Teenage Draft: Correspondence between G. A. Bridges (Bridges & Hamrick, General Merchants) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, August 29, 1942

Title:

Teenage Draft: Correspondence between G. A. Bridges (Bridges & Hamrick, General Merchants) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, August 29, 1942

Date:

1942

Creator (Personal):

Bridges, G. A.

Description:

A letter from a North Carolina businessman asking Senator Maybank to reconsider changing the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. He brings up another point of "negro" men who had not had their venereal diseases treated, being released back into the community. He suggests that they are a menace to society and with all the young white men gone, altercations with black men could arise. A response from Maybank's secretary is included, stating the letter will be given to the Senator when he returns to office.

Collection Title:

Senator Burnet R. Maybank Papers, 1914-1973

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Documents

Topical Subject:

World War, 1939-1945, Drafts--United States, and World War, 1939-1945--African Americans

Geographic Subject:

North Carolina

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 0085 Box 4 Folder 21

Date Digital:

2015-08-11

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright status undetermined.

Access Statement:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

28136