Correspondence 1910 1. Paducah, Ky January 4, 1910. Dear Mrs. Terrell, No, doubt you will be surprised to recieved this letter from this place and more sur- prised in the sender. I am Mabel Marable per- haps you may recall me when I say that I am the girl that sang at the Kentucky Theater in Paducah the night you addressed the former graduation. I sang, "Let Not Your Heart 4. will find its way back to Paducah on an envelope sent by you, Hoping to hear from you sometime in your leisure, I remain your little friend, Mabel E. Marable, 512 S. 8th St., Paducah, Ky. 3. training. I also play, very well some people say. And if I should be so fortunate to obtain, a scholarship, I think I could, give, all information required. Mrs. Jackson, the baptist missionary lecturer, knows me, perhaps you know her also. She is in, an indirect way, a little, related to me. I beg your pardon, again Mrs. Terrell, but really I have been feeling for, a long time- that you would, give me a little information that I, desire. Enclosed you will see, a stamp which I hope Mrs. Terrell 2.- Be Troubled." My teacher, Prof. Jackson, told me, afterward, that you thought it was beautiful, and wished to compliment me through the 'phone but I was, at work at the time, and, did not recieve it, directly from you; which I regret even now. Mrs. Terrell, I hope you will will pardon me for taking up your precious time. I write this to you to see if you cannot help me in obtaining, a scholarship in some, good music school. I would be willing to, do, any thing, assigned to my hands to obtain, a musical [1-6-10] 278 Havard St. Cambridge My dear friend/ your most welcome missive rec'd a few day ago. I would have answered by return but concluded it would be better to make some inquiries So as to find out help I could depend upon in carrying side being troubles me again So am compelled to go at a little slower pace. I should love to hear you it is always a treat + I trust arrangements can be made later on to have you here in Boston. When you come I should love to have you as my guest so don't forget this. Why didn't you tell me of your gay week, but of course you never mix business with pleasure. May this New Year bring you and yours all possible happiness Sincerely Yours, Jan 6/10 Mattie A McAdoo out your scheme, & have met with no encouragement whatever All seem[s] to think the time entirely too short to even consider such a thing. To make a success ( & this of course we always want) a thing of this sort needs a lot of working up. I am not in A 1 trim at present - my suit yourself, but it would be more comfortable, I think, to spend Monday night Jan. 16th in a room, however, it is for you to say. The enclosed cheque is for ticket. Miss Bond sent it to me saying she was told this amt is price of excursion ticket. Should she have been misinformed, please [new page] 1020 FIFTH AVENUE My dear Mrs. Terrell. The enclosures were sent to me for you. I have arranged for you to stay at the Martha Washington Hotel where I've had such a pleasant lunch when we met. If you prefer to take a sleeper let me know so you may be reimbursed for any ad- ditional charges. I am writing in great haste so excuse brevity-Hope we shall have a chance for a chat while you are here. Sincerely yours , Jan. 7 th Eva Wyeth President J.C. Waters Jr. - - Law Our Watch Word, "Energetic Excellece" EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Vice President ______________ S.E. Harris - - Dent. The Vice President Secretary Chairman C.E. Allen - - Dent. Cor. Secretary COUNCIL OF UPPER CLASSMEN J.H. McMorris - Sen. Col. U.L. Houston - - Med. HOWARD UNIVERSITY 1st Ass't Secretary WASHINGTON, D.C. Wm. Gilbert - Jun. Col. Afue McDowell - - Law 2nd Ass't Secretary Peter Milliard - Sen. Med. C.P. Murphy - - Col. Treasurer C.T. Hayden - Jun. Med. Chas. H. Garvin - - Col. Parliamentarian C.W. Dorsey - Sen. Med. H.L. Scott - - Col. Reporter John Anderson -Jun. Dent Edward H. Lawson -Law Sergeant-at-Arms W.J. Green - Sen. Law R.B.M. Wilson - Dent. Chaplain Wm. Burrel - - Jun. Law T.B. Livingston - Theol. Chm. Enrollment Commission Len. Barnhill - Sen.Phar. D.W. Bowles - - Law Chair. Auditing Committee Joseph Cabaniss Jun.Phar. Benj. C. Jackson - - Law Chair. Reception Committee J.C. Waters, Jr. - Sen. Law Whit. H. Bruce - - Med. OFFICE OF Chair. Judicial Committee THE PRESIDENT C. S. Williams - - Law Jan. 9, 1910 Dear Mrs. Terrell, Fearing that my letter had offended Your Ladyship, I was just on the point of mailing you a note of apology, begging leave to withdraw said letter and to retire without prejudice, when Mr. Turner informed me of what you had said to him. I am very glad. For certainly not for the Councils would I wilfully offend one whom we all hold in the highest esteem. In pursuance of your permission, I will present my card at an early date.) Very sincerely, J.C. Waters, Jr. President C.U.G. 1337 T St., Nw. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 326 7th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. Board of Education of the District of Columbia WASHINGTON, D. C. THE WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL EDITH C. WESTCOTT PRINCIPAL January 19, 1910 My dear Mrs. Hoeke: In reflecting upon the matter of our conversation of yesterday, I have decided not to subject Mrs. Terrill to the embarrassment of submitting a second time, a minority report of the committee. Lacking your support, which I deeply regret, I shall let the matter drop. Very respectfully, Edith Westcott Copy for Mrs. Terrell. Board of Education of the District of Columbia Marion P. Shadd Washington D.C SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL 11TH DIVISION GARNET SCHOOL BUILDING February 4, 1910. and then, if necessary, to the Supervising Principal as I am quite sure we could have in conference adjusted all misunderstandings. Very respectfully, M.P. Shadd Supervising Principal. [*Enclosure I,*] Henry H. Garnet School February 4, 1910 Miss M.P. Shadd, Supervising Principal Dear Miss: In reply to the inquiry as to the punishment which I gave the girls yesterday for being late coming from the play room I wish to make the following reply; - I called each teacher yesterday who had pupils who were late, down stairs and before the pupils I told them wished the girls detained for one month for 1/2 hr. after school. Yesterday, knowing that the teachers were called to the lecture and another matter having come up in the building which required my immediate attention I did not give this any further attention as I thought all teachers had dismissed the pupils. As to the matter of standing pupils on the floor, I am thoroughly against and have discouraged its practice in every manner possible and have spoken in meetings to teachers on this subject Respectfully Yours, M.L. Washington, Prin. [*Enclosure II.*] Henry H Garnet School Feb 4, 1910 Miss M.P. Shadd Supervising Prin. Dear Miss: With reference to the punishment given to the children ordered by my principal , Miss M.L. Washington, I have this to say: In the presence of teachers and pupils the order was given to detain the pupils one half hour every afternoon for a month. Nothing was said of keeping them standing. My pupils were standing and had been doing so perhaps for five minutes, while I was talking to them, preparatory to dismissal to attend a lecture. Very respectfully M.E. Bruce JAMES F. OYSTER, PRESIDENT WILLIAM V. COX, VICE-PRESIDENT BARTON W. EVERMANN ELLEN SPENCER MUSSEY MARY CHURCH TERRELL JUSTINA R. HILL RICHARD R. HORNER WILLIAM D. HOOVER WILLIAM V. TUNNELL HARRY O. HINE, SECRETARY A. T. STUART, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education of the District of Columbia FRANKLIN SCHOOL BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 8, 1910 45 My dear Mr. Bruce: The letters written to you by Miss Shadd and Miss Washington which you sent me have just been received. In the beginning of her letter Miss Shadd refers to "the complaint made by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell that the girls in the Garnet School were told they had to remain one-half hour after school for a month." Miss Shadd labors under a misapprehension, when she refers to my conversation with you over the phone as "a complain if I had made a complaint, I should have presented the matter to you in writing. Miss Shadd also states "I regret exceedingly that the parent of one of the girls concerned, Mrs. Terrell, did not first come to the principal and then, if necessary, to the Supervising Principal as I am quite sure we could have in conference adjusted all misunderstandings." Miss Shadd is evidently displeased with the manner in which I handled the matter and reads me a lecture concerning the way in which I should proceeded thru your office. I wish Miss Shadd to understand that as a member of the Board of Education I have a perfect, right to talk with the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent or with anybody else employed by the government in our schools, whenever I desire without regard to any rule which she may prescribe. I do not wish to be enlightened concerning the way I shall handle a school matter by Miss Shadd or any other employe in the schools. I am a very busy woman and my time is precious, and when I wish to object to a rule which seems to me cruel and unjust, I shall talk about it to the Superintendent without taking the time and the trouble to go directly to the tracher who issues the order or the Supervising 2 Prcncipal, if I so elect. With all due respect to Miss Shadd's rule, I am certain that it was far better for me to have the Assistant Superintendent investigate the matter than to take the matter up with the principal myself. I was not appointed to do that kind of work, whereas I was appointed to promote the welfare of the children in the schools, and I shall do so in whatever way I see fit to discharge my obligations, Miss Shadd's opinions and directions to the contrary notwithstanding. I regard her statement concerning the manner in which I should have proceeded as a piece of impertinence. Miss Shadd refers to me as "the parent of one of the girls concerned." In the first place I wish Miss Shadd to understand that I did not protest against what I considered and still regard a cruel order on the principal's part as a "parent", but I did so as a member of the Board of Education. As a parent I can protect the "little girl concerned" from brutality and injustice without great