Brawley thanks Dillard for the notes he sent; mentions Wallace Buttrick and says a quote from him inspired the title of Brawley's biography of Dillard; asks Dillard to answer the enclosed questions [not present].

Brawley hopes that Dillard has recovered from his illness; mentions discrepancies in biographical sources and says he has been "soaking" himself in reading about Washington and Lee and wants Dillard to "tell me about the men there who impressed you most between 1873 and 1877."

Brawley thanks Dillard for letting him see "these letters" [not present]; he mentions that he has talked to Jackson Davis, who offered sources of information about Dillard. Brawley mentions the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and says that he was asked to write entries on Dillard and "General Armstrong" [Samuel Chapman Armstrong]. Brawley says that "four conventions of Negro Baptists" will meet in Raleigh next week to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the state convention. He mentions his travel schedule and closes with wishes for Dillard's improved health.

The article "The Southern tradition" will be published in the September issue of The North American Review and Brawley will be sure that Dillard receives a copy.

Brawley sends wishes for Dillard's improved health.

Brawley sends wishes for Dillard's improved health.

Brawley urges Dillard to follow his doctors' advice and avoid traveling this winter. He thanks Dillard for a suggestion about the book title and tell him that Jackson Davis, Thomas Jesse Jones and "Mr. Caldwell" have offered assistance on "special topics." Brawley says the text should be finished by "late winter or early spring" and ask Dillard to consider writing a foreword.

Brawley writes to "make correction about the impression that has gone abroad about Dr. Klein's report on Negro colleges." Brawley states that the first pamphlet is only the introduction and that "separate chapters are to be given to different states." He thanks Dillard for allowing him to see a letter from "Dr. Moton" [Robert Russa Moton] [not present] and encloses a letter from "Dr. Stokes"[Anson Phelps Stokes?] [not present].

Brawley discusses the article "A School of the Past" and praises Dillard. He asks Dillard for "insight into your work as a teacher" and emphasizes the need for this point of view in his book. He closes by saying that copies of The Home Mission College Review will be mailed to Dillard shortly.

Brawley returns a letter [not present] and asks if Dillard might have some photographs from his early career.

Brawley proposes to send his manuscript to Dillard "to have the benefit of your criticism and opinion before the work begins to take final shape." Brawley will be leaving for Washington on Tuesday and plans to see Dillard in Charlottesville on Monday, December 31.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the assistance he gave during Brawley's visit to Charlottesville; he thanks Dillard for his recent letter and says he wants to make "this book the most helpful one I have ever written."

"Copy to Dr. Dillard" written in pencil above salutation. Jones apologizes to Brawley for his failure to send material for Brawley's book. He mentions his esteem for Dillard and encloses a "memorandum" [not present] to show "the kind of statement which I would like to prepare."

Brawley encloses a card [not present] with notes about appropriations from the Slater Fund and asks Dillard "just what is the point about Shaw?" He says that the "actual working of the system makes no real difference in the teacher's salary." He says that he is paid from the college office like all other Shaw employees and that "Shaw now has no special Slater teacher." Brawley has received material from Thomas Jesse Jones and "Mr. Kearny" and hopes to have the manuscript to the publisher by March.

Brawley asks if Dillard has "an unpublished paper on your impressions of Africa" and mentions other material he has recently read. He still hopes to have the manuscript to the publisher for fall publication. Brawley says that he understands the purpose of the Slater Fund assistance is "to help raise the general standard by seeing to it that at least one teacher is adequately paid." He says that he is receiving $250 less than Dillard intended and has never been paid more than $2000 "at any place at which I have taught." He "could not exist if it were not for summer work or an occasional article. But there is also the moral question if I have been treated justly." Brawley asks Dillard for his assistance.

Brawley concurs with Dillard's "reply to Dr. Patton" and mentions his A Social History of the American Negro . Brawley encloses English exam papers [not present] for Dillard's review. He mentions "Mr. Kearny" and "Mr. Newbold" [Nathan Carter Newbold?]

