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This correspondence documents President Fred C. Cole asking members of the Board of Trustees to approve a reply to a letter.

Trustee Homer A. Holt forwarded correspondence from Hutcheson and Morrison on the topic of integration to President Fred C. Cole.

This draft of an article for the Alumni Magazine explains the Board of Trustees' movement towards integration. This draft differs from (and is more revealing than) the version published in the Fall 1964 edition of the Alumni Magazine.

This editorial in the November 11th, 1964 Washington Post describes Washington and Lee's desegregation as being something Lee would have wanted, providing a look at the rhetoric of the time.

In this letter with enclosed clipping from the Southern Watchman, Publisher Barrett C. Shelton asks President Francis P. Gaines about Black W&L graduates. Gaines responds.

In this letter from U.S. Congressman and W&L Law Alumnus Clifton A. Woodrum to President Francis P. Gaines, Woodrum asks Gaines about three Black students sent to the Officers Training Corp at Washington and Lee.

In this letter from President Francis P. Gaines to Trustee James R. Caskie, Gaines and Caskie discuss the public's perception of the possibility of Black students being present on Washington and Lee's campus through the U.S. Army School.

In this letter, President Fred C. Cole asks Trustee J. Morrison Hutcheson to provide an interview explaining the admissions decision to the Ring-Tum Phi.

This letter from President Fred C. Cole to Trustee J. Morrison Hutcheson asks Morrison to approve a statement on the admissions policy for student Ring-Tum Phi reporters.

This letter from two Washington and Lee Alumni (George and Charles Mercke) to Trustee Hutcheson expresses the alumni's disbelief at Washington and Lee considering integration.

In this letter, trustee Homer A. Holt provides guidance on clarifying the admissions decision to President Fred C. Cole.

In this letter from Trustee Homer A. Holt to President Fred C. Cole, Holt agrees with Cole's acceptance of a position on Lyndon B. Johnson's Citizens' Committee for Community Relations.

This letter from Trustee J. Morrison Hutcheson to President Francis P. Gaines expresses Hutcheson's sentiment on desegregation.

This letter from� J. Thompson Brown, chaplain of the Episcopalian church, applauds W&L's admission of two black students. Cole's reply is included.

This letter from J.D. Farrar to President Robert Huntley outlines Washington and Lee's increased efforts to recruit Black students.

In this letter from P. W. Turner to President Francis P. Gaines, Turner asks about the presence of Black students at Washington and Lee.

In this letter, Washington and Lee Student Rosalyn D. Thompson asks President John D. Wilson for increased efforts in making the University better for Black students. Wilson responds in detail.

This memorandum outlines the process through which the story of the admissions decision went from an article in the Ring-Tum Phi to national news.