difficulty? But I protested against the order in behalf of thirty or forty or more children who were affected thereby. "The little girl concerned" tells me that she did not hear the bell, because the smaller children were playing and making so much noise that it drowned the sound. I believe her. Many other children who were to be punished also declare that they did not hear the bell, and I believe them. It has never seemed wise to brand them children as falsifiers and to punishe them accordingly, until one can prove them guilty. If Miss Shadd does not agree with me, she has a perfect right to her opinion. I have never interfered with a teacher's discipline or with her work since I have been a member of the Board of Education, and I have served the District in that capacity for nearly ten years. My own little daughter is in the seventh grade and has never had trouble of any kind with any of her teachers. But, whenever I hear any thing which seems to justify an investigation, no matter whether my own daughter is concerned or not, I shall ask the Asistant Superintendent to investigate, whether the Supervising Principal thinks well of it or objects. I have neither regrets nor apologies to make to anybody. Pittsburg, Pa. Feb. 19th 1910 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell: Kind Madme- I cannot recall the time when I have read an article that so pained me as the one written by you and published in this week's issue of the "Age", under the caption - 'Let well Enough Alone". I am indescribably sorry that you allowed any one to cause you to discontinue the well begun practice of using the word Negro with pride and spelling it with a big capital N. Negro is the name of a race of people just as much as a proper name as German, Irish or any of the other names of the differnt races. Negress should have the same pleasing sound to the ears of and women as the word Jewess has to women of that race. We cannot run from the name of our race and instead of doing so - I am satisfied beyond a doubt if a sufficient number would act well our part and stop showing that we are ashamed of our selves and name - the time would come when 2 Negro and Negress would be regarded in the same manner the names of all other races are regarded. [*(*]The reason white people do not use the word Negro when speaking to a member of the race - is because no one knows better than the whites that Negroes object to its use.[*)*] Nine white persons out of every ten who use the meaningless word "Colored" in speaking to a Negro would use the word "nigger" in speaking about the same person to a third person. [*(*] I regard you and Miss Burroughs as two of our our strongest women,[*)*] I have heard both of you lecture in different parts - of the country on different subjects -. [*(*]I have always found your [write] right on every subject till now and regret no little that you publicly announce that you do not like the word Negro.[*)*] You should not only be in favor of using the word Negro - but I am sorry you do not see that it is your duty to use your influence in having both Negro and Negress written in school histories and spellers as it should be, with Capital letters. Hoping you will consider this matter a little more seriously than when you were converted to stop using the word Negro - I am very respectfully for the good of the race Wm M. Turner Irena L. Moorman Jennie Steward Harriette S. Mitchell Amelia L. Harper President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Moorman-Harper Company Incorporated Capital Stock $100,000 Promoting the Building of a Public Auditorium Real Estate In All Its Branches 26 Court Street Brooklyn, N.Y. Telephone 2803 Main March 7th, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T. St., N.W. Washington, D.C. My Dear Mrs. Terrell:- Although I have your letter of January the 22nd, 1910 telling me of your willingness to serve on our Advisory Board and to assist me in our company in any way that you could. I have learned for the second time since you was in my office that you wrote to Brooklyn that had you of known of the controversay between Mrs. Alice W. Wiley and myself you would not have spoken for my company, or had anything to do with me. Had I known of it when you was here I would have spoken to you about it. I cannot believe this to be true. Then the very next week after you was here a lady came in my office and told me this but I would not believe it and did not think it worth while writing to you about it. But I learned to-day that the party who received the letter is willing to show it. Having had so much trouble in the past believing what my friends told me I again write to ascertain from you your willingness to serve on our Advisory Board as the booklets and printed matter is ready for the press and GOD knows I don't want to make any mistakes this time. I am of the same conviction that I was at first, I think that you can do us a great deal of good. Truly hoping to hear from you by return mail, ILM/HSM I am Yours Very truly Irena L. Moorman Evening service and there is some hope that he may give . We are handling him with care & not nagging at him. He really wants to be baptised & if his mind continues to dwell upon it, I am to be his Godmother. Oh we are alright down here & can do great missionary work when we set our heads to it. The chronic "Race Reformer" and moralist who was whipped by Dr. Irving has sued him for ten thousand dollars. Sounds swell doesn't it? Don't forget the letter by the 20th If you do off goes your head. Lovingly, Francis [Settle] This Sticker is a peach Do not let the fantastic card take your breath. The green is for the palm & the purple for Lent Memphis Tenn March 10th 1910 My dear Mollie:- After looking at the enclosed card you will probably think I am crazy but I'm alright On Palm Sunday after we will have sailed up in the matrimonial sea twenty years and we are going to pause & give thanks that we are "still alive to tell the tale." We did not care to have our friends here know just what we are celebrating for, until they come, but we are explaining to absent friends because we want some "choice sentiments" on paper by that date assuring us of their good will. You may say to the Hon. Judge Robert H. Terrell for me that if he doesn't stop long enough in his mad career to join you in such an epistle he can go to--- Well any old place. Tell Phyllis I enjoyed her letter very much and she is a smart little girl to be doing as many things in a musical way. Our little church "around the corner" is a reality at last. Your father often comes to morning & Board of Education of the District of Columbia Washington D.C. Marion P. Shadd Supervising Principal 11th Division Garnet School Building Office Hours: 8:30 to 9 A. M. 3:30 to 4 P. M. School Buildings: Bruce Military Road Cook Mott Bunker Hill Road Orphans' Home Garnet Patterson Garrison Slater Langston Fort Slocum March 10, 1910 Mr. Roscoe C. Bruce Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Franklin School. Dear Sir: I beg to call your attention to the long distances the children have to travel to attend the Bunker Hill School. Of the 51 enrolled, 9 live from 1/4 to one mile from the school; 16 live 2 miles; 6 live 3 miles and 14 live 5 miles from the school. According to the report made by the principal, Mr G.S. Wormley 14 children live in Brentwood, Md., thirty-one (31) in Brookland, and six (6) in Terra Cotta. Enclosure I. More Brentwood children would attend, were it not for the fact tuition is required when the parents are not employed in the District. Children living in Brookland are attending school in the city, because then parents will not send them to the out of the way school at Bunker Hill Road. This necessitates the extra expense of car fare. I see little possibilities of future growth for the school on its present site, unless it is intended for the benefit of Maryland children. The majority of the children attending the Bunker Hill Road School live in Brookland and at present there is Board of Education of the District of Columbia. Washinton, D.C. Marion P. Shadd Supervising Principal 11th Division GARNET SCHOOL BUILDING Office Hours: 8.30 TO 9 A.M. 3.30 TO 4 P.M. School Buildings Bruce Military Road Cook Mott Bunker Hill Road Orphans' Home Garnet Patterson Garrison Slater Langston Fort Slocum there is no school there for them. Very respectfully, M.P. Shadd Supervising Principal, Eleventh Division. Political Equality Association Room 1701 505 Fifth Avenue New York March 10,1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell; I have your letter of March 3d, also copy of "The Independent", and I will be glad to read the article to which you call my attention just as soon as I have a minute to do so. I hope you are doing what you can -- in fact I feel that you are -- towards forming a branch of my Association in your city, and hope to hear in a short time that you have enlisted a large number of your friends and followers inn the work for suffrage. Sincerely yours, Alma E. Belmont (Mrs. Oliver H.P. Belmont) Morehouse College Under the auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society John Hope, President Benjamin Brawley, Dean Office of the Dean Atlanta, GA, March 10, 1919 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mrs. Terrell:– I am returning the clipping for which I thank you very much. Mrs Brawley and I were happy that we could hear you last night. We wish you all joy and success in all the good work you are doing. Sincerely yours, Benjamin Brawley Raleigh, N.C. Mar 14th, 1910 Mrs. Marry Church Terrell Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs Terrell:– Your letter was received today upon my return to the city. You know I haven't forgotten you. Jamestown is as fresh in my mind as it were yesterday. (And if I had never known you at the Jamestown Exposition, I could never forget the great speach you made at Shaw University. (In my canvass thru-out the state I always make it a point to speak of our great women.) (And you know I think that you stand at the head of the list.) I will send you a list of names per your Monday As I have engagement in New Bern tonight and must be going. I will write Monday. C.H. Williamson North Carolina Department Negro Development and Exposition Co. of U.S.A. OFFICE OF SECRETARY STATE ORGANIZATION W. ISAAC JOHNSON PRESIDENT REV. A. BINGA, JR. VICE-PRESIDENT ROBT. KELSER SECRETARY R.T. HILL TREASURER REV. THOS. SHORTS SUB-TREASURER