Board of Directors correspondence, 1947-1968.

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Board of Directors correspondence, 1947-1968.

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The series consists of correspondence of the Atlanta Urban League Board of Directors from 1947-1968. The bulk of the collection includes letters to and from Jesse B. Blayton, with some to and from James O'Hear Sanders, Austin T. Walden, and Isabel Webster. Much of the correspondence relates to routine business activities of the Atlanta Urban League; some letters relate to personal matters. Prominent correspondents include Theodore Kheel and Lester Granger, National Urban League past presidents; Congressman Chester Bowles; various Atlanta city officials and businessmen; and Atlanta Urban League officers.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell), 1896-1976

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Atlanta Urban League

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Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986

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Blayton, Jesse B.

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National urban league

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Walden, A. T. 1885-1965.

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Kheel, Theodore Woodrow

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Lawyer, mediator. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodore Woodrow Kheel : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513675 Lawyer, arbitrator, and industrial consultant. The awards and opinions were rendered for the New York City transportation system for which Kheel served as an impartial chairman and arbitrator. From the description of Theodore Woodrow Kheel arbitration papers, 1...

Webster, Isabel.

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Sanders, James O'Hear.

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