Box 6

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of correspondence, receipts, applications, minutes, etc. pertaining to the six charitable funds established in 1949 by Baltimore tobacco merchant, William Deiches, Jr. (d.1949). As stipulated in his will, William Deiches provided for more than a quarter of a million dollars to be used for the following six purposes: the Free Library Fund, the Lectureship Fund, the Fund for Musical Education, the Negro Medical Fellowship Program, the Negro College Fund, and the Educational...