pertains primarily to Lolette Hanserd's civic activities and, to a much lesser degree, to George Hanserd's medical career in Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4236 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with African Americans. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 14 | Title: | Eugene Bailey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bailey, Eugene | | | | Dates: | 1938-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Eugene Bailey was an African American from Cleveland, Ohio, who attended Virginia State College for Negroes, excelling in athletics. Bailey became physical education director at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Va. and then enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II. In 1942, he was killed in an explosion at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The collection includes correspondence, certificates, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and death of Bailey, especially as a youth and young adult during the Great Depression. | | | | Call #: | MS 4440 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942. | Norfolk Naval Shipyard. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk. | African American athletes -- Virginia. | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1929-2008 | | | | Abstract: | Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded by Reverend James J. Price on April 21, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio. As the membership of the church grew, Reverend Price lead the church to purchase property at 2363 East 28th Street in 1920. In 1953, Greater Avery purchased the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church on Wade Park Avenue. The collection consists of bulletins, calendars of events, correspondence, financial records, historical sketches, ledgers, newspaper clippings, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5234 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Greater Avery African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 17 | Title: | Charles W. White Papers
| | | | Creator: | White, Charles W. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Charles W. White (1897-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became Assistant Law Director for Cleveland (1933-1955) and Common Pleas Court judge (1955-1970). He was active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, awards, certificates, legal files, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to the public and personal life of Judge White and to his activities as a member of the Urban League, NAACP, ACLU, Consumers League, East End Community Center, Karamu House, and Friends of the Cleveland Public Library. | | | | Call #: | MS 3521 | | | | Extent: | 25.61 linear feet (58 containers, 6 oversize volumes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 roll) | | | | Subjects: | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Social conditions. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 18 | Title: | Angus Arrington Papers
| | | | Creator: | Arrington, Angus | | | | Dates: | 1912-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Angus Robert Arrington Jr., was one of the first African American Boy Scout leaders in Ohio.
This collection consists of Boy Scout applications, correspondence, a family tree, "Jackson's International Almanac 1942: A pocket encyclopedia of the darker races," membership cards, programs for the Boy Scouts of America ceremonies, church, and memorial services; newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional pamphlets, a scrapbook, and scripts from a radio broadcast. | | | | Call #: | MS 5479 | | | | Extent: | .60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Scout leaders | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 19 | Title: | George and Louise Atchison Papers
| | | | Creator: | Atchison, George and Louise, Family | | | | Dates: | 1907-1957 | | | | Abstract: | George and Louise Atchison were residents of Cleveland, Ohio, during the mid-twentieth century. George worked as a letter carrier for the City of Cleveland and his wife, Louise, owned a boarding house and was a member of organizations like the Future Outlook League and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The collection consists of advertisements, an application for the City of Cleveland Department of Safety, church materials, a Cleveland Indians souvenir scorecard, a cookbook, correspondence, Future Outlook League materials, letters, receipts and other financial records, photographs, a rosary, sheet music, and Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Cleveland materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5481 | | | | Extent: | .40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 20 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Village Auxiliary II Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Village Auxiliary II | | | | Dates: | 1913-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II, formerly known as the Junior Board of the Eliza Bryant Center, was a group founded by African American women in 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Organized by Bessie Blue, it was to provide residents of the Eliza Bryant Center, a home for aged African Americans, with a cheerful and homelike atmosphere. Members of the Auxiliary raised funds to purchase items and supplies such as kitchen equipment, linen, beds, carpeting, and electronics.
The collection consists of, annual reports, an article titled "Historical Focus on Forest City Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio", brochures and fliers, calendars, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, donor lists, financial reports, floor plans, histories of the Eliza Bryant Home, invitations, meeting minutes, membership rosters, memorials, newspaper clippings, newsletters, notes, photographs, poems and songs, press releases, proclamations, program books from Christmas/ Holiday Mart and various other events , quiz sheets, schedules, and vendor contracts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5482 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Older African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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