Finding aid for the Wade Park Committee Records
Title:
Wade Park Committee Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Wade Park Committee
Dates:
1926-1927
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The Wade Park Committee was formed in 1925 by residents of the Wade Park area on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, to prevent non-Caucasians from buying, occupying, or using property in the area. The collection consists of correspondence, proposals, minutes, copies of agreements, and other records relating to residential restrictions in the Wade Park Allotment in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood.
Identification:
MS 3483
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Wade Park Committee Records, 1926-1927, consist of correspondence, proposals, minutes, copies of agreements, and other records relating to residential restrictions in the Wade Park Allotment in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of racism and discrimination in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1920s, particularly in the Wade Allotment of the University Circle neighborhood that included Bellflower Boulevard, East Boulevard, Hazel Drive, Magnolia Drive, and Mistletoe Drive. Those studying residential real estate issues and efforts of local residents to prevent non-whites from buying, occupying, or using property in Cleveland, particularly on the east side, will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically. It is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Minorities -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Race relations.
Wade Park Committee (Cleveland, Ohio)
Zoning, Exclusionary -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3483 Wade Park Committee Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Case Western Reserve University Archives in 1970.