CHS Library Catalog Record

		From the Library Catalog:
Call Number		MSS 916
Author		McClain, William A. (William Andrew), 1913-
Title		William A. McClain papers, 1927-1989 (bulk 1946-1989).
Description		14 cubic ft. (34 boxes).
Historical Note		Attorney William A. McClain was Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1963 to 1972, the first African-American to hold such a high municipal legal office. He served as Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge from 1975 to 1976 and as Municipal Court judge from 1976 to 1980. He was active in the Wittenberg University Alumni Association, Sigma Pi Phi and the Masons.
Summary		Contains correspondence, speeches, certificates, diplomas, scrapbooks, clippings and periodicals, etc., primarily from 1946 to 1989 concerning McClain's personal and professional life. Includes materials dealing with Wittenberg University, University of Michigan Law School, Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, Sigma Pi Phi, and the offices of city solicitor and Common Pleas Court judge. The collection also reflects his involvment with the Masons, specifically with the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, the Ohio Council of Deliberation, the United Supreme Council, and the Progressive Masonic and Order of Eastern Star Conference of Ohio. In addition, there are court cases which he represented before the Supreme Court of Ohio, several issues of BOULÉ JOURNAL, and a manuscript volume assembled around 1965 by junior high school students with short biographies of 34 Cincinnati African-Americans.
Arrangement		Organized into the following series: I. Personal and professional material; II. Grand Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity; III. Scottish Rite Masonry; IV. Speeches; V. Scrapbook material; VI. Framed material; VII. Printed material.
Citation		Cite as: William A. McClain Papers, 1927-1989 (bulk 1946-1989), Mss 916, Cincinnati Historical Society.
General Note		Photographs located in the Photographs Department.
Finding Aid		Register available in the Library.
Subjects		African American judges -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. African Americans -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. Certificates. Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Archival resources. Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Biography. Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. Civil court records. Diplomas. Freemasons -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. Greek letter societies -- Ohio -- Springfield. Judges -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati. Speeches.
Organizations		African Methodist Episcopal Church. Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cincinnati, Ohio) Cincinnati (Ohio). City Solicitor. Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio. Ohio. Supreme Court. Progressive Masonic and Order of Eastern Star Conference of Ohio. Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Ohio Council of Deliberation. Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council, Prince Hall Affiliation, Northern Jurisdiction. Sigma Pi Phi. Wittenberg University.
Uniform Title		Boulé journal.