Finding aid for the Albert M. Pennybacker Papers
Title:
Albert M. Pennybacker Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Pennybacker, Albert M.
Dates:
1963-1974
Quantity:
0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Albert Pennybacker was a civil rights activist and pastor of Heights Christian Church in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights. The collection consists of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association.
Identification:
MS 3743
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Albert M. Pennybacker Papers, 1963-1974 and undated, consist of correspondence with civil rights workers and organizations, including the Cleveland Board of Education, the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights, the Welfare Federation, and Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. Also included are committee minutes and reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and news releases of groups including the Citizens' Commission of Shaker Heights, the Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, the Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, Laymen for Civil Rights, and the Ludlow Community Association.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio, and civil rights issues in the 1960s and 1970s.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subject and document type and then chronologically.

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:

African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930-

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3743 Albert M. Pennybacker Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Albert M. Pennybacker in 1974.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Albert M. Pennybacker Papers, 1963-1974; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1-2
Correspondence, 1963-1974




Box 1 / Folder 3
Citizens' Commission, Shaker Heights, Ohio, school studies, reports, and committee materials, 1963-1965




Box 1 / Folder 4
Cleveland Interfaith Housing Corporation, Finance Committee, reports, rules, and regulations, 1966-1972




Box 1 / Folder 5
Emergency Clergy Committee on Civil Rights, reports, news releases, and material on the United Freedom Movement, 1964-1965




Box 1 / Folder 6
Race: Christian Service Department, reports, news releases, and newsletters, 1964-1965




Box 1 / Folder 7
Race, Christian Service Department, participation inventories and tally sheets, 1965




Box 1 / Folder 8
Newspaper clippings, 1963-1965