Gregg, James Edgar - Papers

1918-1929 (Papers)

Papers include twenty copies of reports on duties of the application office, policies of the school, functions of the administrative council, forty-six Recess Committee reports for the year 1920; a letter from the State Board of Education accreditating Hampton Institute as a technical college; and miscellaneous typewritten and handwritten letters.

1920-1929

Correspondence to and from Albert Farewell Bemis, brother-in-law of Dr. Gregg, concerning a new builders course to be offered, endowment fund payments, visits, and items concerning the need for new buildings.

1925-1927

Correspondence regarding Mary McLeod Bethune consisting of typewritten letters, news releases, and a telegram concerning a concert to be given by the Hampton Institute choir to a segregated audience at which the choir did not perform.

1922

One typewritten letter from Henry B. Cabot with a copy of the response, regarding a trust fund to be set up in the name of Anna P. Rogers. Mr. Cabot was executor of her estate.

1919-1929

Typewritten letters concerning the Carnegie Foundation and Corporation with copies of responses. The letters concern subjects such as teachers; annuities, an art book collection, an art teaching course, andthe Carnegie Medal of Heroic Conduct.

1921-1928

Correspondence concerning Mr. Francis R. Cope, Jr., chairman of the board of the Penn School. Included are typewritten letter and copies of replies.

1919

Correspondence from Mr. Edwin R. Embree with copies of replies concerning equipment to be given to Hampton Institute as a gift.

1919-1922

Typewritten letter regarding Mr. Homer L. Ferguson, trustee of Hampton Institute concerning board meetings and an appearance before the Virginia State Senate reference transfer of funds to Petersburg.

1918-1929

Typewritten letters from Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, a member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute, discussing various business arrangements, Founder's Day invitations, speaking engagements and board meetings.

1918-1929

Correspondence concerning Henry Wilder Foote, a member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute. Letters deal with various meetings.

1919-1927

Typewritten and handwritten correspondence to and from Sidney D. Frissell, son of Dr. Hollis Burke Frissell, president of Hampton Institute who preceded Dr. Gregg. Correspondence deals with the subject of fund raising projects.

1921-1924

Handwritten and typewritten letters to and from Mr. Albert Bushnell Hart regarding the operation of thefarm at Hampton Institute. Mr Hart was a trustee for the Moose Home in Mooseheart, Illinois.

1918-1919

Typewritten letters from Mr. Walter B. Hill, who was a member of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Division of Rehabilitation.

1918-1925

Typewritten letters and responses from Arthur Howe declining an offer of employment at Hampton Institute but accepting an invitation to visit.

1919-1924

Handwritten letters discussing a visit by Reverend Harding Hughes to Hampton Institute to speak.

1921-1924

Handwritten letters from Mrs. Henry (Alice) W. Humphrey inquiring about teaching positions.

1924-1927

Correspondence to and from Archer M. Huntington, the adopted son of Collis P. Huntington and a member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute. Letters concern appointments to be made.

1918-1923 

Typewritten letters from Mr. Clarence H. Kelsey, a member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute, on various subjects.

1922

Handwritten letter from Mrs. Emma B. Kennedy regarding the dedication of Kennedy Hall , a dormitory on Hampton Institute&'s campus which bears her name and for which she was benefactor.

1923-1925

Typewritten letters from Mr. Frederick P. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation concerning the establishment of a library school at Hampton Institute.

1918-1929

Correspondence regarding the Plantation Song Book from Mr. David Mannes.

1928-1929

Correspondence to and from Darwing D. Martin regarding plans to rebuild the Whittier School and the raising of funds for that purpose.

1922-1927

Correspondence from Harriet Gibbs Marshall concerning fund raising projects for a national Negro music centre.

1923

Typewritten letters to Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of state, concerning his visit to Hampton Institute with a letter of introduction from William H. Taft, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Taft was chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute.

1929

Typewritten letters and replies inviting Mr Chase Mellon to Hampton to be the speaker at the unveiling ceremony at which a replica tablet of General Armstrong would be place upon a building bearing his name.

1919

Correspondence from the Mergenthaler Linotype Company regarding the loan of a Linotype machine to Hampton Institute. The machine was later purchased by Hampton Institute

1924

Correspondence to and from Mr Gerge W. Miner regarding a lecture to be given by him on the League of Nations. A copy of the lecture is included.

