Booker T. Washington Papers Editorial Project collection

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Booker T. Washington Papers Editorial Project collection

1967-1984

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1396

The Booker T. Washington Papers Editorial Project collection includes photocopies of selected papers of Booker T. Washington, in particular his correspondence, speeches, writings, and reports of Tuskegee Institute. The collection also contains card files, annotated research notes, and proofs of some of the thirteen volumes of the published edition, as well as the business records of the editing project. The collection is unprocessed, but preliminary inventories of additional accessions are available.

67.50 linear feet

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324926

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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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...