Brawley asks Dillard to publish his article, "The Case of Kenya," in the Home Mission College Review instead of in The Atlantic . He explains that he asked Mr. Newbold to read the introduction. Brawley tells Dillard that Newbold's son is on trial for hitting and killing a man with his automobile. He then tells Dillard that the "Negro bank, a branch of the one in Durham," was robbed of $4000 but fortunately there was no run on the bank "for the Negroes of Raleigh, by way of showing their confidence, made special deposits and drew out very little money." The loss is covered by insurance and the "white banks in the city were quick to offer any assistance needed." Brawley closes by saying "Hampton is at present a case of lack of coherence. It is hard to write about the situation there; but if there should be opportunity at any time soon, I should be glad to talk it over."

Brawley asks Dillard to send reprints of three articles. A note in Dillard's hand indicates two copies of the requested articles were sent on February 2.

Brawley thanks Dillard for "the concluding page of the Kenya article." The rest of the letter is a discussion of Shaw students' performance in English classes.

Brawley asks Dillard for a photograph of "Mr. Slater" [John F. Slater] and says he also wants to obtain a photograph of "Miss Jeanes" [Anna Jeanes]. He asks Dillard to keep him informed of his "movements early in March" since Brawley hopes to send the completed manuscript to Dillard.

Brawley tells Dillard he is sending the book manuscript "to-day." He is still waiting for the picture of "Miss Jeanes." Brawley has sent copies of The Home Mission College Review and hopes to send The English Journal shortly. He concludes by telling Dillard he would like to have "the Kenya article" for the Review . The attached typed note acknowledges receipt of the book manuscript and informs Brawley that Dillard is out of town.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the "kind word about the Kenya article" and for considering "writing to Dr. Moton [Robert Russa Moton] about the quotation." Brawley says he has just returned from giving a lecture at Hampton.

Brawley has received the manuscript from Dillard and has sent it to New York. He thanks Dillard for his notes and is glad there are no major changes to make. He has made the change in the Moton quotation that Dillard suggested.

Brawley thanks Dillard for "the suggestion about Scribner's" and says he is obliged by his last contract with Knopf to let them see his next book. He mentions that his students at Shaw presented a play and "the whole performance was the best we have ever had." Brawley will be happy for Dillard to see the proofs of the book and thanks him for sending a photograph. Brawley has just mailed a review of "Dr. Jones's new book" [ Essentials of Civilization by Thomas Jesse Jones?].

Brawley has mailed 30 copies of the May issue of The Home Mission College Review containing Dillard's article. He hopes the book will be published by Christmas.

Brawley says that "'Dillard University' is very gratifying to me. We shall have to include that in the book." He mentions that Anson Phelps Stokes has agreed to write a special introduction. Brawley concludes by telling Dillard he has declined Howard University's offer. He does not "feel that my best service and best development lie in that direction."

Brawley is glad to know that Dillard is safely returned from his European trip. Brawley tells Dillard that the book manuscript is being read by Doubleday, Doran & Co. He apologizes for the time lost in having sent the manuscript, at the suggestion of Anson Phelps Stokes, to Yale University Press. Brawley has sent Dillard a copy of Freshman Year English and will soon send a copy of the new edition of The Negro in Literature and Art .

Brawley explains that the terms offered by Doubleday, Doran & Co. were unacceptable; he needs more time but is confident of having the published properly published. Brawley seconds Dillard's hope "that Hampton will find the man she needs." He mentions Baptist Home Mission work, "Dr. White," "Dr. Hovey," and "President Peacock" of Shaw University. Brawley says that he feels he is "marking time and I fear the wanderlust has come again and that I am likely at any time to break out and do something rash." He closes by recommending two books ( Pedagogically Speaking by Felix Schelling and The American Scholar by Norman Foerster).

Brawley says that publication of the book is set for June 1. The book is to be titled Doctor Dillard of the Jeanes Fund , will be published by Fleming H. Revell and will sell for $1.75. Brawley asks Dillard's opinion on the inclusion of photographs and says he will send Dillard galley proofs.

