Some Newspapers And Newspaper-Men

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece Of The Liberator, April 23, 1831; Plates. (X), 345 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing, With 1923 Date On Title Page. Very Worn, Spine Lettering Completely Dulled, Frayed At Corners, Hinges Cracked. Ownership Signature Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe, Dated November 1923, . Oswald Garrison Villard (1872 - 1949) Was An American Journalist And Editor Of The New York Evening Post.Villard Was Born In Wiesbaden, Germany, On March 13, 1872, While His Parents Were Living There. He Was The Son Of Henry Villard, An American Newspaper Correspondent Who Had Been An Immigrant From Germany, And Fanny (Garrison) Villard, Daughter Of Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Fanny Villard Was A Suffragist And One Of The Founders Of The Women's Peace Movement. His Father Later Invested In Railroads, And Bought The Nation And The New York Evening Post In 1881. The Family Returned To The United States Soon After Villard's Birth, Settling In New York City In 1876. He Was A Civil Rights Activist, And Along With His Mother, Fanny Villard, A Founding Member Of The Naacp. In 1913 He Wrote To President Woodrow Wilson To Protest His Administration's Racial Segregation Of Federal Offices In Washington, Dc, A Change From Previous Integrated Conditions. He Was A Leading Liberal Spokesman In The 1920S And 1930S, Then Turned To The Right. Villard Was A Founder Of The American Anti-Imperialist League, Favoring Independence For Territories Taken In The Spanish-American War. He Provided A Rare Direct Link Between The Anti-Imperialism Of The Late 19Th Century And The Conservative Old Right Of The 1930S And 1940S. Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892-1992) Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Following Their Retirement And The Death Of Russell In 1980, Mrs. Jelliffe Remained Active In Numerous Civic And Arts Organizations, Serving On The Boards Of The East Cleveland Theater And The Fine Arts Assoc. Of Willoughby. Her Papers Are At Case Western University.