University of Illinois Press
 

    

 
Previous Section, Oct. 1903
Previous Section, Oct. 1903		   Next Chapter, Dec. 1903
Next Chapter, Dec. 1903
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.
NOVEMBER 1 9o3 anxious to be agreeable. He is agreeable as to the lecture—(under both auspices) but Murphy is not enthusiastic & so I want to leave it open till I return so as to tell you what I think it best that we do- I am sure I can straighten it out to the entire satisfaction of all concerned! As for Murphy: he is for us good 8c strong Sc was only chagrined in the Lecture matter. The other fellows have dubbed him a ~'']Washingtonite'' 8c I think he'll stand up bravely & well. He is to come there early in January returning from Florida. He is going down to the Conferences to be held by Bishop Handy & so I got a chance to enter & press home an invitation that he come by & I think he will, & also that we shall lose nothing by his visit. I have not seen Mr Durham yet tho' I wired him I was to be here today. He may be out of town, but I am just going to look him up. shall press the New York matter, as hard & fast as possible & return as early as I can. I hope for some measure of success in that Age matter & hope I shall please you by effecting an arrangement that will be satisfactory. Yours very sincerely Mr Hunt has my New York address! ALS Con. :49 BTW Papers DLC. Emmett J. Scott t William Ashbie Hawkins (b. 186~) was a graduate of Morgan College in Ball timore (~88~) and Howard University Law School (~89~). A lawyer in Baltimore, he took an active role in cases involving the rights of blacks. At various times he was editor of Education Era, Lancet, Cambridge Advance, and Spokesman. Hawkins was a leader of anti-Washington sentiment in Baltimore. 2 John Henry Murphy (b. 1840) was in the feed and produce business and then worked as a ''house decorator'' for twelve years before entering the printing business in 1890. In 1899 he purchased the Baltimore Afro-American and served as president and general manager. The Afro-American was a pro-Washington newspaper, although it usually was neutral toward the Tuskegean's critics. To John Cowles Grant [Tuskegee, Ala.] Nov. 2, 1903 Will you be kind enough to find out if I and two or three other colored men from South can have private interview with Robert T. 323