Robert Frazier Papers
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- College Management Report, "What Black Students Want"
- Magazine article aimed at college administrators with the goals of determining what black students are saying on college campuses and presenting what American college campuses have done to minimize confrontations with black students. Starting with a generalized determination that "black students themselves don't really know what they want," the article is primarily an interview with Hugh Lane, the executive director of the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. Hugh dismisses CM's assertion toward an attitude of separatism from black students and identifies it instead as a call for pluralism, integration without the loss of cultural heritage. Hugh continually asserts that the society as a whole is racist and this has led to deep distrust on the part young blacks toward whites and older blacks. Confrontation, Hugh contends, arises out of the inaction by administrations and trustees to affect change on college campuses.
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- Letter from B. Tartt Bell to Joseph Cox
- In this February 7, 1957 letter to Joseph J. Cox, B. Tartt Bell describes the segregated sleeping arrangements for an American Friends Service Committee conference at Guilford College, the objection of the participants, and alternative sleeping arrangements found by those objecting.
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- Letter from Francis J. Lewis to Robert Frazier
- This September 26, 1969 letter from a Guilford College parent expresses concern over Robert Frazier's withdrawal from the college's Board of Trustees. Mrs. Lewis writes of her decision to not let her 17 year old daughter attend Guilford because of the college's admissions policies. The letter refers to George Roycroft's 1968 article in The Guilfordian entitled "Without Regard to Race, Color, or Creed" as the article that helped bring her to this decision.
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- Letter from Greensboro Chief of Police Paul B. Calhoun to Grimsley Hobbs
- In this April 22, 1969 letter to Guilford College President, Grimsley Hobbs, Greensboro Chief of Police Paul B. Calhoun addresses the subject of student strikes on college campuses across the country and recommends a plan for preparing for a similar situation at Guilford College. Some guidelines suggested include: the establishment of a campus command structure, implementing a concealed emergency phone and protected switchboard, and the use of plain clothed officers to assist during the early stages of a strike. Enclosed with the letter is "A Declaration on Campus Unrest" produced by the American Council on Education.
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- Letter from Grimsley Hobbs to Robert Frazier
- In this May 8, 1969 letter to Board of Trustee member Robert Frazier, Guilford College President Grimsley Hobbs addresses the subject of campus unrest across the country and how it relates to Guilford College. Hobbs commends the leadership of certain students for their efforts to work with the administration and describes the college's Administrative Council's preliminary conclusions about how to respond to a group protest on campus. The council recommends negotiations only with representatives of the protesters, never with a mob, and that negotiations should take place in an area designated by the administration with at least three members of the administration or faculty present.
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- Letter from Grimsley Hobbs to Robert Frazier
- In this March 17, 1970 letter to Guilford College trustee, Robert Frazier, President Grimsley Hobbs reports on several of the school's African American students speaking to members of the college's administration and faculty about pressures they were under as black students on campus. The letter conveys how the students feel a real hostility on campus and how they requested the use of the college cars to go to town due to the difficulty for black youths to hitch rides in Greensboro. The administration agreed to the use of campus cars and found two empty rooms for the students to meet where they might feel less hostility. The administration could not agree to the students' request of a guaranteed minimum grade requirement of "C" for the semester based on the extra work done by the student regarding race relations. The letter also relates how the students spent time "lounging" in New Garden Hall the following Monday in a respectful and friendly attitude of protest. Hobbs tells Frazier that the occurrence helped to bring attention to the difficulties the students faced and that "on the whole some good has come from the situation."
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- Letter from Landrum Bolling to Robert Frazier
- In this October 27, 1969 letter to Robert Frazier, Landrum Bolling thanks Frazier for an article about black radicals at Chapel Hill. Bolling acknowledges the troubled times without going into specifics.
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- Letter from N.C. English to Robert Frazier
- In this August 23, 1963 letter to Guilford College Trustee Robert Frazier, N.C. English expresses concern over "screwball" conferences for young people being held at Guilford College. English takes exception to the conferences, claiming they are "certainly contrary to our good old fashion Quaker principles." English also asks the trustees to take action against youths who he claims have taken on the look of "beatniks," and not to leave the issue up to the "radical" administrators. There is also a postscript recommending a reprimand of a professor for supporting a student who marched with African American protesters in Greensboro, presumably as a part of demonstrations to desegregate local businesses.
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- Letter from Robert Frazier to "The Guilfordian"
- In this May 12, 1969 letter to the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, Robert Frazier disputes an April 25th, 1969 article claiming that he had admitted to "purchasing slum housing with his first savings." Frazier denies the quote. Frazier goes on to correct The Guilfordian about a case involving the demolition of a Mr. Horton's property by the City of Greensboro, claiming to represent Mr. Horton against actions he believes to be unconstitutional. A handwritten note at the bottom of the letter reports how the case went before the North Carolina Supreme Court which ruled in favor of Mr. Horton.
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- Letter from Robert Frazier to Edwin Brown
- With this March 2, 1970 letter to Edwin Brown, Guilford College trustee, Robert Frazier forwards another letter by a former Guilford College faculty member congratulating Frazier on his defense against accusations by the Guilford College newspapers which claimed Frazier represented "slumlords." The author of the letter goes on to express his frustration for the direction Guilford College has taken, claiming that the college was drifting away from Quakerism and that its origins seemed at times to be "lost in the mists of antiquity." The author also expresses his discontent with Guilford College President Grimsley Hobbs.
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- Letter from Sidney H. Tomlinson to E.A. Bescherer
- In this November 22, 1968 letter to E.A. Beschere, Sidney H. Tomlinson writes of Guilford's relation to Davidson College and expresses relief that Guilford had not experienced the same kinds of problems as Columbia.
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- Memorandum from J. Floyd Moore to Guilford College Board of Trustees
- This January 12, 1961 memorandum from J. Floyd Moore tries to persuade Guilford College to send representatives to the meetings of the Friends World Committee on Consultation in Kenya. The letter asks that trustee Robert Frazier and Guilford College president Clyde A. Milner consider joining the representatives from the Yearly Meeting at the conference. Moore contends that since the Fourth World Conference of Friends is tentatively scheduled to be held in Greensboro in 1967, that strong representation should be present in Kenya. Moore also states in his letter how Frazier's membership on the Board of Trustees at North Carolina A&T State University puts him in a position to build on human and international relations with Kenya.
