Plato Tracy Durham papers, 1898-1930.

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Plato Tracy Durham papers, 1898-1930.

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The collection consists of correspondence and a resolution. Two letters to Durham concern his education at Union Theological Seminary; one letter pertains to a friend's army commission; a notice (1917) from Warren A. Candler to Emory University states that Durham acts as chancellor in his absence; the letter from Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker mentions the Inter-Racial Commission and a proposed speaking tour of the South; one letter of sympathy is to Durham's wife. The resolution was passed by Columbia Seminary upon Durham's death. Letters from Gutzon Borglum to Plato Durham and other materials in regard to Durham's address at the unveiling of the carving of Robert Lee at Stone Mountain are in the Stone Mountain collection.

.125 linear ft. (1 partial box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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