Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15 Vol.14: Index           All Writings Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15
Volume 1: Autobiographical Writings Volume 2: 1860-1889 Volume 3: 1889-1895 Volume 4: 1895-1898 Volume 5: 1899-1900 Volume 6: 1901-1902 Volume 7: 1903-1904 Volume 8: 1904-1906 Volume 9: 1906-8 Volume 10: 1909-11 Volume 11: 1911-12 Volume 12: 1912-14 Volume 13: 1914-15 Volume 14: Cumulative Index   BTWP Vol.11 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-xviii Introduction, pp. xix-xxii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxiii-xxiv Documents, 1911-12, pp. 1-2 Mar. 1911, pp. 3-73 Apr. 1911, pp. 73-119 May 1911, pp. 119-176 June 1911, pp. 177-248 July 1911, pp. 248-288 Aug. 1911, pp. 288-299 Sept. 1911, pp. 299-320 Oct. 1911, pp. 320-353 Nov. 1911, pp. 353-379 Dec. 1911, pp. 379-449 Jan. 1912, pp. 449-460 Feb. 1912, pp. 461-481 Mar. 1912, pp. 482-509 Apr. 1912, pp. 509-531 May 1912, pp. 531-547 June 1912, pp. 548-555 July 1912, pp. 555-569 Aug. 1912, pp. 569-588 Bibliography, pp. 589-590 The page presentation framework of the Booker T. Washington papers is designed to provide researchers worldwide with searchable access to the thousands of pages comprising the fourteen volumes, most of which are out of print. Adapted from the National Academy Press's Open Book framework, this framework allows searching down to the page level, provides sorting of search results chronologically, enables easy navigation across multiple volumes, and allows page-by-page local printing (via PDF) of every page.

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OCTOBER · ~ 9 ~ ~ From Charles William Anderson New York, N.Y. October so, 19 Confidential My dear Doctor Washington: ~ am sure you wiD regret to learn that Mr. Hubert H. Hamson has been dismissed from his position as clerk In the New York Post Office. ~ am certain also that you wid regret to hear that he Is blaming me for his dismissal. As Postmaster Morgant is a particular personal friend of mine of long years standing, and as the charge against Mr. Hanson was considered (by Harrison) trivial, that '`brother'' believes that some sinister influence was at work against him, and that influence was set in operation by me. Wed, ~ can endure the charge with fortitude and good humor. Hanison had a dispute with the Superintendent of the Branch Post Office in which he was employed, and as he had had several of these disputes with this and other Superintendents before, ~ presume the Postmaster thought it high time to drop him and get a man who would talk less and work more. He is now stumping for the Socialist party, and will probably have plenty of time in the future to learn that God Is not goof! to those who do not behave themselves. Yours very truly, Charles W. Anderson TLS Con. BTW Papers DLC. Edward M. Morgan (~855-~925) was postmaster of New York City from '907 to 19~7 A Statement on Prohibitions Tuskegee, Ala., cat Oct. 3~, 1 ~] THE NEGRO AND PROHIBITION Long years of observation have convinced me that strong drink is one of the worst evils that beset the Negro. If the money they spend annually for strong drink was invested in property their wealth would be increased each year by minions of dollars. Ever since prohibition has been agitated in the South ~ have been 3