Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.225 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/27/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the Tulsa Daily World published June 27, 1921 and entitled "Wash Tubs Given To Negro Women; Problem of Having the Family Washing Done Is Made Easier; Houses Are Going Up; Red Cross Director Appeals to Tulsans to Donate Funds for Relief." This article reports upon a delivery of household wares on June 26, 1921, to African American women living in the "tent city" of refugees near the Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, OK. The American Red Cross delivered a truckload of "tubs, boilers, teakettles, coffee pots, and stewpans." The article also reports upon the construction of many temporary houses or "tent houses" for the refugees consisting of wooden floors and canvas walls and roofs. In two days, African American men built approximately fifty such houses from donated materials. The article also contains quotes from American Red Cross Director of Relief Maurice Willows concerning the need to continued donations for relief efforts. Willows also mentions the establishment of a hospital at the Booker T. Washington High School for African Americans containing room for the care of forty-five patients. The article states that Tulsa is the first Red Cross relief project in which Maurice Willows has stayed in one place longer than a week or ten days. The report mentions that he will stay in Tulsa until "permanent relief policies are set under way." |
Search Terms |
Blacks Booker T. Washington High School Greenwood District hospitals Maurice Willows Hospital American Red Cross relief efforts temporary housing tents Tulsa Race Massacre |
People |
Borden, O. V. Fieser, James L. Lefko, Louis Willows, Maurice |