JAMU JAC KSO N 14 STATI~ _,.OM t, oMMI.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt , 29 Washington Square , West New York City ll, New York.

Dear Uee.nor:

T......_ I.AF--1une 17, 1947

From your let ter to me on August 12, 1946

I imagine t hat you would wish me to remind you again this year ot t he unrestrict ed fiUld now being raised to meet essential

needs of Harvard Coll ege not covered in their general budget .

As I wrote you l ust year, Franklin was always

one or the first to send in hie check to this Fund. Last year you very kindly sent $1.0 so that his name "M)uld appear on his

would appreci ate it.

Class Roster end 1 am bringt.ne the metter to your attention n01-1 ~ in case you would care to do so again. I know hio Cla::smat os /~a·-fjf! ~ /

Sincerelf yours ,

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GOD'S LAST CATHIHAL LIGHT

And ytl we llt~nd on Frudom'• Wt·hdd led&~, t 'mlxmltd by 1he circUn5 hound• o/ Mlc, Comploctnl fJI ""~ If~ tla.e r(l:Or-t!tiat:. Unkttou:in~ thol one hour I'MY be too lou. Optn our blinded ey~.~ tltaJ we mtJY Itt! Cod', liut catlafti,allit,ht ••• o,mocracyl

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A DOG-FRIEND DIES I canol think that Death can blot out all The aoul of deep devotion in your eyet. " No aoul" aome aay. From whence did it arite, ­The love that never wavered, free (rom guile? I dream that when I pua the lut long mile That you again will answer to my call, Who often, when the hearth was snug and warm, Would choose to follow me through cold and storm. Oura was a friendship Heaven must restore, Since all that loves has life forevermore. Unless I leave my nobler nature here, I never can forget the faithful heart That beat for me . .. A heaven must appear For all the loving dogs that were a part or happy childhood,-some celestial range For dogs lilce little Fala. Is it strange To think that some day be will rush to greet His muter? . .. Oh what joy to watch them meet ! " Without are dogs", we read ... Yes, dogs of prey, Seducers, liars, robbers of the poor ; Not rou, my dog, jl love holds any worth. Sure y there must be immortality For patient horses, songful bi rds of earth .. . My dog, my friend , somewhere you wait for me!

- Maud Frazer Jackson.

MAUD 'RAZER JACKSON M:l , ••

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Apr il 14, 1947

Dear Yre Rooae• eltt Your •vv Day• colw:m h.ae IUd.e aany or ue

know and lo• e you. I ha•e long be en deToted to little ? al a an4 refer to hl~ tn ~ recent poem published ln -otrrerent • .

(Copy enclooed). T~lo poe~ •~• writ ten for my Sandy a Scotty who wae my friend and ~ardlan tor ~ny year s, faithful unto death. I now hue Bobby , the llll!.ge of ? a l a . Bobby lOTU

everybody , a e t hey elng t n ~~be Ol d-Time Rellgton 1''he other 9Di f!'l W&ft w·r t t t en 'by L\l t th Lorra ine,

editor of "Different • . She wrote what I consider the flnoa t poeo about your g roat hueband, ·· "Hie ~nt l e Fa l l•"· · I t ·~• copied \n many papers and nt\~aztnea. tn the poem eoc l oeed ahe r e:f'era to a fal"'oue ea.yt ng of the la te Preeldent.

What do you think of Henry Wa l lac e? I honor hla and appro•e or hlm. The truman Doctri ne i a Httler - llke in

aggr eea\on and heading ue etralght tor war • • There a r e •olcee crying tn the wllderneee, the •olce a of Wal lace, Pe;per Glen Taylor and Senator Johnaon •

L 1 ~ .Juet. an ordinary wo!:'l~n , crippl~d wttb a.rthrlt.\e •~ny t y&ra but 1 think a lot and pray a lot tor ~ country

ln thia moat crucial hour. 1 ba•• ne• er taken F D R'a picture down troe

the •~ll or ~ roo=· I know that ae time goes on hla nase wlll be ~re and more glorloue ae one of our gr eateat Preeldenta and on~ of the greateat lo• ere of human i ty .

voure respectfully.

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Dear Kr•• aooa...-.ltt

890 111 tobell Street, ~tlanta Georcla, ~prll 1 ~. 18•&1.

