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Photograph of Rosa Ponselle with Director Charles Kent at Peabody Commencement, May 30, 1965 where she received an honorary Doctorate degree.

Paul A. Brent sent this letter to his high school mentor, Robert L. Jackson, asking for assistance in his application to the Peabody Conservatory, which at the time did not admit African-American students. His application started a long discussion…

After receiving Paul A. Brent’s request for assistance with his application to the Peabody Conservatory, Dr. Jackson wrote this letter to the Honorable Howard W. Jackson, Esq., the former mayor of Baltimore, asking for support.

Hon. Howard W. Jackson, Esq., formerly the mayor of Baltimore, sent this letter to Reginald Stewart in support of Paul A. Brent’s application to the Peabody Conservatory.

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…

After receiving notice from Reginald Stewart of Paul A. Brent’s application to Peabody, Institute President William Marbury sent this letter to all of the Board of Trustees members who made up the Conservatory Committee.

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 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.

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, Louise J. Cooper, a member of the Peabody Institute Board of Trustees and the Conservatory Committee, responds to William Marbury with her opinion on the admission of Paul A. Brent to the Conservatory.

My dear Mr. Marbury -
Have…