Letters, 1897-1907.

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Letters, 1897-1907.

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Miscellaneous correspondence from Washington to Charles G. Whiting, Dana S. Ayer, Marcus M. Marks, and Charles E. Bigelow, among others. Topics include: financial support of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (Tuskegee, Alabama); the work of the Voorhees Industrial School (Denmark, S.C.); a refute by Washington of allegations that he was denied accommodation by some hotels while traveling; and a speech made by Washington.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Ayer, Dana S.

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Marks, Marcus M.

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Voorhees College

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Denmark Industrial School, a school for blacks, founded 1897 by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a Tuskegee Institute graduate, with one teacher, Jessie Dorsey, and fourteen students in a rent free, old store in Denmark, S.C.; M. Ralph Voorhees, a white philanthropist from Clinton, N.J., donated $4500 to buy a plot of land and $500 to erect the first building; in 1902 the school was renamed Voorhees Industrial School in his honor; school became affiliated with the Episcopal Church in 1924; became junior...

Bigelow, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1879-

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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

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Washington was an African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, later the Tuskegee Institute. From the description of Letter : Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., to George W. Benson, 1898 May 10. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34657012 ...

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...

Whiting, Charles G.

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