https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/2c553888f85eb885ed87e660ce6111f8.pdf 30aaf965133f6089bee47ad98335190b PDF Text Text Dr. George J. liaher, :Bo;y Scou.t9 of A...'ierlc2,, 2 Park Avenue, Ne1 Tork, 1-i. Y. Dee r Dr. Fiaher: l'<n1 rei1em'b1:1:.r, of oourso, tht1.t Mem his ime one of the first Ootme:Us (19:::a) to st ~:-.rt work among Negro boys i n the Sou;th. Th ie tmm s.t tho il1sp~rn.tio n o:t our good friend, Mr. Bolton Smith. Whe wor!~ has movod a lcng L\."ltl now for tile l a ot seven yea rs wf; •ve hn:.d J. A Beauel1rnJliJ:i ~mployed as Field Sxecu.tive fol" Negro work r:nd ,,,e haYett at the present time 6 t hirt,-.... seven Troo-p s and fiVtl Oub PHc..l!:s with a total boy manborship of 003 . In o-11 t his time wt:i have nevar a.vard@il a Silver Bee.ver to o. Negro beo.:::uae tho two :Be::z:vere ~.lloired to th~ Council hi:ive each 7ee.r botli been naeded. for outdendine; white leaders who could not wisely be passed ovor.. Tho Inter-Rc~cb.l Col'l}idttee hr.;,a di1:·H:m0 ~ed thi!! problem o.nd wo foel th:,'.t the need of sm:ie sigrti:Cioa'lt :raeognition to Negro lec,der~ l'l!:!..G become c.cute r:Uld t1e beliwe '11a t with adeq_i.JD.te reoogni tion ~o eou.ld incz-ease tha Negro leaders nnteriaJ.ly and, thereby. increase the number of Scouts ei.nd 'fro ops m.~teriall;r. In Viet1 of the large mllll"ber o:t Negro Troo1)e an.d. boys now enrolled and the num\>(Jl' of ye.~s in t-!hich no recor-;nition h:"!.s been given to the !ifegroea, Ne teel that a Silver Bea:vsr ought to be a~l0<l end we believe that this "t«.>uld ~1arrant your cor.wittee in e;iving a.n extra :Seaver for this Negro \•iork ir..:. the Ch.ie?~,.,,s~.'1 Council. We D.re 9 therefore, asking your considera tion of m.'l\king r>.:va.ilt:.ble to us an a.ddition.:tl Silver llce.vsr to be preoented to the outste.nd.1ng lfogro leader (we think this 1·1 0ultl be a SooutrN1eter who he..s given long o,nd vary efficient for this yef!-3. ser~ioe) �Oetober 22. 1941 If you desire eJtff! atld itional :taots we will be ha-:pp7 to furnish them to ;rou and 1:f' your eornmUtee is iirilling to npprove this, we wUl in.m:iadiE;.tely p repare tha I"ee()mmenda tMn and. ~nmd. U t(l) 70u. We have kno\m 'O f yo'lll' long f<'!Jld Ye-q intense interest 1n the i {tt"N Progr~1 ~ arJI>reoif'. te greatly' thllty hel:p rou e:i:;tendtld as head of tl1e Field l)C]_·ivttunent to Mr. &lton Smith in getting the work 'iltt»l'tad. We fll'G m.u't:l tlr~ t you pGrtonally rill be arud.crwa1 to cm eve17tld.ng 1"tl. ~!·a 'bo meike it more effecth•e. Ed Dslstrom, Ohairmn, Inter-lia.olal Committee A:':ip:rov~ - Mr. W. GoTdon Mon1s, Seout E:xeoutive ml:nh 00: Mr. Stanley A. Harris �t CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED PHONE 5-2351 501-507 COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS, TENN. NJ,-. E. e. Arthul'' BnuJ.e• L~ :BfUOe Oo., Me~1~. '~enneaeee .Dear ~. Brg,.co: Mr. Dalstrom requested that I send to you a ·copy of a letter he wJ-ote. to Dr. hQr.ge J. Fisher relat.tn· to a\'a1"d1ng an e:;.tra Silver :Bea.Yer tQ a ne~ Scouter thie year. I ei...m, ther~fore, enclos~ I~~ Da.letrom• .s 1ette~ of Octo·b er 22nd. For your infobntion Silver Bea.ve:-s a.re allotted to Councils on the basis of .o ne for '15 !roope and :f?