Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | [X] | | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. |
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| | • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
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| | • | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | City Club of Cleveland. |
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| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. |
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| | • | Forbes, George L., 1931- |
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| | • | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. |
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| | • | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. |
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| | • | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Stokes, Carl. |
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| | • | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953. |
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| | • | Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. |
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| | • | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights |
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| | • | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | American Friends Service Committee. |
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| | • | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Anti-communist movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Burton family. |
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| | • | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. |
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| | • | Campbell, Thomas F. |
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| | • | Case Western Reserve University. Dept. of History. |
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| | • | Children -- Employment -- United States. |
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| | • | Citizens League of Greater Cleveland. |
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| | • | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transportation -- Fares. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. |
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| | • | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. |
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| | • | Cleveland Development Foundation. |
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| | • | Cleveland Institute of Art. |
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| | • | Cleveland International Program. |
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| | • | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. |
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| | • | Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. |
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| | • | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. |
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| | • | Cleveland Museum of Art. |
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| | • | Cleveland Public Library |
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| | • | Cleveland Railway Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland Restoration Society. |
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| | • | Cleveland State Univeristy. |
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| | • | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. |
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| | • | Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. |
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| | • | Cleveland Transit System. |
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| | • | Cleveland: NOW! |
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| | • | Cold War. |
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| | • | College administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Conservatism -- United States. |
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| | • | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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| | • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Board of Commissioners. |
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| | • | Eastern question (Far East) |
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| | • | Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Elections -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Elections -- United States. |
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| | • | Federation for Community Planning. |
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| | • | Friends of Howe Mansion. |
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| | • | Friends of Shaker Square. |
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| | • | Government Research Institute of Cleveland. |
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| | • | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. |
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| | • | Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hawken School. |
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| | • | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Holland family. |
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| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Ireland family. |
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| | • | Ireland, Thomas Saxton, 1895-1969. |
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| | • | Irish American Archives Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Irish Americans. |
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| | • | Irish-American Partnership. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911. |
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| | • | Judges -- United States. |
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| | • | Karamu House. |
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| | • | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- |
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| | • | Kujawski, Leon A., 1883- |
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| | • | Lakeshore development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Laurel School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. |
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| | • | League of Women Voters (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
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| | • | Legislators -- United States. |
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| | • | Lincoln Memorial Garden Commission. |
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| | • | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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| | • | Liquor industry -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Local transit -- New Jersey -- Newark. |
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| | • | Local transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Marschall, Daniel J. |
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| | • | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. |
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| | • | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography |
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| | • | Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Municiapl home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | National socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Neighborhood planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. |
