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| 1 | Title: | Urban League of Cleveland Records | |
| Creator: | Urban League of Cleveland | ||
| Dates: | 1914-1971 | ||
| Abstract: | The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland. It joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, financial and membership records, and files of Director Ernest Cooper and Deputy-Director Anita Polk. | ||
| Call #: | MS 3573 | ||
| Extent: | 19.00 linear feet (50 containers and 5 oversize volumes) | ||
| Subjects: | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social work with. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | ||
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