CORRESPONDENCE April - Sept. 1921 Haines Institute Augusta Ga 4/1/21 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Washington D.C. Dear Mrs Terrell When can you come to Augusta to speak to our women? What will be the charge? We need some stimulating - as yet the women have been slow in registering, considerable indifference or hesitancy We fear that at the meeting of our state legislature there will be efforts made to keep the women from exercising their right of franchise or such hindrances will be put in their way that they will not exert themselves & thus disfranchise themselves. We must get them awaked & in line now if possible. We think you can help us to do this. I hope to you the political sky seems clearer to you up there than to us down here. With best wishes Sincerely L.C. Laney. 1615 S St., N.W. Washington, D.C. April 9, 1921. To the Editor of the New York Age, New York City, Dear Sir; Your issue of April 9th containing the glaring headlines "Mrs. Randolph Resents the Attack on New Jersey Women" has just been received. Since you do not want to distort the facts and misrepresent me, you will be kind enough to publish my denial of each and every charge preferred against me, I am sure. In the first place, I did not call the meeting held in Washington March 3rd, as Mrs. Randolph states. The meeting was called by Mrs. Lethia C. Fleming. Altho I did not issue the call, I cheerfully responded to it and did everything in my power to make the meeting a success. Mrs. Randolph charges me with slighting, humiliating, discouraging and insulting the four women who represented New Jersey. I deny this charge, for I neither said nor did anything to offend any one of them. My faith in human nature is so great it is difficult for me to believe that the four delegates from New Jersey would deliberately misrepresent me and make a false report. It is my duty to these women to say that no delegates were more cordial to me throughout and after the meeting than they were, They gave no evidence whatever of being displeased with me. Two of them pledged themselves with unusual ardor to do anything I wanted them to do and all of them assured me of their cooperation and support. Mrs. Randolph claims that when the delegates from her State presented their credentials they were told they were not properly signed. She also blames me for not notifying her beforehand by whom the credentials should be signed. I had never heard that the delegates from New Jersey were embarrassed, when they presented their credentials, until I read it in the New York Age. No one of the four women told me anything about the matter, while they were here, an and no one of them has complained about the treatment received here since she returned home. I could not possibly have sent Mrs. Randolph any information whatever about the credentials before the meeting was held, because I did not know that the women from either the East or the West would be required to have them. From my point of view the invitation extended to the women of the East by the Director of the Eastern Division were credentials in themselves and I had no idea that any others would be required. Mrs. Randolph is especially severe upon me, because I did not use my authority to save the four delegates from the embarrassment and humiliation to which they were subjected by somebody, I cannot imagine by whom, instead of looking with cold eyes and a hard heart upon the outrage without saying a word. It was impossible for me to use my "authority" or anything else to prevent something which I did not know was taking place. In addition to being an officer of the organization which is- 2 ed the call, as president of the Washington Republican League which entertained the delegates, I was acting in the capacity of hostess as well. I would have been a boor of the lowest and most despicable type, if I had wantonly, wilfully insulted any woman who was at that meeting as our guest. Surely those who are acquainted with me will not believe me guilty of such unspeakable conduct as that with which I charged by Mrs. Randolph. In accusing me of insulting the four delegates from New Jersey she not only does me a great injustice but she reflects very seriously upon my good breeding as well. Mrs. Randolph tries to make my offense more heinous and to intensify the rancor of the women of the nation against me by saying "At this crucial time, when the need of harmony among Negro women is so great, we would not expect such a course from a woman of superior ability and training." It is difficult for me to understand how a woman who has the interests of her race at heart could hold another co-worker up to such ridicule and scorn in the public print As soon as I was appointed Director of the Eastern Division I invited Mrs, Randolph to become a member of my Committee. Altho she accepted, and