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| | • | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Ohio Public Interest Campaign. |
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| | • | Ohio State University. Dept. of History. |
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| | • | Ohio. Liquor Control Board. |
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| | • | Pepper Pike (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Perk, Ralph J., 1914- |
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| | • | Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Philosophical Club of Cleveland. |
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| | • | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Progressivism (United States politics) |
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| | • | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) |
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| | • | Republican Party (Ohio) |
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| | • | Russell, Jack P. (Jack Paul), 1915-1979. |
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| | • | Saint Lawrence Seaway. |
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| | • | Shaker Square (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Sheppard, Sam |
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| | • | Social Welfare History Group |
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| | • | St. Lawrence Seaway. |
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| | • | Stokes family |
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| | • | Stokes, Carl |
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| | • | Stokes, Louis |
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| | • | Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Taft family. |
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| | • | Taft, Frances Prindle, 1921- |
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| | • | Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. |
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| | • | United States -- Social policy. |
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| | • | University Circle Inc. |
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| | • | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Vassar College. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. |
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| | • | Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | George Forbes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Forbes, Geoge | | | | Dates: | 1966-1990 | | | | Abstract: | George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland, Ohio, politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. Currently (as of May 2012), he is involved in the Freedom to Marry movement to end marriage discrimination against gay couples in Ohio and has resigned from the NAACP Presidency. George L. Forbes has also been embroiled in numerous controversies during his political life. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve inner city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, posters, research materials, speeches, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5136 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | George Forbes | | | | Dates: | 1945-2014 | | | | Abstract: | George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5433 | | | | Extent: | 28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Leon A. Kujawski Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kujawski, Leon A. | | | | Dates: | 1931-1943 | | | | Abstract: | Leon A. Kujawski (b. 1883) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, politician, and judge of Polish birth. Kujawski began practicing law in 1913, specializing in labor law, became a municipal court judge in 1933, then served two terms as a city councilman representing the Tremont area of Cleveland. He served on the state liquor control board, 1938-1939. The collection consists of a biography, correspondence, an affidavit, miscellaneous campaign material, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. The collection contains information about Kujawski's terms as city councilman, especially his fight to lower bus fares, and his activities on the Liquor Control Board. | | | | Call #: | MS 4334 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kujawski, Leon A., 1883- | Ohio. Liquor Control Board. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Liquor industry -- Ohio. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transportation -- Fares.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Jack P. Russell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Russell, Jack P. | | | | Dates: | 1931-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Jack P. Russell was a Cleveland, Ohio, councilman, 1943-1971, council president, 1955-1963, and Democratic majority leader who was born Paul Ruschak, but changed his name in the 1930s. Russell was raised in the Hungarian-American community of Cleveland's Buckeye Road neighborhood and published newspapers in that area, including the Buckeye Press. He was councilman from the 16th ward from 1943 to 1971 and operated several businesses, including the Ohio Fire Protection Systems. The collection consists of scrapbooks and newspaper clippings relating to Russell's career in politics. Also included are memorabilia from campaigns, his Night in Budapest celebrations, and a small amount of correspondence. The collection pertains to the career of a major Cleveland political figure and the Cleveland political arena. | | | | Call #: | MS 4457 | | | | Extent: | 3.41 linear feet (8 containers, 7 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Russell, Jack P. (Jack Paul), 1915-1979. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Daniel J. Marschall Papers
| | | | Creator: | Marschall, Daniel J. | | | | Dates: | 1955-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel J. Marschall was a journalist who specialized in labor and energy issues for the city of Cleveland, Ohio's Division of Economic Development during the Dennis Kucinich administration, 1978-1979. In 1979, he edited the report entitled "The Battle of Cleveland: Public Interest Challenges Corporate Power", which examined the confrontations between Kucinich and the corporate establishment during his administration. The collection consists of reports from various government and public agencies and corporations on Cleveland's economic situation and history, news releases, speeches, editorials, clippings, articles, interviews, theses, and reports collected by Marschall on economic development, default, mayoral recall, municipal light plant, tax abatement, and Dennis Kucinich's career and campaigns, as well as material generated by the Mayor's office including new releases, speeches, reports, and campaign literature, and criticism and commentary from the media. The sources used to compile the report "The Battle of Cleveland" are included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4561 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Marschall, Daniel J. | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Ohio Public Interest Campaign. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1917-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was an Ohio State senator (1929-30), Cleveland city manager (1930-32), politician, and jurist. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, legal papers and documents, reports and memoranda on civic, municipal, and national affairs, scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and other material on social and international questions, the Republican Party in Cleveland and Ohio, Morgan's interest in civic organizations, his term in the Ohio State Senate, the city managership of Cleveland, political campaigns for himself and Harold H. Burton, his law practice and activities in wartime agencies, and his service on the Ohio Court of Appeals. | | | | Call #: | MS 3069 | | | | Extent: | 19.60 linear feet (37 containers and 17 scrapbooks) | | | | Subjects: | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Seth and Frances Taft Papers
