Ehtelbert Bartholomew's Rejection Letter
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Title
Ehtelbert Bartholomew's Rejection Letter
Description
This letter informed Ethelbert Bartholomew that he could no longer be a medical student due to his race. Apparently, Kingston's lack of a "coloured population" made "adequate training" impossible, showing how they would do anything just to block Black students from graduating.
Creator
Medical Faculty, Queen’s University
Source
Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine, Expulsion Letter for Ethelbert Bartholomew, 1918. Reproduced in Ron Fanfair, “Posthumous degree for Trinidadian medical student unjustly expelled from Queen’s,” June 26, 2019.
https://www.ronfanfair.com/home/2019/6/26/bdpu2zaviuj2geacrps34qq77jdiww
https://www.ronfanfair.com/home/2019/6/26/bdpu2zaviuj2geacrps34qq77jdiww
Publisher
Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine
Date
1918
Relation
Copyright Bartholomew Family Collection
Files
Citation
Medical Faculty, Queen’s University, “Ehtelbert Bartholomew's Rejection Letter,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/705.