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1	Title:	Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation Records
	Creator:	Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation
	Dates:	1991-1998
	Abstract:	The Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation was established in 1986 by Katherine H. Chilcote (1911-1987), and the four Chilcote children: Ronald Chilcote (b.1935), Lee Chilcote (b.1942), Katherine [Chilcote] Pender (b.1937), and Patricia [Chilcote] Elledge (b.1952) as a funding source for areas of interest to each, including arts and culture, sustainable development, economic and social redevelopment, and for children with special needs and their families. The collection consists of grant files, administrative files, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 5400
	Extent:	4.20 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Culture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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2	Title:	Cleveland Development Foundation Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Development Foundation
	Dates:	1953-1970
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Development Foundation was a Cleveland, Ohio, non-profit corporation founded in 1954 to provide support for community development and renewal projects. The collection consists of financial records, notebooks of clippings, films, maps, and office files containing letter copies, correspondence, minutes, studies, proposals, speeches, contracts, insurance policies, printed brochures, pamphlets and booklets.
	Call #:	MS 3514
	Extent:	48.01 linear feet (66 containers, 54 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Development Foundation. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Lowell A. Henry Papers
	Creator:	Henry, Lowell A.
	Dates:	1950-1966
	Abstract:	Lowell A. Henry was a Cleveland, Ohio, city councilman (1957-1963) who represented Ward 10 and the African American community of Mount Pleasant. Henry volunteered with the Mount Pleasant Council, later served as the president of the Mount Pleasant Community Council, worked on urban renewal projects, and was a member of the Cleveland City Planning Commission. The collection consists of reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, campaign materials, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4644
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Henry, Lowell A., 1909-1967. \| Mount Pleasant Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio). \| City council members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mount Pleasant (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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4	Title:	Seth Taft Papers
	Creator:	Taft, Seth
	Dates:	1933-2008
	Abstract:	Seth Chase Taft was born in 1922, the grandson of president William H. Taft and son of Cincinnati mayor Charles Phelps Taft II. Following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Taft married Francis Prindle and began a successful career with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Cleveland. Taft was involved with politics and community activities for many years, including the reformation of the Cuyahoga County Charter in the 1950s and an unsuccessful Republican candidacy for mayor of Cleveland in 1967. He served as a Cuyahoga County commissioner from 1971 to 1978. The collection consists of awards, biographical documents, campaign literature, correspondence, financial data, meetings minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, research files, and urban development proposal reports.
	Call #:	MS 5071
	Extent:	1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| County charters -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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5	Title:	Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis Records
	Creator:	Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis
	Dates:	1981-1993
	Abstract:	The Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis (DHCAA) study began in January 1984. It was a joint study of the City of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA). It was tasked with the evaluation of different modes of rapid transit between downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and the University Circle area to the east to improve access to the City's two largest employment centers. The collections consists of various reports presented to Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis members for review and consideration.
	Call #:	MS 5398
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Campus planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning. \| Transportation planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban transportation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Planning.
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6	Title:	Daniel J. Marschall Papers
	Creator:	Marschall, Daniel J.
	Dates:	1955-1983
	Abstract:	Daniel J. Marschall was a journalist who specialized in labor and energy issues for the city of Cleveland, Ohio's Division of Economic Development during the Dennis Kucinich administration, 1978-1979. In 1979, he edited the report entitled "The Battle of Cleveland: Public Interest Challenges Corporate Power", which examined the confrontations between Kucinich and the corporate establishment during his administration. The collection consists of reports from various government and public agencies and corporations on Cleveland's economic situation and history, news releases, speeches, editorials, clippings, articles, interviews, theses, and reports collected by Marschall on economic development, default, mayoral recall, municipal light plant, tax abatement, and Dennis Kucinich's career and campaigns, as well as material generated by the Mayor's office including new releases, speeches, reports, and campaign literature, and criticism and commentary from the media. The sources used to compile the report "The Battle of Cleveland" are included.
	Call #:	MS 4561
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Marschall, Daniel J. \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Ohio Public Interest Campaign. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy.
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7	Title:	Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Celebrezze, Anthony J.