-ocks, two for 75 to 100 ~roona and Po.eke and three· for 100 to 3'Q. .A.e: 0£ October Bl, we show~ tho followiiag ~eoori in, ·QhS.okasaw Counc;il: WHITE :SEA SCOmllS mTF..R-&OlAL TO~AL SOOYT~ ~BQQi§ 21.21 9'1 ·v 72 4 ma 37 2731 134 • 378 ) 5 L _ 18 ~ eince:oel.1' hope that U will be. ssible to .s eoure an eA.dltional :Bea.Yer for the Seminole Division, because 1 believe it will be the .p ea.test inspiration to these negr.oes ~t they cc:ruld ha.VQ.. !rhen too .:when you think of the t a..ci; the.t we now have ~62 units S.n the OouncU there is every reason to believe th..'71.t we wW �CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED PHONE 5-2351 501-507 COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS, TENN. Ootobe:t· B9" ·1941 be allotted three' Sil\rer. '.llea:nre for 1942. Nationa! Council be~es its allotment on Q'S cause, the the, tnembership ot yee.r 1n detenittt~ how~ SU.ver DQavare ~ ?-wa.rded in a Oouncu t mit l bel iev,e t}).a.t tn View of \he {p'eat ins.p!ra M.on end uplift whie.b will come from the e.wo.rd.1ng of a Sil?e.r. llea~, to a necn, that, DlrJ> Fi.sh.63r 'It tll .s.ee t,0 tt that ·t nh .:5'.s ifM:'.de Q .s,etbl~. ,Ja:n.tJ;;ry lat ,o f the ~elUng With kindest regards, l ~ W. Gordon l.'foJ'l"ie,. Soout :lllxeou.t lve M~. :$d: Dalstrom �I MEM BERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FR ANK LIN 0. ROOSEVE L T, HONORARY PR E SIDENT HERBERT H OOVER , H ONORA RY VICE CO LIN H . LIVIN GSTO N E , CHARTERED BY CONGRESS JUNE/5 ,1 9 16 INCORPORATED FEBRUARY B, 1910 PRES I DENT Ho N O RAR Y V 1cE PAES! DE NT DA N I EL CA RTER BEAR D , H O N OR AR Y VICE PRESIDEN T WALTE R W. H EAD , PRESIDENT , ST . Louis. Mo , JO H N SH E RMAN HOYT , VICE PR ESIDENT , DARIEN , CO NN . ST UAR T W_ FRE N C H . VICE P R E SI D ENT , PASADENA.CA LIF . THEODORE ROOSEV E LT' Vt CE ME LL R. WI L KIN SO N , PRESIDENT , OYSTER VICE PRE S ID E NT , BAY, N.Y. ATLAN TA.GA . FRANK G. H 00VER , V I CE P RE SI DENT , NO. CANTON, 0 . DAN IE L CAR T ER BEA R D, NATIONA L SCOU T CoM M1 SSIO NER LEW IS GAW TRY , TRE A SUR ER TELEP H ONE L EXI NGTON 2-32·00 CABLE Al'.lOREss" BOYS CA Mt:R, NEW YO~K .. JA M ES E . W EST CHIEF' SCOUT E XECUTIVE GEORG E J . FIS H ER, DEPUTY CH IEF SCOUT EX ECU T IVE October 27, 1941 ADVI SORY COUNCIL L.W. SALOW/fll WHEELER MCMILLEN W. WARREN BARBOUR WILLIAM C. M EN N INGER F. A BE AN E.D . N I M S DANIEL CARTER BEARD E.W. PALMER JOH N M. BIERER REGINALD H. PARSONS W!LLJAM J. CAMPBELL WILLIAM H. POUCH SH E LDON CLARK PHILIP L. REED CHARLES E . COTTI NG G . BARRETT RICH HARMAR 0. OEN.NY, JR. V I CTOR F. RIDDER JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR. THEODORE ROOSEVELT M A RSHALL Fl ELD H.R. SAfFO R D ELBERT K FRETWE LL EARL C . SA MS LEWIS GAWTRY PAUL w . SCH ENC K FRANCIS W . HATCH JOHN M . SCHIFF WALTER W. HEAD GEORGE ALBERT SMITH F RANK G. HOOVER ROBERT P . SNIFfE N AMORY HOUGHTO N CHARLES L . SOMMERS JOHN SHERMAN HOYT R .OOU GLAS STUART HA R RY C. KN I GHT DA NIEL A TO BIN HOW A RD F. G ILL ETT E PAUL W. LI T CHFIEL D T H Ot-l A S J.WATSO N COLIN H. LIV INGSTO NE JO H N M. PHI LLIPS R AYM O N D F . L O W FRANK BYRNES MAC DONALD RAY LYMAN WILBUR STUAR T W F R ENC H M Ell R. WILK I NSON FRANK W.WOZENCRAFT Mr. F,d. Dalstrom Chairman, Inter-Racial Committee Chickasaw Council, B.S.A. 501 Columbian Mutual Tower Memphis, Tenn. My L. W EI L dear Mr. Dalstrom: I have your good letter of October 22 and I am heartily in f avor of allocating an additional Silver Beaver Award to the allotment due the Chickasaw Council to use in hon~g one of your outst anding leaders. I think this is a splendid thing to do and will be greatly welcomed by the Negro Leaders. Therefore if you will fill in a bl ank and send it on we will act upon it promptly. Hearty congratulations on the f i ne service which the Chickasaw Council i s rendering to Negro boys. I am delighted that you have so many Troops and that you al so have a number of Packs. The example of the Memphis Council has meant much to other Southern citie s in going forward in the matter of making Scouting available to Negr o boys. ' . • D. Secretary - Committee on Awards for Distinguished Service GJFjCM .. BE PREPARED " A L L CO M M UNI C A T I ONS SHOULD B E A D DRESSE D T O T H E BOY SCOU T S O F A ME R I CA. 2 PARK AVE N U E . N EW YO RK . N . Y . / " 00 A GO O D TURN D A ILY" �NATIONAL OFFICERS FRANKLIN p. INCORPORATED CHARTERED BY CONGRESS FEBRUARY B, 19 10 JUNE 15,1916 COMMITTEE ON INTER-RACIAL SCOUTING ROOSEVELT, HONORARY PRESIDENT 2 HERBERT HOOVER, HONORARY VICE PRES10ENT COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT WALTER W. HEAD, PRESIDENT, ST. LOUIS, MO. PARK AVENUE E . W. PALMER, GENERAL CHAIRMAN tt1J~j'(;~tJ~" - ~J~ JOHN SHERMAN HOYT, VICE PRESIDENT , DARIEN, CONN. SECTION ON NEGRO WORK C. ARTHUR BRUCE, CHAIRMAN STUART W. FRENCH, VICE PRES!DENT, PASADENA, CALIF. TELEPHONE LEXINGTON 2 - 32·00 THEODORE ROOSEVELT, VICE PRESIDENT, OYSTER BAY, N. Y. CABLE ADCREss " BOYSCAMER.NEW YORK ,, MELL R. WILKINSON, VICE PRESIDENT 1 ATLANTA, GA. FRANK G. HOOVER, VICE PRESIDENT, NO. CANTON, O. LEWIS GAWTRY, TREASURER JAMES Eo WESi, CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS GEORGE J, FISHER, DEPUTY CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE SERVICES CAMPING & ACTIVITIES, CUBBING, ENGINEERING, FIELD, HEALTH AND SAFETY, INTER-RACIAL, RURAL SCOUTING, SENIOR SCOUTING DIVISIONAL COMMITTEE November 6, 1941 MARSHALL FIELD, CHAIRMAN FRANK G, HOOVER, VICE CHAIRMAN R. E. JONES WAL TEA BELKNAP THOMAS JESSE JONES ROBERT