CORRESPONDENCE Dec. 1940 and undated 1940 DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY GRAND CHAPTER (INCORPORATED) PRESIDENT ELSIE AUSTIN 412 FIFTH ST., N. W. WASHINGTON, D.C. SECRETARY EDNA M. KINCHION 941 IRMA ST. FORTH WORTH, TEX. JOURNALIST FRANCES DURDEN 3517 LYONS AVE. HOUSTON, TEX. VICE-PRESIDENT MAE T. WRIGHT 1209 PRESSTMAN ST. BALTIMORE, MD. TREASURER BEATRICE PENMAN 835 NEBRASKA AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS HISTORIAN EDNA JOHNSON-MORRIS 2526 ADAMS ST. GARY, INDIANA OFFICE OF JOURNALIST December 1, 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Soror Terrell: CONGRATULATIONS! Your book is splendid. I am having a review of your book "A COLORED WOMAN IN A WHITE WORLD", to present in this issue of the Delta Journal and I'm asking for a picture of you to accompany this review. Will you be kind enough to send a photograph to me not later than the fifteenth of this month, which is the dead-line for the press? I shall be terribly disappointed if I do not receive this, because I want to devote a full page to you as a "DYNAMIC DELTA". With best wishes for good health and continued success. Very truly yours, "Frances" Frances Durden Griffin Telephone KENmore 4764 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING Square Deal - Boston Chronicle Publishing Co. INCORPORATED PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS 794 TREMONT STREET BOSTON, MASS. 2 December 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615, S Street, N. W. Washington, District of Columbia My dear Mrs. Terrell: Thank you belatedly for your kind letter of 21 November. I am happy that you liked my review, and I shall be happy to do all I can to see that your book is adequately reviewed in the metropolitan press here. However, considering your past connexion with the GLOBE and the TRANSCRIPT, I suggest that you have copies of the book sent to Mr. John I. Taylor, Jr., and Miss Olga Owens, who are the respective literary editors. Unfortunately, I am hard-pressed this week, preparing for an out-of-town lecture and for a special week-end meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association, and so I cannot do anything immediately. However, if you will let me know when you have had the books sent, I will certainly establish contact viva voce with Miss Owens and Mr. Taylor at my earliest opportunity. I hope and trust that your testimonial was successful. May I call your attention to my article on Crispus Attucks in the current CRISIS? Very sincerely yours, William Harrison Associate Editor, BOSTON CHRONICLE LIBRARY OF HENRY P. SLAUGHTER 1264 COLUMBIA ROAD, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 6, 1940. Mrs. Mary C Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs Terrell: I am sending, as per promise, the address-- Mr. YASUICHI HIKIDA 257 W. 85th Street New York, N.Y. Cordially yours, Henry P. Slaughter BOSTON, MASS. DEC 6 10-PM 1940 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia BOSTON, MASS. DEC 7 8-PM 1940 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street N.W. Washington D.C. 6 December 1940 My dear Mrs. Terrell: By a curious lapsus memoriae, temporarily, I could not recall the name of the literary editor of the Boston Herald when I wrote you some days ago. It's Mrs. Alice Dixon Bond, and the address is Boston Herald-Traveler, 80, Mason Street, Boston, Mass. My very good wishes. Yours sincerely William Harrison 794 Tremont St. [12-7-40] BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT Book Department Dear Mrs. Terrell - your book was received has been reviewed, and only awaits space with many other fine books which will soon or later find a place in our crowded pages. Good luck to you. Sincerely, Olga Owens Book Editor OBERLIN COLLEGE LIBRARY OBERLIN, OHIO December 7, 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1616 S. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I have been very much interested in the reviews and the program which you sent me, and am filing them in your envelope, as is our custom with alumni clippings and material of this kind. I am returning the one so marked. I am looking forward to receiving your autobiography for inclusion among our alumni publications, for I found our circulating copy very interesting reading. Very truly yours, Julian S. Fowler Librarian JSF:mek Encl. [*For Mrs Terrell*] The Board of Education of the Northern Baptist Convention Frank W. Padelford, Executive Secretary General Offices 152 Madison Avenue New York, N.Y. W.W. Charters, Chairman DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT WORK Miss Frances P. Greenough, Secretary DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONARY EDUCATION Miss Dorothy A. Stevens, Secretary Floyd L. Carr, Field Secretary Miss Charlotte M. Huntoon, Field Secretary Miss Elsie P. Kappen, Secretary World Wide Guild Mrs. Emily F. Bergen, Secretary Children's World Crusade DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Miss Freada E. Koeker, Secretary Walter Quarrington, Secretary SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE Frank A. Smith December 11, 1940 Mr. Joseph H. Launders Ransdell Incorporated 810 Rhode Island Avenue. N.E. Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Launders: Thank you for your letter of December 5th and for the copy of your fall and winter catalog. Miss Stevens is out of the city but upon her return to the office I shall bring these to her attention. Thank you for your comment concerning A COLORED WOMAN IN A WHITE WORLD by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. We have a copy of that book in the office and will examine it carefully to see whether we can include it in our National Missionary Reading Program. Very truly yours, Dorothy M. Caster Secretary to Miss Stevens DC The Boston Globe P.O. Box 189 Boston, Mass Dec. 11. [1940] Mary Church Terrell 1615 S st. N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Miss Terrell, I have received a copy of your book and am presently engaged in reading it with great interest. A review will be published within the next ten days and I shall send you a clipping of it after publication, Sincerely yours, John I Taylor John I. Taylor Jr., Book Editor 12 December 1940 Dear Ms. Terrell, Thank you very much for your letter and postcard. I am sending you a copy of Wednesday's TRANSCRIPT under separate cover, for it contains Lewis Gannett's review of your book. I have telephoned the other people, and I shall see them as soon as I can. All the best. Sincerely, William Harrison Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615, S Street, N.W. Washington District of Columbia 23:-FOOTBALL GAME. HARVARD STADIUM. CAMBRIDGE, MASS 42151 DR. A CLAYTON POWELL 132 WEST 138TH STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK December 13, 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 -S- Street Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I have just returned from my speaking engagements, and will now try to help you dispose of your book. I do not vouch for the honesty of any of these people, although I have found them, as a general rule, square in their dealings. If you don't find them prompt and honest, don't blame me. They are: Blyden Book Shop, 2296 1/2--7th Ave., New York City. The National Baptist Sunday School Publishing Board, Rev. L. K. Banks, 111 W. 135 Street, New York City. [*2801 134th-*] Miss Florence Johnson, 1428 Lombard Street, % Christian Review, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. E. C. Smith, Metropolitan Baptist Church, R Street between 12 and 13 Streets, Washington, D. C. You might give Dr. Smith a ring and if his office cannot handle the books, ask him to give you the name and address of the National Baptist Publishing office in your city. James E. Gayle and Son, 310 Saratoga Street, New Orleans, La. Mrs. H. H. Chile, Second Baptist Church, Griffith Ave., corner 24 Street, Los Angeles, Calif. I paid these people 25 per cent, but advise that you write each one for terms. Wishing you success in the disposal of your book. I am, Sincerely yours, A. Clayton Powell A. Clayton Powell, Sr. Washington, D. C. Dec. 15 - 1940 My dear Mrs Terrell, For the first time in my life I am trying this on my own iniation. And for the first time I am going to ask you to help me help the Church. Yours very truly, M Grant Lucas 1738-15-St. N.W. P.S. - Checks may be made to "Bereau Church Trustees" M.G.L. P.P.S. - Judge Terrell taught me Cicero. MRS. JULIA WEST HAMILTON PRESIDENT DOROTHY I. HEIGHT GENERAL SECRETARY PHYLLIS WHEATLEY YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 901 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, N. W. TELEPHONE: NORTH 9100 WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 15, 1940. My dear Mrs Terrell, I found the enclosed programs. I take pleasure in mailing them to you. Would that I had more. I should like to know if you will be good enough to permit us to add your name as a sponsor on our list for the Kerr-Whisonant recital Dec. 27, 1940. I have just received a letter from Miss Thompson at the White house, stating that Mrs Roosevelt will be a sponsor. I think it is most gracious of Mrs Roosevelt. May God continue you to be the fine example that you are for the women of America who do appreciate and respect "Finer Womanhood." Sincerely, Virginia Williams AGENCY OF WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST MEMBER OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 188 Elm St Fresh Springfield, Mass Dec. 16, 1940 Dear Mollie, Ever since I came back from Washington I have intended to write to you but it has taken the approach of the holiday season to crystallize my intentions into action. I have thought many times of our pleasant trips to your "shack" on Chesapeake Bay and of the delicious dinner which you and your daughter provided. In shifts of the rain and chill of that I retain a vision of the place as it must be in ideal weather. I think you are fortunate to have it and hope you will not have to give it up. I am back at home, living in more or less of a routine. I am doing more years ago. It has been lying around in my desk ever since and here it goes. I have been on the lookout for news of your book. I hope no serious impediment has been put in the way of its publication. Not long ago I had a letter from Nettie mailed in Chile. I am curious to know whether she will fly across the Andes or go by train. I shall be glad to have her get back safely to this country. I hope you are not too much disappointed in the result of the presidential election. I remember you expressing admiration of President Roosevelt's qualities. I am sorry for any man bearing the responsibilities of his position. house-work than I ever did before. There are only three of us, my brother Francis, his wife and myself. His wife is not nearly so strong as I am, so I do the heavy part of the work and she does the cooking. Our house is large and about as inconvenient as it could be and we have to exert ourselves to keep warm, but we are very fond of the house and it is home. I am enclosing you a clipping about Marian Anderson's concert here a short time ago. I did not hear her this time because I was listening to Roland Hayes in Northampton at Smith College! You see your race is looking up! Dorothy Maynor is to sing here in January. I am sending you also a clipping which I cut out for you when Marian Anderson sang here two I am sending you a little remembrance in this letter. I looked for a gay handkerchief for you and thought this one combined well enough