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.5 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-viii Contents, pp. ix-xx Introduction, pp. xxi-xxiv Chronology, pp. xxv-xxvi Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxvii-xxviii Documents, 1899-1900, pp. 1-2 Jan. 1899, pp. 3-24 Feb. 1899, pp. 24-46 Mar. 1899, pp. 46-70 Apr. 1899, pp. 70-101 May 1899, pp. 101-121 June 1899, pp. 122-144 July 1899, pp. 144-167 Aug. 1899, pp. 167-195 Sept. 1899, pp. 195-226 Oct. 1899, pp. 226-254 Nov. 1899, pp. 254-275 Dec. 1899, pp. 275-298 The Future of the American Negro, 1..., pp. 299-392 Jan. 1900, pp. 393-427 Feb. 1900, pp. 428-451 Mar. 1900, pp. 451-480 Apr. 1900, pp. 480-492 May 1900, pp. 492-548 June 1900, pp. 549-570 July 1900, pp. 570-592 Aug. 1900, pp. 592-629 Sept. 1900, pp. 629-645 Oct. 1900, pp. 646-663 Nov. 1900, pp. 664-686 Dec. 1900, pp. 687-710 Bibliography, pp. 711-716 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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J AN UARY 1 8 9 9 From Timothy Thomas Fortune Washington, D.C., Jan 1, 1899 My Dear Mr Washington: Your letter of the th ult was received today, with check for Ago. I thank you so much. It came in the nick of time. But I grieve to worry you when you have so many worries of your own. Scott left today. He will tell you of what transpired here. It was a terrible fight and I am a shade sick as a result of it and the tremendous victory I won.t I shall wait for you here. My return ticket is over the B ~ O. Don't buy your New York ticket until we meet. Yours sincerely T Thomas Fortune ALS Con. ~54 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Fortune considerably overstated his ''victory.'' Going to Washington in late December for the national meeting of the Afro-American Council, a few days before the meeting he was the principal speaker at a gathering in a black church. In a candid speech he sharply criticized President McKinley's silence on voting rights and lynching during his recent tour of the South. ''I want the man whom I fought for to fight for me,'' he was reported to have said, ''and if he don't I feel like stabbing him.'' The next day Fortune claimed he had been misquoted and misconstrued by the white press, but even the black newspapers were critical of his ''rash and illjudged utterances.'' Nevertheless, he was chairman of a committee to draft a statement of the Afro-American Council addressed to President McKinley. The moderation of the statement was in marked contrast to Fortune's earlier utterances, and this ensured BTW's approval. Fortune signed the address but would not accompany the delegation that presented it to McKinley. (Thornbrough, Fortune, 18~-88.) From Robert Lloyd Smith Oakland, Texas, Jan ~ 1899 Dear Friend, Yours of 18 ult. came to me to day. I wrote you a long time ahead in order that you might arrange your affairs so as to give us the inspiration of your presence and the good of your advice at our next annual convocation and fair which will be held the 2nd Wednesday in Oct 1899. The executive committee of our organization authorized me to communicate with you and as we are 3