Otis Arnold Singletary Records
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Anonymous Postcard to Chancellor Singletary
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This anonymous postcard was sent to Chancellor Otis Singletary of Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC). It reads "If what we read is true about the actions of some of the women there, the place should be closed and torn down. Most disgraceful-sinister-revolting. Is there no more decency in colleges!?! Shame." It was postmarked May 17, 1963 in Columbia, SC. The postcard is apparently a response to the "selective buying campaign" recently launched by the Student Government Association against several segregated businesses on Tate Street adjacent to the WCUNC campus.
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Conference with Mr. Apple of the Do-Nut Dinette
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These March 13, 1963 notes describe a meeting between Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Chancellor Otis Singletary, dean of students Katherine Taylor, and the student government president with local business owner Mr. Apple regarding the desegregation of his business. Apple owned the Do-Nut Dinette, located adjacent to the Woman's College campus.
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Conference with Mr. Eugene Street
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These notes describe a March 14, 1963 meeting between Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC) Chancellor Otis Singletary, dean of students Katherine Taylor, and the student government president with local business owner Mr. Street regarding the desegregation of his business. Street was the operator of the Cinema Theatre and the Town and College Restaurant, two establishments located at "The Corner", adjacent to the Woman's College campus. Mr. Street stated that he would be willing to desegregate the establishment if desegregation could be limited to WCUNC students; he further suggested that his business did not depend on the WCUNC community for survival.
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Letter from Chancellor Singletary to Sherry Mullins
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In this letter to Secretary of Student Legislature Sherry Mullis, Chancellor Otis Singletary of Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC) informs the Student Legislature of four specific items of concern. The fourth item is a response to a resolution the Student Government passed recently concerning the "Negro students of Woman's College". The resolution requested the chancellor to use his "authority and influence" to aid in solving the issue that "Negro students are not served by the establishments on Tate Street."The chancellor explains that he has met with several commercial establishments on Tate Street and was unsuccessful in persuading them to change their policies regarding segregation. Singletary further clarifies that the resolution contains misconceptions about WCUNC, such as that it has any power to guarantee privileges of its students when they are off the campus or that the college doesn't provide equal support to black students.
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Letter from J. S. Longdon to Dean Katherine Taylor
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In this May 17, 1963 letter to the Catherine Yalor, dean of students at Woman's College of The University of North Carolina (WCUNC), Longdon condemns the "harassing of local businessmen" by Women's College students and notes their "determination to destroy our way of life". Longdon also inquires as to who might have "sold this philosophy" to the students, asks who at the university condones such behavior, and concludes that it must be a "Communist action". WCUNC's Student Government Association (SGA) had recently endorsed a "selectove buying campaign" against several segargated businesses on Tate Street adjacent to the WCUNC campus. Longdon also sent a critical letter to SGA president Anne Prince.
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Letter from J. S. Longdon to SGA President Anne Prince
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In this letter, J.S. Longdon chastises Anne Prince, president of the Student Government Association (SGA) of Woman's College of The University of North Carolina (WCUNC), for her participation in the "picketing of Tate Street merchants" and states that "you and your organization have no right to force your will upon the local businessmen." SGA had recently endorsed a "selectove buying campaign" against several segargated businesses on Tate Street adjacent to the WCUNC campus.
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Letter from John E. McMullen to Chancellor Singletary
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In this letter, dated May 27, 1963, John E. McMullen, a faculty member at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC) responds to Chancellor Otis Singletary's concerns at receiving a telephone call from a "disturbed father" who claimed McMullen was using class time to espouse his views on integration. McMullen states that his is a speech course where students are learning to present both sides of an argument effectively and that in a university, students are supposed to be "encouraged to think for themselves".
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Letter from Mrs. Wade H. Gentry to Chancellor Singletary
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In this letter to the Chancellor Otis Singletary, Mrs. Wade H. Gentry of Madison, North Carolina, condemns participants of a boycott of segregated businesses adjacent to Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC), and urges the dismissal of Student Government Association President (SGA) Anne Prince, any WCUNC students participating in the boycotts, as well as any WCUNC students "who are remotely concerned" with African-Americans at A&T College (now North Carolina A&T State University). Gentry also asks to be informed if her granddaughter, a WCUNC student, "attempts to enter anything of this kind". SGA had recently endorsed a "selective buying campaign" against several segargated businesses on Tate Street adjacent to the WCUNC campus.
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Letter from Richard G. Apple to Chancellor Singletary
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In this March 28, 1963 letter to Chancellor Otis Singletary of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC), Richard G. Apple informs the chancellor of his decision not to his decision not to desegregate his restaurant, located adjacent to the Woman's College campus. The reason Apple provides for this decision is to maintain identical policies for all four of his establishments in the city; he states that he might "consider" integration if it could be limited to the Tate Street location and to WCUNC students only. Apple was the owner of the Do-Nut Dinette, also known as the Apple House Restaurant.
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Memorandum from Katherine Taylor to Chancellor Singletary
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In this memo, Katherine Taylor, Dean of Students at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC), informs Chancellor Singletary that she has learned of planned demonstrations that will take place that night at several segreated establishments on Tate Street adjacent to WCUNC. Taylor learned of the demonstrations through a phone call from Eugene Street, the manager of the Cinema Theatre and the Town and College Restaurant. She also informs the chancellor that Diane Taylor, a student, has already telephoned the businesses and told them that if they did not integrate immediately, their establishment would be boycotted for a week.
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Postcard from Mrs. D. M. Lucas to Chancellor Singletary
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In this postcard addressed to "The President" of Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (WCUNC), Mrs. D.M. Lucas inquires as to whether the students who "demonstrating with the negroes" were expelled. She also suggests that to make the college coeducational would be a "suicidal move" and declares most colleges to be "entirely too liberal". She disagrees with the invitations Communist Party leader Gus Hall receives to visit other colleges, and suggests they stop immediately. The postcard is apparently a response to the "selective buying campaign" recently launched by the Student Government Association against several segregated businesses on Tate Street adjacent to the WCUNC campus.