lives in Jersey City she did not have time to confer with me once while I was at National Headquarters in New York City. If Mrs. Randolph does not work in harmony with me, it is not because I have not exerted every effort to induce her to do so My letters to her published in the Age prove that fact. I have held Mrs. Randolph in the highest esteem and I have urged her to cooperate with me all the persuasion and earnestness I could command. After preferring various false charges against me and holding me without mercy up to public contempt Mrs. Randolph says; "This article is contrary to my religious teaching, but it is not for myself-- only in defense of four delegates." For years Mrs. Randolph has been going about singing, preaching and teaching the religion of Jesus Christ, whose corner stone is the Golden Rule. She has been piously saying the sinners "As ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so unto them." But Mrs. Randolph has violated the Golden Rule, for she has not treated me as she would want me to treat her. If she really heard that I had deliberately slighted, humiliated, discouraged and insulted delegates from her State, it was her duty as a Christian woman to write to me and ask me--her co-worker-- to explain such boorish and brutal conduct, before she attacked me in the public prints. I have never gone up and down the country singing and preaching and I lay no special claim to piety, but sinner that I am, I would never forgive myself for departing so far from the Golden Rule, if my treatment of another woman as Mrs. Randolph has in her wicked and cruel attack upon me, if I had not given her a chance to explain her conduct to me privately before brutally holding her up to public contempt and scorn. REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX Headquarters: HALSEY and ACADEMY STREETS NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Telphone Mulberry 80 FRANK E. DAVENPORT, Chairman LOUIS F. DODD, First Vice Chairman MRS. G. W. GEHIN, Second Vice Chairman FRANK J. BOCK, Treasurer RAYMUND L. MAHONEY, Rec. Sec'y GEORGE E. KAEGI, Cor. Secretary JOHN H. Francis, Sergeant-at-Arms Newark. N.J. April-11-1921 Newwark N.J. My dear Mrs. Terrell: your letter rec’d. I regret very much not being able to see you personally to ans. your questions. I have only referred to or about the New Jersey Delegates at one meeting: that was the Regular Monthly Meeting of the N. J. State Colored Republican Com- mittee whose Chairman is Lawyer Isaac H. Nutter of Atlantic City N. J. then only 2. when Lawyer Nutter asked me to speak on the Wash. Meeting. I don't wish to be quoted I was elected in Nov. by the Local Women(Newark N.J.) and by the (Essex County Women) State of N.J. their Pres.= the 3 of Dec. our entire Officers of both Republican Organizations, went to the office of County Chairman Frank Davenport and rec'd his Official O.K. at this writing we are now working in our Republican County Committee Of The County Of Essex Headquarters: Halsey and Academy Streets Newark, New Jersey Telephone Mulberry 80 FRANK E. DAVENPORT, Chairman LOUIS F. DODD, First Vice Chairman MRS. G. W. GEHIN, Second Vice Chairman FRANK J. BOCK, Treasurer RAYMUND L. MAHONEY, Rec. Sec'y GEORGE E. KAEGI, Cor. Secretary JOHN H. FRANCIS, Sergeant-at-Arms 3 Spring Campaign for Commissioners. Our Women have Desk Room;Typist: and everything at the above address 45 Academy St: That aught to decide who the proper Chairman is of Essex County: You was not in the Convention when (Mrs. Ida Brown) representing Mrs. Florence Randolph asked Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson why I calling my name (Mrs.) H. Blanche Harris: was sealed in the Convention: as 4 my credentials was not signed by Mrs. Randolph: Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson informed her the only credentials recognized in that Rep. Org. would be those signed by the N.J. State Colored Rep Com. of which Lawyer Isaac H. Nutter is Chairman: then it was I spoke for the First time and the entire Convention seemed by Applause with me: After which Lawyer Nutter spoke in person and told of My Work with His Org: The truth is that entire crowd has ignored Republican County Committee Of The County Of Essex Headquarters: Halsey and Academy Streets Newark, New Jersey Telephone Mulberry 80 FRANK E. DAVENPORT, Chairman LOUIS F. DODD, First Vice Chairman MRS. G. W. GEHIN, Second Vice Chairman FRANK J. BOCK, Treasurer RAYMUND L. MAHONEY, Rec. Sec'y GEORGE E. KAEGI, Cor. Secretary JOHN H. FRANCIS, Sergeant-at-Arms 5 the entire Colored Com: working under and with the White Com. You haven't lost anything for their was nothing to lose they haven't worked on your end: don't let them fool you. They fully intended that the Washington Convention would make (Mrs. Randolph) who was an appointed Leader and everybody she appointed the