Papers. 1915-1922, 1939-1956, 1966.

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Papers. 1915-1922, 1939-1956, 1966.

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18 items including photocopies of 3 letters (1917-19), one from Emmett J. Scott and two from Mrs. Margaret Washington, a photocopy of 3 envelopes (1919-22), 1 address by Booker T. Washington, his last Sunday evening talk in the chapel of Tuskegee Institute a few weeks before his death, one commemorative stamped envelope honoring the centennial of the educator's birth, six post cards containing photos of the presidents of Tuskegee from Booker T. Washington to Luther Foster and one of George Washington Carver, the agricultural scientist based at Tuskegee, one photograph (unidentified), 1 pamphlet on Carver by Glenn Clark, and one campaign card used by Fannie L. Meek in her race for State Representative on the Republican ticket.

18 items (some photocopies). (SC)

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Washington, Margaret James Murray, 1865-1925

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Margaret Murray Washington (March 9, 1865 - June 4, 1925) was the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which later became Tuskegee University. She was the third wife of Booker T. Washington. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1972. Margaret Murray was born on March 9 in Macon, Mississippi, in the early 1860s. Her birth year is unknown; her tombstone says she was born in 1865, but the 1870 census lists her birth year as 1861. She was one of ten children...

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943

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Agricultural scientist, teacher, humanitarian, artist, and Iowa State alumnus (1894, 1896). George Washington Carver was born ca. 1864, the son of slaves on the Moses Carver plantation near Diamond Grove, Missouri. He lost his father in infancy, and at the age of 6 months was stolen along with his mother by raiders, but was later found and traded back to his owner for a $300 race horse. He enrolled in Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa in 1890 studying music and art. Etta Budd, his art instructor ...

Clark, Glenn, 1882-1956

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Tuskegee Institute (Ala.)

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Foster, Luther H. (Luther Hilton), 1913-

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Luther H. Foster : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527571 Luther Hilton Foster was born May 26, 1888 in Clover, Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of Oliver S. and Mary Elizabeth Foster. His early childhood schooling was at the public school of Halifax County and the Saint Paul's Polytechnic institute in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Here he completed hi...

Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

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Secretary to Booker T. Washington and of Tuskegee Normal School Board of Trustees (1897-1919); special assistant, U.S. Secretary of War (1917-1919); secretary-treasurer and secretary, Howard University and its Board of Trustees (1919-1938); assistant publicity directory, Republican National Committee and advisor to the chairman of its Negro Affairs Committee (1939-1942); director, employment and personnel relations, Shipyard No. 4, Sun Shipbuilding Co. in Pennsylvania (1942-1945); secretary, Sou...

Meek, Fannie Lowe.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...