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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AUGUST · ~ 9 ~ ~ will turn it over to Paul Singleton a mulatto deacon in Shiloh Baptist Church near me & have him distribute it for you. He has good judgement & is an ideal Demonstration Agent if ~ could get Ag. Dept. to serve the negroes here as they serve the whites. ~ am a friend to your race wherever they merit it and am not one of those ''white vultures'' who stir up strife among the races. ~ stand for cooperation & unity am a farmer & seed breeder of long staple cotton. Yours Respc H. Eugene Fant ALS Con. 453 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Handy Eugene Fant ~ 1873-~9 ), born in Anderson, S.C., was the owner and operator of the Valley View Seed and Stock Fann near Townville, S.C. In 19~3 he and a cousin started a hide concern in Athens, Gal, where he resided from 19~9 until his death. An Account of a Speech in Newport News, Virginia Newport News, Va., August ~ [~9 ~ 2] PRINCIPAL AT NEWPORT NEWS With rare tact and force Dr. Booker T. Washington, who Is a master in handling men and solving difficult problems, recently spoke to a large group of colored men and boys who are employed at good wages by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Dr. Washington spoke very plainly on the subject of colored men and boys attending more strictly to their work. There is a distinct need of having the 2,250 colored men and boys co-operate with the general manager, Mr. Homer L. Ferguson, and other officers of the great shipbuilding plant who have clearly shown, even under the most trying conditions, their desire to give the colored workers a square deal. The question to be settled has not been one of hours and wages but one of getting colored men and boys to work regularly. It has been customary for many of the colored employees to spend much of their time in idleness when their services were needed not only by the shipyard management but by their fellow-workers. For a time the intro569