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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 121 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 122 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 123 | Title: | Albert G. Jones Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jones, Albert G. | | | | Dates: | 1851-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Albert G. Jones was an American Civil War veteran born in Lake County, Ohio. Jones served as a 2nd Lieutenant, 27th United States Colored Troops, a unit primarily composed of Ohio soldiers, from January 1864-September 1865. He was appointed 1st Lieutenant in September 1864, and in 1865 was appointed Assistant Adjutant General. The 27th USCT participated in the campaign that captured Fort Fisher and Wilmington, North Carolina. After the war, Jones returned to Cleveland, where he worked as a laborer, clerk, and sewer inspector. In 1870, he was appointed Assistant Marshal, Northern District of Ohio, 9th United States Census. He was a charter member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Forest City Post Number 556. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4808 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jones, Albert G., 1842-1919. | United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 27th (1864-1865). | Grand Army of the Republic. Forest City Post, No. 556 (Cleveland, Ohio) | United States. Army -- African American troops. | Afro-American soldiers -- Ohio. | Soldiers -- Ohio. | African Americans -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Afro-American, [Indian, etc.] | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 124 | Title: | Boddie Recording Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Boddie Recording Company | | | | Dates: | 1952-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Boddie Recording Company (1958-1993) was the first recording studio in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by African-Americans. Thomas Boddie (d. 2006) created all his recording equipment by hand rather than purchasing pre-made machines, and he pressed his own vinyl records. This allowed him to hold down costs, thus attracting a wide range of clientele in need of demonstration records and small runs of 45 rpm records. His clientele included musicians of various styles, including gospel, country, bluegrass, rock, soul, and rhythm and blues, earning the studio the nickname of "Little Nashville". Records were made for national distribution as well as for independent groups and artists who only wished to have their music recorded for personal use or local distribution, such as recordings of sermons for church groups, with Boddie creating small, independent record labels for the purpose. Thomas Boddie began his interest in sound systems and recordings as a teenager in his home on Kinsman Ave. in Cleveland in the 1940s. Though talented and educated in the fields of sound and electrical engineering, he had difficulty finding work due to his race. He first found employment as an organ repairman, then at Wright-Patterson Air Base. After serving in the army during World War II, Boddie returned to Cleveland and began building the pieces of what would eventually become a full-fledged recording studio, designing and modifying equipment while working as a repairman. The studio survived through small business loans, Thomas's ability to save money through hard work and perseverance, and the consistent assistance of his wife Louise. He and his wife laid the concrete themselves for an addition to their house to form a record pressing plant, and he built an 8-track recording machine for about 15% of the cost of a new one. The Boddies traveled to various locations with their equipment to record groups and individuals on-site, quickly making multiple cassette recordings to sell after the event. When he discovered true potential talent, he would send recordings to Motown, where the artist had a better chance of becoming known, as the Boddie Recording Company did not have the sponsorship of large advertisers that Motown had. Thomas Boddie died in 2006. In 2009, the Numero Group purchased the large number of recordings made at the Boddie Recording Company, with many of the recordings scheduled to be released in late 2011. The collection consists of advertisements, booklets, business cards, contracts, correspondence, flyers, legal documents, miscellaneous notes, newspaper clippings, programs, receipts, sample 45rpm record designs, schematics, and transparencies. | | | | Call #: | MS 5090 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Boddie, Thomas, d. 2006 | Boddie, Louise | Boddie Recording Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sound recording industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sound studios -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. | Soul music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rhythm and blues music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Country music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bluegrass music -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 125 | Title: | James L. Hardiman Reed v. Rhodes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hardiman, James L. | | | | Dates: | 1972-2001 | | | | Abstract: | James L. Hardiman (b. 1941), was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Sally and Albert Hardiman and a graduate of John Jay High School in the Cleveland Public School System during the 1950s. Hardiman earned a bachelor's degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1963 and his Juris Doctorate from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1968. Not long after being admitted to the Ohio bar, Hardiman became an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case of Robert Anthony Reed v. James A. Rhodes, which concerned the desegregation of the Cleveland Public Schools and was heard in the United States District Court Northern District of Ohio and