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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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers To Henry Lee Higginson Lakeland, Fla. March 5~, 19 My dear Major Higg~nson: ~ have sent you some papers this week giving some account of an educational campaign which ~ have been making through the state of Florida. ~ have been reaching large numbers of both white and colored people and arousing them on the subject of education and speaking against lynching and other crimes, and eying to bring about better relations between black people and white people, and ~ am glad to say that the nip is a great success. ~ have been spending considerable time trying to increase our endowment fund and have had some success, but In the meantime we have run considerably behind In our current expenses. shall hope to see you when ~ am again in Boston. Yours very truly, Booker T. Washington TLS Henry Lee Higginson Collection MH. A Press Release on Washington's Tour of Florida Jacksonville, Fla., March 8. t~9~2] Dr. Booker T. Washington concluded his tour of Florida here last night, speaking before an audience of about Woo white and colored persons in Duval Theatre. In order to make the engagement ~ Jacksonville, it was necessary for the party to come to Jacksonville by special train from Daytona, the preceding stop, and reached the city about ~ p.m. An elaborate program had been arranged by the Jacksonville Negro Business League, including a drive about the city, a banquet Odd Fellows Hall, and a drive the next day to the various colored schools of the city, and seeing the various points of interest. Dr. Wash~ngton left the city Friday night for Chicago, where he has important engagements connected with his Tuskegee interests. At Jacksonville, an original song was sung by a chorus from the Clinton Graded School, and he was Introduced by Hon. G. C. Bedell,' member of the School Board. Throughout the state, from Pensacola to the Southern points and up 482