The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.6, page 103, May 1901 , U. of Illinois Press

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 ]

OCRed data provided for searching only.
MAY. lgol ~ Wallace A. Rayfield taught architectural and mechanical drawing in the industrial department at Tuskegee from 1899 to 1908. From George Foster Peabody New York City. May a, egos My dear Mr. Washington: While at Waycross waiting between trains I took a cirive with a very bright mulatto, who gave me his name as lames Murdock, and his residence as ~~ James street, Waycross, Georgia. He said that he was only ~6 years old, as he understood it, but I think he must be over to. He seems to be a capable business man, as he has already saved money with which he bought the house he lives in, and another which he rents, six acres of land being included. He owns a hack and a couple of little horses which he takes care of, and is evidently wide awake and keen respecting money matters. He told me that he has a young sister and an older brother, the latter married. I suggested to him that when his sister is a little older he make inquiry respecting her going to Tuskegee and getting a suitable education. I was the more impressed with this because I fear he is in a fair way to have his morals permanently upset, particularly respecting the proper use of property; for I fancy that his good wages, (he told me he was able to make $ a week) are in large part because of his being so fully aware that many traveling men who stop over at such places pay larger prices to be taken to immoral houses. This was particularly impressed upon me because he asked me if I wanted to go to a ''sporting house'' when I told him I wan tell to drive around the place. I do not know whether you have an organization which would reach out for such a young man as this, but if there is anyone near there who could get hold of this young man and have him study nights and realize the moral basis of life, I believe he has some capacity for usefulness. Yours very truly, George Foster Peabody TLS Con. ~o6 BTW Papers DLC. lo3