| | | | Creator: | Taft, Seth and Frances | | | | Dates: | 1951-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922-April 14, 2013) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Charles P. and Eleanor Chase Taft. He is the grandson of American president William Howard Taft. He married Frances Prindle (December 12, 1921-May 14, 2017) on June 19, 1943 and they had four children: Frederick I. (Rick) (b. June 26, 1945), Thomas P. (b. July 19, 1948), Cynthia B. (b. May 24, 1950), and Seth Tucker (Tucker) (b. March 4, 1953). They were active members of the greater Cleveland, Ohio, cultural, civic, and political community. The collection consists of 31 scrapbooks which include agendas, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, building permits, campaign literature, certificates, children's artwork and letters, Christmas cards and newsletters, contracts, correspondence, currency, flyers, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, lecture paperwork, legal briefs, licenses, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, menus, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, passports, photographs, plane tickets, playbills, poems, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, registration cards, report cards, reports, resolutions, scorecards, scripts, sketches, song lyrics, telegrams, tickets, and travel documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 5127 | | | | Extent: | 8.00 linear feet (31 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- | Taft, Frances Prindle, 1921- | Taft family. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. | Cleveland Development Foundation. | Citizens League of Greater Cleveland. | Government Research Institute of Cleveland. | Federation for Community Planning. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Board of Commissioners. | Laurel School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hawken School. | Vassar College. | University Circle Inc. | City Club of Cleveland. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. | Cleveland International Program. | Cleveland Institute of Art. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Karamu House. | League of Women Voters (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Pepper Pike (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Stokes Oral History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Cuyahoga Community College, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland State University | | | | Dates: | 2017 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes, and his brother Louis, were groundbreaking African-American politicians from Cleveland, Ohio. Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city when elected in 1967. Louis Stokes was the first African-American congressman from Ohio when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968, a position he held for 15 consecutive terms. During Carl Stokes' two mayoral terms, city hall jobs were opened to blacks and women, and a number of urban renewal projects initiated. Between 1983 and 1994 Carl Stokes served as municipal judge, and in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles. Louis Stokes began his career as a civil rights attorney and helped challenge the Ohio redistricting in 1965 that fragmented African-American voting strength. In 1967, Louis Stokes argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Terry v. Ohio case, also known as the "stop-and-frisk" case. In the 1970s, Louis Stokes served as chair of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and in the 1980s was a noted member of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. The interviews were conducted during 2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Carl Stokes' election as mayor and the election of Louis Stokes to Congress. The collection includes video recordings of 38 individuals, transcripts, interview release forms, and protocols. | | | | Call #: | MS 5416 | | | | Extent: | 0.81 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stokes, Carl | Stokes, Louis | Stokes family
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Peter Witt Papers
| | | | Creator: | Witt, Peter | | | | Dates: | 1888-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Witt (1869-1948) was the Cleveland, Ohio traction commissioner (1912-1915) under Mayor Newton D. Baker and city councilman (1924-1927) who served as a transit consultant for several major United States cities. He was a close friend and ally of Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, campaign literature, interview notes made by Louis Plost, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, relating chiefly to Witt's political activities and especially to his association with Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland. Some of the papers relate to Witt's work as a transit consultant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey, in the 1920s. Correspondents include Eugene V. Debs, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Tom L. Johnson, P.J. Mitten, and Brand Whitlock. | | | | Call #: | MS 3281 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers and 4 oversize packages) | | | | Subjects: | Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. | Lincoln Memorial Garden Commission. | Cleveland Railway Company. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- New Jersey -- Newark. | Local transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Subways -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Harold H. Burton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burton, Harold H. | | | | Dates: | 1911-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Harold Hitz Buron (1888-1964) was a lawyer, World War I soldier, law professor, Ohio state congressman, law director of Cleveland, Acting City Manager, Acting Mayor, Mayor, United States Senator from Ohio, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, campaign literature, broadsides, reports, schedules, inventories, lists and newspaper clippings relating to Burton's personal life, his activities in various organizations, and his political activities, including his administration of Cleveland's municipal government, 1935-1940. | | | | Call #: | MS 3584 | | | | Extent: | 35.00 linear feet (34 containers and 14 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | Burton family. | Legislators -- United States. | Judges -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | National socialists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lakeshore development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | St. Lawrence Seaway. