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
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
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
Collection
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.