P . DANIEL J. R. E. LEE ROBERT FAUCETTE FRED MCCUISTION LEO M . FAVROT L. E. MANSFIELD G. J . FISHER E. P. ROBERTS JOSEPH GLENN PAUL W. SCHENCK LUTHER HODGES GLENN H. HOLLOWAY FRANK SWEENEY ARTHUR HOWE JOHN WEBB A. L. JACKSON MELL R. WILKINSON CARLILE BOLTON-SMITH SECTION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS RICHARD RE10 1 CHAIRMAN W.W. BEATTY JOHN COLLIER FRED W. HODGE THOMAS JESSE JONES LEWIS MERIAM CHARLES J. RHOADS WM. CARSON RYAN, JR. CLARK WISSLER STANLEY A. HARRIS, DIRECTOR A. J , TAYLOR, ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR ARTHUR A. SCHUCK, DIRECTOR Mr. Ed. Dalstrom Chairman, Inter-Racial Committee Chickasaw Colllicil, B.S.A. 501 Columbian Mutual Tower Memphis, Tenn. Dear Ed: Dr. Fisher sent me copy of his letter of the 27th and I am enclosing copy of my reply to him. I should say that he responded just as I thought he would and that there is no need for me to truce the matter up further. The rest is up to you. Congratulations and best wishest Be sure that the awarding is made a real occasion. Cordially yours, w;! s~u~ o~=A ~A. Hf-JillIS, ...,_____ Nati~l Director of Inter-Racial Activities S.AH:mt "BE PREPARED" ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 2 PARK AVENUE. NEW YORK, N.Y. "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY" �Nover:1ber 18, 1941 0couts of ArJer i ca, Af t er revi ewi nr: t he att ached qualif i c {)_t i~ n s on whi ch t o bas o t he Award._, of t he Silver Deaver to a vcout er· of t he Sen i nole Division, the Awurds and l:esolutions Conr.1ittee has decided to recoDI:1enc1 tha t t he Awar d fo r 1921.l b e given to Claude l{ . Bell, Scout Easter of Troupe No. 100. The CooI:iittee of t he Seninole Division, con.posed of 11. S. Stuart, Dr. J·.. E. ·.';alker, and Rev. J .• .A. 0 ..1en, oric i .nally S Ue_~geste a Char l es Lhatnan f or t he Avmrd, but af t er di scussing t hi s with -Jr. U. 3 . Stuart, who rms t he Chairnan oi' t~1 is c oru:litt ee , t hey· I'ecogni ze t hat Claude Bell s houl a. r ece ive t his Award. V'; hile t he Cor:TI1ittee 01· .ici nally r e cognized Dell's merit, theytook undue consi<lerat i on of hi s age. They considered t h.at t he t wo rnen wer e about equal, and t hat the Awar d should go to t he older nan. rrhe reeognization of age i n t h is case was stri ctly based on nlsunder stand Lnp; . Yours very truly, l~a ~ IJaI stror.1 Chairnan Int cr-it:ac ial Con:::1i t t ee Eu : l3I( ChicLusan Counci l, D. S. A. Menber - Awards .r.• Resolutions Con. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous publications and papers by and about the Chickasaw Council. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Dr. George J. liaher, :Bo;y Scou.t9 of A...'ierlc2,, 2 Park Avenue, Ne1 Tork, 1-i. Y. Dee r Dr. Fiaher : l'<n1 rei1e m'b1:1:.r, of oourso , tht1. t Mem his ime one of the first Ootme:Us (19:::a) to st ~:-.rt work among Negro boys i n the Sou;th . Th ie tmm s. t tho il1sp~rn. tio n o:t our good friend, Mr . Bolton Smith. Whe wor!