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July 26, 1924.
My dear Mrs. Barnett:
We had a very good national conference at Toronto, concerning which I dare say Mr. Catchpool will tell you some of the details. We always speak of you and recall your visit to East Aurora on such occasions.
Both Miss Addams and Mr. Catchpool spoke on the project of the Barnett Memorial Fellowship, and both the executive committee and conference agreed to set out to undertake to raise the sum of $12,500 of whatever might be necessary to participate in the fellowship. Miss Addams was appointed chairman for a committee to set about raising money. We want to issue as soon as possible some kind of a prospectus of enterprise.
Before doing this, however, we shall have to be clear on some minor points of business which are always inquired into with meticulous detail. Is the English board of trustees favorable to the idea and can they be brought to pass a resolution inviting our participation? Would Americans then be represented on the board of trustees of the fellowship? How would such representatives be appointed and from what special groups? Would you want an American committee to function side by side with the English committee?
Is it your thought that the fellowship should be an Anglo-American affair; the American holder studying in England and the English holder in America? Who would appoint the holders of the fellowship? To whom would the holders report? Would fellowship men or women be expected to affiliate with [a] university?
Should some kind of a project be worked out showing where the money is to be invested, under what conditions and with what safeguards and sanction and the probable income?
Should we have, if there is an American committee, official representatives from settlements or financial boards of certain houses?
What are the conditions the incumbents of the fellowship will have to meet as to education, experience, etc.
I am sorry to inflict so many nasty details upon you, but I know these questions will be asked the moment we make an appeal for money and I want to be able to say that they are either settled or under advisement.
We hear of many new things about you, development of new powers and the reception of new honors. While it is, of course, very nice that your services should have official recognition by the government, it is even more charming to be hung in the Academy; so that I intend at any rate to congratulate you most heartily on your creative side.
Faithfully yours,
(S) Albert J. Kennedy
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