Visual materials from the Booker T. Washington papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99472031
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Visual materials from the Booker T. Washington papers 1889-1935 bulk 1897-1915
701 items (chiefly photographic prints); 57 x 41 cm. or smaller.
Biographical History for: Visual materials from the Booker T. Washington papers 1889-1935 bulk 1897-1915
Biographical Note Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 and after Emancipation grew up in the Kanawha Valley of West Va. At the age of 16 he enrolled in the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Va. In 1881, on the recommendation of staff of the Hampton Institute, he was hired to found a school for African Americans in Tuskegee, Ala. Booker T. Washington became a prominent leader as the result of his fund-raising efforts for Tuskegee. By 1895, Washington had a reputation as a public speaker which is reflected in this collection. He gained the respect of Theodore Roosevelt, who became a trustee of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1910. Washington died at Tuskegee on November 14, 1915 shortly after a speaking engagement in the Northeast.
Scope and Content Note Photographs document the activities of Booker T. Washington as a leader and agrarian organizer in the South at the turn of the century. Many depict Booker T. Washington's speaking engagements at such places as Ocala, Tallahasee, and Daytona, Fla.; Mound Bayou, Miss.; and Baton Rouge, La. The collection also includes photographs that document classes and activities at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., including a parade for the celebration of the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt on October 24, 1905; celebrations for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute in 1906; and students building dormitories and other facilities. Also includes a group portrait of the faculty of the Institute in 1897, as well as a few images of such faculty members as Frederick Douglass, Emmett Scott, and George Washington Carver. In addition, the collection contains portraits of other African Americans, including Blanche K. Bruce, Henry O. Tanner, John R. Lynch, Richard T. Greener, and John M. Langston, as well as alumni of Tuskegee Institute. Also includes portraits of African American students at other schools in the South. Many images are unique because of personal inscriptions to Booker T. Washington.
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Portraits, statues, and memorials of Booker T. Washington and his family ca. 1890-1935
Also includes group portraits of Washington family members; a reproduction of a landscape painting by Mrs. Frank R. Hill entitled "Mt. Booker Washington," (1904); a design for a memorial portrait group designed and copyrighted by photographer C.M. Battey (c1911); one portrait of Margaret Murray Washington.
Washington at public speaking engagements ca. 1900-1914
Includes Washington addressing large crowds at locations in Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia as well as other unidentified locations. Also views of crowds gathered at the various venues; Washington traveling by coach, automobile, and train to locations; some group portraits, including one of Washington posing with Mary McCloud Bethune.
Tuskegee Institute 1890-1910
Includes campus views of buildings and monuments, student portraits, campus events, including a celebration and parade for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 and a 25th anniversary ceremony. Also includes portraits of faculty and alumni; students attending classes.
Portraits of Washington's associates ca. 1889-1914
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Altiers, Genoiro 1906 Puerto Rico
Amos, Moses, Dr. 1904 Gate City, Georgia
Arkansas Business Mens League
Baldwin, William
Borchers, [Edw.?] 1903
Bromet, M.S. 1904 Paris
Brooks, A. L., Major
Brown, E. S. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bruce, Blanche K.
Campbell, C. Durham
Chase, Henry W. Washington, D.C.
Coleman, Henry F. Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Cooley, Elizabeth Cooley, Elizabeth
Cooley, Elizabeth San Antonio, Texas
Dowling, Oscar, Dr.
Drouillard, Geo. Cliff. Georges Creek
Douglass, Frederick
Ellison, Geo. S.
Evans, [Z?] T. The Corning Mattress Works
Fisher, Isaac Branch Normal College
Floyd, W. D. Hawkinsville, Alabama
Forrester, Stephenie
Freeman, Julius Wilson, North Carolina
Gibbs, M. W. [Washington, D.C.]
Greener, Richard T.
Griggs, E. M. [Texas]
Guy, Ira O. [Kansas]
Haas, Henry Hubert, L.L.D. 1906 Roanoke, Virginia
Hardin, Mrs. G. C., and little Margarette
Harford, Mark A.
Herren, John W. Atlanta, Georgia
Jackson, and Emmett J. Scott
James, Jim 1911 West Point City
Johnson, James W.
Jones, Acie 1911 Thomasville, Georgia
Jones, Lula H. 1914
Langston, John Mercer
LeBeouf, Miss
Lucas, Dora [Ohio]
Lynch, John R.
Lyon, Ernest (Consul-General to the Republic of Liberia), and Emmett J. Scott 1909
Marr, J. M. Moundbayou, Mississippi
Martin, Isaac D. [Alabama]
Mason, [W. G.]
Maxwell, Minnie P. Zenia, Ohio
Maytes, A. L. Chicago, Illinois
Millers Wonderful Musical Family of Washington, D.C.
Millie & Christine (Siamese twins)
Mitchell 1906 [Illinois]
Monteria Silva, F. R. 1907 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Morris, S. L.
Moton, Robert R. and James W. Johnson [after 1915]
Payton, J. W. [South Carolina]
Plummer, D. J. Bournemouth, England
Powell, Annie M. Washington, D.C.
Pratt, Lawton L. [1913]
Reid, William Cooper 1903 Fulton, Mississippi
Roosevelt family
Roosevelt, Theodore 1908
Sanghorne, Edw. T. [1910]
Scott, Emmett J.
Sheridan, James Jay 1903 Chicago
Simons, H. L Columbia, South Carolina
Soga, A. Kirkland East London, South Africa
Swann, J. Richard
Tanner, Henry O.
Terborg, William Surinam
Terry, Matt
[Toicard, C.?] 1905 Haiti
Walker, S. C. [California]
Watkins, son of Lee W.
Unidentified portraits ca. 1890-ca. 1915
Includes men, women, and children. Also group portraits.
Colleges and schools (excluding Tuskegee) ca. 1900-1916
Includes public schools and colleges primarily in the South; school buildings and group portraits of students standing in front of school buildings; campus views; students attending classes. Also two portraits of Hawaiian school children; one portrait of Japanese school children.
Canning & Poultry Club Conference, Caroline Co. Aug. 8, 1913
YMCA 1912-ca. 1915
Includes buildings and activities at YMCA facilities in Arundel-on-the-Bay, Md., Bexton, Iowa, Chicago, Ill., Columbus, Ga., Indianapolis, Ind., Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.
Buildings ca. 1900-ca. 1915
Residences, commercial buildings, and churches. Includes the Frederick Douglass home in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Includes views in Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Unidentified buildings ca. 1900-ca. 1915
Exterior views of dwellings and commercial buildings.
Agricultural workers ca. 1905-ca. 1915
Children and adults working or posing in gardens. One group portrait of two aged women posing in front of a tent.
Miscellaneous subjects ca. 1900-ca. 1910
Includes city views, some buildings, people at unidentified events, other unidentified subjects. One unidentified color waterfront view; one praline candy box with a portrait of two women.