Southern Conference for Human Welfare

Scope and contents This small collection consists of the papers Douty generated and used during his project. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence between Douty and McCallister, and the people they solicited materials or interviews from while doing research. Of special interest is James Dombrowski's responses to Douty's questionnaire regarding Communist infiltration of the SCHW which illustrates the membership and turmoil of the organization in its later years. Dombroski was an administrator of the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes of meetings, drafts of speeches, financial records, photographs, clippings and other printed matter from the files of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare make up this collection. These papers were donated to Trevor Arnett Library in 1950 by Clark Howell Foreman, one time president of the Conference. They span the years 1938 to 1972, with the greatest concentration of material falling in 1946-1948. This Collection is particularly rich in information on the...