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.13 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-xx Introduction, pp. xxi-xxvi Erratum, pp. xxvii-xxviii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxix-xxx Documents, 1914-15, pp. 1-2 Apr. 1914, pp. 3-12 May 1914, pp. 12-39 June 1914, pp. 39-79 July 1914, pp. 79-105 Aug. 1914, pp. 105-124 Sept. 1914, pp. 125-137 Oct. 1914, pp. 137-158 Nov. 1914, pp. 159-191 Dec. 1914, pp. 191-208 Jan. 1915, pp. 209-235 Feb. 1915, pp. 236-247 Mar. 1915, pp. 247-258 Apr. 1915, pp. 259-284 May 1915, pp. 284-314 June 1915, pp. 314-335 July 1915, pp. 335-342 Aug. 1915, pp. 342-351 Sept. 1915, pp. 351-373 Oct. 1915, pp. 374-422 Nov. 1915, pp. 422-472 Dec. 1915, pp. 472-494 Addenda, pp. 495-495 Jan. 1899, pp. 496-498 9 Jan. 1901, pp. 499-499 2 Nov. 1901, pp. 500-504 20 May 1902, pp. 504-506 20 June 1903, pp. 507-508 26 Dec. 1903, pp. 508-508 9 June 1904, pp. 509-510 28 July 1904, pp. 510-510 1 Oct. 1904, pp. 511-511 31 Dec. 1904, pp. 511-512 7 Mar. 1906, pp. 512-514 4 Oct. 1906, pp. 514-515 19 Oct. 1906, pp. 515-515 7 Nov. 1906, pp. 516-516 12 Nov. 1906, pp. 516-517 17 Nov. 1906, pp. 517-518 11 Dec. 1906, pp. 519-519 30 Oct. 1907, pp. 519-520 16 Mar. 1908, pp. 520-520 30 Mar. 1908, pp. 521-521 2 Apr. 1908, pp. 521-522 27 June 1908, pp. 522-523 18 Jan. 1911, pp. 523-526 Bibliography, pp. 527-530 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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DECEMBER · ~ 9 ~ 4 Against the Little White Slaver,'' including a copy of a letter Thomas Edison wrote to Henry Ford, dated Apr. ~6, 19~4. Edison stated that smoking cigarettes caused ''degeneration of the cells of the brain....'' Furthermore, Edison concluded, ''I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.'' (Straw to BTW, Nov. so, 19~4, Con. 775, BOW Papers, DLC.) From Stephen Frink Dana Cincinnati, O. Dec. I, 19~4 My dear Mr. Washington: ~ am enclosing you herewith my check for $ ~ oo.oo, which ~ know you will appreciate, and have delayed send~ng it because of the War. As you understand, it is a pleasure to me to know that you are going ahead notwithstanding the bad times, and bad business due to the effect of this War. When ~ think back of the time when you and ~ lived on the Kanawha River, and ~ saw you running around doing errands, I wasn't looking very closely at you, but you seemed to be a nice little boy who always kept out of trouble, and looked for something to do. But now when ~ know what you have done ~ realize that you are doing some of the best work to be done in the United States. Yours sincerely, S. F. Dana TLS Con. 769 BTW Papers DLC. Written on stationery of The Camp bell's Creek Coal Co. From William Junior Edwarcis Snow Hill, Alabama, Dec. fist, 19~4 My dear Dr. Washington: A little more than a year ago Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of Washington, made an investigation of this school for the Phelps Stokes Fund. ~ was under the impression that after this investigation something of material aid would be forthcoming from this fund. In fact, ~ wrote several of the trustees at the time and they assured me that when the investigation, which was then on foot, be completed, something would be done for the colored schools. Just now, 191