CORRESPONDENCE July-Sept. 1938 George Arthur Parker Attorney and Counselor at Law 1922 Thirteenth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone: North 8843 July 25, 1938 Mrs. Mary C. Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: A special meeting of the trustees of the Robert H. Terrell Law School is called for Wednesday, July 27th at 7:00 o'clock to consider recommendations regarding certain improvements to the building and certain changes for entrance requirements. Please be present on time as the meeting will last only an hour. By order of the president. Very truly yours, George A Parker George A. Parker Dean GAP/h National Probation Association Incorporated 50 West 50th Street New York City Timothy N. Pfeiffer, President Hon. George W. Smyth, Vice President Charles Lionel Chute, Executive Director Henry deForest Baldwin, Treasurer K. Kenneth-Smith, Associate Director July 26, 1938 Miss Mary Church Terrell 1615 "S" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Miss Terrell: Your gracious note which accompanied your contribution sent at the request of Mr. Newbold Noyes toward carrying forward the work of the association. Our official receipt is enclosed. As you know, your gift, with those of other friends, will be used to further extend juvenile court and probation service and improve methods and personnel. Our goal is well organized probation service for every community, so that each delinquent child and youthful offender may be dealt with as society's charge instead of society's outcast. During the coming year we shall send you occasional bulletins, telling you of the progress of the work throughout the country. We hope you will have an opportunity to read these and that you will find them of interest. With cordial thanks for your understanding and assistance, Sincerely yours K. Kenneth-Smith K. Kenneth-Smith Associate Director KK-S/ES NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WORLD'S FAIR, NEW YORK August 1, 1938 Miss Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. Dear Miss Terrell: Your letter of July 25 addressed to Mrs. Vincent Astor has been referred to this department. Mrs. Astor is delighted that you were so pleased with your certificate and she has read with great interest the clippings which you enclosed about your work. With deep appreciation for your cooperation and interest in the New York World's Fair, I am Sincerely yours, Rita Casey Rita Nammack Casey (Mrs. Thomas F.) Women's Participation THE EVENING STAR - THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. OFFICE OF THE MANAGING EDITOR August 2, 1938. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I have your letter of August 1. I am sorry that you did not see your article which appeared on page D-10 of The Sunday Star. We placed it in the Society Section because of its interest to women readers. I thought it was a very interesting story. A check will be sent to you in the near future. I am returning your postage and enclosing a page clipping. Yours sincerely, B M McKelway B. M. McKelway, ms Managing Editor. 14 Seabury St., Newark, N. J., Aug. 3, 1938. My dear Mrs. Terrell, I have been thinking that I had heard from you only once since you were with us on May first. I trust that your trip to Jersey did not have any serious effect upon your health and that you are now feeling quite like yourself again. I think I can truthfully say that I am very much better, and friends tell me I am looking fine. We still feel very grateful to you, for the very wonderful address you delivered and as I wrote you before we heard only the most favorable comments. The one mistake the committee made was in taking the affair to East Orange instead of using the auditorium of Pilgrim Church. Taking it all together I think Pilgrim has the most complete edifice owned by Negroes in Newark. We are still hard at work trying to make things go inspite of prevailing financial conditions. One of our members is urging me to try to get some influential person to see if they could induce Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of our President, to 3 come to Newark, and speak at our church. It seems like a dream, but it can be done just as other things, that loomed so large, have been done. I know that you are interested in the problems of our people everywhere and I know too, that no woman could use her influence to help us more than you, because of your personal contact with the President and his wife. Could I dare to ask you to help us in this effort? It would mean so much to us. I have secured Oct 23rd for some large affair, and wonder if the "First Lady" is not already booked if she could be induced to speak to our people on that [day] evening. It's a lot to ask of you, but I know you will help us if you can. I didn't dare tell my friend I wouldn't have the nerve to venture, so I told her I would try to see if Mrs. Roosevelt would come. They say you know, nothing ventured, nothing won. I am enclosing a picture of Pilgrim Church which I cut from an old envelope. My mother and Mr. Walker join me in sending best regards. Very truly yours, M.P. Walker. THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS BALTIMORE WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA RICHMOND Office of the President, 628 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore, Md., Phone Vernon 