Letter from Anson Phelps Stokes to British Embassy

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Anson Phelps Stokes to British Embassy
Description:
Appealing to Lord Halifax to facilitate the conferral of a British travel visa for W. E. B. Du Bois, such that he may attend the Pan African Congress to be held that fall in Manchester, and supporting his plea with lengthy praise for Du Bois's performance at past conferences, and on the basis of his long-proven intellectual rigor, pivotal publications, and unabated commitment to social change.
Creator:
Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958
Addressee:
Great Britain. Embassy (U.S.)
Date:
October 6, 1945
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 108 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Pan African Congress
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b108-i010
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b108-i010