Letters to Swarthmore College regarding the Sit-In
The Courtney Smith Papers in the Friends Historical Library contains hundreds of letters that alumni and other concerned individuals wrote to Swarthmore College during and after the 1969 sit-in. The letters here are a representative sampling of these letters.
![[Letters from Teachers Concern to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/ea4812f7c4eea4e62944b54068fbf4ef.jpg "[Letters from Teachers Concern to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Dori Goggin '71 to Courtney Smith, 01/12/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/ed3137150b3968837e898ff6b604cfd4.jpg "[Letter from Dori Goggin '71 to Courtney Smith, 01/12/1969]")
![[Letter from Frances Crosby to Joseph Shane and Edward Cratsley, 02/28/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/c82ab71d7caa4be981f1c3cbd2881996.jpg "[Letter from Frances Crosby to Joseph Shane and Edward Cratsley, 02/28/1969]")
![[Letter from Mary Lou Cole '56 to Edward Cratsley, 03/18/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/e35d504fa7711318139641abaa4ec71a.jpg "[Letter from Mary Lou Cole '56 to Edward Cratsley, 03/18/1969]")
![[Letter from Robert Landis '25 to Edward Cratsley, 03/24/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/b1c09b487181b08f17c4ed49efe0b78c.jpg "[Letter from Robert Landis '25 to Edward Cratsley, 03/24/1969]")
![[Letter from Raymond Denworth to Joseph Shane, 09/26/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/80d45803da42a0cad70bd2df92827c9a.jpg "[Letter from Raymond Denworth to Joseph Shane, 09/26/1969]")
![[Letter from Bill Young '57, 01/17/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/528d6f66eb18a1162560555373d52793.jpg "[Letter from Bill Young '57, 01/17/1969]")
![[Letter from Louise Bolger, 01/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/032b1784bb8cf6b5acf690d401529b41.jpg "[Letter from Louise Bolger, 01/1969]")
![[Letter from Bel Kaufman to Robert Browning and Edward Cratsley, 02/03/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/b73a66cc21253d78f1c4270d7088d31b.jpg "[Letter from Bel Kaufman to Robert Browning and Edward Cratsley, 02/03/1969]")
![[Letter from Lois and William Murray to Joseph Shane, 02/03/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/cdae2805b52e6d791522130e5e421460.jpg "[Letter from Lois and William Murray to Joseph Shane, 02/03/1969]")
![[Letter from R.L. Gould to Joseph Shane, 02/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/53e9d22725f7e1854eebf7ff7ab4a1ad.jpg "[Letter from R.L. Gould to Joseph Shane, 02/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Arabel Porter to Joseph Shane, 02/19/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/d8a6e9d44fbc404432a17b3dae01602d.jpg "[Letter from Arabel Porter to Joseph Shane, 02/19/1969]")
![[Letter from H. Thomas Hallowell to Joseph Shane, 02/25/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/dfefe97372966ab17006e48c42c562ce.jpg "[Letter from H. Thomas Hallowell to Joseph Shane, 02/25/1969]")
![[Letter from Gertrude Knapp Stoughton '24 to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/84a9f0cb95f4d96c4fe0300ce172ba14.jpg "[Letter from Gertrude Knapp Stoughton '24 to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]")
![[Letter from William Reid '51 to Alumni Annual Giving Fund, 01/17/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/febea928e759d5bd7d269ae2531c756b.jpg "[Letter from William Reid '51 to Alumni Annual Giving Fund, 01/17/1969]")
![[Letter from Pusey Bancroft Heald '18 to Joseph Shane, 01/20/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/d27b707acdbc730059249415e255ff0b.jpg "[Letter from Pusey Bancroft Heald '18 to Joseph Shane, 01/20/1969]")
![[Letter from David Todd to Joseph Shane, 01/27/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/0c86db78ea866c1dc4c906a880236ac2.jpg "[Letter from David Todd to Joseph Shane, 01/27/1969]")
![[Letter from Helen and Dill Parrish to Joseph Shane, 01/21/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/5e36f59483db27e197b90bacff70297c.jpg "[Letter from Helen and Dill Parrish to Joseph Shane, 01/21/1969]")
![[Letter from Penelope Adelmann '66, 01/18/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/b576335f182e9cbbf28c7601944210f1.jpg "[Letter from Penelope Adelmann '66, 01/18/1969]")
