Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.229 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
07/01/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the Tulsa Daily World published July 1, 1921 and entitled "Vote $21,000 For Emergency Work; But City Demands Itemized Bills Before Payment Is Made; Deficit is $20,000; Red Cross Head Says Relief of Negroes Here Must Be Forthcoming at Once." This article reports that the Tulsa Mayor Thaddeus Daniel Evans and the city commissioners voted to use the remaining $21,000 in the city's emergency fund to cover Red Cross expenses in the relief of African Americans following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The vote took place on Thursday, June 28, 1921. At the meeting, Red Cross Relief Director Maurice Willows made a statement to the effect that if Tulsa had not broadcast the report that the city did not need outside help with soliciting relief funds, a large amount of money would be on hand presently. Mayor Evans disputed that claim and stated that Loyal J. Martin, head of the Public Welfare Committee, was the individual who made that statement and not on behalf of the city. The report also states that Tulsa City Attorney Frank Duncan mandated that the Red Cross submit itemized invoices to the City of Tulsa for payment using the $21,000 in emergency funds. The article ends with information from doctor Ralph V. Smith. He states that the old Cinnabar Hospital that was used initially as a Red Cross hospital following the violence, was not harmed by Red Cross use. |
Search Terms |
Blacks Tulsa Race Massacre American Red Cross relief efforts Cinnabar Hospital |
People |
Willows, Maurice Evans, Thaddeus Daniel Smith, Ralph V. Martin, Loyal J. Duncan, Frank E. |