Rose Miller to Joseph Ralph
Title
Rose Miller to Joseph Ralph
Creator
Miller, Rose
Identifier
SE071913a
Date
1913 July 19
Description
Rose Miller, an employee in the Wetting Division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, writes to the Director of the Bureau saying it would be "less humiliating to have a white man in charge."
Source
US National Archives and Records Administration 450/79/10/3 box #6 entry 12 A1
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
COPY.
Hon. Joseph Ralph,
Director of Bureau.
Dear Sir:
In the Wetting Div. the superintending of the work upon the tables is so closely associated with the ladies, that it would be less humiliating to have a white man in charge.
I am,
Confidentially yours,
Rose Miller.
Hon. Joseph Ralph,
Director of Bureau.
Dear Sir:
In the Wetting Div. the superintending of the work upon the tables is so closely associated with the ladies, that it would be less humiliating to have a white man in charge.
I am,
Confidentially yours,
Rose Miller.
Original Format
Letter
To
Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922
Files
Collection
Citation
Miller, Rose, “Rose Miller to Joseph Ralph,” 1913 July 19, SE071913a, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.