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The story of my life and work
- Title
- The story of my life and work / by Booker T. Washington, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute ; with an introduction by J.L.M. Curry, commissioner Peabody and Slater Funds ; copiously illustrated with photo-engravings ; original pen drawings by Frank Beard.
- Author
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- Publication
- Toronto, Ont. ; Naperville (Chicago), Ill. ; Atlanta, Ga. : J.L. Nichols & Co., manufacturing publishers of popular subscription books on the exclusive territory plan, [1900]
- ©1900.
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- Additional Authors
- J. L. Nichols & Co., publisher.
- Description
- 423, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1900 by Booker T. Washington In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- "Sold only by subscription, and not to be had in book stores. Any one desiring a copy should address the Publishers."--verso of title page.
- "All rights reserved."--verso of title page.
- Last page blank.
- The single leaf of plates is the frontispiece portrait of Booker T. Washington and his family.
- Indexed In (note)
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Contents
- ch. 1. Birth and early childhood -- ch. 2. Boyhood in West Virginia -- ch. 3. Life at Hampton Institute -- ch. 4. How the first six years after graduation from Hampton were spent -- ch. 5. The beginning of the work at Tuskegee -- ch. 6. The first year at Tuskegee -- ch. 7. The struggles and success of the workers at Tuskegee from 1882 to 1884 -- ch. 8. The history of Tuskegee from 1884 to 1894 -- ch. 9. Invited to deliver lecture at Fisk University -- ch. 10. The speech at the opening of the Cotton States' Exposition, and incidents connected therewith -- ch. 11. An appeal for justice -- ch. 12. Honored by Harvard University -- ch. 13. Urged for a cabinet position -- ch. 14. The Shaw Monument speech, the visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the letter of the Louisiana Convention -- ch. 15. Cuban education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee address -- ch. 16. The visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee -- ch. 17. The Tuskegee Negro Conference -- ch. 18. A vacation in Europe -- ch. 19. The West Virginia and other receptions after European trip -- ch. 20. The movement for a permanent endowment -- ch. 21. A description of the work of the Tuskegee Institute -- ch. 22. Looking backward.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Washington (Washington, B. Story of my life and work. 1900)
- OCLC
- 3766097
- 29124336
- NYPGR29124336-B
- Author
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, author.
- Title
- The story of my life and work / by Booker T. Washington, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute ; with an introduction by J.L.M. Curry, commissioner Peabody and Slater Funds ; copiously illustrated with photo-engravings ; original pen drawings by Frank Beard.
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ont. ; Naperville (Chicago), Ill. ; Atlanta, Ga. : J.L. Nichols & Co., manufacturing publishers of popular subscription books on the exclusive territory plan, [1900]
- Copyright Date
- ©1900.
- Indexed In:
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10967
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- J. L. Nichols & Co., publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Washington (Washington, B. Story of my life and work. 1900)