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	Search results for Black-and-white Photographs    Refine your search Creator Unknown (8985) The Cauldron (Clevelan... (814) Nehez, Bill (639) Seid, Herman (620) Walker & Murray Associ... (579) Show more... Subject Cleveland Union Termin... (5280) Lakewood (Ohio) (2006) African Americans (1907) Bridges (1715) Cleveland State Univer... (1387) Show more... Date 1965 (946) Unknown (483) 1968 (309) 1979 (301) 1975 (288) Show more... results 161-180 of 31200 item(s)  page 9 of 1560 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 161. Brown, Anna V., d. 1985 Brown, Anna V.; Gerontology; National Council on the Aging; Cleveland. Dept. of Aging; Aged persons Brown was an advocate for the elderly in Cleveland as well as nationally. She developed Cleveland's Department of Aging which developed services to assist elders. She later became the president of the... 162. George, Zelma, 1903-1994 George, Zelma Watson; Opera singers; Activists; Cleveland Job Corps; Diplomats;African Americans; Karamu House; Cuyahoga Community College; United Nations Zelma George was the daughter of a Texas Baptist minister and remembered meeting a number of prominent black leaders in her home. Issues about race were discussed and her father believed in helping other... 163. Bole, Roberta Holden Bole, Roberta Holden; Cleveland Museum Of Art; Cleveland Museum Of Natural History; Hawken School; Dunham Tavern Museum (Cleveland, Ohio); Philanthropists; Holden Arboretum Bole was a major benefactor to many museums in Cleveland such as the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. She also established the Holden Arboretum, founded Hawken School... 164. Adams, Almeda C., 1865- Adams, Almeda C.; Cleveland Music School Settlement; Blind persons; Fortnightly Musical Club; Music; Teachers Almeda Adams helped to found the Cleveland Music School Settlement despite being blind. She also wrote a book which is made up of letters to her friends titled "Seeing Europe Through Sightless Eyes." Adams... 165. Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Women's City Club; Suffrage; Suffragists; Women's suffrage; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Belle Sherwin was the former president for the national League of Women Voters (1924-1934). She was also a founder of the Women's City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. 166. Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Women's City Club; Suffrage; Suffragists; Women's suffrage; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Belle Sherwin was the former president for the national League of Women Voters (1924-1934). She was also a founder of the Women's City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. 167. McCormick, Anne O’Hare, 1880-1954 Mccormick, Anne (O'hare); Journalists; Writers; New York times; Pulitzer Prizes; United Nations Anne O'Hare McCormick was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times who traveled the world reporting on injustice and issues threatening freedom worldwide. She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer... 168. Bryant, Eliza Bryant, Eliza; Freedmen; Slavery; Eliza Bryant Center; African Americans; Nursing homes Seeing that African Americans in Cleveland were denied access to nursing homes because of segregation, Eliza Bryant started a campaign to raise interest and funds for African American elders in 1893. Her... 169. McBride, Lucia McCurdy McBride, Lucia McCurdy; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland; Planned Parenthood Of Greater Cleveland; Suffragists; Suffrage; Women's City Club; Philanthropists McBride was an advocate for women's rights and suffrage for women and served in offices for local, state, and national organizations. She was founder of the Cleveland Woman Suffrage Party and the Ohio... 170. Robeson, Lila Robeson, Lila; Opera singers; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Western Reserve University Robeson was the first Cleveland-born opera singer that performed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1912-1922). Robeson was a mezzo soprano who performed 142 times for the Metropolitan Opera between... 171. Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977 Bolton, Frances Payne; Nursing;Hawken School; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Cleveland, Ohio); United States. House of Representatives; United States Congress Frances Payne Bolton had a long tenure as a United States Representative from 1939 to 1968; Bolton was the first woman to head an official mission abroad, to the Middle East in 1947; In 1953 she was appointed... 172. Vronsky, Vitya Babin, Victor; Babin, Victoria (Vitya) Vronsky; Pianists; Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Institute Of Music; Composers Vitya Vronsky was a world class pianist who came to Cleveland to become faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1961 after touring and recording extensively as part of a duo piano team with her... 173. Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham; Karamu House; Philanthropists; Ohioana Pegasus Winners Along with husband, Rowena Jelliffe was a co-founder of Karamu House, a neighborhood settlement renowned for its dedication to interracial theater and arts. A former social worker, Jellifffe directed over... 174. Strassmeyer, Mary A. Strassmeyer, Mary A.; Plain Dealer; Journalism Mary Strassmeyer was a society editor for the Plain Dealer and was famous for her column, "Mary, Mary." She was inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame in 1994. [Image credit: this image is... 175. Votipka, Thelma Opera singers; Votipka, Thelma; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Oberlin College Thelma Votipka was an accomplished mezzo-soprano opera singer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she studied at Oberlin Conservatory and made her debut as the Countess in the Marriage of Figaro with the American... 176. Shepherd, Dorothy G. Case Western Reserve University; Islam; Cleveland Museum Of Art; Textiles; Galleries & museums In the 1960s, Dorothy Shepherd was one of the only female museum curators in the United States and was renowned for her knowledge in medieval textiles and ancient Islamic art. Shepherd was a curator at... 177. Horvath, Helen Horvath, Helen; Activists; Hungarians; Immigrants Mrs. Helen Horvath was a renowned social activist who was determined to assist immigrants in the difficult and many times painful adjustment to life in America. In 1901 Horvath opened a school for new... 178. Goetz, Bernice Goetz, Bernice; Explorers; Cleveland Public Library; Cleveland Museum Of Natural History; Public speaking Explorer of South America including regions in Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Guatemala. She lectured and wrote about her travels, both locally for newspapers and the National Geographic... 179. Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907 Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907; Swindlers & swindling; Fraud; Criminals; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Cassie L. Chadwick was known worldwide as a Cleveland con-artist in the early 20th century after her arrest in 1904. In her largest scam, she claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie... 180. Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 Bourke-White, Margaret; Photographers; Journalists; War correspondents; Steel industry; Photojournalism; Caldwell, Erksine, 1903-1987; Life (Chicago, Ill.) A world known photojournalist who made her start in Cleveland by photographing Cleveland Flats and also its steel making. She was hired as one of the 1st photographers for the magazine Life, and also became... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 161-180 of 31200 item(s)  page 9 of 1560 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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