Brawley comments on an article by Dillard and suggests changes to a sentence about lynching. He mentions the publication of Doctor Dillard of the Jeanes Fund. Brawley says that he wishes he had had time "to go into the matter of Shaw" with Dillard. He says the "college needs a thorough overhauling-physical, mental, spiritual-and I do not feel that it is best for me to work longer under the present situation." Brawley says he has no interest in assuming administrative duties at Shaw. "The institution has a cantankerous and selfish local alumni group that has fought the president mercilessly. Several members of the faculty are not assets. No college in the country is more in need of buildings. . . ." He closes by saying that "only a stern sense of duty" would compel him to "take up the burden" of reform at Shaw if asked.

Brawley agrees to add a reference to the Slater Fund in the book's preface. He discusses the impact of the proposed title and closes with an anecdote about a French professor at the University of Chicago.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the photographs and discusses the illustrations and their captions. He will send the galley proofs to Dillard shortly and asks Dillard to notify him of any changes or corrections quickly. Brawley mentions that Anson Phelps Stokes "wants to play up the fact that this is a book about a Southern white man written by a Negro." Brawley says he encouraged Stokes "to keep me out of the picture" since he does not think "the proposed statement will encourage white readers in the South to get the book."

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter and assures him the book will be "a first class publication." Brawley says there is "another big noise at Shaw." The local alumni group "have just made another attack on the president of the college, this appearing in a local paper." He does not know how the trustees will respond at their upcoming meeting and says "they ought not to overlook the fact that this local group is very eager to run things at the college." He says the alumni "have wanted several things and in each case the college has tried to meet their wishes only to find itself more and more heavily involved in debt."

Brawley apologizes for not getting the proofs to Dillard before he left Charlottesville. Brawley will hold his copy until he hears if Dillard has any changes to make.

Brawley discusses illustrations for the book.

Brawley discusses the book illustrations and chapter titles. He mentions the situation at Shaw University and says the president returned from the trustees meeting "somewhat depressed." Brawley says there is a rumor that the president will resign "in the near future." He says that to put the alumni group "in power here would be infinitely worse than any mistake the president has made." The typed note from Dillard's secretary acknowledges receipt of Brawley's letter.

Brawley encloses comments on the proofs [not present] by Jackson Davis. Brawley discusses the situation at Shaw University and concludes by saying the "institution must decide just what it its chief function, and then it want to see that the faculty is such as can carry out the main purpose."

Stokes forwards the text of his introduction [not present] to Doctor Dillard of the Jeanes Fund .

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter and telegram and is pleased that Dillard is happy with the introduction to the book.

Brawley has sent proofs to Anson Phelps Stokes. Brawley has "cut loose from all summer school work" though he is serving as pastor at the White Rock Church in Durham. He says that Jackson Davis indicated the General Education Board will purchase 500 copies of the book.

Brawley sends Dillard news clippings [not present] from the Raleigh News and Observer about the winners of the "Live-at-Home Week" competition, "a white boy and a Negro girl." Brawley has not received final word about the publication date of the book. He has been given "special charge" of selling the first 1,000 copies. He asks if Dillard has a list of the Jeanes teachers with their addresses.

Brawley has heard from Revell and the book "ought to be out about three weeks hence."

Brawley received Dillard's two letters. He will "attend to the three points mentioned: the fifty personal copies, the brief ad in the newspapers, and the circular." Brawley will also send a copy of the book to "Mr. Rosenwald" [Julius Rosenwald] in hopes that he will order 5,000 copies, "a copy to be sent to each of his schools."

Brawley received Dillard's letters and forwards proofs of the illustrations [not present]. Brawley is attending to the circular and asks if Dillard wants 4,000 copies rather than 3,000. He asks Dillard how he might "get the book included among those on the Rosenwald list?" Brawley also mentions that his book, A Social History of the American Negro , is out of print and is on the Rosenwald list. He ask Dillard for advice on getting the book reprinted.