Big I in N.J. but there we believe in the Rule of the People and by the People: You will gain a Point if you never reply. Out of Courtesy Lawyer Nutter sent you the following names to Nat. Headq. Mrs. Langford- from South Jersey H. Blanche Harris- " North " (Mrs. Florence Randolph from Hudson County For Courtesy only) she didn't work with our State Com. So don't be annoyed. Let the Curtains Drop. Working hard. H. Blanche Harris 91 William Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Section For The United States National Office Exec. Sec. Miss Margaret B. Crook 125 East 37th Street, New York Telephone: Murray Hill 0991 Honorary Chairman Miss Jane Addams Chairman Miss Mabel Hyde Kittredge 62 Washington Square New York City Secretary Mrs. Lucy Biddle Lewis Lansdowne, Pa. Treasurer Mrs. Henry G. Leach 170 East 64th Street New York City April 13. 1921 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: At the annual Meeting held in New York, April 11 you were re-elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The first Executive meeting after the Annual meeting will be held at the Young Friend's Association, 15th & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. all day Tuesday. April 19. It is very important that as many of the Executives as possible should be present. Sincerely, Mabel H. Kittredge Chairman. MHK/MFT Do come if you possibly can arrange to do so. Mary Church Terrell, Pres. Julia M. Layton, 1st Vice Pres. Julia West Hamilton, 2nd Vice Pres. Eva A. Chase, Organizer Jennette Carter, Chm. of Speakers Daisy E. Welch, Sec. Mabel A. Whitby, Cor. Sec. Blanch Wright Paige, Asst. Cor. Sec. Rosa B. Lacy, Treas. The Woman's Republican League HEADQUARTERS 1615 S STREET, NORTHWEST Washington, D. C. April 25, 1921 Honorable, Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. [*Copy*] Sir:- Members of this organization want you to know that we appreciate greatly what you have done to make this country a Democracy in the highest and best sense of the word and that we are genuinely grateful to you for the strenuous efforts exerted in our behalf. Respectfully, Mary Church Terrell President. LBP. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON May 5, 1921. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 25th with enclosure and to say that I shall be glad to bring it to the attention of the President. Please let me thank you cordially in his behalf for your kindness in writing. Sincerely yours, Geo. B. Christian Jr. Secretary to the President. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. EDITORIAL ROOMS OF THE CRISIS 70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS May 26, 1921. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S. St., N.W., Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: There has been a remarkable unanimity among my friends in misunderstanding the emphasis of that editorial. Of course, I shall want help in translating that German, but the chief character of that help would be in the nature of funds for the printing. In other words, my problem is the cost to publish fifteen volumes and that is even more important than the work of translation. I certainly do want you to go to the Second Pan African Congress and trust you will go. I think you have received and read such literature as we have already sent off. Thank you for your good word concerning The Crisis. Very sincerely yours, W.E. B. Du Bois WEBD:AM: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated The Journal Of Negro History Carter G. Woodson Director Of Research And Editor 1216 You Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Robert E. Park, President Executive Council Robert E. Park, The University of Chicago Jesse E. Moorland, Washington, D.C. Carter G. Woodson, Washington, D.C. Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, Ill. George Foster Peabody, Saratoga Springs James H. Dillard, Charlottesville, Va. John R. Hawkins, Washington, D.C. Emmett J Scott, Washington, D.C. Jesse E. Moorland, Secretary-Treasurer Executive Coucil William G. Willcox, New York City Albert Bushnell Hart, Cambridge, Mass. John Hurst, Baltimore, Md. Thomas J. Jones, Washington, D.C. A.L. Jackson, Chicago, Ill. Moorfield Storey, Boston, Mass. R.E. Jones, New Orleans, La. May 30, 1921. Mrs. Mary C. Terrell, 1323 Tea St., N.W., Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: In as much as I have during the last five years spent from $1200 to $1500 annually to make up the deficits incurred in preserving the records of the Negro that the race may not become negligible factor in the thought of the world, I sincerely hope that you will take no umbrage at this renewed appeal to you for your material assistance. Answering this call to duty, 60 Negroes have pledged themselves to give $25 each to the support of this work and judging by the interest hitherto