1925

Correspondence from Mr. Philips North Moore, National Council of Women, Incorporated, concerning the Hampton choir.

1919-1929

Item from John F. and Ethel Moors concerning the affairs of Hampton Institute.

1919-1927

Correspondence from Mr. John R. Mott regarding the Student Friendship Fund and the Young Men's Christian Association.

1920-1928

Item regard the Musical Tours and include letters and flyers of the concerts of Percy Grainer and a letter inviting Maurice Ravel to appear at Hampton Institute. Included also is correspondence concerning Joseph H. Douglass, concert violinist.

1924

Typewritten letters regarding a conference of the National Education Association to be held at Old Point Comfort and requesting information on the number of teachers who would be attending.

1925-1928

Correspondence to and from Mr. Geoffrey O'Hara regarding a recording by the Hampton choir of plantationsongs by the Victor Company.

1921

Correspondence from Mr. E.E. Olcott on Indian education. Mr. Olcott was a member of the Board of the American Indian Institute.

1920

Correspondence consisting of typewritten letters to and from Herbert and Elsie C. Parsons concerning a fellowship to be given by the American Folklore Society.

1918-1929

Letters from George Foster Peabody on various subjects wit some of personal nature. Mr Peabody on various subjects with some of a personal nature. Mr. Peabody was an active member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute and the investment officers organization. Handwritten letters discussing a visit by Reverend Harding Hughes to Hampton Institute to speak.

1919-1929

Correspondence from Francis G. Peabody, trustee of Hampton Institute, concerning visits to be made to Hampton Institute.

1920-1929

Correspondence from George P. Phenix regarding information about Hampton Institute and his duties as vice-principal.

1920

Recommendations for a former Reserve Officers' Training Corps commandant, Lieutenant Leonard L. McLeod,who was being transferred to the unit at Hampton Institute.

1920

Typewritten letters from Annie Mooman Schmelz in response to invitations to Founder's Day exercises.

1923-1929

Typewritten letters to and from William Jay Schieffelin concerning meetings of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute.

1923-1926

Typewritten letters from Mr. Harold E.B. Speight requesting slides of Hampton Institute and offering his services to speak to various chosen church groups about Hampton Institute.

1919-1928

Typewritten letters from William Howard Taft, a member of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute, regarding meeting notices.

1919-1926

Correspondence from the State Board of Education of Virginia concerning certification of teachers and accreditation of schools.

1918

Correspondence from Alfred T. White concerning the flour mill.

1926-1929

Handwritten notes and typewritten letters concerning the Whittier School, the school where students didtheir practice teaching.

1927

A bulletin from the Hampton Institute Press Service Bulletin regarding the strike by students of Hampton Institute.

1921-1929 (Educational)

1921

Typewritten correspondence and copies of replies to and from Esther Everett Lape, member-at-large, of the American Peacer Award.

1921-1923

Typewritten and handwritten letters to Dr. Gregg with replies to letters signed by John LaFarge, editorof America a weekly Catholic magazine.

1916-1928

Typewritten and handwritten letters from Hampton Institute alumni living throughout the country. Included also is information and a report of a joint meeting of alumni of Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute.

1927

A pictorial section of the Philadelphia Tribune of November, 1927 featuring predominately Black colleges and their presidents.

1929

Typewritten letters from Charles William Dabney concerning the publication of material of the Southern Education Board.

1918-1924

Letters from James H. Dillard concerning the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation and the John F. Slater Fund.

1923-1929

Letter concerning the visit of Georgiana A. Gollock to the United States, Hampton Institute, and the Calhoun and Penn Schools.

1921-1924

Miscellaneous items from Carter Glass

1921-1924

Handwritten letters from David Alexander Hunter concerning his visit to the United States. Mr. Hunter was the editor of the Christian Express of Lovedale, South Africa.

1919-1927

Typewritten letters from Reverend M. Ashby Jones, a member and chairman of the Interracial Commission.

1925

Typewritten correspondence from Paul W. Kellogg concerning articles which appeared in The Survey Magazine.

1918

Letters from The Honorable Franklin K. Lane , secretary of the interior. Included is an item from Mrs. Lane expressing her pleasure of the visit she made to Hampton Institute. Included also are typewritten letters in response to an invitation to speak at a commencement exercise at Hampton Institute.

