Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946 |
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Span Dates | 1853-1946 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1900-1915) |
ID No. | MSS44669 |
Creator | Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 |
Extent | 375,550 items ; 1074 containers ; 429.2 linear feet ; 762 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | African-American leader, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, book drafts and notes, articles, speeches, reports, minutes, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to the early history and administration of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, as well as to the National Negro Business League which he organized in 1900, the General Education Board, New York, N.Y., Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., other African-American schools, education in general, and Washington's personal and family life. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998017 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044669 |