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Collection Summary
Title | Visual materials from the Booker T. Washington papers |
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Dates | 1889-1935 |
Bulk Dates | bulk 1897-1915 |
Call No. | LOT 13164 |
Physical Description | 701 items (chiefly photographic prints); 57 x 41 cm. or smaller. |
Location | Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Photographs document the activities of Booker T. Washington as a leader and agrarian organizer in the South at the turn of the century. Many depict Booker T. Washington’s speaking engagements at such places as Ocala, Tallahasee, and Daytona, Fla.; Mound Bayou, Miss.; and Baton Rouge, La. The collection also includes photographs that document classes and activities at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., including a parade for the celebration of the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt on October 24, 1905; celebrations for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute in 1906; and students building dormitories and other facilities. Also includes a group portrait of the faculty of the Institute in 1897, as well as a few images of such faculty members as Frederick Douglass, Emmett Scott, and George Washington Carver. In addition, the collection contains portraits of other African Americans, including Blanche K. Bruce, Henry O. Tanner, John R. Lynch, Richard T. Greener, and John M. Langston, as well as alumni of Tuskegee Institute. Also includes portraits of African American students at other schools in the South. Many images are unique because of personal inscriptions to Booker T. Washington. |
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Language | Collection material in English |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002010 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/99472031 |