6016 August 3, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Highland Beach Anne Arundel County, Md. Dear Mrs. Terrell: You have had such a full and rich life, met so many people and passed through such an important period of our history that I am sure you must have thought about setting down your memos so that they could be published in an autobiography. James Weldon Johnson has set the style in "Along This Way" and now Will Marion Cook promises to have the rough draft of his autobiography ready in a few weeks. You have also seen Mrs. Hunton's book about her husband. What are you doing about this? I am sure you have done something, and, I would like to tell your friends about it. Very truly yours, THE AFRO-AMERICAN COMPANY Carl Murphy Carl Murphy, President cm-w [* Please return this letter M.C.T. *] MRS. MAUDE E. MYERS 10903 PASADENA AVENUE CLEVELAND, OHIO Aug - 8 - 1938. My Dearest Molly - Well, it it won't be long now, before we'll be seeing each other, yes, Molly, I am coming to visit you first, but this prolem can be worked out between you & Ednah. She writes that she is quite anxious to have me spend some time with her, which I of course plan to do, I heard from her yesterday & she tells me that her son & daughter-in-law are coming there Aug. 15, so it may be necessary for me to spend a few days with her shortly after I get there. However, I think you and I can work that out when I see you, because the most important thing is my visit with you. We took mother down to her relatives in Mt. Pleasant Ohio Saturday so now the coast is clear. I am planning to leave here Thursday night Aug 11 at 8:25 P. M. & will arrive in Washington Friday morning, Aug 12 at 7:50 A. M. That is awfully early to get you folks out to meet me, but the only other train I could take is a day train, and I dont believe I am equal to that long day trip I have a bedroom on this train if you please ha! ha! (over) Dorothy & Sam are very grateful for your kind invitation & if there is any possible way to make it, they will come later, to take me home. As yet Sam has not been promised a vacation, but I believe he will get some news this week. Tell Phyllis Dorothy will drop her a line shortly. Now Molly, I shan't write you again unless something unforseen comes up. I will leave here Thursday night and arrive in Washington Friday morning at 7:50 Aug 12. I'm just as excited as you are and I know that we'll talk our heads off. Lots of love to all. Yours Mollie. AMERICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL Bishop Francis J. McConnell, National Chairman Mr. Patrick Henry Callahan, Prof. E. R. A. Seligman, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Vice-Chairmen Dr. Glenn Frank, Dr. John A. Lapp, Dr. R. A. Millikan, Governor Frank Murphy, Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Mr. Chester H. Rowell, Miss Mary E Woolley, Vice-Presidents EASTERN DIVISION COUNCIL, U.S.A. Rev. Jospeh Fort Newton, D.D., Chairman Rev. Eliot White, Treasurer Mr. Kedarnath Das Gupta, General Executive Mrs. Hattie Baginski Miller, Secretary Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co., Auditors NEW YORK COUNCIL Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Vice-President LONG ISLAND COUNCIL Dean Arthur B. Kinsolving, 2nd, D.D. BROOKLYN COUNCIL Rabbi B. Leon Hurwitz, Chairman GREENWICH, CONN. COUNCIL Rev. Daniel Bliss, Chairman MONTCLAIR, N. J. COUNCIL Rev. Luke M. White, D.D., Chairman PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, D.D., Chairman Rabbi Wm. H. Fineshriber, D.D., Rev. Frederick R. Griffin, D.D., Rev. John A MacCallum, D.D., Rabbi Louis Wolsey, D.D., Vice-Chairmen PITTSBURGH COUNCIL Dean N. R. H. Moor, D.D., Chairman Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof, D.D, Vice-Chairman BALTIMORE COUNCIL Rabbi Edward L. Israel Mrs. A. Morris Carey, Vice-Chairmen Miss Elizabeth Gillman, Secretary WASHINGTON, D. C. COUNCIL Bishop James E. Freeman, Chairman Rabbi Abram Simon, Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Vice-Chairmen NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL Prof. Charles M. McConnell, Chairman Rabbi Samuel J. Abrams, Vice-Chairman Baron Frary Von Blomberg, Secretary Rev. Claude A. Butterfield, Executive Secretary 32 OTHER COUNCILS, U. S. A. BRITISH NATIONAL COUNCIL Savoy Hotel, London, England Rev. Dr. A Maude Royden, President Mr. Laurence Housman, Chairman Sardar Barhadar Sardar Mohan Singh, Mr. Rhys J. Davies, M.P., Vice-Chairmen Mrs. J. M. Williams, Secretary INDIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL Sir P. C. Ray, C.I.