Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Booker T. Washington, Commemorative Articles and Other Miscellaneous Items
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2705
Overview
Commemorative articles about Tuskegee Institute and its founder, the educator, Booker T. Washington. Also copies of a few articles by this renowned turn of the century leader of Afro-Americans and a copy of his autobiography, Up From Slavery. Also includes photographs of Washington and his family and facsimiles of his passport application and death certificate. This material reflects Washington's philosophy of economic self help for African-Americans.
Dates:
1881-1981
Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2600
Overview
Papers of James ("Jim") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the West Virginia Hillbilly and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of...
Dates:
1650-1671, 1717-2003, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1850-1995
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- African Americans 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores 1
- Glass manufacture 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Land. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marshall County (W. Va.) 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Photography 1
- Political campaigns 1
- Political patronage - WV. 1
- Propaganda, Soviet 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Southern Federal Judicial District of WV. 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Whiskey decanters 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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