Letter from Herbert Putnam to Oswald Garrison Villard

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Herbert Putnam to Oswald Garrison Villard
Description:
Remarking that Villard's concern regarding "deliberate and illegal discrimination" taking place at the Library of Congress cafeteria is too general an allegation to aptly deal with, and assuring that "if there has been a reported to you a specific case where a colored person has been denied a meal... I should be glad to investigate it."
Creator:
Putnam, Herbert, 1862-1935
Addressee:
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Date:
January 4, 1929
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 051 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Race Discrimination
Discrimination against African Americans
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b051-i257
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Washington (D.C.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b051-i257