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Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lawrence Obanyon Posey was an African-American student of Martha Schofield's who graduated from Howard University in 1882 as valedictorian of his class and became a lawyer. Tells Schofield about his studies. Says he is leaving university in Columbia because teaching pace is too slow and he is invested in getting into Howard University. Thanks Schofield for her friendship and support. Worries about how Elizabeth Dorsey, a major funder of the Schofield School, will react to his leaving university.
Date:
1875-04-13
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Written to Howland's niece Isabel. Discusses Howland's prot&eaccute;g&eaccute;e Sidney Taliaferro Boyer, an African American woman who was about to leave for Northumberland County, Virginia, to work as a teacher for freedmen. Howland considered trying to arrange for Boyer to visit Isabel at Cornell, but was too worried about the racism of people at the school; says that "civilization of this age has not yet outlived the influence of slavery, the color line is still very distinct." Passes on other news of friends and family.
Date:
1877-11-11
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College