GILES B. JACKSON DIRECTOR GENERAL JNO. R. HAWKINS, AUDITOR AND CHIEF OF FINANCE 528 EAST BROAD STREET RICHMOND, VA. J.H. LOVE, PRESIDENT C.N. HUNTER, SECRETARY C.W.HOOVER, TREASURER C.H. WILLIAMSON COMMISSIONER-GENERAL R.B. FITZGERALD CHAIRMAN EX. BOARD FRAPPS' BUILDING NO.4 E. DAVIE STREET Raleigh, N.C. March 19th, 1910 Mrs. Mary Church Terell, 326, T st NW, Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terell: I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your favor of recent date and to express the pleasure afforded me by the prospect of another visit from you. No, I have not forgotten you nor could I. Indeed, none who heard you while here can ever forget you for your charming elegance has been the theme of many highly Eulogistic comments since. Be so good as to give me the definite date of your coming to North Carolina; how many appointments you can fill: terms re., re. (In co operation with Prof C.N. Hunter, Dec. Negro Development & Exposition Company, and corresponding Sec. and state organizer of the state Negro business League, I think we may arrange a chain of close appointments which may enable you to make a good circuit, see much of our people, and do great good. I shall be pleased to have your early response as it will be necessary to begin preparation at once. Hereto attached are the names and addresses of a number of our prominent men who will be included in your coming and presence among us. Begging that you will accept assurances, MISS IRENA L. MOORMAN, President MRS. JENNIE STEWARD, Vice President MRS. HARRIETTE SS MITCHELL, Secretary Treasurer ADVISORY BOARD MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, Chairman REV. M. W. GILBERT, D.D MISS S. ELIZABETH FRAZIER MR. LLOYD B. MARTIN REV. WM. A. CREDITT D. D. MR. EDWARD A. JOHNSON The PEOPLE'S AUDITORIUM COMPANY INCORPORATED Capital Stock $100,000 Promoting the Building of a Public Auditorium 26 COURT STREET Telephone, 2803 Main BROOKLYN, N.Y. March 22 /'10 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T. St. N. W. Washington D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: -- I went with Miss. Moorman to Mrs. Lawton's and Mrs. Lawton told Miss. Moorman before me that Mrs. Alice W. Wiley told her (Mrs. Lawton) that she (Mrs. A. W. Wiley) had a letter in her possession fro Mrs. Terrell stating that if you had of known of the trouble existing between Miss Moorman and Mrs. Alice W. Wiley you would not have spoken in her (Miss. Moorman's interest. Amd that she (Mrs. A. W. Wiley) would show this letter to her (Mrs. Lawton) if she wanted to see it, but Mrs. Lawton had not seen the letter when she told us. You see Mrs. Lawton is the only one that I have been able to get it from directly and if she had known that I was going to tell you I doubt whether she would have told it in my presence. Now Mrs. Terrell I have nothing to fear and you can say that I told you and write directly to me regarding this at any time. I hope that you and your family are well. I am yours sincerely, Harriette S. Mitchell. MISS IRENA L. MOORMAN, President MRS. JENNIE STEWARD, Vice President MRS. HARRIETTE S MITCHELL, Secretary Treasurer ADVISORY BOARD MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, Chairman REV. M. W. GILBERT, D.D MISS S. ELIZABETH FRAZIER MR. LLOYD B. MARTIN REV. WM. A. CREDITT D. D. MR. EDWARD A. JOHNSON The PEOPLE'S AUDITORIUM COMPANY INCORPORATED Capital Stock $100,000 Promoting the Building of a Public Auditorium 26 COURT STREET Telephone, 3803 Main BROOKLYN, N.Y. March 23rd, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T. Str., N.W. Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell:-- I was very glad to receive your letter in answer to mine a few days ago. It was not that I believed that you said such a thing as I stated to you in my letter of inquiry, like every other mean thing that my enemies can do or say it seemed to have been wide spread that you had said such a thing. If I did not believe in you implicitly I would not have gone on arrangeing for what you had promised to be one of our Advisors and also making arrangeing for other meetings for you to speak. My confidence in your honor and your integrity of Character is far above reproach. You may know how such a thing would effect me when with other burdens I had enough to bear, but with your letter of denial means more to me, and gives me more encouragement. With best wishes for your success, I am Yours Sincerely, I L. Moorman You will hear from me soon ILM/HSM. MISS IRENA L. MOORMAN, President MRS. JENNIE STEWARD, Vice President MRS. HARRIETTE S MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer ADVISORY BOARD MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, Chairman REV. M. W. GILBERT, D.D MISS S. ELIZABETH FRAZIER MR. LLOYD B. MARTIN REV. WM. A. CREDITT D. D. MR. EDWARD A. JOHNSON The PEOPLE'S AUDITORIUM COMPANY INCORPORATED Capital Stock $100,000 Promoting the Building of a Public Auditorium 26 COURT STREET Telephone, 3803 Main BROOKLYN, N.Y. March 23rd, 1910. Dear Friend:-- This letter is to thank you for becoming a member of our Advisory Board and to inform you that by so doing there is no financial responsibility assumed by connecting yourself with the above enterprise. But we do expect your favorable commendation when asked for by the public in protection of the same. Wishing you much success in your individual efforts, we are, The Peoples Auditorium Company. I.L. Moorman Gen'l Mgr. ILM/HSM [Letterhead of the Mary Potter Memorial School, details not transcribed] Oxford, N. C. March 31 1910 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Washington, D.C. Dear Madam:- Your letter of the 27th has been received. We would be delighted to have you visit our school and speak for us. I have been trying all day to see if I could not arrange to have you come, but I find it impossible. Our School closes May the 11th and we have something scheduled for every week between this and that time. I have often heard you lectures spoken very highly of and have had it in mind for some time to try and arrange to have you speak for us. I find it impossible however to do so at this time. (I don't know any one in this place who could arrange to have you come and give you any thing like $30.00) Our school Chapel is the only place in town that you could get a crowd. , without going to the Opera House, which would cost you more than you would take in. Hoping to be able some day in the future not only of having the pleasure of hearing you my self, but of having you speak to our school, I remain, Very truly yours, [signed] G.C. Shaw 800 So. Church St., Charlotte, N.C., April 2 / 10. Mrs. M. C. Terrell, 326 T. St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Dear Madam:- I am pleased to acknowledge your favor of March 26th. There is no doubt about your having the best people of Charlotte to hear you at a time when they have been properly notified of your coming. I would most thankfully arrange a date for you at my church, but for the fact that I am preparing to leave here, April 14th, for a three months vacation in Palestine, Greece, Turkey, Egypt and seven other countries. However, I have spoken to Lawyer J. T. Sanders to take up the matter with you, whose address is 305 So. Caldwell St. Write to him. He will do whatever can be done at this season. And you can rely upon what he says. He is a gentleman lawyer and business man of rank. With best wishes, I am Yours very truly, P.S. Lewis 21 W. 38th Street, New York, Apr. 7th, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Board of Education, Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell:- I received your letter and exceedingly interesting article. My wife, you know, is much more of a literary person than I since my writing is all more or less academic. Great confidence is expressed by the publishers in her own style and judgment. Besides, she is an ardent advocate of our Cause and is always a sympathetic reader. She feels keenly, as I do, the truth and importance of what you have to say, and she thinks also that you have an excellent literary form, but she does not think that you have the manner of the story writer. To interest our magazines, a given piece of work must either have very exceptional literary merits, or else it must be "cooked up" in exactly the manner to which the American public is accustomed. I suggested, and my wife agrees, that what you have written is from the literary point of view an essay in story form. There certainly are some quite serious periodicals, as perhaps the Independent, who would be interested in it in this shape, but it would probably not pass the approval of our most popular magazines as a purely literary production. (2) I am exceedingly glad that you have tackled this problem of presenting the situation in a way to catch the public attention. My wife and I are also at work on it, and we ought to get a number of others to try their hand. I was talking to Dr. Sinclair, of Philadelphia, about this matter the other day. I believe he and many educated colored people have the mistaken idea that the only reason the facts do not get adequately presented to the public is the prejudice of editors. This is an important reason and may apply even to the larger number of our periodicals, but there are very many who are so anxious to obtain really first rate literary productions that they would be willing to overlook their prejudice in case anything of that kind were presented to them. Of this Mr. Villard, as well as the rest of us, feels convinced. So I am delighted that you have tackled the problem and that if you have not already done so, suggest that you send you story to the Independent, or perhaps to the Evening Post. I have no doubt that you would find a way, with a little further effort, to reach a wider audience, very likely in story form-- though perhaps you might have as great a chance by writing directly on the subject, like Ray Stannard Baker or Lincoln Steffens. I do not think one of these forms is easier to attain than the other. Some persons find it easier to write fiction -- as, for instance, my wife. From what you say I suppose you have not made very many efforts along that line, and you may also be one of this number. (3) I am convinced that we have every chance to make the coming Conference a huge success. The Maryland disfranchisement, the Pink Franklin case, and new reactionary measures being taken in the South Carolina schools