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This hand written note is from Reginald Stewart, Director of the Conservatory, to William L. Marbury, President of the Peabody Institute.

Dear Bill,
The attached correspondence is obviously about a negro music student. What do you want to do…

In this letter, R. E. Lee Taylor, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees and the Conservatory Committee, responds to William Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

After several years of listing Douglass High School students separately from students enrolled at other Preparatory campuses, the title was changed to “Negro Schools.” This makes it clear that these students were separated in this categorization…

This is a list of courses, scholarships, and branch schools at the Peabody Preparatory. In this list, “DHS” represents Douglass High School.

This page from the 1940-1941 Peabody Preparatory Daybook lists recipients of Carnegie Scholarships. Students from Douglass High School, a black high school before integration, are listed separately from the students enrolled at other Preparatory…

Audrey Cyrus McCallum was the first African-American student to enroll at the Peabody Preparatory, and this is a program from what was likely her first recital at Peabody.

This statement on student dissent was recorded in the Board of Trustees Minutes on June 13, 1968. The statement came after a time of unrest in Baltimore following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

After a five and a half year long conversation and nine months after Brown v. Board of education, the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees made the decision to drop all discriminatory policies in all branches of the Institute.

After Reginald Stewart presented his report, the Board of Trustees discussed his statement on the acceptance of African-American students. They agreed with most of his proposals, but appointed a committee to decide whether to accept African-American…

On October 18, 1949, Peabody’s Board of Trustees discussed the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory after each member had cast their vote by letter over the preceding months. Despite William L. Marbury’s expectation that the Board would be…