University of Illinois Press
 

    

 
Previous Section, Dec. 1895
Previous Section, Dec. 1895		   Next Chapter, Feb. 1896
Next Chapter, Feb. 1896
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 urged him to accumulate his own ''library,'' and employed him to peddle the produce she grew in her back yard. BTW became as punctilious in his habits as his mistress, and all his life he continued to practice the virtues she had taught him. ''She was a stern, almost tyrannical woman,'' a neighbor remembered, ''but she was good to Booker.'' (Charleston [W.Va.] Daily Mail, June 18, 1939, 8.) After General Ru~ner's death in 1883, Viola Ruffner lived with her son at his various army posts until her death. Both mother and son continued their interest in BTW, who paid them occasional visits during his speaking tours. From Amanda Ferguson Johnston Walden, W.Va.] Jany 22~1896 Malden W Va Jany 24 Via Grand Rapids Mich Uncle wash is barely alive Mrs Amanda Washington HWSr Con. 539 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Washington Ferguson, BTW's stepfather. Received at Ann Arbor, Mich. From Amanda Ferguson Johnston Malden W Va Jan 23 ~ 896 Your message received we think furgeson is dying. HWSr Con. 539 BTW Papers DLC. From James Nathan Calloway Amanda Johnson Washington D.C. Jan 23 1896 Dear Mr Washington I got Mr. Harrison of Opelika to take in a bill before the House today. I shall go for Senate tomorrow. Every thing looks very favorable now. I expect it will be good to have you come before the House committee when this bill come up for discuslo4