and elsewhere ought to enable us to attract a widespread attention -- especially with the challenge [issued] that lies in the very subject that we have chosen for the discussion -- Disfranchisement. Yours very sincerely, Wm. English Walling P.S. We can speak over details of your story when you are here next month. My wife especially has suggestions that may prove of practical value. W.E.W [letterhead] Board of Education of the District of Columbia Washington, D.C. Roscoe Conkling Bruce Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools [letter begins] April 14, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Board of Education, Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I assure you of my appreciation both personally and officially of the admirable address which you delivered to the corps of teachers in the Assembly Hall of the M Street High School the other day. To be perfectly frank, I have always tended to regard the Woman Suffrage propaganda as being in the nature of a systematic joke; such, I confess has been my ignorance and stupidity! Your address was the most reasonable, persuasive, convincing-- I should use a great many more words if I could summon them for the address deserves them all--statement that could possibly have been made. Your delivery was so absolutely natural that one felt you were conversing - so intimate was the appeal. I have had the pleasure and privilege of hearing you several times but never have I heard you speak better and never more beautifully. Please tell the Judge that I think he made a great mistake in failing to hear his gracious wife make that noble address. I beg you to accept my most hearty thanks for you important service to our teaching corps. Sincerely, [signed] Roscoe C. Bruce S. Kansas City, Mo., 5/9/10 Lincoln H. School. My dear Mrs. Terrell:- Just a little while with you and then to my class. As you too well know, we school teacher are a bit engaged just about now. The vacation will come none too soon for Gerald. So are the work has moved along very smoothly and while I am not dissatisfied I am always on the look out to better my self in the way of a position. Mrs Taylor and I are anxious to be near Carrie and Ralph so I am writing to ascertain if possible the chance for our living in D.C. The music supervisor of St. Louis has seemed a bit anxious to make me his assistant in charge of the colored schools and indeed has gone so far as to ask me to send in application. It will do no harm so I rather think I will do so with the privilege to decline in case of a better opportunity. Will you kindly let me know just how things stand in Washington so I can plan my work for the coming year. Ralph informs me that you are playing pretty good whist. Bravo! We are whist mad out this way. My little wife would give up a meal in order to play a game. Mrs Haydee Campbell is 4 going to spend the summer with us and we would be so pleased to have a visit from you. We are very happy Mrs Terrell and I realize that I've won one of the finest little girls in the world. How, the Lord only knows. ha-ha. Give my very best to Mr Terrell and believe me to be. Sincerely Gerald Tyler Lincoln High School Board of Education of the District of Columbia Franklin School Building Washington, D.C. James F. Oyster, President William V. Cox, Vice-President Barton W. Evermann Ellen Spencer Mussey Mary Church Terrell Justina R. Hill Richard R. Horner William D. Hoover William V. Tunnell Harry O. Hine, Secretary A. T. Stuart, Superintendent of Public Schools May 11, 1910 My dear Dr. Tunnell: Inclosed is a letter from Dr. W.B. Evans suggesting that Mr. Horner should be chosen as Commencement speaker this year. It is very painful for me to object to this arrangement, but I fee that it is my duty to do so for the protection of the teachers. So far as I have been able to ascertain, and so far as my own knowledge and observation go, covering a period of twenty years, no member of the Board of Education, while he was serving the District in that capacity, has ever been invited to deliver a Commencement address. You can readily see that if that ball were once to set to rolling, it would never stop. Next year some other member of the Board might so impress a teacher that he would be moved to write a letter to the Superintendent asking that this particular member be invited to deliver a Commencement address, then the Asst. Superintendent would submit this letter to the principals of the High Schools, asking that they express an opinion on the matter, knowing that the same time that even if those subordinate officers did not approve the selection they would not dare to do say so. If they did, it would practically amount to a case of insubordination. Whether that is true or not, you and I know that no teacher would ever place himself on record as objecting to extending an invitation to a member of the Board of Education to deliver a Commencement address or do anything else for which he was suggested, if he were asked by the Ass't. Superintendent to express his opinion in writing over his signature. Such a method as has been employed in this matter is clearly an intimidation of the teachers. For this reason I protest. If Mr. Horner were not a 2 member of the Board of Education, I should cheerfully consider the proposition of inviting him to speak. But I should feel that I was aiding and abetting in a wholesale intimidation of the teachers, if I should approve the method in which this matter was arranged. I believe if this matter is presented to Mr. Horner, he himself will not wish to establish such a pernicious precedent. As I have already said, while it is painful to be thus obliged to enter a protest against extending the invitation to a member o the Board of Education under the circumstances, I feel it is my duty to do so to prevent further intimidation of the teachers as well as the Ass't. Superintendent himself. Very truly yours, Mary Church Terrell New York Journal May 25, 1910 My dear Madam:- I have your letter, and I shall be glad to call attention to the interesting anniversary to which you refer. Yours sincerely, A Brisbane Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 "T" Street, N. W./ Washington, D. C. Aguadilla Puerto Rico June 19. 1910. Dear Mrs. Terrell- The fourth of July- that is the day I am looking forward to. I hope to be steaming into New York Harbor. Then I am going for a one day flying trip over to Ithaca to once more breathe the air of the Lake and hear the ringing of the chimes. Then I shall hurry thru Washington to Manassas. I shall try to see you in my flight, if not I shall come over to Washington every Saturday and Sunday during July, and shall spend the month of August in the city. Early in September I shall return. I hope to show you some of the letters from the Departments here. Then I shall not have to praise myself- they will do all for me. In addition to an especially excellent letter from the commissioner, I have received a monthly advance of fifteen dollars on my salary. Altogether, I am very happy here. I am bringing with me a young boy, Ramón Barreto, who is going to Oberlin Academy. He is fifteen years old and is one of the handsomest and brightest lads I have ever known. He has a musical tenor voice. I expect him to make good in every way. I shall have many beautiful things to show you when I come. Until then, adios- Hallie New York Evening Journal Publishing Company President's Office New York, June 30th, 1910. My dear Madam:- I enclose a copy of an editorial published to-day-- and written at your suggestion. Yours very truly, A. Brisbane Miss Mary Church Terrell, 326 T Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Letter held for publication of editorial. James F. Oyster, President William V. Cox, Vice-President Barton W. Evermann Ellen Spencer Mussey Mary Church Terrell Justina R. Hill Richard R. Horner William D. Hoover William V. Tunnell Harry O. Hine, Secretary A. T. Stuart, Superintendent of Public Schools Board of Education of the District of Columbia Franklin School Building Washington, D. C. July 10, 1910 My dear Try as hard as I might, it was impossible for me to attend our Biennial at Louisville. With the exception of the meeting which was held while I was in Berlin Germany whither I went to address the International Congress of Women this is the first Biennial which I have failed to attend since the National Association was organized. One gains so much by coming into close personal contact with the noble women who are rendering such splendid service in developing and elevating the race that I feel I shall sustain a great loss. Please greet all the women heartily for me. Inclosed is a clipping from the Washington Evening Star which I wish you would be kind enough to have read to the Convention at the earliest possible moment, since the object mentioned is one of great importance to our race as a whole. This Call for the appropriate celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe has been published in many of the largest and best newspapers in the country, some of which have contained editorials approving heartily of a fitting celebration of this great woman's Centenary. I am sending one taken from the New York Evening Journal. I was very much to have the National Association do three things at least in connection with this Centenary. First I hope the Association will endorse my Call for the Appropriate Celebration. I am sure the women will not object to doing that. When Abraham Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe who went to pay him a visit at the White House, he seized her hand and exclaimed "Are you the little woman who made the great War?" No one person did more to touch the heart of the American people in behalf of the poor, persecuted slave than did Harriet Beecher 2 Stowe. I have here a nucleus for a national Harriet Beecher Stowe Memorial Association, the object of which is to do something which will fittingly celebrate the Stowe Centenary in a tangible manner. I would not, if I could, erect a monument of stone in Mrs. Stowe's honor, but I should like to have colored women of the United States do something which will help some worthy young man or woman who needs assistance in securing an education, for instance. We might raise money enough to establish a number of scholarships in the best institutions of this country. I have always been deeply interested in kindergartens, as the Association knows. At our great meeting in Chicago I succeeded in raising a small sum to assist struggling kindergartens by selling a little pamphlet on the Progress of Colored Women. But it would require a large sum to do anything to establish and maintain kindergartens on a grand scale. I hope the women will discuss what would be the most appropriate monument we can erect to honor the memory of Harriet Beecher Stowe. I have been given fifteen or twenty minutes at an evening session and I request very earnestly that this letter be read in place of the address I was so courteously invited to deliver. Then there will be a few minutes in which to discuss the subject, if the President and the Association see fit to do so. I have purposely done very little to perfect the Harriet Beecher Stowe Memorial Association, because I wanted to have the National Association of Colored Women take the leading part. I intended to bring the matter before the organization myself. But since it is impossible for me to come, I am sending this letter feeling sure you will comply with this request. Miss Elizabeth Carter and I want the Honorary Presidents of the National Association of Colored Women to be the Vice Presidents of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Memorial Association including Mrs. Booker Washington, who has served us faithfully so long. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion among those interested in the Memorial Association and the Centenary that your humble servant should be the president, [ ] 3 the that is not at all essential. The most important thing is that we should do something tangible as a race to honor the memory of Mrs. Stowe and by appropriate exercises the 14th day of next June, 1911, celebrate the hundredth anniversary of her birth. In addition to having the Association put itself on record as favoring the selection of the President and Vice Presidents, I hope an Advisory Board of energetic women will be named who will devise ways and means of doing effectual work and make suggestions concerning exercises which should be held in schools, churches and organizations of various kinds. If we do not make June 14th 1911 a memorable day, it will be a great reflection upon us as a race. We can hardly escape the charge of the deepest, most inexcusable ingratitude, if we do not exert ourselves to the utmost to celebrate Harriet Beecher Stowe's birth in a manner worthy the great service she rendered the race in its hour of dark despair and cruel persecution, when its friends were few. To recapitulate, I want very much to have the National Association of Colored Women to endorse my Call for the Appropriate Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe. I want it to select the President and Vice Presidents of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Memorial Association. I want it also to name the Advisory Committee, whose duty it shall be to devise ways and means of raising funds to establish something worth while to honor Mrs. Stowe's memory and to suggest appropriate exercises for the 14th day of next June, the hundredth anniversary of her birth. If this letter is rather long, rest assured I have not made such a strong appeal as I should like to- not because I think it is necessary to persuade you to enter heartily into this movement, but to have the satisfaction of giving vent to my own feelings of gratitude and affection and reverence for Harriet Beecher Stowe. With the best wishes of an absent member who wishes she could be present, I am yours for a most successful meeting this week, for the steady growth and for the increased usefulness of the National Association of Colored Women for many years to come, The Associated Churches of Pittsburgh (A League for Service) 535 Fulton Building General Office Sixth and Duquesne Way Bell Telephone 1611 Grant August 31, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell T Street, N.W. 323 (?) , Washington D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell : - It seems to me the friendly, right thing to do to write to you directly and frankly in regard to a Anna J. Cooper, and the possibility of her re-employment in the school system of Washington. I have no desire at all to criticize what has been done or to enter into a discussion of the past. I should simply like to raise the question as to whether it would not be desirable at present to offer Mrs. Cooper a good position in the school system. I believe it was offered her and Superintendent Chancellor stated, as I recall it, that he had offered her such a position. If so it would seem to indicate that the Board were favorable to having her employed somewhere in the school system. I have done a good deal of work with Mrs. Cooper in connection, especially, with Colored social Settlement and I must say that I have formed a very high and favorable opinion of her fine social spirit and her effective ability. It seems to me it would be a distinct loss in some other city when she might be used in the school system of Washington. Would you be willing to tell me frankly what, if any, difficulties stand in the way? I shall be glad to treat your letter as confidential if you so desire. Trusting that you and Judge Terrell and your family are all prospering and hoping that you will give us a chance to see you if you should happen to come through Pittsburgh on some of your lecturing tours. I remain Cordially yours, Chas F Weller General Secretary. CFW/AR 248 West 129th Street, New York City, October 3rd, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T. St. N.W., Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell:– I received your communication of September 26th and in reply would say that I thank you most heartily for the effort you put forth in my behalf, and although your reply to my communication was somewhat delayed, yet. I know you had a good excuse for the delay, and I was confident that you would do alll that you could for me. I am glad, however, that matters have turned out in the way that they did, for I think that the work to which I am going would be more congenial to me by far than that which I had once planned. I am glad to say to you that at the beginning of the New Year, I shall enter upon the largest restorate in all East Tennessee, for I shall then become pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Knoxville, Tenn. This is the most important church in East Tennessee, being the largest, without regard to denomination, in that part of the state, the membership numbering a little more than 1700. The officers of the church are a good, substantial, progressive body of men, and the membership consists of some of the best people in the state. They offer me a good salary and a splendid home in which to live. Arrangement has already been made with me to do some literacy work for the denomination soon after I enter upon my work at Knoxville and this will bring me some financial returns. My resignation here has caused great sorrow among the better class of our people here, but I know I shall be more widely useful in the field to which I am going. Please do not forget to visit us occasionally after I enter upon my work in Knoxville, for I shall see to it that you come into that region occasionally to talk to us wayward sinners a little bit. I shall call by before long en route to Knoxville to see you. I like the city of Knoxville very much and am glad to say that the relation between the two races is more pleasant there than is usually found in the South. As you know, the Negroes in that section vote and their votes are counted; and the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist church sways a very great influence for good in that section of the state. I shall tell you all about it when I see you. I have never been more in demand that right now. A large pastorate in Mobile, Ala., is anxious for me to server them, and I am offered a District Secretaryship of our Foreign Mission Board, and if I would only wait a few months, I would be elected President of one of our denominational colleges. I am rather charmed with the idea of going to Knoxville, and believe I shall enjoy the work there. With best wishes, and again thinking of you for your interest and effort in my behalf, I am Yours very cordially, M.W. Gilbert The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Executive Offices: 20 Vesey Street, New York Room 610= C National President : Mr. Moorfield Storey, Boston, Mass. Chairman of the Executive Committee: Mr. Wm. English Walling, New York Treasurer: Mr John E. Milholland, New York Disbursing Treasurer: Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York Dear Mrs. Terrell: You haven't answered any of my recent letters/ but I am not discouraged, and am going to keep right on until I get an answer. Some time ago you wrote Mr. Walling that you would give some lectures for this winter if we arranged matters, and I am writing to ask now if that offer still holds good. My plan is to have a joint recital with you and Mme. Hackley, and give it under the patronage of some fine New York women- Mrs. Henry Villard, Mrs. Edwin R.A. Seligman, Mrs. Belmont, etc. and make a very impressive occasion out of it - with your address on some topic pertinent to the status of the Negro women, and Mme. Huckley singing, and perhaps saying something about the music of the race. What do you think of it. If it is a success here, it might be repeated in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, under the auspices of our association branches in those places. I do wish I might see you and have a chat about things. So much has happened and letters are such unsatisfactory things. However I shall write you a long letter soon, if you will not be here. Will you please let me have an answer by return mail, as we are having a committee meeting - a sub-committee on program - on Tuesday afternoon, and I want to being this matter before it. With much affection, and hoping to see you some time in the near future, I am Sincerely yours, Frances Blascoer [Oct 28, 1910] Board of Education of the District of Columbia Duplicate Washington, D.C. Roscoe Conkling Bruce Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools Ass't Sup't R.C. Bruce My dear Mr. Bruce: I beg to submit a revised list of eligible teachers for the colored schools in this city. Grade Schools To teach Music: Eligibility Expires 1. Eva V. Johnson-----------70.30% April 17, 1909 2009 Vermont Ave. N.W. 2. Henry L. Grant-----------70.17% March 25, 1910 1428 T Street, N.W. To teach Physical Culture: 1. Etta L. Williamson-------88.32% Appointed Nov. 9, 1908 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Lula Love. 2. Harriet V. Edmonds-----71.07% October 28, 1910 3434 Rock Creek Road, N.W. To teach Domestic Science: 1. Estelle V. Kennedy------70.15% October 28, 1910 1920 11th Street, N.W. To teach Woodworking: 1. J.F.N. Wilkinson, Jr.