Brawley says that he was "so busy talking about the book" that he forgot to mention the situation at Shaw in his first letter of this date. "Dr. Smith of the Home Mission Society" was in Raleigh a month ago to review the situation and spoke at some length with Brawley. Brawley says there is to be a special trustees meeting in New York "on Thursday of this week." He hopes something will be done "for the college is suffering." One of the major issues is the "field secretary, appointed two years ago at the request of the alumni." There is a deficit of $4000 for the secretary's salary, which was supposed to be made up by July 1.

Brawley hopes that "Mr. R. [Rosenwald?] will not feel at all as you think about the picture." He says the book has been printed, but not yet bound. "The situation at Shaw is far from good" but Brawley is hopeful about it. The trustees accepted the resignation of the president and will allow the field secretary to remain, but the alumni will be responsible for his salary. A committee has been appointed to hire a new president "and it has corrected a recent report by making it clear that it is perfectly free in its choice as between a white man and a Negro."

Brawley tells Dillard the book "will be ready within a few days." The September issue of The Southern Workman will publish the chapter "Citizen of the World."

Brawley hopes Dillard will like the finished book and apologizes for "mention of the phrase that I do not like on the inside of the flap of the jacket." Brawley is trying to have the jacket reprinted.

The first copies of the book have arrived and Brawley is sending a copy to Dillard.

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letters and encloses two letters from Revell [not present]. Brawley will try to have the phrase "household word" changed on the jacket.

Brawley is glad that Dillard is pleased with the book. He forwards a letter from Revell [not present] that informs him the phrase "household word" will be changed.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the "list of forty names and check for $75." He asks if "Miss Skinner of St. Louis and Professor Woodward and Mr. Kearny of New Orleans are being included on any list?"

Revell sent Brawley 100 copies as soon as the book was published; thus, Brawley is able "to fill without delay any orders that may come to me." He is sending 10 copies of the book and 4,500 copies of the circular to Dillard.

Brawley has just received word from the Post Office in New York that several letters and the circulars were held for insufficient postage. Brawley thanks Dillard for taking care of the circular and tells him he is will be in Danville, Va. until Friday.

Favrot praises the book and says Brawley is to be "congratulated not only for your keen insight into the life of a great man, but also for your pleasing, straightforward style, and for the orderly sequence of your narrative. More than that, I want particularly to express appreciation of your presentation of the viewpoint of a Southerner."

Brawley has just returned from Danville where he had an operation on his throat. He mentions the postage situation in New York. Brawley says "President J.L. Peacock is thoroughly in charge" at Shaw this winter and is "counting on the Slater appropriation." Brawley mentions that he gave Revell a list of newspapers to receive press copies of the book. He encloses two letters [not present] praising the book.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the letters praising the book he sent and says "my wife suggests that I must not read many such things, as there is danger that my hatband will become a little tight." He mentions the possibility of another printing and discusses some possible corrections.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the letters and was sorry he missed seeing him on Monday. He mentions that he has received nice letters from "Dr. Shepardson" and "Dr. Dabney."

Arnett thanks Brawley for a copy of the book and congratulates him.

Brawley thanks Dillard for arranging "the conference in Washington." He sends a copy of a letter from Trevor Arnett [see 1930 October 9, above]. Brawley discusses additional charges from Revell for the production of the book.

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter and says he will send a copy of the book to Miss Henrietta Ray. He asks Dillard to have the General Education Board send copies to The Virginia Quarterly Review and T he South Atlantic Quarterly .

Brawley has read the letters Dillard sent and is forwarding a letter [not present] from "President Cuninggim of Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Nashville."

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter of October 20 and says it is "certainly very kind of Dr. Stokes and Dr. Jones to be interested in the special matter of which we spoke." He says that Arthur D. Wright has been at Shaw for the last two days.

Brawley hopes that Dillard "returned from Jamaica greatly refreshed. He returns the originals of the pictures used the in book [not present]."

