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Title Correspondence from James Samuel Stemons to Well-known Financers and Public Figures Attempting to Raise Funds and Awareness for his Association for Equalizing Industrial Opportunities
Author Stemons, James Samuel
Date 2 Apr-14 May 1914
Document Type Correspondence
Reference MSS 12, Box 2, Folder 4
Library / Archive Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Name James Samuel Stemons Papers, 1894-1922
Description Includes correspondence from Stemons to well-known financers and businessmen, including John D Rockefeller Jr, in order to raise awareness and funds for his reform movement. There is also correspondence between Stemons and his sister.
Series Description The collection documents Stemons's personal and professional life, and includes correspondence, printed materials, writings, clippings, a photocopy of a marriage licence to Arizona L. Cleaver, and the manuscript of his unpublished autobiographical novel.
Biographical Note / History James Samuel Stemons was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, and settled in Philadelphia c.1900. A postal worker, journalist and writer, he served as the editor of two short-lived African American newspapers: The Philadelphia Courant and The Pilot. He was also active in several civic organizations. An outspoken advocate for equal industrial opportunities for blacks, he lectured and published extensively on race relations. He served as field secretary of the Joint Organization of the Association for Equalizing Industrial Opportunities and the League of Civic and Political Reform.
Theme(s) Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations
Places Philadelphia, Germantown, Pennsylvania, Winchester, Virginia, Tarrytown, New York, United States
Nationality African American
People Stemons, James Samuel; Johnson, Mary; Sulzer, William; Rowland, Dr A J; Wilbur, Henry W; White, George H; Martin, J Luther; McCormick, Vance; Henry, William; Hoskins, Dr Howard H; Winston, John C; Rockefeller, John D Jr; Stotesbury, E T
Keywords family, post office, religion, faith, finance, educatoin, philanthropy, charity, medicine, health and sickness, publishing, music, chorus, political activism, reform movement, civil rights, friendship, business, death, labour, race
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue.
Language English
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