1 10 3 https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/2e891f4cf202822ddbc3118e62a47671.jpg fa1cd0359d9f28a2ec84d89fe49450bf 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. Student Contributor Karissa Lim 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 Letter from Morgan W. Strother to George M. Modlin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Strother, Morgan W. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949-04-21 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource correspondence Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) Description An account of the resource This document is a letter from Morgan W. Strother of the W. Fred Richardson Security Storage Corporation to George M. Modlin, the President of the University of Richmond, that was sent on April 21, 1949. Strother wrote that when "we business men" meet, they hear about the importance of voting and "the gravity of the trend toward socialism and the danger of losing our free enterprise system." Elections for the top State officials were approaching and they would "govern our affairs and determine to a great extent the policies under which we must operate our businesses." He emphasized the importance of voting and the danger of a "growing political philosophy" that "carry out their selfish purposes." Strother asked Modlin to draw a red circle around May 7 on his calendar because it is "the deadline for payment of poll taxes in order to vote in the coming elections" and encouraged Modlin to ask his friends and employees to do the same. Poll taxes were a common method to suppress voting rights, particularly of black citizens, across southern states during the era of Jim Crow. Subject The topic of the resource College presidents Communism Politics and government Poll tax--Law and legislation Voter registration -- Corrupt practices Voting Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context UA6.2.4.7.8-19490421.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Letter from Morgan W. Strother to George M. Modlin, 21 April 1949, RG 6.2.4 box 7 folder 8, University Archives, Virginia Baptist Historical Society. https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/21bc38bffa74f03c69b510efafa3bdfd.jpg dd3aa607fc0a2dbf1a81ebe985193dcd 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. Student Contributor Karissa Lim 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 Letter from George M. Modlin to Morgan W. Strother Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949-04-22 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource correspondence Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) Description An account of the resource This letter was sent on April 22, 1949, from George M. Modlin, the President of the University of Richmond, to Morgan W. Strother of the W. Fred Richardson Security Storage Corporation. This letter was sent one day after Strother’s letter regarding elections and the payment of poll taxes. In this letter, Modlin thanked Strother for his letter and wrote that it is important "that the supporters of our democratic system of free enterprise exert their full influence in maintaining our political and economic traditions." He also stated that Strother could count on Modlin’s "full cooperation in the project [he was] undertaking." Subject The topic of the resource College presidents Communism Politics and government Poll tax--Law and legislation Voter registration -- Corrupt practices Voting Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context UA6.2.4.7.8-19490422.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Letter from George M. Modlin to Morgan W. Strother, 22 April 1949, RG 6.2.4 box 7 folder 8, University Archives, Virginia Baptist Historical Society. https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/3ff78bcc99532473d05ca7b82c072636.jpg 8508320ade173f090fa1ade7d08aea53 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. Student Contributor Jennifer Munnings 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 Article "Our Day: The Poll Tax in Virginia, Democracy in Virginia" Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-12-03 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant RIchmond (Va). Description An account of the resource The article "Our Day: The Poll Tax in Virginia, Democracy in Virginia," published by The Collegian December 3rd, 1937, was a response to an article published by the Southern Planter. The author of the article published by the Southern Planter was in support of the poll tax. The Collegian article says, "Making it easy to vote will never bring Democracy to Virginia. The voters must first be made capable of voting and only long and patient education will accomplish this." The author of The Collegian article believes that voters should have a certain level of education, something most black people would not have had access to. Poll taxes and other restrictions on voting rights of black citizens were prominent in Virginia and across southern states during the era of Jim Crow. Subject The topic of the resource Discrimination in education Politics and government Poll tax--Law and legislation Racism Segregation Voter registration -- Corrupt practices Voting Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RichmondCollegianXXIV.12.2-19371203.jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Our Day: The Poll Tax in Virginia, Democracy in Virginia" The Richmond Collegian XXIV, no.12, (December 3, 1937): 2. <a href="http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19371203.2.20&srpos=24&e=--1920---1989--en-20--21--txt-txIN-" target="_blank">http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19371203.2.20&srpos=24&e=--1920---1989--en-20--21--txt-txIN-</a>