1922-1926

Typewritten letters discussing views and opinions of Mr. Bruno Lasker who was secretary of the Commission on Race Relations. Included also is a sketch of Ogden Hall done by Mr. Lasker and three printed articles.

1920-1928

Letters containing responses from Dr. William t. Lawrence regarding an invitation to him to visit Hampton for the purpose of lecturing. Dr. Lawrence was a medical missionary to Rhodesia, Mount Selinda, South Africa and was associated with the American Board of Missions.

1928

Letters from Reverend Paul N. Revere of the Mary Sharp Memorial Mission concerning information about opening a school patterned after Hampton Institute at Krootown, Monrovia, Liberia.

1922-1924

Correspondence from Mr. Willie Mees concerning an educational tour of the United States. Mr. Mees, fromthe Belgian Congo, was invited and visited Hampton Instituted and his letters reflect his enthusiastic feelings about his visit.

1921

Letters from J.P. Murphy about the Afro-American newspaper.

1927-1928

Typewritten letters and printed material disseminated on a national scale informing residents of rural communities about health care. The printed material were provided by the organization known as the National Health Circle for Colored People.

1923-1929

Letters from Ferdinand D. Lee, National Memorial Association concerning the organization and funds of the Hampton Institute Alumni Chapter in Washington, D.C.

1921-1928

Typewritten letters signed by Eugene Kindle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League concerning requests for employment and speaking engagements.

1922-1929

Typewritten letters from the Negro College Survey regarding a government survey of Negro college and universities.

1921-1929

Typewritten letters concerning the collection and verification of materials on Negro history for the Association for the Study of the Negro Life and History, Incorporation.

1922-1926

Letters signed by N.C. Newbold, director of the Division of Negro Education, State of North Carolina, alist of courses offered for study at Negro schools, and an invitation to visit Hampton.

1925-1928

Correspondence from Jean O'Brien regarding the idea of forming and organizing an interracial club.

1922-1927

Typewritten letters from Mr. Arthur J. Orner, a missionary of the American Mission Board in Rhodesia, South Africa concerning a visit to Hampton Institute for the purpose of lecturing about his work in the Mount Selinda area.

1918

Typewritten letters and replies to invitations from organizers of the Peace and Progress Conference. The conference was held for the purpose of finding ways to remedy the employment situation after World War I.

1925

Typewritten letter signed by Jane E. Hunter, general secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley Association

1923-1929

Typewritten and handwritten letters from various groups and members of the Race Relations Commission on Interracial Cooperation.

1929-1926

Correspondence, reports, articles, and newspaper clippings regarding the Massenburg Bill, a controversial bill passed in 1926 requiring the separation of races at public halls, theaters, opera houses and motion picture showings, and provided a penalty for violation of the provisions thereof (United States House Bill #30). Passage of the bill was requested at a mass meeting held at the courthouse in Hampton, Virginia by members of the Anglo-Saxon Club, a branch of the Ku Klux Klan- type organization called the Anglo- Saxon Club of American. The meeting was called to protest the mixing of races at public assemblages in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute. Members of the Hampton Institute community and others opposed thebill, however, it passed the House of Delegates on February %, 1926, was passed by the Senate on March 9, 1926, and became law on March 22,1926.

1925

Letters from L.S. Rowe concerning the visit of the Honorable Hannibal Price, minister of Haiti, to Hampton Institute. Correspondence indicates that Mr. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union wouldalso be visiting.

1923-1926

Typewritten correspondence to Governor Montague, State of Virginia inviting him to participate in a dedication ceremony and a letter of regret from Governor Trinkle stating that he and Mrs. Trinkle could not attend the Founder's Day services.

1919

Letters from the Council of Defense, State of Virginia reflecting resolutions discussed at meetings plans for future meetings.

1925-1926

Printed material from the Department of Welfare on rules and regulations for child welfare. Included also are typewritten letters concerning dates for future meetings.

1921-1929

Handwritten and typewritten letters on various subjects and miscellaneous items.

1923-1926

Typewritten and handwritten letters from Beth Battles regarding a portrait of Wendell Phillips to be donated to Hampton Institute by the Battles family.

