Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.


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MSS1218_B071_I015 and dams:165151
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Emory University
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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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Box 71
Call Number:
MSS 1218
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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library rose.library@emory.edu
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E. C. Kropp Co.
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05.81 x 03.89 inches
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Recto: Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Verso: Booker T. Washington, founder and first principal of Tuskegee Institute was born a slave 1856 (?), graduated from Hampton Institute (Virginia) in 1878, called to Alabama in 1881 to found the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute, a school for Negroes. The Institute, now a world-famous college, has grown from 30 pupils in a borrowed church to over 12 hundred enrollment, 110 buildings and a 35 hundred acre campus. His autobiography Up From Slavery has been translated into more than 19 different languages. He died in 1915 and is buried on the campus of Tuskegee Institute, where, in 1921, a bronze monument to his memory was unveiled. The United States Government elected Booker T. Washington as one of the five American educators to be honored in the 35 Famous American Series of Commemorative Postage Stamps issued in 1940. The Booker T. Washington stamp is of the ten cent denomination, Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.--(KBL), 14090, Post Card, ECK Co., Place stamp here
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Creator:
E. C. Kropp Co.
Date Created:
unknown
Format:
Still image
Extent / Dimensions:
05.81 x 03.89 inches
Note:
This collection may include historical materials that are offensive or harmful. Historical records are evidence of the time in which they were created and often contain language and images that are racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist, or otherwise derogatory and insensitive. This content does not reflect the values of Emory Libraries. If you are concerned about content in this collection, please complete our take down form and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
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Recto: Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Verso: Booker T. Washington, founder and first principal of Tuskegee Institute was born a slave 1856 (?), graduated from Hampton Institute (Virginia) in 1878, called to Alabama in 1881 to found the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute, a school for Negroes. The Institute, now a world-famous college, has grown from 30 pupils in a borrowed church to over 12 hundred enrollment, 110 buildings and a 35 hundred acre campus. His autobiography Up From Slavery has been translated into more than 19 different languages. He died in 1915 and is buried on the campus of Tuskegee Institute, where, in 1921, a bronze monument to his memory was unveiled. The United States Government elected Booker T. Washington as one of the five American educators to be honored in the 35 Famous American Series of Commemorative Postage Stamps issued in 1940. The Booker T. Washington stamp is of the ten cent denomination, Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.--(KBL), 14090, Post Card, ECK Co., Place stamp here
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Other Identifiers:
MSS1218_B071_I015 and dams:165151
Institution:
Emory University
Administrative Unit:
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Sublocation:
Box 71
Call Number:
MSS 1218
Contact Information:
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library rose.library@emory.edu