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•a- tar--~ little o....Ue tbrowo hie b-1 So ahineo a cood. deed. ln a nancbt)' world.. •

Frlando nner ·reallu tho tull oouroo ot tholr f riendly dee.S.--h.,.nr trlto and. tranolont tho CS.od. •'I appoar. The lntluonoo ot trlGcs.hip 1o ao lntlnlte ao tho oupr .. e Friend Biaoolt. . '

Aa one ..,11& oountlou 1lllkn.own dod.roro ot .,.ur daily oruoade ln tho lntoro•t ot hu.an trood.Ga, and 'fOur oouraeeouo -lo ln tho pnotloo ot the •- brother­hood ot -..., I hna lone telt ooROtralned. to jolll thooe cratetul ronko that deluce 'fOur d.eok. and ohaer 'fOur heart, with expr01o1ono ot aeprooiationo. Pleo.oe aooapt wtJ apoloa for the aooom~ Tature• --a apoataaeou1 reaot1oa on ree41nc, in the llaroh, 1946 looue ot ~ -cullle, a Tl.Ti<l akotoh ot your aotlTit., ..,11& tho •oo-n people" . At tor oUJIIDOilill& oouro.ce to ouloooi t thooo -teur eerooo to EboU'f (returned, ..,,.tho lo.tor, with tho puhlloatlon•o "1ntere1t 1.11d appr.a1at1on", ud the adT1oe, -.. do DOt publllob pootr'f ... uncs.r our pruont pol10'f"). lt lo with oontliotlnc urco and rootro.lnt that I thno lilt.,... upon· ~ur prooiouo ..,....,to-- hoplnc, all the while. that ., venture" my not proTe, altocether, •a wa.t. ot tt.•

to yvu.

In tho creat !'r1Tileco and reoponelliUit)' ot re­buildlnc a wreaked brotherhood.• .._, 70ur tribe llloreaool"

.. at roopeot~~

DDOIWI TODAI (To Mr1. lle&Ror loo1eTelt)

Her earl ier oiotor oballenced ..a Tbu11 "Up, the too witbout r opol l " But 1he in1piro1 ..n thUII "IXoel

Youreel t , o.nd oru1h tho toe witbiDI"

From oaotlod kiD& to o&b1nod 1laTe She wenda her .an-botriOGdiDC way, Her life adnnture 1 To portray

The kiDC- Ilo.n One 1lbo ..... to I&Tio

'l'oo bi' tor 111.rrow raoial bounda, Ber int1111te ranee, hu.anitzl Too buoy loT1ac tolk tO 6e

Detained by bah, that 1talko her roundal

To her, on1 raoe, the human tbronc--llb&t •tter aooidiGt ot bi rtbf One att.ndo.rd bor1 ot huan wor th,

E1 111trut b, that liTera r11ht tram wronc.

Her honor brooka 110 oompramiae With 1bam., bowe'er Tenoorod ita I1I.Zil T-rue worth• howe'er r..,te troa t ... ,

Her heart deli,hta to eulo,iao.

Suoh t&ith, nola ......-&• o....,.t tail l Tll.oup lodnc h• the oauao, or l oot , Go• ltill rlllrTII &11 U111UDC hoot,

That no ' er bao bowed tho knoo to Bull

llaroh 20, 1946, Atlt.nta, Oeor,1a.

--Ghriotopber ~cl Jo.okoon

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Sea Scou' Slip ft0.50o48 April Io 1947

Dear Mrs. RooseYelt; ·

You are probabl.t·anT• If tile su,;s;ct ts. This uait f• for t.. atereat • , ·

_VV'J~ fra. f fteea to • r•teea years of Boy Scouts of .\Mrica. Tlaerefon

11111 t ~rocure ·a oa• ·of all6tber abip or Coast Guards, or city.

Recenily tbe sbip crews sujected that the yeo­a procure your ~ssioa before tbey sub-t tbe Late Presldeat 's aa• for there abip.

boys haYe great re.,.ct for you ,ad tbe te Presideat.Tbey tbe8Self thiDt ttie Negro s procure a aucb greater progress ia receat

years because of tbe assistaat readered by you aad tbe Late Presideat. .

We would greatly appreciate aay coasig:~tioa shown ia tbe aear future to co-., I t you.

I Reapectfuly yours. ~~es •• ­Williaa ReeYes Yt

,' ~~-Willi~c~~- -;~ Skipper

T U RN DA I LY

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JACKSOIYILU JUIIOH CHlMB[H Of COMM[HC[ DUNLAP iiOTti • JACKSOiiVIW. ILLINOIS

PRESEI'TF.D TO MRS, PRJiliKU N D. ROOI>EVELT

IIY THE J ACK~Ol!VILIE .Till' IOR CHA"'PER OP C:O~"!ERCE

Oll "IIY 25, 1947

ON HER VISIT TO J.ACKSOllVILLE

compiled by WlLTT 1\1~ H, PERYUI!'l J R.

