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•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (25)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (12)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (11)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (10)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (9)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
•Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Karamu House. (4)
•Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (3)
•African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. (3)
•Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (3)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. (3)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Stokes, Carl. (3)
•Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. (2)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (2)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. (2)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (2)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Civil rights -- United States. (2)
•Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. (2)
•Cleveland Transit System. (2)
•Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Forbes, George L., 1931- (2)
•Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Gilpin Players. (2)
•Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. (2)
•Horton, James, 1934- (2)
•Hough Area Development Corporation. (2)
•Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•National Urban League. (2)
•Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland (2)
•Race relations and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Rural-urban migration -- United States. (2)
•School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. (2)
•Sermons, American -- African American authors. (2)
•Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Silver, Dorothy, 1929- (2)
•Silver, Reuben, 1925- (2)
•Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Social work with African Americans. (2)
•Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Urban League of Cleveland. (2)
•Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970. (2)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991. (2)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. (2)
•Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American athletes -- Virginia. (1)
•African American authors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- United States. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American sailors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American social workers. (1)
•African American soldiers -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- United States. (1)
•African American women public relations personnel. (1)
•African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Civil rights (1)
•African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. (1)
•African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Relations with Russians. (1)
•African Americans -- Social conditions. (1)
•African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk. (1)
•African Americans. (1)
•Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Afro-Americans -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•American Cancer Society. (1)
•American Judges Association. (1)
•American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Association of Railroad Union Representatives. (1)
•Authors, American -- Correspondence. (1)
•Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942. (1)
•Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Baylor, Mary Jane. (1)
•Beard, Charles, 1923-1993. (1)
•Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- (1)
•Biggins, Nick. (1)
•Black Folk Art in Cleveland. (1)
•Black Muslims -- Doctrines. (1)
•Black nationalism -- United States. (1)
•Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Blankenship, Wellington, 1894-1972. (1)
•Blue family (1)
•Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. (1)
•Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. (1)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. (1)
•Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Charities, Medical -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. (1)
•Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. (1)
•Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Planning Commission. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. (1)
•Cleveland Health Care Alternatives, Inc. (1)
•Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. (1)
•Cleveland Women's Orchestra. (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Service industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collins, Benjamin. (1)
•Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter (1)
•Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Crime prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen participation. (1)
•Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Crosby Furniture Company. (1)
•Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- (1)
•Dance -- United States. (1)
•Dance companies -- United States. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee. (1)
•Davenport, Peggy. (1)
•Davis family. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976. (1)
•Dawson County (Ga.). (1)
•Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Dobbins, Helen. (1)
•Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (1)
•E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•East End Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Eddy Road Street Club (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Eddy Road Street Club. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Elks (Fraternal Order) (1)
•Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (1)
•Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Cleveland Chapter -- Archives. (1)
•Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. (1)
•Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Federation for Community Planning. (1)
•Fenn College. (1)
•Fisk University. (1)
•Fleming, Charles, W., 1928-1994. (1)
•Forest City Hospital. (1)
•Former Junior Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Freedom Fighters of Ohio (1)
•Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Friends of Shaker Square. (1)
•Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Future Outlook League. (1)
•Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Glenco Enterprises, Inc. (1)
•Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Glenville Health Association (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Gospel musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hall, Ruby. (1)
•Halle Bros. Co. (1)
•Harmon, J.D. (1)
•Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Homeowners' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hough Area Partners in Progress. (1)
•Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Institute of Man and Science. (1)
•Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. (1)
•Journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. (1)
•Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Karamu Foundation. (1)
•Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•Koiner, Robert S., 1904- (1)
•Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Labor movement -- United States. (1)
•Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lard, Pearkine. (1)
•Law -- United States. (1)
•Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- (1)
•Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lucas, Charles P., Jr. (1)
•Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. (1)
•Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. (1)
•McDonald's Corporation. (1)
•McIntyre, Dianne. (1)
•McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. (1)
•Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Medicine. (1)
•Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. (1)
•Moon family. (1)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- (1)
•Moon, Joseph Herbert. (1)
•Moon, Leah. (1)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis. (1)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. (1)
•Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. (1)
•Moss, Jim. (1)
•Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Murray Hill Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- Archives. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- History. (1)
•National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. (1)
•National Bar Association. (1)
•Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (1)
•North Coast Village Steering Committee. (1)
•Norton, James Adolph, 1922- (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. (1)
•Operation Black Unity. (1)
•Operation Equality. (1)
•Oral histories. (1)
•Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- (1)
•Perry, Charles, 1917- (1)
•Perry, Samuel V., 1895-1968. (1)
•Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Plan of Action for Tomorrow's Housing (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Poor -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Popular music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Porter, Roderick Boyd. (1)
•Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church. (1)
•Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation and juvenile delinquency. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) (1)
•Retail trade -- Employees. (1)
•Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Safety education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Service industries workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sissle, Noble, 1889- (1)
•Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sociology. (1)
•Sounds in Motion. (1)
•Spiritual Five Singers. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•St. Timothy Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Stokes family (1)
•Stokes, Carl (1)
•Stokes, Louis (1)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Summons, Berton, 1907-1992. (1)
•Summons, Theresa Edwards, 1903-1985. (1)
•Sweet, Dovie Davis. (1)
•Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Taylor family. (1)
•Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. (1)
•Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- (1)
•Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- (1)
•Taylor, Murtis Howard. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Towns, Mickey. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Traffic signs and signals. (1)
•Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. North Coast Chapter. (1)
•Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Unitarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•United Freedom Movement (1)
•United States -- Race relations. (1)
•United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. (1)
•United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. (1)
•Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Wagner, Albert. (1)
•Warner, Marguerite Sanford, 1890-1978. (1)
•Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. (1)
•Weeden family. (1)
•Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988. (1)
•Welch, Marcella. (1)
•White family. (1)
•White, Charles W., 1897-1970. (1)
•William Bingham Foundation. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women -- Social conditions. (1)
•Women -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Yarbrough family. (1)
•Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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61Title:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II Records     
 Creator:  Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II 
 Dates:  1954-1992 
 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 the African American elderly, 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 codes of regulation, constitutions, historical data, minutes, correspondence, financial statements and reports, rosters, Christmas Mart and other program documents, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, proclamations, and resolutions. The collection pertains largely to fundraising events sponsored by the Auxiliary, one of of the best known being the annual Christmas Mart. 
 Call #:  MS 4637 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. | Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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62Title:  Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Silver, Reuben and Dorothy 
 Dates:  1915-1991 
 Abstract:  Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 as an interracial social settlement in Cleveland, Ohio. During their tenure, the Silvers were instrumental in presenting works by African American authors such as Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, as well as classics from the American theater. Urban unrest in the community surrounding Karamu and the growing popularity of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s forced a reconsideration of Karamu's goals as they related to interracial theater. During this period, Karamu endured major personnel and financial crises. The collection consists of audition notices, correspondence, index card notes for a dissertation on Karamu House, Karamu House 75th Anniversary materials, a program manuscript, magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, obituaries, play reviews, press releases, theater and workshop programs, minutes, reports, cast and crew lists, play posters, program schedules, and memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4643 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Reuben, 1925- | Silver, Dorothy, 1929- | Karamu House. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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63Title:  Dorothy Layne McIntyre Family Papers     
 Creator:  McIntyre, Dorothy Layne Family 
 Dates:  1939-1988 
 Abstract:  Dorothy Layne McIntyre was one of the first African American women to receive a private pilot's license under the Civil Aeronautics Authority. She trained in the cadet flying program while attending West Virginia State College, receiving her pilot's license in 1940. During World War II she taught aircraft mechanics at the War Production Training School in Baltimore, Maryland, while simultaneously working as a secretary in the industrial department of the Baltimore Urban League. In 1942, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and married F. Benjamin McIntyre; they had two daughters, Dianne McIntyre and Donna McIntyre Whyte. The collection consists of photocopies of original pilot log books, publications concerning aeronautics, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The collection pertains to Doroty McIntyre's career in the aeronautics industry. Also included are articles and other information concerning Dianne McIntyre and her dance group, Sounds in Motion, particularly concerning their production of "Take-Off from a Forced Landing," based on the life of Dorothy McIntyre. 
