Washington, Booker T. Correspondence

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Location

Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

Extent

• .2 lin. ft.

Scope/Contents Note

Material consists of letters from Washington to Emily Howland, a benefactor of the Tuskegee Institute. Letters cover a wide variety of issues, including requests for financial assistance, progress reports, and annual reportsof the Board of Directors of the Institute, as well as informal reports on his activities. The letters reveal frank expressions of his feelings regarding criticism he received from blacks, 1904; his surprise at being asked tospeak at the Cotton States and International Exposition inAtlanta, 1895, where he delivered his now-famous accomodationist speech; and a forceful statement of support for black people's efforts to protect their constitutional rights, 1900. Also, several letters in which he discussed the administrative problems at the Kowaliga School, a school for black children in Alabama, 1896-1898, and the response to his autobiographical articles which appeared in OUTLOOK MAGAZINE. Letters to Francis Jackson Garrison, son of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, deal with diverse subjects including the conflict between Washington and William Monroe Trotter, editor of the BOSTON GLOBE. Letters regarding the Brownsville affair, 1906, and the Atlanta riot of 1906. Also, letters from Mrs. Margaret Washington to Emily Howland.

Biographical/Historical Note

Educator, writer, founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Controlled Access Terms

• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
• Howland, Emily, 1827-1929.
• Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916.
• Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934.
• Tuskegee Institute.
• Kowaliga School (Ala.)
• Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.)
• African Americans -- Education.
• African Americans -- Civil rights.
• Schools -- Alabama.
• Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta.
• Riots -- Georgia -- Atlanta.
• African American universities and colleges -- Alabama -- Tuskegee.
• African American teachers.
• Alabama -- Social conditions.
• Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions.
• Brownsville (Tex.) -- Social conditions.

Additional Creator Names

• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
• Washington, Margaret James Murray, 1861?-1925.