Historical Series

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1122009
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1064875
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2015-05-07 05:52:42 UTC
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{"value"=>"1064875", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1893-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1893/1955"}
date_inclusive_start
1893
date_inclusive_end
1955
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1893
date_start
1893
date_end
1955
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{"value"=>"Historical Series"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Contains background material relating to the establishment and organization of the Fund. Among the significant records in the series are the wills of Caroline P. Stokes and her sister Olivia E. P. Stokes, correspondence regarding the early organization of the Fund and the Committee on Plan and Scope, as well as the act of incorporation and by-laws. The series also contains correspondence pre-dating the establishment of the Fund between Olivia E. P. Stokes and administrators of several southern schools for African Americans, which concerns her philanthropic activities and educational ideas. Additional correspondence between Olivia E. P. Stokes and Booker T. Washington concerning Liberia may be found in the BOOKER WASHINGTON INSTITUTE series.</p>"}
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1 linear foot

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  1. Caroline Phelps Stokes (1854-1909), Biographical Material
  2. Olivia E. P. Stokes (1847-1927), Biographical Material and Correspondence
  3. Wills of Caroline Phelps Stokes and Olivia E. P. Stokes
  4. Establishment of Fund [5/1]
  5. Committee on Plan on Scope
  6. Historical Sketches