manifested, we have every reason to hope that we shall be able to increase this number of contributions to 100. Some of them, as the card herewith enclosed will show, come from Negroes who earn less than $100 a month. Will you be the next one of the required 40 to enroll himself on this list of honor by giving this amount to aid a worthy cause? The Negroes must successfully prosecute this work in our day or see themselves denied a hearing at the bar of public opinion and read out of the world's history as group which has not contributed anything to civilization. We are making this special appeal to Negroes for two reasons. The philanthropists who at first came to our assistance are unwilling to increase their contributions because of the heavy burden of the income tax and the disinclination of the Negroes to contribute, as they are able, to movements promoting their own welfare. There is, moreover, an advantage in financing Negro organizations altogether by funds raised among Negroes; for as long as the race must depend upon the white people to furnish the money for the support of their institutions, they must expect as a consequence that the whites will dictate the policy of their administration. The Negro must become a unit of self-sufficiency in this country and one of the required steps in this direction is that the Negro should develop a press and produce a literature of his own setting forth in an untrammelled manner the actual facts as to what the race has thought and felt and done. Earnestly hoping that you will give this matter serious consideration and lend us a helping hand, I am Yours very truly, C. G. Woodson Director. CGW-S 1902 3rd. St. N.W. Wash. D.C. 6-6-21 Mrs M. Terrell:- Dear Madam - By the enclosed circular you will see, that we are expecting you to be with us, Jun. 12th. Hoping nothing will cause us a disappointment, I remain [Respt.?] A. Bernice Buckner PICNIC, BOOK FAIR AND CARNIVAL SUBURBAN GARDENS JUNE 18TH. Washington, D. C., June 7th 1921. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I am offering the following names of ladies I think might be selected to serve on our committee. Please designate a number agreeable to you and add any I have failed to mention. If you will be so kind as to jot down a note of request in the rough, I will prepare copies and mail to the ladies you select. Very sincerely, Chas. E. Lane, Jr. Mrs. Chas. I. West Mrs. Dickey Joyce Fortune Mrs. Edward Williston Mrs. Laura B. Glenn Mrs. William H. Wilson Mrs. Peter Price Mrs. J. Francis Gregory Mrs. M. O. Dumas Mrs. J. Hayden Johnson Mrs. Blanche K. Bruce Mrs. Kelly Miller Miss Nannie Burroughs Mrs. Eugene Brooks Mrs. A. M. Curtis Mrs. Geo. A. Robinson Mrs. James Burlls Dr. Marie Lucas Mrs. Frank Davis Mrs. H. D. Woodson Mrs. F. I. A. Bennett Mrs. Emory B. Smith Mrs. Betty G. Francis Mrs. Emmett J. Scott Mrs. David F. Rivers Mrs. Brown (wife of Rev. Brown of St. Luke) P.S. I am arranging the group of school folk who are to assist you. C.E.L., Jr. Box 395 Wheeling West Va. June 14, 1921 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1519 T St. N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell- I am writing to ask if it will be possible for you to deliver an address here on a subject of your own selection, at an Emanicipation Celebration on September 22. Kindly confer with me at the above address, concerning this engagement and your terms. Very truly yours, Wm. L. Jones Walter B. Pitkin Thomas H. Uzzell Manager Sub-station 84 New York June 20, 1921 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Washington D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: Your letter interests me considerably, as I have been up against this very problem of placing fiction copy on the race problems. Only two years ago, I had a student who did remarkable work in this field and had a terrible time establishing herself. I can tell you positively what you must do. Give up the idea of writing short stories. Concentrate on one good novel. There is a chance for somebody of your race to write a book that will be for the negro what "Main Street" is for the ordinary white town of the Middle West. YOUR OWN LOGICAL MEDIUM IS THE NOVEL. If you want help in the work of writing, I might take you on as a private student. I give work of this sort to professionals like yourself at the rate of fifty dollars a term of fourteen weeks. With your experience, you ought to be able to learn much and write much in the course of two terms, I should think. At least your letter gives me this impression. Sincerely, Walter B. Pitkin June 22, 1921. FINAL NOTICE Of Private Summer Course in Short Story Writing by Professor Water B. Pitkin of Columbia University The Place: Professor Pitkin's headquarters and the conference and lecture rooms will be located at 142 West 73rd street, New York. This address is near