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Fee Claimed by Office
of First Address

1611 McHenry Blvd.
Nashville & Tenn.

Mrs. Grand Nail Johnson
Hotel Theresa
New York, N.Y.

Seventh Ave
at
125th St

Mrs. James Weldon Johnson
Hotel Theresa
2090 Seventh Avenue
New York 27
New York

MANHATTAN
STATION

NEW YORK

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Mr. James Heldon Johnson
Hotel Theresa
126 St. and 7th Ave
New York,
New York
Five Acres
Seaponk Road
Great Barrington, Mass

# FISK UNIVERSITY
## INAUGURAL CEREMONY, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
### NOVEMBER 6, 7, AND 8, 1947

#### Thursday, November 6

2:30 P.M. Social Science Seminar

8:30 P.M. Concert by Fisk University Choir

#### Friday, November 7

10:00 A.M. Education Seminar

2:15 P.M. Academic Procession Forms

3:00 P.M. Inaugural Ceremony

5:00 P.M. Reception to Delegates and Visitors

8:30 P.M. Address and Music

#### Saturday, November 8

10:00 A.M. International Relations Seminar

2:30 P.M. Alumni Meeting and Seminar:
"The Private College and Its Alumni"

5:00 P.M. Alumni Reception

8:30 P.M. Address and Music

#### Sunday, November 9

11:00 A.M. Convocation Sermon

## CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Date and time of arrival

Date and time of departure

<table><thead><tr><th>Do you plan to attend:</th><th>Yes</th><th>No</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Social Science Seminar, Thursday afternoon</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Concert by Fisk University Choir, Thursday night</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Education Seminar, Friday morning</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Reception following the Inauguration, Friday afternoon</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Address and Music, Friday night</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>International Relations Seminar, Saturday morning</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Address and Music, Saturday night</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

The favor of a reply is requested by October 10, 1947. Upon receipt of registration, further information will be sent.

["FISK UNIVERSITY", "NASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE", "17 May 1955", "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\n\nFISK UNIVERSITY\n\nNASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE", "New York passed along your message to Nashville at the time that you called a very difficult one for \"staying taxing somewhat now, and I expect to be some substantial initiation of them as yet have indicated that they", "We discussed has been explored with several college presidents, who, I hearing the idea. It is an intriguing one as yet have indicated that they", "them has handicapped me considerably our last talk. We had the misfeaturer of the Board for the past five years.

FISK UNIVERSITY

NASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

17 May 1955

Mrs. Grace Nail Johnson
Hotel Theresa
New York, New York

Dear Mrs. Johnson:

Mrs Cottman in New York passed along your message to me. I am sorry that I was not in Nashville at the time that you called by telephone. This year has been a very difficult one for "staying put" anywhere. The pressure is relaxing somewhat now, and I expect to be here in Nashville probably until June.

The matter which we discussed has been explored with
several members of our Board and several college presidents, who, I
thought, might be interested in sharing the idea. It is an intriguing
one, but it means that there must be some substantial initiation of
a campaign which not enough of them as yet have indicated that they
have time enough to do properly.

One serious problem has handicapped me considerably
on the matter of financing, since our last talk. We had the mis-
fortune to lose, by death, our Treasurer of the Board for the past
fifteen years, and Chairman of our Finance and Investment Committee.
This has meant that we have been practically at a standstill on all
of our resources until we can reorganize our forces with new personnel
undertaking a new responsibility for the University's physical resources.

We have just completed our Board Meeting, at which a
tentative arrangement was set up, but it will require a matter of months,
I suspect, before we are reestablished on the new and secure basis.

I mention this only to indicate that there have been
distractions of an important sort, accounting in some measure for the
delays in following up on our conversation, to the point of having
something promising that might be reported.

My prospects for getting to New York are not very
good before the end of this month. There is a chance that I can be
in that area sometime during the second week of June. This, however,
may be late for catching you before leaving for the Berkshires. I
have been away so much this year, it seems necessary to put in every-
day until the end of the year in order to catch up with school, so to
speak, before it closes. We might have an exchange over the telephone,
if you are planning to leave New York within a week.

CSJ:v1r

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES S. JOHNSON