~ h as movod a lcng L\."ltl now for tile l a ot seven yea rs wf; •ve hn:.d J. A Beauel1rnJliJ:i ~mp loyed as Field Sxecu.tive fol" Negro work r:nd ,,,e haYett at the present time 6 t h irt,-.... seven Troo-ps and fiVtl Oub PH c..l!:s with a total boy manborship of 003 . In o-11 t h is time wt:i have nevar a.vard@il a Silver Be e.ver to o. Negro beo.:::uae tho two :Be::z:vere ~.lloired to th~ Council h i:ive each 7ee.r botli been naeded. for outdendine; white leaders who could not wisely be passed ovor.. Tho Inter-Rc~ cb.l Col'l}idttee hr.;,a di1:·H:m0 ~e d thi!! p roblem o.nd wo foel th:,'. t the need of sm:ie sigrti:Cioa'lt :raeognition to Negro lec,der~ l'l!:!..G become c.cute r:Uld t1e beliwe '11a t with adeq_i.JD.te reoogni tion ~o eou.ld incz-e ase tha Negro leaders nnteriaJ.ly and, thereby. increase the number of Scouts ei.nd 'fro ops m.~teriall;r. In Viet1 of the large mllll"ber o:t Negro Troo1)e an.d. boys now enrolled and the num\>(Jl' of ye.~s in t-!hich no recor-;nition h:"!.s been given to the !ifegroea, Ne teel that a Silver Bea:vsr ought to be a~l0<l end we believe that this "t«.>uld ~1arrant your cor.wittee in e;iving a.n extra :Se a ver for this Negro \•iork ir..:. the Ch.ie?~,.,,s~.'1 Council. We D.re 9 therefore, ask ing your considera tion of m.'l\king r>.:va.ilt:.ble to us an a.ddition.:tl Silver llce.vsr to be p reoented to the outste.nd.1ng lfogro leader (we think this 1·10ultl be a SooutrN1eter who he..s given long o,nd vary efficient ser~ioe) for this yef!-3. Oetober 22. 1941 If you desire eJtff! atld itional :taots we will be ha-:pp7 to furnish them to ;rou and 1:f' your eornmUtee is iirilling to npprove this, we wUl in.m:iadiE;.tely prepare tha I"ee()mmendatMn and. ~nmd. U t(l) 70u. We have kno\m 'Of yo'lll' long f<'!Jld Ye-q intense interest 1n the i {tt"N Progr~1 ~ arJI>reoif'.te greatly' thllty hel:p rou e:i:;tendtld as head of tl1e Field l)C]_·ivttunent to Mr. &lton Smith in getting the work 'iltt»l'tad. We fll'G m.u't:l tlr~ t you pGrtonally rill be arud.crwa1 to cm eve17tld.ng 1"tl. ~!·a 'bo meike it more effecth•e. A:':ip:rov~ - Mr. W. GoTdon Mon1s, Seout E:xeoutive ml:nh 00: Mr. Stanley A. Harris Ed Dslstrom, Ohairmn, Inter-lia.olal Committee t NJ,-. e. Arthul'' BnuJ.e• E. L~ :BfUOe Oo., Me~1~. ' ~enneaeee .Dear ~. Brg,.co: CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED PHONE 5-2351 501-507 COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS, TENN. Mr. Dalstrom requested that I send to you a ·copy of a letter he wJ-ote . to Dr. hQr.ge J. Fisher relat.tn· to a\'a1"d1ng an e:;.tra Silver :Bea.Yer tQ a ne~ Scouter thie year. I ei...m, ther~fore, enclos~ I~~ Da.letrom • .s 1ette~ of Octo·ber 22nd. For your infobntion Silver Bea.ve:-s a.re allotted to Councils on the basis of .one for '15 !roope and :f?