Brawley thanks Dillard for the report on his trip to Jamaica; it interested Mrs. Brawley very much since she was born there. Brawley has sent a copy of the book to Mr. Embree in hopes of interesting Mr. Rosenwald in it. Brawley mentions that "Dr. Smith of the Home Mission Society" was at Shaw recently. Brawley thanks Dillard for his support and says he is not interested in taking "charge of the college." He says he "can see no hope unless Shaw can have at once an unusually progressive administration and secure at least $600,000 for new buildings." Should the Guggenheim fellowship come through, Brawley would hope to go on to a different position at its conclusion.

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter. He says that "Shaw was stunned last night by the passing of Dean Turner."

Brawley mentions a visit from George Foster Peabody. Brawley has only 21 copies remaining of the 100 he initially received from Revell; he can fill the order for "Mr. Tanner" but future orders should be sent to Revell. He closes by saying "Shaw is in turmoil again" but the story is long and "will keep till another day."

Brawley discusses payment arrangements for the 97 copies of the book that Dillard ordered. Brawley says that things "at Shaw steadily get worse instead of better. Dr. Johnson at Howard has very kindly renewed his offer" and Brawley is "disposed to consider the matter favorably." A note in Dillard's hand says "would advise strongly to accept."

Brawley thanks Dillard for the news clippings he sent. Brawley reports that the students at Shaw protested the "appointment of Dr. Redfern as dean" and Brawley was asked "to take up the extra work." On February 14, Brawley will be talking to President Johnson [at Howard University] "more definitely." He says that his "relation to this institution of course is such as to lead to some embarrassment if I leave; but at present I can see nothing else to do. Can you?"

Brawley thanks Dillard for sending "notices" about the book.

Brawley expects "to be in Washington" by next Thursday and gives Dillard his new address. He says that the first printing of the book is almost exhausted.

Brawley thanks Dillard for "the communications with reference to the advance of the Jeanes work in South America." He comments on Dillard's retirement and encloses clippings [not present] from The Age and The Afro-American. Brawley says that a second printing of the book appears likely. He mentions "the problem of housing" in Washington and says he hopes to "move from our temporary quarters" by September.

Brawley says that Revell will print an addition 500 copies for an advance of $325. Brawley is unable to advance the money; he has asked "Mr. Roy" if the Phelps Stokes Fund would be able to do so but has not had a reply. He asks Dillard if "through the Jeanes Fund or otherwise that you will be able to help to move a considerable portion of 500 copies within the next three or four months?" He closes by saying that he and Mrs. Brawley "are very glad that we heeded your advice to leave Raleigh immediately."

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter. The new printing of the book will go forward and Brawley is "assuming financial responsibility." He is not allowing the type to be dispersed in case another printing is needed. Brawley will have most of the copies of the new printing and will fill orders for more than a single copy. Brawley says that if the "book is worth anything in race relations" it would be "most effective if put to work in some of the smaller cities and towns throughout the South." He would like to have copies sent "to at least a few hundred small town principals, both white and colored, but mainly white. Many of these men do not buy many new books and they would talk about something like this much more than a college president."

Brawley thanks Dillard for sending a copy of his article, "Teachers and Reading" and says it reminds him "more and more why I have been attracted to your work." Dillard's interest is in all children and Brawley says "[s]o is mine." He says that he has "always been thrilled by what was being done by Miss Martha Berry and others for the white boys and girls in the mountains." Brawley says that five or six years ago he "conceived the idea that my final work as a teacher was to cultivate better reading habits on the part of Negro boys and girls throughout the South." He presented the idea to the General Education Board. He hoped to "see as closely as possible just what books were available for reading in hundreds of schools throughout the South. Then I wanted to select and supply ten or twenty books as the individual case might require." He believed a foundation, on the order of the Jeanes Fund, would be required to effect his plan, but he received little encouragement. "It is far easier to get a hundred thousand for a building than for anything that goes more directly into character building."