1915-1919

Correspondence from Natalie Curtis Burlin concerning the American Folklore Society.

1926-1927

Letters and newspaper clippings regarding Mr. Edward Champion's American tour. One letter is written in French.

1919-1921

Handwritten and typewritten letters, invitations, and miscellaneous items from Mrs. Andrew (Louise) Carnegie on various subjects.

1927

Printed material used in the speeches of Mr. Charles Fletcher Dole, a pamphlet written by him, and a page of typewritten material concerning his background.

1921

Typewritten correspondence from the Emergency Committee of Cooperating Missions in England regarding the upcoming committee visit to various school in the United States.

1919-1924

Typewritten letters from Harry Emerson Fosdick on various subjects.

1918-1929

Correspondence consisting of letters requesting a photograph of Mr. Algernon S. Frissell and letters concerning fund raising projects.

1920-1929

Handwritten letters on various subjects from Leila S. Frissell.

1924

Typewritten letters and replies from Frank E. Frothingham regarding the Federal Water Power Bill and Henry Ford.

1919-1925

Handwritten and typewritten letters from William L. Garrison, Jr., thanking Dr. Gregg for his hospitality while he was at Hampton and extending an invitation to Dr. Gregg to visit.

1921-1929

Letter from George Edmund Haynes concerning the Churches of Christ in America and race relations.

1918-1928

Typewritten letters from Herbert Hoover prior to his winning the election and becoming the president ofthe United States.

1926-1928

Handwritten and typewritten letters and replies concerning a visit to Hampton Institute by Father JamesHuntington.

1925-1929

Letters and replies to Mr. Masao Ichiki, a Japanese student attending Williams College.

1926

Items concerning Fannie Ogden Ide

1922

Letters with replies from H. Griffin Irby regarding a legacy.

1928

An invitation sent to Mrs. Helen A. Keller, a reply from her secretary, Mrs. Polly Thompson and a newspaper clipping.

1919-1927

Item discussing gifts of paintings, books and other art objects donated to Hampton Institute by Julia Lathers.

1925-1928

Letters from Alain Locke regarding his interest in African art.

1922-1928

Letters from Charles E. McAllister concerning the relationship of St. John's Church with Hampton Institute.

1925-1927

Letters and replies from Angus W. McLean, governor of North Carolina.

1920-1927

Correspondence related to Miss Ellen mason's interest in activities at Hampton Institute.

1919

Letters from the Council of Defense, State of Virginia reflecting resolutions discussed at meetings plans for future meetings.

1925-1926

Printed material from the Department of Welfare on rules and regulations for child welfare. Included also are typewritten letters concerning dates for future meetings.

1921-1929

Handwritten and typewritten letters on various subjects and miscellaneous items.

1923-1926

Typewritten and handwritten letters from Beth Battles regarding a portrait of Wendell Phillips to be donated to Hampton Institute by the Battles family.

1915-1919

Correspondence from Natalie Curtis Burlin concerning the American Folklore Society.

1926-1927

Letters and newspaper clippings regarding Mr. Edward Champion's American tour. One letter is written in French.

1919-1921

Handwritten and typewritten letters, invitations, and miscellaneous items from Mrs. Andrew (Louise) Carnegie on various subjects.

1927

Printed material used in the speeches of Mr. Charles Fletcher Dole, a pamphlet written by him, and a page of typewritten material concerning his background.

1921

Typewritten correspondence from the Emergency Committee of Cooperating Missions in England regarding the upcoming committee visit to various school in the United States.

1919-1924

Typewritten letters from Harry Emerson Fosdick on various subjects.

1918-1929

Correspondence consisting of letters requesting a photograph of Mr. Algernon S. Frissell and letters concerning fund raising projects.

1920-1929

Handwritten letters on various subjects from Leila S. Frissell.

1924

Typewritten letters and replies from Frank E. Frothingham regarding the Federal Water Power Bill and Henry Ford.

1919-1925

Handwritten and typewritten letters from William L. Garrison, Jr., thanking Dr. Gregg for his hospitality while he was at Hampton and extending an invitation to Dr. Gregg to visit.

1921-1929

Letter from George Edmund Haynes concerning the Churches of Christ in America and race relations

1918-1928

Typewritten letters from Herbert Hoover prior to his winning the election and becoming the president ofthe United States.