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., Chairman Miss Sakuntala Sastri, Vedatirtha M.A., B.Litt. (Oxon), International Secretary PALESTINE COUNCIL Mrs. Rose Gutman, International Secretary PHILIPPINES COUNCIL Rev. Walter Brooks Foley, Chairman Miss Anne Guthrie, Secretary WORLD COUNCIL Mrs. Clarence Gasque, International Director Mr. Kedarnath Das Gupta, Mr. Charles Frederick Weller, Founders and General Secretaries Dr. Mahanam Brata Brahmachari, M.A., Ph.D., (Chicago), Mrs. Ila Dixon Buntz, International Secretaries Uniting the Inspiration of ALL FAITHS Upon the Solution of Man's PRESENT PROBLEMS WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF FAITHS A WORLDWIDE, INTERNATIONAL, INTER-RACIAL, NON-POLITICAL, SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT—A CONTINUING PARLIAMENT OF FAITHS Aim: The Realization of Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples of all Faiths, Races and Countries, through Mutual Understanding. QUARTERLY MAGAZINE "APPRECIATION-DHARMA" - - ANNUAL SUBSCRITION $1.00 ANY CONTRIBUTION MAKES ONE A MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR HOTEL NEW YORKER, NEW YORK, U. S. A. August 9, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: By a special request of our National Chairman, Bishop Francis J. McConnell, you were good enough to become a member of the American National Council of the World Fellowship of Faiths, which organized our First International Congress in 1933- '34 in Chicago and New York, with unique success - it was considered an "epoch-making event of the time". The work which you encouraged to begin by your support has extended to other countries. Since then three more Congresses were held in England, France and India. We are also working for similar Congresses in other countries. The Fifth International Congress is being organized in New York at the time of the World's Fair, and in San Francisco during the Golden Gate Exposition, May-September 1939. Our India Council is also arranging another Congress in 1940. We feel sure that you will continue your membership in the American National Council and make the forthcoming Congress a genuine inspiration for the World of Tomorrow. The membership does not involve active service or financial responsibility, beyond the payment of a voluntary contribution which will greatly help to defray the preliminary expenses. We also need your cuuncel, cooperation and support for the central theme of the Congress - "World Peace through Spiritual Awakening". We are enclosing a self-addressed envelope with a card for your use. Any suggestions for the Program of the Congress will be thankfully received. Cordially yours, Kn Das Gupta (Kedarnath Das Gupta) GENERAL SECRETARY P.S. - The names of members are enclosed. "PEACE AND PROGRESS THROUGH WORLD FELLOWSHIP" A four hundred page illustrated record of the Third International Congress of Faiths, 1937. "A Book For All Times"! Addresses by distinguished speakers from many countries. Price $4.00. WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF FAITHS, American National Council * deceased *Miss Jane Addams Dr. Cyrus Adler Mr. George Alexander, B.D. Justice Florence E. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Allinson Prof. Edward Scribner Ames Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker Bishop James C. Baker Miss Emily G. Balch Miss Rose Mary W. Barley Rabbi Joseph L. Baron Prof. Solo Baron Judge Mary M. Bartelme Mrs. A. Starr Best Rev. Archibald Black Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Baron Frary von Blomberg Mrs. Cecil Ray Boman Rev. Ahva J. C. Bond, D.D. Rev. W. Russell Bowie Prof. LeRoy E. Bowman Rev. Arthur H. Bradford, D.D. Prof. Chas. S. Braden Rev. Dan Freeman Bradley, D.D. Dr. Preston Bradley Rev. Raymond Bragg Prof. James H. Breasted Prof. Roberto Brenes-Mesen *Prof. Wm. H. Bridge Rev. L. Ward Brigham, D.D. Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown, D.D. Rev. A. G. Butzer, D.D. *Dr. S. Parkes Cadman Bishop Callistos, D.D. *Rev. Edmund B. Chaffee Mr. Henry Porter Chandler Mr. Percival Chubb President Samuel Harden Church Rev. Russell J. Clinchy Dr. Albert Buchner Coe Rabbi Rudolph I. Coffee, Ph.D. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin Mr. Alfred M. Cohen Mr. Sidney A. Cook Mrs. Israel Cowen President Donald J. Cowling Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram Rabbi Max C. Currick F. Homer Curtiss, M.D. Bishop Ralph S. Cushman Dr. E. LeRoy Dakin Rev. Henry Darlington, D.D. Mrs. Ozora S. Davis Rev. Albert E. Day, D.D. Mr. Eugene Del Mar Mr. Charles H. Dennis Dr. Edward T. Devine Rev. Ralph E. Diffendorfer Dr. James H. Dillard Mr. George W. Dixon Prof. Paul H. Douglas Dean Henry Grattan Doyle Mr. Michael Francis Doyle *Dr. W. E. Burghardt Du Bois Dr. Stephen Duggan Rev. J. Stanley Durkee, D.D. Mrs. Theresa Mayer Durlach Mr. Walter Pritchard Eaton Prof. Franklin Edgerton Dr. Samuel A. Eliot Rev. Roger F. Etz, D.D., S.T.D. Rev. Joseph M. Evans Mrs. John V. Farwell Mrs. Georgia M. De Baptiste Faulkner Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht *Dr. Frederick B. Fisher Prof. Irving Fisher *Mrs. Mary Hanford Ford Rabbi George Fox Rev. Dr. Leo M. Franklin Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof Mrs. Isabelle B. Friedman Mr. Ralph F. Gamble Mr. Frank E. Gannett Mr. Robert Garrett Hon. James W. Gerard Dr. Roscoe C. Giles Miss Elisabeth Gilman Mrs. Charlotte Ives Goddard Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Goldenson Mrs. David E. Goldfarb Rabbi Israel Goldstein Dr. John H. Gray Rev. Albert C. Grier Mrs. Sidonie M. Gruenberg Mr. Ernest Gruening Miss Anne Guthrie Rev. Ernest G. Guthrie, D.D. Mr. Max Gysi Prof. Clarence Hamilton Vicar-General Charles Hampton Rev. and Mrs. Albert Frear Hardcastle Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Rev. L. O. Hartman, D.D. Mrs. Theodore Mitchell Hastings Mrs. John B. Hayward Rev. Fred W. Helfer Rabbi James G. Heller Prof. William Ernest Hocking Prof. Aloys P. Hodapp Mr. Burton Holmes Dr. Jesse H. Holmes Rev. John Haynes Holmes Dr. Robert Shailor Holmes Mr. Frank A. Horne, S.C.D. Dr. Douglas Horton Mr. Syud Hossain Rev. Lynn