JE Ralph to Rose Miller
Title
JE Ralph to Rose Miller
Creator
Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922
Identifier
SE071913b
Date
1913 July 23
Description
JE Ralph's reply to Rose Miller's objections to having a black supervisor, informing her that he has named a white man to the position.
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
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
Miss Rose Miller,
Wetting Division.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 18th instant, in which you state that the superintending of 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 beg to thank you for bringing this letter to my attention as it was not known to me that a white man was not in charge of this work, and upon investigation, I find that the chief of the wetting division under the rule of seniority had permitted Louis H. Nutt, a negro, to be in charge of the work, who, however was classified as a skilled helper and had not officially been designated as foreman of the work.
I wish to state that I have this day placed Irving P. Tade, a white man, in charge of the work in question, and I am sure there will be no further cause for complaint on this account.
Respectfully,
J. E. Ralph
Director.
Wetting Division.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 18th instant, in which you state that the superintending of 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 beg to thank you for bringing this letter to my attention as it was not known to me that a white man was not in charge of this work, and upon investigation, I find that the chief of the wetting division under the rule of seniority had permitted Louis H. Nutt, a negro, to be in charge of the work, who, however was classified as a skilled helper and had not officially been designated as foreman of the work.
I wish to state that I have this day placed Irving P. Tade, a white man, in charge of the work in question, and I am sure there will be no further cause for complaint on this account.
Respectfully,
J. E. Ralph
Director.
Original Format
Letter
To
Miller, Rose
Files
Collection
Citation
Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922, “JE Ralph to Rose Miller,” 1913 July 23, SE071913b, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.