Joyce H. Caldwell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 13 January 1931
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W. Va State College
Institute, W. Va1
Jan 13, 1931
Mr. Charles W. Chestnut
1646 Union Trust Bldg.
Cleveland, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Chestnut
We notice that your plans point toward coming here as our guest on Jan 23. Perhaps the mistake is due to an error of our stenographer, for Jan 30 was the date decided upon by the club for your coming. In fact, posters have been made relative to the latter date. I trust this misunderstanding wont inconvenience you in any way, and we may look for you on the 30th.2
Sincerely yours, (Miss) Joyce H. Caldwell Pres. Literary ClubCorrespondent: Joyce H. Caldwell (b. 1910), the student president of the Literary Club at West Virginia State College (later University), graduated in May of 1931 and returned to her home state of North Carolina to become a schoolteacher.
1. West Virginia State College (now University) is a historically Black land-grant university founded in 1891 in Institute, West Virginia, as the West Virginia Colored Institute. Initially focused on teacher preparation and vocational training, it began to offer college degrees in 1915. [back]
2. In late 1930, Chesnutt agreed to give a reading to the Literary Club of West Virginia State College, a student organization. In 1930 and 1931, the club discussed nine Black authors and their works. Upon Chesnutt's request, they offered to pay his travel expenses. After initial confusion about the date, the visit was planned for January 30, 1931, but Chesnutt suddenly became ill; on January 31, 1931, Chesnutt's daughter Helen informed the Club's president, Joyce Caldwell, about the last-minute cancellation. An attempt to reschedule the reading for April 1931 came to nothing. [back]
