Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to Belle C. LaFollette
Title
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to Belle C. LaFollette
Creator
Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926
Identifier
SE072413b
Date
1913 July 23
Description
JS Williams reply to Belle LaFollette telling her he will have JE Ralph give him the names of the three girls who violated the segregation policy at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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
Mrs. Belle C. LaFollette,
1864 Wyoming Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:-
I have your letter of the 22nd instant, in which you request that I ask Mr. Ralph the names and addresses of the three colored girls who have persisted in sitting at the tables occupied by white girls after it had been suggested to them to occupy other tables with girls of their own race, and I will request Mr. Ralph to furnish you the names of the women referred to.
In the meanwhile, may I respectfully ask if you have not already received this information from other sources?
Respectfully yours,
[John Skelton Williams]
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
1864 Wyoming Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:-
I have your letter of the 22nd instant, in which you request that I ask Mr. Ralph the names and addresses of the three colored girls who have persisted in sitting at the tables occupied by white girls after it had been suggested to them to occupy other tables with girls of their own race, and I will request Mr. Ralph to furnish you the names of the women referred to.
In the meanwhile, may I respectfully ask if you have not already received this information from other sources?
Respectfully yours,
[John Skelton Williams]
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Original Format
Letter
To
La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931
Files
Collection
Citation
Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926, “Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to Belle C. LaFollette,” 1913 July 23, SE072413b, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.