Harold Hough, D.D. Mrs. Hannah Clothier Hull Mr. Joel D. Hunter Dr. Henry S. Huntington Dr. Thaddeus P. Hyatt, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. *Mrs. Harold L. Ickes Dr. Samuel Guy Inman Rabbi Edward L. Israel Mr. Julius L. Israel Dr. Burris A. Jenkins Rev. Ray Freeman Jenney Dr. F. Ernest Johnson Rev. Edgar DeWitt Jones, D.D. Mr. Richard Lloyd Jones Mrs. William Kent Mr. William Peter King Rev. Frank Kingdon Mrs. Alexander Kohut Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld Dr. Nathan Krass Mr. George M. Lamsa Dr. Butler Laughlin Rabbi David Lefkowitz Mr. Samuel S. Leibowitz Rev. Henry Smith Leiper Rabbi Emil Leipziger Bishop Adna Wright Leonard Rabbi Felix A. Levy Miss Irene Lewisohn Rev. Frederick J. Libby Mrs. Lola Maverick Lloyd Prof. Alain LeRoy Locke Prof. Robert Morss Lovett Rabbi Alexander Lyons Rev. John. A. MacCallum Judge Julian W. Mack *Prof. William Douglas Mackenzie Bishop K. Masuyama Prof. Kirtley F. Mather Mr. Vance C. McCormick Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch Mr. Thomas Jefferson McDermott Rev. Clyde McGee *Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn Rev. Robert D. Merrill Hon. Carl E. Milliken Rev. Jean S. Milner, D.D. Mrs. Ruth Moffett Dr. Riley B. Montgomery Mr. Lewis C. Moon Rev. John Milton Moore, D.D. President Arthur E. Morgan Rabbi Julian Morgenstern *Dr. Henry Moskowitz Dr. David S. Muzzey *Mrs. Henry Necarsulmer Rev. Frank Howard Nelson, D.D. Miss Gertrud Newman Rabbi Louis I. Newman Rev. Joseph Fort Newton, D.D., LL.D. Rev. Justin W. Nixon Rev. Charles C. Noble Rev. Stanley U. North Rabbi Abraham Nowak Rev. Morgan Phelps Noyes Judge Ernest A. O'Brien Miss Villa Faulkner Page Miss Frances Paine Rev. George L. Paine President J. Edgar Park President Edward S. Parsons Rev. Alexander Paul Rev. Endicott Peabody *Mr. George Foster Peabody President Ellen F. Pendleton *Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, D.D. Governor Gifford Pinchot Dr. Daniel A. Poling Dr. Horatio M. Pollock Mrs. Henrietta Posner Prof. James B. Pratt Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Prince Mr. Wm. A. Prendergast Miss Mignon India Reed Rev. Charles A. Richmond, D.D. Mr. George E. Roberts Mrs. Margaret Dreier Robins Bishop Warren L. Rogers Mr. Bernard C. Roloff President George S. Romney Rev. Ivan Murray Rose, D.D. Mr. Bernard J. Rothwell Rev. Raymond Sanford Mrs. Margaret Sanger Rev. Sokei-ann Sasaki Prof. W. D. Schermerhorn Rabbi Samuel Schwartz Mme. Rosika Schwimmer Prof. Edwin R. A. Seligman Dr. Philip L. Seman Mr. John C. Shaffer Rev. Edmund W. Sheehan Prof. James Humphrey Sheldon Dr. Guy Emery Shipler Rabbi Charles E. Shulman Mr. George N. Shuster *Mr. Thomas W. Sidwell Rev. Dr. Abba H. Silver Rabbi Abram Simon, Ph.D, D.H.L. Dr. Minot Simons, D.D. Rabbi Jacob Singer Rev. Dr. Wm. Franklin Slade Prof. Henry Slonimsky Rev. Ralph W. Sockman Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon Rev. Russell Henry Stafford, D.D. Mr. Amos Alonzo Stagg Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger Rt. Rev. Ernest Milmore Stires, D.D. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale Rev. J. T. Stocking, D.D. Sri Deva Ram Sukul Judge Jerry B. Sullivan *Dr. J. T. Sunderland Rev. Philip Allen Swartz, D.D. Mr. and Mrs. Lorado Taft Miss Marion Talbot Miss Ida M. Tarbell Prof. Graham Taylor Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche Rabbi Samuel Teitelbaum Rev. Tansai Terakawa Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind Judge Charles M. Thomson Chancellor George R. Throop *President Emeritus Charles F. Thwins Mrs. Priestly Toulmin Prof. Rodney H. True Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker Rev. Morris Howland Turk, D.D. Miss Harriet Vittum Miss Lillian D. Wald *Mrs. Amos W. Walker Bishop Ernest L. Waldorf *Mr. Felix M. Warburg Rev. Dr. A. Wayman Ward, D.D. Mr. Ernest B. Warriner Mr. A. Leo Weil Rev. Carl S. Weist Miss Lydia G. Wentworth Rev. Eliot White Miss Gail Wilson Mr. Edward M. Winston Miss Annie Carleton Woodward Rev. Philip Yarrow Swami Yogananda, A.B. WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF FAITHS A worldwide, international, inter-racial, non-political, spiritual movement—a continuing parliament of faiths. Aim: The Realisation of Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples of all Faiths, Races and Countries. Some of the 201 Speakers at the opening of the Culminating Convention Period, Chicago, August 27 to September 17, 1933. Uniting the Inspiration of ALL FAITHS upon the Solution of Man's PRESENT PROBLEMS — — For the First Time in World History — — Middle row: Mrs. Fieldbrave, Bishop K. Masuyama, Patriarch Nakayama, Sufi Mutiur Rahman Bengalee, Rev. Yoshiaski Fukuda, Dr. T. C. Khandwala, Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Mr. Kedarnath Das Gupta, His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, Mayor Edward J. Kelly. In 1933-'34 at our FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS held in Chicago and New York, 199 representatives of all faiths, races and countries, delivered 242 significant addresses at 83 sessions—seeking a solution for World Problems. His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, India, was International President, and the late Miss Jane Addams and the Hon. Herbert Hoover were Presidents. In 1936, at the SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS held in London, England, "World Fellowship through Religion" was discussed by many prominent leaders from the East and the West. Sir Francis Younghusband was the Chairman. In 1937, at our THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS held in London, Paris and six other European cities, 77 representatives speakers gave addresses on "Peace and Progress Through World Fellowship". The Rt. Hon. George Lansbury, M.P. was President. In 1938 (March) at the FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS held in Madras, India, the general theme was "World Understanding through Religion". The Maharaja of Pithapuram was President. The proceedings, with inspiring addresses, of the first Three Congresses are published in large volumes and the fourth one is in preparation. In 1939, the FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS is being organized in New York at the time of the World's Fair, and in San Francisco during the Golden Gate Exposition. In 1940, the SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS is planned in India. A Committee under the Chairmanship of the Maharaja of Pithapuram is working for it KEDARNATH DAS GUPTA General Executive HOTEL NEW YORKER 34th St. and 8th Ave., New York City 21 R Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. August 9, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I am planning to take an examination, one part of which requires that I submit plans, studies, and letters concerning any achievement which I have accomplished. As one of the achievements I wish to submit evidence of what the Women's Banquet held annually at Miner is doing so far as building Miner tradition, developing the personalities and social life of Miner women, and bringing the school and community into closer relationship and sympathetic understanding. If you think these things are being done through this activity will you kindly write a statement to that effect. Please address the statement to "Whom It May Concern" and also send a carbon copy which I may file. I would like to have this letter no later than the first of November. I trust you are having a pleasant vacation. Sincerely yours, Marie Jordan Long (Mrs) Marie Jordan Long (Mrs.) [Aug] Sep-12-38. 7:P.M. My Dear Mollie— Well here I am at home and missing you folks. We arrived home at 1:30 P.M. Friday and had a wonderful trip. We stopped at a tourist camp on top of a high mountain just before we got into Indiana Pa. and left the camp at 7:30 A.M. arriving home on time found everything in good shape. I shall never forget your hospitality to me and mine, so let me repay you soon. I am sending this letter to Washington because I am not sure if you are in highland Beach. 2 Dorothy wrote Phylis yesterday and sent her letter to the Beach. I want to get this letter in the mail tonight, so that is why it is so short. enclosed please find an article on our new principals you remember Mrs Pope I am sure. I shall expect to hear from you soon Sam & Dorothy join me in love to you and family Lovingly Maude M Office of FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS New York London Edinburgh Cable: "Revell" 158 Fifth Avenue New York August 12, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S St., N. W., Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell:- In sending you the accompanying report of your manuscript, A MIGHTY ROCKY ROAD, from one of our associates, I wish to assure you it is written by an experienced editor, who happens to be a Virginian. Our impression is that the manuscript is too long, and our conviction is that it would be very difficult to sell it throughout the general trade. However, it is a book that is perfectly suited for special promotion: and I wonder whether you know of any group who would wish to cooperate with us, by the purchase of possibly the first thousand copies. I was almost inclined to send it over to Cab Calloway for his observation: I would not wish to do this without your approval. If the first thousand copies could be disposed of, we would be prepared to publish the second and subsequent editions on a fifteen per cent royalty. Please return the enclosed report, with any suggestions you may have to make. With best wishes, we are Yours very sincerely, FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY W. R. Barbour William R. Barbour OFFICE OF FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK LONDON EDINBURGH CABLE: "REVELL" 158 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK Aug 15/38 Dear Mrs. Terrill - It is a small world! Yesterday I mentioned your Mr. to Mrs. Barbour's mother, Mrs. McKelvey, and learned that as Miss Mary Mattocks you knew her at Oberlin. She married John Jay McKelvey, who was at college, when you were there. Mrs. Barbour is her eldest daughter. We live at Riverdale N.Y.C. Sincerely, W. R. Barbour Office of FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS New York London Edinburgh Cable: "Revell" 158 Fifth Avenue New York August 23, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Dear Mrs. Terrell:- Thank you for your prompt and cordial reply to our letter. At your convenience, please return the report of one of our associates regarding your manuscript, A MIGHTY ROCKY ROAD. In our opinion the book should not be listed at more than $2.50 and $2.00 would be preferable. One