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The National Phillis Wheatley Foundation, Inc.
2170 East 46th Street Cleveland 3, Ohio

Jane Edna Hunter, Founder
President and Director

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THE NATIONAL PHILLIS WHEATLEY FOUNDATION
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PHILLIS WHEATLEY
America's First Negro Poetess
GEORGE H. RUSSELL
Gen. Chairman
LEON WALLACE
Executive Chairman
National Phillis Wheatley 
Celebration 1950
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LIFE MEMBERS
J.H. Beckwith
R.E. Black,
Chicago, Ill.
Arthur W. Bostock
Mrs. Harry Newton Clarke
Mrs. Rosa Lee Coleman
Hon. D.W. Frackelton
Mrs. Ralph L. Fuller
Mrs. Maude M. Hawkins
Miss Jane E. Hunter
Hon. Proctor Patterson Jones, Los Trancos, Calif.
Miss Helen W. Joyce, Mansfield, Ohio
Ross Lytle
Miss Mary E. Mason
Mrs. Cornelia F. Nickens
Joseph M. Goldwasser, President Peerless Department Store
Mrs. Beulah N. Pinn
Miss Genevieve Randall
William Seawright
Dr. Mary F. Waring, Chicago, Ill.
Miss Helen Blakemore Warner

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. J.A. Bacoats, Pres., Benedict College Columbia, South Carolina
Mrs Eunica Baker, Steubenville, Ohio
Mr. F.R. Bemisderfer
Mrs. T. McC Black
Mr. Robert M. Boyd
Atty. Charles V. Carr
Mr. M.C. Clarke
Prof. Allen Code, Senaca, South Carolina
Judge Lewis Drucker
Mrs. George A. Ebeling
Mrs. Sarah Lee Fleming, New Haven, Connecticut
Mrs. Milton Gibson
Mr. Truman K. Gibson, Pres., Supreme Liberty Life. Ins. Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Evan A. Gilkes, Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. Helen Goggins
Judge Mary B. Grossman
Dr. Robert A. Harris
Dr. Samuel R. Higgins, Pres. Allen University Columbia, S.C.
Mrs. V.C. Hodges
George R. Hooper
Miss Jane E. Hunter
Dr. H.W. Hunter
Mrs. Margaret Jackson
Judge Perry B. Jackson
Miss Ruth Johnson
Mrs. Wilbretta Johnson
Atty. Procter Patterson Jones
Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ross Lytle
Atty. Frank C. Lyons
Hon. Margaret Mahoney
Mrs. Cornelia F. Nickens
Mrs. Beulah Pinn
Mrs. Celeste Richie
Mr. George H. Russell
Mrs. W.S. Scott, Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. J.J. Seabrook, Pres., Claflin University Orangeburg, South Carolina
Mr. John J. Sengstacke, Pres., Chicago Defender Chicago, Illinois
Atty. Clarence L. Sharpe
Mr. Clifford O. Stark, Centerbury, Ohio
Dr. B.C. Styles
Mr. Lockwood Thompson
Prof. W.H. Thompson, Pendleton, South Carolina
Mrs. Robert L. Vann, Pres., Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Judge Lillian M. Westropp
Mr. Edwin J. Williams
Mrs. Olive White
J.W. Wills, Sr.
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^[[Reg letter]]

May 6, 1953

Dr. F.D. Patterson
President 
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee, Alabama

Dear Dr. Patterson:

It was certainly a shock to learn through the Press that you have decided to retire as President of Tuskegee, the pride of Negro peoples. I shall not breathe a murmur against this decision; instead, the first thought that come into my mind was, "Well done thou good and great servant, thou hath been faithful over Tuskegee and now your reward shall be ruler of many things."

I hate to think of you leaving Tuskegee, however, I can appreciate how hard you and Katherine have worked. Your soul must be tired. Certainly my own soul was tired and my body worn to a frazzle when I left Phillis Wheatley Association.

You and Mrs. Patterson have my best wishes for every success in your new work and for a happy, healthy long life.

Sincerely,
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Jane E. Hunter

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