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Charles F. Thwing to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 March 1915

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  • Source Text: Charles F. Thwing to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 March 1915, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1.
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  PRESIDENT'S ROOM WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ADELBERT COLLEGE CLEVELAND 24 March 1915 My dear Mr. Chesnutt:

Let me thank you for your letter regarding Mr. Berger.1 I shall be glad of every opportunity for serving him.

Believe me Ever yours, Charles G. Thwing Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt.

Correspondent: Charles Franklin Thwing (1853–1937) was a White author, clergyman, and academic from Maine who was president of Adelbert College and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1891 to 1921. During this time, he significantly expanded the university. Chesnutt had many ties to Western Reserve University, which had admitted Black students since the 1830s and women (with some restrictions) since 1872, and he knew Thwing personally.



1. Berger has not been identified. [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): Charles G. Thwing, "Charles F. Thwing to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 March 1915," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed September 20, 2024. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.corr01506.
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