Box 1

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Biographical sketches, photocopied newspaper articles programs regarding birthday celebrations and obsequies (1954-2003) regarding Ruby Pendergrass Cornwell.

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Letters to Cornwell sent in 1950. Topics include National Brotherhood Week; Eleanor Roosevelt on prejudice; letter with advertisement and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding Judge Waring talk to Council for Civic Unity regarding white supremacy and prejudice in Deep South; Miriam DeCosta; NAACP leader, Walter White; and the KKK

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Waring's carbon copied correspondence with others sent to Cornwell (1950) includes public approval letters in response to Elizabeth's interview on Meet the Press. Includes letter of support from James Folsom, Governor of Alabama

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Newspaper and magazine clippings (1950) include Collier's article, "The Lonesomest Man in Town" regarding the Waring's social ostracism in Charleston; and articles regarding the Warings' and attacks on their Charleston home.

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings (1951). Topics include Elizabeth Waring defending Collier's magazine article; her perception of Southern racial attitudes resulting from segregation; expressing skepticism of people fighting for "Negro Rights," and opposition of "segregation profiteers;" carbon copied letter to Julia A. Gourdine stating reasons for declining invitation to speak at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, Charleston; Arthur. J. Clement, Jr.; Septima Clark, Miriam DeCosta; Rev. Frank...

Scope and Contents Waring's correspondence (originals and carbon copied) sent to Cornwell (1951) includes Elizabeth's letter to editor of Christian Science Monitor clarifying her point of view and tactics in challenging civil rights; Judge's correspondence with S. Ralph Harlow of Smith College with Waring questioning intentions of Senator Olin Johnston; Carl Rowan's impression of Charleston and the Warings; Aubrey Williams of the Southern Farmer expressing support for Briggs vs. Elliott case; and Elizabeth...

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Newspaper and magazine clippings (1951) includes journalist Carl T. Rowan's syndicated series, " How Far from Slavery?;" regarding his observations of Southern race relations in the South; coverage on Clarendon County case and resistance movements to school integration

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Waring's letters to Cornwell (1952). Topics include the Waring's relocation to New York, the Democratic Party; Mordecai Johnson; Carl Rowan; Fair Employment Practice Committee [F.E.P.C.]; Irma and Arthur J. Clements; and the NAACP

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Photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings sent (1952) include articles regarding Waring's relocation to NYC; Judge Waring's stance on the Civil Rights Issue and reexamination of Clarendon County school case; and President Truman's address regarding civil rights.

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from January to June 1953. Topics include the possibility of Charleston postal service intercepting letters to Cornwell and others; comments on book, Living Without Hate; opinions on Charleston's News and Courier newspaper, Charlestonian Blacks reluctant to support civil rights, Communist "witch hunts;" and segregation; details on attending Negro Debutante Ball in NYC and Ralph Bunche's dinner party; attorney Marion A. Wright, "gradualism" and...