The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 171, Sept. 1891, U. of Illinois Press

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SEPTEMBER · ~ 89 ~ From Emily Howland Sherwood N.Y. Sep~t. 7th 189 Dear Sir Your letter of the end is just rec.d. I have had you in mind for weeks, but knowing that the school was not now in session I thought you might be absent from the institution. I thought that this year I would make the $so.oo Voodoo. Since seeing is believing, my visit to Tuskegee has certainly more than doubled my interest in it. I should like this sum to be applied for the benefit of a lady student, because women are handicapped & generally discriminated against, in the race of life. For this reason they should remember each other. I am sure that the visits to Tuskegee of two persons so well known & weld esteemed, (of eloquent tongue & pen) as Miss Eastmant & Mr. Barraws,2 bodes good to your grand school. ~ hope that they share my faith that in importance it ranks first, among the institutions of learning for coI.d people in the South, by reason of location & it must always hold a position of great importance in solving the problem which both white & col.d Americans are given to work cut in this period of their history. My visit to your institution was a memorable one to me in many ways, though ~ had been in the South a good deal ~ found I had never been before where Slavery had done its perfect work. Whenever I think of your school it seems like a brilliant star rising out of great darkness. I should like to be remembered to Mrs. Logan, Miss Murray and all the teachers who may be with you, of whom I retain grateful memories for kindnesses received. Cordially Emily HowlaIld ~ have not rec.d a ''Southern Letter'' lately, is it discontinued during the summer? ~ send my check because I can do it at once, for a draft ~ must send a distance to the Bank. If the check prove troublesome or you have to pay for collection return it & I will get a draft instead. ALS Con. 4 BTW Papers ATT. Original destroyed. Mary L. Eastman. 2 Samuel June Barrows (~84s-~gog) was a State Department employee after the Civil War, serving for a time as secretary to William H. Seward, Secretary-of I7I