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Edna Griffin's FBI file, April 1948-October 1951
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OM 100-4095 contribution to the Defense Fund of our Party, a true and steadfast friend of the negro people." This letter, dated March 19, 1947, included a five dollar contribution. The same informant furnished a copy of the letter forwarded to the Communist Party members in District 32 by [Illegible], District Secretary of District 32. This copy was apparently forwarded to the New York Office of the Communist Party in order to inform the new York Office as regards the activities in District 32. This copy, dated december 30, 1947, with return address of Post Office Box 445, Omaha, Nebraska, advises the various members (names not set out) that the Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas District Communist Party Convention would be held on January 11, 1948, at 10:00 A.M in Des Moines, Iowa; that the meeting place could be obtained by telephoning Edna Griffin, #2-6422, at 1108 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Both of these communications have been forwarded to the Omaha Division and are being retained in the Omaha Case File in the instant matter. Through the assistance of Dean George [Illegible], Drake University, it was ascertained that EDNA MAY GRIFFIN is a Graduate Student of Drake University and it pursuing the courses of English and Education. Her transcript of record at Drake University indicates that she was born October 23, 1909 in Massachusetts. She graduated from Lenox, Massachusetts, High School and attended Fiske University at Nashville, Tennessee, from 1928 to 1933, graduating with a B.A. Degree. Her maiden name is EDNA MAY WILLIAMS. According to the transcript, she also attended Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from 1923 to 1926. STANLEY GRIFFIN, on October 26, 1946, when registering for the purpose of voting at Des Moines, Iowa, indicated that he was born on February 9, 1913, in North Carolina. He also indicated that he had been a resident of the United States for life. As previously indicated, the subjects, both of whom are negros, reside at 1108 Third Street. From available information, it is believed that the GRIFFINs came to Des Moines, Iowa in 1946 and that EDNA entered Drake University as a Graduate student in February of 1948. [Illegible] advises that STANLEY, a student at the Still College of Osteopathy, will probably complete his course within a short period and will then enter into a one year period of internship and that he intends to establish his practice in Des Moines, Iowa. - 2 -
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OM 100-4095 contribution to the Defense Fund of our Party, a true and steadfast friend of the negro people." This letter, dated March 19, 1947, included a five dollar contribution. The same informant furnished a copy of the letter forwarded to the Communist Party members in District 32 by [Illegible], District Secretary of District 32. This copy was apparently forwarded to the New York Office of the Communist Party in order to inform the new York Office as regards the activities in District 32. This copy, dated december 30, 1947, with return address of Post Office Box 445, Omaha, Nebraska, advises the various members (names not set out) that the Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas District Communist Party Convention would be held on January 11, 1948, at 10:00 A.M in Des Moines, Iowa; that the meeting place could be obtained by telephoning Edna Griffin, #2-6422, at 1108 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Both of these communications have been forwarded to the Omaha Division and are being retained in the Omaha Case File in the instant matter. Through the assistance of Dean George [Illegible], Drake University, it was ascertained that EDNA MAY GRIFFIN is a Graduate Student of Drake University and it pursuing the courses of English and Education. Her transcript of record at Drake University indicates that she was born October 23, 1909 in Massachusetts. She graduated from Lenox, Massachusetts, High School and attended Fiske University at Nashville, Tennessee, from 1928 to 1933, graduating with a B.A. Degree. Her maiden name is EDNA MAY WILLIAMS. According to the transcript, she also attended Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from 1923 to 1926. STANLEY GRIFFIN, on October 26, 1946, when registering for the purpose of voting at Des Moines, Iowa, indicated that he was born on February 9, 1913, in North Carolina. He also indicated that he had been a resident of the United States for life. As previously indicated, the subjects, both of whom are negros, reside at 1108 Third Street. From available information, it is believed that the GRIFFINs came to Des Moines, Iowa in 1946 and that EDNA entered Drake University as a Graduate student in February of 1948. [Illegible] advises that STANLEY, a student at the Still College of Osteopathy, will probably complete his course within a short period and will then enter into a one year period of internship and that he intends to establish his practice in Des Moines, Iowa. - 2 -
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