United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals beginning in 1973 and concluding in 2000. Hardiman's papers regarding Reed v. Rhodes that make up this collection document his role and experiences in the matter. A celebrated civil rights attorney, Hardiman is perhaps most well known for his involvement in this case and other school desegregation initiatives across Ohio and the United States. With over 40 years of experience litigating complex civil liberties issues, Hardiman is also noted for his work challenging at-large elections of municipal court judges in Ohio and dedication to just criminal defense. In 2010, Hardiman was named the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, where he continues to fight for civil rights. The collection consists of agendas, budgets, correspondence (general and professional), handbooks, legal briefs, memoranda, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, proposals, reports, testimony, transcripts, trial exhibits, and unofficial legal files. | | | | Call #: | MS 5123 | | | | Extent: | 30.40 linear feet (31 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Public Schools. | Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Segregation in education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race relations. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Education.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 126 | Title: | John Patterson Green Papers
| | | | Creator: | Green, John Patterson | | | | Dates: | 1869-1932 | | | | Abstract: | John Patterson Green (1845-1940) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, justice of the peace (1873-1882), Ohio state congressman (1882-1892), state senator (1892-1896), and United States Postage Stamp Agent. He was a powerful Republican campaign orator and was influential in William McKinley's 1896 presidential campaign. He was the first African American to be elected to public office in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, speeches, financial accounts, receipts, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3379 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Green, John Patterson, 1845-1940. | Green family. | McKinley, William, 1843-1901. | Wilberforce University. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | African American legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- to 1964. | Race discrimination -- United States. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Presidents -- United States -- Election. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 127 | Title: | Walter L. Brown Scrapbook
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Walter L. | | | | Dates: | 1905-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Walter L. Brown (1871-1950) was one of the first African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio, to be active in the Democratic Party. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, letters, and mementos pertaining to Brown's involvement with the Democratic Party. Included is correspondence from Harris R. Cooley, Thomas Fleming, Tom L. Johnson, and Robert J. Bulkley. | | | | Call #: | MS 3528 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Walter L, 1871-1950. | Democratic Party (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 129 | Title: | Charles Edward Bostwick Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bostwick, Charles Edward | | | | Dates: | 1844-1877 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Edward Bostwick (1815-1877) was an Ohio farmer, mason, builder, and proprietor of a manufacturing and tin shop, who supported the antislavery campaign and colonization movement. The collection consists of a journal, photographer's formula book, and two incomplete, undated versions of a speech given before the local auxiliary of the American Colonization Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 3921 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bostwick, Charles Edward, 1815-1877. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | African Americans -- Colonization. | Photography -- Formulae, tables, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 130 | Title: | Universal Negro Improvement Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Universal Negro Improvement Association | | | | Dates: | 1919-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Universal Negro Improvement Association is an international African American fraternal and philanthropic organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. Originally designed to promote Pan-Africanism, it later developed into a radical political organization which advocated the repatriation of blacks to Africa. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, conference and convention proceedings, speeches, minute and ledger books, magazine articles, lessons, printed materials, publications, membership and dues records, and miscellany. | | | | Call #: | MS 4038 | | | | Extent: | 6.40 linear feet (8 containers or 16 microfilm reels) | | | | Subjects: | Universal Negro Improvement Association | African Americans -- Societies, etc. | Black militant organizations | Black nationalism | Pan-Africanism
