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. WAS HINGTON Papers To Charles B. Purvis [Tuskegee, Ala.] June Fifth, Nineteen Hundred Twelve Dear Dr. Purvis: Thank you for your letter from Washington.2 I shall follow your instructions and plan to be present at the next trustees meeting. You and I agree thoroughly regarding the new Bishop.2 We want to get somebody who is not in any way under his control or influence personally. I have practically no faith in him. ~ hope to talk with you before the meeting of the board. Yours very Fly, Booker T. Washington TLpS Con. 462 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Purvis wrote on Tune I, 19~2, urging BTW to attend the next Howard University board meeting and to nominate a strong candidate. He opposed any candidate that W. P. Thirkidd would propose ''upon general principles,'' and opposed ''creating a place for some hungry Methodist minister.'' He urged BTW out of his wide experience to name a candidate of broad outlook, saying: ''A business man is needed, a man of moral courage, ~ who has connections.'' (Con. 46~, BTW Papers, DLC.) 2 Wilbur Patterson l~hirkield. From Monroe Nathan Work [Tuskegee, Ala.] June 6, 1 ~ Mr. B. T. Washington: ~ have carefully examined Sheriff Daniel's letter of May concerning the commitments to the Macon County Jail. ~ have also had an interview with him. I find that the 226 commitments to jai] are all the persons that were ''Committed for offenses that are liable in Circuit and County Courts.'' This does not, however, include aD who had been arrested by the sheriff and his deputies. ~ do not believe that by taking jai] commitments you can get a clear convincing statement concerning the orderliness of Macon County as contrasted with other counties. The United States Census reports that in 1904 875 Colored persons were committed to aD jails, workhouses, and penitentiaries in the state. 54~8