Charles W. Chesnutt to Mildred Chadsey, 16 October 1931
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October 16, 1931
Miss Mildred Chadsey, Executive Secretary,
The Adult Education Association,1
Cleveland College Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.
My dear Miss Chadsey:
Replying to your letter of September 22nd suggesting that you have n't seen me at any of the Adult Association meetings, I have no doubt that both Mrs. Chesnutt2 and I would be deeply interested and profited by attending some of them.
I did not attend the annual meeting this year for the very good reason that I was at home sick in bed.3 I hope, however, to take in some of the other meetings during the year.
Wishing you all success in your work as secretary of the Association, I remain,
Sincerely yours, CWC:LKCorrespondent: Mildred Chadsey (1884–1940) was a progressive White activist in Cleveland. She became the city's first housing commissioner in 1912, trained social workers throughout the 1920s, and was active in the labor movement and a range of civic causes. From the late 1920s on, she was executive secretary of the Adult Education Association of Cleveland.
1. The Adult Education Association of Cleveland was formed in 1927 as the successor to the 1925 Education Extension Council. Cleveland social reformer Mildred Chadsey (1884–1940) was one of the founders and became its director, and then its executive secretary under Newton D. Baker (1871–1937), Cleveland's former Democratic mayor, who was the Association's president 1930–31. Chesnutt became a member sometime before 1931. [back]
2. Susan Perry Chesnutt (1861–1940) was from a well-established Black family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and worked as a teacher at Fayetteville's Howard School before marrying Chesnutt. They were married from 1878 until his death in 1932 and had four children: Ethel, Helen, Edwin, and Dorothy. Susan led an active life in Cleveland. [back]
3. Chesnutt became seriously ill and was home-bound from late August to at least mid-October of 1931; while he is vague about the nature of his illness, his letters thanking friends for flowers, gifts, and visits indicate that they had been very concerned. [back]
