Found 7 collections related to Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Edward Warren Ordway (1864- ) was a New York City lawyer and political activist. He was secretary from 1899 to 1904 of the Anti-Imperialist League of New York (later the Philippine Independence Committee) and of the Filipino Progress Association which he formed in 1905. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, petitions, and other papers related to Ordway's political activities. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, 1893-1907, which concerns the University Settlement Society, the Social Reform Club, the Anti-Imperialist League of New York, the Philippine Independence Committee, and the Filipino Progress Association. Topics include organization of public opposition to American policy in the Philippine Islands following the Spanish-American War, the suppression of the independence movement for the Philippines, the policies of William Howard Taft as civil governor, the opium trade in the Far East, and the political, social and economic conditions in the Philippines. Also, minutes of the Filipino Progress Association and other papers, including signed petitions and typescript by George F. Seward. less

Collection consists of two typescript letters dated 1901, signed by Booker T. Washington, African-American leader, educator and author, as well as a clipped signature. Letters are written from the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama and are addressed to publishers. Washington writes to John Kendrick Bangs of Harper's Weekly, inviting him to attend the Negro Conference at Tuskegee in February. He advises Bangs that he is mailing him a copy of his book, The Future of the American Negro, and promises to send an article he has written for consideration. A letter to the Youth's Companion gives permission to use his photographic portrait. less

William John Curtis (1854-1927) and Henry Hill Pierce (1875-1940) were lawyers practicing in New York City. Collection consists of letters received by Curtis and Pierce from prominent political, business and social figures mainly for the period between the 1890s and the 1920s. Also, miscellaneous materials and unidentified letters. less

Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia. General correspondence reflects R.R. Bowker's business affairs as well as his interest in tariff reform, free trade, copyright law, library science, civil service, and political reform. Other materials include family correspondence, 1857-1932; personal papers containing items such as childhood letters, school reports, family records, and letters of condolence; and subject papers relating to copyright, the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., free trade and tariff reform, and his biography. Also, letterbooks for the period from 1875 to 1913; Bowker's writings and speeches; diaries, 1859-1932; and travel journals from the 1860s to 1926 for trips in the United States, the West Indies, Europe, the Near East, and around the world in 1898. Financial records include accounts for personal and some business expenses, bank books, cancelled checks, and personal ledgers, 1893-1910. less