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21	Title:	Collinwood United Church of Christ Records
	Creator:	Collinwood United Church of Christ
	Dates:	1876-1967
	Abstract:	The Collinwood United Church of Christ was a Congregational church founded in 1876, in Cleveland, Ohio, as Collinwood Congregational Church. In 1965 it became the Collinwood United Church of Christ. It disbanded in 1967. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of governing boards, social club records, correspondence, membership records, financial material, and material from a church scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 3856
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Collinwood United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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22	Title:	First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland Records
	Creator:	First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland
	Dates:	1846-1961
	Abstract:	The First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833 as the First Baptist Church of Cleveland. In 1887 Idaka Memorial Baptist Church merged with First Baptist. In 1919 a group from First Baptist formed the Cleveland Heights Baptist Church. The two congregations merged in 1928 to form the First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, located in Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of church histories, constitutions, minutes, membership information, resolutions, reports, financial records, church bulletins, correspondence, information on the consolidation with Cleveland Heights Baptist Church, records of church organizations, records of other churches, and architectural drawings.
	Call #:	MS 4140
	Extent:	10.81 linear feet (10 containers, 7 oversize rolls, and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	First Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio.) \| Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. \| Baptist churches. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights.
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23	Title:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Series II
	Creator:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church
	Dates:	1949-1965
	Abstract:	The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of executive board minutes and business meeting minutes of the Women's Association of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. The collection is arranged chronologically by sets of board minutes.
	Call #:	MS 4615
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Women's Association. \| Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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24	Title:	Josephus Hicks Collection of Church Records, Photographs, and Audio/Visual Materials
	Creator:	Hicks, Josephus
	Dates:	1940-1996
	Abstract:	Josephus Hicks was an African American photographer and historian who lived in Cleveland from the mid-1930s until his death in 1998. In addition to photographing people and events in the Cleveland African American community, Mr. Hicks wrote the history of St. John A.M.E. Church, the Mount Zion Church and the Hough area of the city. The collection consists of church records, photographs, 16mm film, and audio LPs.
	Call #:	MS 5366
	Extent:	3.61 linear feet (9 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| League Park (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cinematographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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25	Title:	Fidelity Baptist Church Records
	Creator:	Fidelity Baptist Church
	Dates:	1892-1975
	Abstract:	Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892 it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In answer to changing social conditions in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, programs, membership records, constitutions, agreements, Sunday School records, legal records, baptism and death records (1892-1912), miscellaneous files, and records documenting the church's work with community welfare organizations, including records of the Cleveland Area Church Council and the Inner City Protestant Parish.
	Call #:	MS 3648
	Extent:	5.80 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Fidelity Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Necrologies. \| Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils. \| Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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26	Title:	St. James A M E Church Oral History Project Interviews
	Creator:	St. James A M E Church
	Dates:	1986-1987
	Abstract:	The St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church Oral History Project Interviews was a venture of the church membership to conduct and transcribe oral history interviews with current and former members of the Cleveland, Ohio, church. It also included residents of the Fairfax community. It was sponsored by the church's Sadie J. Anderson Missionary Society and was funded in part by the Ohio Humanities Council. The goals of the project were to examine the role of the family and elderly in the African American community, the place of the church in the community and family life, and the function of the community over time. Forty-one men and women participated in the interview process. A public conference was held in 1986 as part of the project. The collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted with individuals who were or had been members of the congregation of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and/or residents of the Fairfax area; a final report on the project; publications; and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4536
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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27	Title:	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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28	Title:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Records, Series II
	Creator:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland
	Dates:	1941-1975
	Abstract:	The Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland is interdenominational organization founded in 1911 as the Federated Churches of Cleveland to coordinate the community welfare and education activities of 67 Cleveland, Ohio, churches. In 1934, a new constitution was adopted, which officially changed the name of the organization to the Cleveland Church Federation. A new constitution in 1958 changed the Federation's name to the Cleveland Area Church Federation. In 1965 the Cleveland Area Church Federation adopted another new constitution and new name, Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland, and in 1985, the Council adopted its present name, Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland. The Metropolitan Affairs Commission was one of three commissions organized within the Council of Churches ca. 1965. It was responsible for issue-centered action programs during the 1960s in three areas; race, civil rights, and poverty. The collection consists of agendas, minutes, reports, memos, notes, correspondence, rosters, budget ledgers, contracts, financial statements, income tax forms, insurance policies, posters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, schedules, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 4813
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Affairs Commission. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious aspects. \| Urbanization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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29	Title:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Records
	Creator:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church
	Dates:	1851-1969
	Abstract:	Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church.
	Call #:	MS 3583
	Extent:	8.30 linear feet (20 containers and 4 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodist Church. \| Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Methodists, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Necrologies. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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30	Title:	John Frazier Papers
	Creator:	Frazier, John
	Dates:	1962-1974
	Abstract:	John Frazier (born 1941) is a civil rights worker and Unitarian-Universalist minister. In 1969 he became the first pastor of the newly-formed Humanist Fellowship of Liberation in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, sermons, speeches, school records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers, relating to Frazier's civil rights activities, his seminary years, racial issues in the Unitarian-Universalist church, and the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation.
	Call #:	MS 3593
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Frazier, John, 1941- \| First Unitarian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Unitarian Church -- Ohio. \| Unitarian churches -- Clergy. \| Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights workers -- United States. \| Race relations -- Religious aspects. \| Religion and race.
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31	Title:	Karl F. Bruch, Jr. Papers
	Creator:	Bruch, Karl F., Jr.
	Dates:	1951-1973
	Abstract:	Karl F. Bruch Jr. was active in church, politics, and civil rights in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, particularly during the 1960s-1970s. He was president of Fair Housing Inc., a real estate company committed to integrating neighborhoods in the Cleveland area. He was also a member of the Greater Cleveland Council of Churches and a director of its Metropolitan Affairs Commission, and the United Presbyterian Church's Synod of Ohio Evangelism and Social Witness and the Commission on Religion and Race. Bruch was also a member of the Fenn College Board of Trustees at the time it was incorporated into Cleveland State University. The collection consists of agendas, minutes of meetings, reports, a roster, newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence, announcements, legal documents, press releases, and financial documents.
	Call #:	MS 4815
	Extent:	3.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Bruch, Karl F., Jr. \| Fenn College. \| Cleveland State University. \| United Presbyterian Church of North America. \| United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race. \| Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Affairs Commission. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious aspects. \| Urbanization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Local church councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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32	Title:	Historic Sites of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Works Progress Administration
	Dates:	1800-1939
	Abstract:	The Historic Sites of Cleveland Project was funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which gathered data during the Great Depression (1930s) on historic sites and organizations in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of real estate transfer records (1800-1885) for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and material relating to boardinghouses, bridges, buildings, canals, cemeteries, churches, civic and social institutions, dwellings, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, military sites, manufacturing and commercial agents, public buildings, railroads, restaurants and saloons, roads, streets, theaters, and halls.
	Call #:	MS 3675
	Extent:	204.40 linear feet (511 containers)
	Subjects:	Historical Records Survey (Ohio). \| United States. Works Progress Administration. \| Factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Historic sites -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Bridges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Canals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Dwellings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fortification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Taverns (Inns) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hotels -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Lodging-houses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Theaters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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