the Seventy-second Street station on the Sixth Avenue Elevated and one block east from the subway express station on Broadway. The Time: The opening day is Tuesday, July 5th. All those enrolled are requested to come to the office at the above address on this day, at any time convenient between 9.30 A.M. and 4.00 P.M. for a preliminary conference and assignment to a study group. Evening Sessions: For the benefit of those who cannot attend during the day, Professor Pitkin has decided to arrange an evening group. Information as to rooms, etc. Professor Pitkin and his assistants will be glad to give all possible assistance in making out-of-town students comfortable. Inquiries may be made at the office on the day of enrolment. Manuscripts for Criticism: Students who wish to get the greatest possible benefit from conferences with Professor Pitkin are urged to send in before the opening day one completed short story or several story plots briefly outlined. Thomas H. Uzzell Manager 142 West 73rd St., New York City THE SEARCHLIGHT WOODWARD BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. June 25, 1921 Mrs. Mary C. Tyrell, 1615 S. St., N. W. Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Tyrell: From Mrs. Brown I know that you have read the last Searchlight pamphlet "America Menaced by Militarism". She told me of your interest in it. For the reason I am sending you a copy of the last Searchlight because it is added material on the same subject. Some time when it is convenient to you I should be glad if you could come into our office. There are a number of things which I should like to talk over with you in regard to the educational work and organizations among colored women. Mr. Brashears of Chicago has been in our office recently and suggested that I do this. Cordially, [D??] B. Haines DBH/KFM The New Republic 421 West 21st Street New York City July 6, 1921 Dear Miss Verrell: Your story is interestingly told and we are sorry we have not the space available for it. Yours truly, THE EDITORS Miss Mary Church Verrel, 1615 S. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Mary Church Terrell, Pres. Julia M. Layton, 1st Vice Pres. Julia West Hamilton, 2nd Vice Pres. Eva A. Chase, Organizer Jeannette Carter, Chm. of Speakers Daisy E. Welch, Sec. Mabel A. Whitby, Cor. Sec. Blanch Wright Paige, Asst. Cor. Sec. Rosa B. Lacy, Treas. The Woman's Republican League Headquarters 221 Fla. Ave [1615 S] Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. July 21st, 1921 Dear Mrs Terrell: Once more I have come to disturb your peace. Listen I can see nothing only you Mrs. Fleming and Haley stick like leach's together that you all will hold or organize a national organization. You of course remember Mrs. Upton's statement that the only recognized organization would be one by whom the women of the county will form and elect their officers. You of course know that Mrs. M.L. Gray has called a meeting at Kansas City Mo. for Aug 20 or 23rd. A number from Washington is going to attend and J. Silas Harrise says she already has 20 states that have pledged their support in favor Mary Church Terrell, Pres. Julia M. Layton, 1st Vice Pres. Julia West Hamilton, 2nd Vice Pres. Eva A. Chase, Organizer Jeannette Carter, Chm. of Speakers Daisy E. Welch, Sec. Mabel A. Whitby, Cor. Sec. Blanch Wright Paige, Asst. Cor. Sec. Rosa B. Lacy, Treas. The Woman's Republican League Headquarters 1615 S Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 2 of Mrs. Gray. Now you and Mrs. Fleming must get together and over throw the plans. You of course can do anything you want and I am sure with Mrs. Fleming and Haley in the west you will certainly come out to top. I am writing Mrs. Fleming to day I had a talk at Headquarters yesterday they told me to write you and Mrs. Fleming and urged you all to get your plans. I am to report as soon as I hear from you two. I truly wish I had the money and I would go the limits just in order to set this other thing aside. If I was able I would go to Kansas City Mo. to that meeting. I have suggested to Mrs. Fleming that since Mrs. Gray has worked up the meeting that Mrs. Fleming will Mary Church Terrell, Pres. Julia M. Layton, 1st Vice Pres. Julia West Hamilton, 2nd Vice Pres. Eva A. Chase, Organizer Jeannette Carter, Chm. of Speakers Daisy E. Welch, Sec. Mabel A. Whitby, Cor. Sec. Blanch Wright Paige, Asst. Cor. Sec. Rosa B. Lacy, Treas. The Woman's Republican League Headquarters 1615 S Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 3 her women to meet her there and report a vote for her either by person or proxy. That if you can have the officers elected by ballot and try to select your own tellers post your tellers what you want and they can if they will put it over for you. I feel sure you all have Louisiana and a number of other states I am doubtful about Florida because I