Reuben and Dorothy Silver papers, 1949-1975.

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Reuben and Dorothy Silver papers, 1949-1975.

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Consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, playscripts, schedules, programs, and handbills. Most of the material contained in this collection is concerned with Karamu House and the Silvers' roles there as Theater Director and Theater Assistant from 1955-1976.

.8 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476384

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Silver, Dorothy C.

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Silver, Reuben

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Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Cleveland, Ohio's, Karamu House. For a biographical sketch of Reuben and Dorothy Silver, see the register to MS. 4533 Reuben and Dorothy Silver Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society. From the description of Reuben and Dorothy Silver papers, series II 1915-1988. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 42757572 Reuben and Dorothy Silver were active in Karamu House, a performing arts center and theater, founded in 1915 a...

Karamu House

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Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe as 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. Originally known as the Playhouse Settlement, it was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the ent...