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Carl Stokes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stokes, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1956-1972 | | | | 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 correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the political career of Carl B. Stokes, including his terms in the Ohio State legislature, his mayoral campaigns, and particularly his tenure as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection details the organization of the mayor's office, and illustrates the problems that Blacks in the vanguard of social and political progress faced, as well as the challenges faced by any urban leader in the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s. Key events in Stokes' administration are illustrated, including the Glenville Shootout, the hiring and resignation of Safety Director Gen. Ben Davis, the activities of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities, and Cleveland: NOW! The work of then City Council President James Stanton is represented, along with material relating to Stokes' brother Louis. Notable correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Spiro Agnew, Cyrus Eaton, Edward Kennedy, George Forbes, Jesse Jackson, and Howard Metzenbaum. | | | | Call #: | MS 4370 | | | | Extent: | 104.51 linear feet (107 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stokes, Carl. | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. | Cleveland Transit System. | Cleveland: NOW! | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | Thomas Saxton Ireland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton | | | | Dates: | 1879-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Saxton Ireland (1895-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, politician, lawyer and writer who ran as a conservative Republican candidate for the office of mayor of Cleveland, 1959, as well as numerous other political offices. He was a correspondent for the Plain dealer and several other newspapers and authored a number of books, including several on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and one on the Sam Sheppard murder case. The collection consists of materials relating to Ireland's many political campaigns, manuscripts of published and unpublished books, correspondence, drafts of newspaper articles, scrapbooks, genealogical materials relating to his family, various certificates and personal miscellany. The collection is useful for understanding Ireland's ardent advocacy of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, his mayoral campaign and other political activities, and his attitudes as a conservative Republican in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included are some materials which reflect the rampant anti-communist sentiment of the period. | | | | Call #: | MS 4312 | | | | Extent: | 5.61 linear feet (14 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton, 1895-1969. | Sheppard, Sam | Ireland family. | Holland family. | Republican Party (Ohio) | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Conservatism -- United States. | Anti-communist movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Children -- Employment -- United States. | Eastern question (Far East) | Cold War. | Saint Lawrence Seaway. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | United States -- Social policy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 14 | Title: | Thomas F. Campbell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Campbell, Thomas F. | | | | Dates: | 1897-2004 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Campbell was an author, community leader, and professor and university administrator who co-founded the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University and served as its director. Campbell served as president of the City Club of Cleveland, and was instrumental in opening its doors to women. He directed the Cleveland Heritage Program for Cleveland Public Library. He ran for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977. He founded the Irish American Archives Society and was deeply involved in the Irish American community of Cleveland, as well as numerous other groups in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of agendas, awards, biographical data, correspondence, diaries, a dissertation, examination papers, flyers, invitations, magazine articles, memberships, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, plays, poems, programs, recipes, reports, resumes, speeches, workshops and writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4925 | | | | Extent: | 9.43 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Campbell, Thomas F. | Case Western Reserve University. Dept. of History. | Ohio State University. Dept. of History. | Cleveland State Univeristy. | Cleveland State University. Dept. of History. | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. | Cleveland Public Library | City Club of Cleveland. | Irish American Archives Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. | Cleveland Restoration Society. | Friends of Howe Mansion. | Social Welfare History Group | Friends of Shaker Square. | Irish-American Partnership. | American Friends Service Committee. | Philosophical Club of Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans. | College teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | College administrators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Crime -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Minorities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Municiapl home rule -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Neighborhood planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Shaker Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | Ralph J. Perk Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perk, Ralph J. | | | | Dates: | 1949-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Ralph J. Perk was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio auditor, 1963-1971, and mayor of Cleveland, 1972-1977. Perk, the first Republican mayor since 1941, faced big budget deficits which he covered with existing bond funds and general revenue sharing funds, as well as large federal grants from the Nixon administration. Nevertheless, city sewer and public transit systems had to be regionalized to raise operating capital. A Czech-American, Perk was seen as a national leader on ethnic issues. He retired from politics in 1977 after an unsuccessful campaign against John Glenn for the United States Senate in 1974 and a defeat in the 1977 nonpartisan mayoral primary. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, speeches, minutes, news releases, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, etc., pertaining to Perk's political career and public service. Mayoral records include voluminous correspondence and a subject file, as well as the records of various secretaries and administrative assistants. Notable issues represented in the papers include the proposed sale of the Municipal Light Plant, a 1977 survey on pornography, abortion, gun control, air pollution, regional sewer and transportation issues, public safety, senior citizens, the federal Model Cities program, urban renewal, and Cleveland's celebration of the 1976 US Bicentennial. Perk's many political campaigns are documented, particularly the 1977 mayoral campaign which resulted in his defeat. His service as county auditor is very well represented in a series of newspaper clippings, which also document such events as the Hough riots of 1966 and the Glenville Shootout of 1968. | | | | Call #: | MS 4456 | | | | Extent: | 108.01 linear feet (112 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Perk, Ralph J., 1914- | Stokes, Carl. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Auditor's office. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. | Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. | Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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