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Title

An autobiography / by Booker T. Washington ; the story of my life and work ; introduction by J.L.M. Curry commissioner Peabody and Slater Funds ; The original autobiography brought up-to-date with half a hundred full page photo and halftone engravings and drawings by Frank Beard.

Author

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Publication

• [United States?] : [publisher not identified], ©1901.
• ©1901.

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Details

Description

457, [1] pages, [59] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 21 cm

Alternative Title

Story of my life and work

Subjects

• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
• African American educators > Biography
• Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 > Portraits
• African Americans > Education
• African Americans > Biography

Note

• Plates printed on both sides, with the exception of the frontispiece group portrait of Booker T. Washington and his family, which is only printed on one side.
• "Copyright, 1901 by Booker T. Washington all rights reserved."--verso of title page, occurs twice on page.
• "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."--earlier copright 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.
• Includes index.
• Last page blank.

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. 1901)

OCLC

870505571

Author

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, author.

Title

An autobiography / by Booker T. Washington ; the story of my life and work ; introduction by J.L.M. Curry commissioner Peabody and Slater Funds ; The original autobiography brought up-to-date with half a hundred full page photo and halftone engravings and drawings by Frank Beard.

Publisher

[United States?] : [publisher not identified], ©1901.

Copyright Date

©1901.

Edition

Seventy-fifth thousand.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Washington (Washington, B. Story of my life and work. 1901)