-o cks, two for 75 to 100 ~roona and Po.eke and three· for 100 to 3'Q. .A.e: 0£ October Bl, we show~ tho followiiag ~eoori in, ·QhS.okasaw Counc;il: SOOYT~ ~BQQi§ WHITE 21.21 9'1 ·v :SEA SCOmllS 72 4 mTF..R-&OlAL ma 37 5 • ) L _ TO~AL 2731 134 378 18 ~ eince:oel.1' hope that U will be. ssible to .seoure an eA.dltional :Bea.Yer for the Seminole Division, because 1 believe it will be the .pea.test inspiration to these negr.oes ~t they cc:ruld ha.VQ. . !rhen too .:when you think of the t a..ci; the.t we now have ~62 units S.n the OouncU there is every reason to believe th..'71.t we wW CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED PHONE 5-2351 501-507 COLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS, TENN. Ootobe:t· B9" · 1941 be allotted three' Sil\rer. '.llea:nre for 1942. Q'S cause, the Nationa! Council be~e s its allotment on the, tnembership ot ,Ja:n.tJ;;ry lat ,of the ~elUng yee.r 1n detenittt~ how~ SU. ver DQavare ~ ?-wa.rded in a Oouncu t mit l bel iev,e t}).a.t tn View of \he {p'eat ins.p!ra M.on end uplift wh ie.b will come from the e.wo.rd.1ng of a Sil ?e.r. llea~, to a necn, that, DlrJ> Fi.sh.63r 'It tll .s.ee t,0 tt that ·tnh .:5'.s ifM:'.de Q .s,etbl~. With kindest regards, l ~ W. Gordon l.'foJ'l"ie,. Soout :lllxeou.t lve M~. :$d: Dalstrom I MEM BERS OF THE EXECUT I VE BOARD FR ANK LIN 0. ROOSEVE LT, HONORARY PR ESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER , H ONORA RY VICE PRES IDENT CO LIN H . LIVIN GSTON E , Ho N O RARY V 1cE PAES! DENT DA N I EL C ARTER BEAR D , H O NORARY VICE PRESIDEN T W ALTE R W. H EAD , PRESIDENT , ST. Louis. Mo , INCORPORATED FEBRUARY B, 1910 CHARTERED BY CONGRESS JUNE/5 ,1 9 16 JOH N SH E RMAN HOYT, VICE PR ESIDENT, DARIEN , CO NN . ST UART W_ FRE N C H . VICE P RESI D ENT , PASADENA.CALIF. THEODORE ROOSEV E LT' Vt CE PR ESIDENT, OYSTER BAY, N.Y. MELL R. WI LKIN SO N , VICE PRES ID E NT, ATLAN TA.GA . FRANK G. H 00VER , V I CE P RE SIDENT , NO. CANTON, 0 . DAN IE L CAR T ER BEARD, NATIONA L SCOU T CoMM1 SSIO NER LEW IS GA W TRY , TRE A SUR ER TELEPH ONE LEXI NGTON 2-32·00 CABLE Al'.lOREss" BOYSCAMt:R, NEW YO~K .. JAM E S E . W E ST CHIEF' SCOUT EXECUTIVE GEORGE J . FIS H ER, DEPUTY CH IEF SCOUT EXE CU T IVE Octob er 27, 1941 ADVI SORY COUNCIL STUAR T W F R ENC H HOW A RD F. G ILLETT E COLIN H. LIVINGSTO NE JO H N M. PHI LLIPS M Ell R. WILK INSON Mr. F,d. Dalstrom Chairman, Inter-Racial Committee Chickasaw Council, B.S. A. 501 Columbian Mutual Tower Memphis, Tenn. My dear Mr. Da lstrom: L.W. SALOW/fll W. WARREN BARBOUR F. A BE AN D ANIEL CARTER BEARD JOH N M. BIERER W!LLJAM J. CAMPBELL SH E LDON CLARK CHARLES E. COTTI NG HARMAR 0. OEN.NY, JR. JAMES H . DOUGLAS, JR. M A RSHALL Fl ELD ELBERT K FRETWE LL LEWIS GAWTRY FRANCIS W . HATCH WALTER W. HEAD F RANK G. HOOVER AMORY HOUGHTON JOHN SHERMAN HOYT HA RRY C. KN IGHT PAUL W. LITCHFIELD R AYMON D F . L O W BYRNES MAC DONALD WHEELER MCMILLEN WILLIAM C. M EN N INGER E.D . N I M S E.W. PALMER REGINALD H. PARSONS