Dorothy E. Smith Family Papers 

Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African-American music teacher and the first African-American member of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor…

Dorothy E. Smith Family Photographs 

Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African-American music teacher and the first African-American member of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor…