Open Letter from T. W. Lawton, June 17, 1936
Item
Title
Open Letter from T. W. Lawton, June 17, 1936
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Type
Text
Creator
Lawton, T. W. (Correspondent)
Date
1936-06-17
Description
A letter from T. W. Lawton, "to whom it may concern" enthusiastically praising the work of Nathalie Crooms Jenkins (the daughter of J. N. Crooms) as a teacher, but seeming to say that she cannot work in Seminole County because of a school board prohibition against the appointment of too many members from one family.
Genre
Personal Correspondence
Language
English
Place
Sanford, Fla.
Physical Description
1 page
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2008-0520-B001-F001-I010
Topics
African American educators
Crooms, Joseph Nathaniel, 1880-1957
African American families
Jenkins, Nathalie Richardson Crooms, 1912-2007
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
J. N. Crooms Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.