saw Miss Williams Harrise Gray and Hallie J. Brown in a very deep conversation in March. May be you all could get a representative from each club to vote her club each member signing the petition for you women. Please write Mrs. Fleming it means nothing to me but since there will a national organization do Mary Church Terrell, Pres. Julie M. Layton, 1st Vice Pres. Julia West Hamilton, 2nd Vice Pres. Eva A. Chase, Organizer Jeannette Carter, Chm. of Speakers Daisy E. Welch, Sec. Mabel A. Whitby, Cor. Sec. Blanch Wright Paige, Asst. Cor. Sec. Rosa B. Lacy, Treas. The Woman's Republican League HEADQUARTERS 1615 S STREET, NORTHWEST Washington, D. C. 4 do Lord let it be with those who stood at the head in the last campaign for certainly you have not had chance to prove yourself. Trust you are having a nice time sorry that I have to upset your peace and pleasure. Will be glad to hear from you soon. Friendly Yours Daisy E. Welch HEADQUARTERS FOR RACIAL LEGISLATIVE RELIEF 1216 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N. W. WASHINGTON. D. C. August 8, 1921. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I have had in today's mail a letter from Mrs. Lethia C. Fleming, of Cleveland, making inquiry as to the status of the so-called National Convention of Colored Women, called to meet at Kansas City the latter part of this month. I have answered her by today's mail and am now enclosing you a copy of my letter to her concerning the same. I may add that my reference to her being notified, if the meeting had official sanction, carries with it the implication that you also would have been notified the same as she. This letter is sent for your information and you may make such use of it as your judgment dictates and circumstances warrant. I am with great respect Very sincerely yours, [Chas?] A. Cottrill CAC/L. Supreme Court of the United States Washington D.C. Pointe-a-Pic, Canada, August 19, 1921. My dear Judge Terrell: I have yours of August 13th, and thank you for congratulating me on my appointment as Chief Justice. I am glad to have an expression of confidence from you in my desire to act in matters which may come before me, without regard to race or color. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Wm H Taft Hon. Robert H. Terrell Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell [* San Francisco Calif. For some reason Aug 31 I think that it will 5:30 PM please you to know 1921*] that I am having a happy vacation with my brother,and under his guidance. Am seeing this state in all its wealth of flower and fruit, and beauty of shore and sky. [*Mineola Kirkland*] Mrs. R. H. Terrell, Washington, D,C, [1323 Tea] 382-366 [9-2-21]Western Union Telegram Newcomb Carlton, President George W. E. Atkins, First Vice-President 814 Pennsylvania Franklin 7100, A reply is requested by the sender of this message. May we rush it for you? Received At 15FY LG 11 Clarksburg WVA 751A Sept 2 1921 Mrs Mary Church Terrell Care Judge Terrell Municipal Court Washington DC Will You Deliver Emancipation Address Sept 22 Wire Answer Terms G S Ruffin 859AM I wired that you would write Berto Women's International League for Peace and Freedom SECTION FOR THE UNITED STATES National Office 125 East 37th Street, New York Honorary Chairman Miss Jane Addams Chairman Miss Mabel Hyde Kittredge 62 Washington Square New York City Secretary Mrs. Lucy Biddle Lewis Lansdowne, Pa. Treasurer Mrs. Henry G. Leach 170 East 64th Street New York City September 9, 1921. Dear Fellow Member of the Executive Board: The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be held at my apartment, 62 Washington Square, New York, on Thursday, September 29th, at eleven o'clock. I invite all members of the Board to remain for luncheon on that day so that we may continue the meeting with as little interruption as possible. Whether you purpose to come or not please send to Mrs. Leach, chairman of the nominating committee your suggestion for a chairman for the U.S. section of the W.I.L. My resignation takes effect on October 1st, 1921. Kindly let me know whether we can expect you at the meeting Sept. 29th. If you cannot be present will you please send in your vote as to whether you wish the National Office moved to Washington? If not where would you suggest. State your reasons. Send in any constructive plan for next Winter's work. Send in any criticism that you feel will be beneficial to consider before beginning a new year's work. You will be interested to know that Miss Addams sails on the Rotterdam from Holland September 21st. Sincerely, Mabel H. Kittredge Women's International League for Peace and Freedom SECTION FOR THE UNITED STATES National Office 125 East 37th Street, New York Honorary Chairman Miss Jane Addams Chairman Miss Mabel Hyde Kittredge 62 Washington Square New York City Secretary Mrs. Lucy Biddle Lewis Lansdowne, Pa. Treasurer Mrs. Henry G. Leach 170 East 64th Street New York City September 14, 1921. Mrs. Mary Church Terrel 1615 S. Street Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs Terrel The Women's International League, of which you are a member is to decide this month the three following questions. 