J. Silas Harris to Joseph P. Tumulty

Title

J. Silas Harris to Joseph P. Tumulty

Creator

Harris, J. Silas

Identifier

CS88

Date

1914 December 12

Description

Letter sharing an editorial critical of William Trotter.

Source

Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Relation

CS88A

Language

English

Is Part Of

CS88

Provenance

Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.

Text

Office of J. Silas Harris, President
The Negro National Education Congress
Kansas City, MO

My dear sir:-

I am sending you hereon “clippings” from the Kansas City Herald, a Negro journal devoted to the interest of the Negro Nat’l Educational Congress. We neither seek not expect any favors at the hands of President Wilson, but we shall give him full credit for the many splendid things which he has done for the American people.

Respectfully,
J. Silas Harris.


Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty,
Secretary of the President,
Washington, DC

Original Format

Letter

To

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CS88.pdf

Citation

Harris, J. Silas, “J. Silas Harris to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1914 December 12, CS88, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.