Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Mrs. John Work

Item Information

Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Mrs. John Work
Description:
Concerning a crime at Roger Williams University involving John Wesley Work, Mary Spence, and Fisk University. Recommends employing a detective agency, explaining that Mr. White is unable to help due to his work in Nashville on a recent lynching trial.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Work, Agnes
Date:
April 28, 1925
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 031 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Campus violence--Tennessee--Nashville
Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925
Spence, Mary C.
White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955
Roger Williams University
Places:
Tennessee > Davidson (county) > Nashville
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b031-i416
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b031-i416