{"value"=>"<p>These scrapbooks (1894-1941) are about education and the African American community and contain clippings and ephemera from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings primarily cover Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), but also includes issues affecting African American high schools and students. The clippings cover milestones such as the 50th anniversary of the Tuskegee Institute, issues of funding for African American schools (sources of donations, locations that are in need of more funding, etc.), salaries of African American teachers, enrollment of African American students, general updates on HBCUs, short articles highlighting African American professors and students of note, and obituaries of African American educators. These clippings particularly focus on Howard University, Tuskegee University, Fisk University, and Wilberforce University, but cover many more, including St. Augustine College, Edward Waters College, Utica Normal and Industrial Institute, Alcorn College, Claflin College, Johnson C. Smith University, Samuel Houston College, Prairie View College, Spelman College, Talladega College, Brookwood Labor College, Kittrell College, Bethune-Cookman College, Storer College, Louisville Municipal College for Negroes, Livingstone College, Hampton Institute, Cheyney Training School for Teachers, Wiley College, Barber Scotia College, Shaw University, and Lincoln University. Many of these no longer exist or have changed names.</p>"}