MSA SC 2586-3-1
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1936/10/26
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Rachel Smith, Chairman of the Inter-Racial Committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom [Baltimore, MD] to "Friend." Discusses the Committee's visit to Cheltenham, remarks on "progress" but laments that that progress "has apparently been halted." Invites the recipient to a meeting at the Council of Social Agencies, Equitable Building on October 29, to discuss strategies to potentially campaign the Board of State Aids and Charities to make Cheltenham a State Institution.
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MSA SC 2586-3-2
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1936/11/27
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Description
Submission to a hearing: From the Citizen's Committee for Delinquent Colored Boys to the Children's Committee of the Boar of State Aid and Charities. Referencing the Hopkirk Report, the letter writers advocate for Cheltenham to come under state control and be staffed with adequately trained personnel. Lists individuals present at the hearing. Folder contains two copies of the same submission.
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MSA SC 2586-3-3
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1937/01/31
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: From Asbury Smith to Gertrude McBrown confirming McBrown's attendance at a forthcoming W.I.L. meeting on February 27. Smith outlines the meeting's agenda and location at the Homewood Friends Meeting House in Baltimore. On opposite side of January 31, 1937, letter, another letter appears from Rachel W. Smith to Gertrude McBrown dated February 13, 1937.
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MSA SC 2586-3-4
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1937/02/13
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Rachel W. Smith to Gertrude McBrown responding to McBrown's letter of February 4, 1937.
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MSA SC 2586-3-5
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1937/02/04
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Gertrude Parthenia McBrown [Washington, D.C.] to Rachel Smith [Baltimore, MD]. Responding to Smith's letter about an event to be held on February 22. After confirming her attendance, the letter discusses McBrown's initial plans for her remarks and changes to that plan.
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MSA SC 2586-3-6
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1937/04/17
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Report: "Annual report of the Inter-Racial Committee of the Maryland Branch of the W.I.L." Written on committee letterhead. Lists all members of the committee. Describes activities, such as visiting Miss Nannie Burroughs' National Training School and Co-operative in Washington, visiting Cheltenham, and visiting the Maryland Training School for Negro Girls in Glen Burnie. Expresses "the needs of Cheltenham" and the desire for it to become a state institution.
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MSA SC 2586-3-7
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1939/05/19
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Governor Herbert R. O'Conor to Asbury Smith confirming an appointment between the Citizen's Committee for Colored Boys and the Governor on May 24, 1940.
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MSA SC 2586-3-8
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1939/05/27
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: "For the Committee" to Governor Herbert R. O'Conor. Thanking Governor O'Conor for hearing the views of committee and informing him that several African-American employees would be willing to testify to the conditions at Cheltenham "if their jobs could be protected."
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MSA SC 2586-3-9
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1940/03/23
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Memo: Unknown author, typewritten on Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Maryland Branch letterhead. Offers suggestions for the Cheltenham Board organized by race. Handwritten notes in the margins.
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MSA SC 2586-3-10
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1940/04/06
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Draft of letter from Rachel W. Smith to Governor O'Conor. Several handwritten annotations and edits in the text and in the margins. Draft is unsigned. However two other editions of the letter exist on which Smith signed her name.
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MSA SC 2586-3-11
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1940/04/11
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Draft of letter from Rachel W. Smith to Governor O'Conor. Few handwritten annotations and edits in text and in margins. Draft signed by Rachel Smith.
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MSA SC 2586-3-12
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1940/04/11
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Draft of letter on very thin paper from Rachel W. Smith to Governor O'Conor. One single in-text annotation.
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MSA SC 2586-3-13
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1940/04/11
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Sidney Hollander to Rachel W. Smith showing collaboration between the two on a letter intended for Governor O'Conor.
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MSA SC 2586-3-14
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1940/04/19
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Joseph N. Ulman to Governor Herbert R. O'Conor. Ulman recalls his turning down of a post on the Cheltenham Board and references a recent meeting with the Governor as well as with Sidney Hollander in which Hollander and Ulman express their feeling that "a thorough house-cleaning is necessary if this institution [Cheltenham] is to be brought up to a decent standing." Ulman proceeds to offer his thoughts on the Governor's recent appointments to the Cheltenham Board at length.
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MSA SC 2586-3-15
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1940/05/17
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paper
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00/66/08/40
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Letter: Governor Herbert R. O'Conor to Rachel W. Smith confirming receipt of Smith's letter of May 15 requesting an appointment with the Governor.
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