Inventory of the Laura Randolph Daly Papers, 1906-1941

Collection Number 5184-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Daly, Laura Randolph
Title
Laura Randolph Daly Papers, 1906-1941
Call Number
5184-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 27
Abstract
Laura Randolph Daly was an instructor in the 1910s through the 1930s at Snow Hill Institute in Snow Hill, Ala., and at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. She later worked for the United States government in the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS).
The collection consists of letters to Laura Randolph Daly and her daughters, Mildred Daly and Lillie Daly, from family members, friends, and colleagues. Most of the early letters deal with financial matters, including requests from Laura Randolph Daly's mother that Daly move from Alabama to New Jersey and help her purchase property. Letters, 1920s-1930s, mostly relate to Daly's work as an instructor at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and consist of donations to the Institute, an update about former students, and a woman inventor's appeal to George Washington Carver for a "word of approval" for a new hair preparation. Later letters, dating from 1941, deal with Daly's OPACS work. These letters include discussions of the formation of consumer committees in Alabama; instructions on which community leaders Daly should contact to ensure community involvement in OPACS projects; and suggestions about how she should deal with racism in the Birmingham office of the Social Security Board, where she was to work.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from J. Douglas Mattox of Raleigh, N.C., in October 2004 (Acc. 99924).
Processing Information
Processed by: Jesse Brown, November 2004
Encoded by: Jesse Brown, November 2004
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Laura Randolph Daly Papers #5184-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

African American families--Alabama--Social life and customs.
African American women college teachers.
African Americans--Alabama.
African Americans--Education (Higher).
Alabama--Race relations--20th century.
Consumers--Alabama--History--20th century.
Daly, Laura Randolph.
Tuskegee (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute--Teachers.
United States. Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
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Biographical Note

Laura Randolph Daly was an instructor in the 1910s through the 1930s at Snow Hill Institute in Snow Hill, Ala., and at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. She later worked for the United States government in the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes letters to Laura Randolph Daly and her daughters, Mildred Daly and Lillie Daly, from family members, friends, and colleagues. Most of the early letters deal with financial matters, including requests by Laura Randolph Daly's mother, Mildred Randolph, to move to New Jersey and help her purchase property. The letters, 1924-1940 are mostly related to Laura Randolph Daly's work as an instructor at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and consist of donations to the Institute, an update about former students, and an appeal from an inventor for a "word of approval" from George Washington Carver concerning a hair preparation she had invented. Later letters, dating from 1941, deal with Laura Randolph Daly's work with the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS) of the United States government. These letters include discussions on the formation of consumer committees in the state of Alabama; instructions on which community leaders she should contact to ensure community involvement in OPACS projects; and suggestions on how she should deal with racism in the Birmingham office of the Social Security Board, where she was to report to work.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Letters, 30 June 1906-28 August 1941.
27 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 of 1
Letters, 1906-1941

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