gayety and grainly to be appropriate. Please remember me cordially to Phyllis to whom much of the pleasure of our visit was due. Affectionately yours Mary L. Regal Encl. in M. Regal 12-16-40 Marian Anderson Greeted Photo caption: Republican Staff Photo Left to right: Charles F. Gaugh, principal of Bay Path Institute; Miss Marian Anderson, and Mrs Charles G Sawtell of Holyoke, president of Bay Path Alumni association in informal picture taken back stage at Auditorium during concert given last night by Miss Anderson. MARIAN ANDERSON CHARMS AUDIENCE IN THE AUDITORIUM Beside Her Spirituals, Singer Shows Range of Style in Schubert Lieder and Several Other Types By Francis Regal A great audience at the Auditorium last evening gave a warm welcome to Marian Anderson, who appeared in a song recital sponsored by the Bay Path Alumni association. From the demand for tickets and the lively pleasure shown by the hearers it may be inferred that the excellent concert courses which Springfield has been enjoying have whetted rather than sated the public's appetite for music, and also that this added attraction has been well managed. There is also the consideration that Marian Anderson has come to be one of the singers that the public most keenly wants to hear. Why this is so, apart from the undesired free advertising which she has lately received, could quickly be discerned last evening by those who were hearing her for the first time. Those who most wanted Negro spirituals had to wait until the closing group, but were rewarded by hearing "Somebody's Knocking," "Oh, the Land," "Poor Me," "O, Zion, Hallelujah," and added numbers, sung as eloquently and beautifully as anyone could reasonably hope to hear them sung. "When I Am Laid in Earth" That was a moving experience but equally fine on a different plane was Marian Anderson's singing of a notable program of classical arias and songs in English, Italian, German, and French. She she is in voice and apparently in spirit, a grave if not somber vocalist, she fittingly opening her recital with the pathetic air "When I Am Laid in Earth," by the old English composer Purcell. It was touchingly sung, but the audience liked even better the graceful Sicilian lilt of Handel's "If I Give Thee Honor Due." Handel's gay "Sento la gioja" was also charming but less perfect because the singer's voice, though flexible, naturally lacks the facile agility of a coloratura soprano. But the greatest treat of the evening, to some hearers, came in a group of some of Schubert's greatest lieder- "Die Rose," "Auf Dem Wasser zu Singen," "Der Doppleganger" and "Erlkoenig." The first was charming, the second exquisite but a little out of focus because the light and flitting voice part seemed thrown in as a casual commentary on the glittering piano part brilliantly played by Franz Rupp. It was beautifully done, but the full greatness of Marian Anderson's art was even more strikingly shown in the weird and creepy "The Double"-a theme which much engrossed the German romantic school of Schubert's day. And still more remarkable was the interpretation of the famous "Erlkoenig," for which vocally Marian Anderson has almost or perhaps quite unique qualifications. The wide range of her style was further shown in the eloquent aria from Massenet's "The Cid," "Pleurez mes yeux," a "Cantilena and "Pastorale," by Vehanen, "Amuri, Amuri," by Sadero, "Songs to the Dark Virgin," by Price and of course in the spirituals in which art supplements a rich racial and vocal heritage. The effect of her singing is heightened by the grave serenity of her bearing and manner, with humor sparkling from beneath when the occasion fits, ad in the singing of "Coming Through the Rye," which was interpolated as an encore. M. ANDERSON KNOWS ALL ABOUT SEWING, TOO Contralto Shops Here for Blouse Material; On Air Tomorrow When Marian Anderson, Negro contralto who sang here last night wants something new to wear she doesn't buy it ready made, or have someone else make it. She makes it herself. Immediately after registering at a local hotel she went downtown to shop. Not for Christmas gifts for she has nearly completed all that, she says, but for material and a pattern to make a blouse she wants to wear to a New York recital tonight. She purchased a pattern here and "some nice gray wool." Then she went back to the hotel and before concert time last night had cut it out and pinfit it herself! This morning as she stood on the platform in the Union station in a gray tweed coat, gray fur hat and wearing the Cyprepedium orchids presented her by the Community Concert association, she told The Daily News "I will stitch the blouse this afternoon on a little portable sewing machine I carry about with me, give it a quick press and wear it with a nice satin skirt tonight." Last night Springfield's headliners in politics, the professions, and society waited in line to meet Miss Anderson and so touched was she with her reception that tears streamed down her cheeks and she laughingly wiped them off. Over 1500 people remained after the concert to greet her personally. Miss Anderson was not the only one who wept however. A young girl who sat near this reporter could not curb her emotion in the course of the concert and during one especially moving song crammed her handkerchief into her mouth and covered her eyes with her hands. Kosti Vehanen, Miss Anderson's Finnish accompanist, who has been with her for three years and traveled over Europe, South America and this country with her, is one of her greatest admirers. He said last night "She is a prima donna but not a prima donna. She is one on the stage but in real life she is so nice, so simple, and so good to work with. She is charming and goodhearted. She could not sing the way she does if she weren't." In Europe and South America last year she was greeted with overflowing audiences everywhere. She sang in London, gave two concerts in Paris, in Rio de Janeiro in four weeks makes eight appearances on the concert stage. Mr. Verhanen said that they were grateful to find her serious program so enthusiastically received here. Miss Anderson will make her fifth appearance as soloist on the Magic key hour tomorrow at 2 over WBZA. Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee Institute Alabama Department or Records and Research December 17, 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 South Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: We wish to acknowledge with thanks and appreciation your letter of November 14 concerning our request for a copy of your book, A Colored Woman In A White World. We have received a copy from the publishers. The publication will be reviewed for the next edition of the Negro Year Book. Very truly yours, Ralph N. Davis Ralph N. Davis RND:mar The College Alumnae Club Washington, D.C December 20, 1940 100 Mass Ave Dear Mrs. Terrell, The College Alumnae Club which was born thirty years ago in your home desires to have you as its guest of honor on Saturday night, January 25, 1940 at the Dormitory at Howard University. We sincerely trust that our desire may be granted. By letting me know at once, you will greatly oblige. Yours, with a pardonable pride, Bertha Howard Collins Words and Music by Mallory Chamberlin. Phone 8-1242 56 North Main street Memphis, Tenn. December 21,1940 Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. St. N. W. Washington, D.C. Dear Madam: Your book sounds like you had done an excellent piece of work. We, however, are not able to be of much use to you because we do not really go in for book selling other than as a convenience. Our principal interest is in radios, phonographs and records. I have no doubt that you would meet with better success through one of the regular book stores or depart- [depart]ments in Memphis. Very truly yous, [cursive signature] Mallory Chamberlin MC/G THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO. Wholesale Dealers In The Books Of All Publishers 55 Fifth Ave At 12th Street Fred R. Hood President Stetson Baker Vice-President Arthur MacAuley Sec'y & Treas. Glen Parker WT. Haskell M.A. Corrigan Alan C. Hood WHIOLESALERS PUBLISHERS IMPORTERS EXPORTERS RE-SEWED BINDINGS Cable Address: BAKTAY Telephone: ALGONGUIN 4-8780 New York December 23, 1940. Miss Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S St. N. W., Washington, D.C. Dear Miss Terrell: Please accept our apology for not writing to you more promptly. We have written to some likely prospects in regard to your book and we will canvass the better city outlets again. Please send us an invoice for the twenty-five copies which you have shipped to us and show on this invoice the terms, quantity, title, price, discount, and total. We are enclosing a consignment order for 25 more copies. Very truly yours, John Snow THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO. Js:GC enc. Boston Chronicle 794, Tremont Street Boston, Massachussets December 24, 1940 Dear Mrs Terrell; I have this day sent you the copy of the Chronicle containing the review of your book. Last week I sent the issue of the Boston Evening Transcript in which Lewis Gannett's review appeared. I hope you received it. With season's greetings Yours sincerely, William Harrison [Postcard] Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615, S Street, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia 12-26-40 Dear Mrs. Terrell, This is from [?] S. Profie 635 E. Elizabeth YMCA Detroit I see in the Courier Column you have written a new autobiography "A Colored Woman in a White World." Kindly send me the first of two copie so I can mail you a check for same; for the remberances of the old dance association in D.C. the Judge etc. I am going to request your name in one of them even if I am 66. May you live much longer and continue your wonderful life work for the race. Profie. OFFICE OF WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA PALMOLIVE BUILDING 919 N. MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO DEC 26 1940 Dear Madam: Please let us have the questionnaire which we recently sent you for personal data. By filling in and returning our blank form you will confer a special favor on the editor. The courtesy of an early response will be greatly appreciated VERY TRULY YOURS THE A.N MARQUIS COMPANY December 27, 1940 Dear Mrs. Terrell: The latest edition of the Negro Year Book is that for 1937 - 1938, edited by Monroe N. Work. This publication contains valuable and comprehensive information concerning many phases of Negro life. The price is $2.00 per copy, postpaid, and and copies may be secured from the Negro Year Book Company, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. There will be no 1940 edition published We shall be pleased to notify you when the next edition is ready for distribution. Materials are being compiled for the next edition, at the present time. Very truly yours, NEGRO YEAR BOOK COMPANY TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA [Postcard] [Stamp] 35 CHICAGO ILL. DEC 26 6:30 PM 1940 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Ransdell, Inc. 810 Rhode Island Av. N.E., Washington, D.C. [Postcard] [Stamp] TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. ALA. 1940 DEC 27 5 - PM THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS NEGRO YEAR BOOK COMPANY Tuskegee Institute Alabama Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 760 Selma St Mobile, Ala. Dec. 27th 1940. Dear Mrs Terrell: -- Just a note to inform you[r] of the whereabouts of your darling little Thomas. We are back and forth between Mon Louis Island and