1926-1928

Handwritten and typewritten letters and replies concerning a visit to Hampton Institute by Father JamesHuntington.

1925-1929

Letters and replies to Mr. Masao Ichiki, a Japanese student attending Williams College.

1926

Items concerning Fannie Ogden Ide

1922

Letters with replies from H. Griffin Irby regarding a legacy.

1928

An invitation sent to Mrs. Helen A. Keller, a reply from her secretary, Mrs. Polly Thompson and a newspaper clipping.

1919-1927

Item discussing gifts of paintings, books and other art objects donated to Hampton Institute by Julia Lathers.

1925-1928

Letters from Alain Locke regarding his interest in African art.

1922-1928

Letters from Charles E. McAllister concerning the relationship of St. John's Church with Hampton Institute.

1925-1927

Letters and replies from Angus W. McLean, governor of North Carolina.

1920-1927

Correspondence related to Miss Ellen mason's interest in activities at Hampton Institute.

1919

Correspondence from E.W. Nichols concerning the musical and vocal talents of a young lady.

1918-1925

Letters on various subject to and from Helen Ogden Purves.

1919-1928

Letters, invitations, appeals to various people, correspondence about the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and newspaper articles from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

1927

Letters from William H. Scoville regarding the visit of The Honorable Louis Franck, governor of the National Bank, of Belgium to Hampton Institute.

1920

Correspondence from R.J. Service concerning contributions made to Hampton Institute and materials regarding the James family. Miscellaneous items under this category include eighty-seven letters from individuals replying in invitations or thanking Dr. Gregg for the hospitality shown while at Hampton Institute; two hundred twenty handwritten and typewritten letters from James Dole of Hawaii; Mary Gorton Darling (former Hampton Institute teacher and wife of Frank W. Darling, trustee); Jackson Davis; Charles A. Doremus; L.P. Furness of Phoebus, Virginia regarding the sale of the Colgan Place on Gatewood corner to the school; James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington; William Frazier; A.G. Fraser; Ida E. Hedges; Harry P. Hanston; Mrs. John Hutton; Charlotte E. Hopkins; Houghton Mifflin Publishers; James Henderson; Stephen E. Keeler, Jr.; H. Stover Kulp; Theodore Kuhne; L. L. Lewis; Edwin Lewis; J.T. Lattimore; Any Lowell; W.H. Measures, private secretary to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, of Canada; P. W. Murray, Department of Agriculture, Jamaica, West Indies; James B. Mitchell; P.N. G. Mitchel of the Red Str Line, Belgium; Walter H. Pages; Frank J. Parsons; James Duncan Phillips of the Houghton Mifflin Company; James J. Sibley; William E. Steely; M.J. Sherman; Beverley Tucker, Jr.; Henry St. George Tucker; Frank Trumbull; Alexander B. Trowbridge; Alice P. Tapley; A. A. Talbot; Henry B. Van Sinderen; A. E. Winshipl Carter G. Woodson; W. R. Whiney; Edward T. Ware; Robert R. Welshimier; Ligon Wilson; Allen Washington; and William H. Waddy.

1919-1929

Miscellaneous correspondence, letters from personal friends, newspaper clippings, typewritten prayers and speeches. Included are twenty-three typewritten replies from Dr. Gregg to various persons without original letters; four copies of letters inviting Dr. Gregg to become principal of Hampton Institute and one letter confirming his appointment by the trustees; sixteen handwritten letters to Dr. Gregg from Sarah W. Hollowell and one newspaper clipping on the dedication of the Hollowell Gate at Harvard University; four handwritten letters from Sinclair Kennedy discussing personal opinions with Dr. Gregg; twenty from Dickinson S. Miller, a personal friend of Dr. Gregg; sixty- five letters from T. Murata, college classmate and a personal friend of Dr. Gregg; one handwritten letter from Harriet Purves Palmer extending an invitation to Dr. Gregg to visit; fifty-four typewritten prayers by Dr. Gregg dated 1918 to 1923; and two hundred thirty speeches made by Dr. Gregg at Hampton Institute and other locations. 1918-1925 (Miscellaneous) Included are papers on the National Soldiers Settlement Act; a visit of the British Education Mission to the United States; Cheney Day; and a Hampton Institute Press Service Bulletin about the strike at Hampton Institute.