- Collection:
- Catherine May Bedell Congressional Papers
- Title:
- Correspondence between Catherine May and Olga Johnson regarding Foreign Aid, Segregation, and the Johnson Administration, 1965
- Creator:
- Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-2004
- Contributor to Resource:
- Johnson, Olga
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Subject:
- Legislators--United States--Archives
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Sources
Aid
United States--Race relations - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Washington, 47.50012, -120.50147 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Constituent Olga Johnson writes a racially charged letter to Catherine May in which she laments foreign aid, espouses having "...negroes confined on a reservation like the Indians," and "...Martin Luther King and his followers and President Johnson and his, could all be taken out to a uninhabited island..." She includes several political cartoons which criticize the Johnson administration and other "liberal" policies. May writes a restrained letter in response in which she thanks Johnson for the cartoons.
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on an OpticBook 3600 Plus scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/cmay/id/951
- IIIF manifest:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/iiif/2/cmay:951/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
- Original Collection:
- Catherine May Congressional Papers, 1959-1970, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- Contributing Institution:
- Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Rights:
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