WILLIAM H. POUCH PHILIP L. REED G . BARRETT RICH VICTOR F. RIDDER THEODORE ROOSEVELT H.R. SAfFO R D EARL C . SA MS PAUL w. SCH ENCK JOHN M . SCHIFF GEORGE ALBERT SMITH ROBERT P. SNIFfEN CHARLES L . SOMMERS R .OOU GLAS STUART DANIEL A TOBIN TH Ot-lAS J.WATSO N FRANK L. W EI L RAY LYMAN WILBUR FRANK W.WOZENCRAFT I have your good letter of October 22 and I am heartily in f avor of allocating an additional Silver Be av er Award to the allotment due the Chickasaw Council to use in hon~g one of y our ou ts t anding leaders. I think this is a splendid thing to do and will be gre a tly welcomed by the Negro Leaders. Therefore if y ou will fill in a bl ank and send it on we will act upon it promptly. .. BE PREPARED " He arty congratulations on the f i ne service which the Chickas a w Coun cil i s rendering to Negro boys. I am delighted that y ou have so many Troops and tha t you a l so have a number of Pa cks. The examp le of the Memphis Council ha s me ant muc h to other Southern cities in going forwa rd in the matter of making Scouting ava ilable to Ne gr o boys. ' . • D. Secretary - Committee on GJFjCM Awa rds for Distinguished Service / A L L CO M M UNI C A T I ONS SHOULD B E A D DRESSE D T O T H E BOY SCOU T S O F A ME R I CA. 2 PARK AVE N U E . N EW YO RK . N . Y . " 00 A GO O D TURN D A ILY" NATIONAL OFFICERS FRANKLIN p. ROOSEVELT, HONORARY PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER, HONORARY VICE PRES10ENT COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT WALTER W. HEAD, PRESIDENT, ST. LOUIS, MO. JOHN SHERMAN HOYT, VICE PRESIDENT, DARIEN, CONN. STUART W. FRENCH, VICE PRES!DENT, PASADENA, CALIF. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, VICE PRESIDENT, OYSTER BAY, N. Y. MELL R. WILKINSON, VICE PRESIDENT 1 ATLANTA, GA. FRANK G. HOOVER, VICE PRESIDENT, NO. CANTON, O. LEWIS GAWTRY, TREASURER JAMES Eo WESi, CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE GEORGE J, FISHER, DEPUTY CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE DIVISIONAL COMMITTEE MARSHALL FIELD, CHAIRMAN FRANK G, HOOVER, VICE CHAIRMAN ARTHUR A. SCHUCK, DIRECTOR INCORPORATED FEBRUARY B, 19 10 CHARTERED BY CONGRESS JUNE 15,1916 2 PARK AVENUE tt1J~j'(;~tJ~" - ~J~ TELEPHONE LEXINGTON 2 - 32·00 CABLE ADCREss" BOYSCAMER.NEW YORK ,, DIVISION OF OPERATIONS SERVICES CAMPING & ACTIVITIES, CUBBING, ENGINEERING, FIELD, HEALTH AND SAFETY, INTER-RACIAL, RURAL SCOUTING, SENIOR SCOUTING November 6, 1941 Mr. Ed. Dalstrom Chairman, Inter-Racial Committee Chickasaw Colllicil, B.S.A. 501 Columbian Mutual Tower Memphis, Tenn. Dear Ed: COMMITTEE ON INTER-RACIAL SCOUTING E. W. PALMER, GENERAL CHAIRMAN SECTION ON NEGRO WORK C. ARTHUR BRUCE, CHAIRMAN WAL TEA BELKNAP ROBERT P. DANIEL ROBERT FAUCETTE LEO M. FAVROT G. J . FISHER JOSEPH GLENN LUTHER HODGES GLENN H. HOLLOWAY R. E. JONES THOMAS JESSE JONES J. R. E. LEE FRED MCCUISTION L. E. MANSFIELD E. P. ROBERTS PAUL W. SCHENCK FRANK