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Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University : together with the proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898
- Title
- Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University : together with the proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898 / edited by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, Ph.D., corresponding secretary of the conference.
- Author
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Publication
- Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta University Press, 1898.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 360-D (Du Bois, W. Some efforts...for social betterment) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IEC (Atlanta Univ. Pub. no. 3, 1898) | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 66 pages; 22 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Atlanta University. Atlanta University publications, no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Publications (Atlanta University) ; no. 3.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Note
- In printed paper wrappers.
- "Errata."--recto of lower wrapper.
- Indexed In (note)
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Provenance (note)
- with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Introduction -- I. Results of the investigation: 1. The scope of the inquiry ; 2. General character of the organizations ; 3. The church ; 4. The secret society ; 5. Beneficial and insurance societies ; 6. Cooperative business ; 7. Benevolence ; 8. General summary -- II. Proceedings of the conference: Resolutions adopted by the conference -- III. Papers submitted to the conference: The church as an institution for social betterment / Rev. H.H. Proctor ; Secret and beneficial societies of Atlanta, Ga. / Dr. H.R. Butler ; Organized efforts of Negroes for their own social betterment in Petersburg, Va. / Prof. J.M. Colson ; The work of the Woman's League, Washington, D.C. / Mrs. Helen A. Cook ; The Carrie Steele Orphanage /Miss Minnie L. Perry ; Mortality of Negroes / L.M. Hershaw.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 360-D (Du Bois, W. Some efforts...for social betterment)
- LCCN
- 01013039
- OCLC
- 2311404
- NYPGR2311404-B
- Author
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, editor.
- Title
- Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University : together with the proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898 / edited by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, Ph.D., corresponding secretary of the conference.
- Publisher
- Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta University Press, 1898.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Atlanta University. Atlanta University publications, no. 3Publications (Atlanta University) ; no. 3.
- Indexed In:
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 632
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 360-D (accession no. B880415) with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Atlanta University.Atlanta University Press, publisher.Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems (3rd : 1898 : Atlanta, Ga.)Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 360-D (Du Bois, W. Some efforts...for social betterment)IEC (Atlanta Univ. Pub. no. 3, 1898)