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 131 | Title: | Charles P. Lucas Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lucas, Charles family | | | | Dates: | 1880-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Charles P. Lucas was a teacher, civil rights leader, and federal housing administrator. He also served on the Board of the Cleveland Transit System. William H. Lucas was his grandfather and Reverend Charles P. Lucas, Jr. is his son. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Charles P. Lucas' career with CTS, two primers and a scrapbook of William H. Lucas, and newspaper clippings, including information on Rev. Charles P. Lucas. | | | | Call #: | MS 4066 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lucas, Charles P., Jr. | White, Charles W., 1897-1970. | Cleveland Transit System. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 133 | Title: | Eddy Road Street Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Eddy Road Street Club | | | | Dates: | 1965-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Eddy Road Street Club was formed in 1966 by residents of Eddy Road in Cleveland, Ohio. Activities included beautification and crime prevention. The collection consists of by-laws, copies of minutes, correspondence, financial reports, receipts, newsletters, certificates, raffle tickets, and letterhead stationery. | | | | Call #: | MS 3744 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eddy Road Street Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Homeowners' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Crime prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen participation. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 134 | Title: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation | | | | Dates: | 1945-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation was a political pressure group founded in 1948 to lobby for fair employment legislation in Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, bills, statements, financial reports, campaign and news bulletins, scrapbooks, and correspondence from the committee's administrative staff, particularly Sam Weisberg, Charles Lucas and Theodore Berry. | | | | Call #: | MS 4045 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation | Civil rights -- Ohio | Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 135 | Title: | Walter B. Wright Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Wright, Walter B. | | | | Dates: | 1840-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Walter B. Wright was an African American porter who advanced to the positions of chief clerk in the purchasing department and secretary to Daniel W. Caldwell, Samuel R. Callaway and W. H. Caniff, presidents of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroads. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, railroad passes, correspondence, photographs, miscellany regarding railroad companies and employees, black people and other miscellaneous subjects, an autograph by James A. Garfield, and correspondence with Caldwell and other railroad magnates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4048 | | | | Extent: | 0.83 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Wright, Walter B., 1852-1939 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | African Americans | Railroads -- United States | Railroads -- Employees
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 137 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 138 | Title: | Masjid al-Mumin/Islamic Revivalist Movement Records
| | | | Creator: | Masjid al-Mumin/IRM, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1967-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1953 by Afzal Nabi, Masjid al-Mumin ("the Mosque of the Believer") was first located at 10609 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Imam Mutawaf A. Shaheed and the Islamic Revivalist Movement (IRM, Inc.) came to the organization in 1969. In the early 1970s, Masjid al-Mumin/IRM Inc. began a longstanding relationship with the Ohio correctional system. It also joined Dar ul-Islam, a network of black Sunni mosques who advocated deliverance from an unjust, immoral American culture through Islam. Masjid al-Mumin was the first mosque outside of New York to participate in Dar-ul Islam. Today the mosque is located at 2690 Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Cleveland. The collection consists of applications, clippings, correspondence, educational documents, financial documents, forms, publications, reports, receipts, and registers. | | | | Call #: | MS 5256 | | | | Extent: | 2.10 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Muslims -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | Islam -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th Century. | African American Muslims -- History -- 20th Century. | Prisons -- United States -- Ohio -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 139 | Title: | Ruby Lee Terry Collection
| | | | Creator: | Terry, Ruby | | | | Dates: | 1965-2018, undated | | | | Abstract: | Ruby Lee Terry, (born 1931) in Cleveland, Ohio, was a former engineer and marketing executive for Bell Laboratories and the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, later Ameritech/SBC, and currently AT&T. She was assigned by her division engineer to design the first cable television system for cities in the northern and southern Ohio Bell service area.
This collection consists of articles, awards, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographs, a proclamation, programs, and a speech transcript. | | | | Call #: | MS 5439 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Terry, Ruby | Women engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Marketing executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Ohio Bell Telephone Company
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 140 | Title: | Charles V. Proctor Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Virginia Williams | | | | Dates: | 1936-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Charles V. Proctor, a well-known African-American commercial photographer, was employed by Standard Oil in Cleveland as the company's photographer until his retirement in 1972. Proctor also worked as a freelance photographer. His sports-related work was primarily of the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and 1960s. His Browns photos were used by the team and often appeared in the Call & Post. He was also recognized as a portrait photographer handling both wedding and business assignments. | | | | Call #: | 5471 | | | | Extent: | 1 linear feet (one container) | | | | Subjects: | Proctor, Charles V. (1906-1998) | Cleveland Browns (Football Teams: 1946-1995) | Photography of team sports | African American photographers
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