-----71.06% May 13, 1910 High Schools Special Subjects; To teach Music: 1. Chas. G. Harris----------87.52% October 28, 1910 1460 Oak St., N.W. To teach Domestic Science: 1. Alice M. Nelson---------78.55% October 28, 1910 1813 13th St., N.W. To teach Millinery: 1. Mrs. Florence P. Clark--71.08% May 27, 1910 1532 15th Street, N.W. Academic and Scientific Subjects; To teach English: 1. James L. Chestnut-------73.53% July 8, 1910 1913 11th Street, N.W. -2- Eligibility Expires To teach English (continued) 2. Aubrey H. Bowser - - - 73.21% Sept. 20, 1909. La Mott,Pa. 3. Ethel W. Highwarden - - - 70.65% Sept 20, 1909. 2354 6th Street, N.W. 4. Edwin H. Lawson - - - 70.35% Sept 9, 1910 2011 Vermont Ave., N. W. X To teach German: 1. Ethel W. Highwarden - - - 70.04% Sept 20, 1909. 2354 6th Street, N. W. X To teach Mathematics: 1. Samuel E. Compton - - - 75.38% Sept 20, 1909. 517 24th Street, N. W. To teach Biology: 1. Dr. C. H. Turner - - - 87.05% July 8, 1910. Haines Normal School, Augusta, Ga. 2. Lola M. Ruffin - - - 72.10% Sept 20, 1909 1704 10th Street, N. W. To teach Chemistry: 1. James H. Cowan - - -71.10% Oct. 28, 1910.-1532 15th St. 2. Thomas W. Turner - - - 70.47% Sept. 20, 1909. 30 O Street, N. W To teach Latin: 1. George W. Johnson - - - 70.84% October 2, 1909 214 King St. Springfield, Mass. To teach French: 1. Josephine M. Lawson - - - 71.32% July 8, 1910 2011 Vermont Avenue To teach Physics: 1. Dwight O. W. Holmes - - - 73.97% May 13, 1910 2218 Druid Hill Ave, Baltimore Md. To teach Ancient History: 1. J. R. Paul Brock - - - 78.84% May 13, 1910 235 W. Dolphin St. Balto. Md. To Teach English and American History: 1. James L. Chestnut - - - 75.03% July 8, 1910 To Teach Mediaeval and Modern European History: 1. Bertha C. McNeill - - - 75.02% Oct. 28, 1910 629 M. Lanvale St. Balto. Md. 2. Eugene A. Clark - - - 70.38% Oct. 28, 1910 1025 N. Jersey Ave. N.W. 3. Samuel E. Compton - - - 70.12% July 8, 1910 517 24th Street, N. W. To teach Civics and Economics: 1. Eugene A. Clark - - - 70.70% Oct. 28, 1910 1025 N. Jersey Ave. N.W. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) Robert N. Mattingly. Sec'y Board of Examiners DISTRICT APPROPRIATION ACT 1911 --- APPROVED MAY 18, 1910 Public Schools, D. C., 1910-11. Repairs to buildings, fire prevention etc...................$ 37,500.00 Furniture etc. 8 Rm. Bldg. Place Potomac.................... .............................. 2,000.00 8 Rm. Bldg. Cleveland Park.................................................. 2,000.00 4 Rm. Addn. Bennings............................................................ 1,000.00 4 Rm. Addn. Chevy Chase...................................................... 1.000.00 4 Rm. Addn. Lovejoy................................................................. 1,000.00 2 Rm. Bldg. Brookland............................................................. 500.00 6 Kindergartens............................................................................ 2,000.00 2 Manual Training Shops.......................................................... 600.00 1 Sewing school............................................................................. 150.00 1 Cooking school............................................................................ 300.00 ————— 48,050.00 Public Schools, D. C., 1911. Salaries - Officers......................................................... 52,700.00 Attendance officers.................................. 2,100.00 Teachers......................................................... 1,334,550.00 Clerks and librarians.................................. 14,100.00 Longevity pay................................................ 355,000,00 Allowance to principals.............................. 38,500.00 Night schools................................................. 17,500.00 Janitors.............................................................. 103,960.00 Care of small buildings etc........................ 10,000.00 Medical inspectors........................................ 6,000.00 Text-books and supplies.............................. 1,800.00 Night schools - Contingent Expenses............................ 2,500.00 Kindergarten supplies............................................................ 2,800.00 Rent................................................................................................. 16,000.00 Rent, etc., Compulsory education law................................ 13,000.00 Repairs to buildings, heating apparatus etc................... 60,000.00 Repairs to plumbing................................................................... 40,000.00 Manual training............................................................................ 20,000.00 Fuel, gas, and electric lighting................................................. 85,000.00 Contingent expenses - miscellaneous.................................. 45,000.00 do. - livery.................................................... 600.00 do. - books and periodicals................... 1,000.00 Purchase of pianos......................................................................... 1,000.00 Text-books and supplies............................................................... 65,200.00 U. S. flags............................................................................................ 800.00 Additional playgrounds - equipment etc................................... 1,000.00 Playgrounds, maintenance and repairs....................................... 1,2000.00 School gardens...................................................................................... 1,200.00 Extension of telephone system........................................................ 1,000.00 Physics department - equipment etc............................................. 2,000.00 Furniture and equipment: Extn. Business High School.......................................................... 18,000.00 Addn. Western High School......................................................... 14,000.00 Third Extn. McKinley Manual Training....................................... 22,000.00 —————— 2,350,410.00 DISTRICT APPROPRIATION ACT---APPROVED MAY 18, 1910. FOR SITES AND BUILDINGS: Toward the construction of a new normal school building (white).................$ 100,000.00 Construction of eight-room extensible building at Spring Road and 13th St..... 65,000.00 Purchase of additional ground in immediate vicinity of Orr School.................. 8,000.00 Construction of six-room manual training school on old High Street site.......... 42,000.00 Construction of twelve-room building west of 17th street and north of Q street.... 50,000.00 Construction of eight-room building for Randle Highlands, D. C.................. 64,000.00 Central heating plant for M Street High, Abby Simmons and Douglass Schools....... 30,000.00 Construction of addition to Armstrong Manual Training School.................. 65,000.00 Purchase of site adjacent to Ivy City School.................................. 3,000.00 Construction of six-room building at Ivy City................................ 45,000.00 Site for Normal School Number Two.......... 40,000.00 Construction of manual training school on site on grounds of Cardozo School.... 40,000.00 Purchase of seven thousand five hundred feet of ground adjoining the Brookland School for playground................... 1,500.00 Purchase of ground for erection of a schoolhouse west of Soldiers' Home grounds, east of Sherman and New Hampshire Avenues and south of Rock Creek Road and north of Girard Street......... 20,000.00 Total............. $ 573,500.00 211 Park St. New Bedford, Mass. Nov 3, 1910 My dear Mrs. Terrell, Wrote to you some time ago. Trust you are well. What have you decided upon, relative to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Memorial, and in what way do you wish the National Asso. to help you? Have you decided upon anything definitely as yet? The months slip away so fast that we do not have much time for many things of vast importance. If there is anything I can do, please do not hesitate to let me know. We ought to do something for these noble women who did so much for us when we could not help ourselves. Trust your family keeps well. Best wishes, Elizabeth C. Carter block & continue to have the same postman - mail always reaches us Do tell me all about yourself. Are you still on the school board? And what do you do both as a private & public individual? Are you "out on the road" anymore? I am sure you haven't been this way or we would have known it. My sisters children are all marrying. The three boys are gone & this month her youngest daughter steps off. I am twice a grand-aunt & feel old as the everlasting hills when I meditate on these things. Write & tell me a bit about yourself, your husband & the girls & I will answer if I do nothing else. With much love as ever - Janey 516 Wrightwood Ave. Chicago Nov. 6-1910 Dearest Mollie: How are things going with you? It seems forever and a day since I knew anything about you. I imagine I owe you a letter & have begun one or two in the last few months but they languished and died an early death. I go poking around all day, never accomplishing what I want to and never having any of that article called time & leisure being quite an unknown quantity. Since I took up the nursing profession I dont do much else. Looking after such folks is like taking care of children. You can pile up dishes in the sink & leave them but there other departments have to be looked after on the dot. Mama has never gotten much beyond a certain point since her sickness three years ago. It is up & down all the time. Much of the time she is up around the house, but she has never dressed or undressed herself alone, combed her hair or done any of those things. Lately her eye sight has failed so much & altogether this growing old is pain business. It is hard to see any one obliged to give up one comfort after the other & have to go through so much. I only wonder that a person can keep cheerful as she does. She will be eighty three in Jan. Last fall I