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Nathan C. Newbold to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 June 1922

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  • Source Text: Nathan C. Newbold to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 June 1922, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2.
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  Department of Public Instruction State of North Carolina Raleigh E. C. BROOKS, STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DIVISION OF NEGRO EDUCATION 509 West 121 St New York City 3 June 1922 Mr. Charles W. Chestnutt 1105 Williamson Building Celeveland, Ohio My dear Sir:

Please let me thank you very much for your letter of May 24. The information which you sent will be helpful to me.1

Very sincerely yours N. C. Newbold Director


Correspondent: Nathan Carter Newbold (1871–1957) was a White educator and civil servant from North Carolina who became the first state agent for Black schools in 1913. In 1920, he created the Division of Negro Education, acting as its director from 1921 to 1950. Throughout his career, he pursued graduate work in education, including at Columbia University's Teachers' College.



1. Nathan C. Newbold may have used the material he gathered for a report or speech, but his print publications on Black education in North Carolina did not appear until the 1930s: The Report of the Governor's Commission for the Study of Problems in the Education of Negroes in North Carolina (Raleigh, 1935) and Five North Carolina Negro Educators (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1939). [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): Nathan C. Newbold, "Nathan C. Newbold to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 June 1922," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed December 5, 2025. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.corr01597.
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  • Contributors to the digital file: Millhorn, Lauren | Anderson, Antje | Weakly, Laura K. | Barney, Brett
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