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In this letter, J. Hambleton Ober, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

Dear Billy -
I am sorry to have been so slow in…

In this letter, J. Hall Pleasants, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees and the Conservatory Committee, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

Dear Bill
I vote…

In this letter, Harris E. Kirk, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

Dear Mr. Marbury -
Replying to your letter of July 22nd…

In this letter, F. Grainger Marburg, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

In this letter, Douglas H. Gordon, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees, responds to William L. Marbury with his opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory. Gordon was the only trustee who did not agree to admit…

In this letter, Charles R. Austrian, 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.

In this letter, Henry Callard, 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.

In his report to be presented to the Peabody Board of Trustees at their June 1954 meeting, Reginald Stewart included this lengthy statement on the acceptance of African-American students to the Institute.

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.

Trumpet player Wilmer Wise was the first African-American faculty member at the Peabody Institute and the first African-American member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.