SWEENEY ARTHUR HOWE JOHN WEBB A. L. JACKSON MELL R. WILKINSON CARLILE BOLTON-SMITH SECTION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS RICHARD RE10 1 CHAIRMAN W.W. BEATTY JOHN COLLIER FRED W. HODGE THOMAS JESSE JONES LEWIS MERIAM CHARLES J. RHOADS WM. CARSON RYAN, JR. CLARK WISSLER STANLEY A. HARRIS, DIRECTOR A. J , TAYLOR, ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR Dr. Fisher sent me copy of his letter of the 27th and I am enclosing copy of my reply to him. I should say that he responded just as I thought he would and that there is no need for me to truce "BE PREPARED" the matter up further. The rest is up to you. Congratulations and best wishest Be sure that the awarding is made a real occasion. S.AH:mt Cordially yours, w;! s~u~ o~=A ~A. Hf-JillIS, ...,_____ Nati~l Director of Inter-Racial Activities ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 2 PARK AVENUE. NEW YORK, N.Y. "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY" Nove r:1ber 18 , 1941 0co u ts of ArJ er i ca, Af t er revi ew i nr: t he att a ch e d qua lif i c {)_t i~ n s on whi ch t o bas o t he Awar d._, of t he S ilver De a ver to a vcout er· of t he Sen i n ole Division, the Aw urds an d l:esolu tion s Conr.1 ittee h as decided to recoDI:1 enc1 tha t t h e Awar d fo r 1921 .l b e g iven to Claude l{ . Be ll, Scout East er of Troupe No. 100. Th e CooI:i ittee of t he Se ninole Division, con.p o sed of 11 . S . Stuart, Dr. J· .. E. ·.'; a lker, a nd Rev. J .• . A. 0 .. 1en, ori c i .n ally S Ue~g este a Ch a r l es Lh atnan f or t he Avm rd, but af t er d i scussing t his with -Jr. U. 3 . Stuart, who rm s t h e Ch airn a n oi' t~1 is c oru:li tte e , t h ey· I'ecogni ze t hat Claude Bell s h oul a. r e c e ive t h is Awa rd. V'; h ile t he Co r:TI1 ittee 01· .ic i nally r e co gnized Dell's merit, the ytook un due consi<le rat i on of hi s a ge. They co n sidered t h.a t t he t wo rn en we r e ab out equal, and t h at the Awa r d sh ould go to t h e older nan. rrh e reeognization of ag e i n t h is case wa s stri ctly based on nls under stand Lnp; . Eu :: l3I( Your s v er y truly, l~a ~ IJaI stror.1 Chairnan In t cr- it: ac ial Con:::1i t t ee Chic Lusan Cou nci l, D. S. A. Menber - Awards .r .• Resolutions Con. Note Note for historical disclaimer <small><i>Please note that these documents are presented as they existed in their original form for historical accuracy. This document may contain racial or culturally insensitive language. Since the beginning in 1916, Scouting in Memphis has been regarded as a pioneer in interracial Scouting and equality; however, it still existed within the context of a segregated South. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Title A name given to the resource 1941 Letters re First Silver Beaver Award in Seminole Division in Chickasaw Council Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Letters Seminole Division Silver Beaver