Letter from Daniel H. Kruger to George M. Modlin

Letter from Daniel H. Kruger to George M. Modlin

This document is a letter from Daniel H. Kruger to President George M. Modlin that was sent on August 22, 1967. Kruger, who is a University of Richmond alumnus, was participating in a study of Workmens Compensation in Virginia. During a trip to Newport News, he met the relatives of Sylvia, whose relation to Kruger is unknown. Her relatives asked Kruger if Westhampton College "operated on the quota system" and informed him that only three Jewish girls were accepted in the freshman class. He was "shocked and dismayed" to learn that the university "would indulge in such a despicable practice." The letter also has marginalia in what appears to be Modlin's handwriting, mostly numbers, which appear to be assessing the number of Jewish women who applied, were accepted, and attended Westhampton College. The numbers are used in Modlin's reply to Kruger.

Letter from Daniel H. Kruger to George M. Modlin, 22 August 1967, RG 6.2.4.3 Box 12, University Archives, Virginia Baptist Historical Society

1967-08-22

Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998

English

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Richmond (Va.)