| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Community Action for Youth Records
| | | | Creator: | Community Action for Youth | | | | Dates: | 1958-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Community Action for Youth was a social services agency in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, created through a federal matching grant from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in 1963. Its goals included the reduction of juvenile delinquency and poverty through increased social services, educational opportunities, and job training. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, financial documents, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, proposals, reports, speeches, and statements. | | | | Call #: | MS 5227 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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