 Call #:  MS 4649 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. | McIntyre, Dianne. | Sounds in Motion. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dance companies -- United States. | Dance -- United States.
 
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64Title:  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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65Title:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home Records, Series II     
 Creator:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home 
 Dates:  1919-1987 
 Abstract:  E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home is one of the oldest African American funeral homes in Cleveland, Ohio. Known earlier as Boyd's Funeral Home, the name was changed to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home in 1938 when William F. Boyd joined his father, Elmer Franklin Boyd, in the business. Branches were opened in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1972, and in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1996. They arranged the funerals of many of Cleveland's most prominent citizens, white and black, as well as lesser known individuals. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, funeral books, and notes. The funeral books comprise the bulk of the collection and include name, age, cause of death, date of funeral, type of casket, place of death, birth date, spouse's name, parents' names and cost of arrangements. The collection is of value to those researching the funeral business in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly that of Boyd Funeral Home, as well as those interested in genealogy, mortality and occupational information on African Americans in Cleveland. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection 
 Call #:  MS 4908 
 Extent:  15.50 linear feet (15 containers and 3 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
 
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66Title:  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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67Title:  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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68Title:  Hiram House Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Hiram House Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1893-1972 
 Abstract:  Hiram House is a pioneer Cleveland, Ohio, social settlement founded in 1896 by a group of Hiram College students led by George Bellamy, who later became Commissioner of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. During the height of its growth the settlement offered a full range of social, educational and recreational activities, but since 1948 it has concentrated its resources on Hiram House Camp in the suburb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Before 1948 its primary service area was centered in a neighborhood populated primarily by Jews, Italians and African Americans. The collection consists of minutes, resolutions, financial statements, ledger books, legal papers, correspondence, and employment and administrative policy materials of Hiram House, correspondence and legal and financial papers of George Bellamy, and correspondence from Samuel Mather and other supporters of the settlement. 
 Call #:  MS 3319 
 Extent:  38.00 linear feet (78 containers and 17 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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69Title:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement Records     
 Creator:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement 
 Dates:  1875-1968 
 Abstract:  The Friendly Inn Social Settlement is a Cleveland, Ohio, settlement house founded in 1874 by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. It offered a full range of services and social activities, including an outreach program for delinquent boys. Its service area became the center of Cleveland's African American community. The collection consists of minutes, financial statements, reports, evaluations, club journals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, expense accounts, and records of the Women's Philanthropic Union. 
 Call #:  MS 3526 
 Extent:  5.90 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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70Title:  Karamu House Records     
 Creator:  Karamu House 
 Dates:  1914-1979 
 Abstract:  Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, play scripts and related information, announcements of events, programs, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrapbooks, and student enrollment cards. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White, Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, Harry E. Davis, Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter. The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, particularly the 1950s and 1960s. 
 Call #:  MS 4606 
 Extent:  79.21 linear feet (92 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Karamu House. | Gilpin Players. | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rural-urban migration -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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71Title:  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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72Title:  Stella G. White Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  White, Stella G. 
 Dates:  1943-1991 
 Abstract:  Stella G. White was a free lance journalist, columnist for the Plain Dealer newspaper, and community leader in Cleveland, Ohio. Married first to Judge Charles W. White of Cleveland, she later became the wife of Curtis Lamar Bigham and resided in Dawsonville, Georgia. While in Dawsonville, she was a columnist for The Forum. She was instrumental in the Dawson County, Georgia, courthouse renovation project, and active in the Dawson County Women's Club. The collection consists of resumes, certificates, columns, newspaper clippings, correspondence, military documents, speeches, genealogical materials, book manuscripts, cancer research material, and memorabilia. These papers pertain primarily to White's career as a free lance journalist for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, and as a columnist for The Forum in Dawsonville, Georgia. It also includes some of her other writings. Most of her columns centered around the subject of race relations, housing, legislation, and health care. 
