| | Vertical File | Save | | 1 | Title: | Atkins, Harvey Bryan, 1974
| | | | Creator: | The Hampton Bulletin. | | | | Date: | 1974 | | | | Abstract: | Miscellaneous materials relating to Harvey Bryan Atkins, including: Alumni Issue of the Hampton Bulletin Vol. 102 No.3 (June-July 1974) featuring a biographical article about Harvey Bryan Atkins. | | | | Language: | English (eng) | | | | Call #: | SVF (Atkins, Harvey Bryan, 197...) | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) | | | | Media: | Bound Volumes, Newsletters | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Atkins, Harvey Bryan. | Urban League of Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Fred McClellan Crosby Papers
| | | | Creator: | Crosby, Fred McClellan | | | | Dates: | 1971-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Fred McClellan Crosby (b. 1928) was the President of Crosby Furniture Company and active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. Crosby served on various boards such as the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Minority Economic Development Corporation, Council of Small Enterprises and the Cleveland Business League. He was active in numerous civic groups as well, including the Y.M.C.A., Urban League, Forest City Hospital, Glenville Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts and United Torch. The collection consists of photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence. This collection pertains primarily to Fred Crosby's business, career and civic activities in Cleveland's African American community. | | | | Call #: | MS 4198 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- | Forest City Hospital. | Crosby Furniture Company. | Urban League of Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Clifford E. Minton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Minton, Clifford E. | | | | Dates: | 1947-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford E. Minton was the director of the Industrial Relations Department of the Urban League of Cleveland, Ohio, following World War II. Minton helped to integrate the white collar work force at such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, as well as department stores, bakeries and delivery services. Minton left Cleveland in 1949 and became executive director of the Urban League of Gary, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, and news clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Minton's work with the Urban League of Cleveland and its efforts to eliminate job discrimination and promote black employment after World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4513 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Minton, Clifford E., 1911- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | James Adolph Norton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Norton, James Adolph | | | | Dates: | 1960-1968 | | | | Abstract: | James Adolph Norton was a professor of public administration at various colleges and universities around the country before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as Director of the Cleveland Foundation, chairman of the Housing Committee of the Urban League of Cleveland, and president of the American Society of Public Administrators in the 1960s. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, and publications, regarding activities of the Urban League, particularly work of the Housing Committee. Included is a report issued by the Urban League's Research Department entitled The Negro in Cleveland, 1950-1963, and issues of its two newsletters, Flash, and Stride. | | | | Call #: | MS 4539 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, James Adolph, 1922- | Urban League of Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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