Brawley was happy to receive Dillard's letter as he had heard Dillard was "troubled by illness." Brawley now has all remaining copies of the book but he is "not rushing about getting rid of these at any cheap rate." He thanks Dillard for the circular he sent [not present] and says he shares "your enthusiasm for 'David Grayson'" [Ray Stannard Baker]. Brawley spoke "last night" for the annual Hampton Founder's Day meeting. He says it went well except the quartet "sang too many mournful spirituals."

Brawley thanks Dillard for his order for four copies of the book and says there are now less than sixty remaining.

Brawley has heard that Dillard has been sick and hopes he is "a great deal better." He understands that Dillard is "heading the Scottsboro Committee" and can "hardly imagine a more patriotic service." Brawley's new book, Early Negro American Writers , is to be published by the University of North Carolina Press in about two months.

Brawley thanks Dillard for sending the letter "from my old college dean, Dr. Shepardson" [not present]. He hopes Dillard's health has improved and mentions having attended the "Modern Language meeting."

Brawley is glad to hear Dillard's health has improved and thanks him for sending "the reprinted articles" [not present]. Brawley also thanks Dillard for the inscribed copy of Dillard's book, From News Stand to Cyrano . Brawley says "a few designing men have recently launched a new attack on the administration at Howard, but I am happy to tell you that the tide is now strongly in President Johnson's favor." Brawley and several other Howard faculty members recently attended a special dinner at the Willard Hotel. The Secretary of the Interior was present and Brawley has since sent him a copy of Doctor Dillard of the Jeanes Fund .

Brawley thanks Dillard for his letter and enclosure [not present]. He hopes Dillard's health is improving.

Brawley thanks Dillard again for the inscribed copy of From News Stand to Cyrano and says that if Dillard has extra copies of any of his earlier works, Brawley would appreciate receiving them. Brawley say that he is "trying to get together as many things as I can in the field of Negro literature. The emphasis is not so much on history or the so-called problem, but literature." He says he has most of James Weldon Johnson's books and many by younger writers but the earlier generation's books are much hard to come by. "Just think of the fact that the little book, Oak and Ivy , that young Dunbar used to beg people on his elevator to buy, is now worth ten or twelve dollars and can hardly be had for either love or money." Brawley mentions that he has most of Dunbar's works, as well as a copy of the 1773 edition of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects . He mentions other authors including Charles Chesnutt, W.E.B. Du Bois, Alexander Crummell, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Joel Chandler Harris, Walter Hines Page and William Garrott Brown. Brawley says that "in the wider field of literature" he has "what must be (if I can believe the dealers) the best Le Gallienne collection in this part of the world." Brawley concludes with a discussion of "the biographical series that I have under way with the University of North Carolina Press."

Having "just graded the last examination papers and made out my report" Brawley finds himself "thinking about the meaning of it all." He said he has especially thought of Dillard and his "paper about the early days in Norfolk, 'A School of the Past.'" Brawley hopes Dillard is well.

Brawley thanks Dillard for the check and his interest in Brawley's publications. He says that at least two of his book are out of print "so that I shall doubtless have to send not just one or two but several books other than my own to make up the difference." He says "it may be that I can help Miss Carothers with a few items I have recently seen here in second hand stores." Brawley recently attended "a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Encyclopedia. . . and there were several kind references to you." A postscript in Brawley's hand says that the Committee "voted to invite Professor Guy B. Johnson to be co-editor with Dr. Du Bois."

Brawley thanks Dillard for the additional check and says he will report in about two weeks. He will communicate with Miss Carothers "to see about some items that she may or may not have."

Brawley has "to-day sent to Miss Carothers at Dillard University two packages containing the books listed on separate sheet" [p.2]. Brawley says this "has reminded me of two dreams I had but that are still unrealized. One was to preside over a fund of about half a million for the purchase of books for needy schools and communities. The other was to have for Negro boys an academy, a secondary school with the highest standards of scholarship and character."