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Letter from Carolyn Wallace to Pauli Murray, March 23, 1978
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Wallace, Carolyn
Date
March 23, 1978
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Wallace, Carolyn
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March 23, 1978
Dr. Pauli Murray
2702 Dartmouth
Alexandria, VA 22314
Dear Dr. Murray:
Ever since I first read Proud Shoes—quite a few years before it became so popular that we are now looking forward to its third edition—I have wanted to write to ask you to place your papers in the Southern Historical Collection. Frankly, I didn’t quite have the nerve, fearing you would think such a request presumptuous.
Last week I talked with John Flowers, who told me of his recent conversation with you. He says that you plan to place personal papers at Radcliffe, and even though I am envious I am glad to hear they will be preserved in a suitable place. However, John says you also have family papers that should be in the South and that you may be willing to let us have them here. He suggested that perhaps purchase of them by us might help to solve a problem he discussed with you.
We don’t buy a great deal, but we do have a little money we can use for desirable acquisitions, or if you prefer to make a gift we can in that case arrange an appraisal for a tax deduction. I don’t know anything very precise about the material you have or the quantity, but I hope you will give me such information as you can. I will be driving to a meeting just west of Washington about April 20. If it would be convenient for you to see me then, I would very much like to talk with you.
I am enclosing a brochure describing the Southern Historical Collection. I hope you will read it and let me hear from you.
Sincerely,
Carolyn. A. Wallace
Director
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Dr. Pauli Murray
2702 Dartmouth
Alexandria, VA 22314
Dear Dr. Murray:
Ever since I first read Proud Shoes—quite a few years before it became so popular that we are now looking forward to its third edition—I have wanted to write to ask you to place your papers in the Southern Historical Collection. Frankly, I didn’t quite have the nerve, fearing you would think such a request presumptuous.
Last week I talked with John Flowers, who told me of his recent conversation with you. He says that you plan to place personal papers at Radcliffe, and even though I am envious I am glad to hear they will be preserved in a suitable place. However, John says you also have family papers that should be in the South and that you may be willing to let us have them here. He suggested that perhaps purchase of them by us might help to solve a problem he discussed with you.
We don’t buy a great deal, but we do have a little money we can use for desirable acquisitions, or if you prefer to make a gift we can in that case arrange an appraisal for a tax deduction. I don’t know anything very precise about the material you have or the quantity, but I hope you will give me such information as you can. I will be driving to a meeting just west of Washington about April 20. If it would be convenient for you to see me then, I would very much like to talk with you.
I am enclosing a brochure describing the Southern Historical Collection. I hope you will read it and let me hear from you.
Sincerely,
Carolyn. A. Wallace
Director
CAW: ms
Encl.