![[Letter from Earl and Doris Shatzkin, 01/28/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/310533644c2acdb29b5f29a8cb99ec3a.jpg "[Letter from Earl and Doris Shatzkin, 01/28/1969]")
![[Letter from Margie and Bill Jones to Joseph Shane, 01/27/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/6541bbf9684eff4a369ae199297ab778.jpg "[Letter from Margie and Bill Jones to Joseph Shane, 01/27/1969]")
![[Letter from Madeleine and David Wallach, 01/28/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/1164c0b5520048fd1dd5373afd251393.jpg "[Letter from Madeleine and David Wallach, 01/28/1969]")
![[Letter from Harry Satterthwaite to Joseph Shane, 01/10/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/db537170ca123f0e1c676bec2fec6c68.jpg "[Letter from Harry Satterthwaite to Joseph Shane, 01/10/1969]")
![[Letter from Alban Rogers to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/33ec22ed4d647c0a226bd00d049c4a53.jpg "[Letter from Alban Rogers to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]")
![[Letter from Sidney Johnson to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/590f0f3976db0e011dc6f772160c644c.jpg "[Letter from Sidney Johnson to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]")
![[Letter from Harry Sprogell to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/5ae619ccb57565ea3ea6e81f2dd99344.jpg "[Letter from Harry Sprogell to Courtney Smith, 01/13/1969]")
![[Letter from David Ullman to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/eaf02b2ba79c3049e85aedec2632212f.jpg "[Letter from David Ullman to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Samuel Griscom '51, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/e2c4cb837005d50b92dfa186d0d203de.jpg "[Letter from Samuel Griscom '51, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Grace Dunn '28 to Joseph Shane, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/c00340398c0e93d9c605be2ad05a15ac.jpg "[Letter from Grace Dunn '28 to Joseph Shane, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Michael Hudson to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/7aa0bec7e723085cc4d80a6470e677ef.jpg "[Letter from Michael Hudson to Courtney Smith, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Ernest Luther '46 to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/83796454c528db00f98eafd002183f9e.jpg "[Letter from Ernest Luther '46 to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]")
![[Letter from Evelyn Hagner to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/323763e781aa6f7d78332771abff89c7.jpg "[Letter from Evelyn Hagner to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]")
![[Letter from Davis Marion '23 to Alumni Annual Giving Fund, 01/16/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/e0142c691736576cb8590544335c2b6f.jpg "[Letter from Davis Marion '23 to Alumni Annual Giving Fund, 01/16/1969]")
![[Letter from Charles Eberle to Joseph Shane, 01/16/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/16a470daf87884e0d2631174ea07cb76.jpg "[Letter from Charles Eberle to Joseph Shane, 01/16/1969]")
![[Letter from Jane Colburn '39, 01/14/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/d0727e92240d92442fac074007ffb76d.jpg "[Letter from Jane Colburn '39, 01/14/1969]")
![[Letter from Harry Satterthwaite '07 to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/ec52b818051f9551b3c80da1b674ad96.jpg "[Letter from Harry Satterthwaite '07 to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]")
![[Letter from Eleanor Dreibelbres '21 to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/807f19b406f0b30566fcf17b6fd5d7e0.jpg "[Letter from Eleanor Dreibelbres '21 to Courtney Smith, 01/15/1969]")
![[Letter from Joanne Smith to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/ceca0beaac92fb3e543b81e063819623.jpg "[Letter from Joanne Smith to Joseph Shane, 01/17/1969]")
![[Letter from Theresa Palmer to Board of Managers, 01/18/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/dc0f49cd6f248ac5b5b93742b00dddb2.jpg "[Letter from Theresa Palmer to Board of Managers, 01/18/1969]")
![[Letter from Fred Hellers '53, 01/19/1969]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/4e572281f4e2e188b8ce0c6aabcbc27a.jpg "[Letter from Fred Hellers '53, 01/19/1969]")