	Dates:	1929-1977
	Abstract:	Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher.
	Call #:	MS 4046
	Extent:	24.51 linear feet (22 containers, 23 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. \| Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transit systems. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government. \| United States -- Social policy.
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8	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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9	Title:	Cleveland Mayoral Papers
	Creator:	City of Cleveland, Office of the Mayor
	Dates:	1937-1953
	Abstract:	The collection consists of records produced during the administrations of Cleveland, Ohio, mayors Blythin, Lausche and Burke, 1941-1953. The collection includes correspondence, reports, budget statements, blueprints and maps from various projects during the administrations of these three mayors. The collection pertains to the government of Cleveland during this period, and to the relevant political and social issues occurring at the time. Included within the collection are records relating to race relations, water fluoridation, national security, civic improvements, the 1948 World Series, and the Cleveland bingo controversy.
	Call #:	MS 4276
	Extent:	4.40 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Transit strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943-1944. \| Veterans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bingo -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Water -- Fluoridation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Freedom Train. \| World series (Baseball) \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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10	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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11	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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12	Title:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race Records
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race
	Dates:	1963-1968
	Abstract:	The Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race was an interfaith organization in Cleveland, Ohio, with the goal of promoting equality of opportunities and rights without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The conference emerged from a meeting of representatives of three faiths in Chicago, Illinois, in January 1963. The delegates present were charged to go back to their communities and create local organizations to address racial issues through a religious lens. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, agendas, press releases, and speech texts.
	Call #:	MS 5101
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Catholic Interracial Council (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race relations. \| Religion and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protestants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	Title:	University Circle, Incorporated, Records
	Creator:	University Circle, Incorporated
	Dates:	1952-1979
	Abstract:	University Circle, Incorporated was created in 1957 as the University Circle Development Foundation to oversee and coordinate development of the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. Becoming University Circle, Incorporated in 1970, it operated under a 20-year master development plan to preserve the physical environment and reinforce the commitment of members to the area. UCI, Inc. serves as a "land bank" for its members, purchasing, leasing and maintaining properties, and reselling land to members to further their development and promote common purposes. UCI, Inc. also acts as a land use and development consultant, initiating and overseeing construction and assisting environmental and historic preservation projects. It maintains parking facilities, a bus service, and a private security service for the area. It has also entered into urban revitalization projects and cultural, educational, and medical programs in order to strengthen and stimulate relationships with the surrounding communities, particularly the Hough and Fairfax areas. Neil J. Carothers served as UCI's first president, followed by Joseph Pigott, Oliver Brooks, Murray Davidson, and others. The collection consists of articles of incorporation; records of the board of trustees and the executive committee (consisting of members' files, correspondence, minutes, operating policies and plans); officers' records (consisting of presidents', vice-presidents', and executive vice-presidents' files, files of the Circle development director, and correspondence); organizational records (consisting of affiliated and member institution files, correspondence, reports and proposals, property files, UCI police dept. files, and miscellany); special project records (consisting of Community Circle Inc. records, Cleveland New-Town-in-Town project records, housing files, general files, including correspondence, reports, blueprints, speeches and purchase orders, University Circle files, architectural and design review consultants' files, and Euclid-Mayfield Triangle Development Project files); and miscellany. Various document types are present, including news bulletins and brochures, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 3900
	Extent:	50.00 linear feet (50 containers)
	Subjects:	Carothers, Neil J. \| Davidson, Murray M. \| University Circle, Incorporated. \| University Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. \| University Circle Development Foundation -- Archives. \| Community Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. \| Case Western Reserve University. \| Western Reserve University. \| University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) \| Fairfax Foundation. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land use, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Planned unit developments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Police, Private -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cultural parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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14	Title:	Carl Stokes Papers
	Creator:	Stokes, Carl
	Dates:	1956-1972
	Abstract:	Carl Stokes (1927-1996) was the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-1967. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the political career of Carl B. Stokes, including his terms in the Ohio State legislature, his mayoral campaigns, and particularly his tenure as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection details the organization of the mayor's office, and illustrates the problems that Blacks in the vanguard of social and political progress faced, as well as the challenges faced by any urban leader in the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s. Key events in Stokes' administration are illustrated, including the Glenville Shootout, the hiring and resignation of Safety Director Gen. Ben Davis, the activities of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities, and Cleveland: NOW! The work of then City Council President James Stanton is represented, along with material relating to Stokes' brother Louis. Notable correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Spiro Agnew, Cyrus Eaton, Edward Kennedy, George Forbes, Jesse Jackson, and Howard Metzenbaum.
