Summary: | Letter to Donald Murray from W. M. Hillegeist, University of Maryland Registrar, rejecting Murray's application to the University of Maryland School of Law because Murray is an African-American. The letter includes text of a December 14, 1934, letter from Raymond A. Pearson, president of the University of Maryland, regarding scholarships at the Princess Anne Academy, "a separate institution of higher learning for Negroes" maintained by the University. Hillegeist's letter is dated 2 February 1935. |
Creator: | Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939 |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | College Park |
Temporal subject: |
1931-1940
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Baltimore |
Topical subjects: | African Americans |
Civil rights |
College administrators |
Correspondence |
Discrimination |
Law |
Murray, Donald
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Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939
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Princess Anne Academy (Princess Anne, Md.)
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Segregation |
Students |
University of Maryland at Baltimore
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ArchivesUM location: | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). President's Office records
- series 8
- box 234
- folder Negro Students, 1933
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Repository: | University Archives |
Browse terms: | University of Maryland |
Civil Rights, Civic Engagement |
University AlbUM Browse terms: | People |
Events |
Collection: | University AlbUM |
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