Ruth Mandelbaum, 1940

Letters (photocopies) from Meier to family members and friends concerning his daily activities at Oberlin, his involvement in activist movements and protests against racial injustice, World War II, and his family life. Recipients include Joseph Bruder, Ruth Mandelbaum, Harold Wilson, and Walter Wallace. These photocopies were received from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library (1998/133). Also included are **photocopies of letters concerning the Southern Historical Association's membership and discrimination against the Association's African-American members at Southern hotels, 1958-61. The original letters are held by the Southern Historical Society. [1999/086]