Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church ; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Society of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Typescript draft of Principles Versus Prejudices speech with notes by President Dammann, R.S.C.J.
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church ; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Society of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Typescript of Principles Versus Prejudices speech published in Tower Postscript, Manhattanville Alumni publication, Vol. 6 no. 1, Summer 1938.
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; LaFarge, John, 1880-1963; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Society of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Article from August 1938 Interracial Review discussing integration controversy:
"...But never before had Manhattanville so truly represented the Church than when Mother Dammann, speaking for the College, addressed the Alumni meeting on the subject...
Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; OByrne, E. M. (Eleanor M.); Social action
Catholic Digest Article, "Principle Conquers Prejudice A Picture Story." Article discussing the racial and international diversity of the student population, student activities, and Sacred Heart educational system at Manhattanville.
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; LaFarge, John, 1880-1963; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Society of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Article outlining events leading to President Dammann's "Principles Versus Prejudices" Address.
"...the President of the College, the Reverend Mother Dammann, removed every doubt by replying to the challenge of prejudice in a brilliant, cogent,...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Maine--Bangor; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated September 10, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Bangor, Maine, discussing general news of the abolitionist movement, mentioning Gerrit Smith, Mr. [Joshua?] Leavitt, and J. [James?]...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