thousand copies of a $2.50 volume would cost One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) and a $2.00 volume would be One Dollar and Twenty Cents ($1.20). We have not made any specific estimate of the number of pages which this manuscript would make at present in the printed form, but I think the above will give you an idea regarding the cost of the first edition. At present I do not feel that it would be wise to confer with Cab Callaway, but I do feel that familiar as you are with the general problem, you will be able to determine where and how the first edition can be sold. It will take about six weeks to produce the book, after the manuscript is read for our compositor, but on the other hand such a book would need rather careful editorial attention, and our editor would be qualified to do this for a modest compensation. Indeed, I feel that he would be able to revise the manuscript and eliminate some portions, which he feels are somewhat elaborated. Sincerely yours, FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY W R Barbour William R. Barbour WRB.MS ESTABLISHED MAY 5, 1905 PRIVATE EXCHANGE DOUGLAS 0696 3435 INDIANA AVENUE The Chicago Defender WORLD'S GREATEST WEEKLY CHICAGO OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ROBERT S. ABBOTT August 17, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Highland Beach Anne Arundel Co. Maryland My dear Mrs. Terrell: Mr. Abbott received your letter with its very interesting article and did appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending it. The editor has been quite ill the past several months and is handling no correspondence; however he asked me to express his gratitude to you and say that the article will be used just as soon as there is space to accommodate it. That will be sometime within the next few weeks. Needless to say, it is the type of material which he enjoys reading and giving to the public. Very cordially, Agaliece Westbrooke Secretary to Editor Robert S. Abbott AW National Negro Congress 717 Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone POtomac 4372 President A. Philip Randolph Vice-Presidents Arthur Huff Fauset Max Yergan Charles Wesley Burton W. H. Jernagin Thyra Edwards National Secretary John P. Davis Administrative Associate to the National Secretary Max Yergan Youth Secretary Edward E. Strong Financial Secretary Gladys Stoner Assistant Financial Secretary Esther McNeill Treasurer U. Simpson Tate Regional Directors DeWitt Alcorn—Southwestern James H. Baker, Jr.—Eastern Charlotte Hawkins Brown—Southern Charles Wesley Burton Matt Crawford—Western Members of the National Council B. D. Amis A. W. Berry Stanley Cotton Frank Crosswaith Henry Deas Crystal Bird Fauset James W. Ford Albert E. Forsythe W. H. Gordon Angelo Herndon Henry Johnson Manning Johnson Jennie Logan A. R. Mayo LeBron Simmons August 23, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Enclosed is a copy of a letter which I received from Mr. Remon of the Criminal Justice Association and a copy of my reply. As one of my very good friends I am writing to you to call your attention to the fact that the Criminal Justice Association has no desire to work for proper administration of criminal justice where Negroes are involved. As I see it, you would win the undying love of the Negro people in Washington if you were to publicly resign from the board of Criminal Justice Association because of their refusal to investigate cases of brutality. Will you be good enough to let me hear from you. Cordially yours, John P. Davis JPD: JOHN P. DAVIS National Secretary Now is the time to close ranks for freedom and equality. Let us unite the Negro organizations and the friends of Negro freedom on a program for security and manhood rights for the Negroes in America. 14 August 29, 1938 Mr. John A. Remon Chairman Committee on Police 401-4 Evans Building Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I have your letter of August 22. It is not the desire of the National Negro Congress to burden you unnecessarily with a discussion of police brutality. However your letter makes it necessary, for the sake of the record, to clear up matters on which it is apparent that you are confused. You implied that the association which you represent cannot with propriety, give public comment on the report of my organization because the organization has a "direct interest in the subject." If by this you mean that like any other body of American citizens we are concerned with the enforcement of law, the protection of the constitutional rights of all citizens regardless of their status, that we are directly concerned with a fair and honest appraisal of police methods and the administration of criminal justice in the District of Columbia--then you are correct in saying that ours is "a direct interest" in the matter of discussion. And, it would be our hope that your Association, in the interest of civic justice would also have such a "direct interest" in this matter. If to the contrary your implication is that our organization has pursued this subject in a biased and partisan manner, then it must be said that nothing is farther from the truth. -2- Precisely because we did think that your Association was a non-partisan, fact-finder, impartial body, we submitted to you not only our report of conditions obtaining with regard to the brutal