Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in five parts comprised of fifteen series:

Part I:

• Family Correspondence, 1881-1932
• Personal Correspondence, 1880-1916
• Special Correspondence, 1853-1915
• Letterbooks, 1885-1903
• General Correspondence, 1882-1915

Part II:

• Supplemental Papers, 1882-1946

Part III:

• Departmental File, 1897-1915
• Donation File, 1884-1920
• Lecture File, 1904-1915
• Applications for Positions, 1901-1915
• Student File, 1902-1915
• Extension Work, 1908-1915
• Tuskegee Records, 1887-1941
• National Negro Business League, 1901-1928

Part IV:

• Oversize, 1900-1931

Part V:

• Addition, 1901