Edwin Washington Project

Title

[Petition (Colored schools) 1956 - Willisville - is out of Coal]

Description

On 10 January 1956, Ethel R Stewart wrote this letter to the Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent, O.L. Emerick, requesting more coal for the Willisville Colored School because "All we have left is dirt and that doesn't have burn."

Tag

Willisville, School, Upperville, Virginia, historical, emails

Date

1956-01-30

Creator

Loudoun County Public School staffSee all items with this value

Place

Willisville ColoredSee all items with this value

VirginiaSee all items with this value

Identifier

1040746

Is Version Of

1040746_2.5.A Yr 1956 Jan 30 Willisville is out of Coal.pdf

Is Part Of

Black Petitions

Format

Pdf DocumentSee all items with this value

Source

Petition labeled "2.5.A Petition C Willisville - 1/30/56 "Dirt don't half burn"" in the 2.5.A Colored Petitions box in the Loudoun County Public Schools Record Office

Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington ProjectSee all items with this value

Rights

Loudoun County Public SchoolsSee all items with this value

Language

English

Replaces

/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWS Special Projects/Lost_Letters Project/Ed Washington Folder/2.5A Colored Petitions/2.5.A Yr 1956 Jan 30 Willisville is out of Coal.pdf

Transcription

Supt. O.L. Emerick
County School Board
Leesburg, Va.
Dear Mr. Emerick:
Please send some coal up right away. All we have left is dirt and that doesn’t half burn. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Ethel R. Stewart