mean a year ago we moved into a smaller apartment. It is a pretty little six room affair. I thought there would be less work but it don't seem to make much difference. So I don't know as you have ever had this address, as we never never move more than a HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 4 PARK STREET - BOSTON Nov. 8, 1910 Mrs. Mary C. Terrell, Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am in receipt of your letter of the 5th inst., and will say in reply to your inquiry that Mrs. Fields obtained special permission from Rev. Chas. E. Stowe for her use of such quotations as she made from his "Life and Letters of Mrs. Stowe", but I question very much whether he would care to give you or anyone else the same dispensation just now, when he and his son are on the point of bringing out a new and popular Life of his mother. Their work is already far advanced andpromises to be of very exceptional interest, and naturally they would prefer not to share their material with a competing book. In any case it would be necessary for you to submit a specific memorandum or list of the material you wanted for the consideration of the Messrs. Stowe and ourselves, and in view of the fact that this family Life is to appear, I should think it might be wiser, if you decide to go on with your book, to address it to a different audience, possibly the youthful one which you first had in mind. Doubtless your treatment of the subject would be very different from that of the Stowe family, for no two writers would treat a subject alike, but for business considerations, and in the interest of both works, it would seem wiser that the books should appeal to entirely different classes of readers. Sincerely yours, Francis J Garrison THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 20 VESEY STREET NEW YORK November 16, 1910 My dear Mrs. Terrell: I have only just succeeded in unwinding myself temporarily from the Pink Franklin case. I think we shall be successful not only in getting a commutation of sentence, but also in getting a comparatively light term of years for him. Franklin turned over his case to me, and I have employed other counsel who I am informed are persona grata to the powers that be; and I saw the Governor, as well as several prominent South Carolinians, all of whom seem well disposed in the matter. I was most favorably impressed with Franklin, and every one who knows him, including the prison authorities, xx is devoted to him. Now about the recital. I have engaged Berkley Theatre for Wednesday morning, December 7th, and think we shall have a very nice, successful meeting. Everything will have to be done in such a rush that I can't send you the announcement for your approval as I should like to; but am enclosing a draft of printer's copy, and if you have any suggestions to make you might telegramh me tomorrow. I shall have to send it to press then. I didn't after all get your father's address and initials. I should much like to write him, as you suggested. I am so sorry I couldn't stop on my way back; but these former lawyer's of Franklin's held me up until the last minute, and I had to get back as fast as I could to other things. Looking forward to seeing you here soon, I am, with every good wish in the world, Yours, as always Frances Blascoer Cheyney Pa. Nov 18, 1910 Dear Mrs. Terrel, I just cannot thank you for your kindness to me. They say that I have the smile that wont come off since my news from Washington. A letter has been lying on my desk to you for over a week but I did not send it because I expected to see you when in Washington a few days ago. The Board of Managers here have consented to release me March 1st 1911. This of course is not as early as I had hoped but as this will prevent disagreable feelings etc. about my duties here I feel lucky to get out of it at that. Best love to both of the girlies. Very Sincerely Enola McDaniel #518 St Anthony Ave St. Paul, Minn. Nov. 25 - 1910 Dear mollie, A big surprise, a letter from me. I am here in St. Paul, looking after Mint who is and has been quite sick. However she had an operation performed yesterday and today is doing nicely. Charley Mitchell is here and rooms at Mint's house, you also remember James Thomas- to and if you will want a deposit , and when. Mr. Talbert and I are quite anxious for her to go abroad & I know that an interesting and congenial party of girls would be an ideal way for one to make the trip. May I hear from you very soon. With lots of love from Mint and myself Your friend Mary Burnett Talbert (I will be here two more weeks) While in Oberlin, last month Mrs. Quinn told me that you were going abroad this summer and were going to chaperone a party of girls, and it is in reference to that, I write you - if you are making up such a party and can take in an an addition I would like for Sarah May to be one of the party. She is 18 yrs. old and will finish the High School (Buffalo) in June. Will you give me all the information possible, cost The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Executive Offices: Rooms 610-B and C Telephone, Cortlandt 5639 20 Desey Street, New York National President: Mr. Moorfield Storey, Boston, Mass Chairman of the ExecutiveCommittee: Mr. Wm. English Walling, New York Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee: Rev. John Haynes Holmes, New york Treasurer: Mr. John e. Milholland, New York Discursing Treasurer: Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York Director of Publicity and Research: Mr. W.E. Burghardt DuBois, New York Executive Secretary: Mrs. Frances Blascoer, New York December 3, 1910. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I think that we shall come on very well next Wednesday. The Boxes have all been sold to Mrs. Villard, Mrs. Milholland, Mrs. Paul M. Warburg - sister to Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff - and Mrs. Edward H. Harkness, who is a member of the Stillman family. The advance sale of seats has been good, and altogether I think we shall have a successful meeting. We have had some good press notices, too, and one of the evening papers sent a reporter to interview you yesterday. Not being here, I turned her loose on Mr. DuBois, but gave her your photograph. I presume you saw the notice in the Age. Mr. Moore has registered a vow not to print the name of our Association in hes paper as long as Mr. DuBois is connected with it; and you see he 'did' us on this score b changin it to National Association for the Advancement of Colored Women in the advertisement. I hope this won't make any trouble. Let me know when you come in, won't you? with much affection, Sincerely yours, Frances Blascoer 146 West 55th Street December 8, 1910 My dear Mr. Ely: I had the privilege of hearing Mrs. Mary Church Terrell speak yesterday morning at the Berkley Theatre upon the outlook for the Colored women at the present time. Seldom have I been so deeply touched by any discourse as by hers. Allthat she said about the wrongs that have been inflicted on her race, and the comforting assurances she gave of the extraordinary progress made in all directions by many individuals, -in spite of the terrible conditions- brought her audience very nearly to the verge of tears. She he rself, is, you know, almost white, with a remarkable gift as a speaker, of most pleasing and prepossessing manners. That one so attractive, should, because of this slight indication of color, be adjudged as belonging to the colored race, rather than to the white race, is truly affecting, and seems in the highest degree unjust. The lecture that she delivered( wholly without notes) ought to reach the ears of many white people, and I want to plead with you to make it possible for her to speak before the league for Political Education this winter or the coming spring. I know of no finer work that the League could do than this. Money is being constantly poured out in this city for all sorts of admirable purposes, but the race problemhas to be solved here in New York as wellas in the South, and money for that is not forthcoming. Indeed the situation is a more perilous one here than in the South. Yours, for the moral uplift of the Colored race, and for the increase in justice of the white race towards this handicapped and unfortunate people. (Signed) Fanny Garrison Villard. Mrs Villard is the daughter of William Lloyd Garrison and the mother of Oswald Garrison Villard, one of the editors of the New York Evening Post. 145 West 58th Street December 8th, 1910. My dear Mr. Ely: I had the privilege of hearing Mrs. Mary Church Terrell speak yesterday morning at the Berkley Theatre upon the outlook for the colored women at the present time. Seldom have I been so deeply touched by any discourse as by hers. All that she said in regard to the wrongs that have been inflicted on her race, and the comforting assurances she gave of the extraordinary progress made in all directions by many individuals, - in spite of the terrible conditions - brought her audience very nearly to the verge of tears. She, herself, is, you know, almost white, with a remarkable gift as a speaker, of most pleasing and prepossessing manners. That one so attractive should, because of this slight indication of color, be adjudged as belonging to the colored race, rather than to the white race, is truly affecting, and seems in the highest degree unjust. The lecture that she delivered (wholly without notes) ought to reach the ears of many white people, and I want to plead with you to make it possible for her to speak before the League for Political Education either this winter or the coming spring. I know of no finer work that the League could do than this. Money is constantly being poured out in this city for all sorts of admirable purposes, but the race problem has to be solved here in New York as well as in the South, and money for that is not forth-coming. Indeed the situation is a more perilous one here than in the South. Yours, for the moral uplift of the colored race, and for the increase in justice of the white race towards this handicapped and unfortunate people, (signed) Fanny Garrison Villard "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. ORGANIZED 1896. AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN, 1900. INCORPORATED 1904. HONORARY PRESIDENTS MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, A.M. Washington, D.C. MRS. J. SILONE YATES, A.M. Jefferson City, Mo. MRS. LUCY THURMAN Jackson, Mich. MISS