Robinson Jackie 1919 - 1972 Jackie Robinson signs a Student Emergency Fund check to help pay for a recent Black graduate of Loyola University to attend the International Student Movement for the U.N. conference in Yugoslavia

Partly Printed Check Signed "Jackie Robinson" and "Marion B. Logan," 8.25" x 4". New York, August 11, 1961. Drawn on the Student Emergency Fund account of The Chase Manhattan Bank, payable to "Collegiate Council for United Nations" for $300. Tiny cancellation holes not near signatures. Mid-vertical 3" black ink stain just to the left of signatures. Manuscript endorsement "C.C.U.N." in manuscript on verso above stamped endorsement "American Association for The United Nations, Inc." Fine condition.

Organized in June 1946 by students from 26 colleges throughout the country, and sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations which had been founded by Eleanor Roosevelt, the Collegiate Council for United Nations was set up to arouse students to an understanding of their stake in the U.N. and how they can contribute to its success.

Accompanied by a letter explaining this check. Typed Letter Signed "Joan Clark," Director of the Collegiate Council for the United Nations, 1p, 8.5" x 11". New York, August 16, 1961. To Mrs. Marion Logan. In part, "On behalf of Tom Curtis and the Collegiate Council for the United Nations, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help in making Tom's trip to the International Student Movement for the UN conference in Yugoslavia possible - We feel that Tom's abilities and enthusiasm more than justify your support of him as a representative to the International conference..." The entire letter an be read in an image above.

A color picture postcard depicting Le Palais des Nations in Geneva, Swiss stamp, postmarked at the U.N. post office in Geneva, January 31, 1961, from Tom Curtis is present. On verso is an Autograph Letter Signed "T.E. Curtis." In full, "The International Movement for the United Nations has selected me to be a delegate to the assembly of the World Federation of U.N. Associations, here in Geneva at the Palais des Nations. Your part in facilitating this is appreciated." After attending the ISM conference in Yugoslavia, Curtis was chosen to be a delegate to the WFUNA assembly in Geneva. Thomas E. Curtis, Jr., a June 1961 graduate of Loyola University, was one of many Black college students helped by the Student Emergency Fund, founded in April 1960 by two prominent Black Americans, Jackie Robinson and Mrs. Marion B. Logan, wife of Dr. Arthur Logan. Both Jackie Robinson and his wife Rachel were patients of Dr. Logan.

On December 10, 1960, The New York Times had reported that the Student Emergency Fund was set up in New York City "to help Negro and white students jailed in sit-in demonstrations in the South." On December 22, 1960, the Times reported that the Student Emergency Fund "is sending more than $2,000 to two white and four Negro families in New Orleans who defied segregationist picket lines to send their children to newly integrated schools. The group is headed by Jackie Robinson, former baseball star, and Mrs. Arthur Logan, wife of a Manhattan physician.

"Mr. Robinson said yesterday the organization would mail a $1,000 check today to Mr. and Mrs. James Gabrielle in North Providence, R.I. The family left New Orleans after Mr. Gabrielle had quit his city job because of 'unbearable harassment' by fellow employees. Mr. Robinson said the Rev. Lloyd Foreman, Methodist minister who also defied the picket lines, would be sent a check for $719, and the families of four Negro girls attending the two schools would receive $100 each."

Also present are five customer's receipts for Student Emergency Fund bank deposits September 1960 - January 1961, a 3.5"x 7.5" Chase Manhattan folder to hold the receipts, two 6.5" x 11" Chase Manhattan bank statements, with balances, each addressed to "Student Emergency Fund / % Mr. Jackie Robinson / 425 Lexington Avenue / New York 17, N.Y.," July 1961 - October 1961. None of the above related bank documents (other than the August 11, 1961, check here offered) are in Robinson's hand. With a Chock full o' Nuts envelope, postmarked New York, July 14, 1961, addressed by typewriter to Mrs. Marion B. Logan at Doubleday Book Shops, New York. Jackie Robinson was a Vice President at Chock full o'Nuts.

A new discovery! While normal Jackie Robinson checks are many on the market, less than ten checks exist from this account with this significant civil rights association.