http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?smode%3Dadvanced;freeformQuery%3Dsport;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DTheater%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: smode=advanced;freeformQuery=sport;expand=subject;f1-subject=Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4899.xml John P. Kilroy, of Cleveland, Ohio, is of Irish descent. Three of his grandparents immigrated to the United States from counties Mayo, Carlow and Westmeath during the early twentieth century. They came to the United States in search of a better life, and to escape from the economic and political turmoiil present in Ireland at that time. Kilroy went to law school and represented the Padraig Pearce Center of the Irish American Club East Side, Inc. during its establishment. He was also active in the Cleveland Irish Players, a theatre group that was founded by Kevin McGinty and produces Irish plays by Irish playwrights. He was a regular contributor to the Ohio Irish Bulletin and other newsletters. Kilroy's interests also extend to Gaelic athletics and Irish current affairs, including the troubles in Northern Ireland. The collection consists of an application form, brochure, correspondence, essays, handwritten, notes, an invitation, a leaflet, a press release, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Padraic Pearce Cen... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4899.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4606.xml 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, Euge... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4606.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4988.xml Louis Arthur Landy was a Cleveland, Ohio, dentist who served in World War I, worked for the American Red Cross in Palestine and the Balkans, 1919-1921, and served with the American Relief Administration in Russia, 1921-1923, helping to administer famine relief efforts there. The collection consists of a diary, newspaper articles, notebooks, school yearbooks, personal notes, school magazines, correspondence, sports memorabilia, and photographs. Includes material relating to his work with the American Relief Administration in Russia, his dental studies at Western Reserve University and his football career there in the 1910s, Central High School miscellany, and some travel materials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4988.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT