Horace Bumstead papers, 1886-1907.

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Horace Bumstead papers, 1886-1907.

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The collection consists of papers of Horace Bumstead, as President of Atlanta University, from 1886-1907. The correspondence pertains to the establishment of the Atlanta University Conferences by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1897, which studied the social conditions of African Americans in the South; letters from former students reflecting the difficulties African Americans face attempting to obtain an education (1898-1904); and donations from religious and philanthropic societies. Additional materials include records of the Atlanta University Quartet, the Quiz Club, and the Debating Union.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Atlanta University. Office of the President.

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Bumstead, Horace, 1841-1919

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Horace Bumstead (1841-1919) was the son of Josiah Freeman Bumstead, a Boston merchant, and Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Yale College (Class of 1863) and became a Congregationalist minister and educator. During the Civil War, Bumstead was commissioned as a Major for the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops where he served from April 1864 to December 1865. He later joined the faculty of Atlanta University and served as their second president from...