Mobile. This week end we are all in the city with my sister to help devour her Turkey etc. She was with us on the Island eighteen miles out of Mobile on Christmas day. All six of my sisters came to be with mother on her first Christmas with out our darling Dad. We did all in our power to diver her mind from him but to no avail was our efforts. Thomas is certainly enjoying his trip. He loves our children as 2 much as they love him. He was too dear. He asked me to let him go into a store alone which I did. He came out with a box and I did not ask what he had purchased and bless your heart he had bought a doll to put on the Xmas tree for my smallest neice eight years old. The house (22) of us went wild and such applause when Santa Claus Horace read his card with love from Thomas to Lavator Collins. She is Floyd's baby sister. It was too sweet of him. We had twenty-two for dinner Xmas day. Mother her six daughters, three sons in law and all the others were children of the two youngest daughters. - We plan to reach Chicago Jan. 3rd and be ready for school Jan. 6th We certainly hope to see you very soon. Let us know just when to expect you - Thomas is well and happy - Lovingly & Sincerely Dolores The Board of Education of the Northern Baptist Convention Frank W. Padelford, Executive Secretary W. W. Charters, Chairman Department of Student Work Miss Frances P. Greenough, Secretary Department of Missionary Education Miss Dorothy A. Stevens, Secretary Floyd L. Carr, Field Secretary Miss Charlotte M. Huntoon, Field Secretary Miss Elsie P. Kappen, Secretary World Wide Guild Mrs. Emily F. Bergen, Secretary Children's World Crusade Department of Public Relations Miss Freada E. Koeker, Secretary Walter Quarrington, Secretary Special Representative Frank A. Smith General Offices 152 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. December 27, 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, c/o Ransdell, Inc., Publishers Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I have just read your book, "Colored Women In A White World" and I want to express my appreciation and my interest in it. I did not do as Mr. Wells has suggested, "dip in here and there," but read it from cover to cover in two days. I found it intensely interesting and it seems to me to be an excellent autobiography. You will be interested to know that I am a trustee and a friend of six colleges for the Negro people in the South and have most cordial relations with the presidents. You will be interested also to know that the situation so far as the races is concerned is improving somewhat in the North. We have, for instance, three theological seminaries in the northern states who say that they receive Negro students on the same conditions as white boys. We have at present three Negro students at Andover-Newton Theological School, two of whom are singing in the choir of the First Baptist Church. Three years ago the leading student in the Seminary was a Negro student who was accorded all the honors due his achievement. He is now a professor in one of the schools in the South. When Howard Thurman was a student at Rochester, two white boys asked the privilege of rooming with him, and he was the president of their class during his senior year. This does not mean that all problems are at present solved, but we are making progress. We always had to stand in recognition of the fine position which your own college has always taken. I had a letter a few month ago from the Dean of Theology at Oberlin, in which he said that he never refused entrance to a qualified Negro student. I believe that among educated people progress is being made. Thank you very much for your book which sets forth many important facts of which we are all conscious, but whose value we do not always appreciate. Yours cordially, Frank W. Padelford FWP/AC I hope you had a very happy Christmas and will have a delightful New Year. Thank you again. Sincerely Dorothy R. Swift Dec 28, 1940 Dear Mrs. Terrell: Now, wasn't that a lovely Christmas remembrance! I do appreciate it ever so much, and the only thing that will make me still happier will be your autograph in my copy of the book. The next mail that will reach mother (except air mail) is January 3, the Santa Clara. It is due to reach Santiago the 21st (or rather Valparaiso, but Santi - ago is only three hours from there), so should catch her before she leaves for Buenos Aires. 9 Whiting Street Roxbury, Mass Dec. 28, 1940 Dear Mrs. Terrell, Iota Chapter is happy to have you as its guest speaker on Sunday afternoon January 19, 1941. Kindly let me know your subject at your earliest convenience so that we can publicize your coming. Let me know when you plan to leave Washington and what time you will arrive in Boston so that our committee can plan to meet you. Also let me know how you plan to travel and what your fare will be. Yours in Delta, Gladys Wood Telephone KENmore 4764 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING Square Deal- Boston Chronicle Publishing Co. Incorporated PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS 794 Tremont Street Boston, Mass. 29 December 1940 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615, S Street, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia My dear Mrs. Terrell: I am happy to learn that you are coming to Boston next month to address the meeting called by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and I hope it will be possible for me to attend, though I am often absent from the city on Sundays. Enclosed is a review of your book which appeared in yesterday's BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, the second to come out in that paper. I shall send others as soon as they come to my notice. With best wishes for a Happy New Year, I am Yours sincerely, William Harrison Associate editor, BOSTON CHRONICLE THE BOSTON HERALD MORNING AND SUNDAY BY THE BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER CORPORATION RIGHT: BOSTON TRAVELER EVENING IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS December 31, 1940 Miss Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Miss Terrell: Your book was received at the Herald before I took over as literary editor, and it is not now on the shelves of my book case. Sincerely yours, Alice Dixon Bond Alice Dixon Bond Literary Editor ADB:m It must have been taken care of by Mr Lee, the former editor. ADB. Riverside 9-4924. 