letter, May 9, 1942, Southern Education Foundation, President, Arthur D. Wright, William T. Smith, Leesburg, Virginia, Douglass High School, dedication, regret, New York, construction, high school, African Americans, Loudoun County, Virginia, State Supervisor of Negro Schools, significance, community, segregation, inequality, education, organizations, promoting.
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SOUTHERN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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sabody Fund k [; Oitice of the President PW':;‘;I;UB D. WRIGHT
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later Fund Washington, D. C. ROBERT OGDEN PURVES
Jeanes Fund Secretary of the Board
—— EMMETT 1. SCOTT
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May 9, 1942
Mr. William T. Smith,
Leesbursg, Virginia.
My dear Mr. Smith:
Tram in receipt of an invitation to the
dedication of the Douglass High Sehool on Friday, May 15th,
and regret more than I can say that an engagemenpAof long
standing makes it necessary for me to be in New vork on that
day. 1 am sOrTy to miss this oceasion.
At the same time, I want to congratulate
you and the other members of the Board on the erection of a
new high school building for the Negroes of Loudoun County.
I have known Loudoun County and its general situation for
many years, since 1 was State Supervisor of Negro Schools
in Virginia more than twenty years ago, and I know that this
build ing has been greatly needed and that its final attain-
ment will mean a great deal to the colored people of Loudoun
Countye.
Again expressing my regret at i
able to be with you, and with best wizhesg, I am i
