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Box 15

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Emlen Institute, 1904 - 1935

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Walter Smedley served on the Executive Board, Emlen Trust. The Trust supported multiple institutions for Native and African-Americans. According to the organization: "The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent resulted from a bequest of Samuel Emlen, a Burlington, N.J. member of the Society of Friends (Quaker) who died in 1837."

Dates: 1904 - 1935