Letter to Springfield College Dean, John Costello, from Larry Libow
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This letter is addressed to the Dean of Springfield College, John Costello, and written by undergraduate student Larry Libow (Lawrence Libow '71). Originally attached to the letter was the text of the next "On The Left" opinion piece that Libow wrote for the The Springfield Student, the college's student newspaper. The column he had written had to do with a meeting at Charles H. Schaff's, SC Board of Trustee Chairman at the time, home in Longmeadow. Schaaff had been critical of a previous column that Libow had written regarding the Baystate West & Springfield Civic Center projects that were under construction in downtown Springfield. Schaaff had invited members of RUB (Resistance-Unity-Brotherhood) to his home to discuss these projects and the criticism. The meeting didn't go very well and the attached article was a report on the meeting from Libow's perspective. Libow sent this letter as a courtesy to let them know about what was going to be said and offered to have a meeting at his apartment with Mr. Schaaff if he was interested. No meeting happened and the column was published in the Student Newspaper. It is believed that the article was published in the January 22, 1970 Springfield Student. To see a copy of the published article, see here: https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll6/id/10482. For biography of Lawrence M. Libow, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/465.
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