 Call #:  MS 4638 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White, Stella G., 1907-1991. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. | Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. | Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. | Race relations and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Dawson County (Ga.).
 
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73Title:  Charles Beard Papers     
 Creator:  Beard, Charles 
 Dates:  1919-1975 
 Abstract:  Charles Beard was born in Georgia and raised in Newport, Rhode Island. He enlisted in the United States Air Force during World War II, serving as a fighter pilot, after training at Tuskegee Air Force Base. In 1945, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Western Reserve University. In 1946, he served as a junior city planner for the City Planning Commission, and in the 1950s worked for the Cleveland Urban Renewal Agency. In the late 1950s, he was promoted to Chief City Planner for Cleveland, and in the 1960s, became the Director of Plan of Action for Tomorrow's Housing (PATH). From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, he held a position as a government liaison with the Federation for Community Planning. He also was founder of the Friends of Shaker Square and Fair Housing, Inc. He helped organize the North Coast Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., in 1993. The collection consists of reports, speeches, proposals, correspondence, agendas, annual reports, financial statements, newsletters, notes, ordinances, bibliographies, booklets, tables, pamphlets, publications, lists, and maps. The majority of the material relates to Beard's career as Chief City Planner for the City Planning Commission. 
 Call #:  MS 4802 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Beard, Charles, 1923-1993. | Cleveland (Ohio). City Planning Commission. | Federation for Community Planning. | Plan of Action for Tomorrow's Housing (Cleveland, Ohio). | Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friends of Shaker Square. | Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. North Coast Chapter. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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74Title:  Charles W. Fleming Papers     
 Creator:  Fleming, Charles W. 
 Dates:  1943-1994 
 Abstract:  Charles W. Fleming was a Cleveland, Ohio, Municipal Court Judge, an Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, a special assistant to the Attorney General of the State of Ohio, senior partner of the Fleming, Hubbard, and Davis Law Firm in Cleveland, and a professor at Case Western Reserve University. Fleming was also involved in Masonry. The collection consists of agendas, certificates, correspondence, biographies, court cases, newsletters, booklets, newspaper clippings, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules, reports, notes, pamphlets, programs, and resolutions. 
 Call #:  MS 4804 
 Extent:  2.60 linear feet (4 containers and 4 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Fleming, Charles, W., 1928-1994. | American Judges Association. | National Bar Association. | Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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75Title:  Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Papers     
 Creator:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks 
 Dates:  1948-2010 
 Abstract:  Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1904. Orphaned at age four, she was raised by the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and Fisk University before applying to the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. Johnson graduated in 1928 with a master's degree in social work. As a social worker, Johnson was first employed by Associated Charities of Cleveland, Ohio. Later, she worked for the Cuyahoga County Department of Welfare in conjunction with the federal program Aid to Dependent Children. She retired in 1961. Johnson married Elmer Cheeks in 1929. They had two sons. Cheeks died in 1941, and Johnson married Raymond Johnson in 1957. He died in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was an active member of Mt. Zion Congregational Church, an avid reader and traveler, and a supporter of a variety of charities. At age 105, she attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Soon after, with the assistance of a freelance writer, she wrote her autobiography. It was published shortly after her death in 2010. The collection consists of annual reports, booklets, book manuscripts, book proofs, brochures, catalogues, certificates, church directories, citations, correspondence, forms, a guest book, an inauguration ticket, lists, magazine articles, newsletter articles, newspaper articles, notes, passports, proclamations, programs, remarks, speeches, and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 5068 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. | Case Western Reserve University. | Fisk University. | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- United States. | African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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76Title:  Fannie M. Lewis Papers     
 Creator:  Lewis, Fannie M. 
 Dates:  1965-1976 
 Abstract:  Fannie M. Lewis (1926-2008) was an African American activist and Cleveland, Ohio, councilwoman. She was involved in a number of Hough neighborhood improvement programs, including Community Action for Youth, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Model Cities Association, and the Citizen's Participation Organization. She became a city councilwoman from Cleveland's Ward 7 in 1982. The collection consists of personal papers and the records and subject files relating to Lewis' work with the Model Cities Association, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and other community organizations. Included are articles of incorporation, bylaws, trustee minutes, monthly reports, financial records, proposals, correspondence, memoranda, residency lists, posters, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland community development programs and Fanny Lewis' efforts with these programs. Some materials relate to racism, politics, and local government in Cleveland during the 1960s and 1970s. 
