Letter in reply to James Dickson Carr, regarding Paul Robeson

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Title

Letter in reply to James Dickson Carr, regarding Paul Robeson

Description

Letter from Rutgers President William H. S. Demarest to James Dickson Carr (RC 1892), written on June 16, 1919. Demarest responds to Carr's letter of June 6, 1919, regarding the discriminatory exclusion of Paul Robeson (RC 1919) from a football game against Washington and Lee University.

Date

1919-06-16

Language

English

Identifier

SCUA-PRESWHSD-b43-f6-Demarest-to-Carr1892

Original format

carbon copy of typewritten letter

Repository

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

Archival collection

Rutgers College, Office of the President, Records of the William H. S. Demarest Administration, 1890-1928 (RG 04/A11)

Archival location

Series 2, Box 43, Folder 6: Robeson, Paul 1919

Citation

Demarest, William Henry Steele, “Letter in reply to James Dickson Carr, regarding Paul Robeson,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 28, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/623.