Memorandum for Mr. Ralph from Mr. Williams

Title

Memorandum for Mr. Ralph from Mr. Williams

Creator

Williams, JS

Identifier

T100110A

Date

1913 April 3

Description

Suggesting segregation in Bureau of Engraving and Printing .

Source

US National Archives and Records Administration
450/79/10/3 box #6 entry 12A1

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Relation

T100110B

Language

English

Provenance

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

Text

Memorandum for Mr. Ralph

From Mr. Williams:

I had the pleasure of going through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing last evening between 7 and 8 o’clock and found it quite interesting. I shall be pleased to discuss the subject with you sometime.

In the sizing department I noticed that young white women and colored women were working together side by side and opposite each other. At one end of a machine would be a young white girl and opposite a colored girl. I feel sure that this must go against the grain of the white women. Is there any reason why the white women should not have only white women opposite them on the machines? And is there any reason why the white women and colored women should not be to some extent segregated?
ASW

Original Format

Memorandum

To

Ralph, JE

Files

T100110A.pdf

Citation

Williams, JS, “Memorandum for Mr. Ralph from Mr. Williams ,” 1913 April 3, T100110A, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.