62 West 96 Street New York City December 31, 1940. My dear Mrs. Terrell, Just a few lines to wish you the season's greetings. I hope you are well and enjoying very good health. I bought your book about three weeks ago but have not been able to read it as yet, as I am spending every available minute trying to finish one I am writing regarding world conditions at present. I started last summer and hope to finish it in five or six weeks. It is quite a job but I am enjoying it very much. I am fine and getting along as well as can be expected in these trying times. Have you been in New York recently? When visiting here again I hope you'll be able to spare a few minutes as I'd like to see you even if for a brief visit. Please note my new address. Hope I'll have the pleasure of seeing you soon. In the meantime. Iam, Sincerely yours, Richard K Sabian P.S. Would you please had this note to Phyllis for me? UNITING THE BEST INSPIRATION OF ALL FAITHS, RACES, COUNTRIES, CLASSES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SOLUTION OF MAN'S PRESENT PROBLEMS-WAR, ANTAGONISTIC NATIONALISMS, PERSECUTION, PROJUDICE, EXPLOITATION, POVERTY-AMIDST-PLENTY, IGNORANCE, HATRED, FEAR WORLD FELLOWSHIP (INCOPORATED) (STARTED IN 1918) ORGANIZING, IN AS MANY CITIES, IN AS MANY COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE, COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS TO DISCUSS IDEALS FOR WORLD GOVERNMENT- OF, FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE AMERICAN COUNCIL (*Executive Committee) *Charles F. Weller, President (Apt. 65; 575 W. 159th St., N.Y.C. Telephone: WAdsworth 7-0509)) Louis A. Bowman, Treasurer (LaSalle National Bank, Chicago) L.L. Putnam, C.P.A., Auditor *WIlliam T. Frary, Secretary (185 Devonshire St., Boston) *Sdiley K. MacFarlane, Regional executive (185 Devonshire St., Boston Telephone HUN+Bbard 4153) *Edward M. Winston, Secretary (155 N. Clark St., Chicago) Sir WIlfred Grenfell, Charlotte, Vt. Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Pa. Dr. Ida M. Tarbell, New York City Prof. Glenn Clark, St. Paul, Minn. Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Haverford, Pa. Mrs. Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich. Prof. Irving Fisher, New Haven, Conn. Dr. Mary E. Wooley, Westport, N.Y. Devers Allen, Wilton, Conn. Dr. Channing Pollock, Shoreham, L.I. *Dr. Jerome Davis, West Haven, Conn. Dr. Charles Edward Russell, Washington, D.C. Mary Pickford , Beverly Hills, Calif. Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, Cooperstown, N.Y. Bishop Ralph S. Cushman, St. Paul, Minn. *Dr. J.A. McCallum, Philadelphia President H.M. Gage, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Dean N.R. High Moor, Pittsburgh, Pa. E. Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kan. Kate Crane-Gartz, Altadena, Calif. *Rev. Alexander Paul, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, New York City *Prof. LeRoy E. Bowman, New York City Richard Lloyd Jones, Tulsa, Okla. Dr. Preston Bradley, Chicago Bishop Chas. L. Mead, Denver, Colo. Elizabeth Gilman, Baltimote, Md. *Sidley K. MacFarlane, Prides Crossing, Mass. Rabbi WM. H. Fineshriber, Philadelphia *Lola Maverick Lloyd, Winnetka, Ill. Cecil Williams, Hamilton, Ont., Canada *Irene Grimwood Fender, Chicago Mary Church Terrell, Washington, D.C. Rev. George E. O'Dell, New York City Rev. Richard A. Dawson, Tucson, Arizona *E.P. Carbo, Baltimore, Md. Judge Georgia P. Bullock, Los Angeles *Francis H. McLean, New York City Dr. M.R. Boynton, Newton Centre, Mass. *Ida Oatley Howell, New York City Dr. Carl E. Grammer, Philadelphia *Rev. Fred W. Helfer, Hiram, Ohio. *Eugenia Winston Weller, New York City Dr. Edwin R. Embree, Chicago Mrs. Peter Dolese, Detroit, Mich. Dean Seth W. Slaughter, Des Moines, Ia. Katherine Devereux Blake, New York City Dr. Raphael Herman, Reno, Nevada Prof. Syud Hossain, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Charles E. Snyder, Davenport, Ia. Dr. Sheldon Shepard, Los Angeles, Calif. Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Jean S. Milner, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. John G. Coffin, Columbus, Ihio Rev. Lawrence R. Howard, Thompson, Conn. Dr. Henry S. Curtis, Ann Arbor, Mich. Rev. Arthur L. Weatherly, Lincoln, Neb. Prof. John Ise, Lawrence, Kan. Dr. Burris Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo. Rabbi Abraham Nowak, New Rochelle, N.Y. Dr. Harold Cooke Phillips, Cleveland, O. Dr. John Curry Walker, Waterbury, Conn. Alice A. Winston, Marbelhead, Mass. Mirza Ahmed Sohrab, New York City Abe J. David, Elizabeth, N.J. Ruth E. Chew, Helena, Montana Dr. Frederick W. Roman, Los Angeles Benjamin C. Marsh, Washngton, D.C. (CONTINUED, OVER) Dear Mrs. Terrell, With utmost earnestness I ask you to consider the accompanying letter - and to help us purchase the unusual property it describes - as a permanent working center for our world-wide endeavors towards Permanent Peace. Sincerely. Chas F Weller Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Washington DC. Can you also send me enclosures - with your personal letters of endorsement- to appropriate people - anywhere? Of course the "World Fellowship Estates" will be for All Races, Creeds & Constitutions of Humanity In time of WAR-- prepare for PEACE All, ?, ?, & Constitution of ? American Council (Continued) Prof. Raymond F. Piper, Syracuse, N. Y. Rabbi Philip D. Bookstaber, Harrisburg Eugene T. Lies, Shreveport, La. Prof. Milton Wittler, Grinnell, Iowa Dr. Eduard C. Lindeman, High Bridge, N. J. Laurence C. Jones, Piney Woods, Miss. Olive Cole Smith, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Dr. George H. Combs, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Reuben Post Halleck, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Theodore A. Greene, New Britain, Conn. Mrs. Lewis S. Chandler, New York City Rev. Donald M. Salmon, Eureka, Ill. Judge Ira W. Jayne, Detroit, Mich. Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith, Los Angeles Rabbi Samuel Thurman, St. Louis, Mo. Alice B. Nicols, Clearwater, Minn. Dr. Frederick R. Griffin, Philadelphia Estelle M. Sternberger, New York City Marie. A. Geungerich, Joplin, Mo. J. G. Berman, Beverly Hills, Calif. Rosika Schwimmer, New York City William B. Lloyd, Chicago Edith Ames English, Pasadena, Calif. Rabbi David A. Goldstein, Omaha, Neb. Katharine E. Lucke, Baltimore, Md. Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, Mountain Lakes, N. J. Caroline B. Hastings, Los Angeles Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, Bronxville, N. Y. Mrs. Alexander Kohut, New York City Prof. Ralph E. Blount, Oak Park, Ill. Mrs. E. S. Gilfillan, Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Henry Reist Nissley, Denver, Col. Theodore H. Hammett, Tulsa, Okla. Mary Roberts Coolidge, Berkeley, Cal. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, Cleveland, Ohio Ida M. Gurley, Detroit, Mich. Rabbi David H. Wice, Omaha, Neb. Dr. Francis S. Onderdonk, Ann Arbor, Mich. Helen Patterson, Philadelphia Mrs. Edw. S. Allen, Ames, Iowa Prof. Charles H. Patterson, Lincoln, Neb. Eloise Moeller, Los Angeles Elizabeth Kuskulis, Denver, Col. Rev. Richard M. Trelease, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. John Seaman Garns, Minneapolis, Minn. Harriet Coolidge, Santa Barbara, Calif. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, New York City Lorraine Bliss, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan, New York City President George Norlin, Boulder Col. Dr. Lucius F. Reed, Boudler, Colo. Mrs. Mabel W. Schlafer, Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Olga R. Steers, Lansing, Mich. Dr. Elmer Guy Cutshall, Lincoln, Neb. Rabbi Samuel Teitelbaum, For Smith, Ark. Pres. Aurelia H. Reinhardt, Mills College, Calif. Mrs. Alice F. Kiernan, Phil., Pa. Prof. E. Merrill Root, Earlham, Ind. Mrs. Jennie Adamson, Beulah, Mich. Leland Fogg, Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Rosa Pally-Singer, New York City American Council (*Executive Committee) *Charles F. Weller, President Louis A. Bowman, Treasurer (LaSalle National Bank, Chicago) (First National Bank, Boston) L. L. Putnam, C.P.A., Auditor *William T. Frary, Secretary (185 Devonshire St., Boston Telephone: HUBbard 4153) *Edward M. Winston, Secretary (115 N. Clark St., Chicago Telephone: DEArborn 6684) Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Milford, Pa. Clarence K. Streit, Washington, D. C. Dr. Ida M. Tarbell, New York City Prof. Glenn Clark, St. Paul, Minn. Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Haverford, Pa. Mrs. Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich. Prof. Irving Fisher, New Haven, Conn. Dr. Mary E. Woolley, Westport, N. Y. Devere Allen, Wilton, Conn. Dr. Channing Pollock, Shoreham, L. I. *Dr. Jerome Davis, West Haven, Conn. Dr. Charles Edward Russell, Washington, D. C. Mary Pickford, Beverly Hills, Calif. Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, Cooperstown, N. Y. Frederick J. Libby, Washington, D. C. Bishop Ralph S. Cushman, St. Paul, Minn. *Dr. J. A. MacCallum, Philadelphia President H. M. Gage, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Dean N. R. High Moor, Pittsburgh, Pa. E. Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kan. Kate Crane-Gartz, Altadena, Calif. Rev. Alexander Paul, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, New York City *Prof. LeRoy E. Bowman, New York City Richard Lloyd Jones, Tulsa, Okla. Dr. Preston Bradley, Chicago Bishop Chas. L. Mead, Denver, Colo. Elisabeth Gilman, Baltimore, Md. *Sidney K. Macfarlane, Boston, Mass. Prof. Arthur Evans Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich. Rabbi Wm. H. Fineshriber, Philadelphia *Lola, Maverick Lloyd, Winnetka, Ill Cecil Williams, Hamilton, Ont., Canada *Irene Grimwood Fender, Chicago Mary Church Terrell, Washington, D. C. Rev. George E. O'Dell, New York City Rev. Richard A. Dawson, Tuscon, Arizona *E. P. Carbo, Baltimore, Md. Judge Georgia P. Bullock, Los Angeles *Francis H. McLean, New York City Dr. M. R. Boynton, Newton Centre, Mass. *Ida Oatley Howell, New York City Dr. Carl E. Grammer, Philadelphia *Rev. Fred W. Helper, Hiram, Ohio *Eugenia Winston Weller, Chicago, Ill. Dr. Edwin R. Embree, Chicago, Mrs. Peter Dolese, Detroit, Mich. Dean Seth W. Slaughter, Des Moines, Ia. Katherine Devereux Blake, New York City Dr. Raphael Herman, Reno, Nevada Prof. Syud Hossain, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Charles E. Snyder, Davenport, Ia. Dr. Sheldon Shepard, Los Angeles, Calif. Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Jean S. Milner, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. John G. Coffin, Columbus, Ohio Rev. Lawrence R. Howard, Thompson, Conn. Dr. Henry S. Curtis, Ann Arbor, Mich. Rev. Arthur L. Weatherly, Lincoln, Neb. Prof. John Ise, Lawrence, Kan. Dr. Burris Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo. Rabbi Abraham Nowak, New Rochelle, N. Y. Dr. Harold Cooke Phillips, Cleveland, O. Dr. John Curry Walker, Waterbury, Conn. Alice A. Winston, Marblehead, Mass. Mirza Ahmed Sohrab, New York City Abe J. David, Elizabeth, N. J. Ruth E. Chew, Helena, Montana Dr. Frederick W. Roman, Los Angeles (Continued, OVER) [ca 1940?] In time of WAR -- -- prepare for PEACE World Fellowship (incorporated) (Started in 1918) Chicago, Ill. 155 N. Clark Street Boston, Mass. 185 Devonshire Street New York, N. Y. 575 W. 159th Street Goffstown, N. H. 57 Elm Street Dear Mrs. Terrell: "In time of WAR -- prepare for PEACE." As John Dewey said (recently, endorsing our plans); "Discussion of and education in the issues involved cannot commence too soon. And you are wise, I think, in selecting for group discussion the non-political means involved in promotion of the idea. On a 388 acre estate in New Hampshire (to be know as "World Fellowship Estates") a unique WORLD GOVERNMENT CONVENTION is to be held in 1941, calling together leading men and women from ALL COUNTRIES -- to discuss "Ideals for WORLD GOVERNMENT, of, for and by the PEOPLE." In its 22 years of world-wide service, World Fellowship has successfully organized several World Conventions. Now the 388 acre New Hampshire estate (with six usable buildings) has been selected because it can be purchased for only $5,000 and can easily be developed to accommodate (inexpensively) several hundreds of people in the summer of `41 -- -- and to serve as a year-round center for writers, students, con- ferences and publications -- stirring the whole world to practicable ideals for WORLD GOVERNMENT. For FOUR ESSENTIALS, funds are needed, urgently: -- (1) To complete the purchase and equipment of the 388 acres and six buildings. (2) To call together appropriate leaders from ALL COUNTRIES. (3) To conduct the WORLD GOVERNMENT CONVENTION, publish its findings, take its outstanding leaders to address public meetings in leading American cities -- and to continue, ceaselessly, the world-wide promo- tion of effective ideals for WORLD GOVERNMENT. (4) Meanwhile and always, to develop MEMBERS and MEETINGS in as many centers, in as many cities, in as many countries as possible. Will you, please, encourage and strengthen this timely, urgently-needed, world-wide movement towards Peace, Progress and Plenty for ALL MANKIND -- by contributing as generously as possible to help meet its FOUR ESSENTIALS? Make your check payable, please, to World Fellowship, Inc. (Its officers all serve without compensation.) Sincerely yours for World Fellowship, Charles Edward Russell Irving Fisher Ida M. Tarbell Mary E. Woolley Rufus M. Jones Harry Elmer Barnes **(Contributions are deductible from Income Tax returns)** [?] 1940 MR. GEORGE LEFEBVRE 708 WEST FLESHIEM STREET IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN Dear Miss Terrell, I am a collector of auto- graphed first Editions. I have recently read where you wrote and published a volume entitled "A Colored Woman in a White World" — Will you please tell me where I may purchase a first edition and will you autograph it for me? - That is, I'll send it to you with return postage. Sincerely, George LeFebvre P.S. – Living away out here in the sticks – I find even our libraries are lax in having data on recent books. Thank you – [ca 1940] BETA SIGMA CHAPTER DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY WASHINGTON, D.C. 120 W Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Soror Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Soror Terrell: The members of Beta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority send you their hearty congratulations on your recent book and join with the National body in expressing their appreciation of your mentioning the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority therein. Your book, "A Colored Woman In A White World", is a valuable addition to the records of our race. Yours in Delta, Beta Sigma Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Theodora Daniel, Pres. Etta K. Izzard Etta K. Izzard, Cor. Sec. EDMUNDS & HAMNER Attorneys At Law 914-918 Peoples Bank Building LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA S. Garland Hamner B. Prescott Edmunds Thursday [1940] My Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am just in receipt of your book "A Colored Woman in a White World" and certainly appreciate your sending it to me. While I have had no opportunity to read it I am looking forward to following the advice of Mr. Wells and "chipping in to it and reading to and fro." The fact that Mr. H. G. Wells wrote the preface to your book attests to its' high character and I am sure I will enjoy reading it tremendously. Thank you again and with my best wishes, I remain, Sincerely yours, B. Prescott Edmunds Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S St. NW Washington DC OAK PARK REALTY CO. 402 You Street, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. December 1940. Dear Stockholder: The Oak Park Realty Co., is again pleased to send you the enclosed check, which represents the annual dividend of 8 per cent on your stock. You are advised that your Company still enjoys the same conservative management that has characterized its success in the past. It was organized in 1908, incorporated, April 16, 1912, collected $10,000, from the Stockholders, paid all its debts and obligations and returned to the stockholders 83 per cent in dividends. You company now has in its possession a six apartment building at 6th and Trumbull Streets, N.W., the purchase price being $9100.00 and the little 5 room building, 1516 N.J. Ave., N.W., purchased for $6,5000, a total of $15,600 both free of debt. Attest: Mary E Griffin (Mrs. ) Mary E. Griffin President J.M. Carter James M. Carter Secretary. Zeph P More Zeph. P. Moore, Atty. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.