	Call #:	MS 4370
	Extent:	104.51 linear feet (107 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Stokes, Carl. \| Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. \| Cleveland Transit System. \| Cleveland: NOW! \| African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. \| Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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15	Title:	Ralph J. Perk Papers
	Creator:	Perk, Ralph J.
	Dates:	1949-1977
	Abstract:	Ralph J. Perk was the Cuyahoga County, Ohio auditor, 1963-1971, and mayor of Cleveland, 1972-1977. Perk, the first Republican mayor since 1941, faced big budget deficits which he covered with existing bond funds and general revenue sharing funds, as well as large federal grants from the Nixon administration. Nevertheless, city sewer and public transit systems had to be regionalized to raise operating capital. A Czech-American, Perk was seen as a national leader on ethnic issues. He retired from politics in 1977 after an unsuccessful campaign against John Glenn for the United States Senate in 1974 and a defeat in the 1977 nonpartisan mayoral primary. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, speeches, minutes, news releases, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, etc., pertaining to Perk's political career and public service. Mayoral records include voluminous correspondence and a subject file, as well as the records of various secretaries and administrative assistants. Notable issues represented in the papers include the proposed sale of the Municipal Light Plant, a 1977 survey on pornography, abortion, gun control, air pollution, regional sewer and transportation issues, public safety, senior citizens, the federal Model Cities program, urban renewal, and Cleveland's celebration of the 1976 US Bicentennial. Perk's many political campaigns are documented, particularly the 1977 mayoral campaign which resulted in his defeat. His service as county auditor is very well represented in a series of newspaper clippings, which also document such events as the Hough riots of 1966 and the Glenville Shootout of 1968.
	Call #:	MS 4456
	Extent:	108.01 linear feet (112 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Perk, Ralph J., 1914- \| Stokes, Carl. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Auditor's office. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor -- Archives. \| Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Dept. of Public Safety. \| Cleveland Municipal Light Plant. \| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Abortion -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Gun control -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Pornography -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. \| Police -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Personal rapid transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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16	Title:	Cleveland: NOW! Records
	Creator:	Cleveland: NOW!
	Dates:	1967-1977
	Abstract:	Cleveland: NOW! was a multiracial joint public and private program for extensive urban renewal and revitalization in Cleveland, Ohio, created by Mayor Carl B. Stokes following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. The program planned to raise $1.5 billion over ten years. The first 2-year phase called for spending $177 million for projects in eight areas: neighborhood housing rehabilitation; accelerated urban renewal; the creation of 16,000 jobs; expansion of small business opportunities; city planning; health, welfare, and day care centers; summer recreation programs for youth; and the construction of Camp Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout of July 23, 1968, a gun battle between police and members of the Black Nationalists Organization of New Libya who obtained weapons with funds received indirectly from Cleveland: NOW! Stokes and the NOW! trustees were sued in 1970 by 8 policemen wounded in the shootout, but the suit was dismissed in 1977. Although Cleveland: NOW! met many of its initial goals, the organization ceased activities for the most part after 1970, and was formally dissolved in 1980. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, board of trustees records, correspondence, financial records, records of the major programs, publicity information, newspaper clippings, and proceedings of lawsuits. The collection pertains to a dramatic, multiracial attempt on a large scale to address and ameliorate a wide range of social ills by initial infusions of large amounts of money. The financial records and contributors correspondence contain detailed information for a possible demographic examination of contributors to the program.
	Call #:	MS 4501
	Extent:	3.80 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Stokes, Carl. \| Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. \| Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. \| Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. \| Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. \| Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Recreation and juvenile delinquency. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. \| Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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