Ware High School grant records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-264

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Material covers documentation of a grant to fund a series of events to commemorate the anniversary of a historical court ruling. The material consists of 5 folders covering the grant application and award of the grant, general correspondence in arranging the series of events, historical background, photocopies of newspaper articles deemed relevant to the project, publicity materials and photographs.

Dates

Created: 1997 - 1999
Other: Majority of material found in November 5, 1997-November 5, 1999
Other: Date acquired: 12/22/2006

Creator

Cashin, Dr. Edward J. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

no resrtictions

Biographical or Historical Information

This material was donated to Special Collections by Dr. Edward J. Cashin while serving as Director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History. The material documents a grant that was used to stage the event The Centennial of the Supreme Court Decision in the Ware High School Case (Cumming et al. vs. County Board of Education of Richmond county 1899) The Case that Established the Separate but Equal Treatment of the Races. October 19 through October 22 1999. Dr Morgan Kousser, California Technical Institute, an authority on the Ware Case presented two lectures, the first on October 19, 1999 in Augusta State University’s Butler Lecture Hall. Judge Ellen Connally, Cleveland Ohio and Professor Paul Finkelman, Tulsa University; both descendents of plaintiffs in the original case, participated in this event. A second lecture was presented on October 20, 1999 at the Augusta-Richmond County Museum. This was followed by the unveiling of a historical marker commemorating Ware High School. A third program was presented at the Paine College Odeum on October 21, 1999. A play, based on the Ware High School Decision of 1899, entitled Ware and When, written by Dr. James Garvey, Augusta State University, was preformed at Davidson Fine Arts School on October 21 and 22 1999. The performers were students of Davidson Fine Arts School

Note written by

Extent

6.00 folders

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Folder 1 Grant package, The Ware High School Decision a Hundred Years Later 3 copies Correspondence to Fred Barnabei from the Georgia Humanities Council May 27, 1999 1 copy Correspondence to Fred Barnabei from the Georgia Humanities Council June 9, 1999 2 copies Correspondence to Edward J. Cashin from the Georgia Humanities Council August 16, 1999 1 copy Financial report form for the grantee Center for the Study for Georgia History to the Georgia Humanities Council Final Report: The Ware High School Decision a Hundred Years Later. Includes evaluations 1 copy Folder 2 Correspondence and invoices relating to the arrangements for the event and the expenses for the principal speakers (April 22 1998-November 30, 1999) Folder 3 Correspondence to Edward Cashin from Josephine Herrald Love and a photocopy of her grandfather’s bibliography for the Georgia Baptist which had been handwritten by her mother November 5, 1997 Photocopy of a paper. Kousser, J. Morgan. Separate but not equal: the Supreme Court’s first decision on discrimination in school. Social Science Working Paper Number 204: 1978 Correspondence to Dr. Kent Anderson Leslie from Judge C. Ellen Connally May 25, 1996 Correspondence to Mary Harper Ingram from J. Morgan Kousser November 15 1976 Photocopy of a genealogy chart for the Raymond Ladeveze and Caroline Bouyer Ladeveze family Folder 4 Promotional brochure for The Centennial of the Supreme Court Decision in the Ware High School Case (Cumming et al. vs. County Board of Education of Richmond county 1899) The Case that Established the Separate but Equal Treatment of the Races. October 19 through October 22 1999. 5 copies Program for the production of Ware and When, an original play by Dr. James Garvey. Cast and crew are listed. 2 copies Copy of the script for the play Ware and When Photocopies of newspaper articles Press release 3 copies Promotional material for the Center for the Study of Georgia History Folder 5 Photographs by Angela Owens C[?] of the dedication of the Ware High School Marker on October 20, 1999 13 photographs Photographs by Judge C. Ellen Connally Ware and When cast performance October 21, 1999 4 photographs Edward J. Cashin, Butler Lecture Hall October 19, 1999 1 photograph Dedication of the Ware High School marker October 20, 1999 1 photograph Folder 6 7 photographs photographer unknown of the dedication of the Ware High School Marker on October 20, 1999 Photocopies of a genealogy of Cecelia Ladeveze Johnson