University of Illinois Press
 

    

 
Previous Section, May 1887
Previous Section, May 1887		   Next Chapter, July 1887
Next Chapter, July 1887
Go to Table of Contents
Go to Table of Contents    
Print a lo-res (300 dpi x 150 dpi) PDF image of this page
   

  

  
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.
[ Top of Page ] [ Home ] [ Contact Us ] [ Help ]
©2000 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
All rights reserved
OCRed data provided for searching only.
The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers meeting in New York in 1906, when. for the first time.a few white men sat on the platform, including Oswald Garrison Villard, the grandson of William: Lloyd Garrison. The general tone of the council was more militant than ire the past, but its organization was weak and continued in name only -until :908. In 1909 :leaders of the council and the short-lived..Niagara Movement joined in the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (Thornbrough, ''The National Afro American League,'' 494-5~2.) From Nellie A. Slummers Col'd Orphans Home, Washington D.C. June ~ lath. '87 Mr. Washington. How very, very busy those girls there (and boys) keep you. You never have time to write a line to an old friend. This is, you do not. How have you been since ~ heard from you? Pfease do not be so selfish and write once a year at least. You a son of Wayland ! Who ever heard of a sun keeping all of its rays to itself leaving the poor little sister planets in utter darkness. It is very likely Miss Bartlett will not be here another year. Do not know whether I'd be changed or not. I saw Prof. Storum today. He spoke of you. How is Portia? Two weeks from today ~ will be home with father.2 Should you find time to write a line it wiD be gladly received. My address will be, Hyattsville, Pr. Geo. Co. Md. Hoping ~ have not made too great an interruption by writing and that you will write soon, I am As ever, Nellie A. Plummer Our schools close on the Bend. Has yours closed yet? ALS Con. 86 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Nellie A. Plummer worked for the Colored Orphans Home, Washington, D.C. 2 Presumably Henry V. Plummer, listed in the 1880 census as thirty-six years old, a government employee living in Hyattsville, Prince Georges County, Md. 358