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.2 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-x Contents, pp. xi-xxiv Introduction, pp. xxv-xxxvi Chronology, pp. xxxvii-xxxviii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxxix-xl Documents, 1860-89, pp. 1-2 1860, pp. 3-8 2 Dec. 1861, pp. 9-13 20 Sept. 1867, pp. 14-16 20 Nov. 1868, pp. 17-18 1870, pp. 19-20 13 July 1872, pp. 21-22 1874-75, pp. 23-48 10 June 1875, pp. 48-67 12 Feb. 1877, pp. 67-68 27 June-26 July 1877, pp. 69-72 Aug. 1877, pp. 73-74 26 Mar. 1878, pp. 74-75 10 Feb. 1879, pp. 75-75 1 July 1879, pp. 76-76 1 Aug. 1880, pp. 77-77 Sept. 1880, pp. 78-85 Oct. 1880, pp. 85-92 Nov. 1880, pp. 92-94 Dec. 1880, pp. 94-100 Jan. 1881, pp. 101-107 Feb. 1881, pp. 107-111 Mar. 1881, pp. 111-120 Apr. 1881, pp. 120-126 May 1881, pp. 127-132 June 1881, pp. 132-135 July 1881, pp. 135-145 Sept. 1881, pp. 146-149 7 Oct. 1881, pp. 149-150 Nov. 1881, pp. 150-157 Dec. 1881, pp. 158-161 Jan. 1882, pp. 161-178 Feb. 1882, pp. 178-179 Mar. 1882, pp. 179-191 Apr. 1882, pp. 191-197 15 Apr.-14 July 1882, pp. 197-201 22 Apr. 1882, pp. 201-202 May 1882, pp. 202-205 22 June 1882, pp. 206-206 19 July 1882, pp. 207-207 2 Aug. 1882, pp. 207-208 Oct. 1882, pp. 208-210 8 Nov. 1882, pp. 210-213 8 Dec. 1882, pp. 213-214 Feb. 1883, pp. 215-220 Mar. 1883, pp. 221-226 Apr. 1883, pp. 226-229 17 May 1883, pp. 230-230 11 June 1883, pp. 230-233 July 1883, pp. 234-237 7 Aug. 1883, pp. 237-238 26 Sept. 1883, pp. 238-239 Oct. 1883, pp. 239-242 Nov. 1883, pp. 242-246 27 Dec. 1883, pp. 246-246 Feb. 1884, pp. 246-249 22 Mar. 1884, pp. 249-249 Apr. 1884, pp. 249-250 May 1884, pp. 250-255 16 July 1884, pp. 255-262 Sept. 1884, pp. 263-265 16 Oct. 1884, pp. 266-266 19 Jan. 1885, pp. 266-267 10 Feb. 1885, pp. 267-267 Mar. 1885, pp. 268-270 Apr. 1885, pp. 270-275 May 1885, pp. 275-277 June 1885, pp. 277-280 July 1885, pp. 280-282 31 Oct. 1885, pp. 283-283 26 Nov. 1885, pp. 283-283 Dec. 1885, pp. 284-289 Jan. 1886, pp. 290-293 Feb. 1886, pp. 293-297 10 Mar. 1886, pp. 298-298 21 Apr. 1886, pp. 298-305 7 July 1886, pp. 306-306 11 Aug. 1886, pp. 306-306 Sept. 1886, pp. 307-313 Nov. 1886, pp. 313-316 Dec. 1886, pp. 316-318 Jan. 1887, pp. 318-331 Feb. 1887, pp. 331-334 Mar. 1887, pp. 334-336 Apr. 1887, pp. 336-343 May 1887, pp. 343-356 June 1887, pp. 357-365 July 1887, pp. 365-379 Aug. 1887, pp. 379-381 Sept. 1887, pp. 382-390 Oct. 1887, pp. 390-393 Dec. 1887, pp. 393-397 1887, pp. 397-401 Jan. 1888, pp. 401-413 Feb. 1888, pp. 413-418 Mar. 1888, pp. 418-427 Apr. 1888, pp. 427-451 May 1888, pp. 451-459 June 1888, pp. 459-462 July 1888, pp. 462-473 Aug. 1888, pp. 473-480 Sept. 1888, pp. 480-483 Oct. 1888, pp. 484-488 Nov. 1888, pp. 488-494 Dec. 1888, pp. 495-497 1888, pp. 497-505 Jan. 1889, pp. 506-511 Feb. 1889, pp. 511-514 Mar. 1889, pp. 514-520 Apr. 1889, pp. 521-529 May 1889, pp. 530-532 Bibliography, pp. 533-537 Items from the Hampton Institute St..., pp. 538-540 Photographs, pp. 541-556 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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APRIL · 1882 i~ B. Town Harvey, of the class of 1885, taught in the Tuskegee training school and later moved to Columbus, Gal, where on June So, 1887, he began publishing a weekly newspaper, The Columbus Messenger. Within a year and a half the paper became a successful daily, but Harvey ceased his newspaper work to take a job in the Railway Mail Service. He was living in Peru, Ind., in 190~-3, working as a public school teacher and preacher. ~2 Cornelia Bowen was bom in 1858 in Tuskegee, and her mother was a slave of Colonel William Bowen, the man who sold Tuskegee Normal School much of his land. The house in which Cornelia Bowen was born later became an industrial building at the school. She graduated from Tuskegee in 1885 and became principal of the ''Children's House,'' the institute training school. In ~ 888 she began a school at nearby Mt. Meigs, similar to BTW's school but smaller. ~3 Ella Allen was a member of the junior class. 24 Lewis D. McCullough worked his way through school and graduated in 1885. He believed in the BTW formula of hard work, writing: ''I am not ashamed to put my hand to any kind of honest labor. I see a blessing and beauty in it.'' (Ludlow, ea., Tuskegee: Its Story and Its Songs, ~-~3.) A native of Fort Mitchell, McCullough returned there. The Tuskegee catalog of ~ 894 listed him as deceased. 25 Charles Calvin Petty (~8 -~goo) was pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Montgomery. Born in Wilkesboro, N.C., Petty attended Biddle (later Johnson C. Smithy University in Charlotte, N.C. After leaving coIlege he taught for a time and began preaching. In 1879 he founded a high school for black youth in Lancaster, S.C., sponsored by the A.M.E. Zion Church. In 1884, while still pastor at Montgomery, he was chosen general secretary of the A.M.E. Zion Church and in 1888 was elected a bishop. 26 Moses Pierce. 27 Probably indicates a break in thought and not an omission. 8 Probably indicates the omission of a paragraph or more in the original text. 19 Thomas Theodore Cr~ttenden (~83~-~gog) was governor of Missouri from 18 to :885. A Union lieutenant colonel in the Seventh Missouri Cavalry, he was attorney general of Missouri and a congressman before being elected governor. A Speech before the Alabama State Teachers, Association INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION tSelma, Ala., Apr. 7, 1882] I shall speak, for a few minutes, of Industrial Education, mainly as it relates to the colored people at the present time. I think that three distinct advantages may be claimed for such an education. First Under wise management it aids the student in securing mental train191