1. What will be the most effective winters work for us to undertake in connection with the International Conference, to be held in Washington, and shall the W.I.L. act as a separate organization or in connection with other groups working for disarmament? 2. Would you advise us to move National Headquarters to Washington? 3. Whom would you suggest as Chairman, her term of office to begin October 1st, 1921? The Executive Board meets to decide on these questions on September 29th. Please reply before that date. Sincerely Mabel H. Kittredge NATIONAL OFFICERS President Moorfield Storey VICE-PRESIDENTS Archibald H. Grimke Rev. John Haynes Holmes Bishop John Hurst Arthur B. Spingarn Mary B. Talbert Oswald Garrison Villard NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THIS ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 70 Fifth Avenue, New York Telephone Watkins 8098 James Weldon Johnson, SECRETARY Walter White, ASSISTANT SECRETARY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Mary White Ovington CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD J. E. Spingarn, TREASURER Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, EDITOR OF THE CRISIS Robert W. Bagnall, DIRECTOR OF BRANCHES William Pickens, Addie W. Hunton, FIELD SECRETARIES September 22, 1921. My dear Mrs. Terrell : President Harding has made an appointment to receive the delegation presenting the petition for executive clemency for the men of the 24th U. S. Infantry imprisoned at Leavenworth on charges of rioting at Houston, Texas, on Wednesday morning, September 28th, at 10:20 o'clock. It will be well for the delegates to meet together on Tuesday night, the 27th at about eight o'clock. I shall arrange for a meeting-place at the Y. M. C. A. on Twelfth Street near "T" Street. The question of expense has been raised. It' will, of course, be necessary that delegates pay their own expenses. We sincerely hope that you will be able to come, but if not we wish to have the privilege of adding your name to the statement accompanying the petition to the President. I shall be in Washington on Tuesday, September 27th. My address there will be care of Mr. Shelby J. Davidson, 1333 "R" Street, N.W. His telephone number will be found in the directory. Very truly yours, James W. Johnson Secretary. W The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated ROBERT E. PARK, PRESIDENT. Executive Council ROBERT E. PARK, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO JESSE E. MOORLAND, WASHINGTON, D. C. CARTER G. WOODSON, WASHINGTON, D. C. JULIUS ROSENWALD, CHICAGO ILL. GEORGE FORSTER PEABODY, SARATOGA SPRINGS JAMES H. DILLARD, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. JOHN R. HAWKINS, WASHINGTON, D. C. EMMETT J. SCOTT, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY CARTER G. WOODSON DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EDITOR 1216 YOU STREET, N. W. Washington, D. C. JESSE E. MOORLAND, SECRETARY-TREASURER. Executive Council WILLIAM G. WILLCOX, NEW YORK CITY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. JOHN HURST, BALTIMORE, MD. THOMAS J. JONES, WASHINGTON, D. C. A. L. JACKSON, CHICAGO, ILL. MOORFIELD STOREY, BOSTON, MASS. R. E. JONES, NEW ORLEANS, LA. September 27 1921 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. I have received your kind letter with the contribution of $5 enclosed. Permit me, therefore, on behalf of the Association and the cause, which it represents, to thank you sincerely for this substantial aid in this day of stringency in the money market and complexity in the commercial world. This contribution gives us new hope that friends may rally to our support and keep this work from suffering financial embarrassment. Friends throughout the country have been liberally rallying to our support during this year and I am glad to count you among them. I take this occasion to say that our effort to secure pledges for $25 from 100 Negroes will doubtless be crowned with success. We have already secured 70 and half of them have redeemed their pledges. Friends, found in other quarters, have also assisted us to the extent that we are now in a position to pay all of the debts which for years have decidedly embarrassed us. What you have done to contribute to this success will be held up to others as an example of how we may through racial cooperation solve many of our problems without appealing to those of another group. Thanking you again for this timely aid, I am Yours very truly, Carter G Woodson Director. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.