 Call #:  MS 4341 
 Extent:  14.00 linear feet (16 containers) 
 Subjects:  Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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77Title:  Black Folk Art in Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  Black Folk Art in Cleveland 
 Dates:  1983-1984 
 Abstract:  The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition was presented in 1984 by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. It featured folk artists Peggy Davenport, Reverend Albert Wagner, Ruby Hall, Helen Dobbins, Jim Moss, Mickey Towns, Benjamin Collins, Perkine Lard, Marcella Welch, Nick Biggins, and J.D. Harmon. The collection consists of notebooks containing festivals and exhibition notes, a catalog, posters, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. It includes some biographical information about the participating artists, planning notes for the exhibit festival, and an exhibition catalog and poster. 
 Call #:  MS 4640 
 Extent:  0.11 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Davenport, Peggy. | Wagner, Albert. | Hall, Ruby. | Dobbins, Helen. | Moss, Jim. | Towns, Mickey. | Collins, Benjamin. | Lard, Pearkine. | Welch, Marcella. | Biggins, Nick. | Harmon, J.D. | Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions. | Black Folk Art in Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Afro-American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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78Title:  Roderick Boyd Porter Papers     
 Creator:  Porter, Roderick Boyd 
 Dates:  1980-1985 
 Abstract:  Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and revitalization efforts in the Hough area community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. 
 Call #:  MS 4646 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Porter, Roderick Boyd. | William Bingham Foundation. | North Coast Village Steering Committee. | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. | Institute of Man and Science. | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. | Hough Area Partners in Progress. | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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79Title:  Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Papers     
 Creator:  Jelliffe, Russell and Rowena 
 Dates:  1914-1991 
 Abstract:  Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe were social workers who in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club of Cleveland, Ohio, founded the Neighborhood Association, popularly known as the Playhouse Settlement, in 1915. Founded primarily to aid African Americans who had migrated to Cleveland from the rural South, Playhouse Settlement offered the usual social services, but gained note for its dramatic and artistic programs. In 1927 the Jelliffes acquired property which was remodeled as a theater and named the Karamu Theater. In 1941, the Settlement was renamed Karamu House. The Jelliffes shared the directorship of Karamu House until their retirement in 1963, after which they served as trustees of the Karamu Foundation. Russell Jelliffe was also an active member of the Urban League, the Cleveland Community Relations Council on Race Relations, the executive committee of the local branch of the NAACP, and the Board of the Cleveland Council of Human Relations. He was involved with the Group Work Council of the Welfare Federation and was a trustee of Oberlin College and the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union. Rowena Jelliffe was involved in the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Urban League, the National Theatre Conference, the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Board of Directors of the American National Theatre and Academy. Both the Jelliffes received numerous honors and awards. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, journals, a diary, date books, speeches, schedules, telegrams, reports, newspaper clippings, Karamu Board of Trustee files, Karamu Foundation files, deeds, publications, blueprints, playscripts, programming information, subject files, memoranda, drawings, manuscripts, research papers and studies, certificates, awards, and scrapbooks. In addition to the personal papers of the Jelliffes, this collection contains a significant collection of the records of Karamu House, including initial negotiations with the Second Presbyterian Men's Club concerning the founding of Neighborhood Association, administrative files, histories, materials concerning the New Building Campaign of the 1940s, correspondence with Harold T. Clark, programming files, materials concerning the search for a new executive director, playscripts, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included in the collection are letters, notes, and a poem written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's play, Sermon. Also included are the records of the Karumu Foundation, 1948-1977. 
 Call #:  MS 4737 
 Extent:  12.71 linear feet (14 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. | Karamu House. | Karamu Foundation. | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rural-urban migration -- United States. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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80Title:  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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