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1	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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2	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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3	Title:	Marguerite Sanford Warner Papers
	Creator:	Warner, Marguerite Sanford
	Dates:	1925-1980
	Abstract:	Marguerite Sanford Warner (1890-1978) devoted her life to music within the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. During her career she gave private lessons in both piano and organ, served as the regular organist for at least five churches in Cleveland, Ohio, including the Antioch Baptist Church from 1934-1944 and 1950-1971, served on the faculty of the Sutphen School of Music at the Phillis Wheatley Association from the 1950s through the 1970s, and made guest appearances throughout the Cleveland area. The collection consists of scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia including programs, certificates and newsletters. The collection pertains primarily to Warner's musical career and involvement in the African American community in Cleveland, particularly through the Antioch Baptist Church and Sutphen School of Music.
	Call #:	MS 4217
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Warner, Marguerite Sanford, 1890-1978. \| Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Charles Perry Papers
	Creator:	Perry, Charles
	Dates:	1964-1993
	Abstract:	Charles Perry, a trained musician from Cleveland, Ohio, wrote and composed "The Kennedy Prayer," a dedicatory to John F. Kennedy upon the occasion of the latter's assassination in 1963. Copies of the song were sent to Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and entertainers, government officials, and heads of state. A copy of the song is also housed in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. The collection consists of letters and cards acknowledging receipt of "The Kennedy Prayer," as well as a proclamation and a photograph.
	Call #:	MS 4690
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Perry, Charles, 1917- \| Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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