p. 1

Facsimile

Transcription

Status: Complete

January 27th 1939

Mrs. H.M. Robert Jr. [Junior] President General
National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Continental Hall
Washington D.C.

Dear Mrs. Robert:

We have been notified by the chairman of
the Howard University Concert Series that Constitution
Hall is not available for a concert by Miss Marian
Anderson which was planned for April 9th in Washington,
D.C.

This we are informed is due to the fact
that it is the policy of the owners of Constitution
Hall to restrict Negro artists from appearing there.

Without attempting to discuss the justifica-
tion [justification] of that policy we are asking whether you would
waive the restriction in the case of Miss Anderson.
It need not be pointed out to you we believe that
Marian Anderson is one of the greatest living sigers
and without doubt hte greatest which America has pro-
duced [produced]. We think that the application of your restrictive
policy would be to deny a rich musical experience to the
people of your city since it is impossible to present
her at that time in any other hall in Washington.

May we have your decision in this matter as
soon as possible since upon it will depend our touring
plans for Miss Anderson.

In closing let us suggest that the cultured
people of America would be gravely offended by your
decision to exercise the restriction above-mentioned.

Very truly yours

Hurok Attractions Inc. [Incorporate]

by ____
President

Notes and Questions

Nobody has written a note for this page yet

Please sign in to write a note for this page

Transcription Conventions

Spelling: Maintain original spelling (including u/v, i/j, and ff). Long "s" should be replaced with a regular "s". Terminal long "i" characters are transcribed as "i" not "j".
Hyphenation: Preserve hyphens (including "=" characters) at the ends of lines.
Capitalization: Maintain original
Punctuation: Add modern periods, but don't add punctuation like commas and apostrophes.
Deletions: Deleted characters and words are tagged with "strike" and then displayed with the line through them.
Symbols: For apothecary and alchemical symbols, use these symbols followed by the meaning of the symbol in brackets: Rx [recipe]; ℈ [scruple]; ʒ [dram]; ʒs [half dram]; ℥ [ounce]; ℥s [half ounce]; ℔ [pound].
For roman numerals following symbols that indicate amount, i.e., j=1, ij=2, iij= 3, v=5, type arabic numeral in brackets following roman numeral: i [1], ii [2], iii [3], v [5].
Line Breaks: Hit return once after each line ends. Two returns indicate a new paragraph, which is usually indentation following the preceding sentence in the original. The times at the end of each entry should get their own paragraph, since the software does not support indentation in the transcriptions.
Illegible text: Indicate illegible readings in single square brackets: [Dr?]
A single newline indicates a line-break in the original document, and will not appear as a break in the text in some views or exports. Two newlines indicate a paragraph, and will appear as a paragraph break in all views.