police methods in practice in Washington but as well the original transcripts of record in three recent notorious cases of police murder, so that you yourselves might make your own investigation and draw your own conclusions. Not to you, nor Dr. Nolan at any time have we suggested that you adopt the report made by us. Your first communication suggested that you could not make your own study because of lack of funds and personnel. My answer to that was that we consider the subject of such serious importance that we would be very glad to provide the funds necessary for your action. We still stand prepared to make good this proposal. Your letter suggests further the belief of your Association that any investigation of police methods should be sufficiently comprehensive "to include all cases involving alleged police brutality regardless of race, color or creed." Inasmuch as the above alleged phenomenon manifests itself only toward Negroes it is difficult for us to see how such an investigation as you suggest can be carried on until the police oblige us by acts of brutality and the murder of white persons. Our organization at least, would hesitate to share any hope that such a state of affairs should come to pass. However, it is our fear that unless organizations, purporting to be non-partisan and impartial, have the courage and intelligence honestly to investigate existing instances of police brutality (even though these be confined to invasions upon the liberties of Negro citizens) the time will not be far distant when such a comprehensive investigation as you suggest in your letter will be highly practical. Very truly yours, JPD:S JOHN P. DAVIS National Secretary Copy August 22, 1938 Mr. John P. Davis, Secretary, National Negro Congress, 717 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Davis: Referring to your letter of August 12th, the Committee on Police for the Criminal Justice Association has reviewed with interest the report which you submitted to Dr. Nolan. With respect to your request that the Association comment publicly on this material, the Association does not feel, in fairness to all parties concerned, that it can properly comment publicly on a report, however complete and impartial it may be, which has been prepared by any group having a direct interest in the subject. The Association as you know, is a non-partisan, fact-finding, impartial body, any any public statement which it may feel justified in making must of necessity be based upon its believes that any investigation of police methods in the District of Columbia should be sufficiently comprehensive to include all cases involving alleged police brutality regrdless of race, color or creed. While, as stated above, the Association does not feel justified in making public comment at this time, the material which you submitted to Dr. Nolan will undoubtedly be helpful in connection with any independent survey which the Association may deem it advisable to undertake. Very truly yours JOHN A. REMON, CHAIRMAN Commmttee on Police THE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS BALTIMORE WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA RICHMOND Office of the President 628 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore, Md. Phone Vernon 6016 August 30, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Highland Beach Anne Arundel County, Maryland Dear Mrs. Terrell: This is a reply to your letter of August 29. Please be sure I shall keep your letter in strict confidence. I have two types of publishers in mind. First, a white publisher who would be interested if you have touched a sufficient number of white people in your life. Secondly, colored publishers like the Associated Publishers, of Washington, D. C. You probably knew for example, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Harry Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Mary Talbert and any number of similar colored people so intimately that you can #2 Mrs. Mary C. Terrell August 30, 1938 recall dozens of anecdotes about them. Not much has been written about some of these people and any book that touches their lives intimately is certainly worth its weight in gold. Very truly yours, THE AFRO-AMERICAN COMPANY Carl Murphy Carl Murphy President cm-t Office of FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK LONDON EDINBURGH CABLE: "REVELL" 158 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK September 2, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Dear Mrs. Terrell: In our opinion you have written an unusual manuscript, which might have sales in special fields, but we are uncertain about the book trade sale of the volume. Therefore we suggested that you, or we, should try to secure a guarantee covering the first thousand copies, which is not at all unusual in the publication of such a special volume. We might add that we on our part would present the book to the trade catalogue and advertise it from coast to coast, and would sell as many copies as possible of the first thousand, paying you one-half the list price for all copies which we would sell of the thousand mentioned above. I am going abroad in two weeks and I am referring this matter to my cousin, Fleming H. Revell, Jr., and I hope that you will keep in mind any special promotion plans, or individuals or organizations who might be willing to