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Rollins College | Image
1973 Rollins College Tennis Team Photo
The 1973 tennis team poses for a picture for the yearbook.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (1)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (10)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (11)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (12)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (2)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (3)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (4)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (5)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (6)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (7)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (8)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (9)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Image
Homecoming dance, 1964
Centre College students dancing at the 1964 Homecoming dance, with Grammy-nominated Hank Ballard and the Midnighters performing. The 1964-65 school year was the first offical year of racial integration for the College.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Interracial Committee Meeting Notes, 1945
An overview of completed and planned tasks for the Race Relations Committee in November 1945. The activities show the interaction between the group and local African American community to volunteer, donate, and share ideas.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Conway Boatman to Walter A. Groves stating Union College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from Conway Boatman to Walter A. Groves regarding Union College's policy on raceLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from H. Leo Eddleman to Walter A. Groves stating Georgetown College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from H. Leo Eddleman to Walter A. Groves regarding Georgetown College's policy on raceLearn more -
Rollins College | Text
Letter from Hamilton Holt to Philip R. Kelly, 1949
President Hamilton Holt writes to alumnus Dick Kelly about public support for awarding an honorary degree to civil rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Letter From Theodore Darrah to Frank Otey, 1955
Theodore Darrah, the Dean of Knowles Memorial Chapel, invites Frank Otey, Principal of the Hungerford School, and his students to the Race Relations Sunday service. Dean Darrah notes that Rollins College will be providing the choir for the service, which is a change from their usual reliance on the Hungerford choir. The change demonstrates a more equal exchange between the Hungerford School and Rollins College.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Walter A. Groves to the Centre College Board of Trustees, May 12, 1950
Letter from President Groves, dated May 12, 1950, to the B.O.T. in which Groves entreats the Board to "give very careful consideration to the course they deem best to follow in the question of whether or not the college should open its doors to Negro students." Groves references Senate Bill No. 100, states his own desire to integrate the College slowly, and references the American minorities faculty questionnaire distributed in January 1949, the results of which showed a majority of faculty respondents in favor of desegregationLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Z. T. Johnson to Walter A. Groves stating Asbury College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from Z. T. Johnson to Walter A. Groves regarding Asbury College's policy on raceLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Martha D. Simpson application request letter
Letter from Ms. Martha D. Simpson of Danville, KY, dated July 17, 1954, to the Centre College Office of the Dean, requesting a college catalog and application for admissionLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Martha D. Simpson rejection letter
Letter from Centre College Dean Jameson M. Jones to Ms. Martha D. Simpson, dated July 21, 1954, in which he rejects her application for admission to Centre College based upon the fact that Ms. Simpson was a graduate of Bate High School, an all-black school in Danville, and therefore assumed to be a person of color and thus not eligible for admissionLearn more -
Rollins College | Text
Memorandum from Hamilton Holt to Dean Wendell Stone, 1949
Hamilton Holt expresses concern that the announcement of Mary McLeod Bethune's honorary degree would cause protesting and interference from the KKK. His fears proved to be unfounded, but facing violence was a real possibility.Learn more -
Centre College | Moving Image
Oral history interview with Gordon and Pat Benning
Video interview with Gordon Benning, class of 1970. and his wife, Pat Benning. Mr. Benning enrolled at Centre College in 1966, just two years after the College officially integrated in 1964. Mrs. Benning, is a Danville, Ky. native, and the two dated while Mr. Benning attended Centre.Learn more