ELIZABETH C. CARTER, President 211 Park St., New Bedford, Mass. MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Vice President Taskegee, Ala. MRS. IONE E. GIBBS, Ch. Ex-Board 2844 12th Ave , So. Minneapolis, Minn. MISS IDA R. CUMMINGS, Cor. Sec'y 1234 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore, Md. MRS. M. E. STEWARD, Recording Sec'y 621 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky. MRS. M. F. PITTS, 2nd Recording Sec'y 2834 Morgan St., St. Louis, Mo. MRS. E. A. LOOMIS, 3rd Recording Sec'y 224 Erskine St., Detroit, Mich. MRS. IDA JOYCE JACKSON, Treasurer 468 Hamilton Ave., Columbus, Ohio. MRS. MINNIE C. SCOTT, National Organizer 1119 Lafayette St., Indianapolis, Ind. MRS. K. D. TILLMAN, Ch. Ways and Means 1st A. M E. Church, Pasadena, Cal. MISS JOSEPHINE E. HOLMES, Auditor Wiley University, Marshall, Texas. MRS. MARY V. PARRISH, Statistician 847 Sixth St., Louisville, Ky. Dec. 10, 1910 My dear Mrs. Terrell, - Yours received, and I have delayed answering until our Club met, so as to discuss your coming to New Bedford, as I find many of the ministers are not in sympathy with anything that is likely to detract from their financial affairs. Of course we have only a small number of Negro Americans in our city, and we have to arrange for their coming at convenient times in order to have success. From now until the New Year would not be a good time, and right after New Years the Churches open revival meetings. If you waited and took this section in March or April I think you would have a larger number. I can give you some names however, and if you let me know about what time you decide to start I can write to these people relative to your coming and that may help some. We had Mme Hackley and Miss Fitzburgh here in Oct. and while I could only get $15. for them which was a good amount for this place, I was able to get for them in Providence $50.00 because we have more people there. I have wondered if it would be possible to have erected at the National Capitol - Washington - a drinking fountain. One of the modern bubbling fountains; to have this erected by the colored women of the country, each club setting side a date to contribute towards this so that it could be presented on the anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowe. We have already begun to urge the club women to bring to our next Convention or before funds for a scholarship to be under the supervision of our Educational Department, at the head of which is Mrs. J.C. Napier. Nothing definite has been done about this yet as we are giving them the two years in which to contribute. Should you decide "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB" NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN. ORGANIZED 1896. AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN, 1900. INCORPORATED 1904. HONORARY PRESIDENTS MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL, A.M. Washington, D.C. MRS. J. SILONE YATES, A.M. Jefferson City, Mo. MRS. LUCY THURMAN Jackson, Mich. MISS ELIZABETH C. CARTER, President 211 Park St., New Bedford, Mass. MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Vice President Taskegee, Ala. MRS. IONE E. GIBBS, Ch. Ex-Board 2844 12th Ave , So. Minneapolis, Minn. MISS IDA R. CUMMINGS, Cor. Sec'y 1234 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore, Md. MRS. M. E. STEWARD, Recording Sec'y 621 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky. MRS. M. F. PITTS, 2nd Recording Sec'y 2834 Morgan St., St. Louis, Mo. MRS. E. A. LOOMIS, 3rd Recording Sec'y 224 Erskine St., Detroit, Mich. MRS. IDA JOYCE JACKSON, Treasurer 468 Hamilton Ave., Columbus, Ohio. MRS. MINNIE C. SCOTT, National Organizer 1119 Lafayette St., Indianapolis, Ind. MRS. K. D. TILLMAN, Ch. Ways and Means 1st A. M E. Church, Pasadena, Cal. MISS JOSEPHINE E. HOLMES, Auditor Wiley University, Marshall, Texas. MRS. MARY V. PARRISH, Statistician 847 Sixth St., Louisville, Ky. on a scholarship fund it would be all right; but I did not wish to leave the Presidency without leaving something definite along the line of work, the same as you established the Kindergarten Fund, etc. Has there been any effort made to have Harriet Beecher Stowe placed in the Hall of Fame. I have read the list and remember about Francis B. Willard but do not recall Mrs. Stowe's name. I agree with you that we must do something to commemorate the name of this grand and noble woman and it should be started early in the new year so as to give the women ample time. What do you think about conferring with the names on this paper, and see what suggestions they will have to give. The addresses of nearly all you will see above on this sheet. Best wishes, E.C. Carter Assembly Hall of the Charity Building 105 East 22d St. Mr. Wm Jay Schieffelin will talk on the "Advantage of Mechanical Training in the Education of the Negro". For you we have "The Development of the Education of the Colored Women". We also hope to have the Rev. Dr MacArthur tell us something on the subject. I do hope you will arrange to N.Y. City, Dec. 13/10 304 West 82d St My dear Mrs. Terrell, The Chairman of the Central Auxiliary Committee of the Charity Organization Society, Miss Kate Bond, requests me to invite you to address the first meeting of our annual conferences,[the first] on Tuesday Jan. 17th 1911 at 11 a.m. in the to accept this invitation for you are so singularly fitted to present the subject. The audience is composed of N.Y's representative women, interested actively & otherwise in philanthropy also delegates from the suburbs of philanthropic movements. Please let me know without delay what you will do as the time is so short for the preparation of the necessary notices which must be mailed. Hoping you are well and that I shall have the pleasure of seeing & hearing you again on Jan. the 17th I am, Very cordially yours, Eva Wyeth 28 Garden Place, Brooklyn, N.Y., December 17, 1910. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 326 T - Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell:- I was very glad indeed to receive your letter of the 12th, because it gives me a chance to tell you how pleased I was to meet you last week at our meeting at the Berkeley Theatre, and how impressed I was with your address upon that occasion. I certainly have no criticism to offer, for it seemed to me to be satisfactory in every way. You brought together a large number of facts, focussed them admirably and accompanied them with a moral appeal which was most inspiring. I should say that you have every reason for feeling greatly pleased with what you accomplished that day, and I , for one, find no regret excepting that the audience was so small. I do not know what I can do in the way of getting you opportunities to speak to the pupils in the high schools and normal schools of the country. I have very little acquaintance with these institutions, and therefore am not in a position to lend a hand. Nor do I know Supt. Maxwell here in New York. I am thinking that perhaps the best thing is to refer your statement to Dr. Du Bois, as our Association is engaged in work along those very lines. With your permission, I think I will forward your letter to him and see what he says. Please let me know if this is satisfactory to you. Believe me, with highest regards and all best wishes, Very sincerely yours, John Haynes Holmes will defray your railroad expenses & I personally will gladly pay your hotel charges for one night. I should like so much to have you heard by our audience that I earnestly hope you will see your way clear to making an address on Tuesday Jan. 17th 1911 at 11 a.m. on the subject of "The Educational Progress of the Colored Women" or perhaps better just say 304 West 82d St N.Y. City N.Y. Dec 17/10 My dear Mrs. Terrell The short delay in answering your letter is due to it having been necessary to discuss the financial arrangements with several members of the committee. We are a philanthropic committee & our speakers have always come gratuitously, but in your case the committee "Progress of Colored Women", I prefer this title myself. Please answer at once & address me at 1020- 5th Ave. where I am during the daytime at present & will get your reply perhaps a little sooner & Miss Bond is in a hurry to get the announcements into the printer's hands. Thanking so much for your very nice letter & hoping for the best, I am, Hastily & Cordially Eva Wyeth to help you for my interest in the welfare and advancement of your race is of the deepest - When we have two speakers we allow 30 minutes to each, if there are three, then only 20 minutes - The addresses are followed by a half hour's discussion from the floor. Do you wish me Dec 21/10 1020 Fifth Avenue My dear Mrs. Terrell I am so very glad you have decided to speak for us on Jan. 17th 1911 for there may be some people interested in the Board of Education Lectures in the audience. I shall do everything I can to arrange for your accomodation or will you prefer to do it yourself? I wish I had a home of my own for gladly I should invite you to be my guest but I am making my home with others & must defer to their wishes in everything. It may not always be so, I hope. [By the way] I wanted to suggest a name but it has escaped my memory & I am in great demand by my employer these days. As soon as I can think calmly will let you hear from me. I wish this to reach you soon as possible. Best & Sincerest Xmas Wishes from Cordially yours Eva Wyeth 1020 Fifth Avenue My dear Mrs. Terrell, In a few days our announcement cards will be sent out with your name as one of the speakers. I shall write & ask the Supt. of Public Lectures of our Board of Education (Prof Henry Lipziger) to I have been & still am so much occupied just at present that I scarcely have time to breathe. I shall make a personal effort to have present some people interested in the movement of the Board of Education. Kindly answer soon as I wish to have everything arranged in time. Do you wish me to engage accomodations for you or will you do it ? Wishing you health,happiness & prosperity for the New Year, I am Sincerely yours Dec 28/10 Eva Wyeth come & perhaps this may prove an opening for you to get some engagement such as you wish - I hope so indeed. By the way do you wish to have us send a railroad ticket from Washington & return or do you prefer a cheque? Please let me know your preference if cheque, the amount of Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.