Pres i dent

HCK SO IV IL U JUI IOR CHAMBER 0 f COMMERC E DUNLAP HOfu JACKSOIIVIW. IWNOIS

Jacksonvill e, the county seat ot Morgan count7, 1e ott en referred

to as t ho •most beautiful city in the midwest n because ot i t s many

s t ate l y homea and gor~eous old tree~ . I t 1e ~oeated i n weat central

Illinoi s, about 85 m~les northeas t or s t. Louie and 21U mil es south-

weot ot Chicago . The ci t7 was laid out in 1825 on o tract o! land

covering 40 acres and named n! t or General Andrew Jackson . The ori g­

i nal s ite was chosen probably because of ita convenience to all parte

of t ha countr •• ~ountr aoot.

f,'organ coutl ty was es tabliahod in 1823 end bas an area of 565

square miles . Jacklll onv1lle , although laid out i n 1826 was first 1.n ­

corpor$ted as a city on February 3 , 1840 . The present erfta w1tn1n

~ Jacksonville cit7 l imito is nbout 5 square mileo . The 1~40 popula-- tion of t•orga.n County waa :50 ,378 and of Jackflonvi l le 1~ 1 844 .

Present e!tlmated population of Jacksonville i a 21, 500.

ve~ e arly in the history of the eity , Jacksonville began to deve ­

lop os a gr ea t edue~t1on~l ~nrl 1ns titutlon~l cent e r. Ill1no1e college,

the oldest oollege in Ill1n~1s, was founded horo in lS29 hy ~ party

ot' Yo.le :,tudents . t l11nn1s Femole Aoa.del'fiY, now '~act"UM"ey Colle~ for

women, was founded in 1846 , In 1843, the Ill1no1• State qch ool t or

the Deaf and in 184? the Il l i no1a School tor the Sl1nd were located

here . J . Cappa & son~, Ltd . , now a large clothing manuf eeturer, est­

ablished their fi rst woolen mi ll her e i n 1839.

Jaok~onville is the home or manr famous personages . Among them

are three I llinois Governors . Joseph ounoan, Governor in 1834,

Richard Yates s r. in 1861 end Richard Yates Jr. in 1901 . Stephen A·

DOuglas was States Attorney here !rom 1834 until 1636 .

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JACKSOIV ILU JUIIOR CHAMBER 0 f COMMERCE OUNW HOTEL • JACIISONVILL£. IWNOIS

Abraham Lincoln practiced law here in Jackeonv1lle on eoveral oecaa-

ions and 1t 1o bere that be me t Stepben A. Oouglu . Willio:m Jenn1nga

Bryan i s a former s tudent ot Illinois Col lege and hio homo o1te io

located on woot College. Edward Beoeber, brother of Harriet Beecher

Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, was a Presi dent of Il l inoio College .

The fi r s t railroad in Illinois wao located Ln ~·organ county ,

Illinois .

Jacksonville wsa one of the stations for -the famous s l ave routee

during t ho Civil War .

Jacksonvill e is known throughout tho worl d ao the ~nly city in thO

wo~ld where a 3troet lnteraection has tour churche s on ita cornere .

The four churches are, First Baptist, Grace Methodist, State Stroot

Pr e sbyterian, and Trinity Epi scopal.

J acksonville boosts of tho only Perris •/lhoel fac tory in tho world .

The Ferris wheel is made by the El i Bridge company . It was founded

i n 1900 . It has &i nce manufac tured 781 wheels. At the pres ent t i me

it is &e t1m.ote6 t .hat th e company rnanufacturelJ 52 wheels a year, or an

average of one every week .

Tho Jacksonville s tate Hospital io the oldoat mental ins t itution

west of the Allegheny \•ountaino and one of t he l argest ot ito kind .

OOrthes Dix was one of the foundere or this 1ns t1 tution end on ita

grounOs i s one of the oldeat and tho longest three story bu i lding on

earth, r n 1946 tho instituti on will ce l ebrate it$ lUvth. anniveraary .

Both the Jacksonvi l le School for the Blind and t ho School tor tho

Deaf have celebrated their centennial . The School tor tho neat io

the worlda l argest .

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JlCKSOI¥1LLE JUIIOR CHAMBER 0 f COMMERCE DUIII.AP HOTEl. • JACIISOIIVIW. IWIIOIS

Jackoonvill e hao one or th• oldea t Y. M. c. ~. org&ni•at1ons in the

uni t ed States. The 'Y' in Jaokeonv1lle waa founded in 18?0.

on February 28, the Jockaonvil l e Pus Linea celebrated their 25th

enniv~roary. It 1a now o ~art or the ~at1cnal Tre ilwa11 ~Jate~ ond

theJ s t i ll ~a1ntain their bo.e otficea here .

JACKSOU ILU JUIIOR CHAMHR Of COMMERCE DUNLAP HOffi • JACKSONYILU IUINOIS

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POINTS OF IIITERBST 2 - oovernor Yatea Home 4 - veterans unit

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3 - Main SUJ.ld1ng at State Hoop1td 5 - I l l inois College 7 - Pour Churohe a corner

6 - William Jennings Bryan Home a - Eli Bridge company

9 - Maovurray College