cooperate. I have several suggestions myself about which I will write you either before I go or early in November upon my return. The possible editorial revision of the material will not be at all expensive or complicated, but the essential point is to try to see how and where the first thousand copies could be sold, and after that we will pay you a royalty of 15% on all copies sold. Mrs. McKelvey is delighted to hear from you in this indirect way and recalls when you were a guest in her home. I am returning the letter from Mr. Murphy, as requested. Cordially yours, FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY W R Barbour William R. Barbour WRB:B OFFICE OF FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK LONDON EDINBURGH CABLE: "REVELL" 158 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK September 12, 1938 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Annapolis, Maryland. My dear Mrs. Terrell:- Thank you for your letter of recent date with reference to your manuscript, A MIGHTY ROCKY ROAD. It has occurred to us that you might wish to write to some one associated with the George Peabody College at Nashville, for they might have a way of cooperating with you. I cannot help but feel that some one of the educational institutes in the South who are so much interested in the problem, would be willing to cooperate with you and with us in the promotion of your book. The manuscript is being returned to you at the above address, as you requested: and I hope you will give careful consideration to the promotion and sale of the volume before you take the time to revise the material itself. I have not said anything to Cab Calloway regarding this manuscript. Yours sincerely, FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY W R Barbour William R. Barbour B [9-22-38] Capahosic, Viriginia September 22, 1938 My dear Mrs. Terrell: There will be a meeting of the Administrative Committee, in the home of Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, 800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, Indiana, Saturday, October 15, 1938, at 2:30 PM. Please be present. Very sincerely yours, Jennie B. Moton, President National Association of Colored Women Mrs. Arsania M. Williams, vice-pres. Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, exec. sect. Mrs. A. E. DeMent, chm. exec. board Mrs Ella P. Stewart, treas. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, INC. JENNIE B. MOTON, PRESIDENT CAPAHOSIC, VA. ORGANIZED IN FORTY-TWO STATES AFFILIATED WITH NAT. COUNCIL OF WOMEN, U. S. MAINTAINS FRED. DOUGLASS MEM. HOME, WASH., D. C. EST. NAT. SCHOLARSHIP AND NAT. HEADQUARTERS Mrs Nettie L. Napier, pres. mem. & hist. assn. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, chm. nat. sch. fund Dr. Mary F. Waring, ed. woman's mag. Mrs. Mary M. Bethune, chm. nat. headquarters September 23, 1938 My dear Mrs. Terrell: I regret I do not know your address, but now that our Administrative Board is planning to meet next month, I am sure you know how much we desire to have your presence, and your advice. We are going to Evansville, Indiana, because of the necessity of having Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, our Executive Secretary in the meeting. You have probably heard that Mrs. Stewart has lost one of her legs, and was most fortunate that she did not lose her life at the time, so grave was her illness. Please do plan to come to the meeting. We need you. Major sends lots of love. Yours very sincerely, Jennie B. Moton Jennie B. Moton Mrs. Arsania M. Williams, vice-pres. Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, exec. sect. Mrs. A. E. DeMent, chm. exec. board Mrs Ella P. Stewart, treas. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, INC. JENNIE B. MOTON, PRESIDENT CAPAHOSIC, VA. ORGANIZED IN FORTY-TWO STATES AFFILIATED WITH NAT. COUNCIL OF WOMEN, U. S. MAINTAINS FRED. DOUGLASS MEM. HOME, WASH., D. C. EST. NAT. SCHOLARSHIP AND NAT. HEADQUARTERS Mrs Nettie L. Napier, pres. mem. & hist. assn. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, chm. nat. sch. fund Dr. Mary F. Waring, ed. woman's mag. Mrs. Mary M. Bethune, chm. nat. headquarters September 30, 1938. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: We are planning to begin the meeting of the Administrative Board, at the home of Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, Oct. 15, at 10:00 A. M., and because of the the change in the hour, I am sending you this additional notice. Please do plan to be present, we need your assistance and your splendid advice on many many matters of importance. I have delayed this meeting, because of the illness of our Executive Secretary, and now that she recovered her serious illness of last year, I thought it wise to go to her home, rather than require her to meet us some other place. The sad news of Mrs. Napier's death, has made us all anxious, concerning the Douglass Home. I did not know she was so ill, and was shocked at the message of her death. Not having your address, I am sending this letter to the address of your sister in law, Mrs. Laura Terrell Jones, and I am sure it will reach you safely. Very sincerely yours, Jennie B. Moton Jennie B. Moton. Administrative Board, at 10:00 A. M. 800 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, Indiana Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.