The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 240, Nov. 1896, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers but for the sake of education. At present the room is full of mice and they are into my boxes doing me much damage I fear. While ~ am with you please fix me so I may be of as much service to you as possible. Also I am handicaped in my work. I wanted a medical journal the other day in order that I might prescribe for a sick animal. It was of course boxed up, couldn't get it. Trusting you see clearly my situation and will act as soon as possible ~ remain most Resp. yours Geo. W. Carver ALS Con. ~5 BTW Papers DLC. From Samuel McCune Lindsay Philadelphia, Nov. 28th 1896 Dear Sir: Enclosed please find the proo£-sheets of the schedules which have been adopted for the Investigation into the Condition of the Negroes in Ward Seven of the City of Philadelphia. We desire to make this investigation as thorough as possible and to have the results in such shape as to be comparable with similar work undertaken in other cities. The work is being done by Mr. W. E. B. Du Bois, Ph.D. (Harvard) and Miss Isabel Eaton, B.L. (Smith), under the direction of this department of the University which will print all results worthy of publication. Will you kindly examine the enclosed proofs and return them at once with any corrections or suggestions which in your judgment will add to the value of the investigation? The proofs will be held until December end, and corrections arriving later than that date, will be unavailable. A complete set of the final schedules will be sent to you. Yours very truly, Samuel McCune Lindsay TLS Con. ~29 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Samuel McCune Lindsay (~869-~959) was a pioneer American sociologist with a Ph.l). from the University of Halle (~89~. An expert on housing and labor economics, he was appointed instructor in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1894. He was responsible for the appointment of W. E. B. Du Bois 240