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A Guide to the Papers of Louis I. Jaffé, 1916-1950 Jaffé, Louis I., Papers 9924-d

A Guide to the Papers of Louis I. Jaffé, 1916-1950

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Accession Number 9924-d


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
9924-d
Title
Papers of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1916-1950
Physical Characteristics
540 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Papers of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, Accession #9924-d, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This addition to the previous hit Jaffé  next hit Papers was a gift from Mrs. previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit on 12 March 1976.

Biographical/Historical Information

previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit was born in Detroit, Michigan, February 22, 1888, the son of Phillip and Lotta Maria (Kahn) previous hit Jaffé  next hit. When previous hit Jaffé  next hit was twelve years old, his family moved to Durham, North Carolina, and he graduated from high school there in 1907. In 1911, he received an A.B. degree from Trinity College (now Duke University).

While a student at Trinity, previous hit Jaffé  next hit edited The Chronicle, a campus weekly, and was associate editor of The Archive, a college monthly. After graduation, he joined the staff of the Durham Sun, but left a short time later to become a reporter and assistant city editor for the Richmond Times- Dispatch .

In 1917, previous hit Jaffé  next hit was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery Section, Officer's Reserve Corps of the United States Army. He was re-commissioned in the Aviation Section 1918, and again in 1919 with the Service of Supply. He was honorably discharged in France, March 29, 1919, and was commissioned as Inspector in the American National Red Cross with rank of Captain. He served on the Red Cross Commission to the Balkans from April to July, 1919, and was director of the Red Cross News Service in Paris from July to October, 1919. He was made a Chevalier of the State of Roumania, and honor bestowed in recognition of his work there with the Red Cross Commission.

After the war, previous hit Jaffé  next hit went to Norfolk to become editor of the Virginian-Pilot, a position he held from 1919 until his death in 1950. He was prominent among Virginia liberal journalists and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for an editorial deploring a lynching which took place in Houston, Texas, on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.

In one of his last editorials, dated February 25, 1950, concerning the "mercy killing" of the Boothe bill for desegregation of Virginia public transportation he wrote: "The Virginia Democratic organization makes haste slowly in the field of social-political reform...It is still too uneasy about the impact of de-segregation on common carries to give the proposal anything like an official blessing. That will come later-after a longer look at this highly desirable reform, and possibly after another shove or two from the Supreme Court of the United States."

Scope and Content

The additional papers previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit consist of 540 items from previous hit Jaffé's  next hit "F" and "G" files, 1916-1950, including correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman, Junius P. Fishburn, Carter Glass, Samuel Gompers, and James Forrestal. previous hit Jaffé  next hit discussed politics, race relations, journalism, and other matters with his correspondents.

Arrangement

The correspondence file is arranged alphabetically, with the individually labeled folders following the general "F" and "G" files. The material within the folders is arranged chronologically.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Louis I. Jaffé
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Contents List

Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit - "F" General 1920-1949,
53 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Judge Charles N. Feidelson 1921-1932,
10 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with W.P. Few, President of Duke University 1926-1938,
11 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Williams Fields, Representative for the producers of Green Pastures 1933,
6 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Junius P. Fishburn 1924-1936,
34 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Roy C. Flannagan 1929-1932,
8 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Ralston Fleming 1921-1926,
11 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Professor R.L. Flowers 1921-1948,
26 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with E.C. Folkes 1923-1929,
7 items
James Forrestal (Secretary of the Navy) to previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1944,
1 item, TLS
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Alexander Forward 1918-1920 July,
41 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Alexander Forward 1920 August-1942,
46 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Dr. Vincent C. Franks and Mrs. Adele Eames Franks 1937-1939,
9 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Harry Frantz 1919-1920,
3 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Douglas Freeman, Editor of the Richmond News Leader 1922-1949,
79 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit - "G" General 1920-1949,
72 items
Carter Glass to previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1926, 1928,
2 TLS
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Robert Glass and Anna Glass 1922-1948,
7 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with William H. Glasson 1922-1937,
11 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Robert Golden 1919-1920,
7 items
Sameul Gompers to Garrett Baxter, (Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Garrett Baxtre re Gompers' letter) 1916, 1941,
4 items, TLS
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with R.K. Gooch 1930-1944,
8 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with C. O'Conor Goolrick 1930-1937,
9 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with John D. Gordan 1922-1929,
6 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Frank Graham, President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1930-1939,
7 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with previous hit Louis  next hit Graves 1922-1950,
17 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Elizabeth Fay Green 1931,
3 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with Paul Green 1938,
1 item
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with James E. Gregg 1926-1929,
17 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit with the Reverend Dr. Moultrie Guerry 1943-1945,
4 items
Correspondence of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé with the Reverend Bishop George P. Gunn 1932-1947,
8 items