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Cleveland Oh: The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Portraits And Other Illustrations. [Vi], 58 Pp. Beige Cloth, Gilt, The Limited Hardcover Issue With Gilt Lettering And Covers Of The Regular Softcover Issue Used As Endpapers. Fine. The Author Was A Trustee Of Karamu House In Cleveland. This Copy From The Library Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992), Who Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency…
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Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1969. Paperback. Very Good -. [6], 58 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The illustrations, including portraits of people from the 19th century, are by Kenneth E. Snipes. Contains biographical essays about 28 residents of Cleveland and others important in the history of that city, including: Joseph Hodge ("Black Joe"), who was a guide, pilot, and interpreter for a group from the Connecticut Land Company travelling from Buffalo to the southern shore of Lake Erie in 1796; musician Justin Miner Holland (1819-1887); escaped slave Lucy Bagby Johnson (1834-1906); and Dr. Charles H. Garvin (1890-1968). In Very Good- Condition: cover is slightly scraped and lightly soiled; former owner's name is written inside the front cover; otherwise, pages are clean and tight.
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